NEIL DIAMOND

[GSWarrior]

Neil Diamond! Let's rock.

[secret garden]

Isn't that horrible? He did a show in Nashville and when my neighbors told me they were going and they were pretty excited about it, I realized how different we were. We only have about 7 years difference between us but I wouldn't be caught dead at one of his shows or listening to him. Which movie was it with Jack Black and his band of ND impersonators?

[hobbes1]

Saving Silverman.

[big'ol_freeper]

Hooah.

[secret garden]

That's it! Thanks!

[rogue yam]

Isn't that horrible?

Yes it is. Neil Diamond has written a dozen or so very hummable pop melodies, but though the lyrics aren't always excruciating, they are often so. That said, he is a consumate professional. He has taken a limited vocal range, marginal looks, and a handful of pop songs and made zillions. He accomplished this great feat (no sarcasm here, many others tried and failed, right?) mainly by keeping out of the public eye except when he can control all aspects of his presentation for maximum saleability. I'll bet his mother is/was extremely proud of him!

[Riverman94610]

Best Neil Diamond songs?
Brooklyn Roads
Shiloh
Girl,You'll be a Woman Soon
Solitary Man
Longfellows Serenade

[Xenalyte]

"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" is downright creepy.

It's right up there with "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.

[Xenalyte]

However, the Urge Overkill cover of "Girl" rocks. (Find it on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.)

[Dionysius]

I liked him fine before he took up with Barbra Streisand. "You Don't Send Me Flowers Anymore" makes me gag. His attempts at acting kinda sucked as well.

[Clemenza]

On the boats and on the planes, they're coming to America...(legally and illegally).

Will somebody PLEASE post the cover of "Hot August Night?" DNDMSB did the honors a few months ago.

[Clemenza]

You forgot to add "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" by Maurice Chevalier.

[Clemenza]

HANDS...TOUCHING HANDS...REACHING OUT...TOUCHING ME...TOU-CHING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, memories of dad blasting that out of the car radio in his Riviera as we drove to Lido Beach.

[Clemenza]

He has taken a limited vocal range, marginal looks,

As a commentator in "I Love the 70s" noted: "Neil Diamond was sexy in a sense that he makes you think of your teachers having sex."

I always thought Cracklin' Rosie was a song about S&M, but that shows that I have a dirty mind.

[Larry Lucido]

"Mr. Diamond, your Barcalounger is on line one."

- Dave Barry, in his column on amazingly insipid songs

[over3Owithabrain]

Free Man in Paris is good too. Glory Road. Be. Play Me. Cracklin' Rosie. Etc.

I'm a big Neil fan and I take some heat for it but I don't care. Many times in a somewhat lonely childhood his music took me through many kinds of moods. I hope to see him soon in Atlanta for the first time. I know he's a Dem but I'm ok with that.

[over3Owithabrain]

Neil is no Olivier (his co-star in Jazz Singer), but the movie wasn't all that bad.

[OldEagle]

Nobody has mentioned Red Red Wine???

[Black Tooth]

All in all, a good night and a great concert. Makes you wonder why the media ignores guys like Diamond, he openly praises the United States

Diamond is great, and make a lot of good songs. However, he isn't the Rolling Stones either. It's not the media alone that made the Stones. It was their music that made them the best rock band ever. If not the best, at least in the top two or three.

[DumpsterDiver]

Is this the one you're thinking of?