Re: FW: neil diamond.....

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

Didn't we already agree that we had to apologize to the world for Barry
Manilow?

George Robinson


Seth Rogovoy wrote:
> 
> note the names of a few of Neil Diamond's new songs .... "Elijah's
> Song," "Leave A Little Room For God,"
> 
> Could the Jewish author of songs like "Soolaimon" and "Brother Love's
> Traveling Salvation Show"  be about to become a genuine Jewish songwriter?
> 
> Needless to say we all await his new album with great expectations....
> 
> --sr
> ----------------
> 
> For Immediate Release
> June 22, 2001
> 
>                        NEIL DIAMOND'S THREE CHORD OPERA,
>                     IN STORES JULY 24 FROM COLUMBIA RECORDS
> 
>          New Album Is First To Be Wholly Written & Composed By Diamond
>                              Since 1974's Serenade
> 
>      Columbia Records is set to release Neil Diamond's brand-new album Three
> Chord Opera to stores on July 24. In support of the album, the entertainer,
> who
> has consistently broken attendance records around the world, will take to
> the
> road in the fall for a major U.S. tour with dates and venues to be announced
> shortly. Three Chord Opera is one of the Brooklyn-born Diamond's most
> personal
> records, a song collection which meditates on love and loss while
> celebrating
> life's joys and glories through music, showcasing the patented Diamond blend
> of
> balladry, doo-wop, show tunes, jazz, pop and rock & roll.
> 
>      Interestingly, considering Diamond's formidable reputation as the
> quintessential singer-songwriter, Three Chord Opera marks the first time
> since
> 1974's Serenade in which all the words and music were written by Neil.
> (While
> the vast majority of Neil's catalog has, of course, been authored by
> Diamond,
> there is at least one "cover" or shared song credit on most of his albums.
> This
> includes his last collection of original material, 1996's country-flavored
> Tennessee Moon, which peaked at #3 on the country charts and earned an RIAA
> gold
> certification within six months of its release).
> 
>      Produced by Peter Asher and Alan Lindgren, Three Chord Opera is
> stylistically adventurous and lyrically intimate, a revealing look at the
> inner
> life of Neil Diamond, an artist who continues to communicate the essential
> universal experience of the "Solitary Man."  Tracks on Three Chord Opera
> include: "I Haven't Played This Song In Years," "Don't Look Down," "I
> Believe In
> Happy Endings," "At The Movies," "Midnight Dream," "You Are The Best Part Of
> Me," "Baby Let's Drive," "My Special Someone," "A Mission Of Love,"
> "Elijah's
> Song," "Leave A Little Room For God," and "Turn Down The Lights."
> 
>      Neil Diamond's is an extraordinary career that found him first failing
> as a
> songwriter for other artists before breaking onto the charts with "Solitary
> Man"
> and his first big hit, "Cherry Cherry" in 1966.  He quickly evolved into an
> international pop superstar and icon whose music resists, and transcends,
> ever-shifting fads and changing fashions.  For 35 years, Neil Diamond has
> been a
> consummate hitmaker and perennial superstar.  All-time Diamond classics
> include
> "Cracklin' Rosie," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," and "Song Sung Blue" (all
> #1
> hits); "Love On The Rocks," "I Am, I Said," "Cherry, Cherry," "Holly Holy,"
> "Heartlight," "Sweet Caroline," and "Hello Again" (all  top 10); "Kentucky
> Woman," "Forever In Blue Jeans," "Solitary Man," "September Morn,"
> "Soolaimon,"
> and "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show."  Two tracks, "I'm A Believer"
> and
> "Red Red Wine," both penned by Diamond, were #1 hits by The Monkees and UB40
> respectively.  In 1991, Diamond embarked on the "Love In The Round" tour
> which
> became the #1 top-attended tour for a solo artist.  Diamond has sold more
> than
> 115 million records while, as a live performer, he became the top solo
> concert
> artist of the 1990s, setting box offices records around the world.  Inducted
> into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, Diamond became the recipient of
> that
> organization's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
> 
>      Neil Diamond has never failed to delight and surprise his fans with
> fresh
> approaches to the music that moves him the most deeply.  With Three Chord
> Opera,
> Neil offers his fans a sophisticated musical gift: refined and gleaming and
> multi-faceted.  A real diamond from Neil Diamond.
> 

-- 
George Robinson
Author, Essential Judaism
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at www.GeorgeRobinson.freeservers.com

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