“Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?”
Don McLean (1945) American Singer and songwriter
Song lyrics, American Pie (1971), American Pie
“I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died.”
Song lyrics, American Pie (1971), American Pie
Context: 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.
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Don McLean (1945) American Singer and songwriter
Song lyrics, American Pie (1971), American Pie
Context: 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 woudn'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.
Don McLean (1945) American Singer and songwriter
Song lyrics, American Pie (1971), American Pie
Context: 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.
Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You
“Speaking of Satan, I was watching Rush Limbaugh the other day.”
Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian
Rant in E-Minor (1997)
“Without Satan, with God only, how poor a universe, how trite a music!”
Olaf Stapledon book Last Men in London
Source: Last Men in London (1932), Chapter VII: After the War.
Edvard Munch (1863–1944) Norwegian painter and printmaker
Quote in 'Livsfrisen tilblivelse', Blomqvist, Oslo 1929, p. 12
1896 - 1930
