RE: FW: neil diamond.....

[Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy...>]

oy, and then read the interview with Gene Simmons in this week's Forward for
someone to be TRULY ashamed about...

> 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
> Please visit my website, "Essential Judaism and Beyond"
> at www.GeorgeRobinson.freeservers.com
>
>
>

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