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American Pie - The Day The Music Died Feb 3, 1959

Posted over 2 years ago
I've listened to Don McLean's American Pie at least 1000 times in the past 35 years - but never knew the story behind the lyrics. Another mogger posted that Feb 3 , 1959 was "The Day the Music Died" See the video for an interesting history lesson into our musical /political past.
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  1. keithn97201
    keithn97201 says beautiful...gave me goose-bumps
    Permalink posted 02/03/2007
  2. chewy
    chewy says Very good! Thank you for posting. Interesting to see all the little tidbits of history that artists throw in their songs. A popular song that everyone knows the chorus too but no one really thinks about, not me at least.
    Permalink posted 02/03/2007
  3. bobglaza
    bobglaza says awwww debi - you must have started listening to this song when you were what? about 3 or 4 :) - all kidding aside - its a great tune..."wiki here.": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_day_the_music_died I grew up not far from Storm Lake Iowa and heard the story as a youth. Applause to the video! Current twist is the Big Bopper's son (or grandson) is considering exhuming the body to see if any clues can rise.
    Permalink posted 02/03/2007
  4. ix3johnbender
    ix3johnbender says Wow, that was excellent.
    Permalink posted 02/03/2007
  5. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says YES i discovered the story in the late 70's early 80's right on!
    Permalink posted 02/03/2007
  6. debi
    debi says Keith - your post was the one that made me realize what day yesterday was- sorry I didn't credit you as the mogger ..thanks! Chewy - to me it was like the Billy Joel We Didn't Start the Fire - a glimpse into history through music (must be the former teacher in me) Bob - what a charmer....wish that was true - but 2007 will be the year I turn 50 (but still feel like i'm 25) IX and da Pimp - glad you liked :)
    Permalink posted 02/04/2007
  7. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says haha at first i thought you were talking to me (i'm keith) yeah i so forget this sometimes wondermous
    Permalink posted 02/04/2007
  8. debi
    debi says Ha - never knew your name - just always admired your musical tastes and posts Keith (aka Pimp).
    Permalink posted 02/04/2007
  9. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says whoa! well thanks girl your are not half bad either much love RAWK
    Permalink posted 02/04/2007
  10. B42
    B42 says Great catch, thank you very much for sharing. I had Am Pie on two sides of a 45 rpm record so many years ago. Mog More.
    Permalink posted 02/05/2007
  11. manysevens
    manysevens says I'm late ... lol ... Thought it might also interest you to know that the Roberta Flack song "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was inspired by Don singing this song. Highly recommend grabbing a Roberta Flack Greatest Hits or something like that ... smooth:)
    Permalink posted 03/13/2007
  12. manysevens
    manysevens says Oops ... silly me ... I posted that comment about Roberta Flack before watching the video ... it was mentioned ... duh. Thanks for sharing that great video ... now I'm gonna share it with others:)
    Permalink posted 03/13/2007

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