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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFavorite 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.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)rurallib
(62,423 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)I Love this song!!
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)But there are really too many great ones to choose just one.
unblock
(52,253 posts)Yeah I actually like the monkees version.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)MissMillie
(38,560 posts)I think it's my favorite too.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)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 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.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)MiltonBrown
(322 posts)Stomping on the bar to the bum bum bum part between 'Sweet Caroline' and 'Good times never seemed so good'
unc70
(6,115 posts)Saw him a couple of times on campus, the first time probably in 1968 or 1969. Gave great concerts.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Love it!!
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Seriously. I don't appreciate his music. Do I really have to pick one?
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)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.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,487 posts)brewens
(13,595 posts)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)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)and now you know something you didn't know this morning.
MiltonBrown
(322 posts)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.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Although I never heard an instant of Neil Diamond's music I didn't love.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Upthread, I said "Solitary Man", but I'm changing my vote to this. It is absolutely amazing.
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Yeah, I was an 80's kid.
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)MFM008
(19,816 posts)......
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Cracklin' Rosie.
NanceGreggs
(27,815 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)I get chills when I hear that song. Another favorite:
Oh and these two:
GP6971
(31,168 posts)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.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)GP6971
(31,168 posts)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)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)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)Two voices that no one could have imagined would work well together. Magical.
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RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)It's actually not, but it hasn't been mentioned yet, and I do like it a lot.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)First I heard, ever, and followed him since. My BFF and I were on radios (lol, with headphones) and walking in a moose wallow.