Don McClean sings “American Pie” live on the BBC in 1972. Today marks “The Day the Music Died” to which the song was inspired (when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “Big Bopper” J. P. Richardson perished in a 1959 plane crash)
Don McClean sings "American Pie" live on the BBC in 1972. Today marks "The Day the Music Died" to which the song was inspired (when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson perished in a 1959 plane crash) from OldSchoolCool
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I’ve watched the movie La Bamba too many times to admit
My, my, this here Anakin guy
A man, a microphone and a guitar and everyone sings along. Now that’s a musician.
1972 seems like it’s farther back, but it was only a decade before I was born.
That’s fucking awesome!
Richardson was 28
Buddy Holly was 22
Ritchie Valens was 17
Roger Peterson, the pilot, was 21
After his song became a huge hit, Don McClean was asked by a journalist, “What does American Pie mean?” He replied, “I think it means I don’t have to work anymore.”
Dude has literally spent his whole life milking the one song. And the song is meh.
That single tear near the end…beautiful.
What a voice
What a crisp voice
Only people from Storm Lake think Holly is significant.
I recently watched the Classic Albums episode of American Pie. He really comes off as a pompous douche. Hard to sit through.