red, red wine / you make me feel so fine

when you've got the head of a local record label sitting at your dinner table, you choose your background music carefully.

after several glasses of wine, though, all caution is thrown to the wind. "i'm almost ashamed to admit this," i slurred, "but i am totally in love with neil diamond's new album."

much to my shock and surprise, she and her husband said they owned "12 songs", too, and not only do they like it, they even knew someone who played on the record.

hee!

so yes, now i freely admit it: i have a special place in my heart for neil diamond -- those old songs are so amazing, and when i was young my mom instilled in me a healthy appreciation for his live shows. it was easy for me to become a rabid neil diamond fan. and i was, for years. a couple of decades passed, though, without me paying much attention to his career (i guess my fandom began to wane in high school when i acquired the jaded attitude that sting was better than neil), but i was glad to hear that this new record was getting good reviews. it is really great. my love has been rejuvenated.

apparently i shared my fondness for neil so enthusiastically last night (likely the result of that 4th glass of wine) that the husband asked, "have you seen neil diamond parking lot?"

"whoa! no! is that like heavy metal parking lot??"

"yes. the same filmmakers. they re-visited the heavy metal parking lot 10 years later... for a neil diamond concert."

well, thank god this morning's hangover didn't obliterate all trace of that conversation, because i just googled and found the film online. (while you're there, be sure to check out the original heavy metal parking lot as well as harry potter parking lot.)

Posted by xta at February 13, 2006 01:47 PM | TrackBack