:01:02
'This is the fallen area of the Bronx.'
:01:04
'My home.'
:01:06
'A world unto itself.'
:01:08
'We're 15 minutes away from any bar,
:01:10
but they might as well be
three thousand miles away.'
:01:14
'The sound of Mount Carmel church
bells would fill the neighbourhood.'
:01:20
# On the streets of the Bronx
:01:25
# Is where I wanna be
:01:29
'It was 1960 and doo-wop was
the sound on the streets.'
:01:32
# Standing on the corner
:01:36
'It felt like there was a doo-wop group
on every corner back then.'
:01:42
'What a time it was.'
:01:45
'The Yankees were playing
The Pirates in the world series,
:01:49
and Mickey Mantle
was like a god to me.'
:01:51
'My dad would take me to watch
the Yankees win at Yankee Stadium.'
:01:58
'That's the Chez Bippy.'
:01:59
'That's where all the guys hung out,
but I'll tell you about them later.'
:02:07
'That's my building.
I live on the third floor.'
:02:10
'667 East 187th Street.'
:02:15
'There's my stoop.'
:02:19
'And on summer nights,
in the neighbourhood,
:02:22
you'd hear the young Italian
men romancing their women.'
:02:25
Hey, Marie!
:02:27
-Get in the fucking car!
-No!
:02:30
Get in the car!
:02:31
Leave me alone.
:02:33
-Come on, you know I love you.
-Bullshit!
:02:35
Will you get in the fucking car!
:02:47
'And right there -
right under that lamppost,
:02:50
stood the number one man
in the neighbourhood.'
:02:53
' Sonny.'
:02:55
'Everyone loved Sonny,
and they treated him like a god.'
:02:58
'And in my neighbourhood
he was a god.'