tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post8547090543943347665..comments2023-08-27T02:47:43.482-07:00Comments on Non-Threatening Boys Magazine: Goodbye, Vikki Lynn HoganAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336139330853842534noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-65888768818639510552007-02-17T03:44:00.000-08:002007-02-17T03:44:00.000-08:00Oh sorry, I didn't get that you were searching a s...Oh sorry, I didn't get that you were searching a song about Marilyn in particular.GETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-19235009023798755692007-02-13T18:12:00.000-08:002007-02-13T18:12:00.000-08:00gklPatdon my brain freeze. That particular song, t...<B>gkl</B>Patdon my brain freeze. That particular song, though, is pregnant with references. I think it is more McLean's state of the union on the music scene than it is a tribute. <BR/><BR/>I can think of a bunch of those, where multiple influences or contemporaries are referenced: <I>Garden Party, Vogue, Sir Duke</I>, plenty more.<BR/><BR/>What I suppose I was really aiming at were easy stabs at creating hits with name-dropping. <I>Candle in the Wind</I> is the high whore on that list for now. Since when do you re-purpose a requiem?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336139330853842534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-10568350046403155822007-02-13T14:47:00.000-08:002007-02-13T14:47:00.000-08:00Kristi - Marilyn Monroe isn't mentioned in "Americ...Kristi - Marilyn Monroe isn't mentioned in "American Pie"? She must be the only one. <BR/><BR/>How about the Billy Joel "Start the Fire" song? She MUST be mentioned in that.<BR/><BR/>Internets check: Okay, yeah, she is.<BR/><BR/>One mention does not really a tribute make, although Billy did rhyme her name with DiMaggio, her ex-husband, so that was thoughtful.vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-77443295233995668872007-02-13T14:40:00.000-08:002007-02-13T14:40:00.000-08:00I dunno, I associate its use with West VA and Tenn...I dunno, I associate its use with West VA and Tennesee for some reason, but I don't know why I do.<BR/><BR/>That's why when I read that article, I assumed its use had a more widespread "southern" use than I knew, and I also assumed the writer was doing a sort of no-quote quote of the trucker by using the word.<BR/><BR/>Although I see from the internets that its use is certainly popular in England and Australia. Therefore your explanation is probably more likely.vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-5313694970868015342007-02-13T07:38:00.000-08:002007-02-13T07:38:00.000-08:00You said to name an American Tribute and this song...You said to name an American Tribute and this song came to mind, which is a tribute to the musicians lost on the Big Bopper's plane. I've also heard that McLean referred to the "father, son, and the holy ghost" meaning; JFK, RFK and MLK.GETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-21676552572133164252007-02-12T17:47:00.000-08:002007-02-12T17:47:00.000-08:00gkl: Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis? vtt: I been a l...<B>gkl</B>: Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis? <BR/><BR/><B>vtt</B>: I been a lot of places. A lot. I've been places where people actually say "vittles" and "thow" (as in forwarding an object through the air). This usage is a first for me. I take your word, of course, but do you really think a Reuters story would use this idiom in the rednecky sense?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336139330853842534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-65393425684963836242007-02-12T14:24:00.000-08:002007-02-12T14:24:00.000-08:00Michael, I have heard people in the more rednecky ...Michael, I have heard people in the more rednecky parts of the midwest refer to eating as "tucking in."vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-40092338937819383782007-02-12T11:12:00.000-08:002007-02-12T11:12:00.000-08:00As in American Pie by Don McLean.As in American Pie by Don McLean.GETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864616.post-88859292110033749312007-02-12T11:08:00.000-08:002007-02-12T11:08:00.000-08:00The Day the Music DiedThe Day the Music DiedGETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.com