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Choices choices. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But "Sweet Caroline" is problematic in a different way. From Wikipedia - "Diamond has provided different explanations for the song's origins. In a 2007 interview, he stated the inspiration for the song was John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline, who was 11 years old at the time it was released. Diamond sang the song for her at her 50th birthday celebration in 2007. On December 21, 2011, in an interview on CBS's The Early Show, Diamond said that a magazine cover photo of Caroline as a young child on a horse with her parents created an image in his mind, and the rest of the song came together about five years after seeing the picture. However, in 2014, Diamond said the song was about his then-wife Marcia, but he needed a three-syllable name to fit the melody."

He wrote lyrics about touching each other a few years after seeing her in a photo as a young child?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Gross, classic rock /pop are full of gross stories like that.