The songwriter, Don McLean, begins with the loss of one of his most beloved musicians, Buddy Holly. On February 3rd, 1959, a plane carrying three muscians, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper, crashed in a field in Iowa killing all three musicians and the pilot. This event was significant in several ways to McLean. He not only lost one of his favorite muscians, but it was also a turbulent time in American history, and a lot of changes were taking place. During the 1960's, there was a sexual revolution, where moral attitudes towards sex changed from the more conservative and traditional behaviors, to having a more open-minded attitude about sex, especially sex outside of marriage. There was also a women's liberation movement, to
