To some degree one had to live it to get it. Like poetry the American Pie album has phrases without hard edges that can be taken in more than one way. But the people of the era that lived through this stuff were the ones that the album was aimed at.
Looking at American music history...
Being born in 1944 I was of an age when the deaths of these musicians was particularly disturbing to me. For many in my age group rock and roll had completed its life cycle by 1960 or perhaps 61. We felt as though the newer stuff was simply not rock anymore.
For example I graduated...
Although this may sound wrong at first the exhaust pipe in a two stroke engine actually functions as if it is a cam shaft. In other words the shapes and length of the exhaust pipe will control the flow of the exhaust gas which in itself places some control over the intake mixture. Therefore a...