The 16-page manuscript may go for up to $1.5m (£919,000) at auction in April, according to experts. There is something about this song that captures the era of that period and there is a kind of innocence to it, a loss of innocence in America." "The fact that the drafts, the working process of it, are all being offered as this lot makes it a remarkable insight into the mind of Don McLean and into this incredible song that has touched so many people. Miss American Pie represents America, while the levee means the music industry. The Big Bopper Richardson on February 3, 1959. "The writing and the lyrics will divulge everything there is to divulge."įrancis Wahlgren of auction house Christie's spoke of the lot ahead of it going under the hammer. One interpretation of the chorus is that it refers to the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P.
Some experts have attempted to decipher the riddles laid forth in the 8-odd minute epic, with many assuming that McLean sings of the social issues that plagued '60s and '70s America. It's widely known that some of the lyrics refer to the deaths of Richie Valens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly - "I can't remember if I cried/when I read about his widowed bride/but something touched me deep inside/the day the music died." - but when quizzed on the rest of the meanings, McLean's been notoriously coy. A 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. It was labelled a 'Song of the Century' by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2001 The intro of American Pie sets the stage for the rest of the song. The original track featured on McLean's American Pie album in 1971.
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