Adherents of COMMUNISM and CAPITALISM know their systems are repugnant to working-class people - the backbone of every nation - so they use the word SOCIALISM as a disguise. Karl Marx is author of the books THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO and DAS KAPITAL describing COMMUNISM and CAPITALISM - tyrannical political systems to the left and right of SOCIALISM, a utopian, democratic system - 'of, by and for the people' - upon which America was founded.

And anyway, all McLean's ever said about the song - as quoted in Fann's conclusion - is 'it's a complicted parable - intentionally ambiguous - having to do with the state of society at the time'.įann's website does an interesting job explaining the indisputable facts of the lyrics - ie the names of the musicians and words to their songs used by McLean in his song and also in putting the social and political events of the times into context.Īctually, if you read his analysis carefully - it will take more than ten minutes - you'll notice his premise is the same as mine in that the lyrics describe a satanic communist take-over of America - or in Fann's words, a radical counterculture revolution on the status quo. As Fann says, in his 'author' section, he was relying - when trying to discern what the songwriter had most likely intended - on the few comments McLean has made about American Pie over the years. You're mistaken when you say his meaning of the lyrics was based on interviews he had with Don McClean because he's had none. The website link you sent is an interpretation of the AMERICAN PIE song by someone - Jim Fann - who has no more information about it than anyone else.

Please take 10 minutes and go to the website I provided - it will wake you from your slumber. Your work and insight have given me hope and purpose - I have a deep respect for you, but it is being undermined by your juvenile approach at interpreting 'American Pie'. Your work and your writing has had profound effects on my life. I love your website and your work analyzing '1984'. Next - remove all your erroneous interpretations because not only are they poorly thought out, they are an embarrassment to your credibility as a researcher in general. It provides a line-by-line meaning of the lyrics based on interviews with Don McLean. Stop what you're doing right now and go to the website: Understanding American Pie Re: BYE-BYE AMERICA'S PIE & BYE-BYE AMERICAN APPLE PIE

American pie song meaning line by line