What are you listening II now?... (Page 184) La Dolce Vita: Paul Mc Cartney live at Knebworth. Knebworth Park is internationally known as Britain's largest music venue, and the British home of classic rock. (Edited by La Dolce Vita) La Dolce Vita: Thursday, August 24, 1972. A hot, sultry summer night, in California they call it earthquake weather, with the air hanging heavy over the open, glistening shell of the Greek Theatre over 4500 people comfortable on the broad seats, over the countless others, the "tree people" clamboring up the mountain and into the surrounding trees, casting eerie shadows against the walls, anything to have a glimpse of the stage and of the man who will fill it. Hot August night, and many of the people had been there on Tuesday and Wednesday and will be there again on Friday and the nights after that because, after all, Neil Diamond has come back to the Greek. Then, softly, the music begins, the lights dim. Slowly, the heavy fire doors roll back; the music rises, the stage is a smoky, opalescent jewel in the darkness. But one light shines brighter than the others, a white pool in the brilliance, and, for an instant, sound hangs suspended, only the air breathing. Then he's there, the crowd exploding, Neil Diamond as casual as if it's the most natural thing in the world, those 5,000 people demanding his soul. And, for the next 107 minutes, he gives it to them, a spontaneous, exhausting display of energy and sensuality. and the people are right there with him, screaming and cheering and applauding and beseeching, knowing all the words to all the songs but hearing them as for the first time, because that's what Neil Diamond gives them, singing as though he, too, were just discovering the heart and soul of the music, every number unique and exhilarating. Too soon, almost before the moment is realized, it's over. The encore, the ovations, the bows - Neil Diamond has gone, in joy and triumph. And as the people begin to leave, reluctant, unwilling to relinquish the intimacy and the sensation, the silence again settles on the Greek, heavy and still until the next evening, when once again Neil Diamond will shatter the hot August night.'  Lord_Indiekid: Noel Gallagher on this BREATHTAKING cover of Wonderwall!!! " I think Ryan Adams is the only person who ever got that song right. I’d love to do the Ryan Adams version, but in front of 60,000 Oasis fans that wouldn’t be possible." La Dolce Vita: Bright Eyes is a song written by Mike Batt, and performed by Art Garfunkel. It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 British animated adventure drama film Watership Down and as such is considered the theme song of the film and the later television series also titled Watership Down. Written by Mike Batt for Watership Down at the request of director Martin Rosen, the song relates to the transition into death highlighted by the close shave of Hazel, a rabbit character in the film, when he is shot by a farmer, and then, years later, when Hazel (then Hazel-rah) finally departs his body and enters the world of spirit. | Music Chat Room 18 People Chatting Similar Conversations |
