Any Neil Diamond fan(atic)s Here?
 

Im one.

One of my favorites is Holly Holy.

And this guy totally nails why.

Anyone else feel this way?

I'm sure some people must.

some other people, that is.

I have a soft spot for Neil Diamond. My mum was a huge fan whilst i was growing up so we often had it playing in the house. My brother was also into him a bit and my brother's best mate when they were kids. In fact my brother's mate ended up as a club singer and neil diamond tribute act :P He's very good

I know...admitting this puts me in dangerous territory...:blush:

Yeah, my Mom loved him and played his albums a lot.

here he is on youtube:), my brother's best mate from childhood, as neil diamond. A friend of the famly I suppose you could say. I used to ride around on his alsatian's back lol. she was called Sheba :)




He's also a good songwriter/singer in his own right. But I think he make shis money doing the Diamond act.

God, that's the first time I have heard him in years. I remember him and our kid practising their stuff in the living room. I particularly remember the day they both came back with electric guitars and an amp lol. A lot of noise for our little stone cottage.

He's pretty good.

Yeah. I've heard him do better actually. I am wondering if that was when he was doing a tour, he sounds
tired.

[eta] yeah, there's a Legends logo at the back of the stage. It was a tour of several tribute acts.

I have memories of my dad playing Neil on the old 8-track on Sundays when I was a kid, the Cracklin' Rosie era. Then my friend in college played Jonathan Livingston Seagull a lot.

It may be cheesy, but I like it. :blush:

I always thought it said "A reverend in blue jeans."

I LOVE Neil Diamond! I love any Jew in flamboyant clothing, actually.

:) :biggrinba

How tragically ironic that, cellar-wise, that leaves you with Sheldon. :lol:

I was thinking that, too, Zen; but Sheldon has spanked me in the past for liking him in that way so I didn't mention it.

BTW, you have been hilariously funny lately---are you always this funny? Cause if you're funny and Jewish AND wear flamboyant clothing...

Wait. Am I a fag hag?

PS not to say that you, ZenGum, are a fag. At all! I just always seem to pick them and small-membered English profs. My cross to bear, if you will.

I don't think I swing that way, but I do notice that I am happily humping a couch in the orgy thread, and I'm starting to wonder. I mean, sofa so good, but is this really my true love-seat? I'm reclined to couch it in those terms and settee the question once and for all.

Well I guess that just leaves it at English professor.

I teach philosophy and critical thinking, thank you very much.

As for the other detail ... well, my thesis was 80,000 words long, that's all I'm saying.

I could tell you were a philosophy teacher because of all those couch and sofa puns up there.

Now. Is 80,000 words, um, over-compensating? I mean, you know, just maybe that's a few words there and unless you're getting paid by the word, OR your thesis won an actual award...


:D

Well, it was a bit of a Goldilocks-factor thing. The require 60 to 100,000 words. I nestled in "juuuuust right".

Doesn't that feel nice?

And no, it didn't win an award. ... but my honours thesis did, and one of my undergrad essays, but I'm not the type to shout that all over a message board to try to impress people. Shush now.

Between the Jonathan Livingston Seagull soundtrack (my favorite is Kyrie) and The Jazz Singer, I've ended up liking him, although not in a "I have to own all of his records" kind of way, which is how I usually approach an artist that I love.

And he wrote I'm a Believer, which is one of my favorite Monkees songs.

I love Kyrie, wolf! I love that whole album.

April somehow got 4 free tix to see Neil Diamond here in St. Louis...his concert has been rescheduled twice and is now this coming Sunday, I believe. The dude fucking rocks, but I'm not good with arenas at the moment, so my brother and parents are going.

I would like to have seen him here in KC, but budgetary concerns prevent it. The Mrs is taking me to see Alanis tonight, though. Neil's "Hot August Night" is still one of the best live albums ever.

Memories....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKgZ6qP4S8

This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU

Ha.