Neil Diamond's "America"

[+ Avalon]

 

An appropriate song for this holiday time.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(Neil_Diamond_song)

[RM]

Awesome

[bostonman]

Appropriate, yes. But I have to confess I've always hated this song. No malice intended.

[+ Seaninsf]

But Neil Diamond performing America, or better yet, Sweet Caroline, on the Esplanade is pretty awesome!

[bostonman]

Yes, true. Even if "Sweet Caroline" may have some questionable creepiness in it, lol. (Of course, it's also heard at all Sox home games, lol.)

[+ azdr0710]

Yes, true. Even if "Sweet Caroline" may have some questionable creepiness in it, lol. (Of course, it's also heard at all Sox home games, lol.)

 

didn't know that!.....what is the creepiness?!.....the melody of "Sweet Caroline" has always appealed to me and reminds me of good times when I was very young and it was a current hit......

 

EDIT: I looked up the creepiness....has to do with Neil writing the song after seeing a picture of Caroline Kennedy as a very young girl......"touching me, touching you" - yeah, maybe a bit creepy!!

 

the linked video above is, of course, a scene from his 1980 movie, "The Jazz Singer", so it's not really a live "real" concert......that's Laurence Olivier playing his father.......still, the song is inspirational and upbeat......the opening transition from classic orchestra to a somewhat-rock beat is nice

Edited July 6, 2018 by azdr0710

[Mo Mason]

"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" always had kind of a creepy tone to it as well. To me.

 

But I like them. I like Neil Diamond. "I Am... I Said" is probably my personal favorite.

[+ WilliamM]

 

An appropriate song for this holiday time.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(Neil_Diamond_song)

 

 

Far more like Streisand in concert than Garland. Garland kept it simple beccause she was usually broke.

Edited July 23, 2018 by WilliamM