This thread over at FTTW got me thinking. (And post your first concert experience while you’re at it.)
How many different bands/songwriters have ripped off Neil Diamond?
The first one that comes to my mind is “What I Like About You” by The Romantics. I remember a DJ at “Crackers” in Vegas (great rock barn) back in ‘85 used to fade “What I Like About You” right into “Cherry, Cherry” and my roommate freaked when he found out that was Neil Diamond. Actually, now that I think about it, my MOM freaked when she found out “her” Neil wrote “Cherry, Cherry.”
But I don’t know how many times I’ve heard a song and said to myself, “Wait a minute, that’s a Neil Diamond riff.”
So what else can you think of?
I’ll start with the most obvious–UB40 doing “Red, Red Wine”(Funny how their biggest hits were covers) and the Monkees doing “I’m A Believer.”
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