Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC

-Five minutes.

Five minutes, please.

[ Cheers and applause ] -Ohhhhhhhh!

-Ohhhhhhhh!

-Okay.

Man, what time is it?

About 8: 00?

-2 minutes to.

-All right.

I have 2 minutes.

-Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Madison Square Garden.

[ Cheers and applause ] -Okay.

-Last chance.

-Let's do it.

[ Cheers and applause ] -You guys have a great show.

[ Indistinct conversations ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Holly Holy" plays ] - I will sing I will sing, oh, yeah I will sing -Hello, New York.

[ Cheers and applause ] - I will sing, oh, yeah - Call the sun in the dead of the night And the sun's gonna rise in the sky Touch a man who can't walk upright And that lame man, he's gonna fly And I fly - Fly - Yeah And I fly - Fly - Holly holy love Take the lonely child And the seed Let it be filled with tomorrow Holly Holy - Sing - Sing a song - Sing - Yeah - Sing - Sing a song of songs - Sing - Yeah - Sing - Sing it out - Sing - Sing it strong Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah Oh, yeah Call the sun in the dead of the night And the sun's gonna rise in the sky - Sun is gonna rise up - Touch a man who can't walk upright And that lame man, he's gonna fly And I fly - Fly - Yeah And I fly - Fly -Yeah!

- Holly holy dream Dream of only you - Dream of only you - Where I am, what I am What I believe in Holly holy Yeah.

- Holly holy [ Outro plays, cheers and applause ] -Yeah!

[ Music ends, cheers and applause ] Thank you, New York City!

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Beautiful Noise" plays ] Yeah.

Like all great cities, filled with sound.

The sound of traffic.

[ Horns honking ] The sound of subways.

The sound of people talking and laughing.

The sound of kids at play.

All the beautiful sounds and noises that go up to make the great orchestra of life in this, the greatest city in the world.

[ Cheers and applause ] What a beautiful noise Coming up from the street It's got a beautiful sound It's got a beautiful beat It's a beautiful noise Going on everywhere Like the clickety-clack of a train on a track It's got rhythm to spare It's a beautiful noise - Ooooh - A sound that I love And it fits me as well As a hand in a glove Yes, it does Yes, it does What a beautiful noise - Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh - Coming up from the park - Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh - It's the sound of the kids - Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh And it plays until dark - Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh - It's the sound of the cars On their furious flights But there's even romance in the way that they dance To the beat of the lights It's a beautiful noise - Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh A sound that I love - Ooh - And it makes me feel good - Ooh - Just like a hand in a glove Yes, it does Yes, it does What a beautiful noise - Ooooh -Yeah!

Yeah!

Oh!

Yeah.

It's a beautiful noise Made of joy and strife - Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Like a symphony played by the passing parade It's the music of life It's a beautiful noise - Ooooh A sound that I love - Ooooh - And it makes me feel good - Ahhh - Just like a hand in a glove Yes, it does Yes, it does What a beautiful noise - Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh - Coming into my room - Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh And it's begging for me - Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Just to give it a tune - Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Yeah, and it's begging for me - Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh - Just to give it a tune [ Outro plays, cheers and applause ] [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] Yeah!

Come on.

[ Intro to "Cherry, Cherry" plays ] Yeah!

Baby loves me, yes, yes, she does Cherry, Cherry Girl's out of sight, yeah Yeah!

Said she loves me, yes, yes, she does Cherry, Cherry Gonna show me tonight, yeah Hey!

She got the way to move me, Cherry - She got the way to move me - Cherry, baby - She got the way to groove me - All right - She got the way to move me -Yeah!

Yeah!

No, we won't tell a soul where we've gone to Girl, we'll do whatever we want to - Yeah, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo - Yeah, you know you know what I'm saying - Yeah, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo - Can't stand still while the music is playing Come on, y'all.

Yeah!

You ain't got no right, no, no, you don't Cherry, Cherry To be so exciting Hey!

Won't need bright lights, no, no, we won't Cherry, Cherry Gonna make our own lightning Yeah!

She got the way to move me, Cherry - She got the way to move me - Cherry, baby - She got the way to groove me - All right - She got the way to move me -Huh!

Yeah!

Tell your mama, girl, I can't stay long We got things we got to catch up on - Yeah, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo - Yeah, you know you know what I'm saying - Yeah, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo - Can't stand still while the music is playing Here we go.

Yeah!

She got the way to move me, Cherry - She got the way to move me - Cherry, baby - She got the way to groove me - All right - She got the way to move me -Yeah!

Huh!

Hey, everybody.

[ Cheers and applause ] Want you to give a nice New York welcome to the greatest band in the land -- my band.

[ Cheers and applause ] Hey, boys and girls.

Show 'em what you can do.

[ Keyboard solo ] [ Keyboard solo ] [ Guitar solo ] -Yeah!

[ Guitar solo ] [ Drum solo ] -Whoo!

Whoo!

[ Guitar solo ] -Yeah, get it, Reinie!

-Whoo!

Ow!

[ Drum solo ] -Ah, yeah!

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah!

-Come on, girls.

Show 'em what you can do.

- Cherry Cherry, baby Hey, yeah Cherry Cherry, baby You got, you got to me, Cherry Cherry Cherry, baby Whoo-whoo-whoo, Cherry Cherry Cherry, baby Hey, hey [ Saxophone solo ] [ Saxophones, trombone, and trumpets play ] [ Cheers and applause ] -The band!

[ Cheers and applause continue ] Tell your mama, girl, I can't stay long We've got things we've got to catch up on - Yeah, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo -Yeah, you know you know what I'm saying - Yeah, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo - Can't stand still while the music is playing Come on now.

Huh!

She got the way to move me, Cherry - She got the way to move me - Cherry, baby - She got the way to groove me - All right - She got the way to move me -Yeah!

[ Outro plays ] Huh!

[ Music ends, cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Thank the Lord for the Night Time" plays ] - Daytime turns me off, and I don't mean maybe 9:00 to 5:00 ain't takin' me where I'm bound When it's done, I run out to see my baby We get groovin' When the sun goes down I thank the Lord for the nighttime - I thank the Lord for the nighttime - Forget the day - Forget the day - It's a day of uptight time - It's uptight time - Come on, chase it away - Chase it away - I get relaxation - Thank God for the nighttime - Time to groove, yeah - Time to groove - Thank God for the nighttime - Thank God for the nighttime - I thank the Lord for you - Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh -Huh!

-Ow!

- I'll talk about plans, well, baby, I got plenty Nothing ever seems to turn out the way it should Talk about money, girl, I ain't got any Seems like just one time I'm feeling good I thank God for the nighttime - I thank the Lord for the nighttime - Forget the day - Forget the day - It's a day of uptight time - It's uptight time - Come on, chase it away - Chase it away - I get a relaxation - Thank God for the nighttime - Time to groove, yeah - Time to groove - Thank God for the nighttime - Thank God for the nighttime - I thank the Lord for you - Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh -Ooh!

Look out, darlin'.

[ Guitar solo ] Huh!

- Seems like just one time I'm feeling good - Thank God for the nighttime - Thank the Lord for the nighttime - Forget the day - Forget the day - It's a day of uptight time - It's uptight time - Come on, chase it away - Chase it away - I get a relaxation - Thank God for the nighttime - Time to groove, yeah - Time to groove - Thank God for the nighttime - Thank God for the nighttime - I thank the Lord for you - Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh -Hey!

-Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

[ Outro plays ] [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] Thank you.

[ Intro to "I Am...I Said" plays ] L.A.'s fine, the sun shines most of the time [ Cheers and applause ] And the feeling is laid-back Palm trees grow and rents are low But, you know, I keep thinking about Making my way back Well, I'm New York City-born and raised [ Cheers and applause ] Nowadays I'm lost between two shores L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home New York's home, but it ain't mine no more "I am," I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," said I And I am lost, and I can't even say why Leaving me lonely still [ Cheers and applause ] Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of being a king And who became one?

Except for the names and a few other changes If you talk about me The story is the same one But I've got an emptiness deep inside And I've tried, but it won't let me go And I'm not a man who likes to swear But I never cared for the sound of being alone "I am," I said [ Applause ] To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," said I And I am lost and I can't even say why Leaving me lonely still [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] [ Intro to "Solitary Man" plays ] Melinda was mine Till the time that I found her Holding Jim Loving him Then Sue came along, loved me strong That's what I thought Me and Sue But that died, too Don't know that I will, but until I can find me A girl that'll stay and won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man I've had it to here being where "love's" a small word Part-time thing Paper ring I know it's been done Having just one girl who loves you Right or wrong Weak or strong Don't know that I will, but until I can find me A girl that'll stay and won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man Don't know that I will, but until I can find me A girl that'll stay and won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh Solitary man Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Kentucky Woman" plays ] Kentucky woman She shines with her own kind of light She looks at you once and a day that's all wrong Looks all right And I love her - Oooh - God knows I love her Kentucky woman If she get to know you She going to own you Kentucky woman Well, she ain't the kind make heads turn At the drop of her name But something inside that she's got Turns you on just the same And I love her - Oooh God knows I love her Kentucky woman She gets to know you She going to own you Kentucky woman Don't want much The good Lord's earth beneath my feet A gentle touch From that one girl And life is sweet and good Ain't no doubt - Ahh - I'm talkin' about Kentucky woman She get to know you She going to own you Kentucky woman Kentucky woman Kentucky woman Yeah, yeah Yeah!

[ Music ends, cheers and applause ] Thank you.

[ Intro to "Forever in Blue Jeans" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Rhythmic clapping ] Money talks But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk And long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be Forever in blue jeans, yeah Hit it!

And honey is sweet But it ain't nothing next to baby's treat And if you'll pardon me, I'd like to say We'll do okay Forever in blue jeans, yeah Take it down!

- Maybe tonight - Maybe tonight - Maybe tonight by the fire all alone You and I!

- Maybe tonight - There's nothing around but the sound of my heart And your sighs Let me hear you now, let me hear you now Let me hear you now Money talks But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk And long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be Forever in blue jeans, yeah Hit it!

Honey is sweet But it ain't nothing next to baby's treats And if you'll pardon me, I'd like to say We'll do okay Forever in blue jeans, yeah Hit it.

Maybe tonight - Maybe tonight - Maybe tonight by the fire all alone You and I!

- Maybe tonight There's nothing around but the sound of my heart And your sighs Let me hear it now.

Let me hear it now.

Let me hear it now Money talks But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk And long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be Forever in blue jeans, yeah Yeah!

Honey is sweet But it ain't nothing next to baby's treat And if you'll pardon me, I'd like to say We'll do okay Forever in blue jeans, yeah Yeah!

Blue jeans, yeah Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Oh, yeah [ Outro plays ] Yeah!

[ Music ends, cheers and applause ] -Oh, yeah!

[ Cheers and applause continues ] -All right.

[ Intro to "Sweet Caroline" plays ] Here we go.

[ Cheers and applause ] Where it began I can't begin to know when But then I know that it's growing strong Was in the spring.

Spring became the summer!

Who'd have believed you'd all come along?!

[ Cheers and applause ] Hands - Ooh-ooh - Touching hands - Ooh - Reaching out - Ooh Touching me Touching you Sweet Caroline - Ba ba ba Good times never seemed so good - So good, so good, so good - I've been inclined - Ba ba ba - To believe they never would But now I I look at the night - Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh -And it don't seem so lonely!

We fill it up with only two!

Me and you!

[ Cheers and applause ] And when I hurt - Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh - Hurting runs off my shoulders How can I hurt when I'm holding you?

No way.

Warm - Ooh Touching warm - Ooh - Reaching out Touching me Touching you Sweet Caroline - Ba ba ba - Good times never seemed so good - So good, so good, so good - I've been inclined - Ba ba ba - To believe they never would Oh, no, no [ Rhythmic clapping ] Coming up to the last chorus.

[ Cheers and applause ] Are you gonna sing it with me or what?

[ Cheers and applause ] All right, take a breath.

Here we go.

Sweet Caroline - Ba ba ba - Good times never seemed so good - So good, so good, so good - I've been inclined - Ba ba ba - To believe they never would Last chorus!

- Sweet Caroline Ba ba ba - Good times never seemed so good So good, so good, so good I've been inclined Ba ba ba To believe they never would - Sweet Caroline [ Cheers and applause ] [ Music stops ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause continue ] Warm - Ooh - Touching warm - Ooh - Reaching out Touching me Touching you Let me hear it now.

- Sweet Caroline Ba ba ba Good times never seemed so good So good, so good, so good I've been inclined Ba ba ba To believe they never would -Last chorus.

Sweet Caroline - Ba ba ba - Good times never seemed so good - So good, so good, so good - I've been inclined - Ba ba ba - To believe they never would Sweet Caroline Oh, yes.

[ Outro plays ] [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] All right?

One last time.

Hands - Ooh - Touching hands - Ooh Reaching out Touching me Touching you Sweet Caroline - Ba ba ba - Good times never seemed so good - So good, so good, so good - I've been inclined - Ba ba ba - To believe they never would Last chorus.

- Sweet Caroline Ba ba ba Good times never seemed so good So good, so good, so good - I've been inclined - Ba ba ba - To believe they never would Sweet Caroline [ Outro plays ] Oh, yes!

Oh, yes!

- Ahhhhh [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] -Thank you.

[ "Song Sung Blue" plays, cheers and applause ] Wonderful.

Hey, Linda, stay up with me for this song, will you?

Song sung blue Everybody knows one [ Rhythmic clapping ] Song sung blue Every garden grows one Me and you are subject to The blues now and then But when you take the blues and make a song You sing them out again Come sing them out again - Sing them out again - Song sung blue Weeping like a willow Song sung blue Sleeping on my pillow - Ooooh - Ooooh - Funny thing You can sing it with a cry in your voice And before you know it, start to feeling good You simply got no choice Hey, girls, come on down.

Help us out.

Song sung blue - Song sung blue - Everybody knows one Everybody does!

Song sung blue - Song sung blue - Every garden grows one You know it, too.

Song sung blue - Song sung blue - Weeping like a willow, yeah Song sung blue - Song sung blue - Sleeping on my pillow Funny thing, guys.

Funny thing You can sing it with a cry in your voice And before you know it, start to feeling good Come on, now.

Song sung blue - Song sung blue - Everybody knows one Everybody does.

Song sung blue - Song sung blue - Every garden grows one Me, me, me, me Me and you are subject to The blues now and then But when you take the blues and make a song Here we go now.

Song sung blue Everybody, everybody, everybody Everybody knows [ Outro plays ] Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah!

Oh, yeah.

[ Music ends ] Oh, yes!

[ Cheers and applause ] Go!

[ Intro to "I'm a Believer" plays ] -Ow!

Yeah!

- I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for somebody else, but not for me Love was out to get me.

That's the way it seemed.

Disappointment haunted all of my dreams.

Then I saw her face Yeah, I'm a believer Not a trace Of doubt in my mind, yeah I'm in love - I'm in love - I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried No, not if I tried Not if I tried, no I thought love was more or less a giving thing Seems the more I gave, the less I got.

What's the use in trying?

All you get is pain.

When I needed some sunshine, I got rain.

Then I saw her face I'm a believer Not a trace Of doubt in my mind, yeah I'm in love - I'm in love - I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried No, not if I tried Hit it!

Do it now!

- Whoo-ooh-ooh Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh - Ooooh Ooooh - Then I saw her face Yeah, I'm a believer Not a trace Of doubt in my mind, yeah I'm in love - I'm in love - I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried No, not if I tried Not if I tried, no 'Cause I'm a believer Yeah, I'm a believer Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

[ Music ends ] Oh, yes.

[ Cheers and applause ] Oh, yes.

[ Intro to "Cracklin' Rosie" plays ] Cracklin' Rosie, get on board We're gonna ride till there ain't no more to go Taking it slow Lord, don't you know?

Have me a time with a poor man's lady Hitchin' on a twilight train - Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, whoo - Ain't nothing here that I care to take along Maybe a song!

- Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, whoo -To sing when I want!

No need to say "please" to no man For a happy tune - Oooh - Oh, I love my Rosie child You got the way to make me happy You and me, we go in style Cracklin' Rose, you're a store-bought woman Make me sing like a guitar hummin' Hang on to me, girl, our song keeps running on Yeah Play it now, play it now, play it now, my lady Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile - Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, whoo - God, if it lasts for an hour Well, that's all right!

We got all night!

- Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, whoo -To set the world right.

Find us a dream that don't ask no questions Yeah Oh, I love my Rosie child You got the way to make me happy You and me, we go in style Cracklin' Rose, you're a store-bought woman Make me sing like a guitar hummin' Hang on to me, girl, our song keeps running on Yeah Play it now, play it now, play it now, my lady Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile - Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, whoo - God, if it lasts for an hour Well, that's all right!

We still got all night!

- Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh -To set the world right!

Find us a dream that don't ask no questions Yeah - Yeah -Huh!

Huh!

[ Outro plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] Thank you.

[ Cheers and applause continues ] [ Intro to "America" plays ] [ Rhythmic clapping ] Far We've been traveling far Without a home But not without a star Free Only want to be free We huddle close Hang on to that dream On the boats and on the planes They're coming to America Never looking back again They're coming to America Home Don't it seem so far away?

But we're traveling light today In the eye of the storm In the eye of the storm Home To a new and a shiny place Make our bed and we'll say our grace Freedom's light burning warm Freedom's light burning warm Everywhere around the world They're coming to America Every time that flag's unfurled They're coming to America Got a dream to take them there They're coming to America Got a dream they've come to share They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America Today Today Today Today - Today - My country, 'tis of thee - Today - Sweet land of liberty - Today - Of thee I sing - Today - Of thee I sing Today Today Today Today - Today [ Outro plays ] [ Music ends, cheers and applause ] Thank you.

[ Cheers and applause continue ]