If you've misheard Neil Diamond's "Forever in Blue Jeans" as "Reverend Blue Jeans," you're not the only one. Comedian and former talk-show host Conan O'Brienconfessed in a 2023 podcast episodethat he's among the throngs of fans who thought Diamond was paying tribute to a man of the...
But MCA, stung badly by the loss of Neil Diamond to Columbia, was expected to fight hard to keep Elton. “They came after us – and Mike Maitland [MCA president] just came out – obviously he had orders from the top, I think, ‘Get him at all costs,’ and they did. “It’s a...
Fresh off the wild success of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," Elton John released a greatest hits compilation in 1974 that's likely to still be found in quite a few record and CD collections across the country. The album sold more than 16 million copies in the U.S. alone.. You may also...
” It’s overdramatic. It’s over-passionate. It’s also a little Neil Diamond in there. It was over the top, but it never felt wrong. If we had analyzed it and brought it back and put it through the normal [song vetting] channels, we would have gotten to the end and said, ...
After doing “Prescription of You” for the first time, it kind of got me a little itch to perform it more because it's so new. We didn’t even rehearse it; we just popped it off and did it for the first time. That, to me, was really exciting. But other than that, there's ...
times, with a recent instance occurring during one of Disturbed's January 2024 concerts. The singer invited two dads and their daughters up onstage and praised them for being at a rock show as opposed to a Swift concert, but added, "Don’t forget: Taylor Swift still kicks ass" [viaNME...
He took me under his wing, coached me with his vocal and verbal methods, and terrific upbeat energy, and I’m now singing Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Harry Chapin and more. Recently I startled myself by singing Glen Hansard’s wonderful song,Falling Slowly,from the movieOnce. I didn’t ...
And there’s still no place to go when it’s over So I’ll hide my age and make the stage And try to kick the footlights out again I throw my old guitar across the stage And watch my bass man takes the ball And the crowd goes nearly wild ...
With Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Philips and Dermot Malroney starring as Billy the Kid and his crew, the movie boasted an impressive assortment of Brat Pack alumni. Was it any good? Not especially, but who cares? The popcorn flick was still a hit with ...
‘Death Magnetic,’ but it’s safe to say that no one expected something that would have sounded at home on ‘Kill ‘Em All.’“Hardwired” was the band’s shortest and thrashiest song in a long time, and proved that they were more than a legacy act: they still had something to ...