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Don't Think... Feel
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Wikipedia article
"'Don't Think... Feel'" is a 1976 song by Neil Diamond from the album 'Beautiful Noise'. It was released as a single in October 1976 and reached #43 in the US Hit Parade. The B-side was "Home is a Wounded Heart".
The "Caribbean-flavored track" features Dr. John on Hammond organ and Jerome Richardson on flute.Rich Wiseman 'Neil Diamond: Solitary Star' 1988 p.208 "tracks, from the Dixielandish Stargazer, to the bluesy Lady-Oh, to the Caribbean-flavored Don't Think . . . Feel ... Helping to give each track its own identity were a collection of special musical performances, among them Jerome Richardson's dancing flute on Don't Think . . . Feel," The song was a take on hippie philosophy with the words "Don't think, feel. Ain't no big deal. Make it real. And don't think, feel."Hanley Norins 'The Young & Rubicam traveling creative workshop' 1990 p.47 "Songwriter Neil Diamond summed up the Hippie philosophy with the words of his popular song, "Don't think, feel. Ain't no big deal. Make it real. And don't think, feel." But the Hippies did not bother to have a focus, and we have a practical job ...
'Cash Box' said that "Diamond sings the lyric with an exotic flavor, almost reggae, and the chorus is a dynamite hook."
The title and message of the song attracted comment both positive and negative.Karl Albrecht -'Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills' 2009 p.10 "Popular singer Neil Diamond recorded a rock song titled Don't ThinkFeel! "George Aiken Taylor 'The Presbyterian Journal' 1977 -- Volume 36 p. 126 "The album [sic], "....Don't Think, Feel," by popular singer Neil Diamond stayed at the top of charts for weeks. In the evangelical and even Reformed community, this influence has resulted in a tendency to disregard the rational element of the Gospel;"
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Category:1976 songs
Category:1976 singles
Category:Neil Diamond songs
Category:Songs written by Neil Diamond
Category:Song recordings produced by Robbie Robertson
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