The Day the Music Died

[ddewerd]

https://www.history.com/this-day-in...n memorialized Holly,the day the music died.”

I might have to play American Pie today, all 12 minutes of it

Cheers,
Doug

 

[Short on cash]

I feel for you

 

[memorex]

My idea of Musician's Hell is a place where songs like:

American Pie
Stairway to Heaven
Free Bird
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sweet Caroline

get played over and over again for eternity.

 

[Killing Floor]

Oh, God, that’s awful. I’d rather clean Stadium toilets.

 

[Tricone]

Thanks for the music Bopper,Holly,and Valens. God bless their souls. May they Rest In Peace.

 

[zeke54]

Thanks for the music Bopper,Holly,and Valens. God bless their souls. May they Rest In Peace.

Amen to that .

 

[posttoastie]

 

[brookdalebill]

That tune is something I loved when it, and I were new, and something I’ll break a nail turning the radio off when I hear it now.

 

[Mr. St. Paul]

Your time would be better spent listening to Buddy, Ritchie and J.P., IMO.

 

[Dave Hicks]

 

[omahaaudio]

I might have to play American Pie today, all 12 minutes of it.

I feel sorry for you.

 

[Stringbanger]

And Waylon is rolling in his grave about giving up his seat on that plane!

 

[Chester P Squier]

And Waylon is rolling in his grave about giving up his seat on that plane!

The story goes that it cost $37 to take the plane instead of riding on a bus in the winter with the broken down heater. Dion was offered a ride, but noticed that $37 was what his parents were paying in rent, so he took the money and sent it home to the Bronx.

He honored his father and his mother, so that his days may be long on this earth. He's still alive and is 83 years old.

 

[tomasz]

Well, some great folks died that day, but surely the music didn't. It's doing very well!

 

[Stringbanger]

I like Ian Hunter’s take on “American Pie”:

 

[bottlenecker]

What a shame to have to link 50s stars who made music I love to a song I hate from the 70s.

 

[Short on cash]

When American Dud came out I was in high school and we had a class on it.
Break down, analyze, blah, blah, blah.
Seemed like the class went on for weeks.....like the song.
I'd rather stick ice picks in my ears.....

 

[telemnemonics]

Also a reminder as all the old greats we love keep passing, that many missed the chance to get old.
Between air crashes, road crashes, suicide drugs and alcohol, musicians are often not long on this earth...

 

[Boreas]

I grew sick of the song back in the day because of overplay on the radio, but don't mind it as much now. But it does commemorate an important juncture in R&R. I don't play any of those artists, but who knows what they would have done in their future careers.

 

[radtz]

My idea of Musician's Hell is a place where songs like:

American Pie
Stairway to Heaven
Free Bird
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sweet Caroline

get played over and over again for eternity.

I believe that's called "classic rock radio" in today's parlance.