Just what is meant by this phrase? And just what is Hoagy Carmichael’s song of the same name supposed to be about?
heroin.
i was joking about the heroin, of course. i wonder why no one else bothered to add anything.
Apparently it’s a type of cloud formation:
Ahh, Buttermilk Sky!
Thank you.
I suppose the deeper meaning of the song is that Hoagy Carmichael saw a “buttermilk sky” and it was just a hook to write a catchy tune.
As opposed to Paul McCartney’s “Vanilla Sky”