8.26.19 Weird Al and American Pie

Weird Al Yankovic - still as clever and energetic (high kicks!) as ever - took me back, with his parody "The Saga Begins" , to a sweet memory from 1971, when Don McLean's song "American Pie" came out. I was the annoying kid who called up - frequently - the Atlanta radio station and asked them to play "America Pie", yet again, so that I could eventually write down all the lyrics. I learned them all and would sing them out loud when the song came on, twirling my newly purchased, round radio above my head or by my side - somewhat dangerously - for all 8+ minutes - until the connection between the radio and the chain inevitably broke, causing my friends to duck to avoid the suddenly formed missile.
The Saga Begins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU
parody of Don McLean's American Pie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0LxFjgAjg
And the Billings Symphony Orchestra was stellar throughout with their intro of John William's music and then, particularly, the parody of Gangsta's Paradise:
Amish Paradise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg
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