Tuesday, February 28, 2012

This performance of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is considered one of the great moments in Grammy history. I'm not sure why, but it could be that there's nothing funnier than watching two ugly Jews (I have license to say that being a Jew myself) trying to figure out why the romance has faded. In Barbara's case, it speaks to her utter narcissism that she doesn't understand why she doesn't get flowers anymore. Who would bring this woman flowers? This clip was from 1980...i would imagine that Barbara's flower receiving days have come and gone.

The song itself is a pretty good song I suppose, although it seems pathetic listening to Neil Diamond sing to Barbara at the 1:58 mark that she assisted with his learning "...how to laugh, and I learned how to cry." If it took Barbara to help you "learn how to laugh", you are one unamusing little fellow,  Neil. But Barbara's response is both pathetic, and a bit of a dig at her lover "I learned how to love, I even learned how to lie".  Basically, she didn't even KNOW how to lie before she met this dude. Interesting...not often you hear a real insult in a song like this.

OK--I just watched it again. Barbara sings at the 1:10 mark that after a moment of intimacy Neil wanted to go to bed. "...well you just rolled over and turned out the light." WTF is her problem?  Would you want the lights ON when hanging out with a naked Barbara Steisand? Why were the fucking lights on to begin with? Very poor planning on Neil's part.

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