If you wanna go 50/early you MUST do Remember/Walkin in the Sand by The Shangri La's, then listen to the Aerosmith version for a cruel joke.

He had one other hit called " Vincent." If you're going to do singer songwriter stuff..do some Carly Simon🎼🎼🎤 "Your So Vain"

This song takes you on a Journey we used to sing this at Midnight.... At a bar I went to in college 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

“Vincent”is wonderful and heartbreaking.

@@peterquinones3522 Great suggestion Peter!

Me!

Me

Even now I miss words, but this was my best sing-along yet!

It came on the radio when I was getting a tattoo. Not only did I remember all the words, but I also never missed a beat! Got a round of applause from the receptionist at the end!

Not singing, but this song plays in my head quite frequently, one of my favorites.

I never really cared for the bit about Jagger at Altamont. “As I watched him on the stage, my hands clenched up in fists of rage.” As if Jagger wasn’t there trying to calm people the fuck down the whole time. OK yeah, using drunk ass Hells Angels as security was an extremely boneheaded idea, but it wasn’t done with any kind of malice or “Satanic” intent. It was just a dumb rock group making a bad decision. If he wanted to properly criticize his peers in the rock industry for their apathy, he could’ve taken a page out of Peter Paul and Mary‘s book and done it more like their song “I dig rock ‘n’ roll music.“ The bit about Janis Joplin just smiling and turning away is a much better line. But there’s too much creepy Jesus shit injected into this song overall. He’s also pining for a time of innocence that never was, suggesting that “the music died” along with the innocence of his generation when that plane crashed. It’s actually pretty fucking arrogant when you stop to think about it. Brilliantly crafted lyrics and all, I see very little self-reflection from Mr. McLean in them besides “things were better back then.” Okay, Boomer.

@@jayburdification The satanic stuff was a play on the Stones His Satanic Majesty's Request album and the song Sympathy for the Devil.

HEY HEY MY MY AUTOTUNED POP RAP SUX & w/ kids like A&A R&R MAY JUST NEVER DIE!

​@@jayburdification But the Stones were always perceived as the "bad" boys to the Beatles' "good" boys, long before McClean came along.

@@jayburdification that rage could have been aimed at the hell's angels who pretty much ruined the night for everybody.

Hell, I’m 18 and I can sing every word.

I'm 29 and have been able to sing every word since I discovered this in my father's collection ❤ he grew up in the 70s ... I'm jealous lol

I was born in 1974 and know every word lol... My mom said when Lucy in the sky with diamonds came on radio i would bang on my highchair tray and kick my legs with pure joy...

I'm 14 and I know all the lyrics. At family events we would all practically yell it 😂 I grew up listen to this song on repeat 🤣

I’m 12

Thank you for your service ❤️

What company were you with??

@@dammitmandy1166 / proud to say I was a member of Alpha Co. 2/502 101st Airborne Division, Camp Eagle South Vietnam Thanks for asking. Peace

@@robertmills2375 thanks for your service. My dad was 1/502 Co D. I think he was there at the same time. Until they were blown up… if u ever get the chance, Mike Machine Gun Kelly (RIP) did some beautiful drawings of them. You can Google them.

Thank you for your service. May the lord bless you.

☮️♥️♾️

No, that was his response to the same question about the Madonna cover of this in the mid/late 1990's

@@olabergvall3154 It was just a wee joke Ola 🤟🏼

@@mikeymckinnon5778 fair enough buddy

@@olabergvall3154 🙌🏻

That was going to be my comment exactly. 🙂👍

Yeah, I chuckled at that, too. Like, you could have an hour spent to delve into the lyrics, and still miss things. It's a very meaning-dense song.

All of the lyrics have multiple meanings it's the most amazing piece of songwriting in the history of songwriting literally every time you hear it you can hear something that you didn't hear before.

We've all been trying to figure out these lyrics since it came out

Then zip through Hotel California ...

❤

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I'm so glad that you have that - hugs

Great breakdown!

Fantastic breakdown, but if I might add one more detail, "a generation lost in space" was about the US-Russian space race.

The Father Son and the Holy Ghost are probably not those examples, it was probably regarding folk singers Woody and Arlo Guthrie as the father and son, or very possibly Crosby Stills and Nash. This verse is related to the Sacred Store where the music wouldn't play, which was during a time when the folk music genre was winding down and electrified music was becoming more popular. Many of the folk singers of the moment were leaving the California hangouts and changing things up to more rock and roll musically. The day the music died in general changes throughout the song, there is a day that it dies in every verse. Miss American Pie is Marilyn Monroe, the birds flying off for the fallout shelter and falling from eight miles high are The Byrds, who's members then scattered and began other careers in music (fallout shelter), which also pertains to the atomic era ending.

The Sergeants refer to the Beatles. "A generation lost in space" refers to Woodstock, implied by the preceding line "And there we all were in one place".

@@donp1964

"You couldn't escape it" is absolutely true. Lol. After 6,000,000 listens, it's lost its appeal for me. But, it's a good song with lots of rock 'n' roll history.

Song is known as Vincent in the UK. From the same album as American Pie

@@iancarr8682 probably here in the US too. I think the full title is Vincent (Starry Starry Night).

So is The Grave. A song about a young soldier dying in WWI

It is known as Vincent in the US as well.

Not to mention every person talked about is a reference to a real person... Usually or maybe all a music artist... Im going by memory so help me out if im wrong... But the jester was... Bob Dylan I think... I never looked it up but someone correct me if im wrong...

Ya... I just had to scroll thru the comments a little further... A few people a month ago made the same comments and went further... At least I got it right... Lol

The girl who sang the blues was Janis Joplin.

All in one place, a generation lost in space was Woodstock As I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage was Altamont.

@@owenkeenan442 Jack flash was jagger.... the devil was the Hell's Angel's.

Hm 1953 look it up

@@joeteeter 1959. You look it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly

Yes. But it was the tragic death of Buddy Holly that was the focus of that singular verse. He began the lyrics with him in mind, but that's it. The song itself was about America. Don McLean would not explain much more than that. He even penned a letter to fans back in 1993 explaining that he wouldn't, and why.

@@realPenrodPooch Exactly. The line "I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride" was a reference to Buddy Holly's wife Maria Elena. They had been married for less than six months when his plane crashed. In those days the media did not wait until family had been notified before going public with news of someone's death; when Maria Elena, newly pregnant, heard that her husband had died in a plane crash, she miscarried. Incidentally, Don McLean dedicated the *American Pie* album to the memory of Buddy Holly. He was more than worthy of the honor, because Buddy Holly is one of the greatest and most important songwriters and recording artists in the entire history of rock'n'roll. John Lennon and Paul McCartney idolized him; Lennon named his band the Beatles because Holly's band had been called the Crickets. The Hollies named themselves after Buddy Holly. Mick Jagger saw Holly play in London when Jagger was still a kid; Keith Richards unabashedly says that he learned how to play guitar by playing along to Holly's and Chuck Berry's records, and the Rolling Stones recorded Holly's "Not Fade Away" as one of their earliest singles. Holly pioneered double-tracking, helped spearhead the movement of recording artists writing their own material, made the Fender Stratocaster the cool guitar that every aspiring guitarist wanted to play, and his and the Crickets' template of two guitarists, a bassist, and a drummer became a standard rock'n'roll template. Like the music of Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, the Everly Brothers, and Jerry Lee Lewis, Holly's music is a thread that runs through modern music right down to this day. And yet when he died in that plane crash in an Iowa cornfield on February 3, 1959 he was still only 22 years old.

I was literally just telling my 6 year old about this plane crash yesterday. Crazy that Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper weren't even supposed be on the damn plane in the first place.

More than forty 1972/74 ????

😂

@@alexandercope more like 50. song was released in 1971

@@SgtSplatter782 yep Oct 24th, 1971 and the "Day the music died" was Feb 3rd, 1959

Us old folks are sitting here listening thinking - should we tell these kids dissertations have been written about these lyrics? Or let them blunder into the deep water just like we did?

I'm sorry for your loss and glad the song can give you comfort.

So sorry for your loss

It’s like “Bohemian Rhapsody” is now.

I was in a bar in Munich in the early '90s when "American Pie" started playing on the jukebox. Everybody in the bar stopped talking and sang along. It was magical, and, to an American like me, totally unexpected.

I can totally relate to this. American Pie is one of the few songs out there where I always feel a strong, innate urge to sing along, from start to finish. A masterpiece.

Buddy Holly--the real king

We did. And it was/still is wonderful and amazing and profound and inspiring and brilliant.

Much of it stands the test of time.

YES!!!!!!!!

We really did! 💝

Absolutely!

Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.

One of the most beautiful songs in the English language.

YES! Such a beautiful, sad song.

Vincent is another great song

If you don't cry when you hear Vincent the first time, your soul needs a tune up

The Quartet practicing in the park is the Beatles. Jack Flash is the Rolling Stones.

Don McLean being a folkie, the king and Queen were more likely Pete Seeger and Joni Mitchell, who were the headliners at the ‘65 Woodstock Folk Festival where Dylan showed up with an electric guitar and got booed off the stage.

@@LeChaunce Your right, I had forgotten that.

LENNON read a book on Marx The Sgt's played a marching tune. - Beatles references Jack Flash, Angel born in hell - Stones

@@LeChaunce Newport Folk Fest, not Woodstock. Yeah, Don was a folkie, but this song is about rock and roll, so I would think the King and Queen would be someone else--like Elvis or Little Richard, who both claimed that title (not to mention Jerry Lee). But an interesting idea, will have to give it more thought.

DM does a great version of Roy Orbison's "Crying" too. Orbison's another one they ought to check out, he was phenominal and that voice was something else.

@@davidmonypeny5734 And between Orbison new (and long overdue), Petty, Jeff Lynne (E.L.O.), and I have to assume some familiarity with the Beatles they only have to hit up some Bob Dylan before they've touched on every member of The Traveling Wilbury's. Who as a group are also absolutely high on the list of must-listens. "Heading for the Light", "End of the Line", "Last Night", "Rattled" ...

@@davidmonypeny5734 also McLean's version of Castles in the Air

Yep, lots of fun to argue about over a few beers.

"This is not songwriting, this is pure poetry sang to beautiful melodies." not to be the pedantic douche that i am.....but pure poetry sang to beautiful melodies is literally the definition of songwriting.....

Also, Eight Miles High...

Yes, that is correct. You heard right. Very dark, but not only is it a banging song all round, it is like a history lesson too.

We used to drive by the driveway to The Tate house as teens and freak out

Manson believed the Beatles were sending him messages in the lyrics to their songs; _Helter skelter_ has lyrics that he misunderstood: 'Helter skelter coming down fast, coming down fast'. He wasn't smart enough to know that a Helter skelter is what Americans call a tornado ride. (Source: Vincent Bugliosi's book about the trial.)

@@ladyca8366 That is a reference to a Byrds song.... it is actually about a plane trip to England

"Castles in the Air" is another good one.

Completely agree. And have something handy to wipe your eyes with, it gets dusty when you are listening to Vincent.

Vincent is by far my fav

TRUTH!!!

Vincent is brilliant, but this song is sheer genius. I understand personal choice but there are levels to this song that when you read about it and really deep dive into the lyrics and it's meaning it's just pure genius.

Thanks for the chuckle.

Word.

hahah I was just thinking this .. everyone draggin out their soap box .. Just enjoy the fact they are enjoying it ..

I don't know, it seems to me A&A have always appreciated learning the history.

@@kevincosta9228 I agree! I just meant they're about to read a lot of it.

Yes, and Ritchie Valens was only 17. The Big Bopper, who did Chantilly Lace, was the one with the plane, and he invited Ritchie and Buddy to fly with him. The music that Buddy and Ritchie could have created had they not died on that plane...really makes ya think.

Elvis and Bob Dylan, also. "And while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown".

Some references.... The girl who sang the blues-Janis Joplin. Lennon read a book of Marx, the marching band was the Beatles. And while I watched him on the stage is supposedly watching Mick Jagger (talks about Jack Flash sat on a candlestick). 8 miles high, song you recently listened to. For 10 years we've been on our own, that is referencing the time between the "day the music died" and the onset of the Beatles (music really sucked in the early 60's).

@@teesiemom Richie Valens was 17, the Big Bopper was 27, and Buddy Holly was only 24.

Wrong its about his father.

For storytelling songs, I recommend Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning".

Yeah I cry every time at the Wreck. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is another great song, among many in Richard Thompson’s long career

Kobe's family found out on the news.

@@MyNameIsBucket Storytelling songs were the strong point of the singer/songwriter group. Anything from Dylan's North Country Blues to Bob Seger's Turn the Page, it's a mighty collection of riches.

@@sallyphillips9175 Today media moves so fast it's nearly impossible but technically any media not waiting for next of kin being informed is breaking American law but I doubt they care over ratings

My 7th grade English teacher let us spend a semester on it.

Your absolutely right Bro. 😎

@@designstudio8013 I'm sorry, but you obviously don't have a CLUE about the History of music and entertainment that is spoken of in this song - IF you truly believe that! It's a shame that you aren't able to fathom anything deeper than face value, as SO MUCH of music is much deeper than face value! There is a richness and a social commentary that you'll never be able to understand. But you actually have to be able to take the time to consider what/who is mentioned in the song. (Or take the time to look up things that have been written about it.) James Dean, Helter Skelter, Sargeant Pepper (the Marching Band), Lost in Space. And SO MUCH MORE! But...your loss!

@Fred C. Meekins Jr. You're so right. Hours and hours in high school spent on decoding this song.

@@designstudio8013 Don't know who pissed in your corn flakes this morning, but perhaps a switch to decaf might help.

Yep, asked for it myself. Such a beautiful song they may cry.

Yes, it's called "Vincent" and I asked for it, too. Gorgeous song.

Fun Fact: That was Tupac's favorite song....

Vincent, brothers A&A

@@2869may I was going to mention that, but I'm not sure if they know who Tupac is! Sigh, getting old stinks.

What a great story! I would bet that teacher wept. And many of the students as well.

Hell, it’s making me tear up just reading it!

Wow! That's some serious power of indoctrination.

I've heard that the three men - - - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, are JFK, RFK, and MLK, respectively. Just like the song is about more than "that plane crash", it's also reflecting on the 3 tragic assassinations that devastated the US. It's all open to interpretation though.

@@Skeezer66 that never made any sense.

Another theory I've read is that the 3 are the Crickets, Buddy Holly's band. Lots of cool interpretations for sure.

The Father Neal Cassidy, the Son Kerouac (Kerouac wrote in "Visions of Cody" he thought of Cassidy as a father figure), and the Holy Ghost is Ginsberg.

@@Skeezer66 I remember reading that as well.

My English teachers were like that in the 60's and 1970. I loved it ❤️!

Good teacher.

Mine too.

Were we in the same school? My teacher did too.

We did the same thing, only a great teacher would have the insight to teach this. We were very lucky!

That is SUCH a great song and apparently based on a true story, when he went to play a gig he'd do his new stuff and they'd all drunkenly call out for him to play the oldies. He hated the nostalgia circuit cause the stuff he was putting out in the '70s was amazing. He was a country rock pioneer and a big influence on all those bands like the Eagles and Poco. Randy Meissner of the Eagles quit his band to join them.

@@davidmonypeny5734 More trivia...Both songs were Number 1 on Billboards Adult Contemporary for 1972! "American Pie" for 3 weeks in January and "Garden Party" for 2 weeks in October. Some reports say that the booing was caused by police action in the back of the audience but Nelson thought it was directed at him after he played "Country Honk" (a country version of the Rolling Stones' hit song "Honky Tonk Women").

Unfortunately, despite it being a fantastic song, it was so overplayed that I will never get over an instinctive aversion to it. This might be the first time in decades that I've heard the song and almost enjoyed it :-)

Roe Vega, ditto.

This was the Bohemian Rhapsody of from the 70's into the 90's. Like they said, it sounds like a bar song. Whenever it came on the radio, people stopped what they were doing and sang along. Even though Bohemian Rhapsody came out only four years later and was a big hit when it came out, it didn't supplant American Pie as the sing-along song until the '90's (Thanks, Wayne). Because of that, you really don't hear American Pie much anymore. A truly forgotten classic.

My (then) 4 yr old joined in the chorus from the backseat of my 67 Chevy.

I was surprised as I sang along at how well I remembered the lyrics. Not completely, but better than I would expect.

wrong song you are thinking of starry starry night

@@dadmateryn8092 Yes sir, the song Starry Starry night is about Vincent Van Gogh

@@dadmateryn8092 Starry starry night is a lyric. Vincent is the title

@@dadmateryn8092 No. Many people refer to it as 'Starry Starry Night' since that's the first and most catchy lyric but it really is titled "Vincent."

It absolutely is. The entire album, in its entirety, is incredible. I also think “Crossroads” was brilliant.

I also believe that Lenin is actually Lennon and Marx is Groucho, not Karl, as his first autobiography was realeased around that time. I love how purely allegorical the song is.

@@matthintz9468 Over the years there have been countless diagnostics of the lyrics of the song. Some I guess probably very true and others are just guesses or meanings that the person who diagnosed them would like them to be. Why can't the song just "be", it is a great song.

It is my understanding that this song expresses Don's motivations for stepping away from rock 'n roll and returning to the folk end of the music spectrum.

And “Helter skelter in a summer swelter,” a reference to the Manson murders.

Thanks for picking this apart for us. Wonderful!

And the man who was killed had a loaded gun. He was waving it in the air about 50 feet in front of where the Rolling Stones were playing. Could have been even weirder.

I think Mary Balin of the Jefferson Airplane was injured as well.

@@VinE83656 Yep. They Grateful Dead pulled out b/c they saw shit going bad. They knew the Angels and how to work with them. Jagger didn't. The Angels were not professional security. Professional security knows how to watch people and possibly confiscate weapons. They know how to defuse a situation. The Angels were also drinking which didn't help. Professional security doesn't drink on the job. I blame Jagger.

I agree with all of the above. This is a song about the death of the 1960s Hippie Optimism. Welcome to the 1970s (the decade I grew-up in) Disco, polyester, but still some kick-ass Rock and Roll

@@VinE83656 He was. He saw a fight in the crowd and jumped down to help and was knocked out by a cue-stick wielding hell's angel.

The Tragic Trinity.

And the subtly of the religious figures taking the last train for the coast was a reference to a loss of innocence.

@@dustinsutton6166 I always thought it was how he thought the three wouldn't let something like this happen, so he figured they must have left

Not mlk

That’s right.

I would vote for Foreigner Suite.

Father and Son. Can't wait to see the look on Andy's face when he hears that one

Oh please, let's not. He was a mediocre and sappy singer who wrote mediocre and sappy songs. "Peace Train"? Right. "Father and Son" is, for me, the epitome of a not-very-gifted songwriter trying to be profound. In my opinion, the material of Cat Stevens deserves a special place in history directly adjacent to the work of Kahlil Gibran.

yikes, I have issues with him for multiple reasons. He publicly supported the assassination of writer Salman Rushdie.

Or Jim Croce or Harry Chapin. 👍🏻

... which, in turn, is a line that Buddy Holly took from John Wayne -- it was spoken several times by Wayne's character Ethan Edwards in the film *The Searchers*. "That'll Be the Day" is one of those songs in which the songwriters (Holly and Crickets' drummer Jerry Allison) started with the title, and went from there.

I would LOVE to see A&A do Buddy Holly. He was an astonishing songwriter. Paul McCartney is so in love with Buddy Holly, he bought his song catalog. On the only Blind Faith album, they did a cover of Well All Right, which is my favorite Buddy Holly song.

@@loosilu I believe the Beatles name was a take on Buddy Holley's band the Crickets.

I can't believe I didnt know that one! Wow. I missed a major reference, and so obvious! Thanks for that.

Santana's great Latin rock cover in `78 (a big hit for him) had a little more fire than Blind Faith's treatment of this great song. But I'd have Stevie Winwood's voice any day.

Yes but they are still young and learning😸

I hear you. But they’re young, so I have to cut them some slack. These guys could have spent the better part of a full hour analyzing this.

Honestly, for me, it's Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and one other guy. Not to diminish the tragedy of losing the Big Bopper - he's a real person worthy of being mourned - but he's not in the same musical universe as the other two.

One of the best rock songs EVER, no question! The problem is this modern world, it's 'too long' and you have to listen the same way you read a novel, and know history - - - sad.

This song was named one of the 5 top songs of the century. You can't get much better than that.

@@cspringer333 Rolling Stone doesn’t have it in in their top 500 if I remember correctly

I wouldn't say that. When it came out, it was constantly on the radio. After a few months, I hated it. Then after a hiatus of10 years or so, I listened to it again and appreciated it. Vincent is still my favourite song of his.

Thank you for clarifying that! I never understood what he was referring to. We have a bar in Kansas City called the levee

Rye, NY is a few towns away from New Rochelle, NY but there's no real river between them. they're both in Westchester County. I have heard that New Rochelle did have a music store that (like many back then) used to let patrons listen to music in listening booths before selecting something to purchase, but that practice ended, for some reason. lack or staffing? loss prevention? disgust with hippies? shrink-wrap? I dunno.

Another masterpiece.

They're kids. It's an old song. Most of us subscribed to this channel are oldies.

@@twelveytwelve I know. I think I'm mostly amazed how caught off guard I’m getting. Ten years ago, all my millennial nieces and nephews knew American Pie, in fact a few knew all the words. I guess with each passing decade more and more things are slipping into obscurity.

Vincent is one of the most beautiful and saddest songs ever written. Purest poetry, and gorgeous music

Good point. For example, the lyrics “Eight miles high” is a reference to the Byrds song of that name.

@@straycatttt And how about "the jester on the sidelines in a cast". Remember Evel Knieval's failure of one of his stunts?

Or don and all those that followed including Elvis Costello

There's no nobody without Buddy Holly. If he hadn't died, he'd be the King of Rock n' Roll today. He wrote and recorded so much music he put out new albums every year for a decade after his death.

@@auckalukaum There’d also be no Buddy without Elvis 😁... and I guess we could go down the line...No Elvis without Chuck Berry, etc....

agree, and Ritchie Valens

Can't forget Chuck Berry, even though he was a bit of a Maniac. His last album just before he died is really good too.

Interesting. I never heard that. A great song.

Never knew thats what Roberta Flacks song was about. Absolutely love Killing me Softly

It's a cover of another singr's song who had a crush on McClean, not Flack.

@@rhwinner Her name is Lori Lieberman.

"Inspired" by his performance of the song "Empty Chairs" at the Troubadour Club in West Hollywood. IMHO, the original is much better.

I bars everywhere!

Agreed...go in any bar...put this on...watch what happens

Great call! And incentive that there is time left to start again, everyday of our lives!

CORRECT! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Nice quick summary of some phrases

Look it up 1953

If I'm not mistaken, the 'no angel born in hell...' line refers to the 'Stones Altamont concert where the Hell's Angels, who were providing security, killed a fan during the song 'Sympathy For The Devil.'

@@brucebain9194 Yes, regarding the concert and Hell’s Angels. But the stabbing took place while the Stones performed Under My Thumb.

You were a junior in high school, well I was only nine going on 10, you old man, ha ha.

My lit teacher did the same thing.

@@stinkbug4321 He said he was in junior high, not a junior in high school. Older than you, but not by much.

I think all history & English teachers made this song an assignment. LOL

It's AMERICANA.

I'm surprised they didn't just release it on a 12" 33 instead.

Best "last call" song ever.

Yeah, the song is a bit over 8 minutes long. I had the 45 record and it was split in half on side A and B

or bring a tear to the eye

Yup.

I lived on Lake Erie (Cleveland) and it always brings a tear to my eye. I understand the which of November and the gales the are the harbingers of winter.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a beatiful but haunting memorial to the men that died. Another memorial song which is good is Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young remembering the young people gunned down at Kent State University.

Oh yes.

Released in 1971, hit #1 in 1972. I had to look it up, since I saw him live in '71, and heard that song. Otherwise, I wouldn't have questioned it.

Excellent choice, I said the same thing.

Vincent. His second best song for sure.

Explain why

Amazing music and writing. Just to begin with.

Perfect. Lots of moments in the car over the years, for me, an usually all 3 responses in one sitting.

Ah yes...had a 75 Duster...

Right on point. Those of us old enough to remember it coming out remember what an impact it had. It wasn't a song that came and went. It's a song that came and stayed.

@@jazzyboy7784 ours was a Dodge Dart Swinger. Imagine, we considered them "compacts" back then. LOL!

OMG, my first car was a Dodge Dart that my parents gave me in ‘75. Interesting that you are missing “Susie “ while one of Buddy Holly’s most famous songs was “Susie-Q”!

What we are saying is that this song is a phenomenon that cannot be experienced by just listening to the song, because the experience is also composed of the endless speculation about the lyrics and the meaning of the song. And also because the experience was about a time and place in the 70's that cannot be replicated today, but rewards all who dig deep and enjoy the phenomenon to this day.

Mikey G, I used to play "Vincent" for my English class...Brilliant song...