Solitary Man

Описание: "Solitary Man" was written by Neil Diamond in 1966 and is the first track off of his debut LP...The Feel of Neil Diamond.The song has been covered by numerous artists including Johnny Cash,Johnny Rivers and Chris Isaak.The song peaked at No.21 on the U.S. Charts.Solitary Man's dynamic melody...matched with its melancholic lyrics...would make the song an attractive target for later interpretations.

"Solitary Man" is simply a song about young romantic failure.The lyrics of the song,although left to speculation,have been closely identified with Diamond himself.The opening lines..."Melinda was mine til 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" leaves one looking for the connection to Diamond but coming up empty.Diamond has never stated who Melinda and Sue were but it is clear they participated in his youth.The song shows a bitterness towards women with the repeated line..."Don't know that I will but until I can find me...A girl who'll stay and won't play games behind me".A sign that something soured in a past relationship."Solitary Man" is a song that covers a vast array of moods and emotions.The most driving of which is doubt in women which gives the song its name.The name of the song is a result of this.Diamond himself would tell interviewers... "After four years of Freudian analysis I realized I had written Solitary Man about myself."Solitary Man" introduced the melancholy loner persona that Diamond has repeatedly returned to throughout his career.This version of "Solitary Man" is from Diamond's New York City show at Madison Square Garden in 2009.