{"id":7955,"date":"2024-12-02T23:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/?p=7955"},"modified":"2024-12-02T23:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:01:37","slug":"the-origins-of-you-dont-bring-me-flowers-are-as-fascinating-as-the-song-itself-neil-diamonds-original-plan-was-to-create-a-theme-for-a-tv-show-but-after-an-unexpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/?p=7955","title":{"rendered":"The origins of \u2018You Don\u2019t Bring Me Flowers\u2019 are as fascinating as the song itself. Neil Diamond\u2019s original plan was to create a theme for a TV show, but after an unexpected change of pace it became surprisingly popular\u2026 See below"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"b-r b-r--before_content\"><\/div>\n<p>The iconic song \u201cYou Don\u2019t Bring Me Flowers,\u201d performed by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand in 1978, has a backstory that\u2019s as equally impressive. Initially intended as a theme song for the 1977 TV show \u201cAll That Glitters,\u201d its purpose was reimagined due to an unforeseen setback.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported Diamond\u2019s original piece was out of sync with the producers\u2019 new vision, due to a sudden change in \u201cAll That Glitters\u201d overall theme.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-r b-r--middle_content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barbra Streisand Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/450Unsb5BCw\" width=\"740\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"740\" data-origheight=\"675\" data-original-w=\"740\" data-original-h=\"675\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ovvi5dfr\"><\/div>\n<p>Not one to let good music go to waste, Diamond expanded the brief melody into a full-fledged song, delving into the emotional turmoil of a fading love affair. Both he and Streisand recorded their versions separately, capturing the sorrow and longing of lost intimacy. The real magic happened when innovative radio DJs merged these solo performances into a makeshift duet, sparking an unexpected hit that climbed the charts and captured everyone\u2019s hearts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic song \u201cYou Don\u2019t Bring Me Flowers,\u201d performed by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand in 1978, has a backstory that\u2019s as equally impressive. Initially intended as a theme song &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[474],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7957,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7955\/revisions\/7957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}