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Do You Know the Full Story Behind ‘The Day the Music Died?‘ Here’s Beck’s Version

You’ve probably heard the song a million times. It’s a classic. But do you know the full story behind Don McLean‘s rock ’n roll classic “American Pie” (better known as “the day the music died”)? If you thought it was just about the plane crash that killed Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly, you’re wrong.

On radio Thursday, Glenn Beck revealed the full message behind the catchy tune. What is it? Throughout the song, Beck says, there are warning messages about the deterioration of America.

To refresh your memory, here is the song:

“Our culture has erased the meaning of anybody who tried to issue a warning,” Beck said on radio, citing J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and C.S. Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia.”

“I always thought that this song was about Buddy Holly,” he added. “… But that’s only part of the song. It’s just the surface of the song.”

Listen as Beck goes verse-by-verse and explains the full meaning behind the classic:

In part two, Beck explains that McLean gave interviews saying he was obsessed with the death of America:

For a transcript of what Beck said, as well as the original Chevy commercial, head over to Glennbeck.com.

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  • JMAC1776
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:54pm

    I just always thought the DJ played this song when he had to use the bathroom..

     
    • LibertyUSA1
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:12pm

      JMAC….you are absolutely correct. My father was a DJ for 40 years. During the playing of trivial pursuit…the question for him came up “Bye, bye, American Pie, drove my…______ to the levey but the levy was dry. He couldn’t answer it…because you see…he always put this on to go use the restroom. He knew exactly how long it was….He has passed on now….but we remember and laugh. Thanks for helping laugh again. RIP dad!

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    • Jim S
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:13pm

      mmmm slow day Glenn ?…this maybe WAY out there but, could you not call Mr McLean ? or better yet just say go to http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1193….your thoughts are new to you and the people around you need to stop saying how smart you are and start telling you some truth…NOBODY hide the meaning of this song, we have know for 30 years !!!!

       
    • TexBork
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:44pm

      JMAC1776, Not only did the DJs play “American Pie” for bathroom breaks, but also “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane. It was quite the favorite for those needing the extended sitting time…

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    • Scotty-UT
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:51pm

      I just so happens that Don McLean was on BBC Radio4 today I listened to it live and McLean said that he didn’t really care for people picking appart the references and applying meaning this way. He said it dumbs down what he was going for. You can probably catch the podcast later today: http://www.bbc.co.uk\radio4

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:00pm

      Well, Don McLean is still alive. Why not invite him on the show, Glenn, and yack more about the song.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:06pm

      Glenn isn’t nuts and often God puts the words into the heads of musicians to put in a song. And what‘s more how about the possibility that Mclean didn’t really realize just how much of a gem of a song he was really writing. Good job Glenn, you’ve crossed a threshold.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:08pm

      MS-GLENNBC
      So, the story is about the song “American Pie” and you go on a Newt Gingrich rant, which has nothing to do with this at all. Slow day in the blogosphere?
      Really! If you aren’t a troll, you sure act like one.
      I’m sure you will have some extremely intellectual response to this.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:23pm

      @ACADEMICA2020

      What the hell does this have to do with Gingrich…. This is Glenn Pat and Stupid’s game.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGFxEupRK0E

      Where does Newt Gingrich fit into this story??? Listen to it. Great Interview, I bought the book and it has nothing to do with Gingrich. Just like the last few months of Beck’s Show.

      For 2-1/2 months every story has been about Newt Gingrich…. That is why I don’t listen anymore.

      Now everyone is calling me a Bigot…. OK And a Troll OK just answer this question…. How do you connect Newt Gingrich to this story about the Nazi’s….. AGENDA is the answer you are looking for.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:31pm

      MS-GLENNBC
      Since we are entertaining a musical theme here, may I submit that, if you can tie this story to Beck trashing Newt, I can suggest that you inspired Ozzy Osborne’s song “Crazy Train.”
      Do you have a hand signed life-size poster of Newt in your bedroom?

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    • FoxMulder
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:46pm

      in my day it was Macarthur Park for the bathroom breaks

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:49pm

      @ACADEMICA2020

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGFxEupRK0E

      After you watch this and explain this I will address your question.

      I have argued with Idiots as well as Liberals.. I asked you to connect killing 11 million people with Newt Gingrich or explain how Glenn has done so. The same as American Pie has nothing to do with Gingrich. But Glenn has chosen this path and split his listeners and now we fight each other.

      Address this video, and maybe read the book where Andy says that this book was not to call out any liberals conservatives republicans democrats but rather explain how these people allowed themselves to be killed. Glenn took it to Gingrich in three steps. What the Author was trying to avoid. If you are drinking Romney-Aid or Beck-Brew you will not be able to answer this question of see the problems with Glenn’s show.

      Drink up or Wake up!

      I will address your question after you consider and address mine. I expect to not have to say anything else…. keep Trolling…

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    • richard the lion-hearted
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:49pm

      @MS-GlenNBC
      I would say you are grossly ill-informed and formulating your opinions on Glenn Beck out of bias. It just so happens that I listen to both Glenn and Mr. Levin and take a great deal of knowledge from both, really don‘t care for ’your’ judgment on Glenn, let their works speak for themselves, did you forget that #no small matter# planned event that Glenn Beck did back on 9-28-10 Faith, Hope, & Charity gathering? Or the inspiration for the Tea Party movement? If it were not for the Tea Party we would ALL be far worse off, remember the mid-terms? The GOP is trying yet again to prop up their version of a conservative messiah #Newt#, I recollect perfectly that he was ‘shifty’ during the Clinton administration and continues on the same today, you cast dispersions about Glenn Beck and prop up Newt who did far worse WITHOUT remorse, just back-tracking when it was politically expedient. Don’t be so blindly affiliated with just one aspect of truth, you’ll fair far better for clear, concise, formulated opinions.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:06pm

      @RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED

      Jesse Jackson never trashes Al Sharpton who never trashes Nancy Pelosi who never trashes Harry Reid, etc.

      Romney has some major flaws…. Glenn never NEVER spent 2:30 minutes of a show talking about his faults…….
      Newt Gingrich has been a Major Target of This show, and for you not to see that, tells me you are not really listening.

      George Soros backed Romney…… No Mention….. Really!! Isn’t GS one of the biggest foes of our way of life. He backed Romney and Beck doesn’t even question what this might mean. Look here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyftC27vNp0 I’m only telling the Truth !!!!!!!!

      Pat on the 4th hour with Stu admit to smearing Gingrich or Starting the Smears in Iowa… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2sJHeHg_8 You really have to be listening all the time to pick up on this stuff, I suspect you don’t listen that carefully, after all this is Listen during a Radio Break..

      If you listen to Mark then you heard Romney on Healthcare yesterday…. Today we talk about American Pie… http://cnsnews.com/news/article/romney-romneycare-first-subsidize-then-mandate

      Something is wrong here, you are not questioning with boldness, are you?

      MS-GlenNBC  
    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:08pm

      By the way 8/28

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:13pm

      MS-GLENNBC
      I listened to the clip. You could give me links to tons of clips about a lot of different people that Beck takes issue with, and you could claim that he has some sort of maniacal agenda. Which, you seem to have done. I will assert that you are as crazed for Gingrich as you claim Beck is against him. You go to great lengths to make your points and, sorry, they do come off as just a tad crazy. That said, “Troll”, really? I’m a troll? LOL! I suppose the next thing you will tell me is that I am a Mormon is sheeps clothing, here to mesmerize the uninformed into a false sense of Beckishness. Vote for Romney! Vote for Romney!
      I’ve read your comments for quite a while and you really do need to get a hobby…

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:23pm

      MS-GLENNBC
      BTW, I don‘t particularly like Romney or Newt and don’t even try to assume you know who I support.
      And I don’t like some loon going off on daily hatchet jobs because he has some sort of maladaptive issue with anyone, let alone Beck.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:26pm

      I’ve know this since the 80s. I didn’t know that Dillon was the Man in the cast…some said it was Elvis in the Army. Coat borrowed from James Dean seals it though as Dillon because he appeared on a album with that coat on. McClean said none of this was true and the song had no meaning whatsoever. If that were true then monkeys could have written such a cryptic piece of work as well. Of course it is saying something of the period. The baby boom gen was a massive gen of youth all coming of age at around the same time. Of course there would be an upheavel of sorts especially when the Lefty’s knew that our country had this baby boom ready and in waiting for the indoctrination. They did a great job on them and what they did is still reverberating until now, just as what the best generation did in WWII. Still echos to this day and we’ve all to thank them for some of the best contributions.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:31pm

      @ACADEMICA2020

      Assert all you want, you’ll be wrong. I am a Santorum Fan, and I don’t Trust Romney!

      Romney said he is a progressive… and Glenn keeps telling us Gingrich is a Progressive.
      Beat them both up not just one… and that has been what is happening…. I don’t understand it.

      I was on air November 23rd, saying the same thing.

      Ask yourself this…. What if Gingrich Gets the Nomination? 2 months of Beck trashing Gingrich and some of which is not true. Obama can play Glenn bashing Gingrich.

      I don‘t want any of our candidates trashed but Glenn won’t f___ing give it a rest. I think it is too late and Beck has pissed off so many of his listeners.

      Here, this is me on the show, telling Beck not to attack Gingrich or any other candidate even Trump. Glenn opened the flood gates after this and admits to doing so.

      http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/11/23/newt-vs-mitt-whos-worse/

      This election is too important…..

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:42pm

      MS-GlenNBC
      You are not the only one to have noticed this one sided attack on Newt. Many of the arguments made about Newt could just as easily be made about Romney. I plan on voting Santorum but, I don’t like seeing any of our candidates demonized by our own side. I think Rush and Hannity have played the fence sitter to perfection and Glenn should learn from it.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:49pm

      MS_GLENNBC
      So, this is a personally driven vendetta!
      Why don‘t you buy some billboards along Beck’s route to and from work?
      When I made the remark about “Crazy Train” earlier, I wasn’t off the mark at all.
      I strongly suggest you get some help, because your issues with Beck are way over the top.
      Hey, even better, report me and have me booted from The Blaze because I insulted you…
      Unbelievable…

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:59pm

      And to think the original story was about the lyrics and meaning of Don Mclean’s “American Pie”

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    • PokeySD
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:07pm

      Alice’s Restaurant, Innagodadavida, Hey Jude – all good restroom songs.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:10pm

      And by the way, what is Ron McLead going to tell people? That this song is about the Song of Moses, and a couple spiritual brothers kicking off their shoes when Buddy Holly and Richie died? As if anyone would understand, and that’s why people trying to guess only dumbs it down. Sorry Ron, but some things have to be said. And thus for “Ten years we’ve been on our own.”

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:31pm

      @Gonzo

      Thanks Gonzo

      Rush and Hannity have really been professional. If you don’t know who Mark Levin is you need to check him out.

      http://www.marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=32930#

      Today’s show has been great so far. but listen to the back shows, at least the first 15 minutes. I suspect you will become an instant fan. He has laid out the Romney Facts like no one has. It will be eye opening.

      He has a book out right now called Ameritopia, #1 on all 4 NYT best sellers list.
      Past Books:
      Liberty and Tyranny
      Men in Black

      This is my favorite three hours of the day now that Glenn has gone crazy on Gingrich.

      Cheers

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    • richard the lion-hearted
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:50pm

      @MS-GlenNBC
      I’m afraid that your anger has you with your opinion blowing like a leaf in the wind, you go from one topic to the next and never even make your point. Take a deep breath, count to ten and realize that this is about the future of our country, there will be no more chances if this one is blown. Gin‘grinch’, Romney, two sides of the same coin with a different approach on where to apply the ‘pressure’ points to our country. Santorum is our only chance although I would have voted for Bachmann as well (maybe vice president?). You get too caught up on particular points that in the end mean absolutely nothing. Newt is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, Mitt is not grounded in his beliefs (key word ‘grounded’). So in the end we agree with the real choice, it has nothing to do with Beck and I’ll sum it up for you in one sentence. Glenn Beck ALWAYS says to do your own homework, to not believe him at face value, nothing could be clearer to me. Your very username reveals your personal motivation against Beck.

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    • Fredhead
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:52pm

      There are a number of us here that can spot the posers here, a few infiltrators that want to put up the sign, nothing to see here,, move along.
      years ago I had caught bits and pieces of Mr. Mclean’s explanation of the song, but today having listened to Glenn’s program and, full detailing,~ along with his explanations and teachings of and about the evils of progressivism, all makes perfect sense.
      And for the, (Nothing to see here crowd), does the light shining on you hurt your eyes?

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:01pm

      First GBTV I’ve watched although I admit I only got through about five minutes, not far enough evidently to get to the Newt Gingrich part. The production value is really low. His comments were drowned out by the music.

      But, it you pay about $6 for 40 hours of Glenn, that works out to about 15 cents per hour. I wouldn’t pay 15 cents for an hour of Glenn, but really that sounds like a pretty good deal if you like him and can watch all the shows, despite the amateurish production.

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    • KangarooJack
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:02pm

      Naw, that‘s ’Stairway to Heaven’ by Led Zepplin…

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    • voodoolife
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:16am

      MS-GlenNBC = Hired gun…

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    • ILUVJESUS
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:06am

      Glenn, you are for sure, one late bloomer!

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    • ILUVJESUS
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:14am

      Glenn, very often you can be like someone’s nutty little brother! Yes Glenn, we kne this, and like so many other things that you have discovered in recent history, many of us knew them.
      Glenn, you are the late bloomer. As you learn continue to teach others, but do not sell your ideas as new discoveries!

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    • DonaldH
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:03am

      @MS-GlennNBC
      Soros “backing Mitt” is just a tad mis-leading, don’t you think!.. Unless Uncle George has pulled all his funding and covert support from Obama and put is squarley behind Mitt,, I don’t think it would be honest to say Soros is backing Mitt. Spin all you want facts the facts are still there for the informed to see…

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    • mamatango
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:50am

      I think everybody including Glenn has missed the big headline here…

      Doesn’t anyone remember OBAMA CHOSE “BYE BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE FOR HIS INAUGURATION???

      I wondered then why he chose that exact song……Can’t believe Glenn missed this!

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    • old white guy
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:55am

      i enjoyed the analysis. i always felt it was about the demise of the culture. as an old guy now i sometime actually tear up when i hear the song. don mclean was or still is a Christian. slowly, slowly the pace of our destruction increases.

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    • GIDEON612
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:17am

      @ILUVJESUS,

      We must remember though that just because we have learned something does not mean that someone else hasn’t. I tend to gloss over very important things, as I teach, that are very important stepping stones for others to get there. While it may be repetitious to us…others may need that last tumbler to be turned to open the door to understand the big picture.
      Another explanation, not excuse, for the late bloomer syndrome is that when someone walks around in an alcoholic haze they have blinders on like a horse. Only what is allowed before them is seen, the rest is insignificant.

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    • mattwakulik
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:28am

      http://understandingamericanpie.com/index.htm

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    • GIDEON612
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:02am

      @mamatango

      You are right and ironically enough it was done by Garth Brooks. What was also in the mix was ” This Land is Your Land.” Which we all know is a really really good ‘a’merican vision. Oh wait, that is if you do not include all of the original lyrics.

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    • almilford
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:41pm

      Quite a stretch….GLEN!!!

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    • libtardian-refugee
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:16pm

      I turned on the radio today to listen to commercials, but every once in awhile Glenn Beck interupted them

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    • GENE BLISTER
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:59am

      It was always Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd or Springsteene’s Jungleland for me. You could take care of an attack of dysentery and still have time to get a fresh cup of coffee from the Dunkin Donuts down the block during these two! DJ’s best friend!

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  • jand777
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:50pm

    they did not bury or hide this festival..they made a movie its called Gimme Shelter.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:53pm

      If you watch the movie, Jagger wasn’t inciting the croud, he was trying to calm them. The Stones were scared, really scared. They thought it was going to be peace and love and I think they were as surprised as anyone about how it was turning out. Although, when they got the Angels involved, they should have known better. They refused to play Sympathy live for many years after that.

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    • Oldtexan in support of Israel
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:57pm

      You are correct Gonzo I was there it was billed as California’s answer to Woodstock. Some of my friends and I got 3 day passes from fort Ord to go of course we got back late and had hell to pay for that. Things did get way out of hand. To this day I have not talked to my kids and grandkids about it.

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    • JayCee
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:03pm

      Yes, the event was well covered and the Angels may have saved Jagger’s life.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9WcwTbErw&feature=related

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:05pm

      catcher in the Rye… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkaJO0WFoh8&feature=related

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:29pm

      No kidding Old Texan? That’s pretty cool.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:20am

      Peace and love ??? The Stones were the bad boys of rock at the time. Peace and love wasn’t part of their act. And why would anyone have the hells angels as security??? You cant light a fuse and be surprised it blew up….

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 6:03am

      For those of you who were alive at the time, this festival is probably as well known as Woodstockto you, but I was born in 1978 and have never in my life heard of it. My mother wasn’t old enough at the time to really have known much about it, and my grandmother was working in a factory to support 4 children after her husband died in 1959. For most people my age, Woodstock is the known era marker.

      I have always loved this song and my kids love it as well. My three year old even knows it by heart…yes, the whole thing. It is awesome to hear the story behind it. I wish Glenn would have McLean on his show, and finish with his explanation of the song today, since there are a few more verses he didn’t get to.

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    • mamatango
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 6:06am

      Is everyone missing the Elephant in the room here?

      Why did Obama choose “Bye Bye Miss American Pie” for his inauguration?

      Hmmm….

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:06am

      RepubliCorp
      The Stones had done a similar free concert in Hyde Park, London for 350,000 people earlier the same year and everything was peace and love. They were expecting the same thing at Altamont. Look it up.

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  • Grannie4news
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:49pm

    During the 60′s he was probably a hippie and if he would probably be in the Occupy movement today.
    I remember the 60s and it wasn’t pretty.

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    • gpk
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:01pm

      same here granny.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:17pm

      It sure wasn’t, my folks lived blocks from the Watts riots and hippies were everywhere in California.

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  • Lumbar Spine
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:46pm

    And if you play the song backwards it says “Beck is nuts. Beck is nuts…”

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    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:51pm

      :-D That‘s F’n Funny!

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:25pm

      I see your true colors shining through…Hey fake Jesus,watch The Big Bang Theory Tonight…God will not be mocked!!!

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:10am

      I thought I heard Obama is a Commie, Obama is a Commie

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:44pm

    Drove my Chevy Volt to the Levy and it blew up …

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:51pm

      So did mine….lol

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    • Emanuel Goldstein
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:52pm

      You don’t need to blow it up, it does that for you.

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    • EchoHawk
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:56pm

      BS, you‘re to stupid to have a license not to mention you couldn’t afford one.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:01pm

      ECHOHAWK is trolling again…

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:02pm

      EchoHawk
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:56pm

      BS, you‘re*** to*** stupid to have a license not to mention you couldn’t afford one.
      ———————————————————————————————

      ROTFLMFAO!

      It ALWAYS happens when you go to call someone else ignorant!

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:20pm

      THEOBAMAN……………..Oh my…that was funny!!

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  • spirited
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:44pm

    Glenn,
    Without knowing the all of the paticulars (Dylan wore Dean’s coat, Jack is McJagger, etc),
    –even at eleven years old, it was clearly understood that the meaning of the song was not about musicians who died in a plane crash; they were only part of the story of “American Pie” –‘America’ changing…dying.

    Always wondered however –and still do today

    >Who are the “Good old boys drinking whiskey and rye” ? Progressives??? Soroists???

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    • Locked
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:52pm

      The good ol’ boys are likely references to Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, as they were both Texans with a known affinity to drink. This makes sense, as the next line is “this will be the day that I die.”

      Looking online, I also found this:
      “An alternate theory holds that, since rye IS a kind of whiskey, McLean is actually singing “drinking whiskey IN Rye.” Ths singer’s home was New Rochelle, which did indeed feature a bar called “The Levee.” Allegedly, this bar shut down or “went dry,” causing patrons to drive across the river to Rye, NY.”

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:00pm

      New Rochelle is one town away from Rye, in Westchester County, NY. No river separates them.

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    • spirited
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:12pm

      Interesting ….

      {8^> Thanks!

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    • Todd P
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:13pm

      @ LOCKED :

      Thanks – that makes a lot of sense to me now. The Levee was dry, so they were drinking whiskey IN Rye. I never knew!!!

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    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:19pm

      Actually New Rochelle is 3 towns away from Rye and there are 2 rivers that separate the towns. One of them runs along the border of Rye and meets up with the Mamaroneck river. Both empty into Mamaroneck Harbor. They are very small rivers, easily overlooked on a map, but there nonetheless.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:24pm

      Okay, haven’t lived in Westchester in 30 years. The rivers? They must be small and not anything anyone would notice, but I definitely got the number of towns wrong. Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, then Rye. I forgot that Harrison has shoreline. I stand corrected.

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    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:54pm

      Wasn’t trying to be a smartyass. Just being thorough. It’s my back yard. :-)

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  • berrygrower
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:40pm

    WOW… my dad was a HIPPY, graduated in 1970. I came along in 1972. I had to listen to ALL those songs of that era. AND STILL my dad only listens to that music, no joke! This song was one of them that I craved to finally come one to save my sanity as a kid. One I never paid attention to the words it was the melody of the chorus and the rythm that I liked. Plus, I don’t remember it ever being that long? so when they released the song, did they cut out parts of the song? Reading the words now, it made me say wow! and then wow because as a small child atleast I unknowingly latched onto a good song! :0)

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    • Locked
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:44pm

      The song’s always been that long, and the meaning has never really been “hidden” if anyone bothered looking it up. Similar to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” it’s a song mostly about life across a few decades. Difference being that Joel’s lyrics come out and say the events, while McLean’s are mostly song references and metaphors.

      I went out to a piano bar last weekend, and the guys on stage played this song. The entire bar, from college kids to baby boomers, all joined in. Glad to see it’s lasted for so long!

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    • owbowagowy
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:57pm

      To answer your question, sort of. The song has always been long but when it was released as a single it was divided between Side A and Side B. Most radio stations only played Side A and it was that side that Billbord would play when they did their countdowns such as the American Top 40.

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  • Unix
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:38pm

    And so it ends for me my friends…I’ve been laid off my job along with 2500 others, half our workforce, gone! I was one of the most experienced and hard working people at my job, but I guess my pay was too much for a sinking ship.

    It has been fun posting with you fine conservatives, and even debating you liberals, but I will soon lose internet as a result.

    Who knows, this may be a blessing to me.

    I will see you all on the battlefield one day – God Bless America, God Bless you all.

    Signed,

    Sgt Unix Crust
    Aloha
    TEA

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    • DD313
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:48pm

      Hang in there, Unix. Keep your laptop, find some wifi, and keep posting if you can. I, for one, will miss you if you can’t.

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    • Locked
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:53pm

      Best of luck. I’d toss home phone service and cable well before the internet. Would even give up cell phone service first. If you have the web, you can do all of those.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:07pm

      @UNIX
      Sorry to hear that, man, what a bummer. When one door closes, another opens, somewhere. I know sayings don’t help, but I do hope you will find something to keep you going.
      I HOPE November brings better news.
      Take care.

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Free Wifi at McDonalds and multiple hotels around the country. You don’t even have to go in and buy anything. You can sit in your car and connect. I do it regularily when I’m traveling on the road. Don’t give up hope. That’s what he lib commie bastards want us to do. I hope your fortunes turn around for you. God bless you and yours.

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:12pm

      Sgt. Crust.

      Sorry to hear about your lose of employment.
      Personally I just think you are a little ahead of the curve.
      We all will be unemployed within two years – You have got a head start – use your time and limited resources wisely to be prepared.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:13pm

      Good luck UNIX, we’re all living in fear of the same thing. You WILL be OK. Easy to say, I know. Tell us your first name, I’m sure a lot of people will want to pray for you. If not, God knows who Unix is too.

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    • spirited
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:18pm

      … What a bummber.

      No hand layings, but, —> will keep good thoughts flowing for you.

      Stay in tough,

      >Stay well.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:29pm

      Take a couple weeks for yourself before hopping back in the work place. Do a little early bassing,all the house work that there never seems to be enough time for,and get your bearings. Good luck and God Bless

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    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:29pm

      UNIX,
      Though we have/had our differences and some spirited volleys, I must say that I learned a lot from you and I am very, very sorry to hear of your layoff. No matter what side you’re on, that is a lousy break. I’ve been out of work for close to 2 years now so I know what it feels like. I’m really sorry.
      But don’t give up. Keep on truckin’ my friend. (And I do consider you a friend).
      Peace be with you.
      JHC (the original)

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    • Rayblue
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:42pm

      Good luck,unix.
      We’ve sat around a little campfire that grew into a volcano that flashed a warning spark across the universe. And our message has been “we’re still here”.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:47pm

      We will miss you Unix as someone who hasn’t been working full-time since March 2010, I can relate to your status. Good luck in finding a new job and I hope something comes up soon. I will keep you in my prayers.

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    • smokie
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:55pm

      I’m sorry to hear that. I agree that you should at lest keep internet contact, just to know what’s going on. Maybe a job might come through.

      My sister and husband are both laid off right now, but at least you have something over on them,myou aren’t going to vote Obama in 2012.

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    • momrules
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:24pm

      I posted to you on another story but I’ll do it again here. Stay strong, trust in God and watch for the door He will open for you. My prayers are with you and yours.

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    • Mikev5
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:39pm

      Unix I say hang in pal try magic jack for phone service saves a ton of money you need a fast internet provider for it to work well but saves lots on the phone bills the new one you don’t need the computer on it runs off your router now.
      Same out of work for a long time now but I’m ok still the more friends you get the better things will look having good friends makes all the difference in the world.

      I do computer work and decided to work for free for anyone needing some computer help I’m very good at it I can get into anyone’s computer and fix it doesn’t mater if you are in China or America you let me login and I go go go.

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    • Unix
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:01pm

      Thanks ALL of you, as you lift my spirits greatly. I will stand strong and tall, and no matter what happens, I will always stay true to OUR America. Thanks for all the tips too. God Bless you all.

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    • hillbillyinny
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:16pm

      @ unix

      I agree! I gave up TV to have internet and for a number of weeks used a friend’s hot spot or public access to keep up with what I wanted to know about.

      All the best as you “reboot” and you are in my prayers!

      We’re in this together!

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    • greypilgrim
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:36pm

      Keep your powder dry brother.

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:37pm

      Sorry to hear of your troubles friend. You are not alone. Many people can relate to what you’re going through. We went through a real bad spell from 2009 to 2010, lost our house all our savings and had to move cross country…..but it got better, eventually.

      Stay strong and keep the faith, we’ll say a prayer for you.

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    • Workforit
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:03pm

      Good luck UNIX!

      I have enjoyed your input more than you know…

      May the force be with you!

      Remember: Talented hard working people are always in demand!

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:14pm

      hang in UNIX much respect,Phil

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:27pm

      Srgt Crust…no don’t go……………..maybe it will just be changing to a new vocation……will pray for you

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    • 1SSF
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:31pm

      God speed, UNIX! Keep your powder dry and hang tough! You will get through this.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 11:32pm

      @Unix
      Best of luck to you.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:15am

      Good Luck to you! We have been facing cut backs for the last couple of years. Depts are shrinking yet they want to maintain the same level of productivity. A door will open for you,

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 6:18am

      I’m saluting in my mind sir.

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    • Unix
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:24am

      To ALL of my blaze friends – thank you all again! I am sorry to hear some of you have been out of work for a long time, my heart and prayers go out to you too!

      I will land on my feet somehow…I have a good skill set, from a BS degree in computers to carpentry, I can do a lot of things. I am very close to being what Glenn calls E4…so close I can taste it. I will let you all know what I am doing very soon, and maybe you will like my product and buy one. We have one last piece of the puzzle to put together and it will be online. Stay tuned for that my friends.

      I also want to thank Glenn and company for their insight and being watchmen, I know I have been a thorn in their side at times – my tongue can be quite sharp. My apologies go out to all I have cut to the bone. We have to come together as Americans, and not let the elite split us apart, we have to find some common ground, or else we will fall like a stone – divided, and that is what they want. After all, Sore-azz says we are the last impediment to a peaceful world right? Where does that putz get off saying that stuff?. If we don’t all get behind the eventual GOP winner, we are toast. Let’s put the petty differences aside and UNITE to defeat the red machine. This much I know! Thanks again everybody, your kind words, your prayers and encouragment have given me the spark, the drive, to ‘dust myself off”. I’ve been down before, but I am not out, and will be back on my feet in no time.

      God Bless A

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    • louise
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 5:59am

      Unix,
      I am sorry to hear you lost your job. For you and every other American who has lost employment, Let’s work together to get Ron Paul nominated and elected. His plan to get America working again begins with the lowest income tax of all the candidates (would like it to be 0%). Here is a link to a WSJ economist who loves Paul’s idea. IF America had the lowest income tax in the world, companies could not get here fast enough to do business….and in turn, put people back to work! Here is the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BjCq6woC_hg#!

      God be with you

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  • jungle J
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:35pm

    only the sane will understand reality.

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    • bigpew
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:31pm

      You are correct. Most have missed it. 66-69 America died. Truth has taken a back seat to the will of baal amongst the populous. But fear not for the will of my Father is true and good and just.

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  • sta
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:34pm

    I’m so glad this has been posted. I was listening on the radio before Rick came on.
    I hope Glenn will cover it on GBTV as well.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:28pm

    Y’all ever read St. Augustin’s allegorical interpretation of the parable of the Good Samaritan?

    Yeah, what Beck says is all correct, but don’t try to read too much into a song…

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:35pm

      And I just wanted to say:

      I am the eggman

      I am the eggman

      I am the Walrus!

      Goo Goo ga Joob

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:10pm

      And you’re working for nobody, but me………….Taxman!

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    • 1SSF
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:47pm

      You’re exactly right, TT. Glenn is completely wasting his time (and ours) with this. The Beatles laughed at the folks doing the same thing with their songs. Both Lennon and McCartney said anyone can read anything into them and some of Lennon’s best lines, he said, were written simply because he had a good “crap” that day. Nothing more. American Pie is a nice tune with a hook. Once when asked what the lyrics meant, Don McLean responded “It means that I will never have to work again.”

      BTW, Lori Lieberman wrote the Roberta Flack hit “Killing Me Softly With His Song” after listening to Don McLean sing American Pie at a concert.

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    • UseTheSchwartz
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:30am

      If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow,
      don’t be alarmed now.
      It’s just a sprinkling for the May queen.

      Led Zepplin, Stairway to Heaven

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  • jnobfan
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:26pm

    Really Glen. We have come to exspect more from you. Why don’t you write a new song entitled “The Day Glen ran out of things to do” I’m pretty bored too these days but not that bored.

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    • TOMSERVO
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:33pm

      I don‘t know if I’d say I expect more from him, but no question this is grasping at it’s most obvious. Is Beck going to read some of Aesop’s fables and tell us how they are “warnings” for today’s society?

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:33pm

      Beck Dissociative Personality Disorder

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    • TOMSERVO
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:47pm

      @Academica Yes, of course, anyone criticizing anyone else is suffering from Anyone Dissociative Personality Disorder.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:56pm

      TOMSERVO
      You are wrong there. It is a mania here on The Blaze.
      There are folks who can’t get through one single day without turning anything Beck says into some sort of conspiracy or Beck spiraling out of control.
      I coined the term and I stand by it.
      And there are “trolls” who get their jollies bashing him.

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    • TOMSERVO
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:07pm

      “There are folks who can’t get through one single day without turning anything Beck says into some sort of conspiracy or Beck spiraling out of control.”

      But half the things that Beck says are about a conspiracy. It seems like he is inviting those interpretations when he spends an hour cooking up some crazy theories.

      I mean really: “Glenn Beck revealed the full message behind the catchy tune.” Really?

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:21pm

      So why listen to him? Are you like my next door neighbor, who has never listened to him or watched him, but hates him? All based on what he has read on blogs and seen on MSNBC and CNN?

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    • TOMSERVO
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:31pm

      No I’ve definitely seen his show, I used to watch it once or twice a week when he was on Fox. Needless to say I’m not going to pay for a lower-quality, less-hinged version of the same thing streamed on my computer.

      I actually come to this site to see the conservative viewpoint on current events, which is why I typically spend more time in the comments than on the news stories (I’ve already read most of the news stories which are meaningful, and I skip half the Blaze articles since they are so silly and irrelevant). That said, this one made my eyebrows raise so I checked it out and, shockingly, it is asinine.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:37pm

      So be it…

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:41pm

      Try not to take too much away from the comments here. There are quite a few trolls who do the hit and run thing and there are the folks who have some strange hatred of Beck, and you have the folks who just like to read comments and get their jollies being sarcastic of them. The remaining few are actually folks who are objective…

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:49pm

      academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:41pm

      Try not to take too much away from the comments here. There are quite a few trolls who do the hit and run thing and there are the folks who have some strange hatred of Beck, and you have the folks who just like to read comments and get their jollies being sarcastic of them. The remaining few are actually folks who are objective…
      ————————————————————————-
      And no offense to my fellow conservatives but people are people and there are just as many kooks and nuts on the right as there are on the left. Some folks are reasonable and open to ideas, others are irrational and will never entertain any opinion except their own. Just the way of things I suppose…

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:59pm

      TROLLTRAINER
      Good point

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    • TOMSERVO
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:16pm

      Yeah, I know. And I understand why you guys might be reflexive toward the more obviously nasty trolls. I cringe when I see some of the hateful things on this site, but I also think that, for the most part, the community here is good people with whom I disagree.

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  • Car54
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:25pm

    When I first saw this I thought,”ok Glenn, your going over the top”. Yet, after listening to this, your right in the sense of this was a historical account of the time, I just never knew the links involved. Now if it has a deeper meaning of the end of days, America as we know it…I’m not sure if a “hippie” like McLean was clairvoyant enough to predict that, but only to be a commentary what he saw around him.

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    • tzion
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:00pm

      Tell me about it. I didn’t live in the 60s so how would I put this all together without all those pieces.

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    • booger71
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:31pm

      I grew up this music. I was in HS when it was released. The theory back then was it was a song about a mixture of Dante’s Inferno and Jesus dying on the cross. Too much beer I guess.

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    • dangmc
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:15am

      @car54, after reading quite a few posts I feel you got it just right. Having come of age in the 60′s (even though I never got involved with ‘flower power’ nor did I participate in anything that came afterward, what Glenn said on the radio today feels right. ) I‘ll bet Don McClain might have been reacting to old school buses or VW’s decorated during drug inspired episodes of labor; signs in the windshield stating: @$$, gas, or grass if you wanted a ride! I’m sure those of you who were also around during those times in other parts of the country saw similar sights, but California is always where stuff likes this starts.

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  • Tyson
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:25pm

    One of my alltime favorite songs…..now I undestand why. Thanks Glenn

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:04pm

      Alice’s Restaurant is about the federal reserve creating a NWO.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:03pm

      Inagaddadavida is about the Bilderberg Society.

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    • momrules
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:40pm

      Gonzo………Steppenwolf, right? I was a young woman when this and Magic Carpet Ride came out. It was only played on underground stations then if I remember correctly. My friends and I would go to the Celler Club in Old Market Square in Houston and they played this music.

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    • richard the lion-hearted
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:48pm

      @momrules
      That would be Iron Butterfly dear…

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    • momrules
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:59pm

      Richard……….Thank you, I had forgotten all about Iron Butterfly. It has been years since I have heard this music or even thought about it for that matter. Funny how I’m now humming the music and even remember some of the lyrics.

      I tried to post a thank you earlier that never showed up but you might get two in a row now.

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  • honor007
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:24pm

    WOW~
    I cannot believe most us never even knew about this Festival. They did a GREAT job burying it. I enjoyed the clip this morning and the commentary. Keep up the good work, Glenn. Just WOW~

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    • SageInWaiting
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:47pm

      ‘67… Hmmmm…. I was approaching teenhood. I remember the news accounts about the Hell‘s Angels going crazy as security at a concert but didn’t remember the details and how could you not notice Woodstock? I witnessed but was spared from the 60′s insanity. The draft was over when I reached 18 and my “coming of age” in the 70‘s was a time of the country’s healing. This DOES tie a lot together, though, and confirms many of my thoughts.

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    • richard the lion-hearted
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:00pm

      Sympathy For The Devil is an evil song, written as if Satan himself is singing it, it’s no wonder the mood of the crowd was different and incited to violence. How many people even know that the title was the meaning, and the fact that The Rolling Stones even wrote it makes one wonder…

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    • honor007
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:16pm

      WATCH THIS!!!!! THis is the performance…..
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-MMlL8YAfw&feature=related

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    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:59pm

      I have had the video since I was a teen.No one knew about it?

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    • terryb425
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:30pm

      I saw “Gimme Shelter” as a teenager in the 70s. The Stones had to watch the film of the audience to find out what really happened with the stabbing. I never knew the dude had a gun. I thought the biker just stabbed the guy for the hell of it.

      Oh and “Helter Skelter in a summer swelter” refered to Manson and the Tate/LoBianca murders in 69. “Generation lost in space” a reference to the July 69 moon landing and the show Lost in Space on at about the same time.

      I also had heard that Satan was Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. Altamont with the Hell’s Angels and “Sympathy for the Devil” makes a bit more sense.

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  • Locked
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:21pm

    Did a report on in elementary school. Not able to watch the video right now, anyone want to summarize? From what I recall, it’s mostly a procession of musical and 50s-70s event metaphors.

    Book of Love, by the Monotones, references to “the king” (Elvis), and the Beatles (quarter practiced in the park/sergeants playing a marching tune), references to the Rolling Stones (moss grows fat on a rolling stone/Jack Flash), the death of Janis Joplin.

    Obviously the music reflects a bunch of societal events too; the innocence of the 50s, how it was stripped away, leading to revolutionary changes in the 60s as well as the freedom from responsibility found in Woodstock.

    Does that sum up most of it?

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:26pm

      Pretty much.

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    • rufasthered
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:25pm

      i have always wondered what some of the lyrics meant with ricky nelsn’s song, garden party. any one know the story?

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:32pm

      Yes, he did a show at Madison Square Garden in NYC and began performing all of his hits from the 50s and early 60s and the crowd booed him and many got up and left.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:16pm

      @ACADAMICA2020

      I enjoy your posts, so please do not take this this as a slam.

      But I believe the crowd was unhappy that he was performing his new stuff.

      They wanted to hear his old stuff.

      If I am wrong, I apologize in advance.

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    • JayCee
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:41pm

      @academica2020

      That is interesting.
      I always thought it was just the opposite, – that he was playing his new stuff and the crowd wanted the old.

      But if memories were all I sang, I rather drive a truck

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:05pm

      ACAD:
      You have it backwards. He wanted to sing his new songs, but the people wanted to hear his old ones.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:36pm

      No offense meant to those making the correction, but isn’t once enough? Why come across as a parrot? We get it, it was his new stuff…

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    • JayCee
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:10pm

      @TROLLTRAINER

      Just below the comments box….

      ‘Your comment may take a few minutes to appear on the site. ‘

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:34pm

      I guess it’s personal interpretation. I have it on my I-Phone and listened to it a few times and I still think he was thrown by the fact that they didn’t want to hear his old stuff: “Played them all the old songs, thought that’s why they came, no one heard the music, we didn’t look the same. I said hello to Mary Lou, she belongs to me, then I sang a song about a honky-tonk, and it was time to leave.”

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:54pm

      I always though that the King and Queen was a reference to John and Jackie Kennedy. Some people have said Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, but I think that the part where it says “The courtroom was adjourned. No verdict was returned” supports my Kennedy theory.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:21pm

    And so, poor Glenn Beck accelerates his fiery, spiraling descent into complete and irreversible insanity. NOW SEND HIM MONEY!!!!!

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    • rotcarpenter
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:30pm

      You do understand that multiple people have studied the song lyrics and come to these conclusions BEFORE Glenn did. Perhaps everyone else is INSANE and you’re the only SANE person on the planet.

      Or.. This is what the song clearly is about.

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  • Strait Talk Express
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:20pm

    I think we found some “bad” windowpane, kiddies!

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  • academica2020
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:20pm

    Very compelling.
    Of course all of the trolls that suffer from Beck Dissociative Personality Disorder are going to go on a tear about how it’s BS and Beck is crazy or a religious nut.

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    • dangmc
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:43am

      Very true, academica2020. I think Glenn finally remembered to get back to what he does best, educate us! Now that many of us have voiced our opinions on him straying from the path, he probably realized that most of his audience, (myself included) get our political commentary from those who do it best. Hannity, Limbaugh, O’Reilly, et. al. Could this be beginning of a deeper immersion into how we changed from the 1950‘s culture to the truly evil parts of the 60’s? Let’s stay tuned in.

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  • AirForceKev
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:19pm

    http://www.don-mclean.com/americanpie.asp
    or you know go with what his own website says about it, still if you watch interviews with Don Mclean he idolizes FDR

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  • cemerius
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:18pm

    No Obama in 2012!! We can’t afford it….enough said!

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    • cemerius
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:30pm

      Not exactly off topic if you think of the 100 year old machine that has been in place and climaxed in the 60′s…..keep thinking things are NOT connected!

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    • mccracken
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:58pm

      Gong.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:10pm

      ahhh broke my own rule and entertained a troll…..

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  • norm shanahan
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:12pm

    Glenn, I have respect for what your trying to do to help your country but sometimes” a cigar is just a cigar”

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  • maxedout
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:11pm

    Who woulda thought….makes sense now.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Yes I can see this…before I just thought it was a catchy tune….of course catchy tunes aren’t over 8 minutes long usually :)

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  • DD313
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:04pm

    This administration took over Chevy, plans to levy, tax to bleed us all dry.

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    • DD313
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:32pm

      After the first post, things kept coming to mind. Pictured Obama in the Oval Office singing to the tune of “American Pie:” Bye bye this America, I—Took over Chevy, plan to levy, tax to bleed you all dry–Mandated health care’s just part of this key enterprise–Soon you will all realize, this is the day it all dies.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:50pm

      Amazing!

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  • lukerw
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:04pm

    Onward Christian Soldiers….

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