Also, a live version of this recording is prefaced with a story about Sufjan's classmate in 7th grade, Opie, who was killed. He doesn't say how he was killed, just that he felt like he didn't get to know him as well as he should've.
"Many of us had felt like we hadn't really gotten to know him as well because he was a foster kid. Because, you know how people are in middle school and junior high so, it was kind of a big revelation I think for all of us at that age."
Also, a live version of this recording is prefaced with a story about Sufjan's classmate in 7th grade, Opie, who was killed. He doesn't say how he was killed, just that he felt like he didn't get to know him as well as he should've.
"Many of us had felt like we hadn't really gotten to know him as well because he was a foster kid. Because, you know how people are in middle school and junior high so, it was kind of a big revelation I think for all of us at that age."
Opie died in a car crash.
Opie died in a car crash.