This is not just a song, it's a production - it needs the full orchestra to get the majesty of it out there. Not too many voices could live with all those musicians - but Neil Diamond can. This has long been one of my favourites and it's wonderful to hear it again.
I saw Neil Diamond in 1976 in Australia,(Sidney Myer Melbourne Music Bowl) I was an excited young man of 3. I got off my Mum's lap, possibly in Sooliamon- I am a drummer and always have been, I made ten rows down to the front of the stage. I can't really remember Neil's happy comments, but I can remember Mum scooping me up. I possibly went to sleep for the rest of the gig. We got a Fokker F 27 on the way home and we sat next to the engines and it was the first headache I had but, thanks Neil.
I think this IS the best performance of this song. I don't know if it's the setting, the performance or a combination of both that makes this so fascinating. It has a dream like feel.
Neil said, probably 40 years ago, that this song has magic... and I believe it does! I know that pretty much every performance of it that I'VE ever seen is magical to me... just takes you to another place... and watching Neil, feeling, so passionately, every single word - it's just, well, magical!! 🪄🌟💖👏👏👏
No one sings it like Neil... love this mans' songs. Avid fan since I was five-years old. 40 years ago, it started with using Jonathan Livingston Seagull music as a gymnastics routine background and ending... well, it hasn't ended yet! Neil surpasses time!! :)
If this isn't the best damn version of this awesome masterpiece live, then it's in the top-3, bar none! Hot August Night: Neil's vocals were raw, dynamic, the man was bringing it that night and the arrangement was fantastic. But this version was powerful and somewhat closer to the original studio release (my all-time favourite, the best!). And Neil brought something different this time with the vocals: I don't know if it was the venue, the audience or even the orchestra, but he came up with a new vibe to this performance, I don't think I've ever saw nor heard him do, but it was incredible, and unbelievably moving. Perhaps less was more: No backing vocals (which can and has been a distraction at times), and this time with the BBC Orchestra arrangement, Neil went back to the past and brought that old-time gospel that was Neil Diamond from the 1969 -1973: A Man & His Music, Both On Fire. And it works so damn good. Kicking Ass!
I also love the 76 Love at the Greek - especially because you can SEE (and feel!) how much he gives when he performs this song!! Truly magnificent! (and watch the LATG performance through to the follow up, I Am I Said... My God! That he could even stand up after that is a miracle... the man is Magic!!! (And for anyone who doesn't think that Neil is an amazing singer... suck on that!)ruclips.net/video/trF4IFS0JT0/видео.html
This version is superb live, and is definitely right up there with the BEST of his performances of this masterpiece. But I still think HOT AUGUST NIGHT is the pinnacle of all of Neil's performances
An amazingly talented and humble artist. I never tire of listening to his incredible catalogue of music.. He was born to be famous... This is by far the best version of this song I have listened to.
OK...After watching this at least 15 times.......This is it.......TOTALLY, FRIGGIN AWESOME!!!!! One of the absulute best versions of Holly, Holy.........If you are here ...This is as good as it gets..Speaking as a musician,..Some nights are good ...But this night was great magic, A special moment in time if you will........Musically speaking...Fantastic!!!
This song ,the way it was played by the band,the way the BBC orchestra backed it up ,Neil singing it by himself without his backup singers is the reason it has a dream like feel. I find myself playing it over and over again.
This song always had a great orchestral background even in the early days and now it is even better. As well as other songs. What a difference a small variation in sound can make.
i find it amazing that in the beginning he never wanted to be a performer, he just wanted to write songs, apparently it took a lot of hard work for him to become confident on stage, but you'd never think it, he seems such a natural born entertainer. a true showman, singer and songwriter, he's got the lot !
OMG.....this is wonderful...I thought the gorgeous boy with his soul in his eyes who first performed this beautiful song was long gone but no! Here he is in this mature, powerful performance
On this day in 1969 {November 30th} Neil Diamond performed "Holly Holy" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'... Four weeks earlier on November 1st it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #6 and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #3 in Australia... In 1970 it was covered by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars; their version peaked at #33 on the R&B chart and #75 on the Top 100... R.I.P. Mr. Walker {1931 - 1995} and Mr. Sullivan {1901 - 1974}
I agree with Mark . I was going to mention the A&E performance. This song is best performed with a full orchestra. The strings really bring it home. What a great song!
Quanto mais velho melhor mas suas artes de cantar. Você é um cantor fenomenal vejo seus vídeos e ouço sua músicas a muitos anos. Levi Matos Sorocaba Est SP Brasil
How awesome is it to see Neil getting into his classic, after probably performing it thousands of times, with such true and raw passion and power! My God!! I hope the people who were there realized what an incredible thing they got to be part of!! WOW!!!!! 🔥🌟🔥🌟🔥🌟🌟🌟
Wow. That DEFINITELY has to be the best arrangement I've ever heard - awesome and powerful. But I think I still prefer the "smoother" vocals from a vintage French TV 1971:Neil Diamond - Holly Holy (Rare, live)
Absolutely Dynamic You put your heart and soul into every song you sing and this one was extra special. Loved it. Thankyou Neil
This is not just a song, it's a production - it needs the full orchestra to get the majesty of it out there. Not too many voices could live with all those musicians - but Neil Diamond can. This has long been one of my favourites and it's wonderful to hear it again.
Right you are! Damn he is filled with power.
First heard this masterpiece when I was 10, and still love it just as much today
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❤ FACT ❤ I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE SEEN NEIL DIAMOND MANY TIMES ❤ I LOVE HIS VOICE AND MUSIC 😊
Just when you thought HAN(1972) couldn't be bettered Neil proves us all wrong. This is MAGICAL 😮😅
I saw Neil Diamond in 1976 in Australia,(Sidney Myer Melbourne Music Bowl) I was an excited young man of 3. I got off my Mum's lap, possibly in Sooliamon- I am a drummer and always have been, I made ten rows down to the front of the stage. I can't really remember Neil's happy comments, but I can remember Mum scooping me up. I possibly went to sleep for the rest of the gig. We got a Fokker F 27 on the way home and we sat next to the engines and it was the first headache I had but, thanks Neil.
Mr Diamond is and always will be awesome!
The one and only neil diamond there'll never be another ❤❤❤
Brilliant - I was there on the night and it was even better live!
Neil Diamond at his greatest. I have lived everything he has written, but this without the backing vocals is exactly as he wrote it. Wonderful
Awesome!!!!!! One of the greatest songs ever!!!!!
This is so good, I feel like crying... with the power of it all.
is no mix no instruments no voice no performance is just the composer and then the music is. Neil is one of them…a great one of them - Composers!
Well: Yes! THIS is music! And THIS is a true singer-songwriter.
His influence on music was (and still is) tremendous.
He is the BEST!!
Greatest of all time!
I think this IS the best performance of this song. I don't know if it's the setting, the performance or a combination of both that makes this so fascinating. It has a dream like feel.
Neil said, probably 40 years ago, that this song has magic... and I believe it does! I know that pretty much every performance of it that I'VE ever seen is magical to me... just takes you to another place... and watching Neil, feeling, so passionately, every single word - it's just, well, magical!! 🪄🌟💖👏👏👏
❤FACT
Now that is beautiful. Thank you Neil. 🙏🌹♥️
THIS IS AWESOME!!! I'M IN MY 20'S AND LOVE THIS
You have excellent taste!
No one sings it like Neil... love this mans' songs. Avid fan since I was five-years old. 40 years ago, it started with using Jonathan Livingston Seagull music as a gymnastics routine background and ending... well, it hasn't ended yet! Neil surpasses time!! :)
If this isn't the best damn version of this awesome masterpiece live, then it's in the top-3, bar none! Hot August Night: Neil's vocals were raw, dynamic, the man was bringing it that night and the arrangement was fantastic. But this version was powerful and somewhat closer to the original studio release (my all-time favourite, the best!). And Neil brought something different this time with the vocals: I don't know if it was the venue, the audience or even the orchestra, but he came up with a new vibe to this performance, I don't think I've ever saw nor heard him do, but it was incredible, and unbelievably moving. Perhaps less was more: No backing vocals (which can and has been a distraction at times), and this time with the BBC Orchestra arrangement, Neil went back to the past and brought that old-time gospel that was Neil Diamond from the 1969 -1973: A Man & His Music, Both On Fire. And it works so damn good. Kicking Ass!
Nowhere near his superb Hot August Night effort.
I also love the 76 Love at the Greek - especially because you can SEE (and feel!) how much he gives when he performs this song!! Truly magnificent! (and watch the LATG performance through to the follow up, I Am I Said... My God! That he could even stand up after that is a miracle... the man is Magic!!! (And for anyone who doesn't think that Neil is an amazing singer... suck on that!)ruclips.net/video/trF4IFS0JT0/видео.html
This version is superb live, and is definitely right up there with the BEST of his performances of this masterpiece. But I still think HOT AUGUST NIGHT is the pinnacle of all of Neil's performances
The whole world loves Neil Diamond!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Hot august night ❤❤❤
No voice compares with Neil Diamond. A favorite for 50 plus years!!😃
This might be the best "come on now yeah ha" I've ever heard.
Best comment, ever!
One of the very best singers in the world. What a voice!
Almost 70 years old here and he's still KILLING it! Damn!
Still killing it at 75 :)
Killing it at 76!
An amazingly talented and humble artist. I never tire of listening to his incredible catalogue of music.. He was born to be famous... This is by far the best version of this song I have listened to.
woooooooooooooooooooooow!! when I´m old I will still love this song and Neil.
LOVE this man songs and who he is. There will never be another like him and songs he made.
Love it! Just great
un grand monsieur Neil Diamond! merci !
C'est vrai José !! un très grand Monsieur ...
J'adoooore - j'étais FAN dans les années 70.
Bisous.
There will never be another like Neil.
OK...After watching this at least 15 times.......This is it.......TOTALLY, FRIGGIN AWESOME!!!!! One of the absulute best versions of Holly, Holy.........If you are here ...This is as good as it gets..Speaking as a musician,..Some nights are good ...But this night was great magic, A special moment in time if you will........Musically speaking...Fantastic!!!
This song ,the way it was played by the band,the way the BBC orchestra backed it up ,Neil singing it by himself without his backup singers is the reason it has a dream like feel. I find myself playing it over and over again.
This song always had a great orchestral background even in the early days and now it is even better. As well as other songs. What a difference a small variation in sound can make.
I really LOVE this version, without the backup singers, and just the orchestra. And...watching him play that guitar, speechless!
Neil Diamond is wonderful.
Just WOW. Thanks so much for posting.
The BEST Holly Holy since 1972
Angels are sleeping through HOLY songs! Fantastic song and performer!
This was already one of the truly great songs - but this version takes it to another level - scarcely believable, but oh so true.... An inspiration.
i find it amazing that in the beginning he never wanted to be a performer, he just wanted to write songs, apparently it took a lot of hard work for him to become confident on stage, but you'd never think it, he seems such a natural born entertainer. a true showman, singer and songwriter, he's got the lot !
Some folks can really deliver a song.. Johnny Cash was one.. (RIP) ..but we still have Neil Diamond!!!!
His music is so relaxing but so powerful.
I can listen to it for hours and hours and at the end i am a better person everytime.
Neil has performed in England many times in his long career. Always gives tremendous performances there.
profound things make us cry
Absolutely awesome !
If this doesn't move you then you are bereft of all feeling.SUPERB.
Shut up
You can feel the POWER OF LOVE ( that which is ) coming through Neil Diamond ' s HOLLY HOLY song.
I saw 28 Neil Diamond concerts. You may think that is "sick" but this performance shows what a great performer, singer, and songwriter he is.
OMG.....this is wonderful...I thought the gorgeous boy with his soul in his eyes who first performed this beautiful song was long gone but no! Here he is in this mature, powerful performance
That is an awesome song that Neil did. Wow.
On this day in 1969 {November 30th} Neil Diamond performed "Holly Holy" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
Four weeks earlier on November 1st it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #6 and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #3 in Australia...
In 1970 it was covered by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars; their version peaked at #33 on the R&B chart and #75 on the Top 100...
R.I.P. Mr. Walker {1931 - 1995} and Mr. Sullivan {1901 - 1974}
Awesome - one of my favs !
Thank you for your comments - I am pleased most of you have enjoyed this version as much as I have - shear brilliance - IMHO :)
OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
I LOVE THIS MAN !!!!!!! IVE LISTENED TO NEIL DIAMOND MY ENTIRE LIFE
Almost speechless... EPIC!!!!!!!! 🌟💖🌟👑🏆🌟
Lo mejor q se pudo ver y escuchar en esos años
So glad to hear this ..This was amazing..raw, Neil at his best..Orchestra was really into it..again ..this is a wow!
Awesome!
How I love this mans music!! Have been listening to him since I was 14!
Only a year then!.
Fantastic!!!!
I agree with Mark . I was going to mention the A&E performance. This song is best performed with a full orchestra. The strings really bring it home. What a great song!
+Sherry Hughes Agree that it is much better with a full orchestra. I think Neil probably would concur.
+mrbobevans Just as it was recorded back in 1969 , love it !
Listened since my dad had a cassette with beautiful noise on, over 30 yrs ago bin a fan since,
No one else sounds like Neil diamond, class class class
Wow phenomenal
It is an absolute awesome masterpiece and yes holy in it's beauty.
Quanto mais velho melhor mas suas artes de cantar. Você é um cantor fenomenal vejo seus vídeos e ouço sua músicas a muitos anos. Levi Matos Sorocaba Est SP Brasil
Magnificent
How awesome is it to see Neil getting into his classic, after probably performing it thousands of times, with such true and raw passion and power! My God!! I hope the people who were there realized what an incredible thing they got to be part of!! WOW!!!!! 🔥🌟🔥🌟🔥🌟🌟🌟
Oh Yes!!!
Poderosamente Glorioso .. !!
Neil neste vídeo está com 70 anos, cantando ainda com a voz maravilhosa de sempre. God Bless Neil. Outubro 2020. 0squestra magnífica também.
Sim, linda demais!
Olé , Ole y Olé ,me encanta esta y todas las canciones de Neil Diamond, muy bien
Fabulous concert
Glorioso ! ssensacional Neil Daiamond. Amoooo....
Me encanta, preciosa canción .A BAILAR !!!
Love this one ❤️💎
IF DREAMS ARE HOLY THEN DREAMERS ARE ANGELS SLEEPING
What a fascinating crowdpleaser👍🤟
That's damn good! I don't know if I would go as far as saying it's as good as Hot August Night, but it's really, really good!
Heard this on the Netflix series Midnight Mass and had to hear it again.
Just awesome...
Niel has a voice in a million, so good !!!
Gives me goosebumps! this is not the genre of music and I cannot stop watching this video.
Wonderful !!!!!.
So powerful!
Awesome awesome awesome
Neil was so good, I didn't think he was real. after hearing him the first time.
I love this song cause my is Holly
This song is a religious experience
I love this song.its a real turn in
It a a real turn on.did you know that when you wrote it?
Wow. That DEFINITELY has to be the best arrangement I've ever heard - awesome and powerful. But I think I still prefer the "smoother" vocals from a vintage French TV 1971:Neil Diamond - Holly Holy (Rare, live)
Just watched it, amazing how it stays so powerful over the years.
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thanks shared on pinterest
ORGAZMICA.......
1:30 chills.
COMINGONAYEAAAAAHHHHAAAAAA
This is very, very good but the Hot August Night 1972 version is on a totally different level!
En mi opinion la mejor versión de este tema junto al álbum en vivo Noche Calida de Agosto
EPIC !!!
I will love Neil Diamond for always and forever . My dream in life is he would hold my hand and sing "Holly Holy" to me.
Allez voir ce qu'il a fait 40 ans avant, la même intensité
Do yourself a favor and watch the 1971 BBC version of this song, you'll get it raw, uncut w/ Diamond in his prime.
הופעה עוצמתית ומחשמלת, זוכר את ההופעבה מ1972
nice song