Diamond Girl

[skcin]

Hands, touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touchin' me
Touchin' you

I f*cking love me some Neil Diamond. I saw him live last night & that guy still rocks. We had seats in the upper level, but they upgraded us to lower level behind the stage. We were unsure about this, but figured if the seats sucked we could just move. They turned out to be really good, he has a walkway around the entire stage so he played to us quite a bit and there was a huge screen right in front of us, so we saw everything.

Of course, at 30 we were by far the youngest ones there. Too funny. People looked at us like we were nuts. Oh, and Neil? Has groupies! There were a few chicks in the front few rows all whored up for him, jumping around & holding up signs. I like the guy, but I don't think he's hot or anything. Nice ass though, he must work out.

He sang for over 2 hours straight & sang pretty much every song I can think of EXCEPT "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" (which I hate - so I didn't really care) and "Solitary Man" (which I love - very disappointed he didn't do it.)

Cherry, Cherry
Play Me (teeheehee)
You Don't Bring Me Flowers (barf)
Kentucky Woman
Shilo
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (possibly my favorite Neil song - he closed with this)
America (so much fun)
Love on the Rocks (...ain't no surprise...)
The Grass Don't Pay No Mind
Crunchy Granola Suite (opener)
Desiree
Forever In Blue Jeans (wait, maybe this is my favorite)
Jonathon Livingston Seagull (stupid video of this stupidass seagull)
Holly Holy
Soolaimon
I Am, I Said
I'm a Believer
Sweet Caroline (probably the only tims the majority of the crowd was up on its feet.)
There were 3 or 4 more that I didn't recognize.

Oh, and I got a kickass shirt. Its a black fitted long sleeved T that says "Diamond Girl Forever" on the front with pink rhinestones around it and "Neil Diamond Tour 2005" down one sleeve. They also had a cool orange long sleeved T shirt (not fitted, more of a man's shirt) that I loved but I could only afford one ($38 each) & I'm a sucker for sparkles.

Yup. I'm a loser. And I don't care who knows it.

Anyone else love The Neil? Favorite/least favorite songs?

[trackaghost]

Did he wear a sequined shirt? Did he?

Favourite Diamond tune: Cracklin' Rosie.
I love the way it speeds up.

Oh and Play Me
"You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
.... play me"

genius!

[bikerchic]

[QUOTE=skcin
I f*cking love me some Neil Diamond.

Yup. I'm a loser. And I don't care who knows it.

Anyone else love The Neil? [/QUOTE]

What has happened to you?

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by bikerchic

What has happened to you?

What???!!! The Diamondman is seriously cool! I loves me some Diamond.

Time to break out the Diamond picture again that Amber loves so much...

[amber]

I would go see him. Not by myself, though. I like a lot of his songs.
Score, Paula.



Ah, Trackie, I knew you'd bust it out.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Did he wear a sequined shirt? Did he?

Black with silver designs in the front & back.

[dissention]

I love me some Neil Diamond. Love him. Sounds like a great show, but I adore "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon," Paula. Especially in Pulp Fiction when Uma is snorting heroin. I'm officially jealous, you lucky wench.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by dissention

I love me some Neil Diamond. Love him. Sounds like a great show, but I adore "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon," Paula. Especially in Pulp Fiction when Uma is snorting heroin. I'm officially jealous, you lucky wench.

MMMWWWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

That's my evil laugh.

Actually, "Girl..." has grown on me slightly over the years, but still not a fave. The music? Kickass. The lyrics? Blech.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by skcin

Black with silver designs in the front & back.

I've had a crappy day today, but just to hear that makes me feel heaps better.
Neil is still wearing his sequined shirts and all is right with the universe.

I so regret not going to see him live earlier this year.

Paula please, please, please post a picture of your Diamond Girl shirt!

[hayley]

I saw him a couple of weeks ago in Chicago. The shirt was black and sparkly. Beautiful!

I was disappointed he didn't sing "You Got To Me," as it is my favorite. The groupies ARE amazing, though. They were alternately the funniest yet creepiest thing I've ever seen...

... and Paula, if you felt out of place, think how I felt. At 22? Definitely got some weird stares.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by hayley

I saw him a couple of weeks ago in Chicago. The shirt was black and sparkly. Beautiful!

I was disappointed he didn't sing "You Got To Me," as it is my favorite. The groupies ARE amazing, though. They were alternately the funniest yet creepiest thing I've ever seen...

... and Paula, if you felt out of place, think how I felt. At 22? Definitely got some weird stares.

Wel, ya know, I do look about 22, so...

JK - it was weird. I felt SO out of place. It was definitely an all-white middle class middle age environment. It didn't help that we were sucking the beers down either - well, it helped us, but it didn't help the people around us . We weren't obnoxiously drunk, but there were more than a few "We love you Neil! Play ME, Neil" s yelled out.

[Dreammms]

I am so jealous!!!! I would love to see Neil live. Hmm I guess I will watch his Greatest Hits Live DVD from 1988.

Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America

[skcin]

I could have sworn he did Kentucky Woman. Oh well.

For Sharon: review complete with sparkly shirt pic:

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial...25/1006306.asp

[trackaghost]

Thanks Paula!
Woah, that is one handsome looking shirt!
Love the Diamond man - he's still got it! Listening to Kentucky Woman right now

[BTFLCHLD]

im going in november