It's the aerial shot of Tony's beautiful blue Imperial LeBaron sliding through the back streets. Back when Little Italy was very much Little Italy.
Never knew about Johnny Ace's death. And man, this makes the tune all the more haunting. From wikipedia:
It was widely reported that Ace killed himself playing Russian roulette.[5][6][7] However, Big Mama Thornton's bass player, Curtis Tillman, who witnessed the event, said, "I will tell you exactly what happened! Johnny Ace had been drinking and he had this little pistol he was waving around the table and someone said ‘Be careful with that thing…’ and he said ‘It’s okay! Gun’s not loaded… see?’ and pointed it at himself with a smile on his face and ‘Bang!’
