The day the music died

Don McLean (official website) nasceu em 1945,

e iniciou sua carreira em meados dos anos sessenta.

Com muito estilo.

This impressive dirge about the day the music died clearly refers to the death of Buddy Holly in 1959, although the plane he died in was not called American Pie, contrary to popular belief. Some references in the lyrics are clear comments on developments (musical and political) in the sixties, including Dylan as The Jester, and Janis Joplin as 'the girl who sang the blues'. Some are rather obscure though, to say the least. McLean himself has always refused to clarify them in spite of several requests, and as a result numerous theories on interpretation have emerged.... they even made the columns of the famous Straight Dope by Cecil. That lyrical ambiguity remains one of the charms of this song. (daqui)