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About This Track
“The Saga Begins” is a parody by ”Weird Al” Yankovic of “
American Pie” by Don McLean, released from the 1999 album Running With Scissors, and later appeared on the compilation album entitled The Saga Begins. The title derives from a tagline that appeared in teaser trailers and the film poster for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: Every saga has a beginning.
History
Set to the tune of “American Pie,” “The Saga Begins” recounts the plot of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, from Obi-Wan Kenobi’s point of view. Yankovic gathered most of the information he needed to write the song from Internet spoilers. He did such an accurate job that he was able to pronounce Coruscant correctly, and, even after an advance screening, he ended up making only very minor alterations. McLean not only approved the song but also has said since that his children have played it so much that he has a tendency to accidentally sing Yankovic’s lyrics when performing “American Pie” in concert.[2] According to Yankovic’s official website, George Lucas’s reaction to first hearing the song was a “big, big smile.”
Fans have pointed out that there is an incongruence between the song and the events of the movie. In the song, the singer, who is intended to be Obi-Wan Kenobi, reports in detail the events of the initial encounter with Anakin Skywalker and the pod race. In the film, Obi Wan remained on their ship for the extent of these events and did not witness any of them.
American Pie” by Don McLean, released from the 1999 album Running With Scissors, and later appeared on the compilation album entitled The Saga Begins. The title derives from a tagline that appeared in teaser trailers and the film poster for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: Every saga has a beginning.History
Set to the tune of “American Pie,” “The Saga Begins” recounts the plot of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, from Obi-Wan Kenobi’s point of view. Yankovic gathered most of the information he needed to write the song from Internet spoilers. He did such an accurate job that he was able to pronounce Coruscant correctly, and, even after an advance screening, he ended up making only very minor alterations. McLean not only approved the song but also has said since that his children have played it so much that he has a tendency to accidentally sing Yankovic’s lyrics when performing “American Pie” in concert.[2] According to Yankovic’s official website, George Lucas’s reaction to first hearing the song was a “big, big smile.”
Fans have pointed out that there is an incongruence between the song and the events of the movie. In the song, the singer, who is intended to be Obi-Wan Kenobi, reports in detail the events of the initial encounter with Anakin Skywalker and the pod race. In the film, Obi Wan remained on their ship for the extent of these events and did not witness any of them.
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scarecrow001 wrote:
man what a song bloddy awesome
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intenso5 wrote:
This song is so awesome. And way better than the original. Love <3
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Allronix wrote:
Brilliantly funny filk. Hangs the lanpshade on all that was fun and silly in Episode 1
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mrwise73 wrote:
luvem all.....
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olivegreen85 wrote:
For the love of all that is good and beautiful in this universe, I HATED THIS MOVIE. But this song is exquisite.
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whoatemymusic wrote:
Recommended to actually watching the movie it's based on. Gosh, was The Phantom Menace a bad film.
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generaltrelane wrote:
so ~beautiful
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MikeyB93 wrote:
Oh wow, this takes me back.
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MegaDoug wrote:
♥
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cycyliusz wrote:
lol wow ...
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Schubskuh wrote:
greatest parody Weird al ever made! lyrics are just more than genius und nobody can stand still while listening to this! =D
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Lowbacca wrote:
TPM in 5 minutes
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charliekilo22 wrote:
Funny how Weird Al's summary of The Phantom Menace is still more entertaining then well, The Phantom Menace. Ha.
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DerekBowie wrote:
You can loathe Star Wars and still love this song
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FOBlove wrote:
You don't even have to be a big star wars fan to love this song
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blackfirechains wrote:
weird al rocks!
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kj217 wrote:
Epic. I could probably listen to this 100 times in a row and not get sick of it. the lyrics are so great.
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intenso5 wrote:
<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
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densi wrote:
Best.. song.. ever..
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Bretthesupreme wrote:
THis here anakin guy
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