November 22, 1963

Yesterday was the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination in Texas. The only reason I know this is because of the 1979 song "November 22, 1963" by Destroy All Monsters. I can't find lyrics but it opened with "November 22, 1963, a shot rang out not from one from three" and had in the chorus "Jackie, Jackie Kennedy, hold onto his brains".

Equally good but known by all is "Bullet" by the Misfits, when they were more Ramones than Iron Maiden:

President’s bullet-ridden body in the street/Ride, johnny ride/Kennedy’s shattered head hits concrete/Ride, johnny ride/Johnny’s wife is floundering/Johnny’s wife is scared/Run, jackie run/Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead/Texas is an outrage when they pick up his head/Texas is the reason that the president’s dead/You gotta suck, suck, jackie suck/President’s bullet-ridden body in the street/Ride, johnny ride/Kennedy’s shattered head hits concrete/Ride, johnny ride/Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead/Texas is an outrage when they pick up his head/Texas is the reason that the president’s dead/You gotta suck, suck, jackie suck/Arise jackie o, jonathon of kennedy/Well, arise and be shot down/The dirt’s gonna be your dessert/My cum be your life source/And the only way to get it/Is to suck or f--k/Or be poor and devoid/And masturbate me, masturbate me/Then slurp it from your palm/Like a dry desert soaking up rain/Soaking up sun/Like a dry desert soaking up rain/Soaking up sun

A third Kennedy song that comes to mind is Human Sexual Response's "Jackie Onassis", which wasn't as brutal as the other too. I was only 2 1/2 when Kennedy was shot, but it's seared in my memory that Camelot died that day and life would horribly suck from then on in. Seared.