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Thread #174303   Message #4228237
Posted By: Robert B. Waltz
07-Sep-25 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: How many verses before losing interest?
Subject: RE: How many verses before losing interest?
Just a thought on this thread, concerning a song it is likely almost everyone here knows.

Does Don McLean's "American Pie" keep your interest? It is, after all, about eight minutes long. And I defy anyone to say they understood what it was about on first hearing. Yes, it has now been largely decoded -- but it took many minds and much research to do it. When first released, it was mostly incomprehensible. Yet it's still being played on the radio, at least occasionally.

It hints at the power of the chorus, or perhaps just the tune of the chorus.

For those who ask, I will freely admit that I got lost in it until I saw the DT notes on it.