ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!..| FIRST TIME HEARING Don McLean - American Pie REACTION

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[nelbr]

This song is just incredible, one of the greatest songs of the century. It mixes a bit of Don Maclean's own history, to the events that unfolded during a 12 year period between the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens & The Big Bopper (the day the music died), and how this accident started an era that brought the end of innocence to him and to large part of the American society of the time (in his view). He starts with some teenage love deception and then it gets serious. He talks about lots of singers and groups such as Elvis (the King), Bob Dylan (the Jester), the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, not always being nice to them, with the backdrop of 60s, Kennedy murder (The courtroom was adjourned), Vietnam war ("singing this will be the day that I die"), Crimes committed in the name of the Beatles (Helter skelter in a summer swelter) and so much more. It mixes his own feeling with the direction of music (apparently going away from his dream 50s rock'n'roll into a direction he didn't like) with the troubles on the American society. The loss of innocence is so well represented by the refrain, based on the 50s commercials from Chevrolet, but this time, he "Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry". It is a song worth interpreting every verse (and there is a lot of material if you search the Internet) and once you understand it, what is a great song becomes a work of universal art.

[realCaptainSanta]

The day the music died was Feb. 3, 1959 when Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash. The rest of the song tells the story of the 60s - the Sergeants are the Beatles, moss growing on a rolling stone is a reference to Brian Jones death, the King is Elvis, Bob Dylan is the jester, him being in a cast refers to his motorcycle crash, the Birds are the Byrds and so on...

[Paladin]

Don McLean was a master lyricist, able to paint vivid pictures with words. Something that is sadly missing in today’s music for the most part. Back in the 70s there was an abundance of such songwriters and we were blessed to live it.

[stevedahlberg]

The Day the Music Died is about the day America lost three of its most beloved musicians and performers all at once in a plane crash. The song is absolutely filled to the brim with abstract references to so many popular performers at the time and to some extent their circumstances.

That line about Janis Joplin just kills me every time. It's where he is saying that he met a girl who sang the blues and he turned to her hoping for some good news, but she just turned away. Meaning, she died early as well. In her late twenties, along with Jimi Hendrix and others like Jim Morrison of The Doors.

It's that classic thing of taking a really sad feeling and making it poignant by putting it to a really light- hearted and carefree, sing-along type song.

Sometime when you are out somewhere find yourself around some people that are older, and it doesn't really even have to be all that much older, just start singing that chorus and I guarantee you that at least a few people will start singing along with you. It will just happen. That is how much the song is ingrained in our American culture and why I am positive you would have heard the chorus before.

[dagmar.]

"American Pie" is one of the greatest classic songs of our times. Don McLean is a great songwriter & storyteller. I remember this song growing up. "American Pie" pays tribute to the loss of 3 legends who died so young (Buddy Holly, Richie Valens & The Big Bopper). A lot of references in the song are made to many artists from the early days of music including Elvis, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Byrds & others.
Don McLean did an awesome version with Home Free to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this song. Please check it out.

[karenmckinlay]

In a recent documentary, Don McLean himself states that 'the King' and 'the Jester' are NOT Elvis and Bob Dylan but he's "open to interpretation". The 'marching band' were the military and 'the air was filled with sweet perfume' refers to tear gas! In the program he explains where the various lines from and what he was feeling at the time when he wrote it. American Pie has to be the most talked about song in the history of music, with everyone thinking they know what Don McLean was referring to. It's brilliant! You must listen to Vincent by Don McLean, one of the most beautiful songs ever - makes me cry every time!

[KajunMoo]

There are several references to specific individuals, some more obvious than others. So, for instance, the Jester is Bob Dylan, the line 'with the Jester on the sidelines in a cast' a reference to the motorcycle accident that temporarily halted his career. The King is Elvis Presley (of course), the Queen I'm not sure about. The Quartet are the Beatles, hence the previous line's 'while Lenin read a book on Marx' (McLean pronounces Lenin as 'Lennon') and the park is Candlestick Park, San Francisco, where they played their last live concert (another 'day the music died.')

Jack Flash, unsurprisingly, is Mick Jagger, as is the 'Satan' (an allusion to the Stones' Sympathy for the Devil) later on in the verse, which seems to deal with the Altamont concert, where the group's Hell's Angel bodyguards (hence 'no angel born in hell/Could break that Satan's spell') stabbed to death a young black concertgoer named Meredith Hunter.

'A girl who sang the blues' is Janis Joplin, and 'The Father, Son and Holy Ghost' refers both to the three singers who died on Buddy Holly's plane (Holly himself, Richie Valens and J P Richardson, the Big Bopper) and to the three most prominent assassination victims of the sixties, Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy and JFK.

The song's non-musical allusions are rather less straightforward. However, I would say that it alludes to events including the Charles Manson killings ('Helter Skelter/In a summer swelter' - the Beatles' Helter Skelter was the song that inspired Manson's family), the Vietnam War ('the Sergeants played a marching tune' - a reference to Sergeant Barry Sadler's gung-ho Ballad of the Green Beret), anti-war demonstrations including the 1968 riots at the Democrats' Chicago convention ('The players tried to take the field/The marching band refused to yield'), and Woodstock ('there we were all in one place').

Overall then, American Pie paints a picture of the sixties, linked by a number of 'days the music died' from Buddy Holly's death, the singer's teenage romance, Candlestick Park, Chicago 1968, Altamont to the decade's uncertain end. It's one of the first songs to deal with the death of Sixties optimism, and one of the most effective.

[coolcatb]

This here is a music genre we don't see much nowadays: the story teller. Don McLean created a masterpiece about the 60's in the USA. Lots of people have already identified most of the "players" in this song, but one I haven't seen is: the girl who sang the blues = Janis Joplin.

[wcader]

When Don McLean was asked by an interviewer, "What does your song 'American Pie' mean?" he replied, "It means I'll never have to work another day in my life."

[arlenewesterlund]

Next Don McLean song to react to would be Vincent. Another masterpiece of music and lyrics. But, have your tissues handy.

[espenvippen]

The song is essentially about "the day the music died", which is the name McLean gave to February 3, 1959, the day Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash

[bootifflebear]

Most of us who grew up with this song memorized every word. I found myself singing along and to my surprise the words still came to me. When you learn about the context of this song in the beautiful comments below, I hope you grow to love it as we all did back in the day.

[frederickseltzerjr]

This holds the record for the longest (in terms of minutes & seconds 8:42) song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. In fact, if you originally bought the 45, it was so long that it was split into two sides - side A was 4:11; side B was 4:31

[marciaramirez]

Great reaction! Now is the time to react to Mr. McLean's 50th Anniversary remake of his iconic song. He contacted Home Free to record it with him. It's remarkable. Recorded during covid shutdown.
The song is about so many things going on in the 60's, 70's, plucked from the headlines at the time. Remarkable original and remake. Thanks for all the joy.

[DennisBraspenninx]

"This'll be the day that I die." Buddy Holley's big hit "That'll be the Day.""

[daviddempsey]

You should see Don in concert - he held us in the palm of his hand. An amazing entertainer. Still producing music with Home Free. This is a music history lesson from the 60's.

[dorkette_chicky]

Don McLean reached out to Home Free for the 50th anniversary of this song, it came out incredible. There are a lot of visuals hidden within the shadowbox to go along with the current verse of the song. For another song of Don's check out Vincent about Vincent van Gogh. Nice reaction!

[susanfox]

He's talking about the late 50's, all of the 60's, and into the 70's. Every line is an event that happened. Look up the meaning of American Pie on YT. Several vids explain the events, and WHO everyone was.

[coglife]

“ VINCENT” should be your next masterpiece song. No pun intended.

[katerailey]

Two movies released in 2021 had this song in it: Marvel's 'Black Widow' and the Tom Hanks film, 'Finch.'