I’d Have To Explain This To My Adult Daughter

"The Day the Music Died" was sixty-five years ago this week: pic.twitter.com/F2PW0VSiha

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) February 1, 2024

And even then she’d just say: “Oh, okay.”

And my loss of innocence was Kent State. Which was about a year before McLean’s song was released. And as far as I know, isn’t referenced there.

“Tin soldiers and Nixon comin,/We’re finally on our own/This summer I hear the drummin’/Four dead in Ohio.”

Oh, okay…