Don McLean wrote the song American Pie as a tribute to Buddy Holly. The lyrics are enigmatic and seem loaded with allusions. What do they mean?

Like many other similar sentences like Waste Land, the effect is about creating an atmosphere while evoking some images rather than a simple "a-means-b" relationship. But you can say something positive. The most important thing to remember is that this is definitely the subject of the first poem, but this song is not only about Buddy Holly's death. After that, that song provided American youth who was recorded chronologically in the 1960 's. And I focused on the year after 10 years.

There are several specific individual references, some of which are more obvious than others. So, for example, a clown is a phrase "connecting a cast and a clown" at Bob Dylan, indicating that motorcycle accident temporarily stopped the career. The King is Elvis Presley (of course), I do not know the Queen. As the quartet is the Beatles, the previous line is a candlestick park that played the last scene in San Francisco, "When Lenin read books about Marx" (McLean read Lenin as "Lennon"). Concert (The music of the other day is dead.)

Naturally, Jack Fogg is Mick Jagger and the bodyguard of hell angels of "Satan" (which interferes with the sympathy for the devil) organization of this section, which later seems to be related to Altamont's concert In hell the angels could not be born / could break the spell of Satan ") was killed by a young black concert actor named Meredith Hunter.

"Girls who sing the blues" is Janis Joplin, and "Father, son and Holy Spirit" refers to three singers who died in Buddy Holly's plane (Holly himself, Richie Valens and JP Richardson, Big Bopper) Famous assassination victims, Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy and JFK International Airport

Non-musical suggestion of this song is very easy. But I think that it is a Charles Manson homicide ("Hellter Skelter / summer's hot and humid" - the Beatles' helter skelter inspired the Manson family), the Vietnam War (sergeant marched), and other events Anti-war demonstrations ('Player tried to occupy a stadium / parade band rejected for relegation'), including Barry Sadler's Green Beret Cap, 1968 Democratic Chicago Conference riot ('Player tried to occupy') and Woodstock ('We are in one place'

In general, the United States painted the 1960s and was drawn by a friend's Holly, a singer's teenage romance, candle stick park, Chicago, Altamont, 1968, and the uncertain outcome of 10 years by the "day of death of music" died. I linked together. This is one of the first songs that corresponded to the optimistic death of the 1960s, one of the most effective songs.

The name of the show surprised me, but the conversation follows the following points: Interviewer: 'Tang, this song is best selling for many years, and now I am learning in the university course. What does that mean? Don: "This is that I do not have to work unless I want to."

"American pie" Don McLean sings was first released in 1971. This song shows respect for Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper who died tragically in an airplane accident on February 3, 1959. "American Pie" is not only respectful of three talented musicians, it is also a parable of music history. The original song was written about 29 years ago, but even today people can remember most of the lyrics written by Don McLean. The heritage of the "American faction" is more than just a word. That song took over American pop music and America's pop culture awareness almost without recording. The more important chords struck by "Americans" are tones and emotions.

A small revolution took place. This type made a big change in "the day the music died." Don McLean 's "American School" outlines what happened to Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Ritchie Ball lens after historically died in an airplane accident on February 3, 1959. "The entire song is a tribute to Buddy Holly, a comment about Rock, McLean seems to sigh in a few years after his death because Buddy Holly and other people do not exist (Kulawiec 1995). After that the rock music continued to evolve and the song "American Pie" proved itself, "Americans" uses lyrics as the most important part of songs, not beats. Although it is possible to jump to this song, the original intention may be something like folk music (a part of today's lock) rather than dance music. We need to start recruiting again in the United States