![]() It may be hard to believe now, but more than a decade ago, in 2011, Newsweek named Grand Rapids “Most Boring City in America.”Ĭommunity members responded with a citywide “Lip Dub” to a live version of McLean’s “American Pie.” You know, it’s a tremendous video, just on its own, for the song. “So I checked it out and I said, ‘I couldn’t believe it.’ It was like a Spielberg video for somebody. “Well, somebody said, you know, ‘there’s 5,000 people in Grand Rapids who’ve sung your song and it’s being seen by millions and millions of viewers,’” McLean recalled. Little did McLean know, his 1971 hit record influenced Grand Rapids in a major way, several decades later. This’ll be the day that I die.’”įor five decades, people from different generations, countries and walks of life have been singing those world-famous lyrics, written and sung by Don McLean. ![]() Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye and singing ‘this’ll be the day that I die. ![]() Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry. ![]()
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