, American Pie (Lyrics) I still can't forget those old days, music always makes me happy I know that if I have a chance, I can make people dance and it might make them happy for a while but 2 Every newspaper I delivered in the middle of the month made me tremble. The doorstep was littered with bad news. I felt like my legs were filled with lead. When I heard about his widow, I didn’t even know if I shed tears, but something touched me deeply. The day of the heartstrings, the music died... (Harmony) Goodbye, American Pie Take my America to the docks, but the docks are all dry These boys who died young drink rye whiskey and sing This is the day I will die, this will Did you write the "Book of Love" the day I died? Or will you trust your Father in Heaven after the Bible tells you these things? Or do you believe in rock music? Can music save your mortal soul? Or can music help you get through a difficult time in life? Can you teach me how to dance slower? I knew you were in love with him when I saw you dance You kicked off your shoes in the gym Man, I figured out rhythm and blues I was a young kid from Brooklyn driving with a pink carnation in my hair Driving a pickup truck but I knew I wasn't lucky enough that day, the music died and I sang... (Harmony) Ten years later it's our world and the rolling stones are covered with thick moss, but this is no longer the case What it used to look like The clown put on James Dean's coat and sang for the king and the queen This voice came from you and me When the king looked down, the clown stole the thorny crown and became an emperor The trial was postponed and no judgment came down When Lennon read the Marx Quartet played in the park We sang funeral songs in the dark That day the music died and we sang... (Harmony) Chaos arises in the sweaty summer Birds emerge from their broken nests Flying away, it was eight miles high but fell quickly and finally landed on the filthy grass because the clown was injured in the accident. Players all hope to get more long-term development from it. Now the air at midfield is sweet and fragrant. When Sgt. Starting with their experimental sound we were ready to get up and dance but never got the chance. While other bands wanted to get into this experimental field, Pioneer refused to play any more. What do you remember about being exposed? This day, the music is dead, we start singing... (Harmony) We are gathered in the same place A generation is lost in the air, there is no time to start again Oh, come on, clever Jack shines on the tip of the torch For the flame is The devil's only partner. When I saw him on the stage, my arms were tightly grasped by angry hands. No angel from hell could break the devil's curse. The flames rose into the sky and entered the night, illuminating the The justice of the priests Then I saw Satan smiling so proudly Today, the music died, he sang... (Harmony) I met a girl who sang blues and I wanted to get some happy news from her, but she just smiled I turned away and walked into that famous record store where I heard the music I wanted many years ago but the clerk told us we no longer play this music. Children cried in the streets. Lovers cried and poets still dreamed. But not a word came out. The church bells were all ringing. Among them, there were three people I admired the most. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They caught up with the last train to the beach. That day, the music died and they sang... (Harmony) Analysis of the first paragraph of American Pie: DON started by saying that he missed the old days, and this is what he wanted to write about: the 1950s. The music of the 1950s was danceable and upbeat, completely different from the music of the 1960s. The opportunity mentioned in the second sentence refers to the fact that after he became a singer/writer, he still wanted to make music like this. Then the song goes directly to the theme. When he was a little newsboy, he saw the newspaper headlines on February 3, 1959, about the BUDDY HOLLY plane crash. As an admirer of BUDDY, DON was shocked by the news at that time. . HOLLY also had a pregnant newlywed wife at the time, who had a miscarriage shortly after the accident. When DON mentioned the news, he said he didn't know if he cried. But what impressed him most was that this incident represented the decline of music in the 1950s. This was the metaphor he used in his last sentence, music is dead. There were three pop superstars at the time on the plane, BUDDY HOLLY, RICHIE VANLLENS, and BIG BOPPER. Harmony: In the first sentence, DON sang the theme, "Goodbye, American Dream." The death of these people meant to him the shattering of the American Dream. It should be noted here that American Pie refers exactly to the name of the plane BUDDY took, not the breakfast. This refers to becoming the American dream. The second sentence, "Take my America to the dock," is also a lingo. I translated it freely. CHEVY refers to troubles, but it is referring to the United States. "The docks have dried up" means that good music, BUDDY's music, has become a thing of the past, and people no longer like it. This alludes to the shattering of the American dream. "Drinking rye whiskey" refers to a rye field where DON lived when he was a child. The last sentence says that music is dead, and it may also mean that DON's heart is dead.
Second paragraph: The "Book of Love" in the first sentence is a hit song by MONOTONE, and the second sentence refers to DON CORNELL's 1955 song THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO (The Bible told me this). The third sentence refers to a lyric in the 1965 LOVING SPOONFUL song DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC (Do You Believe in Magic?): It's like teaching a stranger rock music. "When you dance, I know you're in love with him" alludes to the fact that dancing in the 1950s meant acceptance. The latter line captures the scene back then, when people loved dancing in the gym and blues became popular in the mid-1950s. The pink carnation below also comes from a song, A WHITE SPORT COAT (A PINK CARNATION) by MARTY ROBBINS1957, and the white sports coat (a pink carnation). Finally, PICKUP TRUCK (small truck) has a special meaning. In American slang, this word also refers to people you meet by chance, usually with whom you have sexual relations. This shows that DON has grown up and is developing a sense of independence and sexual awareness. changes in. The third paragraph: 10 years is the exact point, because he wrote this song in the 1970s, almost ten years before BUDDY died. "The rolling stones are overgrown..." This sentence has a deep meaning. First of all, "Rolling stones gather no moss" is a famous British proverb, which is where the name of the ROLLING STONES band comes from. Secondly, BOB DYLAN has a famous song called LIKE A ROLLING STONE (Like a Rolling Stone). On the one hand, it is taken from this proverb, and on the other hand, it also became a record of DYLAN's transition from folk career to rock career. For listeners in the folk world, DYLAN at this time meant a betrayal of folk music. The lyrics have this meaning, saying that the rolling stones are covered with moss and are no longer the same as before, which refers to the deterioration of DYLAN. Then the clown refers to DYLAN, and the phrase "singing for the king and queen" refers to DYLAN wearing a James Dean red coat when performing for the Queen of England. JAMES DEAN was a rebellious icon and film actor in the United States of that era. He has a famous red coat, and he is also the idol of DYLAN. "This voice comes from you and me" refers to the fact that DYLAN originally sang folk songs, and folk songs are songs that serve the people. THORNY CROWN (multiple crowns) is a metaphor, referring to star status. This sentence says that DYLAN replaced Elvis Presley and became the new idol in the United States. The next sentence shows that although he has this status, he does not have the advantage of dominance. Moving on to the musical situation, "Lennon read Marx" is interesting. On the one hand, it shows that the orientation of the Beatles' lyrics began to change and became political. On the other hand, the English pronunciations of LENNON and LENIN are similar. It also means that Lenin started reading Marx's "Das Kapital"* The meaning of the communist movement. "Quartet in the Park" refers to the last live performance of BEATLES' last Candlestick on August 29, 1966. Paragraph 4: The "summer" in the first sentence refers to the "summer of love". The "eight miles high but falling fast" in the second sentence refers to THE BYRDS's 8 MILES HIGH, published in 1966. This was the first album to be banned because of drug-related lyrics. The latter sentence "falling on filthy grass" refers to a band member who was fired due to drunkenness. Later, we talked about the 9-month period when DYLAN was recovering from a motorcycle accident. Many bands became famous for singing his songs. "Today's midfield period is full of sweet fragrance" refers to the trend of drug taking in the 1960s and the trend of taking drugs and making music. "Sgt. Begins the Experimental Sound" refers to BEATLES' most famous psychedelic/concept album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club". The next sentence "We're getting ready to get up and dance..." means that BEATLES was banned from performing at CANDLEST for only 35 minutes. From that time on, the new rock music represented by the Beatles was no longer danceable music. "When other bands want to get in..." This shows that no one can compare to the greatness of BEATLES, and "Lonely Hearts Club" has become an absolute classic. The "nudity" in the last sentence refers to LENNON's album "Two Virgins". The front cover is a nude photo of him and his wife Yoko Ono, and the back cover is a nude photo of them from the back. Paragraph 5: The first sentence "We are all in this place" refers to WOODSTOCK, "A generation is lost in the air, and there is no time to come back again" means that hippies waste their lives and are addicted to drugs and cannot extricate themselves. The "Jack" behind it refers to the famous 1965 hit song "JUMPING JACK" by the Rolling Stones, and also refers to their CANDLEST scene. "Fire is the Devil's Only Companion" is quoted from the song "Mercy on the Devil" from the psychedelic album "The Devil's Request" by the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The next sentence turns to criticism of Artemon's scene. The free concert hired the Hells Angels, a notorious motorcycle gang, as security guards, and they killed a black man at the concert.
"No angel from hell can break Satan's curse" refers to the fact that the Hell Angels began to beat other spectators after killing the black spectators. The scene became chaotic, and "Mercy for the Devil" was said to be the source of the chaos. . "The flames rose into the sky..." refers to the fact that the Rolling Stones had to leave by helicopter in the chaos. Because of these horrific events, this concert became a wonderful end to the love and peace of the 1960s. "Then I saw the devil smiling so proudly" means that JAGGER was dancing with pride when the beating started. Paragraph 6: The "girl singing the blues" in the first sentence refers to JANIS JOPLIN, who died in 1970. The "famous record store" below may refer to BILL GRAHAM's FILLMORE WEST, which later closed. The thing the "store clerk" told me was that the music of the 1950s was no longer popular. The "children" below refer to the flower girls, and the crying refers to their conflict with the police. "Lover" refers to hippies, and the poet refers to psychedelic music. Next, "Church Bells" talks about the dead musicians. "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" refers to the musician who died in the plane crash. The last sentence, "catch the last train to the beach" means that the music center at that time had moved to California and the West Coast.