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  • Don Mclean American Pie - Juilliard trained Opera Singer and Vocal Coach Maggie Reneé reacts
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  • @maggiereneemusic
    @maggiereneemusic  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

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    • @ChicagoDB
      @ChicagoDB 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don McLean actually disputes the meaning of the lyrics everyone keeps coming up with…

    • @ChicagoDB
      @ChicagoDB 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The DJs at one of my favorite places back in Chicago have been playing “American Pie” every night at midnight for about 40 years now…everyone in the place sings and dances from start to finish…
      About 25 years ago, one of the DJs decided he was tired of doing it…and didn’t play it for the crowd….he was fired next day and never returned.
      🍻🇺🇸🥧

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please listen to Eva Cassidy - Live performance at Blues Alley. I would love to hear your comments about her artistry - both her voice and her guitar playing. It is a performance you will never forget

    • @MarkoMakela-kk7qf
      @MarkoMakela-kk7qf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Maggie! I do love your reactions as you can see from your face when you enjoy something, but also you have picked up songs from completely diffrent genres allthough your backround is classical music. But the thing is that in all music genres there are some jewels. By the way: I haven't ever heard a one reasonable explanation to what music actually is. People can live without it and it has no evolutionist purpose at all, no more than you can explain why some songs are better than others. In a sense music is a differnt kind of language that immediately can transfer to emotions and with lyrics also to even bigger.

  • @stevenklyce3555
    @stevenklyce3555 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Dylan, James Dean, Elvis, Lennon and the Beatles, Byrds, Rolling Stones…it’s all there.

    • @ChicagoDB
      @ChicagoDB 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Don actually disputes all of those things…but I think he’s yanking our chain.

    • @dazed1nyc
      @dazed1nyc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@ChicagoDB Yeahh, he said that if he meant Dylan, he would have said Dylan, same with Elvis, Kennedy etc. He said if he meant them he would have said them. I always took the song to mean that was the day the music died to him, but that's not the case for everyone, therefore the lyrics are purposely cryptic and vague so that they hold different meanings to different people. But that's just me.

  • @umpdaddy1
    @umpdaddy1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    The sargents were The Beatles, a girl that sang the blues is Janis Joplin, Jack Flash references The Rolling Stones, his fist were clinched in rage watching Jagger. So many cultural references you almost had to live during the Sixties to get them.

    • @IAMCAVE
      @IAMCAVE 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      And don’t forget the Byrds that flew 8 miles high.

    • @russyeatman5631
      @russyeatman5631 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@IAMCAVE YUP

    • @russyeatman5631
      @russyeatman5631 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      YUP

  • @kennethbryson7751
    @kennethbryson7751 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    It was a very well written song, quite poetic, and the chorus became extremely well known! All these years later still quite pertinent to things going on today! A few years ago he had heard Home Free and decided to call them and do an a cappella version with them! It is equally as good, and Don, though quite a bit older sounded great! You’ll have to check that out as a sequel to your reaction to this one! Great job as always! Low bass Kenneth.

    • @StanEngland
      @StanEngland 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The chorus also became a movie title.

  • @zooks527
    @zooks527 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    The last verse of this performance should be the gold standard definition for "Holding the audience in the palm of your hand".

  • @deanm375
    @deanm375 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Notice at the time of this recording the song was not even a year old and EVERYONE knew the Lyrics. I was 6 years old when this came out and my mother bought me the 45 single and I too knew every lyric. Amazing how great Don sounds with only his voice and a single guitar. Classic song.

  • @mikenolan8044
    @mikenolan8044 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I was 16 that day in February when the music died. And when the song first came out years later, I got all the references right away. For anyone in tune with the music scene in that era, they are obvious. Great live energy! TY Roy! Loved your reaction!

    • @fredeerickbays
      @fredeerickbays 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      U have 7 yr on me but same gapes with me

    • @mikenolan8044
      @mikenolan8044 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@fredeerickbays OK they were not all obvious. Drove my Chevy to the Levy (note spelling) is something personal to Don McLean.

  • @patrickhanekamp2761
    @patrickhanekamp2761 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Rip Buddy Holly. The day that music died. The artist that influenced all the great performers such Elvis, Orbison, Beatles and so, so many more. Gone way too soon.

  • @jollyrodgers7272
    @jollyrodgers7272 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Walk into any bar with a jukebox and play that song - see how many people are singing the chorus by the end! Enigmatic as the lyrics can be, a reporter famously asked what it all means, and Don said, "It means I'll never have to work another day in my life".

    • @TheRealRedAce
      @TheRealRedAce 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      GOOD answer!

    • @martinperry5072
      @martinperry5072 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are still jukeboxes? All of the small town gas stations that had a cafe attached are dead around here. Those cafe's always had a jukebox, and since I travelled long distances, a lot of new music I picked up came from there.

  • @Laura_Martin42
    @Laura_Martin42 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    He re-released a new version of this in 2021 as a collaboration with Home Free. They also sang it at his ceremony when he received his star on the walk of fame!

    • @michaeldalzell6670
      @michaeldalzell6670 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      An its just been announced that he asked them to collaborate with him again on his next album 💿

    • @Laura_Martin42
      @Laura_Martin42 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaeldalzell6670 American Boys is already out!

    • @TomBagwell
      @TomBagwell 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Agreed. Works love to see Maggie compare his performance here to his performance with Home Free 50 years later.

    • @paulwhite5840
      @paulwhite5840 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That collaboration was fire!

    • @Laura_Martin42
      @Laura_Martin42 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaeldalzell6670 American Boys is already out!

  • @John-yx4dc
    @John-yx4dc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    A generation lost in space refers to people who grew up with the science fiction tv series "Lost in Space".

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the race to the moon between Russia and the USA.

  • @Natasha-ty7oo
    @Natasha-ty7oo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    now you need to see the 50 year celebration he did with Homefree. Don was supposed to preform at the Surf in Clear Lake but do to Covid he couldn't. So instead he jump on with Homefree and re-released the song. It's a wonderful version.

  • @rudedogmat
    @rudedogmat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Those were tears you saw on his face.

    • @scottborenstein8291
      @scottborenstein8291 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes, that verse is very emotional to him.

  • @nmt2k2
    @nmt2k2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    His "Vincent" is an excellent choice. Shows a more delicate approach to songwriting and singing.

    • @russyeatman5631
      @russyeatman5631 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Vincent is brilliant. The whole album that Vincent is on is brilliant.

  • @thomasmacdiarmid8251
    @thomasmacdiarmid8251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The song Killing Me Softly (With His Song), made famous by Roberta Flack, was written about Don, after the initial author attended his concert (Lori Lieberman was snubbed on the writing credits even though it was her experience and she was involved in the composition).

    • @russyeatman5631
      @russyeatman5631 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      YUP. And with American Pie and Killing Me Softly Don McClean never had to work again.

    • @thomasmacdiarmid8251
      @thomasmacdiarmid8251 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@russyeatman5631 I can't imagine he got any royalties for Killing Me Softly as he was not a composer or lyricist. He is not even named in the song. He did joke that the meaning of American Pie was that he would never have to work again, but he has continued to work ever since it was released.

    • @russyeatman5631
      @russyeatman5631 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thomasmacdiarmid8251 Yes. Am aware he has worked. Simply said he does not have to. Neither did John Hartford "have" to work after "Gentle On My Mind" and he did as welll.

  • @jonassamme1889
    @jonassamme1889 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    R.I.P. Buddy Holly. For us who grew up during the bleak decades after the tragedy it was obvious that without his influence there would have been no Beatles, no Stones no Bowie etcetera. His influence on the contemprary music in the decades that followed cannot be overestimated.

    • @garymaidman625
      @garymaidman625 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What about the Big Bopper and Richie Valens? No RIP to them too? They died in the plane crash as well. The reason this was known as the day the music died wasn't because of Buddy Holly dying, it was because of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens dying all together.

  • @peccatumDei
    @peccatumDei 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "Drove my Chevy to the Levy" is a reference to a line in a 1953 commercial sung by Dinah Shore, on her TV show sponsored by Chevrolet.

  • @glenngunnis6642
    @glenngunnis6642 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This song would get everybody singing every time it came on radio!🤘🎸

  • @bobpat56
    @bobpat56 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Fascinating to watch one man with a guitar captivate the entire audience.

  • @SCVocalStudentReacts
    @SCVocalStudentReacts 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    "His voice is so flexible." 100% on that. Superior musicality, I think

    • @garymaidman625
      @garymaidman625 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was lucky enough to see him do this live last year.

  • @TheEricthefruitbat
    @TheEricthefruitbat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is one of the greatest songs of all time. It's an 8 minute song that feels like 3.

  • @orangeandblackattack
    @orangeandblackattack 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    There are so many references it's hard to list. "Jack Flash sat on a candlestick" refers to the Rolling Stones/Mick Jagger, "DRove my Chevy to the levee" refers to an old Chevy commercial.
    On a personal note, as a truck driver, I passed by the plane crash sight near Clear Lake, IA over 50 times, and not one time did I not think about the loss that happened before I was even born in 1967.But my dad was a huge Buddy Holly fan, and I inherited all of his 45 rpm original records and wore them out. I am somewhat of a well-informed rock and roll historian based on the 2000 45's and 1000 albums I own. The fact that the music from artists dead before we were born affects so borders on the surreal.

  • @chetstevensq
    @chetstevensq 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Every person in that audience knew every lyric of that song. It was an anthem that we actually learned in music class in junior high.

  • @yelnikigwawa1845
    @yelnikigwawa1845 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I want to point out something very easy to overlook in our hyper-connected world of today; This song was released in 1971, and this video was recorded in 1972. There was no public internet back then (it was still just DARPAnet and a small group of universities), there were no cell phones, no msg boards, forums (okay, there were a few), chats, any of that. Transatlantic communication cables were a brand new thing back then, and we never saw television from other countries.
    Yet that whole audience knew the chorus to this brand-new song from another country. They were singing along. Some of them knew all the words. You can gauge the huge impact this song had on young people at that time, from that. There are some songs that became emblems of their times, and this song is one of them.
    By the way, the 70's were an INCREDIBLY fertile time for good music. Seven months after "American Pie" was released....Pink Floyd gave us "The Dark Side Of The Moon".

  • @binxbolling
    @binxbolling 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Killing Me Softly was written about Don.

    • @clay-tw5gc
      @clay-tw5gc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That I did not know.

  • @plasticonion
    @plasticonion 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Enjoyed your reaction. as usual. On the 50th anniversary of this song. Don McLean approached Home Free to do a special anniversary cover with him. AND THEY DID! And it's fabulous. He still has the voice. You really need to hear it. Thx for all you do. it is appreciated

  • @KathyRay-wx2rs
    @KathyRay-wx2rs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm glad you chose to listen to this.
    I remember it as a brand-new hit. I still have my 45 of this.
    Please consider... doing more than just being entertained by this song. Its actually real Rock, America, and World History if you put in the effort to understand the lyrics. "Most," never do... I hope you'll make the effort to be better than "most."

  • @donaldriddle230
    @donaldriddle230 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The "Girl who sang the blues" is Janis Joplin. The Jester is Bob Dylan. Jack Flash is of course Jumpin Jack Flash by the Rolling Stones. The one he watched on the stage with hands clinched in fists of rage is Mick Jagger. Helter Sketler refers to the Charles Manson Murders, but also the Beatles had a song called Helter Skelter.

    • @dazed1nyc
      @dazed1nyc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He actually disputes a lot of that. He always said if he meant someone in particular he would have mentioned them by name like Lenin/Lennon, James Dean, etc. Some people think Jack Flash sitting on a candle stick is in reference to Kennedy screwing up the Bay of Pigs. At this point its entirely possible he just enjoys not confirming because every time someone new hears it the conversation and debate is reignited soo who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @justajo2
    @justajo2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    He wrote the song. He sings it his own way, every time a bit different, yet still the same. What an artist!

  • @EW-ty6qw
    @EW-ty6qw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is a very deep rabbit hole. Dissertations have been written about this song. Probably one of the greatest songs ever written, poetically chalked-full of cultural references from 1959 to 1971. Seriously, you should spend a couple of hour diving into the meaning this song. There's ton's on the internet about it.

  • @scottdarden3091
    @scottdarden3091 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I think it was great that he asked Home Free to collaborate with him for the 50th anniversary.

  • @captainkangaroo4301
    @captainkangaroo4301 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    An absolute masterpiece. When this record first came out I had to listen to it about 20 times to understand all of the references and they were my contemporaries. I imagine it doesn’t mean as much to the younger generation. I always loved the references to Dylan’s near fatal motorcycle accident “the Jester’s on the sideline in a cast”.

  • @turnerdan53
    @turnerdan53 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The line of This will be the day that I die is a reference to Bubby Hollie's song That will be the Day.

  • @GaiaOne
    @GaiaOne 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh man, you have to check out McLean's collaboration with the Home Free men for the 50th anniversary of this song. Awesome.

  • @maruad7577
    @maruad7577 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So many cultural references in one song. It is a great tune.

  • @318greenman
    @318greenman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One of the greatest live performances of one of the greatest songs eva written 💜

  • @rodl.miller3353
    @rodl.miller3353 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hello @Maggie Renee 👍
    To me, this is one of the greatest songs ever written (my opinion).
    The day the music died was February 3, 1959. In the opening verse, he sings reading about his widowed bride. He was referring to the new bride of Buddy Holly. At the time of the plane crash, she was pregnant with their first child. Sadly, she would have a miscarriage a short time later.
    One of the greatest concerts that I have ever been to was a free concert in Central Park (NYC) of Garth Brooks. Garth brought on two special guests, Billy Joel and Don MacClean. Billy did, We didn't start the fire and New York state of mind. Don did American Pie. It was an amazing evening. I don't think that it will ever get better than that, at least for me.
    I hope that you have a very happy healthy safe and enjoyable day. I wish you much continued success in your musical endeavors.🎵🎤🎸❤️🙏🇺🇸🌞🎶

  • @deanchambers5934
    @deanchambers5934 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Little moments In our lives back in the 60s.

  • @mrright3277
    @mrright3277 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I saw Don McLean perform on February 3, 2022 (anniversary of the crash) at the Surf Ballroom (the last venue the 3 killed in the crash played at). Pretty surreal feeling. He stretched American Pie to twelve minutes. He sounded great.

  • @frankbolger3969
    @frankbolger3969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love a lot of McLean's canon, but my personal favorite of his is "Empty Chairs." Such a great voice and talented lyricist. Thanks for a great reaction.

  • @rparret
    @rparret 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This song always triggers nostalgic memories for me because of things happening in my life at the time.

  • @sleepingwolf_8
    @sleepingwolf_8 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Will always be the quintessential song depicting the change from the old guard of Rock n' Roll to the new for me. It triggers so many flashbacks to times in my life.
    Thank you for the reaction to this video.

  • @billsager5634
    @billsager5634 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Don McLean and Harry Chapin were not only great singer/songwriters/storytellers, both were great humanitarians, constantly doing charity work, usually for organizations such as food banks, world hunger, etc.
    Both McLean and Chapin performed at my high school (one year apart) - while I was a student, with all proceeds going to charity. Both McLean and Chapin spent a lot of time talking with the students. Won't forget either of them.

  • @ellenstrack6274
    @ellenstrack6274 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am of an age that if you play this in a bar with people my age we all sing along to this song....and do not miss a word..

  • @leftcoaster67
    @leftcoaster67 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When asked what the song means? He answered "It means I never have to work again...."

  • @GeorgeMaster-xg7lg
    @GeorgeMaster-xg7lg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There's a mural in Pacoima, California painted on the side of a building near a car wash that has Buddy Holly,The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens' images on it.Perfect memory of all!

  • @chrino21
    @chrino21 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Every lyric of this is pretty deep. It's a real journey to explore the meanings of this masterpiece.

  • @erickvermeulen9734
    @erickvermeulen9734 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    those lyrics are pure poetry

  • @drcornelius8275
    @drcornelius8275 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I first heard this song while staying with my parents on vacation at a Howard Johnsons while on the way to Mt. Rushmore. They had a lounge and we went in to grab some food and a very talented woman was singing this song. Everyone was singing along there with her too... circa 1976.

  • @josegiordano9838
    @josegiordano9838 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    this IS the ultimate sing along

  • @dennissensing9667
    @dennissensing9667 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you like this, look up when he does this song with Home Free. Excellent harmonies

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    While critiquing the singing skills she's missing the whole point of the lyrics...she has no clue what they mean.

  • @RiaVersteeg
    @RiaVersteeg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He recently did a song with Home Free.

  • @tgriffin8179
    @tgriffin8179 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another accidentally purchased album when I didn’t return the don’s send card to Colombia Record Club. Happy accident as I loved this album and would play it over and over again. Consider listening to Babylon… such a beautifully haunting rondo… As always thank you for sharing your thoughts and skillful analysis…keep’em coming!!

  • @UTubeHandlesSuck
    @UTubeHandlesSuck 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Oh, dearest Maggie- now you need to hear _The Saga Begins._ It's Weird Al's Star Wars-themed take on this song. Don McLean tells the story that one of his daughters loved the Weird Al version so much that McLean learned to sing to her at home...and then proceeded to occasionally sing the wrong one in concert. 😂

    • @kevinmoore2929
      @kevinmoore2929 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Exactly! Even though it's a parody, Weird All did an excellent job with the music on his version.
      The piano in the studio version of the original brings so much energy to the song and Weird Al duplicated it faithfully.

    • @redoctober00
      @redoctober00 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes! please react to that..

    • @MarkMcLT
      @MarkMcLT 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@kevinmoore2929Indeed, it would be good for her to hear the studio version of this before Weird Al's fantastic Star Wars version. But either way, Al's is a must hear.

    • @wayland76
      @wayland76 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I covered the Weird Al version with a group on stage one time. While I agree the version Maggie listened to was the best for hearing the vocals, I can say that, as someone who loves counterpoint, the things I missed in this version (that also appear in the Weird Al version) were a) the bass line, and b) the little piano riffs. I've also heard an a capella version that has a nice little harmony on the chorus (which we included in our cover as a violin part).

  • @paulhadfield7909
    @paulhadfield7909 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    any one over 50 knows this song off by heart, it used to be sung in bars allover ther world

  • @howardyoung9987
    @howardyoung9987 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greetings from Scotland. Thanks for reacting to this. Great song.

  • @raymondlong3024
    @raymondlong3024 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    isn't it fun to listen to an actual artist perform, much different than what I see as the majority today. congrats, good job.

  • @n5iln
    @n5iln 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whoof. We took this song apart line by line in my high-school Freshman English class (I'll only say it wasn't too many years after it was released). It took us a solid week. My hat's off to you for attacking it in just over 15 minutes!

  • @TheOGgUeRiLlaMoDe
    @TheOGgUeRiLlaMoDe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow all I remember is weird Al and his parody of this it's hilarious

  • @TheGadgetwiz
    @TheGadgetwiz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always play Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" when I pick up my wife. Always makes her smile.

  • @donakahorse
    @donakahorse 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    we analyzed this song in 1972 when I was in 6th grade in music appreciation. Such heavy meaning, so well written.

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Packed with references. The Monotones had a hit with "Book Of Love" in 1958.

  • @nelsonhemstreet3568
    @nelsonhemstreet3568 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My all-time favorite song. Hands down. Play all six verses or don't waste my time.
    Vincent is also a fantastic song.
    Would love to hear a reaction to the 70's British band Renaissance. Lead singer Annie Haslam had some opera training.

    • @soupdragonuk
      @soupdragonuk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Renaissance Northern Lights is a absolute gem.

    • @nelsonhemstreet3568
      @nelsonhemstreet3568 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@soupdragonuk indeed! Also love Song For All Seasons, Day of the Dreamer, Prologue, Mother Russia and especially The Song of Scheherazade.

    • @soupdragonuk
      @soupdragonuk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nelsonhemstreet3568 Annie had such a voice, it soar into the sky or whisper like a soft breath of wind. A sadly much underrated singer.

    • @nelsonhemstreet3568
      @nelsonhemstreet3568 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@soupdragonuk She still sings occasionally, and lives in eastern Pennsylvania, USA.

  • @gl15col
    @gl15col 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you grew up with this song and loved it, you will always be able to sing it word for word. If you grew up in the times he sings about the meaning will give you tears of grief and loss because those years were real, real rough...

  • @billboyd9028
    @billboyd9028 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fantastic reaction! Thank you for sharing this tune with us!

  • @beckyneufeld5531
    @beckyneufeld5531 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would for you to do Peter Paul an mary

  • @Undefinedsoundscapes
    @Undefinedsoundscapes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He is not sweating, they are tears, ....

  • @darkpitcher5242
    @darkpitcher5242 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Killing me Softly with his song

  • @marybryan4168
    @marybryan4168 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gotta see the remake with Home Free now

  • @steverino015
    @steverino015 หลายเดือนก่อน

    every time I hear this song, I just cry, darn it can't help it....
    disabled vet, I love this song.... so much.... Maggie, I think
    that was not sweat we were seeing... I think those were
    tears..... Another, please! you have heard Vincent so
    perhaps And I Love You So, or maybe Empty Chairs....
    I subscribed today, I hope you get the chance to read this...
    Love your smile, and reaction.. God Bless America
    ✝❤

  • @cebusam7545
    @cebusam7545 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Don McLean is the person Roberta Flack went to see in her song, Killing me softly....with his song.

  • @ellygoffin4200
    @ellygoffin4200 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Roy Markowitz played the drums on the original album in 1971. He also played drums on my dad's debut album Neshomo in 1972. My dad's album was the #2 selling Jewish album of 1972/73

  • @tammiehenry7810
    @tammiehenry7810 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Girl, he's not just sweating, he's crying 😭!!!
    In those days young adults didn't have a voice! Music, music 🎵 was the only way to fight the government at the time! You know, stuff like the atomic bomb hitting the U.S. at any time!!!!!!

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Helter Skelter--Beatles
    Eight Miles High--Byrds
    Jumpin' Jack Flash--Rolling Stones

  • @jakesmith5278
    @jakesmith5278 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This version shows so much artistry.

  • @glennstach4439
    @glennstach4439 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You missed IT ! American folksinger with a Classic American song ... BRITISH FANS ... KNEW the song and SANG along with the Chorus !!! 😳🤨🙄😉
    👍🏿👍🏽👍✌🏼🖖🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦

  • @kinokind293
    @kinokind293 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It still gives me chills to hear it, all these years later. It didn't get much airplay at the time, since it was so long, but people bought the record and we heard it at home. I have never heard anyone with the cojones to let the audience carry the melody and harmonize with it. And it worked! What a musician.

  • @grapeman63
    @grapeman63 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My university radio station, in South Africa, used to compile a weekly countdown based upon the number of requests received from students that week. By the time I got there in 1982, this song had been number one for eleven years!

  • @warrenrule2003
    @warrenrule2003 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the greatest analysis of America's descent post WWII..."church bells all were broken". Does this have anything to do with a society's music dying? ...best upbeat lament ever written...

  • @BluesImprov
    @BluesImprov 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    NO. . .It's NOT that he's adding little things "you wouldn't expect". . .He's adding little things YOU WOULD EXPECT from an excellent performer. A solo jazz or blues pianist does this all the time if they're any good. . .And the same goes for a folk/rock or blues singer!

  • @jimnicosia5934
    @jimnicosia5934 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The marching band was The Beatles. The King was Elvis, The Rolling Stone was Bob Dylan..

  • @brentkelsay3439
    @brentkelsay3439 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was going to suggest Vincent and was surprised that you already knew it, as American Pie is typically the entry drug to Don McLean. Vincent is the more beautiful song imo but American Pie is so epic and obviously a great classic.
    Just saw that you reacted to Band-Maid, check out their friends The Warning, three hard-rocking sisters from Mexico. Try "Evolve" live from the 2023 MTV VMAs or "Disciple" live from Teatro Metropolitan. They've opened for/toured with Foo Fighters, GNR, Muse, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, etc so they know what they're doing.🤘

  • @steveford8999
    @steveford8999 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Out of left foeld, but....if you like original, creative composers, try Frank Zappa. I recommend "Hot Rats" one of the best rock / jazz fusion albums ever.

  • @ad9aggie
    @ad9aggie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maggie, your assignment, should you accept it, is to now react to the 2021 version with Home Free (if you haven't already) and then react to Weird Al Yankovic's parody, The Saga Begins about the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
    Thank you for listening to this classic of my youth.
    Keep on keepin' on, young lady!

  • @mikew9999
    @mikew9999 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should review the studio version of songs. The live versions are quite often changed up, the vocals are different, the melody varies, sometimes the words vary, the audience participation is really a distraction, and just overall not the same experience. If you are reacting to something that everyone knows and loves, it is because they love studio version. The only exception to this is probably Bruce Springsteen's Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

  • @subbie333
    @subbie333 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was too young for listening to pop music when this first came out. I distictly remember the first "pop song" I heard when I turned the radio on was Jim Croce's "I'll Have to Say I love You In A song" right after he died September 20, 1973. Well, a few years later I also distinctly remember hearing a version of "American Pie" where it was stopped after almost every lyric and some guy came on and stated what the lyric was referencing. I have been unable to find a copy of that recording, and, most people don't believe that it ever happened.

  • @Tiger5672
    @Tiger5672 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maggie, Home Free sang this song with Don back in 2021 for the 50th anniversary of this amazing song. And Home Free uploaded them singing the song Vincent with him a few weeks ago.

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don was and is a folk singer/writer, to be clear. You should have looked up the meaning of the lyrics prior to reacting so you had a grasp on the full meaning of the story and songs. it's starts in the late 1950's and takes through the 1960's to the early 1970's. The record is way better than the live version here. You spent too much time on his singing which in NOT the point of the song.

  • @germankitty
    @germankitty 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please, PLEASE ignore the Madonna cover. It's atrocious! She breathes in all the wrong places, and the instrumentation and her little-girl voice kind of ruins the whole vibe of the song.

  • @mikemiller3069
    @mikemiller3069 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the main theme lines in this song is "this will be the day that I die", referencing one of Buddy Holly's most popular songs, "That'll Be The Day" in which the refrain ends with the lyrics, "that'll be the day that I die".

  • @ssark7632
    @ssark7632 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad always said part of this song referred to the death of Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper (Jiles Perry "J.P." Richardson Jr.) in a plane crash.

  • @juanmanuelavendanoclarke8915
    @juanmanuelavendanoclarke8915 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know if I should recomend after this, Weird Al's The Saga Begins, ...maybe for the fun of It!😅

  • @MaKettle111
    @MaKettle111 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He actually wrote the words to American pie, sitting in a restaurant scribbling on the back of an napkin. He’s also stated in interviews that what made sense to him while he was writing it didn’t make any sense to him after it but it was good so he did it anyway. 😂😂😂

    • @MaKettle111
      @MaKettle111 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should check out the version that he did with Home Free. That’s pretty cool.

  • @alanzlotkowski2695
    @alanzlotkowski2695 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A lot of people here are telling you that tbe king is Elvis; no. If Pressley is the king, who'se the queen? And when did Dylan (the Jester) play for Elvis? The king and queen are Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, considered the two top folk artists. The event is the Newport Folk Festival, where Dylan was first introduced to audiences, and Seeger and Baez joined him on stage.

  • @stevedockeray
    @stevedockeray หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been listening to this song for 50 years & this live version actually brought a little moisture to eyes as the loss of those great performers really came to the front as Peggy Sue was wearing Chantilly Lace while dancing the La Bamba .

  • @RoGueNavy
    @RoGueNavy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There's a documentary on this song, on Paramount+. They interview Don, and even Ritchie Valens' sister. Don plays this in the actual venue where Buddy, JP and Ritchie played their final show. It hits HARD.

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great song for sure, tragedy for sure. Such great talents took away way too soon in the plane crash. I'm a huge Buddy Holly fan and I wonder what the genius would have done in music in the years to come.

  • @firedoc5
    @firedoc5 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please, pretty please, react to "Vincent". Such a beautiful and touching song that will make you see Van Goh's work in a whole new light.

  • @Jervisdude
    @Jervisdude 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’d so love to do Dame Shirley Bassey singing a number. Love ya. Longtime Patreon supporter.