And all the boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing this will be the day that I die...This will be the day that I diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
2006-09-08 04:39:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sounds to me like something a bunch of drunk soldiers would sing before going into battle. Not despair, but bravado.
And I like American Pie too ;)
2006-09-08 04:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by Bella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
And they are predicting the passing of Tara Reid when they sang "Bye, bye Miss American Pie."
Driving the Chevy to the levee is about global warming and predicts Katrina.
It's actually "The goold ol' boys" doing the drinking. This predicts the Bush presidency.
Bob Dylan is the Jester and the quartet in the park is the Beatles, predicting John's death in front of Central Park.
Don McClean is a latter day Nostradamus, no? ;)
2006-09-08 04:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a song of mourning. It's meant to be sad and reflect a sense of loss. I don't think it quite goes so far as despair since it spikes a note of warning. Despair implies hopelessness. Warnings are for the hopeful.
It's about the feeling of hearing about the death of Buddy Holly and realising the influence his music had had on so many people.
2006-09-08 04:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by Frog Five 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well frist it's important to know that driving the chevy to the levee refers to the three students who tried to register as black voters in mississippi and were murdered in the country in their chevy. It's all depicted pretty well in the movie "Mississippi Burning" if you want to see. But, the good ol boys are Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper. One of Holly's hit songs "That'll be the day" containts the lyrics, "That'll be the day that I die..." It's a song of mourning and dispair. The good ol boys were singing this in reference to the black boys who were murdered. And in irony of their own death on February 3rd. The day the music died.
2006-09-08 05:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
right here they are. The areas are while the definitely refrain (waiting by the stairs) is presented in. that's from 'Ixnay', a board member on the AFI boards. For sensation, For elation For the time as quickly as I ascend For the ecstasy, For the tragedy For the part of my ascension
2016-09-30 11:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by elidia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like despair to me.
2006-09-08 04:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by ©2007 answers by missy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well yes the whole song is about death
Buddy Holly dying
2006-09-08 04:46:08 · answer #7 · answered by Bohemian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More likely a lyric of being high.
2006-09-08 04:42:57 · answer #8 · answered by freelancenut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it? I never think about the lyrics. They never made much sense to me. =)
2006-09-08 04:44:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is. It is the attitude of a person without hope.
2006-09-08 04:42:35 · answer #10 · answered by TubeDude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋