http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3797&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rssJust as Mike Lookinland will always be known for playing the part of Bobby Brady in the popular Sherwood Schwartz televised situation comedy <I>The Brady Bunch</I>, Don McLean will forever be the guy who wrote the classic hit song "American Pie." When you write a song as epic as that one, how can anything else match up? Like many other singer-songwriters of his era, McLean was a New York City village folknik who got his start in the same coffee houses as Fred Neil and Pete Seeger. By 1970, he had already penned "Vincent," his soft rock ode to Van Gogh, but it didn't hit until after he scored with the career defining "American Pie," an eight-minute long epic tribute to the life and music of Buddy Holly. The timely song struck a chord with a nation still bruised by Vietnam and the Nixon administration. Young America's reaction to this song was to adopt it as a pacifist's anthem. Roberta Flack's hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was in fact about her reaction to first hearing "American Pie." McLean never had anything close to the success of that hit, but the man stuck to his guns and refused his record label's request to try and recreate another "American Pie." As a result his career spiraled downward ever since, although it's probably safe to assume that the royalties for his monumental contribution to popular culture keep him afloat. - Eric SheaFolk-Rocken720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:56:46 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3797&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Just as Mike Lookinland will always be known for playing the part of Bobby Brady in the popular Sherwood Schwartz televised situation comedy <I>The Brady Bunch</I>, Don McLean will forever be the guy who wrote the classic hit song "American Pie." When you write a song as epic as that one, how can anything else match up? Like many other singer-songwriters of his era, McLean was a New York City village folknik who got his start in the same coffee houses as Fred Neil and Pete Seeger. By 1970, he had already penned "Vincent," his soft rock ode to Van Gogh, but it didn't hit until after he scored with the career defining "American Pie," an eight-minute long epic tribute to the life and music of Buddy Holly. The timely song struck a chord with a nation still bruised by Vietnam and the Nixon administration. Young America's reaction to this song was to adopt it as a pacifist's anthem. Roberta Flack's hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was in fact about her reaction to first hearing "American Pie." McLean never had anything close to the success of that hit, but the man stuck to his guns and refused his record label's request to try and recreate another "American Pie." As a result his career spiraled downward ever since, although it's probably safe to assume that the royalties for his monumental contribution to popular culture keep him afloat. - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930777&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Oldies Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 1930777 tra.1930777 Don McLean art.3797 1.29 American Pie alb.117142 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/2/5/5/385523_170x170.jpg 1988-09-05 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true American Pie tra.1930777 516000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930777&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930777&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206981&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 1206981 tra.1206981 Don McLean art.3797 0.0 Favorites 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16559085&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Tue, 19 May 2009 12:09:12 -0700 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 16559085 tra.16559085 Don McLean art.3797 0.0 We Are Marshall Soundtrack alb.16551334 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/8/4/1114860_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 null true American Pie tra.16559085 514000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16559085&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16559085&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2466733&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 2466733 tra.2466733 Don McLean art.3797 0.0 American Pie (EMI) alb.174382 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/9/8/2/522893_170x170.jpg 2003-06-23 00:00:00.0 2003-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Babylon tra.2466733 102000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2466733&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2466733&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206990&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 1206990 tra.1206990 Don McLean art.3797 1.29 Favorites and Rarities alb.240596 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/5/8/398598_170x170.jpg 1992-08-25 00:00:00.0 1992-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Vincent (Starry Starry Night) tra.1206990 238000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206990&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206990&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009760&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 2009760 tra.2009760 Don 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206965&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 1206965 tra.1206965 Don McLean art.3797 0.99 Classics alb.220814 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/3/5/6/986533_170x170.jpg 1992-02-03 00:00:00.0 1992-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Vincent tra.1206965 319000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206965&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206965&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206969&variant=play&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 1206969 tra.1206969 Don McLean art.3797 0.99 Classics alb.220814 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/3/5/6/986533_170x170.jpg 1992-02-03 00:00:00.0 1992-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Castles In The Air tra.1206969 223000 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