Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Don McLean (i te pikitia) te kaitohutohu o American Pie, ko nga kupu o te waiata kua raruraru mo nga tau tekau. Kāore anō kia puta he waiata rongonui rite tonu ki a ia. Neke atu i te 40 tau, he mea ngaro tonu ngā kupu o te waiata, he mea takai ki roto i tētahi kōpaki rokiroki e waru me te hawhe meneti te roa. I tautohetohehia e ngā whakatupuranga o ngā kaiwhaiwhai geeky, i whakamāramatia, i whakamāramatia anōtia e ngā nerds toka-whakakorekore, ā, i whakaarotia hei whakaaro pakiwaitara i runga i te hītori pāpori o te rau tau 20 o U.S. e ngā mātauranga nui ake, e kīia ana ko American Pie. A, i tēnei wiki, ko ōna kupu, i tuhia ā-ringa i te tau 1971 e tētahi kaiwaiata rangatahi, ko Don McLean, i hokona i te mākete i New York mō te neke atu i te $1 miriona. He nui te moni mō ngā pepa 18, ahakoa he whitu o ngā rerenga kua ngaro. Engari, ki te pono, ki taku whakaaro ko te tangata i hoko mai i a rātau he utu pai. No te mea, i tēnei wā, i te mea kua kore noa iho te tikanga o nga kupu waiata, ka whakaaturia e American Pie, i roto i te raupapa o nga whakaahua, o nga kupu whakarite, o nga tohu, ko te mea anake e taea te mahi i roto i te anga o te waiata pop ngawari. He whakamoemiti anō hoki ki te mātauranga. E aroha ana a McLean ki ngā kupu, e ai ki a ia, 'e tata ana ki te ora.' Tērā pea he whakapehapeha tērā, engari e kitea ana. Ae ra, pērā i ngā kaitito katoa, kāore a McLean i hoatu ki a tātou he kī ki te mōhiotanga o te mea e pā ana ki tana waiata i a ia e tuku ana i tana waiata kotahi miriona-rahi. Tērā pea ka kino. 'Ko te tikanga tenei e kore ahau e mahi ano,' ka tawai ia mo te nui o te moni i riro mai i a ia na te waiata, ka waiho ki a maatau ki te mahi i a maatau ano he aha te 'korero pouri i runga i te paepae o te tatau', me te aha ia 'kaore e taea te tango i tetahi taahiraa atu' i a ia e panui ana. Koia te mea māmā, i te mea, mō te hunga o tōku whakatupuranga, o tōna whakatupuranga hoki, i mōhio ki te matenga i roto i te tukinga rererangi i te tau 1959 o tētahi o ngā kaiwaiata-kaiwhakatangitangi nui tuatahi o te toka, a Buddy Holly, i te wā i pānuihia ai e mātou i roto i te niupepa o te ata. Ka rite ki te waiata a McLean, he tino 'Te rā i mate ai te puoro'. I runga ahau i te pahi Ripple e haere ana ki te kura i Lancashire, e titiro ana ki te pokohiwi o te tangata i mua i ahau i taku kitenga i te upoko korero. Ko McLean, e ai ki...
Neke atu i te 40 tau, kua pōhēhētia ngā kupu o American Pie. I tēnei wiki i hokona atu te kupu ā-ringa mō te neke atu i te $ 1 miriona i te huatau. Kei roto i ngā rerenga kōrero he tohutoro huna ki ngā kaupapa whakahirahira o ngā tau 50 me ngā tau 60. Kei roto ko ngā mihi ki a Buddy Holly, Charles Manson me Martin Luther King.