HAVING probably heard American Pie, currently in the news, between 50 and 100 times, I have never unduly dwelt on the various shades and levels of meaning, if any, in the lyrics.
I was always amused though that in Spain the allegedly blasphemous reference to the Trinity in the Christian faith was originally bleeped out, thus self-deflatingly and characteristically drawing disproportionate attention to the omission.
The Kinks’ Lola, released at a time when homosexuality was not exactly encouraged, nevertheless seemed to have proved a little too subtle for the censors.
David Diment
Riverside Court, Oxford
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