Fred: Neil Diamond talks about his theory of song writing and the story of one of his biggest hits “I Am I Said” Neil: Well I Am I Said was really a difficult song because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written and I spent about 4 months writing it and it’s easily the most satisfying lyric that…
John Cook: Good morning, everyone. There’s a special guest in the studio this morning. I have a voice that is very well known to you and that is Peter Edwards, Five AM’s breakfast announcer. Good morning, Peter. Peter: Good morning, Johnny. Good morning, everyone. John: You’ve just had a very hectic and fantastic weekend in Melbourne and you came back this morning and you did your brecky show and you…
Play: “Crunchy Granola Suite” Announcer: You remember the first record you ever bought? Do you remember the first song you really liked that was played on the radio? The first date? The first time you told someone “I love you.” Whatever your memories, the chances are that a particular song stands out in your mind. The various events that have taken place are a good part of your lifetime. During…
Telephone Operator: I have a collect call for you from Mr. Diamond. Interviewer: Yes, we’ll accept that call. Operator: Accept the charge? Interviewer: Yes, we do. Neil: Fine, how are you? Interviewer: There’s lots of press in Sydney, Neil. I think we’ll go around the room, I think, and get names of newspapers in context from each of the press, starting on my left here… Reporters: (introduce themselves and give…
David Frost: Hello, how can we be of assistance to you? Female caller: I was wondering if you can tell me…are we ever going to see The Neil Diamond Special? David: Oh, yes…it was on once on channel 9 in full length…live. Caller: Oh, yes, live…yes. David: And it’s being edited by Neil. So it’s up to Neil, really, to finish everything and then it will be on channel 9,…
Among the writers whose material Jeff Berry used was Neil Diamond. Anything that goes on plastic, the basis of that thing is the song so it seems like a natural thing for me to have been a songwriter first and to understand that and to learn to express myself in that way. Of course when you write you sing all the time. It’s been great for me because over the…
Announcer: ??? biggest convention. At 5:00 on the 17th of February it was filled to overflowing with radio, TV, and press reporters from all over Australia. This was to be Neil Diamond’s only appearance for the media while in the country. Cameras and lighting equipment sent silently in waiting. Reporter’s pens were poised and the conference table was topped by a pitcher of water and enough microphones to fill a…
Neil: ??? New York was a good place to have those kind of dreams because it was a very exciting city. You were always exposed to life. The raw ends of it were always near you …ambulances going by and police and people and children and …it was there. All of life was within a few blocks and so it was very important. I feel it was very good, but…
Announcer – Neil Diamond ………Diamond’s musical odyssey really began half a lifetime ago when he turned sixteen and was given a secondhand guitar. Even then his guitar became the key that opened the door to his dreams and emotions. At high school, music became his life. He’d write songs during every waking moment. And around this time he also turned to performing as a means to an end, getting his…
This interview is a portion of a programme entitled, “Neil Diamond On A Hot August Night.” It was broadcast over KNX-FM in Los Angeles on August 19th, 1975. (Instrumental music of Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show plays……) Good evening, this is Steve Marshall. Two years ago KNX-FM broadcast the first in a series of music specials; a two hour long commemoration of Neil Diamond’s record breaking concert at the Greek…