I could always see “AP” as a double meaning. Literally looking at Buddy Holly et all in the crash, and figuratively transposing it to a more general issue.
Glad he did, because he was right.
Glad he mentions how there is no more romance, not poetry. He is right. Didn’t know he was this perceptive.
I always got that sense of the song, even before I figured out the Buddy Holly reference. Probably because I’m from a younger generation, so I only caught all the historical stuff later. Yet, it always stood out as a different kind of song when it hit the radio. The chorus was catchy, but sad, like a dirge that you wanted to dance to.