#bye bye miss american pie

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

In Terry Pratchett's Soul Music, a literal band of misfits accidentally introduces rock and roll to the Discworld. They call it "music with rocks in" because the drummer is a troll who bangs rocks together. The lead guitarist is a curly-haired bard named Imp y Celyn, a fantasy name in a gibberish language Terry Pratchett invented called Welsh, which roughly translates to "Bud of the Holly." He quickly adopts the stage name Buddy.

(I'm only 250 pages in, but the narrator has already mentioned "the day the music died," so Buddy might want to avoid airplanes (if such things exist on the Discworld))

The band that plays the music with rocks in, appropriately named the Band With Rocks In, has such hits as

Don't Tread On My New Blue Boots (Blue Suede Shoes, 1955)

Good Gracious, Miss Polly (Good Golly, Miss Molly, 1958)

Sto Helit Lace (Chantilly Lace, 1958)

They're clearly supposed to represent the early days of rock music, but they have the aesthetic and fans of 1970s punk rock mixed with 1980s glam rock; lots of sequins and glitter and leather and mohawks, and the philosphy that louder is better. The celibate wizards of Unseen University turned red in the face when they heard that some of the lady fans had started throwing their unmentionables onto the stage, which is a considerable feat when you remember the average fantasy costume has like 10 layers.

I'm interested to see where this goes.

[smaeemo]

My niece in 2042: Auntie... What's Tumblr?

Me: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

[one-time-i-dreamt]

For my birthday we went to the liquor store and I got a whole shopping cart full of wine and whiskey.

[dailytraingirl]

the day the music died

[deathcast-offical]

A long, long time ago 🎶🎵🎶

I can still remember 🎵🎶🎵

...

Mateo and Rufus: (screaming out the chorus) SO BYE BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE! DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY!!

[otrtbs]

my emotional support singer just left the chat

[circusclownproductions]

fucking which 70s song poll reminded me of this damn song now I’m going insane in my room looping it over and over

[superfastvorkee]

Rip to my first ever dnd character

[marymoss1971]

Short Star Trek fic w/Original character

A piece from a Starfleet officer's POV from his graduation in 2364 until 2385.

[gay-trashcan-cat]

WHY DOES MY FRIEND HAVE A WEAKNESS TO MISS AMERICAN PIE

"my weakness falling from 21 story building❌

miss american pie✅"

[rotisseries]

i love when songs are 10 minutes like yes king!! you got a lot to say!!! bring your essay to the concert!!

[livesguarded]

Tag Drop.

[geraskierfanficprompts]

Read two good fics about a ship from a fandom I'm not in and today as i napped, I dreamt about them kissing while "Miss American Pie" of all songs played First one to guess the ship gets a cookie

[cannibalismyuri]

anyway I stand by it. american pie fucks supremely

ok real.

[stitch-me-not]

I'm bawling my eyes out so hard that my parents have been laughing at me for the last 10 mins 😭

I can't stop rereading the last paragraph 😭

MATEO AND RUFUS I LOVE U

[p1ckthep01son]

and the three men i admire most, the father, son, and the holy ghost (gch, tai, cobra)...they caught the last train for the coast...the day...the music...died