As for music saving your mortal soul, McLean is referring to the bad, more modern music encouraging devil worship, etc. If so, then you can teach him about today's music, referring to the 1960s (when this song was written).
He is asking if music has become part of your life. Remember, the I is rock 'n' roll music.ĭid you write the book of love/ And do you have faith in God above/ If the bible tells you so/ Do you believe in rock and roll/ Can music save your mortal soul/ Then you can teach me how to dance real slow.īesides The Book of Love, '50s music included some beautiful ballads. (Chorus) Bye bye Miss American Pie/ Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry/ And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye/ Singing this will be the day when I die.
The death of rock 'n' roll music, not of Buddy Holly. Holly had married just five months earlier.īut something touched me deep inside/ The day the music died. McLean, once a newspaper carrier, recalls the February 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and three others. If he could play it again, people would smile.īut February made me shiver/ With every paper I'd deliver/ Sad 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. This is the music of the '50s, as he remembers it. Griggs, and printed in the May 1992 issue of the music collectors monthly, DISCoveries Magazine:Ī 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.
Understanding that, let me share with you the essence of a feature story titled American Pie _ Analyzed, written by William F.
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