"American Pie" - Don McLean Somehow I'm drawn to this song. I guess I'll fall for anything full of pianos and guitars. I definitely love good stories and lyrically, this tells just that. Although I do have to admit that all this time I never knew this was dedicated to the fallen musicians who died in a plane crash on that fateful night in February, 1959 - Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Now, years later several interpretations have been widely spread across the Internet, but it was too complicated to search through the mumbo jumbo between what was factual and what was a myth behind what McLean was trying to convey in his song. Most of what I found were from people who thought they knew, but McLean never actually confirmed any of what they assumed was true. "...You will find many "interpretations" of my lyrics but none of them by me. Isn't this fun? Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago ...
A song pops up in my head in bed, carrying with it a memory that may not always be described in words. So the music in it of itself allows me to tell my stories. This is my writer's pen. This is my '3' and my 'M'. This is my passion in life; my blog; my light and though it may occasionally lose its shine, it will never completely leave me in the dark.