Bumper sticker idea

[afcamaro]

I found this bumper sticker posted here awhile back and really liked it and will probably get a few made from one of my friends that does vinyl. He said he'd like to make more than one just by how his program is, and just checkin to see if there is any interest.

I think the size will be around 6" wide and 3" tall...and cost around $10 shipped, maybe cheaper more people really like them too.

What do you guys think?

[nobolt]

I was thinking about the same thing, but I lost my photo.
if you get some made....i'll take a couple.
most of the younger crowd on the board probably don't know the #1 song from 1971...

[afcamaro]

Haha Im probably part of that younger crowd...only 24 but love nostalgic stuff.

[TBONE1964]

Originally Posted by nobolt

I was thinking about the same thing, but I lost my photo.
if you get some made....i'll take a couple.
most of the younger crowd on the board probably don't know the #1 song from 1971...

Drove my CHEVY to the levy but the levy was dry.

[TBONE1964]

Originally Posted by afcamaro

I found this bumper sticker posted here awhile back and really liked it and will probably get a few made from one of my friends that does vinyl. He said he'd like to make more than one just by how his program is, and just checkin to see if there is any interest.

I think the size will be around 6" wide and 3" tall...and cost around $10 shipped, maybe cheaper more people really like them too.

What do you guys think?

I would be in for two if they stay $10.00 (or less) per each shipped.

[Dano69c10]

Good ole boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...

[74baggedbug]

Put me down for 1!!! Thanks

[JointTech]

why is the second "b" not capitalized?

[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by Dano69c10

Good ole boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...

"Singin' this'll be the day that I die"

Hey, wait. That doesn't sound so good lol

[lil hoodlum]

I like it! Cool idea for a bumper sticker.

I allways thought it was bye bye American pie....

Keith

[BruthaMan]

Originally Posted by lil hoodlum

I allways thought it was bye bye American pie....

That would certainly make it more appropriate for these times.

[bbcmudtruck]

I'd take one for the tool box. That's where all my go fast stickers go! I've got the fastest toolbox on the block.

[FirstOwner69]

"American Pie"


[Intro]
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

[Chorus]
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

[Verse 1]
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died

[Chorus]
I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

[Verse 2]
Now for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me

Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned

And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died

[Chorus]
We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

[Verse 3]
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance

'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

[Chorus]
We started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

[Verse 4]
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

He was singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

[Outro]
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken

And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

[Chorus]
They were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die"

[flashed]

Count me in for a couple .

[teeitup]

Man I had so many of those stickers back in the day I stuck them on everything, wish I still had them all. Never thought they'd be worth much when I was a kid

[67c10rustbuket]

I like it but think it was bye bye, on another note there is a cute song on YouTube that is buy buy American pie. I never saw an original sticker, maybe it was referencing buying American so they spelled it buy but i believe the song was bye bye.

[chevydog66]

Like

[special-K]

Originally Posted by JointTech

why is the second "b" not capitalized?

Good question.

[afcamaro]

Yea I got this one as an original supposedly....so I think it references buying american but idk why the second b isnt capitalized, I might have him do that in order to look better.

[FirstOwner69]

Originally Posted by afcamaro

Yea I got this one as an original supposedly....so I think it references buying american but idk why the second b isnt capitalized, I might have him do that in order to look better.

Probably because it's a sentence starting with an capital letter and ending with a period. Pie is likely in caps since it's part of the song name. I agree that it was a buy American ad campaign.

[kcsa75]

OK, who knows what that song was about? What was American Pie?

[BruthaMan]

The song was a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson).

"American Pie" is often rumored to be a reference to a girl McLean dated who was supposedly a Miss America candidate. However, that seems to be somewhat of a folklore.

An alternative theory, one that makes more sense, is that "Miss America" is actually the end of an era. An era that encompassed McLean's youth, that he felt was coming to an end.

[JeffD72]

Count me in for a couple.

[zeldman]

ummmm..... is anything still made in America? Just about everything I own is not made in America. Even my wife is not from America...

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by BruthaMan

The song was a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson).

"American Pie" is often rumored to be a reference to a girl McLean dated who was supposedly a Miss America candidate. However, that seems to be somewhat of a folklore.

An alternative theory, one that makes more sense, is that "Miss America" is actually the end of an era. An era that encompassed McLean's youth, that he felt was coming to an end.

I thought it was the name of the airplane.







...or maybe not.

K