SONG
SUNG BLUE?
If
there was such a thing as a Fountain of Youth I really wish that Neil Diamond
would find it and take a plunge!
He,
like all the rest of us, is going to grow old, and I cannot bear the thought of
the world without him in it!
Thanks to technology we have the miracle of recordings and videos but
there is nothing like knowing that the man and his voice is alive!
Neil
Diamond’s music has been nurturing my soul since I first heard him belting out
SONG SUNG BLUE way back in the day.
His
music, his rhythms and the beautiful poetry of his lyrics seem to touch the
deepest sensibilities of the human spirit. Can you deny this as you hear him sing “I am, I said”; or
Canta Libre? His “Sweet
Caroline” has become almost a national anthem!
He has set me dancing with “I’m alive”,
“Yesterdays Songs” and “Beautiful
Noise”, and he has comforted me in my grieving with “And the Grass won’t pay no
Mind” and the beautiful melodies from the SeaGull Suite.
Last
night asI sat reading with Tennessee Moon playing softly, most of the songs on
this CD were new to me and seemed to lack the energy of his earlier music.. . .
.until the strains of REMINISCE FOR A WHILE awoke my heartstrings! Perhaps it was just my mood ( Claude
has been much on my mind of late)...
The pathos in his voice as he sang seemed
to come from his own personal heartbreak. . . . . . and he made me believe he understood
mine.
That is the genius of Neil Diamond.
That is the genius of Neil Diamond.
I’D
MUCH RATHER STAY
BUT
I’LL BE ON MY WAY
AND
NEVER AGAIN SEE YOU SMILE..
FOR
ALL THAT IT’S WORTH
I’D
MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH
TO
JUST REMINISCE FOR A WHILE.
Betty
L. Owen
Journals
2013
4 comments:
I was raised on Neil Diamond reel-to-reel recordings that my dad played. Taproot Manuscript is still my favorite. I love ND in ways that I'll never be able to appreciate other singer-songwriters. He is amazing. He is my childhood with my dad, me singing Song Sung Blue wearing paint-spattered overalls halfway up the ladder as dad was painting the house at the top. He's my dad sneaking up on me on my swing and saying, "I AM THE LION!" He was the soundtrack for most of the significant events in my young days, when i had NO BUSINESS liking ND and should have given more of my time to Shaun Cassidy, not that Shaun Cassidy didn't get plenty of my time! I still love Neil unabashedly, which was a heresy during my college and grad. school years. You tell 'em, Betty-O! Neil IS a diamond!
-- Ailise
x
loved getting your feedback,
Ailise
Thank you, anonymous!
i'm glad to have had you mention the blog so that i can read it, now! and i apologize for being anonymous and also putting my name. i just didn't want to log in with google! x
--- ailise anonymous. or, anonymous ailise. or, not anonymous ailise, more like.
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