Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of being a king and then became one? Well, no. Not that I can recall.
Neil Diamond may have thrown out some esoteric lines in songs he has written over the past however many decades, as in the lines above from ”I am I said.” This makes me wonder, in reality, I am, I said? No, I guess I am not I didn’t say. He was, he said. But he said he was. Oh well, you can’t always hit a home run….
Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond was born Jan. 24, 1941 in Coney Island. During Diamond’s youth, he spent time in Massapequa and at the south shore beaches during the summer months. It was in the early 1960s when Neil met Jaye Posner, a local school teacher….
Residents in Oak Island are doing the happy dance and singing the praises of Neil Diamond. Four of the twelve brand new homes, courtesy of the music legend Neil Diamond rolled into the community this past week end….
OAK ISLAND, Texas – Residents in the Chambers County community of Oak Island are singing the praises of music legend Neil Diamond. Still struggling to recover more than a year after Hurricane Ike, they are crediting Diamond with single-handedly giving their town a new breath of life….
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the biggest Neil Diamond fan, and any suggestion he should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is met with a shrug of indifference (you know, in the same way a suggestion that any band should be inducted into something as ridiculous as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame).
But over the weekend I was shaking my bits to the disco hits down at Videodrome, and then it happened – Mr. Diamond hovered over the crowd on the giant projector screen, his 1986 semi-hit ”Headed For the Future” synced up perfectly from the DJ booth to the big screen above, and in unison everyone at the bar joined in for a little Neil-worship….
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album…
A Neil Diamond fan is a loyal creature. Under attack, it will hold its lovingly worn copy of Hot August Night high, shielding itself from the stinging rain of musical snobbery….
Dreams are coming true as the drilling and setting of the first pylons for Neil Diamond homes….
Not only has he not been inducted, but on the eve of the Rock Hall’s 25th Anniversary, Diamond still has NEVER appeared on the ballot!
Jon Bream, author of Neil Diamond Is Forever: The Illustrated History of The Man and His Music, wants to tackle that ”egregious oversight” with YOU and your audience….
For all his fame and fortune, at heart, Neil Diamond is still a Brooklyn cowboy.
In ”Neil Diamond is Forever,” an illustrated history of the musician, with exclusive photos and interviews, including coverage of his 2008 tour and this year’s Grammy gala salute, Jon Bream chronicles the pop icon’s rise to fame, starting with his Coney Island roots….
Neil Diamond’s “I’m a Believer,” which was featured in the 2001 “Shrek” film, will be added to the Broadway score of Shrek the Musical beginning Oct. 2….