Don McLean coined it The Day the Music Died in his 1971 opus American Pie. It might seem a bit much for a single song to be the focus of a 90-minute documentary, but on the short list of songs that merit such extensive scrutiny, you’d have to include “American Pie. EDT Songwriter Don McLeans manuscript for the classic song American Pie sold at an auction for 1.2 million. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images En español Don McLean may have mythologized the role of rock in popular culture with American Pie, which marks the 50th anniversary of its release this October, but hes still on the outside looking in at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nod. It was one of the first tragedies to strike modern American music and a figurative end to 1950s culture. See Don McLeans 1972 performance of 'American Pie,' his song inspired by 'The Day the Music Died. For decades, McLean has largely declined to get into the specifics of the much-studied, often misinterpreted lyrics to his iconic opus, but in the Paramount+ documentary “The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie,’ ” the 76-year-old singer-songwriter takes us through the genesis of his pop masterpiece, corrects a number of common misperceptions (“And while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown” had nothing to do with Bob Dylan or Elvis Presley) and provides invaluable context to one of the most enduring and original pieces of pop music ever composed.ĭirector Mark Moormann skillfully weaves McLean’s biography into a larger narrative about the often-intertwining paths of the social and political changes taking place in America and the music that often reflected and sometimes influenced the culture. He learned about the plane crash when he cut into his stack of papers and saw the lead story.
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