re: What kind of 6 string can you really buy at the 5 and dime?

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Actually, the song was co-written by a guy who was 17 in 1969.

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FTFY

From Vallance's perspective, it probably was, more or less a literal reference to the year. But, for example, they used Adams' friends/bandmates names, and so forth. '69 probably means all of it - the year (with all that entails, the Beatles were still together, Summer of Love/Woodstock, etc.), vehicles/guitars from that model year, sex, all of it. Songs are open to interpretation, anyway. In fact, I've seen stories that a young Bryan Adams and friends stole a 1969 model motorcycle in 1970 or 1971 - certainly could have been in his mind in writing the song and choosing that number.