I spent 42 years in TV. I got a chance to meet McLean, at Country Jam about 15 years ago. He was a great interview, and a great person. He signed my cassette tape, and I donated it to a youth charity. That tape went for over $250 at an auction. Thank you Don.
Im an old man now ...was a freshman in college when this song came out .....I listen and it takes me back ...yes bitter sweet ...young folks to day .... missed it ...I just cant listen to much of anything coming out now ..
Doesn't she come alive every time you hear this song? She's there in the music, in the vibration, in the joy, the excitement. Bless that kind & sensitive heart of yours! ❤
Don McLean is so talented: songwriting, singing. The guy has it all. What I really like about his singing he puts no effects on his vocals. True to his natural voice. Great range, too. Thanks, Don.
This song was part of growing up for me. I remember passing it on to the next generation. And now I’m in my seventies and it still sends its message. The music will never die…
The real mastery here is the songwriting. The way that McLean skillfully weaves in and out of the song all the while keeping the narrative is absolutely unparalleled!
I am so happy because our president sang this wonderful song for the friendship and gratefulness for the sacrifice of young American soldiers at Korean war. Thank you Americans.
I come from an island called Papua New Guinea. Not many people know about us but the fact that we appreciate this song personifies the reach of this masterpiece. I wish anyone who read this comment nothing but the best in life. CHEERS BRETHREN!!
I know about you, I did a University paper about you here in Canada. I thought the tradition of the girls fathers making a marriage skirt for them was very sweet. Is this still a tradition?
@@charmedprince hey you could be right, but I think some of that tech was first launched 96 or 97. Cher had her hit 'Believe' in 98 for example. In any event, this is a great performance, I'm just flagging that it feels like some vocal processing and doubling and perhaps a little auto-tune tech is used, but good luck to him. Classic, fantastic song, great live performance with or without a little assistance!
Beautiful song❤ My grand dad fought and died at the Korean war. It was a proxy war for the cold war. But we are thankful for the veterans who fought for the peace… I heard the song that president Yoon sang the other day…. It reminds me of the deaths and how we thrived from sorrow.
The story of rock has never been told any better. James Deen. Elvis. Buddy Holly Janis Joplin they are all there and a part of each and every one of us must. also be there . More than just a record it's a bloody piece of solid gold poetry and a piece of history. CLASSIC
I came to know about Don McLean - American Pie (Live in Austin) because of the Korean president Seok-yeol Yoon. Thank you for gifting the president of Korea with a guitar signed by you.
i was 13 years old back in the Philippines when i first heard him sang and i just fell in love with him from that time until now im 62 years old now and i still love and listens to his songs esp at night i feel like he's telling me a story before i go to bed i love you Don McLean .
이번에 우리 대통령님 노래 듣고 찾아왔어요. 아름다운 목소리 여전하시네요. 너무너무 반갑고 옛추억 일깨워 주셔서 다시 한번 감사드립니다. 건강하시고 내년에 한국에서 보면 얼마나 좋을까요.좋을까요 감사드립니다. Beautiful sound Beautiful voice 😍 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙆♀️
Don, your music is an integral part of my foundation. It's hard for me to dig deeper than the memories of American Pie. The patterns that you have created are independent of their material substrate, and a piece of you will carry on with me through eternity... part of me. Thank you for being who you are!
@@charliesouthgate6125 Yeah, I admit here a year later what I wrote sounds a bit fan-boyish. But this song... it's a part of me. It describes the turmoil my country endured through my formative years. And actually, there's a much more personal reason why I love American Pie. When I was a child through the 60's my mother always sang me a song at bedtime. So when I had a daughter in the 90's & 00's I would bring my guitar into her bedroom every night and we'd sing a bedtime song of her choice together. I usually brought in a 3-ring binder of songs I had printed. And her favorite bedtime song was.... you guessed it. American Pie! I sang this song hundreds of times for my daughter at bedtime. When she was very young it was adorable when she'd make the sign of the cross when it got to The Father, Son and The Holy Ghost. Too cute for words. Now lest you think my daughter was a much deeper thinker than a regular 6 year old would be I should point out that the actual reason she chose American Pie more than any other song was because it was the LONGEST SONG in my 3 ring binder. And children have their priorities at bedtime. "Read me the long one Daddy" :) Nonetheless, to me American Pie is a masterpiece. And listening to and seeing interviews with Don McLean I can tell that he and I are, to a large degree, cultural birds of a feather. I respect him and I understand what loss he was lamenting in American Pie. I have two older brothers who were about Don's age, and I got to understand the sock hop era through them. The other day I got a text message out of the blue from my now 28 year old daughter who said "GUESS WHAT SONG IS ON THE RADIO?!?!?!" Shared memories.... they're the best!
@@usmcbrat2 great story my friend, I wasn't being disrespectful to you, I could tell, as Don did also, that you meant every word; I just tried to inject a small amount of humour, hope it brought a small smile to your face, All the best, Charlie
@@helga4791 I second that and the music didn't die, only his friends in a plane crash. I remember this and I understand his pain, but the music didn't die. Love Rules!
You've just touched on something I've never heard expressed before: elegy. Surely one of the reasons the song is so poignant then and, sadly, now more than ever.
Don's come through the years in much better condition than many of his contemporaries. Thats always a good sign that someone has a good compass in life.
This song still brings me tears. It's as much a tribute to Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & 17-year old Richie Valens as to Don McLean. A powerful song of one of the more tragic moments in the rich history of rock and roll
Bravo! You still got it Don. Thanks and congrats for writing this Hall of Fame Hit. It's so All American, and will always be embedded in our memories forever.
Probably the best sing a long feel good song of all time. This was energy, fun, love, happy, Star struck, feel good all over. My childhood and young teens would not have been the same without this song…
We saw Don at a small music venue in Houston, TX a few years before this performance in Austin. He ended with American Pie and brought the crowd to its feet, all singing in unison - it was an amazing moment! As he left the stage, during his standing ovation, he walked by our table.... and I gave him a high five... and thanked him for a great evening!
Thanks Don, only the acoustic version will do it for me. God gave you a gift and you used it well. Your heart, voice and guitar playing is all we need. Thanks. BBC 1972👍
Who's watching in 2024? It was more than 50 years ago when I first heard this song, my pre-teen years. Don, my namesake had a head full of curly and thick hair then. I was born and raised in the Philippines 🇵🇭 and the lyrics didn't mean much, but I learned the chords, memorized the song, strummed my guitar and sang it with my 4 brothers and neighbors. Those were the days. Do you recall what was revealed 🤔 the day the music died?
Watching from an island in the Florida Keys, USA / April 8th, 2024! Perfect for the total eclipse of the Sun over NORTH AMERICA 🇺🇸 WE saw our American Pie in the Sky today!! 🎉😂❤🇺🇸💕🌹🙏🏼❤️❣️🌓🌕😝😘
Greatest song ever written in my eyes. When people discover what every single word means in this song, there is absolutely no denying it is the greatest song ever written.
Is there somewhere I can learn that. I guess the reason this song hits the heart of so many of you americans is because those words reflects your history or something like that. Would be fun to understand the meaning. As a Swedish person I just love the song because it sounds great to me 😁
@@Cllyx www.whrc-wi.org/americanpie.htm This link should take you to a website that breaks down every line of the song. this song displays the greatest song writing in history. if the link isn’t expired i’m happy i can help :)
@@Evan-ph7jh Wow! Simply wow! Its like he is walking us hand in hand through your musical but also your dark and rough history. I now can see why so many of you consider this song a national treasure. Thank you sir!
Great song. I remind he said once about this song that it's about the February 1959 plane crash, where Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and Big Bopper died.
I saw him live at the Dominion Tottenham Court Rd in 1979 with my 8 an 10 year old sons. You can work out how old they are now! I am 77 and can never forget his encore. He came on without the guitar and sang 'Stardust" acapella and brought the house down. I have never seen the like of it, before or since. Rock on DM
I’m a boomer and this song is without a doubt one of the best songs ever written if not the best of our generation. It always brings back a memory from being 15 years old when this song was new and playing on the radio. My family and others were on a camping trip and only one of us boys were old enough to have a drivers license and so him and us other two were boys were asked to drive back into town for additional supplies (Times have changed) As we were cruising at what I remember to be about the legal speed limit American pie came on the radio and that’s when it happened. The three of us started singing along to the song at the top of our lungs when the driver realized he had been pushing down on the accelerator the whole time as we were singing and realized we were then cruising along at about 95 mph on a two lane country highway marked at 55 mph! Fortunately nothing bad happened as we slowed down and continued on but I still have that exhilarating memory of my youth, ah to be young again.
Don, we all know what this song is all about, The 3 wonderful people we lost in that terrible plane crash that cold day on 2-3-59. This song touches me deeply and I thank you. I’m 53 and been listening to it all my life and to this day, April 2022 , It still runs chills up my spine every time I listen to it. I just want to say thank you for giving us such a beautiful song.
Mr President Yoon of S.Korea You Rock!!!!!! May God bless US and S Korea’s alliance forever I Wish S.Korea will be united soon hopefully in my lifetime 😊
Don....I am a Brazilian English teacher and I have made a class with you song.... the story etc.... it was awsome! and played your sond to my students they just loved it! thanks
Whoever engineered / oversaw the audio mix / recording deserves a Grammy. Basically almost every issue that plagues live recordings was addresses here. It also helps when you have talent that is consistent. This is why you need the actual performers at the soundcheck.
Such powerful vocals, amazing songwriting and composition. Music was so fluid and pure that it can move people and ways that we can't comprehend completely.
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When a song is eight minutes long and you still can't get enough of it every time.....that's what you call a classic
Lol. Only 8 minutes?
Agreed. Went to one of his concerts back in the day. Yep, the good old days.
I totally agree with this comment
Damn right! Start making song's that have heart, and make since, not violence, and hate!!!
There was a time of my life that I played the song almost every hour for weeks.
I'm here coz I missed my dad so much
This was our jam
I spent 42 years in TV. I got a chance to meet McLean, at Country Jam about 15 years ago. He was a great interview, and a great person. He signed my cassette tape, and I donated it to a youth charity. That tape went for over $250 at an auction. Thank you Don.
Im an old man now ...was a freshman in college when this song came out .....I listen and it takes me back ...yes bitter sweet ...young folks to day .... missed it ...I just cant listen to much of anything coming out now ..
Probably one of the greatest songs ever written.
I agree
def on my top 5 of the most greatest songs including bohemian rhapsody
Great song
@@pragmaticpuppy2715 Pathetic effort.
Let it be.
Thunder Road.
Blowing in the Wind.
Slide Away.
Imagine.
@@willhickman2578 yeah I know I got bored halfway through. Awesome list btw
And every single person in that audience knew every single word.
This was my mom’s favorite song. I miss her. Deeply.
Doesn't she come alive every time you hear this song? She's there in the music, in the vibration, in the joy, the excitement. Bless that kind & sensitive heart of yours! ❤
Don McLean is so talented: songwriting, singing. The guy has it all. What I really like about his singing he puts no effects on his vocals. True to his natural voice. Great range, too. Thanks, Don.
He tells a story more than anything so beautifully and eloquently.
What a legend. Several years from now, I’d still listen to this song
You are right, Thanks Don
@Greg Normal Hi Greg, im doing fine, how are you doing? im fan, for sur, I love his voice. Have a great day you too.
@Greg Normal Vincent is always great.
This song was part of growing up for me. I remember passing it on to the next generation. And now I’m in my seventies and it still sends its message. The music will never die…
LOL… Kind of ironic! 😉
My son is 19. He knows all the words.
Buddy H💪💪
Music and love make the world go around, my friend!!
The real mastery here is the songwriting. The way that McLean skillfully weaves in and out of the song all the while keeping the narrative is absolutely unparalleled!
Well said Hanson.
Agreed. Amazing song, amazing singing, amazing tribute to Buddy Holly. Thank you.
Great description
An absolute classic; end of story!
@@malcolmthompson8529History of 50s to 60s ❤.
I am so happy because our president sang this wonderful song for the friendship and gratefulness for the sacrifice of young American soldiers at Korean war. Thank you Americans.
He sang it well 😊
I'm 64, and this means a lot it was the coming of age for all of us. Kim,Lisa, all of us. ❤
돈님
반갑습니다 ✌️ 😁 ✌️
오랜만에 뵙습니다
노래 🎵 🎶 감사드립니다
좋은아침입니다
돈 님 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ super lol n nice
I come from an island called Papua New Guinea. Not many people know about us but the fact that we appreciate this song personifies the reach of this masterpiece. I wish anyone who read this comment nothing but the best in life. CHEERS BRETHREN!!
I know about you, I did a University paper about you here in Canada. I thought the tradition of the girls fathers making a marriage skirt for them was very sweet. Is this still a tradition?
This song was number one the year I graduated from high school!! 📻 Brings back good memories!! ❤
His voice is richer on this version than the original version, so many years later. Amazing!
He's using some technology which auto-corrects the pitch, the tech has moved on a lot and I don't blame him, but you can definitely hear it.
He sang this more attractive than he sang at young age.
BRILLIANT
@@gardenchill4013in 1999?
@@charmedprince hey you could be right, but I think some of that tech was first launched 96 or 97. Cher had her hit 'Believe' in 98 for example. In any event, this is a great performance, I'm just flagging that it feels like some vocal processing and doubling and perhaps a little auto-tune tech is used, but good luck to him. Classic, fantastic song, great live performance with or without a little assistance!
Beautiful song❤
My grand dad fought and died at the Korean war.
It was a proxy war for the cold war.
But we are thankful for the veterans who fought for the peace…
I heard the song that president Yoon sang the other day….
It reminds me of the deaths and how we thrived from sorrow.
Real old hero❤
Thank you so much
thank you so much
Proxy war the North started and glad the South won with the help of the UN and the US ❤ 대한민국 만세
Thank you 👍❤️
Can still sing almost every word of this song all this years later. What a classic song.
Just the first line
"Long, long time ago..."
brings me to tears.... every single time..... thanks Don
27 years on and still had the voice.
Got to be the greatest tribute song ever written.
The story of rock has never been told any better. James Deen. Elvis. Buddy Holly Janis Joplin they are all there and a part of each and every one of us must. also be there . More than just a record it's a bloody piece of solid gold poetry and a piece of history. CLASSIC
Just can't believe Don's singin' voice is still as good as ever , the classic song remains fresh & energitic , the Man is an American music legend 👍👏💯
Better.
this was 23 years ago
Listen to him sing this with Home FREE
Canadian 😢😅
Buddy H 👌
This is what a masterpiece sounds like. Not the crap on the radio we have today.
Boomer
@@huvali18C Zoomer
Honestly, That's very true
Boomer? What a comeback.. You'll be older someday you bellend
Huvail18c, rude
“The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed”. One of my favourite lyrics.
I came to know about Don McLean - American Pie (Live in Austin) because of the Korean president Seok-yeol Yoon.
Thank you for gifting the president of Korea with a guitar signed by you.
One of the BEST songs of ALL time! Love you Don!!!!!!
멋진 연주와 노래!! 좋은 노래와 가수를 알게 해주신 대통령님 감사해요!!
Why are you thanking the President?
@@saltstillwaters7506th-cam.com/video/u-E6Bk-JHvo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5PMjbVQwoNdjK9qk
You can feel that after performing it so many times, he does it effortlessly, absolutely nails every note, and has perfectioned the melody.
Who’s still listening to this awesome song in 2024! It’s on my playlist & I work out to it daily ♥️♥️♥️♥️
i was 13 years old back in the Philippines when i first heard him sang and i just fell in love with him from that time until now im 62 years old now and i still love and listens to his songs esp at night i feel like he's telling me a story before i go to bed i love you Don McLean .
Those were the best times.. Brings back beautiful memories.. I remember Cat Stevens Carly Simons James Taylor Carol King Elton John
nay! you've had the greatest era of music!
I like Don Maclean also. I'm from the Philippines too.
Ok Margarita. I remember this masterpiece. I was 10 years old. Greetings from Perú.
이번에 우리 대통령님 노래 듣고 찾아왔어요.
아름다운 목소리 여전하시네요.
너무너무 반갑고 옛추억 일깨워 주셔서 다시 한번 감사드립니다.
건강하시고 내년에 한국에서 보면 얼마나 좋을까요.좋을까요 감사드립니다.
Beautiful sound
Beautiful voice 😍
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙆♀️
자랑스러운~~
우리의
대통령 이십니다,ㅋㅋ
Don, your music is an integral part of my foundation. It's hard for me to dig deeper than the memories of American Pie. The patterns that you have created are independent of their material substrate, and a piece of you will carry on with me through eternity... part of me. Thank you for being who you are!
Woah, don liked ur comment
So you like him then
@@charliesouthgate6125 Yeah, I admit here a year later what I wrote sounds a bit fan-boyish. But this song... it's a part of me. It describes the turmoil my country endured through my formative years. And actually, there's a much more personal reason why I love American Pie. When I was a child through the 60's my mother always sang me a song at bedtime. So when I had a daughter in the 90's & 00's I would bring my guitar into her bedroom every night and we'd sing a bedtime song of her choice together. I usually brought in a 3-ring binder of songs I had printed. And her favorite bedtime song was.... you guessed it. American Pie! I sang this song hundreds of times for my daughter at bedtime. When she was very young it was adorable when she'd make the sign of the cross when it got to The Father, Son and The Holy Ghost. Too cute for words.
Now lest you think my daughter was a much deeper thinker than a regular 6 year old would be I should point out that the actual reason she chose American Pie more than any other song was because it was the LONGEST SONG in my 3 ring binder. And children have their priorities at bedtime. "Read me the long one Daddy" :)
Nonetheless, to me American Pie is a masterpiece. And listening to and seeing interviews with Don McLean I can tell that he and I are, to a large degree, cultural birds of a feather. I respect him and I understand what loss he was lamenting in American Pie. I have two older brothers who were about Don's age, and I got to understand the sock hop era through them.
The other day I got a text message out of the blue from my now 28 year old daughter who said "GUESS WHAT SONG IS ON THE RADIO?!?!?!" Shared memories.... they're the best!
@@usmcbrat2 great story my friend, I wasn't being disrespectful to you, I could tell, as Don did also, that you meant every word; I just tried to inject a small amount of humour, hope it brought a small smile to your face,
All the best, Charlie
@@charliesouthgate6125 Thanks, Charilie!
Such a privilege to live in this Period...I've seen one hundred things I wish I hadn't, and Million things I'm so very grateful I had, this being one!
One of the greatest hits of all time!
Few songwriters have this kind of clarity in their songs. This is true poetry set to music.
This song makes me cry
same. just lost my dad - the last verse makes me cry
Me too . Missing my tatay.
😢😢
Me too, and I'm not even american
Love this song, makes me shiver
Don McClean is already a global singer~* I've heard it once again because of President Yoon.
this is not a song, this is poetry 😌
its as sad as a plane crash
Its an epic retelling of a fragment of life and death
You are correct
Poetry
@@helga4791 I second that and the music didn't die, only his friends in a plane crash. I remember this and I understand his pain, but the music didn't die. Love Rules!
내 마음의 어딘듯 한편에 끝없는 강물이 흐르네,,,,,,,,,,,,,영랑.
요즘 이 노래가 유행이네요.
몇번이나 계속 듣고 있습니다.
젊어서 엄청 즐겨 들었던 곡!! 이번에 윤대통령이 미국 방문해서 한 소절 부르는 모습 보니 다시 찾아 들어봅니다~ 돈맥클린~ 최고~
👍
The guy talks the music, he sings to tell a story, a poem: he translates life into music. I grew up listening to this man sing. Thanks again.
Great song - I'm thankful for all the song writers over the years that have come out with songs that will be remembered !!!
세월이 지나도 변함이 없는 최고의 명곡입니다~ 돈 형의 라이브 실력도 끝내주네요~ 저의 힐링곡 ~~~
I was 10 yrs old when the first time I heard this song and I'm 64 yo now, what a great song by Don McLean.
Same here 🎉😊
American pie is one of the best song ever written and composed. Thank you
I heard the President Yoon's singing.
Ans I want to hear the original.
What a good song.
One of the greatest songs ever written. Not just a song but an elegy for a nation.
You've just touched on something I've never heard expressed before: elegy. Surely one of the reasons the song is so poignant then and, sadly, now more than ever.
Don's come through the years in much better condition than many of his contemporaries. Thats always a good sign that someone has a good compass in life.
He still looks pretty good too
대학때 가끔 들었던 노래.
35년이 지난 지금 윤석열 바이든 대통령간의 만찬에서 윤석열 대통령이 불러서...
다시 여기까지 찾아 봅니다.💯👍
God bless him.❤
Truly, one of the greatest songs ever written and performed. 👍
Poetry to my heart. One of best music storytellers I've been privileged to hear.
America is so... 🎶💕💖🦊
This song has a totally different feel than the recorded version and I LOVE IT!
This song still brings me tears. It's as much a tribute to Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & 17-year old Richie Valens as to Don McLean. A powerful song of one of the more tragic moments in the rich history of rock and roll
Well spoken my friend - he has captured the grief and compassion of a nation in the outpouring words oh his very soul!
Bravo! You still got it Don. Thanks and congrats for writing this Hall of Fame Hit. It's so All American, and will always be embedded in our memories forever.
Timeless classic . Awesome !
Probably the best sing a long feel good song of all time. This was energy, fun, love, happy, Star struck, feel good all over. My childhood and young teens would not have been the same without this song…
We saw Don at a small music venue in Houston, TX a few years before this performance in Austin. He ended with American Pie and brought the crowd to its feet, all singing in unison - it was an amazing moment! As he left the stage, during his standing ovation, he walked by our table.... and I gave him a high five... and thanked him for a great evening!
Thanks Don, only the acoustic version will do it for me. God gave you a gift and you used it well. Your heart, voice and guitar playing is all we need. Thanks. BBC 1972👍
Who's watching in 2024? It was more than 50 years ago when I first heard this song, my pre-teen years. Don, my namesake had a head full of curly and thick hair then. I was born and raised in the Philippines 🇵🇭 and the lyrics didn't mean much, but I learned the chords, memorized the song, strummed my guitar and sang it with my 4 brothers and neighbors. Those were the days. Do you recall what was revealed 🤔 the day the music died?
Watching from an island in the Florida Keys, USA / April 8th, 2024!
Perfect for the total eclipse of the Sun over NORTH AMERICA 🇺🇸
WE saw our American Pie in the Sky today!! 🎉😂❤🇺🇸💕🌹🙏🏼❤️❣️🌓🌕😝😘
@@KhaleesiStJamesKhaleesi! Happy watching!
Watching from Mexico City on June 7
I am watching 😊
Watching from the Philippine island, august 2024. Wonderful song❤❤❤
One of the best songs ever written. Perfect.
Love it
Ironically, there will be no day this song, die.
im diving deep with this song, thx black widow for reminding of this
What?
@@sharkybuddy5192 this song is in black widow
Best song ever!
50 years on ...... of Don and American Pie..legendary...still..here listening on this still pandemic 2022!
Never give up. Never lose hope.
Man the first time heard tis I was 15, I just turned 64. I know every word.
I am 82...one thing for sure..we had great songs back then.
This song reminds everyone of that unique time in their lives.
좋은노래 계속 듣고 있어요 👍👍👍
Greatest song ever written in my eyes. When people discover what every single word means in this song, there is absolutely no denying it is the greatest song ever written.
Is there somewhere I can learn that. I guess the reason this song hits the heart of so many of you americans is because those words reflects your history or something like that. Would be fun to understand the meaning. As a Swedish person I just love the song because it sounds great to me 😁
@@Cllyx www.whrc-wi.org/americanpie.htm
This link should take you to a website that breaks down every line of the song. this song displays the greatest song writing in history. if the link isn’t expired i’m happy i can help :)
@@Evan-ph7jh Wow! Simply wow! Its like he is walking us hand in hand through your musical but also your dark and rough history. I now can see why so many of you consider this song a national treasure. Thank you sir!
@@Cllyx i’m very glad i could help! it truly is a terrific song
As this exchange shows, over 50 years, and people are still finding it.
응원 합니다.♡♡♡♡♡
Chills every time
What a beautiful song
One of the truly great American songs.
Still gives me chills after all these years.
Well said my friend - me also!
I AM SO HAPPY HES STILL ALIVE
Great song. I remind he said once about this song that it's about the February 1959 plane crash, where Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and Big Bopper died.
and the pilot
a musical masterpiece for the ages absolutely fantastic
I saw him live at the Dominion Tottenham Court Rd in 1979 with my 8 an 10 year old sons. You can work out how old they are now! I am 77 and can never forget his encore.
He came on without the guitar and sang 'Stardust" acapella and brought the house down. I have never seen the like of it, before or since. Rock on DM
You do not need a lot of hits. You just need that one Mega Iconic Hit that lasts forever and is instantly recognizable...
I’m a boomer and this song is without a doubt one of the best songs ever written if not the best of our generation. It always brings back a memory from being 15 years old when this song was new and playing on the radio. My family and others were on a camping trip and only one of us boys were old enough to have a drivers license and so him and us other two were boys were asked to drive back into town for additional supplies (Times have changed) As we were cruising at what I remember to be about the legal speed limit American pie came on the radio and that’s when it happened. The three of us started singing along to the song at the top of our lungs when the driver realized he had been pushing down on the accelerator the whole time as we were singing and realized we were then cruising along at about 95 mph on a two lane country highway marked at 55 mph! Fortunately nothing bad happened as we slowed down and continued on but I still have that exhilarating memory of my youth, ah to be young again.
Thanks Don! Still one of my all time favs! I'm 69 and every time I hear this I love it more!
This could easily be the best song ever written. Such a great song always a favorite at any party!
Don, we all know what this song is all about, The 3 wonderful people we lost in that terrible plane crash that cold day on 2-3-59. This song touches me deeply and I thank you. I’m 53 and been listening to it all my life and to this day, April 2022 , It still runs chills up my spine every time I listen to it. I just want to say thank you for giving us such a beautiful song.
Great tune! I'm 63 PEACE
4 people, dont be disrespectful to the pilot.
@@jakekillar9617 Yes I know. I should’ve said, we lost three great musicians and one pilot. My bad. 😞
Have to see it. Thank you DonMclean.
Mr President Yoon of S.Korea
You Rock!!!!!! May God bless US and S Korea’s alliance forever
I Wish S.Korea will be united soon hopefully in my lifetime 😊
Don....I am a Brazilian English teacher and I have made a class with you song.... the story etc.... it was awsome! and played your sond to my students they just loved it! thanks
this song is still my fav
Same
Me too. Super sad nowadays with the country in chaos and no end in sight.
As it should be.
I sat at my dad's grave on his birthday with afew beers played his favourite songs the Beatles , and freebird etc and of course American pie 🥧
Mine as well.
What memories this song brings..
Don McLean Never let us down because his voice stayed as godly as I remember🇺🇸
Whoever engineered / oversaw the audio mix / recording deserves a Grammy. Basically almost every issue that plagues live recordings was addresses here. It also helps when you have talent that is consistent. This is why you need the actual performers at the soundcheck.
Oh ya. Love that song. I think i hear it at least once a week. Going to be 60 on 9/11. Always 💘 it. Thank u
Such powerful vocals, amazing songwriting and composition. Music was so fluid and pure that it can move people and ways that we can't comprehend completely.
Music is life ! Don Maclean is life !
WOW-와우 멋쟁이
대한민국 윤대통령님이 미국 국빈만찬에서 이 곡 한 소절을 부르신게 너무 멋졌다고 생각합니다❤
All Koreans are thankful for American's sacrifice, blood and all supports for protecting us for precious Liberty.
WOW! HE still has a phenomenal voice! I used to do this song at parties when I was a kid. Great time-capsule song!
Quality . Giving 100%
This song will never die
That’s ironic! 😉
I was so lucky to grow up with this music. Truly the gem of rock: Queen, ELP, Who, Toto, and so many more.