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History of Rock and Roll at Molloy College with His Mom's Crew
from Torching Bridges (with David Angelo) · #31
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3 minTim recounts taking his mother, aunt Donna, and Lucille Betelucco to see the Drifters and the Platters perform for an elderly Long Island crowd, describing the raunchy old singer flirting with the audience and an awkward Black History Month announcement that spirals into an oddly Trumpist rant from one performer.
- 2:10Tim took his mother, aunts, and family friends to see the History of Rock and Roll at Molloy College
- 2:39The show featured the Drifters and the Platters, with almost all original members dead except one survivor
- 3:10Tim realizes the Drifters and Platters are legendary bands despite being mostly deceased
- 3:31The Platters performed 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' and Tim found himself actually enjoying it
- 3:52Tim compares it to attending Lincoln Center with his mother's church group and a coach bus full of 75-year-old women
- 4:04The elderly attendees' bodies are literally breaking down from entropy and age-related digestive issues
- 4:18The musicians clearly don't want to perform, and this appears to be their best gig in six months
- 4:37Tim reflects that these gigs are rough for everyone involved and admits he's performed in that same theater
- 4:48Tim questions whether the women in the audience showed up because they were once sexually involved with members of the Platters
The DriftersThe PlattersMolloy CollegeLincoln CenterLucille BeteluccoAunt Donna