The Meaning of American Pie

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For those of us that have heard this song a million times and never really thought about what it meant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycgegp0KdE4

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Cool! Wonderful! I loved the era, the song and Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, all the Beetles, and the “father, son and holy ghost.”

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1. Above comment written by g. kortes on July 26th, 2007 at 2:25 pm (replies, if any, are attributed separately above).

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