i always thought this song was about "the day the music died"(the day Buddy Holly died). before he died, him and Elvis were the only people on American radio. when he died, they replaced him with a bunch of sugar-coated corprate pop. the Who came along afterward and reassured us rock-and-roll has reached a stable condition. then the 90's rolled around and crapped on all that.
i always thought this song was about "the day the music died"(the day Buddy Holly died). before he died, him and Elvis were the only people on American radio. when he died, they replaced him with a bunch of sugar-coated corprate pop. the Who came along afterward and reassured us rock-and-roll has reached a stable condition. then the 90's rolled around and crapped on all that.