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rurallib

(62,423 posts)
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:24 PM Jan 2018

Favorite Neil Diamond song?

I am not going to post a choice. You folks know what he wrote and performed.
With the recent news of his Parkinson's we need to give him some long coming kudos.

For me it's "Coming To America." I can't think of any other song that really captures what America is supposed too be for immigrants. Especially today.



Second choice is "Longfellow Serenade" simply for the beautiful poetry.

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Favorite Neil Diamond song? (Original Post) rurallib Jan 2018 OP
Solitary Man Skittles Jan 2018 #1
Great song - never understood why it took so long for him to get in the R&R hall of fame rurallib Jan 2018 #5
You beat me Skittles. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2018 #7
As I wrote down below in response to another post... ailsagirl Jan 2018 #24
That's probably mine. Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #39
Im a believer unblock Jan 2018 #2
I think it was the Monkees best song rurallib Jan 2018 #6
Neil Diamond wrote and recorded it MissMillie Jan 2018 #41
I think that is one of the ten best pop tunes from the '60s. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #43
Sweet Caroline dewsgirl Jan 2018 #3
Used to work in a bar and that one always had everybody hootin and hollarin just before closing time MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #16
A favorite here at the University of North Carolina unc70 Jan 2018 #19
Solitary Man. rzemanfl Jan 2018 #4
Same here ailsagirl Jan 2018 #23
Do I have to pick one? Generic Brad Jan 2018 #8
Because, if I do - it has to be Crunchy Granola Generic Brad Jan 2018 #17
Cracklin' Rosie CatMor Jan 2018 #9
Here you go! Another great one! Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 1970 Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #37
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show. Especially a late 60's version from an early brewens Jan 2018 #10
For 40 years I THOUGHT this was my favorite ND song... MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #11
I could see how you could make that mistake rurallib Jan 2018 #12
Glad I figured it out now and not on some quiz show. MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #14
Solitary man. whathehell Jan 2018 #13
"African Trilogy" - a major masterpiece Glorfindel Jan 2018 #15
I agree. Wholeheartedly. Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #40
UB40 version of "Red Red Wine" cemaphonic Jan 2018 #18
I Am, I Said lkinwi Jan 2018 #20
Agree. n/t YvonneCa Jan 2018 #25
Too hard. Stones. Brother Love... Longfellow Serenade. I Am...I Said Roland99 Jan 2018 #21
Cherry Cherry MFM008 Jan 2018 #22
Brooklyn Roads 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2018 #26
Solitary Man, or Hayduke Bomgarte Jan 2018 #27
"Play Me" NanceGreggs Jan 2018 #28
I second Coming to America MustLoveBeagles Jan 2018 #29
Too many to count GP6971 Jan 2018 #30
I love the movie in spite of it's faults MustLoveBeagles Jan 2018 #31
I do too. GP6971 Jan 2018 #34
He did okay considering he's not an actor MustLoveBeagles Jan 2018 #35
I went as far GP6971 Jan 2018 #36
This one is memorable . . . madamesilverspurs Jan 2018 #32
Forever in Blue Jeans RandomAccess Jan 2018 #33
I really like this one also rurallib Jan 2018 #42
Sweet Caroline. raven mad Jan 2018 #38

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)
43. I think that is one of the ten best pop tunes from the '60s.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:26 PM
Jan 2018

There will be lots and lots of competition for "favorite Neil Diamond song," but this gets my vote too. Neil Diamond is so great.

Not to be missed: "Hot August Night." I've got my eye out for that DVD.

Hot August Night/NYC: Live from Madison Square Garden

Hot August Night/NYC is a DVD release from Neil Diamond released on August 14, 2009. The DVD features songs from Diamond's four shows at Madison Square Garden during his 2008 tour. An accompanying 2-CD album was released at the same time.

An edited, hour-long special featuring songs from this DVD was shown on CBS on the night of the disc's release. The special was watched by 13 million viewers.

This is the third in a series of similarly titled live albums; it was preceded by Hot August Night (1972) and Hot August Night II (1987).

Back story:

Several years ago, on a hot Friday night in August, I was channel-surfing, looking for something, anything to watch. "Hot August Night" started up. "Well, it's better than nothing," I thought to myself. Oooooh, was I hooked, in nothing flat. Totally recommended. Great show.

Well, that dates that night. It was August 14, 2009.

MiltonBrown

(322 posts)
16. Used to work in a bar and that one always had everybody hootin and hollarin just before closing time
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:44 PM
Jan 2018

Stomping on the bar to the bum bum bum part between 'Sweet Caroline' and 'Good times never seemed so good'

unc70

(6,115 posts)
19. A favorite here at the University of North Carolina
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 11:23 PM
Jan 2018

Saw him a couple of times on campus, the first time probably in 1968 or 1969. Gave great concerts.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
17. Because, if I do - it has to be Crunchy Granola
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:44 PM
Jan 2018


This song encapsulates the Neil Diamond experience for me.

But I do with him well in his retirement and regret that he has to go through such a physical challenge.

brewens

(13,595 posts)
10. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show. Especially a late 60's version from an early
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:32 PM
Jan 2018

live album. I'd like to get that again. Those things have been repackaged and re released so many times, I might not be able to tell which one very easy on itunes.

MiltonBrown

(322 posts)
11. For 40 years I THOUGHT this was my favorite ND song...
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:32 PM
Jan 2018

but it turned out to be some guy named Andy Kim! I would've bet it all on Jeopardy that it was Neil lol

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
12. I could see how you could make that mistake
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:34 PM
Jan 2018

and now you know something you didn't know this morning.

MiltonBrown

(322 posts)
14. Glad I figured it out now and not on some quiz show.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:41 PM
Jan 2018

A lot of great choices already mentioned. I had forgotten what a great song 'Solitary Man' is. I do believe that 'Cherry Cherry' merits a mention.

Glorfindel

(9,730 posts)
15. "African Trilogy" - a major masterpiece
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:41 PM
Jan 2018

Although I never heard an instant of Neil Diamond's music I didn't love.


Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
40. I agree. Wholeheartedly.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 07:05 AM
Jan 2018

Upthread, I said "Solitary Man", but I'm changing my vote to this. It is absolutely amazing.

GP6971

(31,168 posts)
30. Too many to count
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:17 AM
Jan 2018

I'm a huge fan and the first concert I ever went to was his in 1967.

His movie The Jazz Singer in 1980 was a bomb, but what a sound track...Hello Again, America and Love on the Rocks.

GP6971

(31,168 posts)
34. I do too.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:28 AM
Jan 2018

And he admitted himself that he sucked as an actor. Over time, the critics haven't been as cruel which I'm happy about.

MustLoveBeagles

(11,611 posts)
35. He did okay considering he's not an actor
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:40 AM
Jan 2018

I've seen far worse performances. I'm glad to hear the critics aren't so harsh with it anymore. As a kid I watched it whenever it was on TV. I haven't seen it in awhile. I have to get the DVD.

GP6971

(31,168 posts)
36. I went as far
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:59 AM
Jan 2018

as getting the DVD which I rarely do.

I read somewhere that he had a long cameo appearance in another movie. I'll have to search for it again...I think it was on Wiki.

His sales are going to skyrocket. I found out too late that he was appearing in Seattle in July...by the time I found out they were sold out and online ticket prices were atrocious.

madamesilverspurs

(15,805 posts)
32. This one is memorable . . .
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:25 AM
Jan 2018

Two voices that no one could have imagined would work well together. Magical.




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raven mad

(4,940 posts)
38. Sweet Caroline.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:59 AM
Jan 2018

First I heard, ever, and followed him since. My BFF and I were on radios (lol, with headphones) and walking in a moose wallow.

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