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...and I can't remember if I cried
when I read about his widowed bride,
but something touched me deep inside,
The day the music died.
(forty-nine years ago today, February 3, 1959)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Tony G
'03 America
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Rave on!
Oh! Okay! In that case Tony.....
Do you believe in Rock and Roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Do you believe in Rock and Roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
Yes and Maybe 
Tony G
'03 America
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(hmmmm....or maybe I should sing....) So, bye bye any hopes The Giants spy a Super Bowl Trophy at the end of this night 'cuz The Pats are gonna run 'em out of Phoenix, that's right singing, we're goin' out on a high!!! 
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Amercian pie. if the pats dont win  ALOT OF HUMBLEY PIE WILL HAVE TO BE EATEN
2003 black and silver T.B.A A1 removed,Specialty Spares long slashed Pipes .
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OOH! I always liked that group, Geoff. Remember, "Thirty Days In The Hole" and my favorite, "Stone Cold Fever"? Talk 'bout your GUI-tar riffs, huh?!  I think I can safely say that THIS is about as close to ANY humble pie as I'll be likely to be gettin' within the next 24 hours, kid! 
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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i always thought that song was about the death of elvis????no?????
some people are like slinkies, they serve no purpose, but, they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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Nope, Lester. Don McLean drove his Chevy to that levee a few years before The King decided he needed to take a few more pills to a-levee-ate that there back pain of his! ("a-levee-ate"...I'm soooo friggin' clever, ain't I)  (hey, maybe I SHOULD have a taste of that there "humble" pie after all, huh?!...probably would do me some good!) 
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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yeah,,like i said,,when you get me age the memory is the second thing to go,,and i don't remember what the first was.....i do think i remember that song being around before the KING died..such a waste,,some people get so caught up in their own B.S.,,they can't see the forest for the trees.
some people are like slinkies, they serve no purpose, but, they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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WHAT forest??? Where??? What TREES???  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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American Pie....released 1971. Elvis Presley died 1977. Buddy.....one of the true giants of rock 'n' roll !!!! Everydays a Holly-day !!!!!
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Right you are, Steve!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Just think, Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the plane so a very sick Richie Valens could go ahead and get some rest. Richie probably wasn't counting on such a long nap and Waylon surely wasn't thinking about joining a new band.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Right you are, Steve!
Do I detect another true rock 'n' roll fan ??
Although the early Elvis stuff was good I feel he overshadowed a lot of great talent that never achieved the recognition they may have got if Elvis hadn't been the 'media favourite'.
Artistes such as Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, I could list dozens that in my opinion were as good as Elvis what they did but were left in the shadows because of the bandwagon that surrounded Elvis.
Should I duck and dive for cover ????
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Well put, Ed!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I agree, Steve, but those others you mentioned didn't have a certain Colonel pushing their careers along. I think that was probably the diference here.
(ya got yerself a good agent, and who knows what heights you can attain, huh?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Hello Baaaaaaby.
Buddy and Ritchie were mentioned, but don't forget J.P.
(You know what he liked)
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Oh yeah! We know what "made the world go around" for that big guy, Big Guy!...err...bigbill! (does the word "nubile" mean anything here?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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(BTW...I hope all you dudes realize that somewhere 'round here at this very moment there's probably a few yutes with an i-phone in their hands thinkin' to themselves..."What are all those geezers over there mumblin' about anyway?!") 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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That's okay, just have them download any of the hundreds of covers of "Not Fade Away"...The Rolling Stones, Rush, Sheryl Crow, Deep Purple...and they'll get it.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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.....in a galaxy far away.........
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(hmmmm....or maybe I should sing....)
So, bye bye any hopes The Giants spy
a Super Bowl Trophy at the end of this night
'cuz The Pats are gonna run 'em out of Phoenix, that's right
singing, we're goin' out on a high!!!
Bye, Bye the giant spy
Eli was better than that brady guy
Belcheat went to the desert and ended up with big cry
The day the dynysty died
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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We were just honored by the appearence of Peggy Sue Gerron the real "Peggy Sue" here in Waterloo. She was in the area after spending the day at the Surf Ballroom hawking her new book "What ever happened to Peggy Sue?" Shes 67 now and is writing from her diaries some 50 years after the song.
They have quite an event every year in Clear Lake, home to the Surf.
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(ya got yerself a good agent, and who knows what heights you can attain, huh?!)
That'll be the day.
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...and I can't remember if I cried
when I read about his widowed bride,
but something touched me deep inside,
The day the music died.
(forty-nine years ago today, February 3, 1959)
American Pie is a rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean.
Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one U.S. hit for four weeks in 1972. The song is an abstract story of his life that starts with the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) in a plane crash in 1959, and ends in 1970. The importance of "American Pie" to America's musical and cultural heritage was recognized by the Songs of the Century education project which listed the song performed by Don McLean as the number five song of the twentieth century.
The song's lyrics are the subject of much curiosity. Although McLean dedicated the American Pie album to Buddy Holly, none of the singers in the plane crash are identified by name in the song itself. When asked what "American Pie" meant, McLean replied, "It means I never have to work again."[1] Later, he more seriously stated "You will find many 'interpretations' of my lyrics but none of them by me... sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence."[2
Ray(UK)
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