American Pie Sociological Critque
Brittni Landkamer

Verse
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin'
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin'
"With the jester on the sidelines in a cast." The Jester was Bob Dylan who was in a motorcycle accident. | "The halftime air was filled with sweet perfume." A reference to all the smoking of marijuana at Woodstock. | Helter Skelter in a summer swelter. Helter Skelter inspired Charles Manson to kill Sharon Tate in the California heat... which caused "heat." |
"With the jester on the sidelines in a cast."
The Jester was Bob Dylan who was in a motorcycle accident.
"The halftime air was filled with sweet perfume."
A reference to all the smoking of marijuana at Woodstock.
Goodbye Sweet American Days

The good ol' boys... The good ol' boys were Vietnam soldiers fighting for freedom during a time of pacifism. | Bye bye miss american pie... America was saying goodbye to the times where they would idolize icons. | This will be the day that I die... The day the soldiers were leaving for war they were drinking to ease the tension of the fact they are on there way to death and few will make it home. |
The good ol' boys...
The good ol' boys were Vietnam soldiers fighting for freedom during a time of pacifism.
Bye bye miss american pie...
America was saying goodbye to the times where they would idolize icons.
The Day the music died. The day the music died was when Buddy Holly's plane went down. | While the sargeants played a marching tune... Refers to Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album by the Beatles. | Cause the players tried to take the field... In 1968 a bunch of young people went to the democratic convention in Chicago, and when they got there the police beat them with nightsticks. |
While the sargeants played a marching tune...
Refers to Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album by the Beatles.

This will be the day that I die, was a quote from Buddy Holly's song "That'll be the day."