Any truth in the theory postulated above and on BBC radio in the UK that "American Pie" was the name of the plane in which Holly, Big Bopper and Valens died? Must be a matter of record somewhere.

Have now heard Madonna's version and it's not to my taste, the overwhelming thought in my mind as I listened was "Why?". (Usual cynical answer "To make money")

I always liked the (probably apocryphal) response of Don McLean when asked what American Pie meant - "It means I'll never have to work again"

What next? LL Cool J raps the songs of Leonard Cohen?

The Spice Girls sing Baez?