Is American Pie by Don McLean a religious song?
Can you define what you mean by religious song? Because yes, possibly, and also no, possibly
I’m not really sure because it is a song about American pop culture and how it both changes and doesn’t change yet it has a lot of religious lyrics like
“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”
And
“Cause fire is the Devil’s only friend/Oh, and as I watched him on the stage/My hands were clenched in fists of rage/No angel born in Hell/Could break that Satan’s spell/And as the flames climbed high into the night/To light the sacrificial rite/I saw Satan laughing with delight/The day the music died”
Does religious imagery make a song religious? And it is about the evolution of American music, is it drawing a direct connection between religion and American music?
I would like to hear those strong opinions you said you have about the song in the tags though
