Last song?

[D'Art]

Ok, you've had your last meal, now you get so sing a song before you kick the bucket. What would it be?

Personally, I'd go for :-

25 million green bottles, sitting on a wall...

[gtmac]

Why not American Pie or Layla? They're almost as long.

[RebelFencer]

Iron Butterfly - Inn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

[D'Art]

Originally Posted by gtmac

Why not American Pie or Layla? They're almost as long.

Cos I wouldn't want to associate those songs with my own impending death (even though death is what American Pie was about)

[trazom]

Originally Posted by D'Art

Cos I wouldn't want to associate those songs with my own impending death (even though death is what American Pie was about)

Really? I thought American Pie was about the change in rock music that happened after a plane crash which happened to kill 3 early-ish rock stars.

"Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died? "

Seems pretty clear to me that he's talking about what's now considered "bubble gum 50s pop". The birds = The Birds. The jester = Bob Dylan. Sergeants & Marching Band = The Beatles. Saying that other groups attempted to bring back the 50s style rock, but groups like the Beatles crowded them out of the marketplace.

Personally, I don't think that the impact of Holly, the Big Bopper, and Valens was as big as McLean makes it out it be in the song. Its a good song. I love the song. I just think McLean was wishing for a time that only existed in his mind: clean, simple rock songs uncomplicated by sex & drugs. But those were always a part of music, even the old classical composers.

Although, good luck finding an actual statement from Don McLean as to what the heck he's talking about. He's refused for over 30 years now.



(sigh... short timer syndrome is hitting me hard these days)...

[KD5MDK]

March of Cambreadth.

Edit: Now with lyrics and mp3!

[Moses]

Stairway to Heaven

You know why

-Da Mose

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Metallica-And Justice for all

[ninjafencer]

Iron Man.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

it's commonly thought that American Pie was about that particular plane crash.

then again, i think he made a statement that it wasn't about that......

but really, i could be making that up.

[trazom]

I just realized I forgot to put down what song I would pick.

That's tough. Can't I just take all my MP3s?

If not.... "mmmBop"

It'll make me HAPPY for the end.

[Sword Hobbit]

Just before I die? Meaning said song must finish before I'm allowed to die? Well,



This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends,
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it for ever just because:

This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends,
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it for ever just because:

This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends,
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it for ever just because:

This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends,
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it for ever just because:

This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends,
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it for ever just because:

etc.

What can I say? I like life....

[PerfectKnight42]

Originally Posted by trazom

Really? I thought American Pie was about the change in rock music that happened after a plane crash which happened to kill 3 early-ish rock stars.

"Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died? "

Seems pretty clear to me that he's talking about what's now considered "bubble gum 50s pop". The birds = The Birds. The jester = Bob Dylan. Sergeants & Marching Band = The Beatles. Saying that other groups attempted to bring back the 50s style rock, but groups like the Beatles crowded them out of the marketplace.

Personally, I don't think that the impact of Holly, the Big Bopper, and Valens was as big as McLean makes it out it be in the song. Its a good song. I love the song. I just think McLean was wishing for a time that only existed in his mind: clean, simple rock songs uncomplicated by sex & drugs. But those were always a part of music, even the old classical composers.

Although, good luck finding an actual statement from Don McLean as to what the heck he's talking about. He's refused for over 30 years now.



(sigh... short timer syndrome is hitting me hard these days)...

I would argue that most of the song was not at all really about the impact of holly, Bopper and Valens so much as just his anthology of events. It's about what the world has begun to turn into, not about what caused it to get that way.

And as for my song, it would actually be Mozart's Requiem, which really isnt a song.

[needle]

If I were to sing anything, that would surely be my last song (provided there was an audience)

[Dmitrivna]

haha - not true, but then again, I dont really know, do I?

hmm... perhaps Bohemienne. Its calm and pretty. (Plus I've always thought that I want to die singing, lol)

WAIT - NO.

Last song - "Not Dead Yet" from Spamalot! hahaha