News on the sparkly shirt front is that singer/songwriter/70-year old, Neil Diamond, has announced his engagement to one manager/filmmaker/40-year old, Katie McNeil. NEIL Diamond. Katie McNEIL. How cute.
Neil may no longer be young but who cares, neither is Neil Young. We only hope he's still young at heart or Katie may kill him.
In other related Neil Diamond news, I did a KICK-ASS karaoke take on Sweet Caroline last Saturday. Seriously, I killed.
This just in: Neil Young has officially changed his name to Neil Not-So-Young.
You already know that I have no shame so I'm going to come right out with it: I'm a BIG Neil Diamond fan! OK, not so much for his rather-odd-hair/sparkly shirt aspects but oh! THAT VOICE. It's desperately uncool to like Neil Diamond (though here in France he's virtually unknown, so I'm safe!) but I don't care. I MELT when I hear his voice. And, ridicule be damned, one of my all-time favourite films is his version of the Jazz Singer (despite the blacking-up and Laurence Olivier's heinous accent). That said, getting married to someone 30 years younger than himself does kind of ick me out a little.
Posted by: Kirsty | September 09, 2011 at 09:14 AM
Hey, five words:
"Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" from Hot August Night - okay, that's nine words. Still, it still rates among the best live performances EVER. In close second: Cheap Trick Live at Budokan's 'I Want You to Want Me.'
I'm with Kirsty. Neil Diamond is forever.
Posted by: Pambasilea | September 09, 2011 at 09:20 AM