A Piece of the "Pie"

Ask anyone what was the defining moment in the rock history of the 1960s

was and all you will get is a one word answer: Woodstock. The three day

rock festival that defined an era was only one of many music festivals of the

'60s. But Woodstock has come to symbolize, "an era of peaceful, free-

loving, drug- taking hippie youth, carefree before harsher realities hit..."

(Layman 40). The Woodstock festival ended a century filled with many

metamorphoses of rock'n'roll, from the era of pop music to the rebirth of

folk music to the invention of acid rock. But some cynics say that

rock'n'roll died with the death of Buddy Holly before the 60s even began.

One such person is Don McLean. The poet behind the haunting epic song

about the death of 'danceable' music, McLean wrote the ever popular

song, "American Pie" (appendix 1). The most important song in rock'n'roll

Around you have grown

unearthed. "American Pie" is not only a song, it is an epic poem about the

McLean himself won't reveal any symbolism in his songs, "American Pie" is

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' or the Army playing marching music

Slow dancing was important in the early days of rock and roll, but they lost

thousands of Americans fleeing to Canada to escape the draft, people were

seemingly it hit bottom in the self-destructive era of hippies and drug use

the pure American art of rock and roll. The Chevy is the icon of America.

Or you'll sink like a stone

catching the train, which symbolized that they simply left (Kulawiec).

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