What is the song AMERICAN PIE about?

Question

I was just trying to remember .... I can't ....! What is the song referring to? Some one please help me remember!

Answer 1

The death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in a plane crash

Answer 2

Don McLean's American Pie is about the death of Buddy Holly and really Don's recollection of what was going on in the time following his death. So, "the Day the Music Died" was the day Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, JP Richardson died in a plane crash.

Answer 3

The death of the American dream as an analogy with the death of Buddy Holly

Answer 4

About 8 minutes long.

Seriously, this is one of those lyrics that is continually debated (much like what got tossed off the Tallahatchee Bridge in "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobby Gentry) but the death of the American dream is a good interpretation I think. Just don't ask me to tell you who "the Jester" is.

Answer 5

EASY I LIKE THIS ONE........    ITS ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE BIG BOPPER, RICHIE VALENS, AND BUDDY HOLLY.      THEY DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN THE 50s HENCE THE LINE THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.   HOPE THAT WAS A HELP.