He Is . . . I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond. David Wild

He Is . . . I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond



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Language: English
Page: 224
ISBN: 0306817845, 9780786726929

From Publishers Weekly

Wild, who's written companion books to the sitcoms Friends and Seinfeld, doesn't pretend to any objectivity on the subject of Neil Diamond—over the years, he's interviewed the singer-songwriter for Rolling Stone, written liner notes for a retrospective box set, even produced an episode of Behind the Music. So this isn't so much a biography as a book-length case of pure, unapologetic fandom that traces every step of Diamond's life, from his childhood in Brooklyn and his rise to fame in the 1960s and '70s to his most recent comeback albums. (Wild is not, however, critically blind; an attempt to watch the film of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, for which Diamond wrote the soundtrack, ends in frustration.) The cutesy references to song titles can get annoying—Wild runs the phrase I'm a Believer as a self-description into the ground—but perceptive insights into the biographical circumstances of Diamond's artistry abound. If you are not a Neil Diamond fan already, this book is not likely to change your mind, but Wild knows he's preaching to the converted: If you hate Neil Diamond, he jokes, then you may actually hate yourself. (Nov.)
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who like Neil Diamond and those who don’t. Wild is clearly a fan. Big in Jersey, Wild insists, “well before Bruce Springsteen,” Diamond has been a fixture in the Wild household, providing the soundtrack to the family’s lives. “Diamond’s passionate and poppy music spoke to us—and to me in particular.” Diamond is the Jewish Elvis, “the Hebrew hunk” who, despite countless pop classics (“Cherry, Cherry,” “I’m a Believer,” “Solitary Man,” “Shilo,” “Sweet Caroline,” etc.), has never received the respect he deserves. This affectionate and touching book—part musical biography, part autobiography—is Wild’s heartfelt attempt to give Diamond his due. As a fellow Jew from the East Coast, Wild identifies with Diamond, music and man, and he juxtaposes his story and Diamond’s career, his many triumphs but also his failures. It makes an unusual marriage of genres, but it works. Diamond fans will love it, but so should other, more casual pop-music fans and students of Jewish popular culture. --June Sawyers



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