British guitarist analyses Don McLean's dynamic performance live in 1972!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Tonight I'm taking a look at Don McLean performing his classic 'American Pie' back in 1972!
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Don McLean's "Vincent" is one of the must beautiful as well as one of the saddest songs ever written!
Coolrockndad I love that even more than this song. For those who don’t know, it’s about Vincent Van Gogh.
Yes I almost forgot about that one. So Don was not a one-hit wonder.
I spent several months around Arles France a few years ago and got to see where a lot of Van Gogh's work took place. I listened to Vincent incessantly during that time.
I don't know about that.... Empty Chairs makes my eyes leak.
For more personal reasons I would also say The Grave.
Lawrence Taylor not even close to a one hit wonder. Don had many hits.
When asked what the song meant ? Don’s reply... that I never have to work again ! Priceless
He was right too. Lol.
Right and wrong. It means he's blessed to work at what he loves the rest of his life - music. Writing songs and touring is work!
Everyone knows its the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, and other musical legends.
Haha true,back in the good old days when musicians could make a killing off one song or one album.
@@MyMomo17 Yes, about the plane crash, but it is so much more than that...it is truly an indictment of the musicians of the day and their selling out to the commercialism and ego.
There are references to Dylan, Jagger and the Stones, Peet Seeger, Joan Baez, Elvis, the Beatles, and later the horrific concert at the Altamont Speedway in California where Hell's Angels motorcyclists killed a man in front of the stage during the Rolling Stones concert. Do an internet search on the meaning of American Pie...it is quite eye opening!
Holy shit he sounds incredible.. So much respect for a person who just can grab a guitar and get up there and do this .. Amazing
Amen to that!
Your reply hit me in the heart. Great use of H.sht. It was Amazing wasn't it.
Singing In that period started with talent.
He put in years of practice beforehand.
Don McLean is so underrated! He's music composition and lyrics are soothing and brings an emotion that not many artists can accomplish. I always get misty eyed when I listen to him.
Exatamente, suas músicas, interpretações e postura humana são confortantes.
how the heck is he underrated. he was a massive success, considered one of the best innovate poets of the time.
Don McLean is not underrated. When "American Pie" came out it was recognized as a truly great, exceptional song. "American Pie" topped the charts in the U.S. and several other countries. Don McLean is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Wings of Pegasus, THANK YOU for pointing out something I would have missed. I would have missed the fact that Don switched to harmonizing with the audience and that audience followed his dynamic cues like BGVs (background vocalists). I wonder if there could be any more rewarding moment for a singer songwriter.
I'll be fifty five in two weeks and I can't even remember when I didn't know every word to this song. It's also amazing how I can go years without hearing it; but when I do, it all comes right back. It seems like magic how deeply music and lyrics can embed themselves in to your conscience and life.
Tahoe Mike happy birthday. I’ll be 54 next month. I know what you mean. Even though it’s a long song, it’s a song our generation and older knows all the words too. No matter how many years pass, between hearing this song, you still know every word.
Tahoe Mike same here, I’m 66, from Australia. Bought the album, and like others of a mature age lol, we still remember every single word of the song. I still have the album and all my vinyl. Brilliant song, Terrific live version.
Same here
Exactly- and lately, I do question exactly how much cranial capacity i've wasted remembering every word to every song for my whole life. That was likely space reserved for Math; and it was gone before i ever hit jr. high. So many beautiful songs to take in then.
Tahoe Mike I’ve always said we should have learned everything at school to music, we’d never forget it.
I just felt like listening in RUclips to an old vinyl I haven’t played for years,
Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson of course. I’ve remembered every word of every song.
What is it with words to music that the spoken word doesn’t have ?
Don's performance of Vincent from this same set is also great. Truly amazing lyrics!
Don said the song was written all in one go, fully formed. It just came out. He said he was amazed at how it happened.
Every time I hear this song, I cry. It's weirdly prophetic, referencing the past and future of America simultaneously.
This is one of the greatest songs I wished never had to be written . Feb 3rd 1959 r.i.p
Great comment, so true.
WRONG DATE NOT 59? lol🐾♥️☘
Judy I’m right look it up
@@Oceansideca1987 you go IRISH! BRAINS very much enjoy your broadcasting!🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾☘☘☘🇺🇸
So true of words have ever been written
When this song came out it was a phenomenon. It was like an anthem to a generation, and everyone joyfully learned all the words. When it came on the radio, people turned it up and didn't change the channel. People wept. Vincent was another that brought tears, but American Pie was an anthem.
Wow, I'd never seen him performing before. Just gorgeous!
Be it sweat or a tear, you can feel the sadness in this song. Don does a great job with this live performance. Thank you Fil for the analysis.
Went to a Dan Fogelberg concert in the 80's and his band didn't show up, so he played the concert anyway by himself on a stool with his guitar - all his songs, it was great, this reminded me of that. RIP Dan F.
I am emotionally moved by the connection he has with this audience. Look at their faces. This type of engagement is all but lost these days. Not in these times sadly.
Thanks Fil. 🙂
Half of todays audience would either be Tweeting about it or updating their status rather than actually listening and enjoying the show.
@@smbake we still have a strong folk scene in Cape Breton, NS. This song is still sung in clubs, and around 🔥 campfires.😊
I can’t sing, but I’ve bellowed out this after a few drinks many, many times. Since I can’t sing or play an instrument, I memorized lyrics, have three binders full of folk and local songs.😊
@@smbake I don’t own a smart phone, but I don’t understand people putting anything between themselves and the singer they’ve come together to celebrate.
Hi Fil !!!!
I love how he tried harmonizing with the crowd singing along.
Right? Loved it!
Wow. Never heard a live version of this song before. SO much more powerful than the recording! Really well done. Love all the things you pointed out in the analysis too, Fil. Excuse me - gotta go listen to this one again...
In the late 1960s, my older brother invited a very young, largely unknown, nearby guitarist to play at our public school's auditorium to a motley collection of working- and middle-class teenagers. The man and his music were brilliant. Don McLean came by to our small house shortly after to collect a heavy bulging burlap bag filled with hundreds of quarters. I was transfixed; to a child he seemed like some kind of rock-n-roll god.
I saw Don in Concert At the Albert Hall in 1973 it was the most amazing performance i'v ever seen on his softer song ie Vincent or Empty Chairs you could have heard a pin drop such was his deliverence a true artist story telling on a Acoustic guitar such a great technique truly Brilliant
Hey Fil do you ever wonder how many people are analyzing you when you are analyzing any particular band...You have a beautiful smile and to see that when something in the song is great...I can't help but watch you with that smile, So keep on smiling it looks good on you, and I hope you never stop! Good on you and great job!
Thanks!
Yes I do watch his face as well and have commented on his lovely smile.
I'm always watching Fil! That smile....🥰
Fil is a cutie. I’m sure he has many fans.
Fil's my man crush, ain't gonna lie
Now that was a wonderful performance if I do say so myself! Feeling sentimental tonight so he might have gotten a little tear out of me. You sir are still the best on YT for us true music lovers!!! Thanks again professor for keeping it real. Peace Boogie Woogie! PS Carolyn Wonderland
Don McLean is a brilliant songwriter singer player artist. One of those guys who paints pictures with his lyrics. A real thing of beauty! The American Pie album contained so many beauties..Vincent and Empty Chairs..Just to name a couple. American Pie a brilliant capsulized history of Rock from Buddy Hollys death onward. A wordsmiths feat! Big fan of Don McLean. Thanks Fil ! Well done! Brilliant! 😎🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
One of the most significant songs in American History. The lyrics are complex and interesting there are many theories about hidden messages . Vincent was another Gem a lovely tribute to a gifted but tortured soul .
I heard some Professor's trying to do this and they suck and don't get it, writing and writer's are often personal so you ca guess only kn some interviews he gives a detail or two.
I wish I could give this 100 thumbs up! The girls of the early 70’s were sure delicious too. Great video. Fantastic analysis.
I'm not used to hearing Don live so that was a whole new experience. Thank you!
Look up Don playing this tune at Glastonbury festival..pretty good
I suppose a lot of people know that Roberta Flack's fantastic song " killing me softly" was written after she saw Don McClean in concert. He blew her away.
Wow didn't know it was about this man. Nice
Dude that is astonishing. I had no idea. And you are 100% correct. The whole song is about him. ruclips.net/video/_GC_TNT_OJo/видео.html
A lot of people are completely mistaken - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song
Here's the original artist performing the song - ruclips.net/video/tazfAeF0ZB4/видео.html
fifthof, correct and duly noted. I looked at the Wikipedia page and saw that it was about Don. But I didn't notice that it Lori Lieberman, not Roberta, who saw Don that evening in ‘71.
@fifthof Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart. In 1973 it became a number-one hit in the United States and Canada for Roberta Flack, Wikipedia
On Feb. 3, 1959 I was just a month and a few days shy of turning 12 years old. I had discovered the radio and rock and roll a few years earlier. Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens were very big in my young world. I was pretty shattered when the DJ broke the news of their deaths. This was the first time that someone in my life died and I had no idea what to make of it.
When Don McLean released American Pie in 1971 all the memories of my exposure to early rock and roll came back. It was very bittersweet.
In the Summer of 1971, not long after American Pie was released, I was taking a Summer course in the English department that focused on the impact of film and music in our lives. An assignment was to describe what McLean’s lyrics were about and their personal impact. I was 3 to 4 years older than many of the class members... just enough older to have a much different take on the lyrics. Many of my class mates had no idea who Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens were, or the many other references in the song. My professor was considerably older and clearly got it. I had a couple of heartfelt discussions with him after class.
Thanks very much for your analysis Fil.
I love this song. It took me years to learn it, just by hearing it over the radio. I still know every word.
So generous of an artist to mold his performance to his admiring audience, not threatened, enjoying leading a sing-a-long for the moment. Charming. Admire all your analyses, Fil.
Thanks!
I always thought this was the best singer songwriter composition of the 70's. Not just the melody and the story telling carried by Mclean's artful use of his guitar, but resurrecting the legends, myths and tragic loss of idols like Dean, the KIng, and Holly. It is a haunting eulogy of those that left something special after they had gone. You can't help but feel awe and respect.
Wow! Fantastic performance! What a great story teller.
True legend!!!! He could have only written "American Pie" and "Vincent", then taken a 40 year vacation.
We had lost so many Icons by the time this came out.JFK, RFK, MLK , Morrison, Joplin, Hendrix, and many friends to Vietnam and even more we're lost who could not survive coming home.. New York City was covered in these black and white posters for Don's concert. He was a regular on the folk scene in the Village and at Cafe Lena in Saratoga. These songs were the soundtrack for our lives. Every week, another great album would come out
Don McLean was a true troubadour. In his voice you can hear Ricky Nelson curves, sometimes he approaches John Denver on the am dial. Lyrically he's deeper than you think. From James Dean to Mick Jagger, religious and historical references, also biblical in Shakespearean, intellectually he
Is stimulating, he references Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens.. Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on that flight.
He chose to stay in the bar and drink. Don McLean's lyrics achieve two things they're familiar on one hand and invite wonder and interpretation on the other. Vincent/Starry Starry Night, is another kind of trip. Don is masterful in his imagery, and his interpretation of colors and textures. He opens the eye of the patron and at the same time invites us to look through Vincent's eyes. I see no madness in the work of Vincent Van Gogh. Every brush stroke has intent and purpose. I would like very much to meet and hang out with Don McLean. I always imagined Shakespeare and Einstein having a conversation over a beer what would they talk about? He had a deep and profound effect on the way I listen and on the way I write. Thanks Don.. Aces.
We - in the 1970s - Loved "American Pie" because He gave Us a Rock 'n Roll Documentary of the 1950s-1960s in a Song... With The Chorus That Seeped Into Our Soul... 52 Years After Its Release, We Can Still Sing The Chorus "A Capella" Anytime/Anywhere... Beyond Great...
Just one man one guitar and his song! And there was a lot of content to that song! Pretty amazing!
Don McLean is such a wonderful songwriter and performer! I went to see him every time he played the Playhouse in Winnipeg back in the 70s. Amazing. Just Don and his guitar...and an audience in the palm of his hand. What a privilege!
All those folks in the audience singing along are somebody’s grandparent today.
Yep!!
I had this album in LP, 8 track, cassette and CD format, one of my all time favorite albums.
Bravo! I commented months ago that I wanted an analysis of Don and here we are😆! Great work buddy!
* * SHEER BRILLIANCE * * amazing how a simple guy, with no flashy clothes, pure clean voice, and just accompanying himself strumming a guitar can hold an audience this long.... of youths no less! I remember 1972, if nothing more, for this song that dominated it.
Fil excellent ..saw Don Mc in concert in 2015 (70th birthday) in London .. absolutely brilliant and did a 12min version of American pie. A great highlight never to be forgotten .. thanks for superb reviews 🙏👍
I don’t think there are to many people out there that don’t know the words to this sensational song! So compelling and beautifully played and sung that you could have a mouth full of gob stoppers and you still would sing along! Excellent Fil! 😀🤘👌
The way he phrases, influences how we listen and react emotionally to the song.
In a history class we analysed the meaning line by line of the lyrics, our professor the late Archie K. Loss, researched this when writing his book, Pop Dreams Music, Movies and the Media in the 1960s, and even though he was not able to determine the meaning of it all and Don McLean wasn't sharing the meaning, he did come up with much of it by researching events which happened prior to that song being written, but some lines could be taken more than one way, maybe that was intentional, maybe not. The reference to so many things in that song, like the Jester who he believed to be Bob Dylan because of his James Dean like leather jacket and sitting on the side lines in a cast, Dylan's motorcycle accident. Marching Band = Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ? " Oh and as I watched him on the stage, My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell = Hell's Angels at Altamont Free Concert on stage with the Stones. Incredible Don was able to make so many references to so many things in the song and many people myself included didn't pick up on it. Loved the song since i first heard it and even more now.
Whenever this song comes on the radio I sing along to it, from start to finish. I have to force myself not to cry though, which with this song isn't easy.
The single tear rolling down his face... He sang for himself, from the heart.
I remember I was 17 when this song came out. It felt like someone put to music and song what we were living. Of course music did go on, but a lot of joy and innocence was lost.
Thanks Phil, you're great analyst, every area is covered intensely, you know your music for sure. Thanks for covering Don, very interesting! Keep up the fantastic work!
Bit of trivia about Don: He missed a lot of school while growing up because of severe asthma. He took swimming lessons and opera lessons to help control his breathing. It obviously helped ☺️
He's such an interesting guy. Did you hear his little Dylan impression when he sang 'reeeal slow...'? Loved that.
I may be old (64) but how many people can be moved and audience singing- just one man and his guitar?
We haven't seen that often. GREAT STUFF.
It proves that one person with an instrument can entrance an audience.
John Sebastian, John Prine, Donovan, Ralph McTell and Melanie can do it. Many other I'm sure as well.
This performance is so on point one of the most perfectly sang and played i have ever seen all around and ive seen a lot for American pie not an easy one to do
This is a beautiful performance, I have never seen this acoustic only version before. Singing so good while playing is impressive. This goes on my acoustic playlist ASAP.
Love the acoustic guitar, minimalistic and expressive at the same time. On the YT there is a version of Burning of Auchindoun with Sophie Ramsay singing that seems simple but haunting at the same time. Also using the acoustic instead of an electric guitar can be really cool like Lucas Imbiriba's fingerstyle version of Sultans of the Swing.
He had us from the beginning. Love it, another American treasure. His powerful deliverance of this song is wonderful. You nailed so many aspects of how Don McClean involved the audience and they became his chorus!
Love the lyrics in this song. Great song writing.
You can see him feeding off the audience. Top of his game. Love it.
Once again, Fil, another superb analysis. It always gives me a lot of insight into a performance. And brings my attention to certain aspects I would have never noticed before. Some things I DO take attention to, but of course I don't catch everything. That's what you're here for! I love your smile. So beautiful. You can light up a room with that smile of yours Fil. So handsome and engaging. This performance moved me so much that I cried. I cried for various reasons, but I think the main reason was because I saw how much this song affected Don and how it made him so emotional it brought him to cry a bit. That one single tear rolling down his face grabbed a hold of me and caused me to produce a tear as well. I forget sometimes how deeply effected and emotional singers can get when they're performing. Thank you once again Fil for another magnificent analysis and video. Lots of love.😊🙏💞🎶🎸🎼🎤🎧🎵✌🍀
Thank you thank you thank you Fil ! Been waiting for this one...
You’re making me a better musician with these analytics......thanks
Don McLean is a great artist - singer, songwriter AND guitarist. I've seen him live five times over the years. Thanks for doing this.
I’m not going to be one of those old foggies comparing todays music with our music of the 60’s and 70’s, because it is irrelevant but I really do miss the storytelling artists like Don McLean, Arlo Guthrie, Harry Chapin and Bob Dylan where it was just a singer, and a guitar
And Jim Croce.
Scottrick LaRoque absolutely, and I could add Neil Young, Cat Stevens and Joan Baez to that list
This version was an organic performance. I like your channel, bro. You deal with great respect for the music. Kudos to you.
This guy was Huge in the 70s. " And I LOVE YOU SO" was written by him in the early 60s and recorded by many greats. This song was HUGE also and seen as a revival of true song writing . Great stuff , Thanks!
Love this song! Never had seen this performance of it !
Thanks for another incredible analysis !
Has to be one of the all time great live performances, song, vocals, harmony, and meaning. 10/10
I remember when I first heard this song. .I played it over and over till I learned every word and could sing along. ..beautiful song. .great voice. .
It was a very significant record when it was released. It was in many ways foreshadowing the fall of rock and roll in general as it gave way to Disco. But at the time it was telling us a story we already knew but hadn't heard all in a continuous thread.
I love it when you use one of the songs on my playlist. I could sing the whole song right along with him. It always gets a tear out of me. I also love his cover of Crying, the Orbison song. Thank you~ hugs..
Came back here on March 12, 2022 to watch this analysis once again. I love the way you analyzed this song, Fil 💙 can you please analyze Don McLean’s live version of Vincent?
Great songwriter. His singing is easily underestimated. Taking on Roy Orbison's Crying is not for the faint-throated.
J Muller True dat.
Thanks for that, just heard it on your recommendation, a great rendition!
@@flamencoprof The London Dominion version is the best imho ruclips.net/video/XjMNOouIb0k/видео.html
And the Skyliners song he covered, "If I Don't Have You" wasn't shabby either
Very true! That was a tough one and he did it wonderfully!
Went to see him Manchester in the early 90’s. His voice was soo beautiful. His presence totally engaging. My absolute favourite was Castles in the air. However, his voice is mesmerising with anything he sings 😊
Iconic review for a iconic song. I've a greater appreciation for what my ears are treated to and my mind reflects upon, not like so much pop or bubble gum throwaway here today, cash out, gone tomorrow, that's put upon us as usual fare.
No song has ever defined a generation like American Pie , and as always, Fil you bring a whole new appreciation with your analysis. Thank you
This song reminds me of Boone's Farm Strawberry Wine... Our ages were between 8 and 12. Dirt bike riding and camping in the California desert. It also reminds me of Euell Gibbons.... Many parts are eatable.... Grape Nuts Cereal!.... LOL!
Not Annie Greensprings? Or MD 2020?
@Leanne Rische
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Good times.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer Nah, Richards Wild Irish.
"Tastes like Wild Hickory Nuts!"
What a great comment
I was lucky enough to see Don McLean live at Coventry Theatre a long time ago. It was a great show, he was on his own on stage, and he held the whole audience in the palm of his hand; he also had us all singing along. He was great vocally and musically and he was also quite funny. Such a great show. The Theatre sadly was eventually knocked down and a motor museum was built in its place.....pity as I saw some great acts and musicians in that theatre.
This song references Elvis, Dylan, The Byrds, The Beatles, Mick Jagger and who knows who else. This is such an amazing composition on so many levels, both lyrically and in Don’s performance.
one of my favorite Singer, i love his song CRYING!♥️♥️♥️
Always loved this song. The gospel part at the end is biblical.
I don't care what the genre is but to me there's nothing more beautiful than a voice and an acoustic guitar.
i'm watching this after listening to his CRYING live (Austin recording)... such complete vocals... hopefully without too much post concert trickery, i'd like to think this was his real quality ( as i thought so when i saw him live in Sydney, way back in 1970s)
Thanks for the analysis and for sharing this live performance. I'd never seen him singing live before. I didn't realize he was that good of a singer & performer. This was fantastic, and on every level.
I'm an old guy, so this song, and the events around the meaning, are woven into the tapestry of my life. Like "Bohemian Rhapsody", the music business folks were not happy about this song, because it did not fit the model (3 to 4 minutes) for radio playing time. When, of course, the popularity of this song blew that assumption away, the business folks came to him and ask that he write another "American Pie". As if an artist can just crank out a song like that at will. So while he laughed about that, he did write a song, that for me, is a greater song than "American Pie". He wrote "Vincent"; his omage to Vincent Van Gogh. And that song is in my top 10 all time favorites. The lyrics are just breathe taking, which for me, makes him one of the all time greatest song writers. Sometimes his song writing fame distracts from his amazing voice. I would say that Don has a five to five and a half octave range (maybe six). And if you would like to hear that in one of his songs (and another one of my all time favorites), listen to his cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying". Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/juxvkRDO2Nk/видео.html There aren't many singer that would even attempt to cover this song, because of the vocal range required. So here we see that Don is not just a great song writer, but one of the best singers around. I loved your breakdown of this performance of "American Pie". Just Don and his guitar. As you mentioned, in the recording there were other instruments (drums, bass guitar, etc.). But there were also background singers in the chorus. Here Don uses the audience as his background singers. Which makes the performance much more intimate. Thanks again. I learned a lot that I did not know from listening to you analysis. Best wishes. Billy J
Hey Fil!. Im not a musician and half the time when you speak from a technical stand point, I don't know what the hell you're talking about. But I can see that you do! I love music and I love watching your enthusiasm for it. You're beautiful smile makes me smile. Im a fan of YOURS. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
I saw Don in the early 70's at the Manchester Odeon. Don, a selection of guitars and a banjo. He had the audience spellbound and it was a fantastic performance. He was a great live performer.
So wonderful!
Fil, thank you for posting this. I love Don McLean and have for years now. I consider him a musical genius. Your analysis of this performance was dynamite! You sure know what you are talking about. You rock!
How in the world do you write that song in the first place? Just an amazing piece of work.
Don said it just all came out fully formed in one go, in a few minutes. It amazed him the way it happened.
Fil if you havent already check out Don's beautiful finger style performance of Vincent at this very concert, it is moving.
He did a concert at my high school in the early seventies. I didn’t know who he was when I went to the concert, but I did after that. I wore his albums out during my college years. No other like him. Takes me back many years.
I’ve been listening to him,today,at home.He’s a great story singer.I love Empty Chairs.
I grew up on this song. Have his cd in my car. But I have never seen him perform. Thanks!
A driver's Ed. car radio is where I heard this song when new. It's timeless. Castles In the Air is a good one too. Fil, your brilliance and efforts are greatly appreciated!
American Pie, a timeless national treasure.
A mention in the comments of "Crying" reminded me of K.D. Lang's version. Would love your critique on her velvety voice.
Yes it was very long by industry standards, so there was also a radio version that had one or two of the verses edited out.
I think every artist, regardless of their medium, whether it’s music, painting, or whatever, strives for what Don McLean accomplished with this song, a connection with their audience, when the audience says to themselves, “I think I understand.”
I saw Don perform at a free concert in Hyde Park in 1975. I was 13 and had been a massive fan since I first heard Vincent several years earlier. I've loved the American Pie and (especially) self-titled albums ever since.
Great performance, love your vids Peg, and I love that vocal mic! I noticed it’s the same mics used by The Beatles when doing the frost show ( Hey Jude ) and the let it be roof top performance, and also the semi mimed Revolution clip!
The lyrics to Don McLean's American Pie and Elton John's Crocodile Rock, introduce me to Rock & Roll of the 1950's during the early 1970's witch tell you the impact both songs had on our musical heritage. great performance by Don in this footage. great analysis again Fil.
I've always loved his voice!!
Someone that can stand up tell a story and get every ones attention with just a guitar... that is true musician... one of the greats... love the slightly different miladies and runs he puts the vocal lines at times... and the change in tempo... mesmerizing performance!!!! thanks Fil...
When this came out in the US it was massive. I'd listen on my little transistor radio. AM of course. After awhile, they came out with a version on the radio where they'd explain what each line meant, pausing the song. I always wondered what happened to that version, if it was local or nationwide. Just a classic song, takes me back to so many things happening back then. Thanks!
Never heard the version where they explained it. I took a course in college on the History of Rock and Country Music and the professor handed out notes that told it. I KNOW I still have it somewhere but darned if I can find it.
@@mikeoakley7470 It was prolly just something they did locally then. That radio station is long gone.
I use to sit at home and night and just roll the old dial and this song would be all over AM radio from the east coast to as far as i could get, Chicago.
One of my favorite songs ever. I love your analyses.