Hot August Night, my folks album, couldn't have been 10, couldnt stop playing it. Saw him live twice. A truly amazing songwriter and professional. He never sold his soul.
@@1punch_man talent.. hard work and no auto tune.... and realization hes not god just a man a father a singer and a man.. god created him to spread vocal love
Me too! 😂. Grew up in the 70’s and missed this Neil Diamond song but then again it was 1969. Love how Tarantino brings back the classics for the younger generations. Video did not disappoint!
I liked this song when it first came out, and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood reminded me of it. I'm an atheist, but still find the song entertaining, inspiring and invigorating.
@TheTruthIsRacist what a ridiculously judgemental and ignorant thing to say. Maybe people have seen the film, enjoyed hearing Neil Diamond singing it again (or for the first time even) and have just come here to see him performing it. Nothing more, nothing less, just the pleasure of hearing and seeing Neil Diamond doing one of his great songs.
20 years after his passing I can still remember my dad listening to Neil Diamond every day. 99% of the time this would be the first song that he would listen to. Thanks for the memories.
I saw him three times. We need SO much more of his style of music and class in this world! He is one of my all-time favorites!!! The kids in this world need to hear him as well.
Saw him in the mid-70s in Birmingham, Alabama...a 3-hour concert, and have never seen another concert by anyone that even came close. The gold standard...still listen to him all the time!
One of my favourite songs. When Neil performs, its like a revival rally. you go home feeling good and uplifted. Thats the mark of genius and true artiste
Murray Dickson so how was this concert marketed - did it say it was a TV set for a cable special, or was it just marketed as a concert? Did it seem to be 'stocked' with celebrities and younger people like biographers have noted?
My sons brought me 2 tickets for his show @ Madison Square Garden 10 yrs ago as a birthday gift. 2 hours of entertainment non stop. Greatest performer of our time. So sad that now he will not be touring due to Parkinson's. He will be sorely missed but his music will always be here
I miss my dad so much, everytime I listen to Neil I have great memories of riding around with my dad and we both would sing out loud with the windows down. ❤
My first concert we Me Neil Diamond I was 16 years old. To day I am 57 year old he is my favorite singer of all time. we need to keep this music alive.
I've always loved this song. I appreciate Neil just singing it out with real love and respect for the people who did this kind of work. What an incredible talent! Another New Yorker gifted by God with song.
Just got to see my Mother and Father laughing and dancing in the kitchen to this song..... God rest their wonderful shining souls. Thank you for the memories!!
I was lucky to have been taken to these concerts since I was in diapers. .. then I was the crazy 8 month crazy pregnant lady dancing. Three generations loving next these songs!
No he never converted. He wrote this song as an artistic representation of a "tent revival". He also has done two Christmas LP's as have several Jewish singers.
+joni greenwood he's agnostic, like most people if they're really honest with themselves. Something is probably out there, but you don't really know and neither does anybody else.
Neil!! Love & ADORE this Great Superstar! My greatest Childhood Crush! A Beautiful Talented Giant! Keep seeing my Superstar! praying for Neil Diamond!!🙏🏻✝️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😇This is a small sample of his Best???❤️🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
Back when I was a student DJ in college, I made sure I played this song as often as possible...I love songs with soul...that's why I also dig our very own L.A band Blackeyed Pea...some of their music reminds me of this. I challenge you to find the song to which I'm referring.
This was a little before my time but my dad was a huge Niel Diamond fan and had him playing the car. He had a good voice and always singing along. I bought a Niel Diamond cassette tape when my parents got divorced as his voice reminded me of my dad. But back the the point. Niel is a flawless artist and always has been. Read his biography on his The Bang Years album. This star didnt have it easy but he rose to the top despite the struggles.
Yes! This! I always thought the "preaching" was a little anemic on the record version of this, like he needed to study with some of those kind of pastors to get the cadence right. Looks like he's finally got it down perfectly! This is the version I want to hear! I KNEW he could do it! I KNEW it! :-)
He usually did it like this in concert once he really got his star presence down in 1970-72. His superstardom was basically born during the HAN series in 1972.
Hot August Night is the most brilliant album and is in my collection from early 70s, , but yes I'm drawn to listen to this again after watching Once Upon a Time.... can't honestly say I enjoyed the movie though .
On this day in 1969 {March 22nd} Neil Diamond performed "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... At the time the song was at #49 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, five weeks later it would peak at #22 {for 2 weeks} and it spent thirteen weeks on the Top 100... It reached #5 on the New Zealand's RIANZ Music chart... Between 1966 and 1988 the Brooklyn, NY native had fifty-seven Top 100 records; thirteen made the Top 10 with three reaching #1, "Crackin' Rosie" for 1 week in 1970, "Song Sung Blue" for 1 week in 1972, and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", with Barbra Streisand, for 1 week in 1978... He just missed having a fourth #1 record when his "Love On the Rocks" peaked at #2* {for 3 weeks} in 1981... Plus he almost had three more records make the Top 10 when "Play Me", "If You Know What I Mean", and "Yesterday's Songs", all peaked at #11... Neil Leslie Diamond celebrated his 77th birthday two months ago on January 24th {2018}... * The three weeks that "Love On the Rocks" was at #2, the #1 record for those three weeks was "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon...
I first listened to this album, Hot August Night and I went to the concert and met my husband that night. Two years later we married. We were married for forty eight years and listened to Hot August Night every day. I played it at his funeral. I knew he would like that.
Thanks for the reply and I'm very sorry for your loss... My wife's favorite song is Mr. Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"... Oh, my by the way, her name is Joan and come this Nov. 16th we'll be married fifty years... Thanks again...
He has been a favorite since the 70's in my book I love his music, so dose my wife, I took her to see him in in LA's Fabulous Forum, to a sold out show,
