Thanks, Volkswagen.

[Croney]

I had seen the commercial and thought, "How sad, another sellout." Then yesterday I gave a ride to my granddaughter's 14-year-old friend. He sat in the front seat beside me and started whispering a tune to himself... "Hello darkness my old friend..."

Me: Oh! Are you a Simon and Garfunkel fan?
Him: Whuut?
Me: The song! Sound of Silence! It's their song.
Him: Um...ok, no, I heard a commercial...
Me: Here, I'll tell Siri to play it, it's on my phone.

So we listened to Simon and Garfunkel. And I smiled and held back a tear.

[MyOwnPeace]

1. Good for you!!!

[Iggo]

2. I'm digging that teens and tweens are coming up to me and saying, "Have you heard this song?"

I don't wanna poop on their enthusiasm, so I just go, "Yep. It's great, huh."

[llmart]

3. I sure can relate to that happening.

My very first car was a used VW Beetle - I think it was a 1963. I didn't own many record albums but I sure did own Simon and Garfunkle and played it over and over again. At this stage in my life I truly get nostalgic for so many things. Music can take you back to a simpler time when you were young and had your whole life ahead of you and the sky's the limit. I too get teary like you.

[Archae]

4. VW has a new ad on Pandora..

For their electric cars.

They play the "Flintstones" music while describing old gas engines, and the "Jetsons" theme when they describe their electric cars.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

6. Thanks for that

[DFW]

7. My daughters used to play a song in the 1990s they thought was the best new song in years

I told them it had been a huge hit for a local woman back where I grew up (D.C. area) a quarter century earlier, and they thought I was making it up just to irk them. "Roberta Flack? Who in the world is THAT?"

Who, indeed?

[Iggo]

8. When my neice was 10 or eleven-ish, she discovered this song.

It took some convincing (YouTube not being then what it is now) but she finally believed me.