Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Don McLean (ari pamufananidzo) ndiye anogadzira American Pie, mashoko ayo ave achishamisika kwemakumi emakore. Hakuna kumbobvira kwava norwiyo rwakakurumbira rwakadaro. Kwemakore anopfuura 40, mashoko aro ave ari chakavanzika akaputirwa mupuzzle yer rock 'n' roll yemaminiti masere nehafu. Yakatsinhaniswa nezvizvarwa zvevateveri ve geeky, yakatsanangurwa ndokudzokororwazve nenyanzvi dzedombo dzinotsemura kodhi uye yaifungidzirwa kuva mifungo yenhetembo panhau yemagariro eAmerica pakati pezana ramakore rechi 20 nenyanzvi dzedzidzo dzakatonyanya kukura, inonzi American Pie. Uye vhiki ino mashoko aro, akanyorwa noruoko muna 1971 nomuimbi muduku wevanhu ainzi Don McLean, akatengeswa pakutengesa muNew York neanopfuura $1 miriyoni. Imari yakawanda nokuda kwemapepa 18, kunyange zvazvo ine ndima yechinomwe yakarasika. Asi, kutaura chokwadi, ndinofunga kuti munhu akaatenga akawana chinhu chakanaka. Nemhaka yokuti, muzera rino, apo mashoko enziyo anenge asisina revo, American Pie inoratidzira, munhevedzano yemifananidzo, mienzanisiro uye kutaura, izvo bedzi zvinogona kuitwa mukati mechimiro cherwiyo rwomutinhimira rwakajeka rwepop. Irowo rumbidzo yedzidzo. McLean anoda mashoko, iye anodaro, 'anodokuva zvikuru seupenyu.' Ikoko kungava kunyanyisa kuduku, asi kunoratidzika. Chokwadika, kufanana navanyanduri vose, McLean haana kutipa kiyi yechakavanzika cheizvo rwiyo rwake rwakanga rwuri apo akabudisa rwiyo rwake rwuri kutengeswa mumamirioni akawanda. Izvozvo zvingadai zvakavaparadza. 'Zvinoreva kuti handizombofi ndakashandazve,' aizoseka pamusoro pokuti rwiyo rwacho rwakanga rwamuwanisa mari yakawanda sei, achitisiya kuti tizvionere timene kuti'mashoko anosuruvarisa pamusuo' aiva chii chaizvo, uye nei iye 'asina kukwanisa kutora rimwe danho' apo akarirava. Ichocho chakanga chiri rutivi rwuri nyore, chokwadika, nokuda kwomunhu upi noupi worudzi rwangu norudzi rwake uyo akadzidza nezvorufu mutsaona yendege muna 1959 rwomumwe wevanyori vokutanga vokutanga vokunyora nziyo dzerock, Buddy Holly, apo takarava nezvazvo mupepanhau ramangwanani. Seizvo McLean anoimba, kwakanga kuri chaizvoizvo 'Zuva iro nziyo dzakafa.' Ndakanga ndiri mubhazi reRibble ndichienda kuchikoro muLancashire, ndichitsvaka murume aiva pamberi pangu pandakaona musoro wenyaya. McLean, maererano ne...
Kwemakore anopfuura 40, mashoko e"American Pie" ave achishamisika. Vhiki rino mashoko akanyorwa noruoko akatengeswa nemari inodarika $ 1 miriyoni pakutengeserana. Ndima dzacho dzine mashoko akavanzika ezviitiko zvinokosha zvomuma50 nama60. Inosanganisira kurumbidza Buddy Holly, Charles Manson naMartin Luther King.