Tommy James & The Shondells - Il Dolce Vino Sweet Cherry Wine

Still jamin 2023 u Heard ???

Inspired

Who is listening in 2023?

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I remember hearing this for the first time in the corridor of my high school when I was 13 in 1969

I first heard this song probably when I was around 8 years old. That was in 1993. I used to sing along to this song through a box fan to mimic the vocal effects when I would listen to it with my grandparents. Ten or so years later when I was around 17 I felt like I understood the song much better. It connected so much with my ideas of teenage love and the fleeting nature of life and how you should live in the moment. There were more than a few times I listened to this one while dropping acid in high school.

Now, 30 years after I heard it for the first time, it has so much more meaning than I ever could have imagined. Truly a timeless classic. This version with the extended solo is the only way to listen to it. Just so rich. The ending makes more sense now too, like after you've lived through all of those feelings, it's the culmination of finally coming to a sense of complete fulfillment, that every experience bad or good, all had their purpose in shaping your life to get to this moment. Hopefully you enjoyed those experiences and learned something along the way and also now have the realization that it's never truly over; you just keep on living and experiencing life.

This has to be one of my top five favorite tracks ever. I suppose depending on the mood, the order changes, but this is frequently #1 for me.

This song and Donovan's "Hurdy Grudy Man" probably give me as close a feeling for the ambience of the late 1960's as i can without the benefit of a actual time machine ...just missed the 60's being born late 1970 but Gen Xers grew up completely absorbed in "oldies" thks to AM Radio and the many GTO radio programs that aired back then ..not to mention parents , uncles , aunts etcs....remember driving with my late dad in 78/79(i would've been nine) in his 69 Charger listening to the only 3 8 tracks he had ..Elvis's 50's and early 60's greatest hits , Buddy Holly 's Greatest hits and The Beach boys greats hits....lol so yeah i was already old school at heart l as very young pre teen kid

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For eternity ...

How funny, this version has the steel guitar solo and an extended guitar solo with sound effects.
I never heard this version until years after it was on the radio.
Great sound.

46 million views holy butthole that's a lot

A go to for every trip with Lucy