"American Pie" by Don McLean: Everything You Didn't Know
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The Thorny Crown: The Price of Fame
The king and queen that the jester sang for this gets a little thorny. There are some who believe that this is a reference to JFK and Jackie Kennedy playing off the whole Camelot myth of the Kennedy White House. Taken alone the line while the king was looking down the jester stole his thorny crown seems to reference Bob Dylan becoming the dominant force among young music fans stealing the mantle from Elvis Presley. The thorny crown in question is thought to be the price of fame.
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