Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  (CNN) Ichocho "American Pie" yakaisvonaka. Mashoko orwiyo rune mukurumbira rwaDon McLean akatengeswa nemadhora mamiriyoni 1,2 mangwanani eChipiri pamutengo wakatarwa neChristie's. "Chinyorwa chaDon McLean che'American Pie' chakawana mutengo wechitatu wepamusoro-soro wekutengesa pamutengo wemanyoro eAmerica, mutero wakakodzera kune mumwe wevaimbi-vanyori vemimhanzi vezera rake", Christie's Tom Lecky akadaro muchitaurwa. McLean akaudza Rolling Stone kuti yakanga yava nguva yokusiya manyoro acho. "Ndiri kuzosvitsa makore 70 gore rino", akadaro muimbi uye munyori wenziyo muna February. "Ndine vana vaviri nomudzimai, uye hapana nomumwe wavo anoratidzika kuva ane pfungwa dzokutengesa. Ndinoda kuvaitira zvakanakisisa zvandinogona. Inguva". Mumakore ose aya, "American Pie" yave iri imwe yenziyo dzinonyanya kuongororwa uye dzinopokanidzwa munziyo dzepop. McLean akataura kuti mashoko okutanga akafuridzirwa norufu rwaBuddy Holly, asi pashure pacho, kwave kuri kufungidzira bedzi - uko kusina kudzivisa nyanzvi dzomutambo wokufora dzinokosha kuedza kunzvera zviratidzo zviri mumaminiti masere, ndima yemasekondi 33. Jester wacho ndiBob Dylan here? Mutambo wenhabvu weVietnam? "Musikana aiimba rwiyo rweblues" Janis Joplin? (Chimwe chinhu ndechechokwadi: ndege yaBuddy Holly yakanga ISINA kutumidzwa kuti "American Pie".) "Mumakore ose aya ndave ndichinetseka nemibvunzo yose youpenzi yokuti 'Ndiani iyeye?' uye 'Ndiani iyeye?' " McLean akadaro. "Izvi zvinhu zvandisina kumbofunga nezvazvo pandakanyora rwiyo rwacho. Ndakanga ndichiedza kutora chimwe chinhu chisingagari kwenguva refu uye ndakachiwana, asi zvakatora nguva yakareba". Rwiyo rwacho rwakaita kuti aichimbova muimbi wevanhu ave muimbi mukuru. Rwiyo rwacho rwakava No. 1 pakuvamba kwa1972, pasinei nokuti rwakanga rwakareba sei. (Rwiyo rwomunhu oga rwe45-rpm rwakakamura rwiyo nepakati pamativi aro A neB.) Gwaro racho rakashambadzirwa rine mapeji 16: mitsetse 237 yezvinyorwa uye mitsetse 26 yezvinyorwa zvakadhindwa, maererano neChristie's. Inobatanidza mitsetse isingapindi mushanduro yokupedzisira pamwe chete nemashoko akawanda - ose ayo anofanira kuva anoratidza, akadaro McLean. Nhoroondo yebhuku remimhanzi yakakurumbira inochengetwa naBob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", iyo yakatengeswa nemari inosvika mamiriyoni maviri emadhora mu...
Mashoko aDon McLean e"American Pie" akatengeswa ne$1.2 miriyoni. Rwiyo rwacho rune zviratidzo zvakawanda; McLean anoti mashoko acho, manotsi acharatidza zvaanoreva. "Pie" ndiro rwiyo rukuru rwaMcLean, rwakanga rwuri nhamba 1 muna 1972.