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That song...it's not great, it's not bad, it's just there. Is the lyric that inscrutable? Pretty clear references to Holly's plane crash, Altamont, Dylan, etc.
Can't say I agree with the main message - that the music was better before the 60's, when it just "made you dance and maybe you'll be happy for a while."
That song...it's not great, it's not bad, it's just there. Is the lyric that inscrutable? Pretty clear references to Holly's plane crash, Altamont, Dylan, etc.
Can't say I agree with the main message - that the music was better before the 60's, when it just "made you dance and maybe you'll be happy for a while."
Dude, the song may be RIDICULOUSLY overplayed, but it's one of the greatest songs ever written. But I agree, I'd say music was best between 1960 and 1976 I'd say there's was more good music made in those 16 years then the rest of the 20th and 2st century combined.
Dude, the song may be RIDICULOUSLY overplayed, but it's one of the greatest songs ever written. But I agree, I'd say music was best between 1960 and 1976 I'd say there's was more good music made in those 16 years then the rest of the 20th and 2st century combined.
I totally agree with this entire statement with the possible exception that it could ever be "overplayed".
Nobody knew what the song meant but they liked the way it felt. "American Pie" marked the beginning of pop nostalgia.
What nobody in 1971 suspected was that anyone in the future would be interested in holding on to anything from the year 1971. That must have been doubly the case with the lyrics of a song that dealt with the past. In 1971 it was only just beginning to dawn on the music industry that the past might be more interesting and hence more valuable than the present. I know exactly what the song's about, and at the same time, I haven't a clue.
OK, nice sentiment, RIP Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Richie Valens, and forgotten pilot Roger Peterson, but I couldn't stand the tune then, and don't need to hear it now.
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