Gruff guy, rough guy, Sharon Tate was snuffed. Those long-haired boys were gettin' rich as could beĪnd seein' golden records stacked as we buy. Lucy's diamonds in the sky, but My! - That's not LSD "Mi-chelle", Oh, "Please, Please Me", "Liebt Sie"
Rich? Switch: Beatles' taxes bite like sharks Lots of "death songs": James Dean (bad lane switch) The Beatles, Stones, on the charts do fineĭylan knocked off King - Elvis, Queen Li'l Rich So this good ol' boy, his lyrics skill did he ply Writes a doozy: man from Luzyann tears oozing, not dry 'Cause adolescence: rough could drive to drinkĪll dressed up: white sport coat and carnation, pink Well, I have a crush on sweet, chic chick Thought I could have my faith and meet-her, too Sure, sh*t happens, Lord, but please tell me why While my redneck pals would toss a slug back, or three
I was raised in Lous'iana: "levee" ref'rence: place me Grief, miscarriage, caused: I'd tears, display
"American Pie", smooshed with (rewritten to the melody of, and vice versa) "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald".Īnd hoped, such smiling faces, I would seeĪ plane took off, but then would fall flat (Missed 2008 can't remember why - probably Half-Timer's Disease.) The most detailed previous explanation of TOS by this writer, which would fill in many gaps here, is in Also, a complete Buddy Holly discography is in the 2010 tribute. The information covered in previous tributes (links below), including the strange twists of fate that determined who did and didn't get on the fatal plane, etc., won't be repeated here. So, for this year's annual tribute to said tragedy, what could be more appropriate than to parody McLean's OS? (with some switching of POV between Don's shoes and TT's shell, thanks.) And especially, a memorial tribute to the tragic loss of three early pioneers of Rock. Don McLean's classic was, of course, an autobiographical retelling, both of his own coming of age, and of the (simultaneous) birth and growth of Rock 'n Roll.
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