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>>>>>Now you've gone and done it. The only way I got this song out of my head was to replace it "OOO OOO OOO Looking out my back door"
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>>>>Dangerous territory for those of us of a certain age and geographic location circa early 70s. Memories of elephants ...
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>>>( and now I can't get Yellow River and Cracklin' Rose out of *my* head )
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>>Ok. That does it! From the guy who quoted "Do You Hear the People Sing", we now get "Cracklin' Rosie"????? Jeez. Man, I'm beginning to think you alone were separated at birth. The mere idea of Neil Diamond makes me want to run and hide. Big fan too of I Am, I Said? Stupidest song ever written... well, ok, maybe not counting MacArthur Park.
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>I will never forget Neil Diamond performing in "The Last Waltz" wearing a powder blue sports jacket. Talk about looking out of step with your surroundings.
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>A couple of weeks ago I walked through the living room while my daughters were watching "American Idol" and Neil Diamond was the guest advisor, or whatever they call them. He looked pretty good for his age. Unfortunately that age is about 136....

On top of everything else, I will never forgive the man for what he did to "The Jazz Singer". Why in heaven's name would they do that? Yes, yes, I know - $$$.