American Pie
Song by Don McLean
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Oct 7, 2026
Kristin RobinsonHOST
What would you cue to take you back to your childhood?
Mitch GlazierGUEST
Probably American Pie 'cause my mom played it all the time.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
That's a great pick.
Mitch GlazierGUEST
Yeah.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
What are the longest hit songs? I think there's a couple Doors songs that are really long, like The End by The Doors is really long.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
Uh, Bohemian Rhapsody is quite long, if I remember correctly.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
But yeah, American Pie, long one for sure.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
Okay.
Bruce KramerHOST
Because there is a difference between putting on a record that makes you feel better and using music as an actual therapy.
Bruce KramerHOST
In the trailer for the show, we borrow a line from Tom McLean's American Pie.
Bruce KramerHOST
Can music save your mortal soul? We think it can.
Bruce KramerHOST
Let's hit it.
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Don McLean, real name Donald McLean III, was born in 1945.
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His place in music history is very secure because he was the singer-songwriter behind the iconic 1971 acoustic masterpiece known as American Pie.
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Chris Ladeau was born in 1948.
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He's also part of American history because he is the high energy country music singer, songwriter, and also professional rodeo champion.
Damon BruceHOST
We've got a few birthdays to let you know about.
Damon BruceHOST
Don McLean, arguably the all-time one-hit wonder with American Pie.
Sam BateshHOST
Just I mean, a song that I mean, just think about for just for the holidays.
Sam BateshHOST
I mean, just for just for how many holidays does American Pie work for? Right.
Sam BateshHOST
You know, you got Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day.
Sam BateshHOST
All of those are worthy of bye bye Miss America Pie.
Damon BruceHOST
You get a lot of American Pie to this day.
Damon BruceHOST
Don McLean still cashing checks.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
do know all the verses too and I kind of do stand by it.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
Don McLean, American Pie.
Dan WoodardHOST
That's almost like a progressive rock song and how long that song is.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
It's wild.
Dan WoodardHOST
And Don McLean.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
What?
Dan WoodardHOST
Doing American Pie.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
Oh, he...
Christopher BadellHOST
I think he sings The Day the Music Died.
Christopher BadellHOST
I think he sings American Pie by Don
Adam RebottaroHOST
McLean.
Adam RebottaroHOST
Really? Okay.
Anthony BedellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Like
Adam RebottaroHOST
it's good for the set piece, but I think that, I think that you're right with, uh, the day the music died.
Adam RebottaroHOST
American, American pie
Christopher BadellHOST
is an eight and a half minute song.
Walter SterlingHOST
That was the first movie he directed.
Walter SterlingHOST
And Don McLean's first song to be released was American Pie.
Walter SterlingHOST
Great.
Walter SterlingHOST
Now what are you going to do? What are your plans now? Do you have any plans now? Yeah.
Walter SterlingHOST
That didn't go so well.
Walter SterlingHOST
One of the great privileges I had, by the way, I never talk about this stuff.
Walter SterlingHOST
But one of the great privileges I ever had was I got to see Don McLean perform American Pie live.
Walter SterlingHOST
And that to me was like a spiritual, truly American moment.
Jordan LoweHOST
So we are into the next region of the bracket, top seed of that region, The Saga Begins.
Jordan LoweHOST
Classic retelling of episode one, The Phantom Menace, in a version of American Pie by Don McLean.
Weird Al YankovicSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
see him hitting on the queen though he's just nine and she's 14 yeah he's probably gonna marry her some I know he built C-3PO, and I've heard how fast his pod can go.
Weird Al YankovicSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we were broke, it's true.
1 HR 12 MINS LATER
Evan BevinsGUEST
Um, But I just, I think the Saga Begins repairs a lot of the, improves the image of Episode 1.
Evan BevinsGUEST
I mean, both of them do a great job of hitting in-universe details and outside meta commentary.
Evan BevinsGUEST
plus I think the I mean you know I said at one point I don't remember what song it was about but is there a song that Weird Al elevates the original or that is better known than the original I'd say Yoda's probably the pinnacle of that but I mean American Pie is a pretty classic song in and of itself and just not the kind of thing you would ever associate with Star Wars and Weird Al was like American Pie, Anakin Guy.
Evan BevinsGUEST
I gotta go Saga Begins here.
Nicky BillouHOST
Through music, through listening, through awesome music.
Nicky BillouHOST
When I listen to a great song, like a Van Halen song, like a song by Harlequin, Innocence, like the legendary American Pie by Don McLean, man, that kind of song just lifts me up into a positive and powerful space.
Nicky BillouHOST
Welcome to the exciting episode of the podcast, The Thought Leader Revolution.
Nicky BillouHOST
I'm your host, Nicky Ballou.
Nicky BillouHOST
How can I keep my state powerful and positive all day? Oh my God, what a great question.
Nicky BillouHOST
Through music, through listening, through awesome music.
Nicky BillouHOST
When I listen to a great song, like a Van Halen song, like a song by Harlequin, Innocence, like the legendary American Pie by Don McLean, man, that kind of song just lifts me up into a positive and powerful space.
Nicky BillouHOST
The third question is what makes me laugh and smile? god funny stuff like i tell you you know who makes me laugh and smile charlie sheen i love charlie sheen i love watching two and a half men he's so funny in that little clips on youtube or episodes on amazon prime make me laugh and you know what his show anger management also makes me laugh charlie sheen man makes me laugh and smile How can I limit my time on devices? That's a great question.
Walter SterlingHOST
That was the first movie he directed.
Walter SterlingHOST
And Don McLean's first song to be released was American Pie.
Walter SterlingHOST
Great.
Walter SterlingHOST
Now what are you going to do? What are your plans now? Do you have any plans now? Yeah.
Walter SterlingHOST
Vincent was what Don McLean came out second.
Walter SterlingHOST
That didn't go so well.
Walter SterlingHOST
One of the great privileges I had, by the way, I never talk about this stuff, but one of the great privileges I ever had was I got to see Don McLean perform American Pie live.
Walter SterlingHOST
And that to me was like a spiritual, truly American moment.
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