Don McLean Celebrates 50th Anniversary of 'American Pie'
AARP asked the singer-songwriter: "Do you agree with the consensus that the song points to an end of innocence in America?"
McLean responded:
"The Depression and World War II ended innocence pretty good. We always had apocalyptic events and there was always a sense of trouble. The institutions began failing in the ’60s because people didn’t believe in th…
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