Takes a lot to make this 76 year old Italian guy tear up and cry. That’s what you did with the opening song “Those Oldies But Goodies” by Little Caesar and the Romans. Reminds me of my days, late 50’s early 60’s, cruising the drag on Main St Hackensack NJ. With my ride and gal sitting next to me, only bench seats back then. Great memories.
You’re very lucky to have grown up in that era. As for myself, I’m 63, and so am also fortunate, having grown in the 60s and 70s. I feel so bad for the kids growing up in this garbage culture of more recent decades. Many of us here are indeed extremely lucky in this sense. In any case, I’m very happy it brought back some nice memories for you. I’m only half Italian, btw. My mother was 100%, my father was down south in Tennessee. They met in New York’s Central Park while he was on leave from the Navy back in the 1940s.