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2. Aryan Brotherhood tried to claim they knew the "Real Meaning" of that song too

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 12:06 PM

Dec 2011

According to McLean (as posted on his website), this song was originally inspired by the death of Buddy Holly. "The Day The Music Died" is February 3, 1959, when Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash after a concert. McLean wrote the song from his memories of the event. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper album was a huge influence, and McLean has said in numerous interviews that the song represented the turn from innocence of the '50s to the darker, more volatile times of the '60s - both in music and politics.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1193

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Don McLean was onced asked what the real meaning of "American Pie" was... HopeHoops Dec 2011 #1

Aryan Brotherhood tried to claim they knew the "Real Meaning" of that song too FreakinDJ Dec 2011 #2

I knew it was Buddy Holly, but the "turn of innocence" thing is new. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #3

I'm trying to remember what was "innocent" about the racist, sexist, homophobic, cold-war driven... TygrBright Dec 2011 #4