Every morning I consult the Google oracle to find the list of top 100 songs for the day. All I have to say about this list is, 1972 was a very strange year. I mean, if "Alone Again, Naturally" is the NUMBER TWO SONG, then what what what is going on? Other notables? "Candy Man" by Sammy Davis Jr. (5), "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis (8), "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" by Wayne Newton (10), "Ben" by Michael Jackson (20), and "A Horse With No Name" by America (27). Yikes. Thank goodness we have a savior.
1972 American Pie (Don McClean)
Do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul? I'd much rather listen to this epic hit than a song about a creepy candy dealer, a deadbeat father, a nameless horse or a love ballad for a murderous rat. Clocking in at over 8 minutes long, I never get tired of hearing this song.
I met a girl who sang the blues
and I asked her for some happy news
but she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
where I'd heard the music years before
but the man there said the music wouldn't play
and in the streets the children screamed
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
but not a word was spoken
the church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
they caught the last train for the coast
the day the music died.
Care to hit the rewind button?
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