Difference between revisions of "Talk:American Pie"

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Does anyone know why we do this, though?  Why is it played?  And why the "Die, Die, Die, Die..." chant?
 
Does anyone know why we do this, though?  Why is it played?  And why the "Die, Die, Die, Die..." chant?
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I don't know about the origins of playing the song.  I have heard one explanation of the Die, Die... callback.  I warn you, I have NO PROOF, which is why I didn't add it to the article.  The story goes like this:  there was someone connected to CTY (either a formemr camper or RA, I don't know which) who killed themselves.  In their journal was written, as the last entry, "Die, die, live, live, sex, sex, more, more."  I don't know that any reliability should be given to it, I just thought I'd put it out there.  [[User:Lordoflight|Lordoflight]]
  
 
wikipedia says this "The United States Air Force 36th Fighter Squadron based at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea adopted American Pie as its squadron song. Squadron tradition is to sing along with the original Don McLean recording but substitute "Soju" (a Korean gin) for "Whiskey", and shout, "No shit!" after the first "This'll be the day that I die" of each chorus."  Even the freakin' air force has call backs
 
wikipedia says this "The United States Air Force 36th Fighter Squadron based at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea adopted American Pie as its squadron song. Squadron tradition is to sing along with the original Don McLean recording but substitute "Soju" (a Korean gin) for "Whiskey", and shout, "No shit!" after the first "This'll be the day that I die" of each chorus."  Even the freakin' air force has call backs

Revision as of 17:50, 8 November 2007

Does anyone know why we do this, though? Why is it played? And why the "Die, Die, Die, Die..." chant?

I don't know about the origins of playing the song. I have heard one explanation of the Die, Die... callback. I warn you, I have NO PROOF, which is why I didn't add it to the article. The story goes like this: there was someone connected to CTY (either a formemr camper or RA, I don't know which) who killed themselves. In their journal was written, as the last entry, "Die, die, live, live, sex, sex, more, more." I don't know that any reliability should be given to it, I just thought I'd put it out there. Lordoflight

wikipedia says this "The United States Air Force 36th Fighter Squadron based at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea adopted American Pie as its squadron song. Squadron tradition is to sing along with the original Don McLean recording but substitute "Soju" (a Korean gin) for "Whiskey", and shout, "No shit!" after the first "This'll be the day that I die" of each chorus." Even the freakin' air force has call backs

Move to American Pie

Since more people will just search for American Pie they should move it to that. Marlith 19:19, 18 July 2007 (MST)