Neil Diamond's offer called 'unprecedented'

Columbus Dispatch [OH] ^ | 8/27/08 | Aaron Beck

[eleni121]

Well no kidding!

I was making a general point about the rand r generation (still alive) who won’t quit...Diamond is not R and R...but he’s a part of that silly generation.

[eleni121]

If people want to go listen to these performers, why should you care?

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Didn’t say I did...

You won’t get an argument from me.

There is one act I would love to have seen and that is Brian Wilson...but that is Brian Wilson FGS...not Diamond- the vegas wannabe act.

I know Wilson sounds horrible but it would a cultural experience...like going to a gallery to see a Renoir exhibit...

[Pharmboy]

I grew up in Brooklyn as did Mr. Diamond, and where we come from this kind of behavior would earn him the descriptor Mensch (German/Yiddish for "human" or "man" but with the nuanced meaning of "decent" or "good man").

[grellis]

You know, oddly enough, it all goes back to when I was pregnant with Josh...I didn't have any weird food cravings, I had weird music cravings. Big deal for me. Music is a huge part of my life. During that pregnancy, I went out and bought cds by Diamond, Carly Simon, Carole King, et al--singer/songwriters, essentially, that I could never bear to listen to previously. I grew up detesting Neil Diamond, in fact.

Silly hormones!

Well, back to the veepstakes

[BibChr]

Well, thank God Valerie only craved pepperoni pizza and cheesecake for the last two babies.