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From: evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: American Pie (Old Responses)
Message-ID: <349@petfe.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 16:44:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 14 16:44:57 1985
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>> "Lennon read a book on Marx..." obvious reference to a phase of John
>> Lennon's life.

>Why not an obvious reference to a phase in Lenin's Life ?

In the written lyrics of the song, the line goes..."Lennin read a book on
Marks...".  It is left intentionally ambiguous.  Either Lennon/Lenin, and
any of the Marx brothers (Groucho, Chico, Karl, Harpo, Zeppo, or Gummo).

--Evan Marcus
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