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[Dennis Swaney]

Noah, based on Don McLean's lyrics
<https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/donmclean/americanpie.html>, you need to
separate the chorus from the first verse thusly:


*Chorus: *Bye, bye, Newton Inc., Newton PIE.
Drove down to Cupertino but the brain trust was dry.
Yet loyal users look you straight in the eye
Saying, "I'll use it 'till the day that it dies",
"I'll use it 'till the day that it dies".

*Verse 1*
Read Defying Gravity,
Newtons are not Macs and not PCs.
Do gut feelings tell you so?
Now do you ignore opinion polls?
Is your Newt wired to your soul?
And can you take Rosetta being real slow?
Well I saw the smile on your lips
When up came a cool solar eclipse
Your words spoke for us all,
"Man, I'm havin' quite a ball!"
I was disorganized, boy did that suck!
Then my MessagePad got me unstuck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day that Newton died.

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"I think, therefore I Mac"

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Noah Leon <moosefuel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I came across this great parody from ages ago, I guess about 2002, and I
> was wondering two things, does anyone know Avi Drissman? And secondly does
> anyone want to sign/play guitar this and record it to include in the film?
> I was thinking of doing it myself but I don't know if I want to subject
> anyone to that ;-)
>
> The song (Newton PIE, to the tune of American Pie), credits below:
>
> A long, long time ago,
> I can still remember
> How Apple used to make me smile.
> And I knew if I gave them a chance
> That they would make my Newton dance
> Improve, enhance its elegance and style.
> But February made me shiver
> With every press release delivered.
> Newton Inc. was gutted;
> Newsgroups all were flooded.
> I can't remember if I cried
> When I saw the power Steve Jobs plied
> And something touched me deep inside
> The day that Newton died.
>
> So,
>
> Chorus:
> Bye, bye, Newton Inc., Newton PIE.
> Drove down to Cupertino but the brain trust was dry.
> Yet loyal users look you straight in the eye
> Saying, "I'll use it 'till the day that it dies",
> "I'll use it 'till the day that it dies".
> Read Defying Gravity,
> Newtons are not Macs and not PCs.
> Do gut feelings tell you so?
> Now do you ignore opinion polls?
> Is your Newt wired to your soul?
> And can you take Rosetta being real slow?
> Well I saw the smile on your lips
> When up came a cool solar eclipse
> Your words spoke for us all,
> "Man, I'm havin' quite a ball!"
> I was disorganized, boy did that suck!
> Then my MessagePad got me unstuck
> But I knew I was out of luck
> The day that Newton died.
>
> I started singin',
>
> Chorus
>
> Now for one year we've been on our own
> And support from Apple is long gone,
> But that's not how it used to be.
> When Steve Jobs sang for Ellen and Gil
> The whole Mac world seemed to stand still
> And Newton Inc. was humming happily.
> When losses hurt Amelio,
> Jobs grabbed the title "CEO".
> The board room was replaced;
> Then Gil left in disgrace.
> And while Steve did Newton Inc. un-spin,
> He did his P.R. with a grin,
> And we felt the RDF kick in
> The day that Newton died.
>
> We were singing,
>
> Chorus
>
> The Newton group was relaxing,
> Development had been quite taxing;
> The 2100 ready to go.
> With Newton Inc.'s obvious fall,
> They saw the writing on the wall,
> That Steve Jobs at any time could blow.
> When the CEO started talking trash,
> Then engineers left in a flash.
> We all could smell a rat,
> But the RDF quelled that.
> And as Apple offered more RAM room
> We saw an awful future loom
> Do you recall the sense of doom,
> The day that Newton died?
>
> We started singing,
>
> Chorus
>
> None of us felt quite the same
> When the day we dreaded finally came.
> We wished Newton to again rise.
> So, come on Apple, come on Steve,
> Grant Newton technology a reprieve
> But we just saw its slow demise
> And as I watched Steve take the stage
> My hands were clenched in fists of rage
> Critics they all applauded;
> We felt we were defrauded.
> And as Newton burned into the night--
> Such pain in the MessagePad's sad plight--
> I saw Steve Jobs laughing with delight
> The day that Newton died.
>
> He was singing,
>
> Chorus
>
> I wrote a guy who posted news
> And I asked him for some happy views
> But if he had he didn't say.
> And I went down to the Newton Store
> Where I'd bought accessories before
> But the man there said, "We're closing; go away."
> And in the streets the users screamed,
> Devotees cried and programmers dreamed
> But nothing really mattered
> For the magic was all shattered.
> And the engineers admired most,
> The ones of Newton users' boasts,
> They went to 3Com on the coast
> The day that Newton died.
>
> And they were singing,
>
> Chorus
> Sung to the tune of American Pie by Don McLean
> Written by Avi Drissman
> (with apologies to Don McLean)
> with a little help from:
>
> * jnk5y
> * decay
> * and the rest of the Newton Underground folks
>
> This song is dedicated to all the Newton engineers who made the Newton what
> it is. While Apple thinks they killed the Newton, every Newton user knows
> that what matters is how their MP or eMate helped them keep their lives in
> order and have some fun.
>
> While the magic no longer has a corporate sponsor, the spirit of a
> technology that had such an emphasis on the users lives on.
>
> Thank you for the great ride.
>
> --
> Sent from Noah's Personal Gmail Account
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