A lot of "American Pie" hate on this thread, but I'll post here anyway. I just published a book on McLean's song--and on 1972's pop music in general--with Kindle Direct (which has gotten progressively worse from an author's standpoint since taking over Createspace--I mean in terms of paying, not the quality of the books). It's also, in an epilogue, about the book itself: it started with a publisher but ran into trouble because of McLean's personal issues (about which I knew nothing when I started the book 15 months ago).
I'm with J.D.'s post earlier in the thread when it comes to the song.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 22:13 (eleven months ago) link