Don McLean- American Pie (with Lyrics)

[chevaunne29]

a long time ago ....... in a galixy far far away

[GwinnieGwindel]

@chevaunne29 Galaxy*

[martinbmx2010]

Really great song

[Jerraspace]

I don't give a fuck about your age you attention seeking dogs.

Just listen to the music and get lost in it. Get lost to the point where age, gender, etc doesn't matter because that's the power of music.

[funnyperson47]

brings a tear to my eye when i hear this song. it's got so much meaning to it.

[smashpro35]

In two days, the 53rd anniversary of this tradgedy will come. I wonder how many people will mourn?

[HalLovesCher]

Music died February 3, 1959. That's when Buddy Holly, his wife, and unborn child were killed in a plane crash. That's why it says "February makes me shiver". Buddy Holly was Don McLean's idol. If you are going to say something, at least know the rest of the story... Please and thank you! -Hal

[JasonChan2008]

@HalLovesCher no, thats wrong, the day the music died involved Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens dying on the plane crash. His wife is still alive and holds the rights to all the music and intellectual property etc. Sources: Wikipedia and Time magazine article

[picklehaley]

@HalLovesCher his wife didn't die in the plane crash, she wasn't even on the plane, she's still alive and she lost her baby in a miscarriage because of the trauma she'd been through when her husband died

[Beltskis81]

@HalLovesCher lol you should probably learn the rest of the story

[Kcsmuvikiss]

:)

[VirgilSecondo]

It's Lenin not Lennon!!

[TheFuzztone13]

@VirgilSecondo it IS lennon refering to john lennon

[VocaloidPals]

i listened to this song all the time when i waz little and i'll keep listening to this song for many years to come!!!!! :D this is one of my favorite songs!!!!! :D

[Pokefreak489]

Two of the seventh-grade girls in my class didn't know what this song was. I was sad. D=

[picklehaley]

Im 15 and this favorite song :)

[thecatinthehatism]

@picklehaley ME TOO

[TLC48able]

Tank You // gracias.

[brianprince100]

As of February 1, 2012 - 679 did not clench their fists in rage when the son of perdition tried to steal the thorny crown. Matthew 11:13-19 is the MUSIC that DIED.

[225ee6b6]

i'm dead and i love this song

[cesarmji]

If Ron Paul doesn't win 2012 this will be the song ill be playing while getting trashed.

[Sportzfan16]

Obama - Get you B.S. off of youtube!

[AdderHawke]

@joe79207920: You mad bro. For all the people in the news, in the internet, etc that complain about people throwing a fit whenever God is mentioned, I've never seen it happen once.

[RecoilAlpha]

im love and I 69 this song.

[donatello1717]

@RecoilAlpha thought the fetus part was funny but this is hilarious :)))))

[joe72907290]

Are*

Sorry it got cut off.

[joe72907290]

I love this song. I wish our generation would have more music like this. I remember riding around with my grandpa listening to this and singing this song the whole way down to Tennessee when I was 5. Good old times.

I hate how in current music you can talk about drugs and murder and nobody says nothing but if you mention god everyone flips out. It's freedom I religion and if I wanna celebrate Christmas then I damn sure will and I'll tell you merry Christmas no matter what race or religion you

[BlackOppTamama]

@joe72907290 Are you that ignorant? A lot of songs mention god, it just happens that those songs also mention murder and drugs. Also do you not realize that christianity is still the main religion in the USA and I have never heard anyone complain about god in songs. I also have never heard pf someone complaining about "people hating on christianity." I can tell you aren't very educated just by reading your comment.

[lyrcalfrank101]

love this song

[monteiroj1]

One of the best songs ever!

[BaconTV123]

January/1st/2000, the day music really died

[GamerGodz64]

the music died for 679 people

[TheoTsanas]

I'm a fetus and love this song

[sokha326]

@TheoTsanas wtf?

[HannahMariePerry]

Almost everyone my age that I have asked, says they've never heard this song. It amazes me because this song is freakin awesome.

[3183shiloh]

The Plane that crashed, killing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper had no name.

But there is no doubt that music was changed because of that crash.

[zaprudermacphee]

Lenin, you moron. Not Lennon

[zarzarbinks1]

679 really

[saxkidatlg]

the 'american pie' was the name of the plane that crashed - taking buddy holly, big boppers and ritchie valens with it. so on that fact, this song is outstanding. its a classic and a song that you can't forget. RIP buddy holly, the big bopper and ritchie valens

[joshua47315]

this song was written about Buddy Holly and when the plane he was in crashed on feburay 3 1959 like in the begenning of the song he was married so his widowed bride. when the plane crashed and took his life the big boppers and ritchie valens. the day was called "the day the music died' all the things in this somg were meant to take place during the 1950's.he mentions james dean famous movie star from movies during the 50's.@ 6:08 he mentioned the plane. thumb up for ppl can see it.buddy hollyRIP

[KiwiPassionFruit]

this song was a prediction of the future aka. Music nowadays sort of sucks

[syafiq8517]

any teens =,=??

[MrNytro2000]

in music class we were asked for a classic song.

people were like 'pop, lock and drop it' and other songs of 2010 +

i was like, what the hell? guys listen to some of this it will blow your mind. THEY HAD NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE

[DonCampeador]

I don't see why children always state their age when commenting on good music.

[TheCupcakeMustache]

Music now cannot compare to this. I like how TV's are HD and bigger, and IPad's, laptops, and IPhone's are getting faster. Just for one day I would like to live in the past, when men actually wore their pants properly, when music wasn't crap. Now all we have is rapper's talking about crap. I wish I could live then for just one day. For just one day I could dance to actually music I can understand.

The music did die, but to some of us, it's still alive, in our hearts.

[orxTRON]

@TheCupcakeMustache EVERYONE LIKE YOUR POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GET IT TO THE TOP!

[mrstevenos1965]

my musical muse died 03-09-2011

[mrstevenos1965]

we are the 99% to "occupy" but with communication as it is the 1% will win - ever heard of a one government world? - as long as the one true God wins inevitably --- the means are God given and the end shall be heaven or hell --- HE is the means and the End --- so the means do justify the end - Lord He even sacrificed HIS son that HE should win

[frogsfrogs1616]

You guys do know this is about a plane crashing or something like that

[Udiel]

@frogsfrogs1616 yes, you arent the only one. ffs *facepalm*

[brianprince100]

@frogsfrogs1616 -Buddy Holly...but it is more than that....because We All had a different moment...as to when the Musick died. John Kennedy? Martin Luther King? Ronald Reagen? Many have different Heros and different villains.

[lolarupi]

@frogsfrogs1616 YOU ARE SUCH AN ASSHOLE

[Hollylego54]

@frogsfrogs1616 Ya a plane that Buddy Holly The Big Bopper and Vitchie Valens was on. It was the night the music died.

[poopieflys]

@frogsfrogs1616 nope...*sarcasm*

[gusyyy23]

The day the music died. So true. 

[grimgroove]

this is my all-time favorite song

[cherimonscat]

This song touches me in a way which only the most meaningful of songs can, it makes me feel pain and yet gives me hope in the most peculiar way...

[lovelyiscountry]

One of my favorite songs every, and it has so much meaning, that a lot of people don't know. Amazing.

[gonzalo1901]

esta cancion es un himno a la musica de ayer pura y sincera

[Thesamjam5]

Oh Fuck good or gay this song is the funniest of all humor songs

[WXMmikey]

such a good song :D

[Mai8Tai]

Classic.

[ButterKnife1337]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 oh look! Another justin bieber fan

[beccabeccat]

I've just discovered this amazing song by reading the biography of Steve Jobs. Well, thanks again Mr. Steve.

[W857TYWH408576NW0348]

This is the most painful. boring fucking songs ever written. Written by a cunt, for cunts about cunts.

[Totorocatbus]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 This guy obviously burnt his pie in the oven and crashed his dad's Chevrolet on a tree and got grounded for life.

[thejkais]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 Written by a true 8 year old.

[ThunderShadow991]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348

Hey Buddy.

Go shove a guitar up your ass, and maybe let's see how you feel with 3 teeth knocked out.

[TheMetalhead81]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 i will fuck you up! ignorant shit! go back to listening to the jonas brothers faggot

[ZayrotheEchidna]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 Amazing. This 5 yr olds got some good vocabulary.

[af73r70ugh7]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 mmkay kid. You want to bad mouth the song? so go listen to your shit. nobody's forcing you to listen to the music that actually has a relaxing and pleasant tune for those who can appreciate a true classic. So, by all means, go listen to whatever you think is "good music". Go kill some more of your ever dwindling brain cells you ignorant buffoon.

[NeilBeBad]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 Sorry For the song that actually made your type of music these days, And i am into rap more and Love the classics.

[BenAnsell9]

@W857TYWH408576NW0348 Calm down at this guy, obviously he hasn't got access to decent music from his parents basement...

[TheSkyla121]

im 13 and love this song(:



[xoxosophiemariee]

@TheSkyla121  Would you happen to be ben bailey?

[TheSkyla121]

@xoxosophiemariee me? No........why?

[ilovecoachwade]

@TheSkyla121 ok? glad u feel "special" because you sure are

[ItmsI]

@TheSkyla121 OH WELL ARNT YOU A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL FOR YOUR AGE?!

[somethingofthedead]

@TheSkyla121 WOW!! SOMEONE UNDER 18 LIKING A FUCKING VERY POPULAR AND CLASSIC SONG THAT IS NOT FROM THEIR TIME. FUCKING EVERYONE PRAISE THIS FUCK

[ThePunkySkunk666]

@TheSkyla121 ME TOO lol. I go down the hallways (in school) singing this song and people just look at me and just go wats wrong with you. Its sad really. The music has died for most but few actually know whats true and beautiful.

[IMMAEDEDDNEDDY]

@TheSkyla121 I'm 14 and I like this song, so what?

[waragainstgreed]

31 and still rocking this song... music has saved my mortal soul. dont like it? fuck you.

[waragainstgreed]

@waragainstgreed seriously, if you dont like it i hope you get aids.

[W857TYWH408576NW0348]

@waragainstgreed fuck you

[Auticomics]

You should make the text a brighter color next time. it is very haqrd to read when it's darkgreen on black background.

[boyznum1]

r.i.p buddy holly Big Bopper and Richie Valens

[aramilarcher]

i have loved this seince like i was 4! all of those 675 dislikes are actually very commited people that actualy turned their computer upsided down to like it again...:)(:

[kotikdavid2]

For everyone asking what its about, its jesus. What other king wears a thorny crown?

[bananerpuss8me]

i love american pie expessially banana cream pie I LOVE BANANASS

[whosays2000]

11 and i love this song!

ppl who dislike r gay

[af73r70ugh7]

17, and lovin' this song.



[TheEvilgoth]

hey am 14 and i love this song XD

[QuantumApparatus]

ju is the best!

[rob99rst]

the music died for 675 people

[explosivediarrhea100]

@rob99rst That doesn't even make sense. do you know what this song is about?

[DKzMicki]

@rob99rst in 1959 the music died to all of us.

[amozoness6]

Every once in a while an artist channels something eternal, that supersedes all boundaries .. Good job Don, you done good son

[edkelley18]

the music died 1/1/00

[ChrisinEC]

674 dislikes? Wow, I wonder if it is mostly youngsters and since it doesn't sound like the crap on the radio they felt the need to dislike it.

[Kaiytee]

its about the tragic death of Buddy Holly though it wasn't of as epic proportions as say Elvis' demise, it was indeed a significant event in American pop culture history.

[LauraJayneD96]

@Kaiytee As well as Ritchie Valens.

[2147Allen]

I thought this song was about the vietnam war

[BeatzHDGaming]

never...let the music die ;')

[paintedfish]

This is the best highway song - 10 miles, easy :)

[1hearn]

Just realised this is about buddy holly and his death in feb and how don McLean found out while folding newspapers for delivery

just a nugget of useless but interesting information

[oldsoul4475]

@1hearn not to mention valens and the bopper. dont forget them.

[17musicluver]

I am inlove with this song!

[drawmuhammed]

R.I.P lol cats :(

[Eembuster]

I love this song... but could someone please explain what its actually about?

[elmagnifico1880]

@Eembuster

it's about a plane crash, witch killed some talented artists: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP richardson.

But Don always said it wasn't about this...

[Eembuster]

@elmagnifico1880 Ok thanks :)

[freethechronic]

i dont care what its truly about. the music died when dub-step and electronic music was invented.

[ssloling153]

673 people have never had pie...

[pete9129]

@ssloling153 fail

[LegitBobsYourUncle]

The music died when Don Mclean made this song because his criticising his own song "American Pie" as well as the song that came after it. LOL

[MrsAwesomeify]

the music died wen JB said his first words

[JakeofallTrad3s]

672 Dislikes? How is that even possible? They must not dig these rhythmic blues.

[Alexizizcrazy]

I'm not one to listen to an entire song I haven't heard before- especially a 7 minute long one, but this song was so great. The story, they lyrics, everything.

[TheSalamguy]

What is the song about?

[webmaster2247]

@TheSalamguy The plane crash that killed ritchie valens, buddy holly, and the big bopper three music legends and plenty things like the half time air was sweet perfume the perfume is poisen gas used during WW2 and " the grass" is marauanna" you can look it up or in a month or two i will have a vid bout it but mainly its about the crash and ther turn of the century not just drugs

[insaninater]

-buddy holly and ritchie valens die, point antimusic

-don mclean writes the most iconic american rock song ever; point music

-rap and cheap pop becomes popular and takes front stage musically; point antimusic

high time we even the score

[R4NDOMxJUNKIES]

For u who say this song is gay, u can u shove a guitar up it butt, cause u probably don't even know what this song is about.

[S4lsn1p3d]

@R4NDOMxJUNKIES I love this song and I have no idea what it is about!

[mr94hitman]

@S4lsn1p3d It's about how Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the big Bopper died in a plane crash, they were some of the big music acts of the time. The crash was called "the day music died". The singer first heard about it when delivering newspapers.

[S4lsn1p3d]

@mr94hitman oh, well i knew that much, but there are a bunch of other references that I don't know. the only one I can pick out it "Lennon read a book on Marx"= Russian revolution. i have a hunch about "and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space." i think that is about the summer of love 1968

[ZombiePanda501]

@R4NDOMxJUNKIES LOLLLLLLLLLL do u even know what the song is about??

[Mr62Sam]

for extra credit on an English quiz we had to name the three artists who died and inspired this song, and i was the ONLY one who got the point.

WTF seriously??

Richie valens, Buddy Holly and the big bopper!!! Hello???

Im losing faith in my generation

[aubandtt]

GAY!

[JakeofallTrad3s]

@aubandtt And you're a fuckass, but you don't see me just saying it for no reason. You don't even know what the song is about asshole.

[josef238]

all these sopa songs are gay

[TSfan217]

@josef238 this isn't a sopa song

[JimS286]

I love this song I love the chorus

[crazynuggetnog]

i cant remember if i cryed the day i heard of sopas plans

[misspasquaallee97]

My dad and I used to sing this when I was like 5. I'm 15 now and I found the old tape with the song and put it one for my Dad and a smile came to his eyes, I love music for making my dad smile :}

[MrArgusy]

Say bye, bye to the Internet guys...

SOPA will pass and PIPA will fly.

And the good old boys cried:

This'll be the day that we die...

This'll be the day that we die...

[randomteensx2]

RIP RITCHIE VALENS!!!!!!

~Raven Esquivel age: 15

[KatherineFal]

The music did die...now we just have electronic beeps. sad...

[metallica04100]

@KatherineFal a few things: 1) When the piano was invented, most musicians and listeners preached about how it will ruin creativity and how it doesn't take any talent to use and how the harpsichord is the only true instrument 2) those beeps are still music and creative 3) if you don't like listening to it, there are SO MANY country, rock, jazz, blues, and metal bands touring the country and making a living off of it, but most are just not well known. They make their money off of live shows and

[metallica04100]

@KatherineFal not from studio. 4) this is coming from a classically trained music composition major. Fact is the music industry never dies. It just changes. And right now, it is better than ever. Humanity will always be creative with those 12 tones and infinite rhythms and combinations.

[captainreefer]

@metallica04100 profit wise the music industry is better than ever. Music wise the industry is in a coma with the RIAA trying to switch off its life support

[hugopop44]

But SUCH A GOOD SONG

[hugopop44]

*Lenin

[Qwertybob54]

Search meaning of American Pie there is literally a new meaning to EVERY LINE in this song. I was like :O

[allnamesaretakenfuck]

did you write the book of laws, and do you believe in the internets flaws, if the government tells you so? Do you believe in pipas hold, can sopa, save, your, pirating soul? and can WMG stop deleting my videos reaaaal slooow? well i know baracks, in love with sopa, because i saw them both do the polka, they both kicked off their shoes, man i hate them liberty blues.

sorry i had to add lol great song by the way

[BankaiBabe]

I can't help but relate this to ACTA.

[Budsmokerhaha]

This song is awesome

[bloggingbrooke]

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Stay calm and look for fives

[lopyhq]

A long long time ago deep in a galaxy far away. That's the saga begins

[TheRapo13]

The Day The Internet Died .

[godforge2003]

This was the #1 song the day I was born. Another reason why I should have crawled back up my Mom's cunt and died.

[hryanu]

@godforge2003 I agree. You don't deserve to be born on such a date.

[Arkhamhero21]

@godforge2003 who just says that... i am officially mind fucked congrats sir... you have won

[luigi5337]

666 dislikes?

[RaVaL47]

"But something touched me deep inside

The day the internet died."

[TheXemnas]

@RaVaL47

All of my this. Thought the same exact thing. :c

[linear23]

@RaVaL47 This song came to mind just now, and I needed to hear the lyrics. To Hell with Sopa! People are done with the broken system. America promised rainbows and Lolipops. Now all we have is Diabetes and pollution

[mariopikaman1]

@RaVaL47

So, Bye-Bye, All you Internet Guys,

Take your ponies and your arrows cause they don't abide

Congress brought SOPA alive,

And this will be the day that I die,

This will be the day that I die

[scottb3034]

Great sagas, like this song, begin "A long, long time ago..."

[wattosacrim]

Wow brilliant lyrics as always "When i read about his widowed bride"

[ManBearBg]

i'm locky that i'm not american .... sopa heh

[originaldreamteam92]

@ManBearBg I see why you could say that, yet I would bet you money that if SOPA would be passed (which for now its on hold) it would cripple more than the American people. Do you know how many important companies are based in America? Do you also know that countless of countries depend on those online economies? I am not defending the American idea, I am just defending my rights, I will not say that this country is the best on the world since I have not seen the whole world.

[Comendydude]

Thumbs up if you think weird al veriosn is better :)

[Cheyenne40619]

:'(

[Hrystek]

I Fuck ACTA, i want only listen this music.

[MsZaneman]

i believe that washington's goal of SOPA and PIPA (to stop online piracy) is ok but the method of censorship goes against our base freedoms. i also disagree with the 90+ million dollar pay out to congress from holywood

[paulv3rm3ul3n]

@MsZaneman you are against piracy? so you think we should pay alot of money to those already way 2 rich artists/managers/money pistons. i disagree

[phoenixboy4263]

@paulv3rm3ul3n stop being butthurt, there's a lot of people who make art and *gasp* AREN'T rich.

[masterofthecontinuum]

*About the politicians*

and they were singin,

bye, bye mr. internet guy

I sure hope sopa passes and that pipa will fly

us good old boys are gonna make them all cry

This'll be the day that it dies,

this'll be the day that it dies