Terry Gross
š¤ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
How did you find out that Quentin Tarantino was going to use a version of this song for Pulp Fiction?
So what did you think of the movie?
How come you loved the movie but didn't love the script?
What was different actually seeing it?
Well, here's a song you wrote to please your teenage fans, and now it's going to be used in an overdose scene, in a drug overdose scene.
Not what you had in mind.
But it was very effective in the film.
Why don't we hear your version of the song?
I want to ask you about another song that you wrote and recorded, a big hit for you, Sweet Caroline, which is now played at Red Sox games at Fenway Park.
And maybe you know the story of why that is.
But let's start with the song itself.
Is there a story behind the writing of the song?
It's also sung a lot in bars.
Well, Neil Diamond, thank you very much for talking with us.
And if it doesn't?
But he might get better.
But he's not your father, and he can't recover from this.