Neil Diamond - new CD........I am converted...

[meggmoo]

I remember being scared of him when I was a child

Dh bought me the cd and it is amazing much better than most of the pap in the music charts - you can keep your James Blunts.


Anything else new out that you can recommend? I am in need of updating my music collection.


....and I'm not even an old fart.

[WigWamBam]

It's brilliant, isn't it.

Although everyone laughed at me when I said so on a thread earlier this week so be prepared

[meggmoo]

Ha ha yes I am prepared for that, it's what I would have said too. Don't you love track 5.

I played it for my friend who's getting married in May and she's going to use it!!! Sigh...

[monkeytrousers]

hello again...hello

[WigWamBam]

I do, actually. Although there's not a track on it I don't like. Not sure about Brian Wilson on the remix of Delirious Love but everything else is brilliant.

[moondog]

Luuurve on the Rahks!!!!

Right on Neil. He is brill in a bouffant haired kinda way.
He also paid his wife 50% of his money with no prompting when they divorced,saying she deserved it.

[WigWamBam]

Mmm, looking at the photos on the CD the bouffant hair thing is being replaced by a sort of receeding hair thing now though.

The music's right back to what he was doing in the late 50s, early 60s though when he was at his best so I can forgive him his crimes against hairdressing.

[moondog]

Oh me too WWB!

[BonyM]

Ooh - I think Neil Diamond's great - didn't know he had a new album out. I'm off to Amazon...

meggymoo - the last great album we bought was about 6mths ago so not new, but absolutely fantastic if you like bluesy stuff - Magic Time by Van Morrison.

[NomDePlume]

12 songs ? DH has it but is stuck on his Johnny Cash one atm.

[meggmoo]

Hmmm might look into his back catalogue. I've got to say I had the cd on yesterday evening and my ds said...lovely music...and he's 21 months...he doesn't say that about anything, oh apart from Razzledazzle of course.

[meggmoo]

Was just looking to get some new cd's not a particular genre of music. I bought the Strokes new one and also the Kubb CD which are both ok but I haven't really gotten into them like some CD's I've instantly loved. For me it's quite rare that I have a first listen and go wow.

The last time was with a Kathryn Williams CD, now she's cool.

[moondog]

Oh BM,now you're talking.
Van can do no wrong...

[WigWamBam]

I'm not very up with new music (bit of a boring old fogey) but I like the KT Tunstall one.

[rummum]

I've got a couple of Neil Diamonds songs on my MP3 player...
the girls at work were horrified...

[WigWamBam]

The people who get horrified at the thought of Neil Diamond tend to be the ones who only know the commercial stuff like Song Sung Blue and Sweet Caroline - not his best stuff, it has to be said.

[Callisto]

Neil Diamond? Oh God no. [quickly goes to put some Sex Pistols on]

[WigWamBam]

I like the Sex Pistols too ... can't pigeonhole good music.

[puddle]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet caroline
ba da da da

Fantastic

[meggmoo]

Callisto I love them too. I am just too greedy when I comes to music. I have to hide new purchases from DH and daren't say how much music I really have - most of the cases are in the loft they take up too much room!

[Callisto]

My latest cd purchase is Ballyhoo by Echo & the Bunnymen - songs from my childhood.

[WigWamBam]

That's my era too, Callisto.

[tonton]

Love 12 songs. Can't bear most N Diamond but this is a corker. Rick Rubin does it again! Can't compete with the final Johnny Cash album tho...

[meggmoo]

Johhny Cash.....blerugh ring of fire is poop. (pardon the pun) It's put me off him for life.

[aelita]

My DH got this and loves it - I agree, it is excellent. And yes, he likes the Sex Pistols too. Music snobs should try it out, you might be pleasantly surprised.