Talk:Don McLean/Archives/2015

Andy Breckman
Some people want this part in, others seem to want it out. (I don't care either way.) But it may be ripe for a discussion, so...discuss away.--TheOtherBob 21:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I have edited the musical roots section and moved Andy Breckman under a new sub-heading. It's a very insignificant episode in McLean's career and therefore probably attributed undue prominence. I would like it to go particularly when more substantive information about McLean's career has been added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.163.56.42 (talk) 14:28, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Having found and read the two accounts, I vote strongly to remove it. Even if the two parties agreed on the basic facts, which they don't, it's a old personal disagreement of no encyclopedic significance. Imagine what WP would look like if we chronicled every feud between two celebrities. Dpiranha (talk) 03:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

After reading both sides of the story I agree this issue has no place in any encyclopedia. First, it's an obscure episode that few would know about if it wasn't needlessly brought to their attention; second, what Breckman's unprovoked attack amounts to is a petty screed by someone who thinks he's hilarious and that his hilarity justifies or excuses any and all small-minded prejudices or crude behavior he happens to indulge in for the sake of a laugh. One has only to watch a few episodes of "The Office" (either the British or American version) to be reminded that some people can truly believe they are funny when in fact they are only being cruel and ignorant. Should such behavior be rewarded or enabled by giving it any kind of legitimacy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.178.232 (talk) 16:07, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I yield to no one in my admiration for Don McLean, but I do think one of the most interesting things about him his what an awkward man he seems to be (try this for size: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qog65XHM-ok). One of the few great pop musicians who can really only communicate through their art. That doesn't mean Andy Breckman, who comes across as a nasty piece of work, is right, but since these wiki articles are often duller than they need to be out of some misunderstanding of what an encyclopedia needs to do, I say put it in. It's interesting. It's significant. It's even, dare I say it, fun. We can link both Breckman and McLean's rebuttal, it's not going to make "American Pie" less of a classic, but it might shed some light on the very strange notion in "Vincent" that van Gogh, only the most expensive artist of our time, is still misunderstood. ("They did not listen, they're not listening still/Perhaps they never will..." -- "listen" being a strange verb to use for a painter.)Sartoresartus (talk) 15:13, 17 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I suggest you google the words "celebrity assholes" and perhaps tag his name to it..not really the most loved person in the music business from what I hear...not that they are all saints but..

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