Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  (CNN) "Nguva refu, refu yapfuura... " Mashoko mashanu iwayo, paanenge ataurwa kana kuti kuimbwa, anoita kuti vana vanokura vafunge pakarepo nezvebhuku raDon McLean rinonzi "American Pie". Zvakaoma kudavira kuti nhetembo yake inoshamisa yemaminiti masere nehafu, iyo mamiriyoni evanhu vokuAmerica anoziva nomusoro, yava nemakore 44 okuberekwa. Mhando dzose dzenhau dzakapesana dzinotamba pamwe chete murwiyo urwu rusina nguva, rwakaisvonaka zvikuru nerwiyo rusingakanganwiki, rwunovamba se"Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie". Hapana nzira chaiyo yokurondedzera nayo "American Pie" yaMcLean nokuda kwokuvhengana kwayo kwenhetembo dzazvino uno nerwiyo rworuzhinji, nziyo dzomubhawa uye dombo repamusoro-soro. Musi weChipiri, Christie's yakatengesa chinyorwa chakanyorwa nemaoko chine mapeji 16 chemashoko orwiyo rwacho nokuda kwemadhora mamiriyoni 1,2 kumutengi asina kutaurwa zita rake. McLean akanga ari mutengesi wepepanhau apo, pana February 3, 1959, akaona kuti Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens naJ.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson akanga afa nenzira inosuruvarisa mutsaona yendege muClear Lake, Iowa. "Zuva rakatevera racho ndakaenda kuchikoro ndakakatyamadzwa uye funga kuti chii chakaitika?" McLean akayeuka. "Hapana aiitira hanya. Rock 'n' roll mumazuva iwayo yakanga yakafanana nehula hoops uye Buddy akanga asina kuva nehurukuro huru mumatafura kubvira muna '57". Nokunyora nenzira yokuchenesa "American Pie", McLean akavimbisa kuti kuyeuka kwavaimbi ivavo vakuru kunogara nokusingaperi. Pashure pokurekodha dambarefu rake rokutanga, "Tapestry", muna 1969, muBerkeley, California, mukati memhirizhonga yavadzidzi, McLean, muNew Yorker womuzvarirwo, akava rudzi rwemhembwe yezviratidzo nokuda kwezvaakadana kuti "chizvarwa chakarasika muchadenga". Apo rwiyo rwake rwetsika "American Pie" rwakabudiswa muna November 1971, rwakabvisa "The Times They Are A Changin" yaBob Dylan sePeople's Almanac yemakore gumi matsva. Zvakakosha kufunga nezve "American Pie" sezvingaitwa ne "Evangeline" yaHenry Longfellow kana kuti "Moon River" yaJohnny Mercer - nhetembo inokosha yeAmerica inobva mukurangarira kunosuruvarisa, rudo rweblues, uye kupikisa kwevechiduku zvakabatanidzwa pamwe chete. Pane mashiripiti ari kuvira mumimhanzi namashoko e"American Pie", nokuti mashoko aMcLean nenziyo zvinogadzira chiroto chenyika yose, seizvo Jack Kerouac akaedza kuita mu...
Manyoro orwiyo rwa"American Pie" anotengeswa kumutengi asingazivikanwi nokuda kwemadhora miriyoni imwe nemazana maviri emadhora. Douglas Brinkley: Rwiyo rwacho, rwakaita somushonga wenguva yarwo, runounza mufaro kuvanhu makore 44 gare gare.