http://mp3.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-Rocken720Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:22:00 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.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://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930777&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://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930777&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930777&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1206981&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 and Rarities alb.240596 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http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1207215&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1207215&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1207216&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Tue, 1 Jan 1991 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 1207216 tra.1207216 Don McLean art.3797 0.99 Christmas alb.209928 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/5/6/986531_170x170.jpg 1991-10-14 00:00:00.0 1991-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Pretty Paper tra.1207216 207000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1207216&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1207216&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009596&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 2009596 tra.2009596 Don McLean art.3797 1.29 The Best Of Don McLean alb.114590 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Volume 1 alb.25535812 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/3/5/1/1571539_170x170.jpg 2008-03-05 00:00:00.0 null true The Very Thought Of You tra.25546121 241000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.25546121&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.25546121&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009765&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk-Rock Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Don McLean on Rhapsody Online 2009765 tra.2009765 Don McLean art.3797 1.29 The Best Of Don McLean alb.114590 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/4/1/0/390147_170x170.jpg 1989-09-12 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Mountains O'Mourne tra.2009765 269000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009765&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009765&variant=data&rws=%2Fdon-mclean%2Ftop-tracks.rss