I can not believe 51 years has gone by since this song first came out in 1968. I was only 14 years old then, and a freshman in high school. The song still sounds as fresh to me now that I'm 65, as it did when I was a 14 year old boy. I consider the music of the 60's as the greatest decade in Rock & Roll history. Priceless!
This song reminds me of a guy I was madly in love with from the age of about 14 until I was about 20. We were friends and hung out together and he didn't know I loved him. I found out when he left for Vietnam that he loved me too. It was such a special time in my life. Things didn't work out for us, but my knees still get weak when I think of him and I get tears in my eyes.