NEIL DIAMOND Brother love's traveling salvation REACTION - First time hearing

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  • @TheTish
    @TheTish 10 місяців тому +13

    In concert, Neil Diamond stretches out the preaching section of the song, and to your point, the background vocals, and he raise up into a louder, larger crescendo with thousands of us fans singing it at the top of our lungs. And, he ends it with a long, drawn out---- AAAAHHHHH-AAAAHHHHH MEeeeeeeen! PS: I've seen this legend in concert dozens of times, and from start to finish I'm singing, weeping and dancing. My heart fills with joy.

    • @raymo6795
      @raymo6795 10 місяців тому +3

      Neil is awesome!!

  • @Cynthia...
    @Cynthia... Рік тому +58

    There will never be another like Neil. He is one of a kind and has such a huge number of great songs. Thanks Craig.

  • @michele1491
    @michele1491 Рік тому +6

    This man can paint a picture with his words like not many other artists.

  • @nrsvlda70
    @nrsvlda70 Рік тому +64

    He always sang this song at his concerts… the entire place would be rumbling with the noise - with EVERYONE singing along. He was America’s Queen (the band). Everyone knew every word to all of his music.. and sang along. He attracted all ages in his concerts in the late 80s, 90s and into the 2000s. He would schedule one concert in an area, and end up doing 3-4 bc they would sell out so quickly! Love him.. amazing songwriter, musician and entertainer. Thank-you for a wonderful memory!!!

    • @mikefrank115
      @mikefrank115 Рік тому +5

      And yet he is rarely mentioned with the top singer-songwriters of his day, such a Joni Mitchell, Carole King, James Taylor, John Denver, etc. Maybe his style of music was just too different and so he is overlooked

    • @MikeCoggan
      @MikeCoggan Рік тому +3

      Saw several times early 80s....some of the best I have seem which includes, Frank S, Tony B, Freddie M, Ronnie VZ

  • @thomasalagna9354
    @thomasalagna9354 8 місяців тому +7

    Neil Diamond is one of the best songwriters and singers of all time. Neils music is Classic and never goes out style. My favorite artist of my Life!!

  • @deborahcornell171
    @deborahcornell171 Рік тому +52

    "Pack up the babies & grab the old ladies..." reminds me of my grandmother taking me to revivals at her "holy roller" church when I was little. Music, dancing, testifying, hours long....quite an experience here in the American South back in the day.
    "Holly Holy" is my favorite though. Very spiritual & beautiful. Neil will give you goosebumps on that one. Hope you react to it!
    Much love from Kentucky U.S.
    💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙

    • @coocoocachooglin
      @coocoocachooglin Рік тому +1

      Summer tent revival and church camp too! Nothing like those hot and humid dusty days and nights in the Deep South getting religion

    • @terri2494
      @terri2494 Рік тому +6

      I used to think he was saying, “Pack up the babies and crabby old ladies.” 🤣

    • @deborahcornell171
      @deborahcornell171 Рік тому +3

      @@coocoocachooglin
      Exactly! That's a perfect description.🤗

    • @deborahcornell171
      @deborahcornell171 Рік тому +6

      @@terri2494
      Oh, that's hilarious! And now you've implanted that in my mind & it's what I'll hear in my head from now on.😳🤣

    • @KennyY-bh3zl
      @KennyY-bh3zl Рік тому +4

      Deborah, I'm curious if you've heard the version of Holly Holy and Brother Love from Neil's 1970 album "Gold: Live at the Troubadour". I think that album is Neil's best, whether "live" or studio, the versions of those two songs will certainly give you goosebumps. as will his version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now."

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life Рік тому +8

    OHMYGOSH!!!!!! This is one of my FAVORITE songs from Neil Diamond!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @supasoulproductions
    @supasoulproductions Рік тому +43

    I love the version of this from his live 'Hot August Night' album.

    • @sonia4641
      @sonia4641 Рік тому +7

      The best! So alive!

    • @ndhan72
      @ndhan72 Рік тому +4

      The best version of this song.

    • @Cyclone74
      @Cyclone74 7 місяців тому +2

      When he yelled Brothers!!! I almost jumped out of my skin!!!

  • @russallert
    @russallert Рік тому +33

    There's a great version on UA-cam of Neil Diamond's appearance on Johnny Cash's TV show around 1969-70. He and Johnny swap songs on their guitars, and then Neil does a great rendition of this song in which he tells the story of how he attended a revival meeting in the South, which inspired him to write the song, and does a dramatization of the preacher's sermon.

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 Рік тому +1

      Yes !! That’s the best live version of this I have seen

  • @lnetscoutnshelby5691
    @lnetscoutnshelby5691 Рік тому +22

    Neil is an American icon. Love that man. Over all these decades, never a scandal. Such a beautiful, humble person. Praying the best for him in his retirement. "I Am, I Said" is so profound...His own personal story.

    • @peterfairhall1784
      @peterfairhall1784 Рік тому +2

      I beg to differ on the American Icon comment. I prefer to think of him as a World Icon

    • @catherinemccullough299
      @catherinemccullough299 2 місяці тому +1

      @@peterfairhall1784Well said!!!

  • @kristiwatt8134
    @kristiwatt8134 9 місяців тому +4

    You have to listen to his ‘70’s live version-like Hot August Night. So much more feeling for the duration of the song. ❤

  • @pamscarr8696
    @pamscarr8696 Рік тому +23

    In the deep south in America 1960's
    Young Jewish people began coming to Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, where ever they felt blacks were being suppressed and began working on their behalf.
    Neil was one of those Jewish youth and while they were traveling they stopped in a deep south small town. They were invited to a tent revival being held by a black evangelist who went by the name Brother Love.
    Neil, having been raised in Jewish Synagogue worship which was very ritualistic and orderly attended this tent revival and was quite take back by how the black people worship in this area. This song is based on that experience.
    Years later, he and Ralph Lauren shared a pew in the same Synagogue. You had pay for a pew so they shared the payment and sat together. A far cry from Brother Loves Salvation Show.

  • @Irockthere4
    @Irockthere4 Рік тому +3

    One of America’s finest singer songwriters

  • @debbiemickelson5448
    @debbiemickelson5448 Рік тому +12

    One of his more unique songs, always liked it

  • @ronlibs4313
    @ronlibs4313 Рік тому +5

    My absolutely favorite Neil Diamond song!!

  • @sourisvoleur4854
    @sourisvoleur4854 Рік тому +11

    My favorite Neil Diamond song. I love the different textures, his ballading and belting, and the gospel singers. This is the complete Neil Diamond in one song.

  • @valogden
    @valogden Рік тому +9

    One of our all time greatest songwriters and singers. I got to see him a couple of times in concert. I really enjoyed the shows.

  • @johnthegreek5836
    @johnthegreek5836 Рік тому +5

    I’ve always liked Neil Diamond, he’s a great songwriter and singer, deserves more recognition

  • @jonathanmurphy3141
    @jonathanmurphy3141 Рік тому +9

    Neil D' was at times called "the Jewish Elvis". My parents had some of his records, when I was a youth -but I kind of just remember his duet with Barbara Streisand, "you don't bring be flowers", in my memory of the 1970's (born in 1969).And seeing him in his shiny shirts, and the remake of "the Jazz Singer" Over time, I found how he was a songwriter at the Brill Building, wrote hits for The Monkeys,. and then went out on his own, and gave the world some incredible songs. Even, his modern work with Rick Rubin producing. Neil Diamond is cool, and deserved to get in the Rock Hall (even if he was schnockered that night, in giving his acceptance) "The Jewish Elvis" has not yet left the building!

  • @mayLibertyprevail1a
    @mayLibertyprevail1a Рік тому +13

    I've never been to an old fashioned southern gospel tent revival...but this song makes me FEEL like I have!

    • @cog4life
      @cog4life Рік тому +3

      I have. And it’s just like that 😂. I Love his voice and this song! One of my all time favs!

  • @KennyY-bh3zl
    @KennyY-bh3zl Рік тому +4

    Incredible version of Brother Love is on Neil Diamond's 1970 Live album "Gold" recorded at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The album is Neil's first live album and in my opinion his best. It hit number 10 on the Billboard charts in 1970 and contains besides Brother Love, classics like Sweet Caroline (when it was still fairly new), Solitary Man, Holly Holy, Cherry Cherry, and Kentucky Woman, all performed in front of a small, intimate crowd.

  • @donrudd1358
    @donrudd1358 Рік тому +4

    Saw Neil in concert three times. black, white ,young and old everyone singing along we all knew the words to the songs. nothing but love for Neil. My favorite song of all time is "I am I said"

  • @ursgeiser6570
    @ursgeiser6570 Рік тому +10

    As a student, I was a record store helper and listened to the live album Hot August Night 1972 with the final song package Soolaimon/B.L.T.Salvation Show 9:36; of course bought or processed. This live version would be a MUST and highlight for you, full of energy and passion. Apparently there is now an extended edition of this concert.
    From this fantastic live album I had admiration and great respect for Neil Diamond. I wish him all the best in his old age!

  • @Pezzonovante916
    @Pezzonovante916 Рік тому +3

    I heard Neil Diamond do this in concert as his closing number in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, decades ago. The whole Civic Arena was on its feet hands in the air! Neil Diamond absolutely brought the house down!

  • @andrewclayton4181
    @andrewclayton4181 Рік тому +4

    Classic Neil Diamond from his early years. There are plenty of songs from that period that are worth catching. - Done too soon - Holly holy - I am I said. Crackling Rosie was the first time I heard him.

  • @ChuckHackney
    @ChuckHackney Рік тому +2

    If you grew up in the American south, boy can you identify with this song. There were so many rent revivals that happened on the edge of towns and cities. What a great portrayal of the scene that happened in all those tents!!!!

  • @michaelkrummel2071
    @michaelkrummel2071 7 місяців тому +4

    Neil said he wrote this song about gospel meeting he once saw.

    • @jogman262
      @jogman262 7 місяців тому

      Yes. He talks about this during an appearance on 'The Johnny Cash Show'. One of the best live performances of this song you will see.

  • @andyleclerc3600
    @andyleclerc3600 Рік тому +4

    One of Neil's best jams. Makes me feel good every time

  • @geniej9093
    @geniej9093 Рік тому +4

    I list this as one of my all-time favorites in and beyond Neil Diamond's catalogue.

  • @Imadrummin
    @Imadrummin Рік тому +7

    Feather in your cap Craig Aust. Grade A song from Neil Diamond.👍

  • @Nastyfinger1444
    @Nastyfinger1444 11 місяців тому +2

    Neil is so unique and talented. His music takes you everywhere. I have attended two concerts and both were wonderful.

  • @diane-
    @diane- Рік тому +10

    I think this is one of his best songs. Thanks Craig and Harri.

  • @windycitykitty
    @windycitykitty Рік тому +4

    One of my favorite Neil Diamond songs. Nice review, as always!

  • @janabraam7963
    @janabraam7963 Рік тому +2

    I've been waiting for you to react to this. My favorite Neil Diamond song.

  • @mayLibertyprevail1a
    @mayLibertyprevail1a Рік тому +11

    "When you'd almost bet you could hear yourself sweat..." I love that line!

    • @SheilaRough
      @SheilaRough Рік тому +1

      My favorite line is "when he lets go, half the valley shakes". Ooh gives me chills every time

    • @lhcarter
      @lhcarter 8 місяців тому +1

      “ every EAR is on him”

  • @traceycater
    @traceycater Рік тому +3

    I love this song!

  • @caryriggs5719
    @caryriggs5719 Рік тому +5

    The live version from Hot August Night in 1972 brings it up a level. It's more what you were looking for Harri.

  • @lauralane4808
    @lauralane4808 Рік тому +3

    I loved this one the first time I heard it and I crank it up every time. Try Brooklyn Roads.

  • @richardmather1906
    @richardmather1906 Рік тому +6

    You needed to do the live one from the Hot August Night album. Great stuff.

  • @bradspicks
    @bradspicks Рік тому

    Brother Loves show~! .........

  • @jstmez
    @jstmez Рік тому +6

    Need to react to a live version.. everyone would "reach out, reach out". One of his closing numbers and he still sang it like he was on an energy high.

  • @hazelmaylebrun6243
    @hazelmaylebrun6243 Рік тому +5

    Best gospel song ever from a good Jewish boy. LOL. He said he attended a tent revival meeting and felt something spiritually and it stirred him. When I was a kid, just 6 or 7 listening and singing along with this song when it was a hit, I sang the wrong lyrics for a while. I thought he was singing, "Pack up the babies and crabby old ladies," which... since I was 6 or 7 was me hearing the ladies shushing me and telling me off when I misbehaved. Then, I got older and heard the real lyrics. Haha... well... sometimes I still sing crabby old ladies... just for fun.

    • @terri2494
      @terri2494 Рік тому +1

      Oh my gosh! I just said the same thing! It actually works either way but his lyrics are more positive.

  • @14gilbertst
    @14gilbertst Рік тому +6

    The live version is pretty great too.

  • @ericpohlmeyer4116
    @ericpohlmeyer4116 Рік тому +1

    Awesome ! Thank you so much!

  • @Cookies_crumbs
    @Cookies_crumbs Рік тому +7

    IMO one of Neil’s best that few have reacted to is “Solitary Man.”

  • @jerryjeromehawkins1712
    @jerryjeromehawkins1712 Рік тому +3

    Had this 45 as a kid... knew all the words... and CRANKED it up on my little Hi-Fi!! 💙

  • @niallmcentee9400
    @niallmcentee9400 Рік тому +2

    The live version is so powerful

  • @thedocofrock1890
    @thedocofrock1890 Рік тому +4

    takes you back to what it was like in the southern states in the 20's or 30's. bible thumpers everywhere and some parts are still like that. especially florida - so many religious stations on the radio still to this day

  • @raymo6795
    @raymo6795 10 місяців тому +2

    A wonderful ,well told tale, from an American legend

  • @contacluj758
    @contacluj758 Рік тому +1

    This song made a great scene in one of my favorite comedy, "Lost & Found", with David Spade

  • @leonbosman690
    @leonbosman690 Рік тому +8

    Now you need to hear track 8 from Hot August Night…Sooliamon/Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show.

    • @rebeccamcvey8600
      @rebeccamcvey8600 Рік тому +3

      Yes.

    • @rebeccamcvey8600
      @rebeccamcvey8600 Рік тому +2

      Love that live album. played that in 8 tracj all night one time when I went to visit obe of my brother's friends.

    • @leonbosman690
      @leonbosman690 Рік тому +2

      @@rebeccamcvey8600 I had the privilege to see the same show during his tour playing at Pine Knob, Auburn Hills, Michigan (Detroit).

  • @joebloggs8636
    @joebloggs8636 Рік тому +2

    The one off Hot August night is even better..

  • @OddBall1958
    @OddBall1958 Рік тому +1

    Forever In Bluejeans is another great one from Neil

  • @Anna_Nichole65
    @Anna_Nichole65 Рік тому +1

    He was my 3 or 4 cousin. I love all of his music but Br5other Love is all time favorite song!!!!

  • @maureenmcdonald8841
    @maureenmcdonald8841 Рік тому +1

    Soooo good. Saw him live a couple of times. Outstanding energy.

  • @cierakitty
    @cierakitty Рік тому +1

    Especially down south......way back there were tent revivals now and then....I barely remember going to one....but what I do remember was, yes, it was hot, no ac, no fans.....just the heat and the preacher letting the fire and brimstone go. Usually an organ, tamberine, lots of singing too.

  • @susanlynch6680
    @susanlynch6680 Рік тому +1

    Listento the cut from Love at the Greek....phenomenal!!

  • @jogman262
    @jogman262 Рік тому +2

    There's a really cool alternate version of this song were as he starts singing, "take my hand in yours" these bells start ringing, "walk with me this day" and the bells again. I like it. My first time watching your show and you picked a great song and artist. Thank you. Subscriber now too.

  • @CB-gr1uk
    @CB-gr1uk Рік тому +5

    One of my favorites. Please check out Holly Holy. In my top 5.

  • @michaelbeasley5783
    @michaelbeasley5783 11 місяців тому +3

    One of my fav Neil songs. I'm not so sure it's so much a gospel song as it is a song about a gospel tent service. "Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes, everyone knows . . . ." Masterful lyric writing that doesn't get much better. Thx for the reaction.

  • @ChuckHackney
    @ChuckHackney Рік тому

    Here is one of the penultimate singer songwriters of modern music. A nice Jewish boy, but so many of his music is gospel influenced. Holly Holy, This Way Again, Be, and do many others.

  • @DetectiveAlley
    @DetectiveAlley Рік тому

    I liked and subscribed but am hoping you will react to Neil Diamond and his best song, 'Holly Holy'. Don't disappoint me!

  • @deniseallen5233
    @deniseallen5233 Рік тому +1

    There's an old one he and Shirley Bassey play me live from BBC. They need to get a room for that one. It's brilliant. Shirley Bassey is her own rabbit hole it could take a century to cover. Try the theme to Goldfinger or Diamonds are Forever. Just to name a few.

  • @jeansalzman2.012
    @jeansalzman2.012 9 місяців тому +1

    I absolutely love watching your reactions. You were, of course, correct about the crescendo.... but it comes on the live performance, which Neil Diamond absolutely tears up. I feel like you were almost in church with the rest of us on this one, Harri. Nice reaction.

  • @michaelporter8053
    @michaelporter8053 Рік тому +2

    Not sure if you read comments 4 months later bur he does a medley in the album Hot August Night from 1972,Brother Loves and Sulaimon that is really woth a reaction.

  • @barbaracollins385
    @barbaracollins385 11 місяців тому +1

    Hallelujah! Is right. A total celebration of life.

  • @58BURST
    @58BURST Рік тому +7

    Great choice, and reaction!
    Give "Morningside" a listen.
    Very moving story.
    The live version from Hot August Night is stellar!

    • @cathybuchanan1747
      @cathybuchanan1747 Рік тому +1

      "Morningside" is one of my favorite Neil songs, along with "Brooklyn Roads".

  • @marksanders8028
    @marksanders8028 Рік тому +2

    I am glad you have finally seen the light Harri.

  • @marigail9234
    @marigail9234 6 місяців тому

    Such a poetic lyricist!

  • @sonia4641
    @sonia4641 Рік тому +5

    Great that you're discovering and appreciating Neil's wide, wide range of work. I only ever has two of his LP's the 4-sided Live 'Hot August Night' and 'Serenade', and they've been replaces and played regularly over nearly 50 years. They covers such a range of styles and emotions, moving me seamlessly from mellow rumination to bopping wildly round the kitchen. You almost don't need any other music when you have so much on just TWO records. And yet, they're still just a subset of his work .... I'm still discovering superb new (to me) songs on his early albums that I was too young to be aware of at the time they came out .... To have THAT voice and SUCH songwriting skills THOSE looks (1978. BBC concert - swoon) make the man a unique phenomenon.

    • @sonia4641
      @sonia4641 Рік тому +2

      Misremembered: 1971 BBC concert, age 30. Here's Brother Love's ... at this great live performance: m.ua-cam.com/video/nhGMmmd9Ixs/v-deo.html
      Yes I did think he was gorgeous, but it's the music that's been important for 50 years. I bet he'll be one of the performers that will be listened to forever ....This music is classic, eternal ...

  • @caroljnorton8099
    @caroljnorton8099 Рік тому

    Love love !!!❤

  • @glenwilliswilli6090
    @glenwilliswilli6090 Рік тому +1

    It's really superb bro, nothing like Niel diamonds songs, you got the feeling of good music, only very few people on earth appreciate it,am one 👍 and by the way bro thank very much for posting it, thank you very much 👍

  • @BigC.
    @BigC. Рік тому +4

    Made popular again with the movie Once upon a Time in Hollywood.

  • @deewonders6959
    @deewonders6959 Рік тому +3

    I love this song 🎶♥️

  • @aaronmelling3186
    @aaronmelling3186 Рік тому +1

    A masterpiece in song writing.

  • @jimb2692
    @jimb2692 Рік тому +2

    A total master

  • @lindygirl3572
    @lindygirl3572 Рік тому

    This my all time favorite song that Neil sings. I LOVE the trumpets in the background, and the piano is awesome! But I have to say, I have never heard a bad one. I LOVE his voice :)

  • @suzanneprock7286
    @suzanneprock7286 Рік тому +2

    This is a great selection, Harri.

  • @donnamoskowitz4978
    @donnamoskowitz4978 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @oldermusiclover
    @oldermusiclover Рік тому

    one of his best that is the Wrecking Crew on there. the late Hal Blaine on drums

  • @debbiechang5781
    @debbiechang5781 Рік тому +1

    Craig Aust, great choice! It’s been too long since I heard this song. It warms my heart to hear it now. Thanks for this. Great insights from Harri 🌺✌️

  • @richb313
    @richb313 Рік тому +3

    He describes an old tent style revival very accurately you can almost feel it even more remarkable when you consider he is Jewish.

  • @cathyortiz1280
    @cathyortiz1280 Рік тому +2

    Really fun song!

  • @wendyryder2708
    @wendyryder2708 Рік тому

    Thanks Harri! This is my FAVOURITE song of Neil’s! LOVE,LOVE this! Your channel is fantastic! Peace and Blessings to you and your family from Australia.

  • @mindyalderman8865
    @mindyalderman8865 Рік тому

    A Jewish man appreciating a old tent revival for what it was and the peace it brought to the followers.

  • @baskervillebee6097
    @baskervillebee6097 Рік тому +2

    Neil Diamond
    The African Trilogy

    • @Cyclone74
      @Cyclone74 7 місяців тому +1

      I do believe if Mozart & Beethoven could hear the African Trilogy, they would be impressed by the beauty, uniqueness & musicianship that went into that work.n

    • @baskervillebee6097
      @baskervillebee6097 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Cyclone74
      Soundtrack to Johnathan Livingston Seagull. I still listen to Johnathan's Prayer over and over.

  • @colemant6845
    @colemant6845 7 місяців тому +1

    Dynamic Vocals and Music that does not exist today..... Music gone in the Past... Such a SHAME. This song gives me Strength! Neils GREATEST song and Presentation IMHO.

  •  Рік тому

    This would have be great in a live version though. Make him play it all out.

  • @barneymiller6204
    @barneymiller6204 11 місяців тому

    Go to a tent meeting some time! You may love it!!!

  • @vdoggydogg3922
    @vdoggydogg3922 Рік тому

    The live version with rhe " reach out" makes the song better

  • @Nite37
    @Nite37 11 місяців тому

    I saw him about 7 years ago. Great show. I passed on Jonny Cash, Warren Zevon & had tickets to Stevie Ray Vaughn (right before the crash) so I WAS NOT MISSING HIM. I am glad I did not.

  • @leomarshall4059
    @leomarshall4059 Рік тому

    A nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn takes us to church... and PREACHES!

  • @zekelucente9702
    @zekelucente9702 10 місяців тому

    You should have watched a live version of this song.

  • @amb6899
    @amb6899 Рік тому +2

    Not one of his best sellers but I dug it. My favorites by him Red Red Wine. Holly Holy. You got to Me, Cherry Cherry. Very very successful career. I believe he gave up touring. All things eventually come to an end.

  • @lnbarnes917
    @lnbarnes917 Рік тому

    What is funny he sings like he knows all about a revival but he is Jewish ! Lol ! I love him !❤

  • @jhd1111
    @jhd1111 Рік тому +2

    Given the option, always react to the music from his album Hot August Night

  • @murrayjennex1377
    @murrayjennex1377 Рік тому

    listen to the live version on hot august night

  • @rimrock53
    @rimrock53 Рік тому

    A good Jewish city boy singing about a country gospel revival.

  • @tombeyerlein3813
    @tombeyerlein3813 Рік тому +6

    It's "Brother Love's," not "Brother's Love!" 🤣

    • @lhcarter
      @lhcarter 7 місяців тому

      “Reverend Blue Jeans” per Kevin James in King of Queens. A cool Reverend , he thought.

  • @suedesch-carney883
    @suedesch-carney883 Рік тому

    There's better versions of that song there's better versions like I said you just have to update yourself with Neil's new versions I say this cuz I'm a huge fan of nails I loved him for over 40 years you should check out the song The story of My Life or lady Magdalene two of my huge favorite songs of all that I love them all thank you for sharing you continue to listen to Neil Diamond you will fall in love