Does any particular Neil Diamond song bring back a memory for you?

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Permalink Reply by Melissa B on April 10, 2010 at 12:31pm

I Am I Said takes me back to a difficult time in my life when I was young and in college. I think I wore out a couple of tapes in those days listening to this song. Somebody knew how I felt.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Evans on April 14, 2010 at 11:09am

Most of my adult life Neil Diamond songs have got me through very tough times. But when I heard "Remember Me" it seemed he was singing just to me. How I felt every time I had a chance to go to one of his concerts.

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Permalink Reply by Lynn Collins on April 15, 2010 at 9:18pm

I wrote at length in another post (Why are you a Neil Fan?) about why Neil's music is meaningful to me so I won't go in to that again here, but one particular song always got to me during a time when I was young and thinking about the 'big questions' of life. You know, where did we come from, why are we here, what is the meaning of life, is this all there is, is there life after physical death?

This song, Cante Libre, was one that led me to believe that there is a spiritual side to our existence - and that music was evidence for that. When I'm in a certain mood, this song makes me cry - It is hard to explain why - something about being so grateful for the gift of music (and certain musicians!).

The first and last part of the song are in Spanish, Cante Libre means 'sing freely')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqA7N0uY-Vw

I got music runnin' in my head
Makes me feel like a young bird flyin'
Cross my mind and layin' in my bed
Keeps me away from the thought of dyin'

I got music runnin' in my brain
Ev'ry song with it's own kind of meaning
Cleanse the soul and wash away the pain
Baptized by the song that your singing

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