It was 1973. I was 13. I was convinced that suicide was the only path left to me. I heard a record of Neil. His music, with all of the instrumentals and profound lyrics locked me into a survival mode. Morningside, canta lebre,, the boat that I row, play me, suzanne, Years passed. I bought a guitar. Met a girl. She asked for a love song. I played Play Me. She later accepted my proposal. We have 2 children, gobs of grandchildren. Thank you Neil!
The unrivaled power of music to reach down into the depths of the human soul is, and always will be one of the most beautiful mysteries of life. Neil Diamond is one of the great ambassadors of this wonderful gift from God. Thank you for that touching story!
Sunday drives out to the country for dinner. My dad driving. My mom in the front seat. This on the 8 track. Every time I hear this I am back in that back seat, feeling safe, feeling loved, feeling at home. I’m 60 but I’m that little kid always.
I was born in 1960 Found Neil Diamond’s music when I was 13 and it’s been a great journey together. I’m 64 and still tear up with the songs. Thank you Mr. Diamond. ‘ play me’ is my most favorite but hell their all favorites.
My father loved Neil Diamond. He became Ill with diabetes and dementia. He was suffering and I was taking care of him. I found an old VCR tape of a Neil Diamond concert and would play it for him daily. I could see his demeanor change and he would relax and feel better when I played it for him. He never got tired of it and either did I. We played some of it at his funeral.
+Anna Hayes My dad passed away about 10 yrs ago from ALS. My dad never mentioned Neil Diamond but I think of him when I hear this song. And I think of islands on Canadian lakes covered with moss and cedars. If you've been on em you know what I mean.
This is real music. God I miss those days. Such bittersweet memories. Thank you for being part of them, Mr. Diamond. You are, and always will be loved.
Such a spiritual down-to-earth person. There's no other person that I can recall that sings with such deepness coming to your heart ❤️ God bless you,for being you!😊🎶🎵👍🦋💗💯
Great words james ive been a fan 50 yrs there is nothing false about this music legend hes a big part of my life and really it was him that got me into music...... Hes on his own and will always be my hall of fame LEGEND...... Neil leslie diamond
It’s sad todays music does resonate within me! His music gives me chills every time! I realize this music is from my generation but to me nothing can compare to it! The very best writer ever!
@@jameslevi1243 I get you. His music is his voice, the music is the background but it is all together His music brought me through some very tough times and now again I am in a tough time and turn to Neil
This Neil guy fully understands, and sees through the very essence of a soul in love and in pain, truly getting it. And that's exactly what makes him a genius at lyrical writing. It's not just about rhyming, although he does have some mad rhymes, it's more about capturing that emotion most haven't figured out how to put into words. He's simply a genius.
Christopher Chambers I turned forty last month, and I know in the scope of things I'm still young, but some days I feel older than the hills. My mom is a Neil Diamond fanatic, so I was brought up right. I knew the words to most of his songs by ten years old.
Born in 55 I was so lucky to have grown up with this music. In 69 I worked at a Texaco station I was 14 worked full-time in summer. I was paid 1.25 per hour the minimum wage at that time.
My parents divorce when I was 9! I never had a relationship with my father after that but, I remember him listening to Neil Diamond when I was a kid! He passed away a couple of years ago!Today I’m 38 years old and I listen to Neil Diamond songs just so I can go back to 1989 and remember those days when me and my dad listened to his songs together!
I feel your pain. My parents divorced in 1992 and I never had a relationship with my dad after that but I did speak to him briefly before he died. I often watch the old war movies by myself and remember a time as a kid that he would make me watch them with him, so that I could translate (he was a Greek migrant with limited English). But I digress. We had a next door neighbour called Pat. Salt of the earth, she was. Her husband was openly carrying on an affair with her best friend and in her hours of grief and loneliness, she would play Neil Diamond and I could hear her crying from next door. She died of a heart attack but each time I listen to Neil, I think of Pat. Neil's songs speak to us is so many ways.
His music was a solace for me when I was young. I survived a lot of abuse, and clung to these songs. Even in writing my stories, Neil was the model for the God of Music in the fantasy stories I was writing.
I have loved Neil since the late 60s ..His music has always been like a refuge to me, a spiritual experience. Greatest songwriter ever. And that voice!
Neil Diamond was my father’s favorite, we listen to Neil Diamond constantly and my father knew every word to every song sadly, he passed away February 16, 2012, but this brings me back to when daddy was still here!! so many memories, but not enough.. this one’s for you, daddy
Neil Diamond was in 1977, four days on Tour in Netherland.there were problems with the Hammond organ (117 Volt America-Europe 220 Volt) I'm approached by Lou van Rees Management for a solution to my Hammond Rent.After four days I got my B3 Hammond returned with Fire spots of it frustrated me.They have me removed me from all the the Neil Diamond Fan Clubs because I had this listed on their site.Never Excuse of Neil Diamond ☹️🎹' I
I am 63..wow! Blessed to be here today..thank you jesus!❤ Neil was played by my moms friend...i was like 14yrs old..i can never play him without thinking of her..she would be 92 today if alive!❤..thank you dee dee❤
My late husband loved Neil, we both loved his music! Whenever I hear him sing it brings tears to my eyes! We went to many of his Concerts! Luv u Neil! 💕 I feel when I'm listening to him, my husband in heaven is listening with me! 😀👍❤️
My husband used to play Neil, lonely I have been since my prince passed away... still I wait for him to stay at the door and smile and make me laugh....
I have been a fan since I was a 19 year old and I love his music to this day. I am now 68 and his music still has a profound effect on me. Neil Diamond thankyou for your beautiful lyrics and music, you make my world a better place.
Tyrone Hunter Sorry, I found her 52 years ago! I was lucky enough to finally see Neil in concert last October in London just before he announced he was to stop touring due to ill health. The best concert ever, EVER! Thank you for the music , Neil. I wish you well for the future.
Would love to meet the man who helped me through every emotional state in my life with his beautiful music. If I fought with my wife you eased it, if I had a bad day at work, your music fixed it, If i just wanted to enjoy the day you made it. Love you Neil
My thoughts exactly...You wrote in just a few lines what I felt since first listening to him back in 1964 when I was 10 years old. And as a 65 year old man today. His music still inspires more today then when I was a 10 year old boy. Priceless!
I would have loved to have seen him in person also. When I was down, I put on one of his 33 1/3’s and felt better. Many a night I listened to him as I fell asleep. His lyrics are passionate, poetic, meaningful. They are ‘personal’ to so many! 🥰☺️
Production value. When Neil Diamond truly grabbed a song, as he has done repeatedly, the production value was quintessential, always quintessential, and his voice lifted as an angel. Suzanne is my all time favorite.
This is true music; delivered by an outstanding artist whose music sounds as good now as it did so many years ago. I just love it even as we approach 2018!
Like many of his songs, this brought me to tears. I’ve seen him live about twelve times. I’ve loved him for so many years. Long after he’s gone I will still listen to him and I will still cry.
I love this song. I love the way Neil describes himself and lover as objects of nature. "I am the moon you are sun" You're the words and I am the music Play me" His woman has moved him. I just love this song....I cry because it is so beautiful.
Absolutely love this song. It is so calming. The sweet lyrics, Neil's voice, and background music take me back to a time long ago when I was much younger. Such wonderful memories.
Yes, an extraordinarily beautiful song. Reminds me of the great Russian pair skaters who came to Babson before the 1980 olympics They practiced to this and other songs of Neil Diamonds album
I remember when this song was released and my sister saying it was such a beautiful song. I was hooked.i saw Neil in concert and I was ecstatic. This is his best song ever.
The first time I heard this song. I was 19 and My father passed two years before and I felt so alone and this song would soothe my broken nerves and ease my stress
I've been listening to Neil for my entire life I do not remember time when his music wasn't being played growing up in the 70's. I have passed my love of him to my own son and I believe the trend will continue for all time. IMO the greatest singer/songwriter of all time. Love Love Love
Neil Diamond was a special part of my life especially in the early 1970s! He played guitar & sang tunes that were just right in their softness, lyric beauty, & upbeat tempo. It was like audio sunshine ....... he swept loneliness away like an ocean wave clears the air. His music soothes multiple generations -- it speaks to us in some kind of wonderful universal context. Way to go, my friend! * Cav in OR *
40 years ago I was a student in Paris and I had the chance te become aware of this music (I am from Cameroon) I lived alone in a small room (chambre de bonne) and spent much of my purse to buy albums by Neil Diamond... I have nerver forgotten that time that I felt happy even though i did not have enough money to live
this is one of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL songs of my Life I have Ever heard... I am a true 70s gal, and I grew up listening to Greats like Neil, one of my all time FAV singer/songwriters/guitarists... he is Timeless... smiles. simpler times...
I've always loved Neil. I don't listen to his music often, but it's a love that will never go away. This has long been a favorite. He knows how to tug at the heart and make you cry!
When I was young I liked Neil Diamond, but the later years I became to fully appreciate his music and the lyrics. He is simply beautiful and I thank God that he gave us Neil. What a voice! I hope his final years are not very hurtful with his Parkinson's disease.
We saw Neil on his 50th tour when he played this song it brought tears to my eyes. Best concert I have ever been too!!! What a huge talent! That made music that will forever stand the test of time.
My Dad loved this song and often sang along with it back in the 70's. I was driving to work on the highway right near the cemetery he's buried at and this song came on. I just lost it. I hadn't heard it in a long time. What a great song ! Love the guitar in it.
I cried when he played this in concert. I then cried every song until the end. I couldn’t stop. He is that amazing. This was at his last tour. I love and adore him.
I fell in love with Neil Diamond since I was 10 years old....I love his music, his talent his spiritual essence on all his song's lyrics....a fantastic voice.
I first heard this song as a little boy when it was featured in a commercial for 101.9 Lite FM in Baltimore. They used it for years and I always thought it was a great song, even though I was into Def Leppard and The Smiths at the time. Those bands are still cool, but Neil Diamond is at another level and I now share him with my kids.
Every time I hear a Neil Diamond song, he takes me to a happy place. When Sweet Caroline comes on it makes a person just want to get up and dance and have a great time doing it! Neil Diamond is the best!
Su imagen, su voz su música son y han sido bálsamo desde los 70's en mi vida. Hoy aun sigue siendo más aún, es una nostalgia agridulce escuchar esta melodia, Dios le dio un gran don, qué creo ni el mismo está consciente de ello, es tanta su humildad, qué el mismo dice que es solo Neil no una gran estrella.
This was a personal favorite of my grandmother's. Just last night, this song came on the radio and my mother (also a huge Neil Diamond fan) turned it up. I hadn't heard this song in years, possibly since my grandmother was still alive 3-4 years ago. In that instant, my eyes swelled with tears and I had to excuse myself from the room. Such utter nostalgia this song carries.
It's like, when a singer/song writer first introduces their song, it must be like taking a part of their soul and exposing it to the world... Like Neil Diamond!
Ahhh... this song really touches my heart. Neil Diamond has an incredible gift of talent and heart. To write and sing that really describes what we all feel and how we feel. I have loved Neil Diamond and his music since I first heard him sing back in the 80's it seems like. He is such an icon and inspiration to me and still is. I am so thankful to live in the era and to have experienced his music. He is simply one of the best! :-D
This guy has always been my favourite since childhood in the early eighties....Play me. A beautiful song sung by a handsome man with a beautiful voice...woow
Just love this music, always have. Makes me feel like getting out on the open road and travelling somewhere. I dont care what Bill Murray thinks, LOL, I'm in that portion of the crowd that loves Neil Diamond, a fan forever.
every time I listen to this song, it brings back memories of the innocent and care free days of living in Thailand back in the early 80s when I was 14 years old. How easy life was back in those days...
I was watching this new tv show called Fleishman is in Trouble and they played this song while showing flashbacks of a couple's relationship. I couldn't get it out of my head, how could I have forgotten how beautiful it is.
+Michael Walker I COMPLETELY AGREE! my grandmother is the same age as him and LOVES HIM! she took my father to his concert in sydney. then she took me to his concert in newcastle a few years ago. and he was my first CONCERT and i... JUST LOVE HIM LIVE.
Cette CHANSON est SUBLIME. MERCI à mon PAPA de me l'avoir fait découvrir lorsque j'étais encore toute petite. Elle m'a accompagnée tout au long de ma VIE.
My name is Liam Higgins im from boston. Im 44yrs old and these ND songs bring back the best memories of sitting in the kitchen w my Nana Higgins ( she was Sacred) as a very young kid. Irish bread and tea at the ripe old age of 5 -15 yrs old. Brings a very warm feeling to my wounded heart and soul. I will always love my NANA different than any human ive ever known
I've loved ND for over 40 years and I never heard this song before. My boyfriend sang this to me several months ago and I listen to it every time I come on TH-cam..... LOVE IT!!!
I am more of a heavy metal listener, but this is the best love song ever recorded, I'll throw this out there as I love Stevie Nicks, I can easily see them doing this as a duet.
On the first album (Hot August Night) I ever bought and I enjoy listening to it every bit as much today. The guy is a genius and there is something really special about listening to singers who wrote their own songs performing them live.
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It was 1973. I was 13. I was convinced that suicide was the only path left to me. I heard a record of Neil. His music, with all of the instrumentals and profound lyrics locked me into a survival mode. Morningside, canta lebre,, the boat that I row, play me, suzanne, Years passed. I bought a guitar. Met a girl. She asked for a love song. I played Play Me. She later accepted my proposal. We have 2 children, gobs of grandchildren. Thank you Neil!
That is so awesome- so glad you had a good life!
What a beautiful, touching story. I'm glad you heard Neil.
Wow... I was born 1976 now I sit here just as you were... Thank goodness for Neil
The unrivaled power of music to reach down into the depths of the human soul is, and always will be one of the most beautiful mysteries of life. Neil Diamond is one of the great ambassadors of this wonderful gift from God. Thank you for that touching story!
@@tonegeek1962 Bless xx
Sunday drives out to the country for dinner. My dad driving. My mom in the front seat. This on the 8 track. Every time I hear this I am back in that back seat, feeling safe, feeling loved, feeling at home. I’m 60 but I’m that little kid always.
I tear up listening to this song every time. And Im a 68 year old man.
You’re not alone. Such a moving song.
I'M JUST LIKE THAT ALSO AND I'M 76.
❤ Your not alone my friend 😢
I was born in 1960
Found Neil Diamond’s music when I was 13 and it’s been a great journey together. I’m 64 and still tear up with the songs.
Thank you Mr. Diamond.
‘ play me’ is my most favorite but hell their all favorites.
I have been listening to Neil Diamond for 60 years. He is the best.
exactly
@@rkgators Me too
I just read your comment and had not realized that I have been listening to his music for about that long. You're right , he's the best.
i'm not old enough but catching up! luckily my Mum introduced me when I was about 9 and that's nearly 45 years ago. I must thank her.
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My father loved Neil Diamond. He became Ill with diabetes and dementia. He was suffering and I was taking care of him. I found an old VCR tape of a Neil Diamond concert and would play it for him daily. I could see his demeanor change and he would relax and feel better when I played it for him. He never got tired of it and either did I. We played some of it at his funeral.
+Anna Hayes May your Dad RIP forevermore to the sounds of Neil Diamond.
Thank you Jatika
+Anna Hayes O that is a lovely story. May your Dad rest in peace until you meet again. (You will.)
+Anna Hayes His music truly transcends generations. I never get tired of listening to his ballads. I have been listening to him for decades.
+Anna Hayes My dad passed away about 10 yrs ago from ALS. My dad never mentioned Neil Diamond but I think of him when I hear this song. And I think of islands on Canadian lakes covered with moss and cedars. If you've been on em you know what I mean.
Born in 1969, I still feel fortunate to have experienced real music, with real meaning, as a small child. ❤️
I am from 1965 and the youngest of 9 children. So i now Whatsappje you mean
@@peterb4472 Same here, 1965. Youngest of 4..lol
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Neil Diamond - Genius musician. I have lived and loved his music since the early 70’s. Thank you so much for uploading.
You often forget about those great singers until you hear them again you know how lucky you were to listen to his voice thank you Neil
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Amen
This is real music. God I miss those days. Such bittersweet memories. Thank you for being part of them, Mr. Diamond. You are, and always will be loved.
Such a spiritual down-to-earth person. There's no other person that I can recall that sings with such deepness coming to your heart ❤️ God bless you,for being you!😊🎶🎵👍🦋💗💯
Awesome 👏!!
Wow still love this song at the age of 73
If I live that long
Neil Diamond is a healer. His music mends hearts and minds. Happy birthday Neil, on this 24th day of January 2022.
The man’s music has brought much joy into my life.
Beautiful song
Great words james ive been a fan 50 yrs there is nothing false about this music legend hes a big part of my life and really it was him that got me into music...... Hes on his own and will always be my hall of fame
LEGEND...... Neil leslie diamond
It’s sad todays music does resonate within me! His music gives me chills every time! I realize this music is from my generation but to me nothing can compare to it! The very best writer ever!
@@jameslevi1243 I get you. His music is his voice, the music is the background but it is all together
His music brought me through some very tough times and now again I am in a tough time and turn to Neil
This Neil guy fully understands, and sees through the very essence of a soul in love and in pain, truly getting it. And that's exactly what makes him a genius at lyrical writing. It's not just about rhyming, although he does have some mad rhymes, it's more about capturing that emotion most haven't figured out how to put into words. He's simply a genius.
Stacy Steele Amen
you are spot on. this is truly spoken from the soul of someone who quite simply just gets it. magic.x
A genius he is...and a brilliant singer, as well.
+Stacy Steele LOL at "This Neil guy". :D Personally, I think it's awesome that young people continue to love his music.
Christopher Chambers I turned forty last month, and I know in the scope of things I'm still young, but some days I feel older than the hills. My mom is a Neil Diamond fanatic, so I was brought up right. I knew the words to most of his songs by ten years old.
Born in 55 I was so lucky to have grown up with this music. In 69 I worked at a Texaco station I was 14 worked full-time in summer. I was paid 1.25 per hour the minimum wage at that time.
I am a 76 year old male,i can listen to this song daily and never tire of it.
My parents divorce when I was 9! I never had a relationship with my father after that but, I remember him listening to Neil Diamond when I was a kid! He passed away a couple of years ago!Today I’m 38 years old and I listen to Neil Diamond songs just so I can go back to 1989 and remember those days when me and my dad listened to his songs together!
God bless you Ally Webb
Forgive, and you could have spent time with him before his passing. Grudge doesn’t do anybody any good.
I divorced also, and my kid's don't speak to me as well.
Ally...thank you for your story....hope your memories are good ones......
I feel your pain. My parents divorced in 1992 and I never had a relationship with my dad after that but I did speak to him briefly before he died. I often watch the old war movies by myself and remember a time as a kid that he would make me watch them with him, so that I could translate (he was a Greek migrant with limited English). But I digress. We had a next door neighbour called Pat. Salt of the earth, she was. Her husband was openly carrying on an affair with her best friend and in her hours of grief and loneliness, she would play Neil Diamond and I could hear her crying from next door. She died of a heart attack but each time I listen to Neil, I think of Pat. Neil's songs speak to us is so many ways.
One of Neil’s best songs. Never get fed up with listening to it. They can not produce music as good or as long lasting as this nowadays.
His music was a solace for me when I was young. I survived a lot of abuse, and clung to these songs. Even in writing my stories, Neil was the model for the God of Music in the fantasy stories I was writing.
So sorry you suffered,his music is healing.
@@marieyoung2455 it rescued me.
@@blackfeathercrafts ❤May the Lord of our need of your music Bless us all Thank you Neal😊
You go!!
God Bless You
If music can heal a broken heart then this song should be prescribed to all who need healing.
I have loved Neil since the late 60s ..His music has always been like a refuge to me, a spiritual experience. Greatest songwriter ever. And that voice!
You know- thats a nice description.
So true! Since 1966 when I was 16 he’s been a huge influence on life.
This man has one of those voices that you never forget and once you have heard his voice you simply want more!!
Neil Diamond was my father’s favorite, we listen to Neil Diamond constantly and my father knew every word to every song sadly, he passed away February 16, 2012, but this brings me back to when daddy was still here!! so many memories, but not enough.. this one’s for you, daddy
Same
>>> how could Anyone dislike this ..... ???
It’s July 3, 2020 .... this song still Speaks to ME
Have you not see the state of America?? So many haters. They hate their selves so they hate everyone.
Neil Diamond was in 1977, four days on Tour in Netherland.there were problems with the Hammond organ (117 Volt America-Europe 220 Volt) I'm approached by Lou van Rees Management for a solution to my Hammond Rent.After four days I got my B3 Hammond returned with Fire spots of it frustrated me.They have me removed me from all the the Neil Diamond Fan Clubs because I had this listed on their site.Never Excuse of Neil Diamond ☹️🎹'
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Who knows why they don't like this song maybe crazy our don't don't music great song
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@@pablodiaz8946 Corona Day ;-)
It was 1978. I was pregnant of my first daughter. I listened to it...and I loved it .
I am 63..wow! Blessed to be here today..thank you jesus!❤ Neil was played by my moms friend...i was like 14yrs old..i can never play him without thinking of her..she would be 92 today if alive!❤..thank you dee dee❤
My late husband loved Neil, we both loved his music! Whenever I hear him sing it brings tears to my eyes! We went to many of his Concerts! Luv u Neil! 💕 I feel when I'm listening to him, my husband in heaven is listening with me! 😀👍❤️
Sorry for you loss regards smidnightcaller/ Neil xx
Yes. Amen
Bless your heart.
His music is timeless. I have loved him since the 60's.
My husband used to play Neil,
lonely I have been since my prince passed away... still I wait for him to stay at the door and smile and make me laugh....
Astrid Langseth l use to play ND since over 40 years. And l'm like a child each time l do. I don't know which piece will open my list.
Astrid,
A powerful tribute to your prince. Wow.
Astrid Langseth ✌️❤️🎶
Hang in there I get it.
Neil's songs always moves me. I love all his songs.
I have been a fan since I was a 19 year old and I love his music to this day. I am now 68 and his music still has a profound effect on me.
Neil Diamond thankyou for your beautiful lyrics and music, you make my world a better place.
Hope God bless 🙌 I pray 🙏 a speedy recovery kinds regards Dj Smidnightcaller ✨ and all team 🙏
SUCH a good song, sung by a master. Thank you.
After 56 years...I found the woman he is singing about! The exact same type of different but complimentary companionship. Thank you Neil!
Tyrone Hunter: You Are Blest indeed to have found a loving companion! Each day hug her just a wee bit more. EraJean>Lisa G?
Tyrone Hunter ... Good for you.
Me too !
Tyrone Hunter Sorry, I found her 52 years ago! I was lucky enough to finally see Neil in concert last October in London just before he announced he was to stop touring due to ill health. The best concert ever, EVER! Thank you for the music , Neil. I wish you well for the future.
Know what you mean, found mine after 62 years.
Would love to meet the man who helped me through every emotional state in my life with his beautiful music. If I fought with my wife you eased it, if I had a bad day at work, your music fixed it, If i just wanted to enjoy the day you made it. Love you Neil
It works just that way for me, as well. Thank you Neil. You are my therapy. Tears of Bliss, for sure.
My thoughts exactly...You wrote in just a few lines what I felt since first listening to him back in 1964 when I was 10 years old. And as a 65 year old man today. His music still inspires more today then when I was a 10 year old boy. Priceless!
I would have loved to have seen him in person also. When I was down, I put on one of his 33 1/3’s and felt better. Many a night I listened to him as I fell asleep. His lyrics are passionate, poetic, meaningful. They are ‘personal’ to so many! 🥰☺️
@@LUCYBROWN122 l so much agree with you Jacquie.. Neil has always been there for me. So to speak.. 💖💖💐
Yes, his voice and his lyrics can almost mend a broken heart.
The strings in this song are outstanding, from the guitar to the cello to the violins. Wow.
Production value. When Neil Diamond truly grabbed a song, as he has done repeatedly, the production value was quintessential, always quintessential, and his voice lifted as an angel. Suzanne is my all time favorite.
There isn't a song anywhere that comes close to this with soft percussion mixed with strings like this one.
Take a listen to Stones! RP
This is true music; delivered by an outstanding artist whose music sounds as good now as it did so many years ago. I just love it even as we approach 2018!
EmpressOfWyoming58 Félix Pérez love this song
Like many of his songs, this brought me to tears. I’ve seen him live about twelve times. I’ve loved him for so many years. Long after he’s gone I will still listen to him and I will still cry.
Damn. What a song. I play it when I think of someone close to my heart. Thinking of him. Praying he is living his best life.
Me too
..just and genuine troubador..in the very small group of the dest...Bob Seger..Dylan and Greg Almond etc.
I love this song. I love the way Neil describes himself and lover as objects of nature. "I am the moon you are sun" You're the words and I am the music Play me" His woman has moved him. I just love this song....I cry because it is so beautiful.
Absolutely love this song. It is so calming. The sweet lyrics, Neil's voice, and background music take me back to a time long ago when I was much younger. Such wonderful memories.
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I cry too. Very beautiful song.
Neil Diamond, one of the best singers of all time. I love what this great artist does!!!
Mine, too! He is beyond 'good'!
Rare that a person as neil comes along. Very classy guy
There won't be another.
the music is golden the vocals are DIAMOND
***** thank you ! God bless you.
👏👏👏👏🤩👍
One of the most beautiful songs ever written...
Yes, an extraordinarily beautiful song. Reminds me of the great Russian pair skaters who came to Babson before the 1980 olympics
They practiced to this and other songs of Neil Diamonds album
I remember when this song was released and my sister saying it was such a beautiful song. I was hooked.i saw Neil in concert and I was ecstatic. This is his best song ever.
very underrated too.
Tears are falling over my face ,
just by listen to this song !!!
So emotionel !!!!
Me tooooo
Sorry your in tears I play music that hits the heart regards DJ smidnightcaller TH-cam
It's OK. It's suppose to do that Sally.
Neil Diamond has a voice that just resonates through the soul, so beautiful.
No words to describe this one. Just absolutely fantastic
+Dale Pithers fantasticly fantastic!
+Dale Pithers I'm actually crying here.
+Stacy Steele
Me too.
+Itxazoa big cry babies
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The first time I heard this song. I was 19 and My father passed two years before and I felt so alone and this song would soothe my broken nerves and ease my stress
I've been listening to Neil for my entire life I do not remember time when his music wasn't being played growing up in the 70's. I have passed my love of him to my own son and I believe the trend will continue for all time. IMO the greatest singer/songwriter of all time. Love Love Love
Neil Diamond was a special part of my life especially in the early 1970s! He played guitar & sang tunes that were just right in their softness, lyric beauty, & upbeat tempo. It was like audio sunshine ....... he swept loneliness away like an ocean wave clears the air. His music soothes multiple generations -- it speaks to us in some kind of wonderful universal context. Way to go, my friend! * Cav in OR *
Robert Cavalier
I'm so happy
40 years ago I was a student in Paris and I had the chance te become aware of this music (I am from Cameroon) I lived alone in a small room (chambre de bonne) and spent much of my purse to buy albums by Neil Diamond... I have nerver forgotten that time that I felt happy even though i did not have enough money to live
I so can understand what you describe. I miss the hungry years, as we call them. I was a student in England. broke yet so happy. so long ago!
it is the music and the words that calm the soul and fill the heart with longing.
Well said.
ralph lane you explain it well
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Play me is one of my most favorite songs of Neil 🎤. Thanks for sharing and for these beautiful pics too🌞🎼🎵🎸🎶
Such a beautiful, unique voice. You know it's Neil right away. Love this song, never fails to move me.
Not sure why, but the guitar solo always gives me the chills! Wonderful song!!
this is one of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL songs of my Life I have Ever heard... I am a true 70s gal, and I grew up listening to Greats like Neil, one of my all time FAV singer/songwriters/guitarists... he is Timeless... smiles.
simpler times...
I've always loved Neil. I don't listen to his music often, but it's a love that will never go away. This has long been a favorite. He knows how to tug at the heart and make you cry!
Dellani Oakes: Yeah... he/Neil duz know how to bring deep emotion up from our soul.
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When I was young I liked Neil Diamond, but the later years I became to fully appreciate his music and the lyrics. He is simply beautiful and I thank God that he gave us Neil. What a voice! I hope his final years are not very hurtful with his Parkinson's disease.
Amaising voice,beautiful song with such wonderful lyrics!!!!❤
Powerful voice, wonderful instrumentals, great composition. Neil's voice is therapeutic, just amazingly soothing.
Perfect by any standard! I shall be listening to this to the end of time! Greetings to all! From Botswana!
Greetings to you from New York City! Enjoy the music!
Hello!
We saw Neil on his 50th tour when he played this song it brought tears to my eyes. Best concert I have ever been too!!! What a huge talent! That made music that will forever stand the test of time.
My Dad loved this song and often sang along with it back in the 70's. I was driving to work on the highway right near the cemetery he's buried at and this song came on. I just lost it. I hadn't heard it in a long time. What a great song ! Love the guitar in it.
My father loved listening the Neil Diamond…he pasted it on too me much love an respect too my Father 💯👊🏾
This song is so beautiful. It gives me goosebumps every time. I think I'd play this at my wedding.
I cried when he played this in concert. I then cried every song until the end. I couldn’t stop. He is that amazing. This was at his last tour. I love and adore him.
Glad I wasn't sitti,g near YOU. CORN EATER
I fell in love with Neil Diamond since I was 10 years old....I love his music, his talent his spiritual essence on all his song's lyrics....a fantastic voice.
I've been in love with him since I was six or seven!!! His music made my heart as it is now. Would love to tell you that in person Mr. Diamond.
어느덧 세월이 흘러 우리는 6070세대가 되었습니디 20대 Nell diamond 음악에서 자주듣고 좋아하던 음악인데 지금껏 듣고 있다는게 새롭고 불멸의 음악이네요
I first heard this song as a little boy when it was featured in a commercial for 101.9 Lite FM in Baltimore. They used it for years and I always thought it was a great song, even though I was into Def Leppard and The Smiths at the time. Those bands are still cool, but Neil Diamond is at another level and I now share him with my kids.
Every time I hear a Neil Diamond song, he takes me to a happy place. When Sweet Caroline comes on it makes a person just want to get up and dance and have a great time doing it! Neil Diamond is the best!
Neil is a musical master and this is one of the greatest of his memorable gifts. hi in 2020!
Just a beautiful song; I've always loved that guitar solo.
me too. I tried so hard to learn it too, way back when....😎
Neil got me thru some rough times.
What a songwriter, what a voice.
Su imagen, su voz su música son y han sido bálsamo desde los 70's en mi vida. Hoy aun sigue siendo más aún, es una nostalgia agridulce escuchar esta melodia, Dios le dio un gran don, qué creo ni el mismo está consciente de ello, es tanta su humildad, qué el mismo dice que es solo Neil no una gran estrella.
Neil Diamond at his best. So simple. So beautiful. So soothing.
You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me..
What a beautiful song! ❤
What a beautiful song. One of the best by Neil, and there are so many to choose from.
This was a personal favorite of my grandmother's. Just last night, this song came on the radio and my mother (also a huge Neil Diamond fan) turned it up. I hadn't heard this song in years, possibly since my grandmother was still alive 3-4 years ago. In that instant, my eyes swelled with tears and I had to excuse myself from the room. Such utter nostalgia this song carries.
It's like, when a singer/song writer first introduces their song, it must be like taking a part of their soul and exposing it to the world... Like Neil Diamond!
Ahhh... this song really touches my heart. Neil Diamond has an incredible gift of talent and heart. To write and sing that really describes what we all feel and how we feel. I have loved Neil Diamond and his music since I first heard him sing back in the 80's it seems like. He is such an icon and inspiration to me and still is. I am so thankful to live in the era and to have experienced his music. He is simply one of the best! :-D
This guy has always been my favourite since childhood in the early eighties....Play me. A beautiful song sung by a handsome man with a beautiful voice...woow
What more could a woman want Mantwa..
Yes I rember singing his songs in jrhigh choir
Greastest album ever..."Hot August Night at the Greek Theater". His music almost seems angelical.
+Manuel Saldivar (Manny) I've always felt God must be inside Mr. Diamond to write and sing so close to the soul as he does. What talent!!!
You are so right, well said
Agreed, the soundtrack of my growing up in the 70's
Missing my Mom...Grandma...Grandpa...friends...Aunts...Uncles...cousins....Lord Save Us. Music is the key of life.
This is a movement. An experience. Niel Diamond wrote from the soul and sang from the place where we live.
Just love this music, always have. Makes me feel like getting out on the open road and travelling somewhere. I dont care what Bill Murray thinks, LOL, I'm in that portion of the crowd that loves Neil Diamond, a fan forever.
every time I listen to this song, it brings back memories of the innocent and care free days of living in Thailand back in the early 80s when I was 14 years old. How easy life was back in those days...
been there interesting place
Amo todas as músicas do Neil Diamond. Que voz suave e maravilhosa!
I was watching this new tv show called Fleishman is in Trouble and they played this song while showing flashbacks of a couple's relationship. I couldn't get it out of my head, how could I have forgotten how beautiful it is.
His voice is beautiful and his looks are perfection! He can play me!!🥰
Man oh man... What guy wouldn't want to have a voice like Mr. Diamond's? Greatness!!!
You NEED to Neil see him live. Awesome the only negative thing I can say about his live performances is that it ends.
+Michael Walker I COMPLETELY AGREE! my grandmother is the same age as him and LOVES HIM! she took my father to his concert in sydney. then she took me to his concert in newcastle a few years ago. and he was my first CONCERT and i... JUST LOVE HIM LIVE.
yup. I saw him at the Greek a lifetime ago. one of the best concerts I've ever heard.
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Yup, all you have to do is win the lotto to buy a ticket.
Unfirtunlately he said because of upcoming Parkinson's he's gonna no longer perform live. Oh well, at least theres youtube
Cette CHANSON est SUBLIME. MERCI à mon PAPA de me l'avoir fait découvrir lorsque j'étais encore toute petite. Elle m'a accompagnée tout au long de ma VIE.
Wow. What a song! Just brings back so many memories!
My name is Liam Higgins im from boston. Im 44yrs old and these ND songs bring back the best memories of sitting in the kitchen w my Nana Higgins ( she was Sacred) as a very young kid. Irish bread and tea at the ripe old age of 5 -15 yrs old. Brings a very warm feeling to my wounded heart and soul. I will always love my NANA different than any human ive ever known
love the lyrics and love neil Diamond with that amazing voice!!!
I've loved ND for over 40 years and I never heard this song before. My boyfriend sang this to me several months ago and I listen to it every time I come on TH-cam..... LOVE IT!!!
Does anyone know who the two women are in the video?
The first album I bought was Hot August Night. Never get tired of listening to this song. Beautiful lyrics and music.
I bought the Hot August Night too and wore it out had to buy it a 2nd time, another great album "Love at The Greek" love both albums.
I am more of a heavy metal listener, but this is the best love song ever recorded, I'll throw this out there as I love Stevie Nicks, I can easily see them doing this as a duet.
Neil's performance and interpretation are Perfect but also the arrangement is awesome, especially the strings.
Heart and Soul in his songs....love him such an original ❤
On the first album (Hot August Night) I ever bought and I enjoy listening to it every bit as much today. The guy is a genius and there is something really special about listening to singers who wrote their own songs performing them live.
“I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to
become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone.”
Special Song Love Neil Diamond, so sad I never got to see him in Concert. Thank You for sharing .
As beautiful as 40 years ago. :) Cecile from South Africa