American Pie - Meaning

ap world history school assignment.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• american
• pie
• don
• mclean
• words
• mean
• what
• hidden
• meaning
• decoded

[childrenofeden21]

the video could only be a certain length, hence my shortened version :)

[childrenofeden21]

it was a school assignment in which i w as talking, fyi. you dnot have to be abihh (:

[Dthunderchicken]

@pyrastome

That's "Big Bopper" AKA J.P Richardson. Also the song is about much more than just them. It's about the time from the fifties to the seventies.

[pyrastome]

Yeah it was about buddy holly ritchie valens and big bomba

[limey157]

Part of the song is about JFK, so I'm not really sure why so many people are crying about it. It's not exactly a secret either

[michellerose83]

I really enjoyed this video thanks for sharing :) 

[xEdddie]

What Does music have to do with the death of JFK???

[TimeToDwell]

wtf is this?? you are so lost buddy.

[321Green1Fork123]

lol wtf whyd u think it was about JFK thats such bad logic

[firemarshall007]

@TheFunkanator No, the whole song is about the fifties, and music leading into the sixties. That lines about the Rolling Stones. Their song Jumping Jack flash.

[Thantophobia1]

@guitarguyfrommars I always thought that was the crown of thorns they ground into Jesus' head. And Jesus was the king. I don't know, I never really thought too much into it.

[Potsie791]

Some people need to research music history and listen to the lyrics before drawing such idiotic assumptions. There is not enough space to analyze the whole song here. The basic premise is this: "the day the music died" i.e. the plane crash that killed Holly, Valens, and Richardson, is day that McLean is making a reference to the day that he is tracing everything back to as the exact point in time when everything in rock n' roll music, politics, and life changed in the 1960's.