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American Pie Revealed: Directed by Dave McVeigh, Scott McVeigh. With Jason Biggs, Molly Cheek, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan. The story behind the 3 movies: American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), American Wedding (2003).
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- Documentary, Comedy
- Dave McVeigh, Scott McVeigh
- 2004-01-02
Jul 20, 2022 · Jul 20, 2022. Don McLean is letting everyone in on the meaning behind the lyrics of his hit song, American Pie . McLean wrote the iconic song—that has managed to transcend generations — back ...
- 'The Form of This Song Is Different from Almost Any Song You Would Hear'
- 'Like Having Two Hits at Once'
- 'It Didn’T seem Like I Was on Some Golden Pathway to Stardom'
- About The Series
DM:Writing songs is a lonely thing. It’s where you get into yourself, and I had that (song) in my mind for a couple of months. I had the second album going and didn’t have a name for it. It was the one that would follow "Tapestry." It was in flux...It was (then going to be) a ballad record and I didn’t want that. I needed to come up with a chorus t...
BH:By the way, one of the greatest album covers ever! I knew about you a little bit. I was a DJ at the time, but if I’m telling you the truth, I bought the album because of the cover and I got to discover what was in it. I probably bought five copies of the vinyl because I wore it out. DM:Everybody picked up on this. The producer understood what I ...
BH:You mentioned this earlier but there is a lesson for today’s generation of songwriters, which is arrangement, tempo and modulation. You let that song tell you how to sing it. A song is supposed to make us feel something, and you change your tempo and you change your emotional delivery three or four times where you should in that song. It is just...
In partnership with Nashville Songwriters Association International, the "Story Behind the Song" video interview series features Nashville-connected songwriters discussing one of their compositions. For full video interviews with all of our subjects, visit www.tennessean.com/music.
- Dave Paulson
- Music Reporter
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Jul 19, 2022 · For McLean, it started with what he called the end of the happy 50s, the tragic plane crash of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JD “the Big Bopper” Richardson in February of 1959. The day the ...
Apr 7, 2015 · American Pie is the longest song ever to top the Billboard Hot 100, at eight minutes and 36 seconds. There are fan websites entirely dedicated to solving these mysteries, where literary detectives ...
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- James Morgan
Jan 2, 2004 · Released January 2nd, 2004, 'American Pie Revealed' stars Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eugene Levy The movie has a runtime of about 3 hr 33 min, and received a user score of ...
Jul 27, 2022 · Don McLean’s 1971 hit “American Pie” is the subject of a new documentary. Photo by Andrew Benge / Redferns via Getty Images. On February 3, 1959, a single-engine plane crashed in a corn ...
