American Pie [DVD] [1999]

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Don McLean sets 'American Pie' 50th anniversary Europe/UK tour". AM 880 KIXI. September 21, 2021. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021 . Retrieved September 21, 2021.

Richin, Leslie (March 3, 2015). "Madonna Covered Don McLean's 'American Pie' 17 Years Ago Today". Billboard . Retrieved August 17, 2023. When dorky classmate Sherman claims that he lost his virginity at a party hosted by Stifler, Kevin prompts Oz, Finch, and Jim to join him in making a pact. They pledge that they will lose their virginity by high school graduation. a b Hawksley, Rupert (April 7, 2015). "American Pie: 6 crazy conspiracy theories". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Parish, James Robert (June 2000). Jason Biggs: Hollywod's Newest Cutie-Pie!. Macmillan Publishers. pp.3, 5, 126. ISBN 0-312-97622-4 . Retrieved September 3, 2021. Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5343." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 30, 2020.

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Jaaroverzichten – Single 2000" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on January 29, 2012 . Retrieved January 24, 2012. a b Farber, Jim (July 19, 2022). " 'I said, Don, it's time for you to reveal': 50 years later, the truth behind American Pie". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022 . Retrieved July 19, 2022. I’m nearing the end of the high-dive’ … McLean performing in 2015. Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Staff, Movieline (June 1, 1999). "Adam Herz: His Piece of the Pie". Movieline . Retrieved January 20, 2023. Top 100 of 2000". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on June 2, 2004 . Retrieved March 16, 2022.

a b c "Don McLean explains why he won't reveal the meaning of "American Pie" ". CBS News. March 29, 2017. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017 . Retrieved March 30, 2017. "But the quartet practicing in the park, that's not the Beatles?" Axelrod asked. "No," McLean replied. British single certifications – Don McLean – American Pie". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved March 3, 2023. Listinn Topp 100". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 5, 2001. p.10. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020 . Retrieved February 8, 2020. The Irish Charts – Search Results – American Pie". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

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The song debuted in the album American Pie in October 1971, and was released as a single in December. The song's eight-and-a-half-minute length meant that it could not fit entirely on one side of the 45 RPM record, so United Artists had the first 4: 11 taking up the A-side of the record and the final 4: 31 the B-side. Radio stations initially played the A-side of the song only, but soon switched to the full album version to satisfy their audiences. [21] a b c "Decoding the Ambiguous Lyrics of Don McLean's American Pie". Musicoholics. July 26, 2020. Archived from the original on July 10, 2021 . Retrieved July 10, 2021. The song was produced by Ed Freeman and recorded with a few session musicians. Freeman did not want McLean to play rhythm guitar on the song but eventually relented. McLean and the session musicians rehearsed for two weeks but failed to get the song right. At the last minute, the pianist Paul Griffin was added, which is when the tune came together. [19] McLean used a 1969 or 1970 Martin D-28 guitar to provide the basic chords throughout "American Pie". [20] The film was a box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels: American Pie 2, American Wedding, and American Reunion. In 2017, Scott said in an interview that the fourth film probably had not made enough at the domestic box office to warrant another film. [4] In addition to the primary American Pie saga, there are five direct-to-DVD spin-off films bearing the title American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The Naked Mile, Beta House, The Book of Love, and Girls' Rules. Jo Whiley Interviews Madonna". BBC Radio 1. November 23, 2001. Archived from the original on December 5, 2001 . Retrieved October 25, 2015.

Yearly Best Selling Singles" (PDF). British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2010 . Retrieved July 21, 2020.a b c d "American Pie". Rotten Tomatoes. April 27, 2021. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019 . Retrieved February 20, 2010. Libra Presents Taylor – "Anomaly - Calling Your Name (Granny's Epicure Mix)" (Plays when Nadia is about to have sex with Jim.) American Pie". Archived from the original on March 16, 2020 . Retrieved June 30, 2018– via www.imdb.com. In 2022, the documentary The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie, produced by Spencer Proffer, was released on the Paramount+ video on-demand service. Proffer said that he told McLean: "It's time for you to reveal what 50 years of journalists have wanted to know." McLean stated that he "needed a big song about America", and the first verse and melody seemed to just come to mind: "A long, long, time ago...". [19] McLean reportedly wrote "American Pie" in Saratoga Springs, New York, at Caffè Lena, but a 2011 New York Times article quotes McLean as disputing this claim. [14] Some employees at Caffè Lena claim that he started writing the song there, and then continued to write the song in both Cold Spring, New York, [15] and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [16] McLean claims that the song was only written in Cold Spring and Philadelphia. [14] Tin & Lint, a bar on Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs, claims the song was written there, and a plaque marks the table. While some have claimed other places, such as Saint Joseph's University, as where the song was first performed, [17] McLean insists that the song made its debut in Philadelphia at Temple University [14] when he opened for Laura Nyro on March 14, 1971. [16] However a 2022 documentary on the history of the song notes that particular concert actually occurred at the nearby Saint Joseph's University. [18]

The main reason for the MPAA's NC-17 decision was the infamous pie scene. In the original cut, Jim did four thrusts into the pastry - too many for an R. The filmmakers and the MPAA wound up settling on two thrusts. Delicious Facts About American Pie". www.mentalfloss.com. July 8, 2015. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020 . Retrieved March 24, 2020. There is really nothing interesting, entertaining, or redeeming about American Pie: Beta House. Any attempt at humor has been done in one form or another in so many ways since 1977's Animal House that even the most casual familiarity with party-centric college movies will have the viewer thinking at least five moves ahead before the predictable-enough punch line involving either walking in on people in compromising positions or the expulsion of various bodily fluids. Furthermore, the obvious and appalling takeaway from this movie -- especially in light of date rape and sexual assaults on our nation's campuses -- is that women are little more than attractive objects to try to have sex with. McLean then answers some of the long-standing questions on the song's lyrics, although not all. He reveals that Elvis was not the king referenced in the song, the "girl who sang the blues" was not Janis Joplin, and Bob Dylan was not the jester, although he is open to other interpretations. He says that "marching band" means the military–industrial complex, "sweet perfume" refers to tear gas, and Los Angeles is the "coast" that the Trinity head to ("caught the last train for the coast") – "even God has been corrupted", he comments. He says that "This'll be the day that I die" originated from the John Wayne film The Searchers (which inspired Buddy Holly's song " That'll Be the Day"), and "Bye Bye Miss American Pie" is a reference to a song by Pete Seeger, "Bye Bye, My Roseanna". McLean had originally intended to use "Miss American apple pie" but "apple" was dropped. [19]On April 20, 2015, John Mayer covered "American Pie" live on the Late Show with David Letterman, at the request of the show's eponymous host. [79] Coen, Jim (April 23, 2015). "Don McLean Revisits His Tasty Classic, "American Pie" ". Guitar World. Archived from the original on September 3, 2021 . Retrieved September 3, 2021. Don called his song a complicated parable, open to different interpretations. "People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time." Don McLean offers duet with South Korean president who sang'American Pie'to Biden". CNN. April 27, 2023. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023 . Retrieved April 29, 2023.