The song "American Pie" by Don McLean....what is it about??

Question

What is it supposed to represent?

Answer 1

Here you go, broken down by lyrical reference.. its about the history of Rock nRoll and the death of Buddy Holly.

http://www.rareexception.com/Garden/Pie.php

Answer 2

The day Buddy Holly, Richie Valens & The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. Here's something you may not know Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the plane for Richie Valens.

Answer 3

The day the music died...Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper dying in a plane crash.

Answer 4

The plane crash and untimely death of The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Richie Valens. The day the music died.
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/crash.htm

Answer 5

The loss of simpler times in America. And the line "the day the music died" refers to the day Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richtie Valens died in a plane crash.

Answer 6

The day the music died was about the plane crash that killed the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.

Answer 7

The song uses the story of the deaths of Buddy Holley, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Vallens in a plane crash to delineate the loss of innocence of a generation (i.e. the dividing line between childhood innocence and adult reality).

Answer 8

It's about Buddy Holly. A rocker in the early 60's who was killed in a plane crash with The Big Bopper and (ahhh brain fart)Valens.

Answer 9

the vietnam war or not about buddy holly..

since rye IS a kind of whiskey, McLean is actually singing "drinking whiskey IN Rye." Ths singer's home was New Rochelle, which did indeed feature a bar called "The Levee." Allegedly, this bar shut down or "went dry," causing patrons to drive across the river to Rye, NY.

http://oldies.about.com/od/70spopandsoul/f/ampiechorus.htm

Answer 10

The day Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash!

Answer 11

when rich valuens buddy holly and the big bopper died in a plain crash in the mid 50's the day the music died Innocent lost