"I'm very proud of the song.... and the song really is biographical in nature and I don't think anyone has ever picked up on that. The song starts off with my memories of the death of Buddy Holly. But it moves on to describe America as I was seeing it and how I was fantasizing it might become, so it's part reality and part fantasy but I'm always in the song as a witness or as even the subject sometimes in some of the verses…” (http://www.missamericanpie.co.uk/interpret.html)
The song American Pie by Don Mclean was a hit from the time it hit the charts in 1971, and a patriotic classic through to present day. The song was inspired by a fatal plane crash that had taken place in 1959, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, several popular music artist. However, the song reflects more than a single disheartening event frozen in American history.
American Pie by Don Mclean is a song reflecting the closing era of the1960's, the rising power of the youth, and the unfortunate events that made the 1960's so unforgettable.
The song American Pie by Don Mclean was a hit from the time it hit the charts in 1971, and a patriotic classic through to present day. The song was inspired by a fatal plane crash that had taken place in 1959, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, several popular music artist. However, the song reflects more than a single disheartening event frozen in American history.
American Pie by Don Mclean is a song reflecting the closing era of the1960's, the rising power of the youth, and the unfortunate events that made the 1960's so unforgettable.