{"id":805545,"date":"2020-03-22T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T17:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=971013"},"modified":"2020-03-22T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T17:03:03","slug":"watch-neil-diamond-transform-sweet-caroline-into-coronavirus-psa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-neil-diamond-transform-sweet-caroline-into-coronavirus-psa\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Neil Diamond Transform \u2018Sweet Caroline\u2019 Into Coronavirus PSA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With most of the nation stuck indoors due to the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic, Neil Diamond<\/a> turned his hit \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d into a public service announcement about social distancing Saturday. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI know we\u2019re going through a rough time right now, but I love ya, and I think maybe if we sing together, we\u2019ll feel just a little bit better,\u201d Diamond said before launching into the acoustic rendition of \u201cSweet Caroline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stay safe out there! \u201cHands\u2026 washing hands..\u201d \ud83c\udfb6 pic.twitter.com\/QaRB1qZshp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Neil Diamond (@NeilDiamond) March 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Much like the popular meme<\/a> that emerged on social media in the early days of social distancing, Diamond updated the song\u2019s pre-chorus lyrics to reflect the new protocols for combatting the outbreak. \u201cHands \/ Washing hands,\u201d Diamond sang. \u201cReaching out \/ Don\u2019t touch me \/ I won\u2019t touch you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At press time, Diamond\u2019s updated rendition of \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d has been viewed over 1.1 million times on Twitter. Diamond joins fellow singers like the Killers\u2019 Brandon Flowers and Liam Gallagher to dole out proper coronavirus etiquette via their songs:<\/span><\/p>\n

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But this is. pic.twitter.com\/PlyHdzo2pM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Killers (@thekillers) March 16, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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New tune WONDERWASH c\u2019mon you know LG x pic.twitter.com\/gGB1LyipB4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) March 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In January 2018, Diamond announced he would retire<\/a> from touring effective immediately after being diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Six months later, the singer staged an impromptu performance<\/a> for Colorado firefighters battling a nearby wildfire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With most of the nation stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic, Neil Diamond turned his hit \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d into a public service announcement about social distancing Saturday. \u201cI know we\u2019re going through a rough time right now, but I love ya, and I think maybe if we sing together, we\u2019ll feel just a little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 17:24:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}