Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredrik
Isn´t it about Buddy Holly?
"But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died."
They (him, Bib Bopper and Richie Valenz) died february 3 1959, and Buddy had recently married. One paper had the headline "The day that music died" the next day.
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The song allegedly references many musical artists (our English 30 teacher made us analyze this song, thinking it was great poetry):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pie