Neil Diamond "Love On The Rocks"

[London_Boro]

Just playing on Radio 2. Haven't heard this for ages. What a song! Brings back a lot of memories from being a kid, my mother loves Neil Diamond.

Who was your mum's go-to singer and which song of theirs makes your hairs stand on end?

 

[TheReck]

Same here, Neil Diamond and Kenny Rogers were my dad and mams favourites Always tugs my heart strings when hear these songs. thinking of my parents who sadly passed away not so long ago.
Always great memories.

 

[alanmoodysdog]

Neil diamond was my dads go to singer ... Took him to see him at the Arena in 1996... he was amazing . My mums is Tom Jones ... his Decca Green Green Grass of Home LP has some wonderful ballads on it with crisp deep production

 

[HarryVegas]

My mam and dad were of a generation before Neil Diamond. My mam loved Frankie Laine, while my dad was a big admirer of Paul Robeson, both his voice and his civil rights activism.

 

[London_Boro]

Same here, Neil Diamond and Kenny Rogers were my dad and mams favourites Always tugs my heart strings when hear these songs. thinking of my parents who sadly passed away not so long ago.
Always great memories.

It's great that songs evoke such memories. Thankfully my mum is still with us, although I don't see her so often these days due to living in the south. She got to see Neil Diamond a few years ago at the O2 (2017 I think). I was supposed to take her but was unwell on the day, gutted. My wife went with her and they had the best time, she cried a couple of times. Wish I could have been there.

 

[Lottowyn]

Frankie Laine a great performer, he often sang the title song in westerns. Rawhide he did, mentioned elsewhere as the series in which Clint Eastward made his debut as Rowdy Yates.

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

A girlfriends mam loved Neil Diamond, barbara Streisand and the Crusaders - Brings back happy memories

 

[Brian Marwood]

Many years ago I happened to catch a Neil Young tribute act in Belgium and loved the music, when I returned home I popped out to buy a CD so I could listen more and accidentally bought a Neil Diamond CD. I was appalled at the content.

 

[coluka]

My dad always sang this to my mum, she loved Nats voice

 

[HarryVegas]

Frankie Laine a great performer, he often sang the title song in westerns. Rawhide he did, mentioned elsewhere as the series in which Clint Eastward made his debut as Rowdy Yates.

... and not forgetting Blazing Saddles!

 

[Linthorpe_Exile]

Went to the ABC to see The Jazz Singer .... seems like a million years ago when actually it was only many decades since...

 

[Linthorpe_Exile]

Great track though, btw

 

[alanmoodysdog]

Many years ago I happened to catch a Neil Young tribute act in Belgium and loved the music, when I returned home I popped out to buy a CD so I could listen more and accidentally bought a Neil Diamond CD. I was appalled at the content.

Most of his stuff up to 1976 (Beautiful Noise with Robbie Robertson) was very very good. Lost his edge after that and anything after 1976 was dire afraid to say. ... Catch his album Stones (compilation of other peoples songs and a few of his own) and 12 Greatest Hits on Vinyl to hear his best compilations... Hot August Night is a double live Lp which I adore