Dakki Reads@Jyoti this always reminds me of you and I will not elaborate
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Jyoti MishraFuck me, I *wish* I was anything like #NeilDiamond!
That voice, omg. And THE SONGWRITING. I've been singing his songs for... 45 years now?
These are my three fave ND songs:
Obvs, I love / rip off #TheMonkees
and then the feller himself:
God, I wish I could sing like that. 😢
The Monkees - I'm A Beliver (Original Video HD)
@Jyoti Well, YouTube seemed to think you *were* Neil Diamond at one point
And yeah #NeilDiamond is cool as fuck.
hahah yeah - that was funny.
I think Neil Diamond was the second person I ever remembered the name of from the radio.
The first, and the first pop song I genuinely loved enough to learn the lyrics of was this:
... even though I didn't actually understand the lyrics till after I'd had a number one record.
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
@Jyoti As a human being who was alive in the late 70's I also love that song.
I think my mom still has her Neil Diamond vinyl somewhere. I should ask her.
It fucks me up *every time* I sing it.
When I look at artists like Lenny, Glen, Joni, KRS-1, Devo, Minor Threat, Sandhya Mukherjee, The Sylvers, Gojira, Jonathan Richman, ATCQ, Kraftwerk, Kirsty MacColl, Hemant Kumar, Andrew Gold, Nina Simone, Najma Akhtar and The Monochrome Set...
... it makes me glad that I was alive and was sentient enough to be able to connect with these mad humans through soundwaves which they made.
@Jyoti I don't know half of those bands, I guess I have homework now.
hahah ENJOY!