I wish him the very best, he gave us his talent, his gift, many of us will take the memories he has created into our old age. I will never forget him. I grew up listening to him. He is what he is. One hundred percent true talent. Long live this incredibly talented man. Talent beyond words to express.
i listen to song almost every day i am from pakistan and i grew up listening to this song and thats how i fell in love with America .and i am here in florida i am lucky.i am part of this beautifull land .THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD LIKE AMERICA.
Once my father and I went to the lake by car and "american pie" started to play from the radio. It was a hot day, my father was already an old man. I knew it maybe was the last summer for us and the lake. I will never forget this moment.
The first time I heard this song I couldn't get it out of my head for several days. It didn't help much that the radio station was playing it every other song! Great Music! Great time in my life! Boy time sure moves on Huh.
Rest In Peace Buddy, Ritchie and Big Bopper - it's a shame they died, but their music will live forever. I wish I'd been alive to seem them for real. They may not be with us physically, but they will always be remembered.
lucky is the word for the americans, for having this beautiful tribute song to them telling us a bit of their daily life. sometimes we take thing for granted and only realise its after it slipped through our hands/eyes.
I love this song too!!! It makes you feel good and makes you love small town America more doesn't it? I used to watch this show with my dad in the morning before I'd go off to school. So Don Imus, thanks for making my dad laugh and me laugh. Get well soon sir!!!
Caralho! Essa música é uma ode ao século XX! Ela faz os EUA de poucas décadas atrás parecerem uma realidade distante e romântica... Damn! This song is an ode to the XXth century! It makes the USA from few decades ago look like a distant and romantic utopy...
With his "old" voice he can sing far better than most of the young singers of today, better than anything you'll ever see on American Idol, or anywhere for that matter.
@william2603 Do you have to be from the USA to love and appreciate this classic song? Just because Don McLean is from the USA, his music is loved by the whole world, not just people from the USA. I agree with you that people shouldn't be disliking a song like this, but to say that these people must not be from the USA is wrong.
Live music sends a different message across to the listener. although he might not be able to hit that high notes but he presents the song in a new way ,a fresh way of interpreating the song that still rocks the crowd. cheers and keep the music alive!
Such a great song. I've tried many times before, to update this song, and I came up with a few good lines, as a kind of tribute to Don McLean's brillance, but it's such a crazy whim, because it's next to impossible to live up to the excellence of such a perfect song.
i say well done for his age. hes deffinitely held his own over the years. hes just having fun the way the lyrics are arranged. you have to remember this was played live, and hes not exactly 25 anymore (no offense to him, hes awesome). hes just there for a good time, you can see it on his face.amazingly written song, well displayed video. props
He's Changed the co-ordination of the lyrics, but if you asked me if goes well, so all you people that think his voice has died i dissagree, i like this version its amazing! keep up the good work don!
Damn it when's he going to be playing in America? I want to see him so badly. My mom saw him perform this in an auditorium in Greenwich Village back in 1971. Sometimes I wish I was born forty years earlier..
Heard this song when I was a kid, and never knew one day I would sing it too,
Thanks Don !
The one thing that has not changed The father son and Holy Ghost are most worthy of admiration this is a most spiritual tune thanks Don!!!!!!!
He's still going great
I wish him the very best, he gave us his talent, his gift, many of us will take the memories he has created into our old age. I will never forget him. I grew up listening to him. He is what he is. One hundred percent true talent. Long live this incredibly talented man.
Talent beyond words to express.
i listen to song almost every day i am from pakistan and i grew up listening to this song and thats how i fell in love with America .and i am here in florida i am lucky.i am part of this beautifull land .THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD LIKE AMERICA.
Once my father and I went to the lake by car and "american pie" started to play from the radio. It was a hot day, my father was already an old man. I knew it maybe was the last summer for us and the lake. I will never forget this moment.
Zo mooi..
Mijn hart leeft weer op als ik geniet van de muziek van toen die ik beleefde in Hinterglemm..
Kon ik maar terug schakelen in de tijd..
This is, in my opinion, easily the greatest song of that era. It just fucking oozes nostalgia and heart. Such a beautiful tune.
Don McLean had one (and *only* one) hit.
. . . a work of genius that defined an entire generation.
40 years and he's still got it
Saw this live, still tears me up...
This song still gives me the same good feelings as when I first listened to it in 1973 when I was 13 years old.
The first time I heard this song I couldn't get it out of my head for several days. It didn't help much that the radio station was playing it every other song! Great Music! Great time in my life! Boy time sure moves on Huh.
Great song
This song is never die.
What a magnificant song, even today relevant. It was the ultimate swansong of the hippie movement
Rest In Peace Buddy, Ritchie and Big Bopper - it's a shame they died, but their music will live forever.
I wish I'd been alive to seem them for real.
They may not be with us physically, but they will always be remembered.
lucky is the word for the americans, for having this beautiful tribute song to them telling us a bit of their daily life. sometimes we take thing for granted and only realise its after it slipped through our hands/eyes.
Thank you for the tribute Don.
I did cry the music died.
Thanks for the tribute. Always will rember the day and your reply.
Thanks
Bob
He's one of very few singers whose voice hasn't changed remarkebly through the years.
this songs gets better every time i hear it
what a song to wake up 2.. Don ur the Best
phenomenal... simply electrifying!!!
Great song. You don't get to hear songs like this. It tell a story. To bad you have to find something like this.
I was so young when this song came out.. What a beutiful song.. Bye bye miss american pie.. Drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dried..
My mom saw Don perform this song at Washington Square in 1971. She was 21 years old.
yeah simply gr8
One of the best songs ever written
Modern day Mozart...
What a great songwriter...
We are looking at GREATNESS...
that was one of the best songs i ever heard
I love this song too!!! It makes you feel good and makes you love small town America more doesn't it? I used to watch this show with my dad in the morning before I'd go off to school. So Don Imus, thanks for making my dad laugh and me laugh. Get well soon sir!!!
Caralho! Essa música é uma ode ao século XX!
Ela faz os EUA de poucas décadas atrás parecerem uma realidade distante e romântica...
Damn! This song is an ode to the XXth century!
It makes the USA from few decades ago look like a distant and romantic utopy...
Such a classic song
Godly song. The verse that opens the song are some of my favorite lyrics ever.
One of the best songs ever. Lyrics, although I have no idea what they mean, are genius.
incredible song incredible singer/songwriter
With his "old" voice he can sing far better than most of the young singers of today, better than anything you'll ever see on American Idol, or anywhere for that matter.
He kept his voice! Very very nice!
es d las mejores canciones d la historia de la musica,y en directo es pa flipar
Gotta love this guy
he can still make me dance
I love Don Mclean!!!
i love this song it will live on forever
Excellent version for live, Don you still have it mate, absolute genius.
This song is awesome! Its Relaxing
@william2603
Do you have to be from the USA to love and appreciate this classic song? Just because Don McLean is from the USA, his music is loved by the whole world, not just people from the USA. I agree with you that people shouldn't be disliking a song like this, but to say that these people must not be from the USA is wrong.
Don's doing...
LOVE THIS.
He will always be remembered as a legend.
never knew about this live version on imus! yup! he"s still got it for sure! lots of memories! nice job! great perfprmance! Bravo!!
i love this song
Live music sends a different message across to the listener. although he might not be able to hit that high notes but he presents the song in a new way ,a fresh way of interpreating the song that still rocks the crowd. cheers and keep the music alive!
Yes He was definitely a genius os the abstract and that's pretty damn kewl!
very very nice!!!Music Forever Young!
he stil has an amazing voice! don mclean is a legend
@dialysisrn
if only my days would be your days.
the great music i could have listenen to when it came fresh out of the store/radio.
Fantastic performance !!!
best song ever
Great. left me speechless
Великая песня. Слушаю ее раз за разом. Великолепна в любом исполнении.
Great song. Like a slice of America's history. Russia loves it too.
love love all his songs...
thanks for the memories and songs 3 amigos (buddy, ritchie, j.p.)
Beautiful
Still great!!! A true classic!
I love this.i believe in rock n roll..was it really 40 years ago? dam i'm old..great poet..
he's still got it!
Esta vessão eu ainda não havia assistido.
É de mais!
50 years ago was that day...
In loving memory of Buddy, Ritchie, J.P.
Bye Bye mrs american pie...
those are the days of my life in college hanging out with my friends they all at the university. shit what a big time dude.
It's amazing how the headlines kind of go along with the great lyrics of this song.
Miss you Imus.
best soft rock song ever!
I'm the biggest fan he ever had, and I agree with you. And so would he ;)
Incredible! Just incredible! Who would think this is a 30+ year old song? Sounds like it was recorded yesterday!
i just cried.
I really miss Don Imus on TV
l love this song..soo niiiccee :P
Stupendous.
What a beuty!!!!!!!!!
Don is doing a free concert Sat.Night May 23 2008 at L.L.Bean in Freeport ME. Should be a fun time
love the song
Don mclean is a true poet
haha have only seen like one picture of him up until now. he looks very different these days
It is. He'll be touring all US in 2009. SO keep your eyes peeled !
Ya know- anyone that says Imus sucks should listen to this and say "ya but he can also bring us this!"
Awesome !!!!
Such a great song. I've tried many times before, to update this song, and I came up with a few good lines, as a kind of tribute to Don McLean's brillance, but it's such a crazy whim, because it's next to impossible to live up to the excellence of such a perfect song.
i saw his concert yesterday and i got an autograph from him and a picture of me and him...
100% agree with your 100% agree.
i say well done for his age. hes deffinitely held his own over the years. hes just having fun the way the lyrics are arranged. you have to remember this was played live, and hes not exactly 25 anymore (no offense to him, hes awesome). hes just there for a good time, you can see it on his face.amazingly written song, well displayed video. props
he is a great singer for someone his age
Don is great. He's very clever. Open your eyes...
He's Changed the co-ordination of the lyrics, but if you asked me if goes well, so all you people that think his voice has died i dissagree, i like this version its amazing!
keep up the good work don!
Yes.
Yep. GOOD music too.
Damn it when's he going to be playing in America? I want to see him so badly. My mom saw him perform this in an auditorium in Greenwich Village back in 1971. Sometimes I wish I was born forty years earlier..
a song defining a generation
fabulous :)
This is a song about our past present and inevitable future.
He is probably singing better than all of the young "talents". And the song is just one of the Best songs i've ever heard.
'' Go back to your computers! haha! he's great! i love his songs! :)
I love those two little drum fills that start at 4:57 & 4:58. Jerry Croon is the dude's name. One cool cat!
RIP Buddy, BIg Bopper, Ritchie, 50 years ago today.