Bye-Bye Miss American Pie

[draggar]

Today is the day that music died.

1959 -

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson as well as their pilot, Roger Peterson die in an airplane crash while traveling between shows during their "Winter Dance Party" tour.

Buddy Holly arrived at the last show frustrated with cold buses so he booked a flight to the next spot.

JP had come down with the flu and Holly's band member Wayland Jennings agreed to give up his seat for Richardson. Holly and Jennings have an exchange of words (in fun / jest as friends do)/ Holly comments "I hope your bus freezes!" and Jennings commented "I hope your plane crashes!". The comment, even though it was in fun, haunts him for the rest of his life.

Valens commented that he had never flown before and "flipped" for it with Tommy Allsup. Despite some movies, the coin flip happened after the last gig oin the ballroom, DJ Bob Hale of KRIB flipped the coin.

Dion DiMucci of Dion & The Belmonts was offered a seat but he couldn't justify the $36 per passenger price and decided to take the bus.

It just makes you think about how life can set things up and even fortunate luck can turn nasty.

[TelephoneAngel]

You know, boyfriend and I have often had this conversation, what if we left the house two minutes earlier, it would have been us in the car wreck we passed on the road, or what if we had decided to eat at mcdonlads rather than burger king, it would have been us injured when the car went through the shop window.

All coincidences and what if?

[telecom_goddess]

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they'd be happy for a while.

But february made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn't take one more step.

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "this'll be the day that I die.
"this'll be the day that I die



I really do love that song

[Jester]

Truly one of the greatest songs of all time.

Said the Jester....on the sidelines....in a cast......

[Hobbs]

La Bamba Funeral Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKVdOXEboyg

La Bamba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK2HANwsUWg

La Bamba (tradicional)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDMyZMj5WPo

[pssorens]

I used to have a test on this every year in high school from our history teacher and baseball coach covering the event and the symbolic meaning of the song American Pie.

[Hobbs]

I used to have a test on this every year in high school from our history teacher and baseball coach covering the event and the symbolic meaning of the song American Pie.

That's an awesome history teacher

[telecom_goddess]

Truly one of the greatest songs of all time.

Said the Jester....on the sidelines....in a cast......

LOL yup

[Eric the Grey]

A better link:

Don McLean - American Pie



Eric the Grey