Holly Holy Neil Diamond

[tomthefunky]

Neil in Memphis. This band he's working with here is one of the best in history.

[Abbie102349]

Sometimes I said bad words but I am trying to improve so that I won't offend anyone. I have an intense temper but not a quick temper. I try not to lose my temper unless back into a corner. May our Father bless you and keep you safe.

[Abbie102349]

Our Father in heaven said that accident can happen in a world that honors free will. He also said that a Mercydes is the safest car on the road especially when 650,000,000 people depend on me being safe. We have 27 years of the 5700 period left so I need a very safe and comfortable car. I will live as long as I can. But my body is 62 years old and I've been through many spiritual battles and a few fist fights along the way.

[Abbie102349]

I did not ask to be a Melchisedek High Priest and when I tried to explain that I was not qualified both our Father and you promoted me to the Ark of the Covenant. I don't know what the Ark is except that I house the mercy seat and as long as the mercy is here with you God's wrath in heaven is stayed. He won't destroy the world as long as I live. I think we should work hard to love each other and to do the next right thing. I also need a white Mercydes as it is safer for me to drive.

[Abbie102349]

First you said that I was a priest. I cried for three hours. Then you said I was the New Jerusalem, Then you named me Israel and I did not know the meaning of that. I looked it up and took the opposite of Jacob, he was a boy and I am a girl. It said a Then I looked it up and ir did n or seem so bad. Then you said no you won't be their Priest, you are my High Priest and Priest to our Father in heaven.

[Abbie102349]

I was afraid of being drawn into your song because I thought you would make me a mummy again. I want a family Popa. I've never had a family and I only had two friends in my whole journey here. Love does not hurt.  People hurt. I did not want to be the Ark of the Covenant. You said it was my birthright and that I could nor resign. I told you that I was not qualified and you said I would get on the job training. Love, Babe

[Abbie102349]

Popa forgive me for being afraid that you were going to put me in a Mummy like you did in Egypt after you build the pyramids and built a craft for your escape. I don't want to be a mummy again. It was lonesome in that high mountain where you hid me. Nobody found me until King David sent for me to be brought to Jerusalem. Then I still was hidden in the Ark until this life time. Now I am an Ark here in the USA and I am your High Priest and our Father's High Priest. Babe

[Abbie102349]

Holly Holy doesn't understand everything. She has forgotten the pain of that time. Her love continues and from forgiveness came forth a much greater love than ever before. She knows that it had something to do with the Red Heifer in Torah. When she comes to his dreams, he runs because it hurts him. Holly Holy was his only child and she and her little brother are buried somwhere in Carolina. I love you Popa, Babe She and her little brother were twins so they are one soul.

[Abbie102349]

He is singing to his five month old body that he rapped, tortured, sodimized and he let the other nine that made up the ten in his Orthodox Jewish Group, have their turn until she died. Then he went on to make his fortune. Babe died on December 5, 1948 returned on October 23, 1949 and she was healthy this time. A surrogate family took her in and she lived in very difficult conditions. He never cared because her he got want he wanted. Fame and money, and hatred of all oter women. True.

[Abbie102349]

@Abbie102349 Ecuse me, it was a five month old baby girl.His conscience tormented him day and night and in each of his songs. In Holly Holy, he was in love with an child. In her journey here, he had his secret service and body guards all over here. He was never let her go or have a life. Preserved until the next time he needed to safe a world. Listen to each of his songs. They are Song of Solomon. Holly Holy haunts him. She is his soul. Listen and he will tell you all of this. Babe

[robbieanne2]

I was in high school I got hooked on this song, I loved it!

[raceyboy]

Church.

[ChihuahuaboyDH]

I love Mr. Neil Diamond & his music. "Holly Holy" is a fabulous arrangement!

Bravo, Neil Leslie Diamond!

[TheEndokuken]

Yeah, Yeah

[kwillsound]

i just heard this song for the first time. wow i'm speechless.... the song itself, the recording so haunting, i am floored. it is a time capsule.

[RamirezFilmsOfficial]

lol Here Comes The Boom

[steeplepossum39]

BEAUTIFUL SONG nothing else needs to be said now.

[1951savage]

had this very L.P. in 1970 still like it

[68Dolphinlover]

I remember listening to Neil Diamond on vinyl records. And this one got wore out by ME and i was 9 or 10. And now im 42 and still love Neil Diamond. If you havent seen the movie The Jazz Singer, please watch it. It willanswer your questions of his life and religious beliefs!!!!

[mosihasteen]

This is a very religious song - does anybody know if Diamond is a Messianic Jew?

[Kelly14UK]

Keep coming back to this guy. It's my parents' fault honestly!

[CapitanBizarrely]

Love the vinyl sound.

[hollymarg]

Apparently he pulled a fan out of the audience recently and smooched with her!!!!

GOOD FOR YOU NEIL!

[clucaspik]

Nothing quite like this song ...

[alexxicon]

I saw him do this on a tv show,maybe ed sullivan,and he started alone on the stage and the background just kept walking in until he finished with about 50 singers backing him.FANTASTIC

[witchman67]

the first bars of the piano never fail to give me chills..

[123Boudicca]

This is my all time favourites of Neil songs. It's as great now as it was when I was 13.

[defxxx67]

perfect song,,makes me feel alive!!! ;)-

[7466309change]

one of my favs.

[comooch]

Mr. Diamond, welcome to the RRHoF. We're sorry for the wait, but we hope you'll enjoy your stay. It's great to have you.

[tikizia1981]

One of those genius guys, Thanks Neil

[drakeallen55]

it's a good one



[1951savage]

had this very record when it came out and i still like it

[annalee963]

what a beautiful soul in amongst the radio lollipop music which video killed the radio star i loved it and sherbert yes my face is red however after hearing this song i fell in love with music really eventually i found IT part and parcel is neil is real and a decent shepard for a lonely sheep waking ZARATHUSTRA with many others bless the colours in the fight of black and white in the darkness of the light and as a child lying at night at least innocent enough to be of fright.

[Petset]

I believe this is a perfect song (vocally and instrumentally) and I love Mr. Diamond.

[Holstar7894]

It's my name

[devilboydc]

I think this is my favorite Neil Diamond song.

[tpmetp]

in my top 5 fav songs. reminds me of dating sherry back in college.. hey sherry. lol

tnx for posting this one.

[rin5581948]

Neil Diamond has been one of my all time favorite performers for at least 40 years. I listened to him when I was in high school back in the early 70s when hard rock was the vogue. This is music, plain and simple.

[fifilachoy]

Holly Holy Dream...

[DrGeorgeWat]

he looks so much cooler older than he did back then

[IvoreeRaven]

takes me back to a place I cant return...

[12Daniel7]

@IvoreeRaven AMEN & AMEN, sad oh so sad!! A Joyful time, though.

[tpmetp]

@IvoreeRaven read what you said and it sent chills up my spine.

[DELPHI1945]

He's not a singer per se, but his "sound" rivals Spector's "wall of sound"

[ChihuahuaboyDH]

Neil Diamond is the finest singer & entertainer around. "Holly Holy" is testament to that fact. Bravo, Mr. Diamond!

[tubonym55]

Wow, I did exactly the same thing twanghang did, played a little transistor radio under my pillow. This song always took me away. Neil Diamond: a master song writer, great voice, this was one of the main songs of that feel that still stand out from my childhood (along with Roy Orbison "Pretty Woman", the Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody", Len Barry "1-2-3", and Billy Joe Royal "Down in the Boondocks"). Great atmosphere and production on all of them.

[12Daniel7]

@tubonym55 Me, as well, great music, great times.

[Albacorewing]

Neil Diamond was a great writer but not a good singer. This last song, however, was a masterpiece, out of the summer of 1969.

[femsual]

@Albacorewing not a great singer-- u cant mean that? omg he was one of the best-- i was alive in 1969 and use to jive to this song,., i was 12-- everyone one thought neil diamond at that time was a god- im 53 now and still think he is so unique-- a true talent!!

[Albacorewing]

@femsual For the most part he was not a great singer. This song was an exception to that rule. I wll always agree that he was a great writer. Holly Holly and Solitary Man were his best singing efforts.i

[femsual]

@Albacorewing well that is your opinion -- to me he was and is one of the best singers to ever belt out a tune

[pie0my]

@Albacorewing What singers do you like?

[Albacorewing]

@pie0my A whole bunch. Too many to list here.

[pie0my]

@Albacorewing Who's one of your favorites? I'm only curious, I'm not trying to be a jerk at all. Chances are I like them too.

[Albacorewing]

@pie0my A very diverse bunch. The Pozo Seco Singers song "Time." "Ribbon of Sorrow" by Pozo Seco, Marty Robbins, Gordon Lightfoot. John Lennon. Paul McCartney's group Wings. Anything by Jim Croce. Lee Hazlewood singing "Some Velvet Morning." Paul Mauriat's "Love is Blue" and "Inch Allah." "Missing" by Everybody But the Girl.

Recent songs:

Babylon

You Are Loved

Viva La Vida by ColdPlay

Sad Eyes covered by Springsteen and Iglesias also.

.

[Albacorewing]

@pie0my

I also like:

Yıldız Kaplan - Alınmadım sana.

[Albacorewing]

@pie0my Diamond is a great writer. I think he wrote "And the Grass won't Pay No Mind." that song was covered by Elvis as well as Mark Lindsay More I like: Toast and Marmalade For Tea by Tin Tin Everybody Wants To Find A Bluebird by Edelman Temma Harbour A Young Girl of Sixteen by Harrison Rings by Cymarron Lesson in Love by Lightfoot Anything For Love by Lightfoot Most of these are on YouTube

[pie0my]

@Albacorewing Looks like you like a lot of the same people I like. Neil Diamond was just one of the first songwriters I ever was into, and I still think he's one of the greatest. I'll grant that there are better singers out there, but you have to admit Neil sounded pretty great in his prime.

[mws604]

@Albacorewing Don't forget he also wrote I'm a Believer

[Albacorewing]

@pie0my And:

My Maria by B.W. Stevenson, also covered by Brooks and Dunn

People Make The World Go Round by The Stylistics

Peter Skiller singing You're A Lady

Also:

Peter Sarsdedt singing Where Have You Gone To My Lovely

[Albacorewing]

@pie0my And you can't beat this:

The Chipmunks - E.T. & Me

[Wildcard120]

Hearing this on the car radio as I was being driven to a private school in Plainfield NJ on WABC 700 am when they played music. Classic. Keep watching!

[62view]

Haunting. Beautiful. Spiritual. I remember as a little kid riding in the car with my Mom driving. We had a fantastic '67 red Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible. She would sing along with the radio blasting to this original studio version. I learned the words quickly as WLS in Chicago played it often in late "69 and early 1970. AM radio. Jesus, what a great time we had. Mom had a lead foot and that Cutlass would just slice through the wind like a razor. Great song. Great car. Great times.Thankyou

[tracy4good]

Though I was never a real big fan of N.D., my late wife was. This somewhat mournful song reverses the years to a time of both sadness and excellence for me.

It is an all time favorite.

Thanks, Neil.

My wife was in so many of your audiences. She loved you.

[BUSBUNNY3]

great song i love it!!

[1123awesomeness]

im 13 years old and this is my favorite song of all time :) i was in the kitchen tonight with my dad and older brother and this song was cranked and we were all singing it and going nuts to it haha god i cant get enough of this song i get the chills when i hear it :) ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SONG

[caseybellestarr]

GREAT song!!!!!

[tikizzia1981]

Great 

[Lukelr]

Like the line from What About Bob: "There are two kinds of people in this world: People who love Neil Diamond and people who don't."

This is one of my favorite songs of his.

Thanks.

[leahhh30165]

LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! :D :D and i <3 neil diamond :D

[patrish60]

Used this incredible song as background music to performance on balance beam in school.

So soothing and unforgettable.

Thanks.

[OmahaNipp]

THE BEST!!!

[otherhollywood]

"There are two types of people in this world: Those who like Neil Diamond, and those who don't "...Bob Wiley

[Sehoy1]

Masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[60srocker46]

classic song about a classic rock artist, by a classic rock artist

[glennzz2200]

I was amazed that this song held on to this day, still sounding like a current song, it's truly timeless.

[tomthefunky]

A Chips Moman production. The band Neil recorded this with is one of the most successful bands in history. Their story has finally been put to print in the awesome new book entitled "Memphis Boys" by Roben Jones. They charted 120 top 40 hits in the sixties and seventies. Their biggest? Suspicious Minds, In The Ghetto, Son of A Preacher Man, Always On My Mind, The Letter, Sweet Caroline just to name a few. Their body of work is astonishing.

[peredrum]

I was a teenager when this came out and they played it on radio on "a regular rotation" (All the time) I still can't believe Neil Diamond is not in the RRHF(Rock n Roll Hall of Fame) what are they thinking down there! Maybe....there not thinking at all !!!!!

[unhooked25]

@peredrum I agree. He should be in the RRHF.

[culwin]

Justin Bieber should sing this, it would be totally diz-ope!!!!!

Either him or Kanye West.

[megatonydeath]

what the fuck are you talking about. Please retract your statement.

[madmikeastoria]

@culwin Yeah Kanye Sucks and Id love to punch him dead square in the face for what he had the balls to do to Taylor Swift.God he's a angry man.Oh yeah and a racist too!

[303Gregg]

I think it's great the way the song starts out very quietly.  Just Neil and a piano. Then it builds, a full orchestra and the chorus comes in.

Interesting that it includes a good deal of Christian symbolism ("Touch a man who can't walk upright and a lame man, he's gonna fly.") as well as mysticism in the lyrics. The singers remind us of a gospel choir and about midway through the song he uses a church organ in place of the piano. Not bad for a Jewish kid from Brooklyn.

[Kajuniter]

Greg, I totally take this song as a modern Spiritual. Too much there not to, and its as good as it gets...my all time favorite!

[thosj1]

then wtf do you call it then?

[redyns777]

Neil was really on to something with this song. Did he have a spiritual or psychedelic experience prior to composing this?

[oceansdoor]

I just love this song

[oceansdoor]

SING SING SING SING YEAH!!!

[SweetTooth44]

17 years old and proud to call neil diamond one of my favorite singers

[leevit1970]

@SweetTooth44 You know what music is my young friend. Good for you. All the best...

[Altasren]

Heh, good music is good music if you're eight or eighty! Enjoy!

[kfag101]

@SweetTooth44 you rock!

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

@SweetTooth44 hell yeah!

[spahjrp]

@SweetTooth44 There is HOPE for the world! Thank you for making a over the hill contemporary of Neil have faith that someone will remember there is REAL music in this world.

[edsnantonio]

majestic is the word when i first heard this. 1969

[nancyfloressantos]

Lovely song! Thanks for sharing.

[thosj1]

cannot believe he is not in Rock and roll hall of fame with his many great songs,plus a good person!

[Wisterialodge]

May be his greates record

[FloridaGirl46]

Wonderful song. It still gives me chills after all these years!!!

[Tweekerhead]

aaahh yeas ...1967 Winter nights with the transistor radio hangin' on the bed post...

Wish I could go back sometime.....

[devdog80]

You're right 'shitzulovey" down with hip hop and rap it destroying our youth and our country......this is when MUSIC...was MUSIC.......

[invertedy]

not all hip hop music is crap. take the time to listen to conscious hip hop instead of making a generalization

[BigCityGzzy]

This is the shit!

[shitzulovey]

beautiful, we can sing this song and let the world know we hate unholy rap, I sing this when I feel persecuted, sing to God , Neil knew the truth .

[hazogue]

i am crying

[vrkline]

First time heard...came across from America and you are correct...they do not make music like this anymore. Even with the scratches from the record, it sounds so much better than what is out today.

[ciuacoatl]

I burn this to nearly every CD I use in my car. I so love this song and always have.

[drexelur1]

Hey, one other person in this world has taste in music, besides me. Tell me: How can you listen to that song and not feel inspired? And isn't that the definition of really great music? Shame that that song isn't played more often, instead of a lot of the crap you hear nowadays.

[johndoh1990]

awsome tune

[70sNorm]

Twanghang: One might say "I didn't find Neil Diamond, he found me".

[twanghang]

There it is! I wondered when someone would upload this. I remember being 9 years old and going to sleep hearing this on the transistor radio I'd put under my pillow. This tune GRABBED me! They really created "atmosphere" on this one. I could see the whole thing in my head as a kid. Thanks for posting.

[gilliangirl1]

@twanghang OMG, you've just described my experience too! And praying the batteries wouldn't run out before the song came on!