tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post8316184238557788137..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: American PieGreybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-6264091506605695842010-04-27T17:26:08.535-07:002010-04-27T17:26:08.535-07:00Hi Greybeard . . I just finished this link:
http:...Hi Greybeard . . I just finished this link:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmEE61iVhCA<br /><br />You told me (a while ago) it would wake me up.<br /><br />It did !<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />BumpDixon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202690322034731396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-89496289058905140902010-04-27T15:59:40.887-07:002010-04-27T15:59:40.887-07:00I used to sing that song to my kids as a lullaby b...I used to sing that song to my kids as a lullaby because I didn't know any traditional ones. True story - ask 'em.The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-11785501105814421782010-04-27T04:08:00.536-07:002010-04-27T04:08:00.536-07:00I don't know anyone of our age group that does...I don't know anyone of our age group that doesn't know that song word for word.<br /><br />I seem to recall a version "back in the day" that would play parts of the song, then give the interpretation. And I always thought "players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield" was referencing Kent State. <br /><br /><br />I suppose that's why McClean has always refused to tell us what every line meant, so that we can sit here 40 years later and still discuss what the lyrics mean.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121530659338322937noreply@blogger.com