Can you believe it's been 40 years? This month's AARP Magazine has a brief article and online slide show celebrating the 40th anniversary of the song, "American Pie."

Here's the AARP commentary:

A long, long time ago ...
"'American Pie' is a dream," Don McLean said recently. "In a dream, you know, a loaf of bread will become a beautiful girl, and it makes sense." In other words, even the guy who wrote the most dissected, analyzed and argued-over song of the past 40 years doesn't have a clue what some of its rich cultural and political imagery means. And that makes us feel a whole lot better about taking a shot at getting under the crust of "American Pie."