The Day The Music Died
 

Although Don McClean only released the song in 1971, for those of us who grew up in the 50’s and 60’s this is a great piece with some very poignant moments in the history of those times. And for those of you who did not, it’s a taste of what you missed! I knew that "American Pie" was the name of the plane in which Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed when it crashed in 1958 – and I knew the chorus about music dying on that day. I have listened to American Pie for many years and I thought I understood what was being sung but now realize that I didn’t!

However, when the words are put together with pictures and film clips the song takes on a new meaning. It took a lot of thought to produce this and it brings back lots of memories and also makes the lyrics really come alive!

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A nostalgic interpretation as the famous song.

Thanks for sharing James. :thumbsup:

Ron

James.......Thank you. I remember all of it.

Indeed. Thanks for the post. As an 'old guy', remember it all, but the correct contextual interpretation.

I was roughly 6 months old when Buddy Holly died, so I was too young to remember that event. However I do remember most of the later events depicted in the video.

I was aware that the song "American Pie" dealt with Holly's death, but this interpretation is both enlightening and thought-provoking.

Thanks for sharing it.

The video James posted touches on the assassinations of the 60's-John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. Here's a video that comes to mind that I watch from time to time that captures the sadness of these events that many of us remember.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FryExpC-fS4

Sorry James, but I was born in '54 and while I still have memories of the '50s, I don't think folks born afterwards have missed a thing because music, as well as fidelity, got much better thereafter. I am sure you are lamenting, as I do sometimes, about getting older. But that fate will happen even for the young as time waits for no one.:no: By the way, I still don't embrace room correction for reasons you articulated years ago.:D

It's always nice to have a look at this from time to time and see "the words put together with pictures" as James stated. I too for many years had a different interpretation.

When American Pie was released, the Vietnam war was raging. As a high school student I saw it about young people going to war. "The last train to the coast" had particular meaning. A time or two, my father spoke of a train he rode in advance of deployment to the Pacific Theater.

Just watched "Loving Vincent" which really deserves the 'big screen' for maximum effect. Theme song was McClean's "Vincent" (Starry Night to most).