I love how so many people can like this song for different reasons. Fans of the song years ago, people who saw a movie, people who read a book. It's a song for all generations.
I know it from They Both Die at The End. This book killed me its so tragic, but I loved every single second, and it teached me an invaluable lesson. Live life, take risks, enjoy it while it lasts. Make friends, get yourself a partner, go travelling, have a family if wanted, get a house or new apartment. Live every day to the fullest, because we all die in the end.
The greatest part about the song is even without knowledge of what brought it into creation its still such a well written song you can put your own meaning to it and have it mean just as much
I knew this song existed and I liked it, but it never had an importance in my life until a few months ago. I was with all of my closest friends and we were on a lake, all spread out. Some of us were in the middle of the water on paddle boards, others were floating, or sitting on the dock. Nobody was really talking, we were just appreciating each other’s presence. But then all of a sudden this song comes on. We all look to each other and start screaming it together. We didn’t even have to say anything we all knew the lyrics. We sat there for 8 minutes singing/ screaming with each other. Even though we were far away. At the time it was just all fun but looking back, it was such an important moment in my life. Thank you for this song ❤️
Nice! Similar story here. Out late at the bar one evening was nearing closing time the bartender who was also a good friend of mine tells me there is a few credits left on the jukebox choose something amazing to play to wrap things up. In the moment I knew that I had to play this one and it was like magic how everyone in the bar came together old and young singing along. That was like 10 years ago and a night I'll never forget.
I'm 67. I was 18 when this classic hit the airwaves. Young people today think they know what music is. American Pie is STILL A CLASSIC! Well now I'm 68. I recall many years ago about an article of a proposed TV series that never took root. Too bad. The series was about a jukebox that was a time machine. The concept was that when one played a song, the jukebox took you to that time and location when one first heard it. Such as the time in the fall of 1970 coming back late at night from a high school football game in the Charleston, SC area. I was sitting in the back of a buddy's car as he drove home. The radio was on and I heard for the first time James Taylor's "Fire and Rain". I bet other people can recall similar experiences.
you know what hurts most reading the book? thinking they would die together in their sleep but no, someone left the safe island and someone was left behind experiencing the pain, crossing the street while listening and watching his loved one singing till his very last breath
This song is in memory of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens who died tragically in a plane crash. Holly was only married to this bride for six months before the crash and his wife suffered a miscarriage when she heard the news reports. A heart wrenching song when your understand the impact.
Mateo and Rufus's story changed me, even though they're fictional, they made me realize that life isn't about waiting for the right chances and moments. Life is supposed to be enjoyed, not planned, not waited. Live your day, like it's the last.
same- i’m glad to say my entire life changed when i finished that book- it made me realize that i was exactly Mateo before he met Rufus- and it’s nice to say my life changed for the better
I loved music as a young kid, I bought this single when i was 8 years old, I had a real crappy turntable and loved records. My Dad was a big Creedence Clearwater Revival fan, i still have his records 50 years later. Music can take you to another place in the universe, wether your playing it or listening to it.......Music is Magical
@@julianaaristizabal2543 they are talking about the black widow movie where this song played as the character “ yelena’s favorite song and she kept on saying this would be a cool way to die
This music will never be the same again for me. I thought this was some kind of joyful-story-driven music, but it turned out to be the opposite. Rest in paradise, to the three great musicians.
my father used to sing this song while we are waiting for him cooking our dinner. sometimes, in the morning we will be waking up with this song playing and most of the time he will never forget to sing this song in karaoke. I dont have much good memories with my father since he was always out doing his job as a politician. But this memories will be forever with me. I can still remember how happy i was watching him and my mom dancing to this song. and as im growing up, this song. it gives me comfort and a little bit sting in my heart knowing that even after 14yrs, I cant still believe he is no longer with us. i have a lot of regrets. im sorry :( i love you pa!
Another song that makes different generations emotional for different reasons. The younger ones for the events in the Black Widow movie, and the older ones for the actual 'day the music died'. RIP Big Bopper, Buddy Holley and Ritchie Valens.
@@adamropp4757 The song is heavily inspired by the death of Buddy Holly, which had a huge effect on Don McLean when he was younger. Is this what the song is 100% about, no, but it is also not completely untrue either.
This song was so popular when I was a child, it was always playing on my dads car radio; so American Pie evokes so many fond memories of my dad. In memory, on this day, December 7th, my dad was born. Happy Heavenly birthday dad. I love and miss you so much. ❤
R.I.P Richie Valenzuela, Big Bopper and Buddy Holly, you were all taken from this earth too soon. 64years have passed since youve been gone but your music lives on. Keep Rocking guys!!
"I throw on my headphones and watch the video of Mateo singing to me. I see Althea Park in the distance, my place of great change. I return my attention to the video, his voice blasting in my ears. I cross the street without an arm to hold me back."
I know right?! Am only 12 and i enjoy this song and understand why it became so populare at the time and i wish every on has the chance to enjoy this masterpiece
I always get chills from the line "I saw Satan laughing with delight" at 6:04 . It's not just the lyric that does it, it's the delivery, the way he sings it with such strong emotion. Truly an amazing song.
This song is a symbolic reflection on the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in 1959, often referred to as "The Day the Music Died."
It was a strange scene for me when he sang it. Not a bad scene, but a strange one. It is a weird feeling hearing your favorite song being sung by a drunk Russian man in a super suit.
This is a song about Buddy Holly and the day he died in Feb 1959 called " the day the music died" , the widow bride is his wife Maria Elena, when she found out about the accident she had a miscarriage ( they were married 6 months).... " this'll be the day that I die" is also a clearly reference to Buddy's song "That'll be the day" .... he had a 18 month career. In that time he created a body of work that changed popular music forever and influenced almost every great rock and roll artist to follow him. Elton John had perfectly fine eyesight as a child. He started wearing glasses to imitate Buddy Holly. They became his signature look. The Beatles named their band after buddies band The Crickets. He was Lennon and McCarty's hero and they never got tired to repeat it The Hollies named their band after Buddy. The Rolling Stones first commercial hit was a Buddy Holly song. Bob Dylan imitated his singing style.
I completely believe this is the best song ever written by an American artist. Every lyric is poignant, and everything is a double-entendre. It's an incredible poem set to a beautiful beat.
My oldest brother's favorite song . he just passed away today . I will always miss my angel, protector, and the best mom to a little girl . we were just children when our mom died . just a teenager and he held my and rocked me to sleep while I cried . miss you big brother 💕💞💖💓💞💕
I put this on every now and then. Today my brother asked if I could put on the radio, I said ok! I put this on and he really liked it!!! We heard all these songs in grammar school and high school!!! Brought back many memories!!! I will be 68 next week and he is 66 yrs old!!!
Almost 78 now, and I've never cared much for pop music. I just now listened to this song all the way thru for the first time because of a prophetic dream about "American Pie" that someone in Australia recently had. I find the song weirdly unsettling, but also brilliantly contrived poetry.
"The energy in the room changes. Not just my confidence despite how off-key I am, no, our words are actually connecting with the Deckers in the audience, sinking deep past their skin and into their souls, which are fading like a firefly turning off, but still very present.”
This song was very popular the year that I graduated from high school. It was a hectic year for me, and this song resonated with me. It is still one of my most favorite songs, and after 50 years of loving it, I doubt that will change! Rock on!
This is my little story, with my little brother and this song. One crepuscular afternoon, returning from bringing him from playing soccer in an academy (he had played very well and was tired). I gave him my avomes, but I wanted him to listen to this song that I had fallen in love with. He enjoyed the song without any more surprise, it was normal. The song was so long that it covered the route of the court to my house, at certain times I listened to the song as well and accompanied singing. But when I reached the last part of the choir, calm and melancholy, I sang it with much tenderness, for his heart broke and he wept bitterly. I also shed some tears, but we both had to calm down in order to get home. He was only 10 years old. (I'm sorry my traslate, don't speak English, sorry)
One of the most timeless, influential, relevant songs ever written and performed flawlessly by Don Mclean. I've heard this song my entire life and i never get tired of it and the meaning behind it is still relevant today and will be until the end of America comes as swiftly as the end of the Roman empire. Beautiful song by a talented musician that belongs as one of the staples of American culture.
Recon this was the early seventies , absolutely loved this song still do I remember cycling to work on a farm in England my first job. Solid state transistor radio tied onto my handlebars, rain ,snow ,wind sweltering sun. This is the first time I've ever listened and read the lyrics properly. A young kid off a council estate full of dreams, drove my Chevy to the levy stuck with me, I've had a few two stepside pickups and a few cars many years ago, this classic song takes me straight back to a very uncomplicated happy time in my life 🙏amen ❤.
that truly is so wonderful to hear as someone who's in her early twenties and just discovered this song and my heart already feels so full. I can almost imagine the way it would've touched millions of hearts back then.
@@luna_cosmos As a 21 year old guy I can fully relate to you. And Peter, I just started playing guitar but when I'm ready I'll follow your footsteps and I'll also learn it on the guitar!!
I’ve listened to this for 2 years and always got excited when they put this song in books (They Both Die In The End) and I hummed it in the theater for Black Widow
I learned this song at the age of 11 in 1970 the year this song was released 😊 I'm 66yrs old in 2025 I still remember every verse and word 😊thank you for sharing
I'm so happy seeing many recent people appreciating this classic songs, props to marvel for always including timeless songs on their movies soundtrack, it's a perfect way to let the new generation discover the music of yesterday
My dads 46 or something. I’m 16, he and I will sing this song together in the car, he says that it makes him so happy that I know this song and I recognize how amazing this song is.
My Dad always sang American Pie whenever he had a moment, I miss those days when I was just a kid and never really understood music but still listened to him. It made me happy to hear this song in Black Widow, Don McLean deserves a-lot of recognition.
I AM READING “They both die at the end” and I fucking screamed when I read that rufus and mateo will be singing American pie like AHHHHH HOW CAN THIS SONG GET EVEN MORE DEPRESSING?!
I know a way to make it even more depressing the day the music died was an event in the 1960s. It was when 3 of the most rock and pop cultured people died in a plane crash. The part of the song where it says “Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye” is based of how they were in the tour bus on a freezing day and the bus got froze so it broke down and they gathered together to take a few shots of alcohol.
This song hits me hard in the feels man. My dad used to listen to this when we'd go on road trips, wasn't until years later that I actually appreciated the song.
This song hit me so hard when it brought back memories of my sister who would sing this song when we were growing up. This song brought back her voice, laughter and how much she loved life. I live & miss you Judy.. Rest Easy My Big And Only Sister..
My condolences man. I hope you’ve found yourself in a better place, despite carrying the heartache losing your older sister would have caused. Keep your head up high my friend.
"Our words are actually connecting with the Decker in the audience,sinking deep past their skin and into their souls,which are fading like a firefly turning off,but still very present"😭😭😭💗💗💗
Hey you're right but it's HARD work, it's SCRAFICE, which leads to other things. Which none of us but GOD knows why. 🙏 And them. RIP Thank you 🎹🎼🎧🎤🎵🌍🌏🌎
I heard this when I was very young on one random day when I still thought it was truly possible for me to list every song I like in one book and this was one of the titles I wrote in it that stood out to me. I loved it ever since. Because I found the lyrics to be very fun with it's use of imagery. I took the message of it as a love song for joy in hardship and music in life well lived as a child. So even now at College, I still look fondly at the hours I spent playing this song in loop.
Found my uncle in his room passed on. Looked at his phone and this was the last song he played. It was paused around the 2:40 mark. Rip uncle we love you 💕💕💕🕊
@wiz-on-yt my gran died today, at the end of the movie finch - this song came on and it said "thisll be the day that i die" i went up to see her and that day she got took off oxygen and unfortunately died
“I wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows.” --- “We’re not dying because of love. We were going to die today, no matter what. You didn’t just keep me alive, you made me live.”
This part of the book was amazing and gave me so many emotions when I thought about Mateo, Rufus, and the public singing this song together 'cause at this moment they all relate to it ♡
This song is so special to me. My granny always sings along to it and even though neither of us have a good voice, we always sing it together. I always make sure it's played at least once when my granny is around. And because it was played in BW and of course the way it is something just as special to Yelena. It hits different I'm not really sure how to explain it-
I remember listening to this song in my father’s Bronco as a kid. He would have his classic, golden ray band shades on, with a cigarette in hand. His hair swept to the side, mustache. The sun would be shining, we’d have the windows open. So nostalgic for me as a little girl, admiring his love for classics. Gruff and tough attitude.
The unofficial anthem of Iona University, where Don McLean was a student, sits across from a bar on North Avenue in New Rochelle, NY known as the Beechmont Tavern, formerly known as “The Levee”. Nearly every Iona student either knows or becomes acquainted with this legend before they graduate.
Im only 15 years old and i can remember my mom singing her heart out to this song and my grandmother. And now 8 absolutely love this song. I wish people would like more classical music what a masterpiece ❤
I love how this song could have easily been just a guy complaining about how things were so much better in his day, but instead it ended up being a near timeless history lesson. Within 8 minutes Don McLean highlights the next 10 years after that plane crash in 59, as all of the Innocence of early rock and roll faded away and rock artists changed their focus to protesting the pointless war that was going on at the time. It calls attention to the Manson killings, as well as a brutal murder at a rolling Stones concert. It's as if after that crash happened a line was drawn that we've never really been able to come back from.
If anyone sees this.. I just wanna say how much you meant to me. You came into my life when I needed a brother, someone who is very funny but we know what’s behind it. You taught me that even us can find that One. The jokes, the humor, the sass, the smart Ass, the outsider, hurt one. I will always find comfort when I can watch you over and over forever knowing you will always be there for me. One day I hope I can make an impact on someone’s life how you did to mine. Love ya brotha, see you soon.. well not too soon, I gotta find my smart Ass replacement first. R.I.P Mr.Perry Chandler Bing.
What I love most is that it’s *eight* minutes long and *never* manages to make me tired of it.
Genius shouldn’t
The lyrics are all different; it’s like listening to a story
You aren’t wrong
Troubleman by Electric Guest is another 8 minute song I never get tired of. Give it a try when you get the time.
Same case for me with Stairway to Heaven and November Rain
I love how so many people can like this song for different reasons. Fans of the song years ago, people who saw a movie, people who read a book. It's a song for all generations.
i saw it in stranger things, really no chances im encountering this art without movies and shows
I know it from They Both Die at The End. This book killed me its so tragic, but I loved every single second, and it teached me an invaluable lesson. Live life, take risks, enjoy it while it lasts. Make friends, get yourself a partner, go travelling, have a family if wanted, get a house or new apartment. Live every day to the fullest, because we all die in the end.
I found out about this song trough a book :)) love the vibes has been one of my favorites since then
I just know this song from birth
And those of us that found it through a weird al parody!
One of the most lyrically brilliant songs ever. Tells the entire story of rock music.
Rhymes doorstep with step so brilliant
@@poisonpotato1 you're cherry picking that in an attempt to discredit the entire song ? Do you have a personal vendetta against Don McLean? Lol
@@poisonpotato1 NO. with '...more step'
It’s about more than rhymes, storytelling is debatably far more important. You sound like a lil pump fan A R
The greatest part about the song is even without knowledge of what brought it into creation its still such a well written song you can put your own meaning to it and have it mean just as much
I knew this song existed and I liked it, but it never had an importance in my life until a few months ago. I was with all of my closest friends and we were on a lake, all spread out. Some of us were in the middle of the water on paddle boards, others were floating, or sitting on the dock. Nobody was really talking, we were just appreciating each other’s presence. But then all of a sudden this song comes on. We all look to each other and start screaming it together. We didn’t even have to say anything we all knew the lyrics. We sat there for 8 minutes singing/ screaming with each other. Even though we were far away. At the time it was just all fun but looking back, it was such an important moment in my life. Thank you for this song ❤️
That's just honestly so sweet. I hope you stay friends 'til the end of time.
Amazing story, bro.I am impressed.
I'm most impressed that all of you knew all the lyrics. I think we have all heard it a million times but most ppl don't know it by heart
Nice! Similar story here. Out late at the bar one evening was nearing closing time the bartender who was also a good friend of mine tells me there is a few credits left on the jukebox choose something amazing to play to wrap things up. In the moment I knew that I had to play this one and it was like magic how everyone in the bar came together old and young singing along. That was like 10 years ago and a night I'll never forget.
Core memories unlocked
I'm 67. I was 18 when this classic hit the airwaves. Young people today think they know what music is. American Pie is STILL A CLASSIC!
Well now I'm 68. I recall many years ago about an article of a proposed TV series that never took root. Too bad. The series was about a jukebox that was a time machine. The concept was that when one played a song, the jukebox took you to that time and location when one first heard it. Such as the time in the fall of 1970 coming back late at night from a high school football game in the Charleston, SC area. I was sitting in the back of a buddy's car as he drove home. The radio was on and I heard for the first time James Taylor's "Fire and Rain". I bet other people can recall similar experiences.
That's right.
As a young person, I can confirm that some of us have good music taste (songs like this) :))
Im 26 and this is the majority of style of music i listen to i was born in the wrong year 🤣
@@davidus_ille_qui_somnia ikr it hurts too see
ok boomer
My dad's favorite song. I've always hated it but now it's one of my favorites. Fly high dad 🕊💕
I’m sorry for your loss ❤️
I’m sorry for your loss, he had amazing taste in music! I hope he’s living nicely in heaven❤️
Bye me too
I'm sorry for your loss
Your dad knew real music...
I am sorry for your loss.
May you always think of the good times with your dad when you hear this song!
you know what hurts most reading the book? thinking they would die together in their sleep but no, someone left the safe island and someone was left behind experiencing the pain, crossing the street while listening and watching his loved one singing till his very last breath
Dude chill I just finished the book, give me a break T-T
dude :'(( i feel so empty after reading it honestly
dude, stop- i'm crying and i read it over a month ago, it still hurts!!
What book?
TwT let me live my life without crying man
The senior and aging group grew up listening to this classic. Thanks for the classic hit sharing.
This song is in memory of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens who died tragically in a plane crash. Holly was only married to this bride for six months before the crash and his wife suffered a miscarriage when she heard the news reports. A heart wrenching song when your understand the impact.
😢
And the Big Bopper!
Waylon Jennings gave his seat to Valens. It haunted him the rest of his life.
Its the demise of America
Well said Lucy!!
they both deserved to live longer 😭😭
They did :(
fr they didnt deserve to die 💔
They... :((
I really can’t tell if your talking about Mateo and Rufus or Natasha
@@jellybloom9258 haha same
Mateo and Rufus's story changed me, even though they're fictional, they made me realize that life isn't about waiting for the right chances and moments. Life is supposed to be enjoyed, not planned, not waited. Live your day, like it's the last.
👏🏻
I can’t say I’m familiar, where are they from?
@@lunarfloure it’s from a book called “they all die at the end” super great book!!
@@kimfoster5239 thanks!
same- i’m glad to say my entire life changed when i finished that book- it made me realize that i was exactly Mateo before he met Rufus- and it’s nice to say my life changed for the better
I loved music as a young kid, I bought this single when i was 8 years old, I had a real crappy turntable and loved records. My Dad was a big Creedence Clearwater Revival fan, i still have his records 50 years later. Music can take you to another place in the universe, wether your playing it or listening to it.......Music is Magical
Yes,it's actually a spell. Look into it, and it will blow your mind.
"Did he mention me?"
"Who?"
"You know, Captain America!"
“First time talking to me in years and you ask me about yourself?”
@@Glitchedember "woah! What is this tension"
@@jitmanyukohli2887 "Did I do something wrong?"
@@divishagarwal1234 "Is that even a question?"
Nice joke crimson dynamo 🤣
Yelena
I was waiting for the BW comments to start rolling in...
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Weird al Yankovic
@@kevinvu5432 and it would still be Disney related 😅
Yelena
This would be a cool song to die to.
I understood that reference
@@Nike-tt4ou I understood THAT reference
👁👄👁 I’m not sure if I get the reference, are we talking about the book or nah?😅
@@julianaaristizabal2543 they are talking about the black widow movie where this song played as the character “ yelena’s favorite song and she kept on saying this would be a cool way to die
@@nobodyimportant1958 ohh alright thanks 😂 cause I’m the book tehre about to die to they sing this song so I wasn’t sure
This music will never be the same again for me. I thought this was some kind of joyful-story-driven music, but it turned out to be the opposite. Rest in paradise, to the three great musicians.
"American Pie begins to play and the crowd cheers, like it's our own song, like they know who we are. Rufus squeezes my hand and lets go."
i'm not crying
@@unasharapovamatutina2600 me neither
i’m not crying (2)
I will never be able to read this book for a second time.. ☹︎
Check Six
my father used to sing this song while we are waiting for him cooking our dinner. sometimes, in the morning we will be waking up with this song playing and most of the time he will never forget to sing this song in karaoke. I dont have much good memories with my father since he was always out doing his job as a politician. But this memories will be forever with me. I can still remember how happy i was watching him and my mom dancing to this song. and as im growing up, this song. it gives me comfort and a little bit sting in my heart knowing that even after 14yrs, I cant still believe he is no longer with us. i have a lot of regrets. im sorry :(
i love you pa!
May he rest in peace 🥀
The man says more in 8 mins than most "artists" say in a lifetime. Complete immortal masterpiece
Eminem says more in a few seconds
@@joshuaotter9142 Pff
@@joshuaotter9142 an album maybe...
What does the song mean? He don’t like pie from America?
@@KentuckyBradI'm not sure what he's saying but he's certainly saying something
Classics like this will never die no matter how old us classics get im 62 yrs, old , 63 in September ,
Happy birthday for September Mate!
I'll be 63 in August 🎉
Yeah the classics are never gonna die, I'm 15 and I love this song so much
I'm almost 13, my parents raised me with good taste in songs❤
This song will never die
Happy birthday next month!
I'll never listen to this song again normally without remembering black widow and her sister 😢💔😩
same homie
👍
Yep…🥺
Don’t be sad Dr strange or wanda Maximoff or Loki will bring Natasha back
@@samuelzev4076 no her contact finished so she will never be back
Another song that makes different generations emotional for different reasons. The younger ones for the events in the Black Widow movie, and the older ones for the actual 'day the music died'. RIP Big Bopper, Buddy Holley and Ritchie Valens.
Lol. The song is not “about” Buddy Holley. It mentions him and around 8 other musical acts centered around the cultural revolution from 1959- 1972.
@@adamropp4757 I thought it was just about “The Day The Music Died” or at least was made in honor of it
@@adamropp4757 The song is heavily inspired by the death of Buddy Holly, which had a huge effect on Don McLean when he was younger. Is this what the song is 100% about, no, but it is also not completely untrue either.
@@adamropp4757 buddy holly is a hero and an idol for don mclean
Oh and most of the first lyrics to the song is kinda reference for buddy holly
For the bookworms it's mainly because of "They Both Die At The End".
“It was real to me”
"It was real to me too"
😭😭😭
ow
"The best part of my life was fake, and none of you told me" :(
That legit broke my heart
This song was so popular when I was a child, it was always playing on my dads car radio; so American Pie evokes so many fond memories of my dad. In memory, on this day, December 7th, my dad was born. Happy Heavenly birthday dad. I love and miss you so much. ❤
Just finished reading about Mateo and Rufus and i've never felt so much emotion in my entire life.
It hurts
I know right T.T
I feel so numb like why did they both have to die
@@liz5214 I mean they did warn us in the title
What book?
R.I.P Richie Valenzuela, Big Bopper and Buddy Holly, you were all taken from this earth too soon. 64years have passed since youve been gone but your music lives on. Keep Rocking guys!!
Amen brother
There plane crashed by my home town in iowa
You forgot the pilot
@@fredflintstone747 you right, RIP to him too!
Can you believe in 11 days, it will be 66 years.
Always liked this song but watching Black Widow gave it a deeper meaning.
Same. It's a rly good song but just that scene was so sad and made it so much more important. I was signing along to it in the movie theater
I mean the song itself is already quite deep..
Same
same
Maybe not deeper but another meaning yes, to me anyway
2024 anyone 🎉
Yesssirr😊
Me
Meeeeeeee
Me
One of my favorites songs. We have a place here in Ohio called Nelson ledges. Great place to go swim, fish dance and sun bathe and cliff dive.
"I throw on my headphones and watch the video of Mateo singing to me.
I see Althea Park in the distance, my place of great change.
I return my attention to the video, his voice blasting in my ears.
I cross the street without an arm to hold me back."
This part is where rufus died😢
@@tv-zj7lx remember Victor? Yeh he was driving the car that hit Rufus. Fck Victor deserved better lol
@@lylealburo8244 I am wondering if victors girlfriend was caught in accident too because theyre on same place right???
@@tv-zj7lx could be. the author said that he doesn't know how Delilah dies.
@@lylealburo8244 ooohhhh
Thank you, Mateo and Rufus, for introducing me to this beautiful song.
"It's enough to make a grown man cry, and that's ok"
- Me after finishing "They Both Die at the End"
I'm reading it right now and wow....
I CRIED SO FUCKING HARD
@@millie5970 same ;(
cried so hard I couldn't breathe 😎
I just finished it
The ones who really understands the story of this song can feel every words and lyrics delivered 🖤
One of the best songs ever writen, over eight minutes long and i could listen to it on repeat for hours and never get bored
I know right?!
Am only 12 and i enjoy this song and understand why it became so populare at the time and i wish every on has the chance to enjoy this masterpiece
Was13 in care use to play this song everyday with my friend Marie at sparrows herne
@@Terror1325 dude, dont share ur age online
@@slavboi5419 Relax it's just a UA-cam comment you can't DM people on here anyway so they're not in danger
@@Septixcake mhm, well, when ur kids are online,will you be comfortable with them sharing their age online?
I always get chills from the line "I saw Satan laughing with delight" at 6:04 . It's not just the lyric that does it, it's the delivery, the way he sings it with such strong emotion. Truly an amazing song.
Yup
And we wonder why the vatican wouldn't look at SATURN.
IF YOU STARE INTO THE ABYSS. THE ABYSS ......
I here U
@@davidlambourne...will stare back at you.
This song is a symbolic reflection on the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in 1959, often referred to as "The Day the Music Died."
“But no matter what choices we make - solo or together - our finish line remains the same … No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”
STOP
I CAN'T 😭
SCREAMING CRYING
@@soggybreadman4035 ???? i was referencing a book lmao (it was not the bible)
@@soggybreadman4035 hey, I'll take it, this quote was referencing the novel "They Both Die at the End" though.
Anyone 2025??😅
Yes
For sure!
Here
Here! 2025!
Never made more sense than it does now ❤🎉
I cried when the Red Guardian sang this song to Yelena cause it was her favorite song and it was the only way for them to connect.
The smile she gave when he started to sing it 🥲😭
It was a strange scene for me when he sang it. Not a bad scene, but a strange one. It is a weird feeling hearing your favorite song being sung by a drunk Russian man in a super suit.
@@timmyjoe6272 it's strange for you. Not for Yelena, because he is her only father figure. Not the best father but still
This is a song about Buddy Holly and the day he died in Feb 1959 called " the day the music died" , the widow bride is his wife Maria Elena, when she found out about the accident she had a miscarriage ( they were married 6 months).... " this'll be the day that I die" is also a clearly reference to Buddy's song "That'll be the day" .... he had a 18 month career. In that time he created a body of work that changed popular music forever and influenced almost every great rock and roll artist to follow him.
Elton John had perfectly fine eyesight as a child. He started wearing glasses to imitate Buddy Holly. They became his signature look.
The Beatles named their band after buddies band The Crickets. He was Lennon and McCarty's hero and they never got tired to repeat it
The Hollies named their band after Buddy.
The Rolling Stones first commercial hit was a Buddy Holly song.
Bob Dylan imitated his singing style.
Did he mention me?
I completely believe this is the best song ever written by an American artist. Every lyric is poignant, and everything is a double-entendre. It's an incredible poem set to a beautiful beat.
i agree, funny as it literally has american in the title, i also think this could be the best american folk song ever made
Weird...it says Don McLean not Kanye West
My oldest brother's favorite song . he just passed away today . I will always miss my angel, protector, and the best mom to a little girl . we were just children when our mom died . just a teenager and he held my and rocked me to sleep while I cried . miss you big brother 💕💞💖💓💞💕
My deepest condolences to u Brenda💔hold on to the memories of ur brother & always feel his love & light🙏💖
This breaks my heart to read..im so sorry for your loss..
I’m sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss
I put this on every now and then. Today my brother asked if I could put on the radio, I said ok! I put this on and he really liked it!!! We heard all these songs in grammar school and high school!!! Brought back many memories!!! I will be 68 next week and he is 66 yrs old!!!
Almost 78 now, and I've never cared much for pop music. I just now listened to this song all the way thru for the first time because of a prophetic dream about "American Pie" that someone in Australia recently had. I find the song weirdly unsettling, but also brilliantly contrived poetry.
It's a true bardic poem, and for that reason, it will outlive us all.
What was the dream?
Black Widow! Favourite Yelena's song
Edit: 1k?! Can't believe it. Thank you guys so much!!!
I was looking for that comment lmaol
At last a good story to remember this song rather than that gay story
Also my favorite 🤤
That’s why I’m here! Lol
this is why i’m here
'A generation lost in space, with no time to start again'...
Man, words are so true, it hurts😢
saw this comment when He just started saying it
@@randoent.7183 it felt like the words were just written for our generation...
Totally lost, without a Chance to restart our lives
That's us
i feel like every time a celebrity, a singer, passes, i come back to this song. RIP liam payne. ❤️
"i finally kissed the guy that made me feel alive the day i was going to die"
I’m crying you know
Most beautiful book :)
i’m sobbed and screamed while i read that line :’) “what took you so long?” KASKDKDDKDKDK
not me crying
Mateo and Rufus will forever be missed 🥺🤧✨
"The energy in the room changes. Not just my confidence despite how off-key I am, no, our words are actually connecting with the Deckers in the audience, sinking deep past their skin and into their souls, which are fading like a firefly turning off, but still very present.”
@Victoria Powell yeah that’s what happens with that book
The book was amazing, man!
My entire being hurts after reading this.
Omg it was such a good book and so many emotions
so many memories flood in everytime i hear this song
This song was very popular the year that I graduated from high school. It was a hectic year for me, and this song resonated with me. It is still one of my most favorite songs, and after 50 years of loving it, I doubt that will change! Rock on!
Same, I was just born in the worst generation of modern music. The classics always hit harder
It wasn’t just popular. In 1972 it was the number one song in America and several other countries.
This is my little story, with my little brother and this song.
One crepuscular afternoon, returning from bringing him from playing soccer in an academy (he had played very well and was tired).
I gave him my avomes, but I wanted him to listen to this song that I had fallen in love with. He enjoyed the song without any more surprise, it was normal.
The song was so long that it covered the route of the court to my house, at certain times I listened to the song as well and accompanied singing.
But when I reached the last part of the choir, calm and melancholy, I sang it with much tenderness, for his heart broke and he wept bitterly.
I also shed some tears, but we both had to calm down in order to get home.
He was only 10 years old.
(I'm sorry my traslate, don't speak English, sorry)
Golden words😊
Yeah you’re here from black widow... me too.
Good vibes and god bless. Tremendous
Wrong...
Im not..
I knew this song before but I’m happy this song is recognition
I liked this song before I watched black widow
Not me I actually listened to this song growing up that’s why I’m here
One of the finest pieces of modern poetry around.
yelena's fav song 🥺🥺🥺🥺
The day the music died was my in-laws's wedding anniversary. The song reminds me of my late husband, so there are lots of tears with this song.
One of the most timeless, influential, relevant songs ever written and performed flawlessly by Don Mclean. I've heard this song my entire life and i never get tired of it and the meaning behind it is still relevant today and will be until the end of America comes as swiftly as the end of the Roman empire. Beautiful song by a talented musician that belongs as one of the staples of American culture.
It' the story behind the lyrics that keeps it endless.
So true. I feel that this song is the soundtrack for the end of the American empire. I feel this deeply. 😢😢😢😢
The Roman empire didn't end swiftly, though. Parts lasted until the 1400s.
@TubbyBubbleLove42 like Constantinople right
The music has died.
This song is so beautiful- it never gets old
like imagining rufus and mateo singing this song together doesnt hurt enough, this comment section is just-
Who?
@Victoria Powell ohh gotcha thx I’ll see if I can get it.
omg i love that book
i’m listening to this as i’m reading the book 😭
This'll be the day that I die, this'll be the day that i die
Recon this was the early seventies , absolutely loved this song still do I remember cycling to work on a farm in England my first job. Solid state transistor radio tied onto my handlebars, rain ,snow ,wind sweltering sun. This is the first time I've ever listened and read the lyrics properly. A young kid off a council estate full of dreams, drove my Chevy to the levy stuck with me, I've had a few two stepside pickups and a few cars many years ago, this classic song takes me straight back to a very uncomplicated happy time in my life 🙏amen ❤.
“And the three men I admire most. The Father, Son and The Holy Ghost.” Those lyrics never fail to make my eyes start watering.
Me too!!
Every time
me too, took me by surprise
Rest in Peace
Buddy Holly (The Father)
Ritchie Valens (The Son)
The Big Bopper (The Holy Ghost)
I hope you understand that this song is about how the English rock band took over Mclean's type of music in the 60's.
Ah you young young people. In 1970 I went to the music store, bought the sheet music, and learned it on guitar. It was magic.
that truly is so wonderful to hear as someone who's in her early twenties and just discovered this song and my heart already feels so full. I can almost imagine the way it would've touched millions of hearts back then.
@@luna_cosmos As a 21 year old guy I can fully relate to you. And Peter, I just started playing guitar but when I'm ready I'll follow your footsteps and I'll also learn it on the guitar!!
Those times were way better, even though I'm only 15, I can just tell. The world's going downhill fast...
@@someobscuremusicchannel no
@some obscure music channel LMAOO you wouldn't last a day back then
The very essence of songwriting. Not too often you can 100% nailed it. Thanks Don M!
I love American pie I was in love with it when my dad was playing it
I’ve listened to this for 2 years and always got excited when they put this song in books (They Both Die In The End) and I hummed it in the theater for Black Widow
Always been a fan of this song and started to hum/sing along softly in the theater. My girlfriend gave me a weird look, lol.
@@PvPDeathKnight i didn’t expect it sense it came out around 50 years ago but I can’t blame Yelena’s taste
i was trying so hard to not sing this in the theater
hummed it i was singing it ever so quietly as to not be rude
Thanks for uploading a version with lyrics and HQ
ONE of the greatest songs EVER! This song has helped me through out many hard times.
Песня классная но она не выручает когда в твой дом летит ракета 😢
I learned this song at the age of 11 in 1970 the year this song was released 😊 I'm 66yrs old in 2025 I still remember every verse and word 😊thank you for sharing
When listening to this song all I could think about was Yelena from Black Widow because this is her favorite song❤
Yup (:
Same! Did you see the end credits scene
Yesss, omg
Just watched black widow today
Same, and I listened to it before but not that’s all I think about when I hear it
I'm so happy seeing many recent people appreciating this classic songs, props to marvel for always including timeless songs on their movies soundtrack, it's a perfect way to let the new generation discover the music of yesterday
I'm only 12 and I love it I wish I was alive when GOOD music came out
This my favorite song when I was 13 years old. Back in 1971.
And we still know all the lyrics. I remember sitting in the girls' gym and all of us singing it loud. And we all knew the lyrics.
Favourite has a U in it you American paigon 😂
I was the same age as you. 13 yrs old. I played this song over and over and over... It's still plays often in my head now
@John Wheaton yes it does muppet 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're a f*cking clown
My dads 46 or something. I’m 16, he and I will sing this song together in the car, he says that it makes him so happy that I know this song and I recognize how amazing this song is.
How could anyone not love this song? Love Don McLean!!
My Dad always sang American Pie whenever he had a moment, I miss those days when I was just a kid and never really understood music but still listened to him. It made me happy to hear this song in Black Widow, Don McLean deserves a-lot of recognition.
I AM READING “They both die at the end” and I fucking screamed when I read that rufus and mateo will be singing American pie like AHHHHH HOW CAN THIS SONG GET EVEN MORE DEPRESSING?!
BSHAIAVGAIA I KNOW IM CRIYING SO HARD RN
I know a way to make it even more depressing the day the music died was an event in the 1960s. It was when 3 of the most rock and pop cultured people died in a plane crash. The part of the song where it says “Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye” is based of how they were in the tour bus on a freezing day and the bus got froze so it broke down and they gathered together to take a few shots of alcohol.
This song deserves more credit people don’t realize it was an amazing song before the movies came
True
Agree
absolutely
What's it about?
I love this song it's older than but it is my favorite
Love this song and have played and sung it myself for years, never gets old
This song hits me hard in the feels man. My dad used to listen to this when we'd go on road trips, wasn't until years later that I actually appreciated the song.
This song hit me so hard when it brought back memories of my sister who would sing this song when we were growing up. This song brought back her voice, laughter and how much she loved life. I live & miss you Judy.. Rest Easy My Big And Only Sister..
you make me cry😢i’m bad for you
My condolences man. I hope you’ve found yourself in a better place, despite carrying the heartache losing your older sister would have caused. Keep your head up high my friend.
@@hoobamcdooba29 thank you!
I just ate toast guys
@@thegamingwozza6024 and your point being?
I'm here bcs THAT movie left me broke and depressed, especially that whistle of Yelena to Nat 💔🔪😭.
SAME
I hope Yelena doesn’t believe that Clint killed Nat
The movie was a 7/10.
@@eddygangstaz3559 I agree
@@eddygangstaz3559 eh id give it an 8, 3rd or 4th best solo movie (ragnorok, BP, and civil war were better imo)
Love it when this gem comes on in pub. Everyone stops and sings, it really does send shivers down spine
Everyone's acting as if this masterpieces didn't existed before the movie BW
We all know it did but that makes the song sadder
@@aekarinahater678 no it doesn’t
@@dylangardner7138 it does for some people including me lol
@@aekarinahater678 For a comic book movie?
@@patrickmorrissey3084 yes
"Our words are actually connecting with the Decker in the audience,sinking deep past their skin and into their souls,which are fading like a firefly turning off,but still very present"😭😭😭💗💗💗
NO I’M CRYING
The guys deserved to live longer their music was great
Hey you're right but it's HARD work, it's SCRAFICE, which leads to other things. Which none of us but GOD knows why. 🙏 And them. RIP Thank you 🎹🎼🎧🎤🎵🌍🌏🌎
I heard this when I was very young on one random day when I still thought it was truly possible for me to list every song I like in one book and this was one of the titles I wrote in it that stood out to me. I loved it ever since. Because I found the lyrics to be very fun with it's use of imagery. I took the message of it as a love song for joy in hardship and music in life well lived as a child. So even now at College, I still look fondly at the hours I spent playing this song in loop.
Found my uncle in his room passed on. Looked at his phone and this was the last song he played. It was paused around the 2:40 mark. Rip uncle we love you 💕💕💕🕊
Sorry for your loss...
@@Abyrias_ofc I appreciate it, realizing that just presence means so much to family. We got a void now but it’s gods timing.
RIP 💙
He had a good taste in music sorry for you loss 🥺😭😫😩
lies
“Two dudes met. They fell in love. They lived, that’s our story”
Ahhhhh stop now
NO GO AWAY IM NOT CRYING TODAY
Didn't need to cry today but thanks
@@killdozer3138 respectfully, you're wrong
SHUT UP I JUST FINISHED IT THE OTHER DAY
When I hear this i remember my Lolo. I feel like I am at peace. I miss him so much. 🥹
The music never dies.. 🤫
They still died
My mother used to sing this to me as a child I played it at her funeral
Sorry for your lose, i am very sorry if i dident spell something right
Sorry for your loss
Sorry for your lost🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
sorry for your loss
@wiz-on-yt my gran died today, at the end of the movie finch - this song came on and it said "thisll be the day that i die" i went up to see her and that day she got took off oxygen and unfortunately died
“I wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows.”
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“We’re not dying because of love. We were going to die today, no matter what. You didn’t just keep me alive, you made me live.”
NO IM LITERALLY CRYING 😭
"and i cross the street without an arm to hold me back"
@@vapecat803 IM LITERALLY CRYING 😭 😭😭
The fall down of one created the fall down of another and they were scared that they r gonna die cuz of each other.
This part of the book was amazing and gave me so many emotions when I thought about Mateo, Rufus, and the public singing this song together 'cause at this moment they all relate to it ♡
I will never be able to listen to this song the same without thinking of Mateo and Rufus
oh my gosh!!! finnallyyyyyyyy someone i can relate toooo
FINALLY A TBDATE COMMENT HHGGGGG
Omg same
How's about Jude & Conner's first kiss ?
SAMEEE
This song is so special to me. My granny always sings along to it and even though neither of us have a good voice, we always sing it together. I always make sure it's played at least once when my granny is around.
And because it was played in BW and of course the way it is something just as special to Yelena.
It hits different I'm not really sure how to explain it-
Just watched black widow! Love Yelena and Natasha
A timeless classic.
this music brings back not just my memories,but my childhood.
Agree
A happy beat with a sad meaning.
I remember listening to this song in my father’s Bronco as a kid. He would have his classic, golden ray band shades on, with a cigarette in hand. His hair swept to the side, mustache. The sun would be shining, we’d have the windows open. So nostalgic for me as a little girl, admiring his love for classics. Gruff and tough attitude.
The unofficial anthem of Iona University, where Don McLean was a student, sits across from a bar on North Avenue in New Rochelle, NY known as the Beechmont Tavern, formerly known as “The Levee”. Nearly every Iona student either knows or becomes acquainted with this legend before they graduate.
Im only 15 years old and i can remember my mom singing her heart out to this song and my grandmother. And now 8 absolutely love this song.
I wish people would like more classical music what a masterpiece ❤
I’m 10 years old and my step brother tried to Commit Suicide and then he’s mom walked in it is a sad thing
I’m sorry for
I’m sorry for your step brother tryna vomit suicide
JELLYBEAN ALERT!!!! Classical music is (jellybean alert time)not a mistake is a ✨masterpiece✨
@@tylobriggs1513 what the fuck man this seems disrespecful to @The case family not funny dude not cool
I love how this song could have easily been just a guy complaining about how things were so much better in his day, but instead it ended up being a near timeless history lesson. Within 8 minutes Don McLean highlights the next 10 years after that plane crash in 59, as all of the Innocence of early rock and roll faded away and rock artists changed their focus to protesting the pointless war that was going on at the time. It calls attention to the Manson killings, as well as a brutal murder at a rolling Stones concert. It's as if after that crash happened a line was drawn that we've never really been able to come back from.
Absolutely amazing. Watched a documentary last night, and the three men he admired , Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. 🙉 Buddy, Ritchie and BB.
@@ritajanebrown7215 what documentary was this? I'd love to watch!
I can’t drink and sing this song bc of everything he deals about 😢❤
who's also listening to this because of the love mateo and rufus has?
No
No
Story?
No, Black Widow :)!
@Victoria Powell no, that’s not what I’m saying…
If anyone sees this.. I just wanna say how much you meant to me. You came into my life when I needed a brother, someone who is very funny but we know what’s behind it. You taught me that even us can find that One. The jokes, the humor, the sass, the smart Ass, the outsider, hurt one. I will always find comfort when I can watch you over and over forever knowing you will always be there for me. One day I hope I can make an impact on someone’s life how you did to mine. Love ya brotha, see you soon.. well not too soon, I gotta find my smart Ass replacement first.
R.I.P Mr.Perry Chandler Bing.
‘I return my attention to the video, his voice blasting in my ears.
I cross the street without an arm to hold me back’
STOP ITTTTTT
ENOUGH.