[Xenalyte]

Did he do the astoundingly insipid "I Am, I Said"?

I am, I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair

I mean, really.

[lugsoul]

Oh, he does insipid as well as anyone. ;-)

I once thought Diamond was only worthy of humorous derision. Then, many years after I initially saw The Last Waltz, I saw it again and was amazed by how good he sounded being backed by The Band.

That is one of the things that made me realize what a great band they were.

[Riverman94610]

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

[Larry Lucido]

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

- Dave Barry, in his column on amazingly insipid songs

[Artemis Webb]

You don't even know what hideous is until you have heard Diamond sing I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables.

Somehow the idea of a late middle aged man with a disintegrating voice singing a song told from the point of view of a single mother forced into prostitution is a bit much.