Slippers

I listen to Don McLean virtually everyday. No it never ever gets dull. And yes, you can probably guess the song.

For those of you who don't know, American Pie is a mourning dirge kind of song reminiscing for the music of the past. It has many interpretations, mainly centralised on the that Buddy Holly plane crash. As a direct opposite, there is no music that is more likely to piss me off than one of Buddy Holly’s old numbers.

“Everyday’s a getting’ closer, Faster than a roller coaster…”

That kind of lyric, set to that kind of music, has a real grating potential on my skull. Why then, do you ask; am I sitting in on a Friday night extolling the virtues of a Don McLean song that was written in memory of such a genre? Allow me to explain.

Donnie never really confirmed what the imagery - the musical pictures, or anything else that he included in the song - were meant to be; despite one hell of a lot of people asking him. In truth, I don’t think he knows himself; oh sure, he put together a whole set of events that lead to the downfall of rock n’ roll. The Beatles surging to the top. The plane crash. But to translate the song line by line – it would be impossible.

The song isn't written in a way that every line carries a significant something . The bulk of the song is utter melancholy. And that’s why I listen to it.

To remember the things I could lose in life.
sli 8:45 PM