[Vision2020] A tribute to...

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Sat Dec 6 12:58:34 PST 2014 

You are free to believe whatever you want, Mr. Dredge..

The song "American Pie" makes reference to February.  This is not mere coincidence, Mr. Dredge.

"But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver.
Bad News on the doorstep 
I couldn't take one more step."

Coupled with the songs lyrics, ". . . the day the music died" that establish a link to Buddy Holly's "That'll be the day that I die" is unquestionable.

FYI:  Buddy Holly was killed in the plane crash . . . on FEBRUARY 3, 1959.

However, as I prefaced this posting . . .

You are free to believe whatever you want.

'Nuff said.

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
  

> On Dec 6, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Correction Mr. Hansen...
> 
> I was referring to verse 5 of the lyrics you posted below.  This was the day that the music died on December 6, 1969 marking the end of the failed experiment of the 1960s due to too many dope smoking pot heads that comprised the 'generation lost in space'.  I'd encourage you to 'maybe dig a little deeper instead of constantly shooting from the hip', but there would be an echo in here (http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2012-December/087985.html) and I'd be sounding like a broken record.  And note that a broken record in itself could very well be considered 'the day the music died' to someone somewhere sometime.
> 
> I will now refocus the discussion on the day that the music died 45 years ago today and my tribute to Meridith Hunter who I can now see why has been completely and totally forgotten by anyone in the 1960's who spent copious amounts of time breathing in the sweet perfume at halftime.  Oh...and you might consider watching the video I posted.  I find it to be rather heartbreaking.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Meredith_Hunter
> 
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A tribute to...
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 12:10:04 -0800
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> To: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
> 
> Correction, Mr. Dredge . . .
> 
> February 3, 1959 was the "day the music died".
> 
> -------------------------------------
> 
> "The Day the Music Died, dubbed so by a lyric in the Don McLeansong "American Pie", is a reference to the deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. Pilot Roger Peterson was also killed."
> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died
> 
> Monument at the crash site, September 16, 2003
> 
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/The_Day_the_Music_Died.jpg
> 
> "American Pie" by Don McLean
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Don_McLean/American_Pie.mp3
> 
> A long, long time ago
> I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
> And I knew if I had my chance
> That I could make those people dance
> And maybe they'd be happy for a while
> 
> 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
> 
> [Chorus]
> So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
> And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
> Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
> This'll be the day that I die"
> 
> [Verse 1]
> Did you write the book of love
> And do you have faith in God above
> If the Bible tells you so?
> Now do you believe in rock and roll?
> Can music save your mortal soul?
> And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
> 
> Well, I know that you're in love with him
> 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
> You both kicked off your shoes
> Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
> 
> I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
> With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
> But I knew I was out of luck
> The day the music died
> 
> [Chorus]
> I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
> Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
> Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
> This'll be the day that I die"
> 
> [Verse 2]
> Now for ten years we've been on our own
> And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
> But that's not how it used to be
> When the jester sang for the king and queen
> In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
> And a voice that came from you and me
> 
> Oh, and while the king was looking down
> The jester stole his thorny crown
> The courtroom was adjourned
> No verdict was returned
> 
> And while Lenin read a book on Marx
> The quartet practiced in the park
> And we sang dirges in the dark
> The day the music died
> 
> We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
> Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
> Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
> This'll be the day that I die"
> 
> 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 halftime air was sweet perfume
> While the 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' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
> Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
> And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
> This'll be the day that I die"
> 
> Oh, and there we were all in one place
> A generation lost in space
> With no time left to start again
> So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
> Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
> 'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
> 
> Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
> My hands were clenched in fists of rage
> No angel born in Hell
> Could break that Satan's spell
> 
> And as the flames climbed high into the night
> To light the sacrificial rite
> I saw Satan laughing with delight
> The day the music died
> 
> He was singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
> Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
> And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
> This'll be the day that I die"
> 
> I met a girl who sang the blues
> And I asked her for some happy news
> But she just smiled and turned away
> I went down to the sacred store
> Where I'd heard the music years before
> But the man there said the music wouldn't play
> 
> And in the streets, the children screamed
> The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
> But not a word was spoken
> The church bells all were broken
> 
> And the three men I admire most
> The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
> They caught the last train for the coast
> The day the music died
> 
> And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
> And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
> Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
> This'll be the day that I die.
> 
> They were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
> Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
> And singin' "This'll be the day that I die."
> 
> -------------------------------------
>  
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
> 
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>   
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
> 
> - John Lennon
>   
> 
> On Dec 6, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Meredith Hunter.  Completely forgotten, he was the sacrificial lamb on the day that the music died December 6, 1969 - 45 years ago today - at the infamous Altamont Free Concert in Tracy California.  He would now be 63 years old.  RIP.
> 
> "Oh, and as I watched him on the stage,
> My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
> No Angel born in Hell,
> Could break that Satan's spell."
> 
> "And as the flames climbed high into the night,
> To light that sacrificial rite.
> I saw Satan laughing with delight.
> The day the music died.
> He was singing 'Bye, bye Miss American pie...'"
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxnVY37b0ME
> 
> Them Good 'Ol Boys singing 'This will be the day that I die'
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVGM86XIilw
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