Did You Know? .....Cracklin Rosie.....

[ToraToraTora]

Musical one today. The Neil Diamond song, Cracklin Rosie is actually about Rose Wine. Diamond got the idea from a story about an Indian tribe in Canada who had more men than women. On Saturday nights the guys without a girl would get a bottle of "Cracklin Rose", that would be their date! The Chorus gives it away...."Cracklin Rose, you're a store bought woman,....." etc.

[Bobbisox1]

Yes, I did Tora :0)

[ichkeria]

Not about pork scratchings then.

That’s disappointing

[CrapAtCryptics]

I cant remember ever seeing native indians cultivating roses in any of the westerns.

[barry1010]

I knew that that was one theory - the other is that the song is about a prostitute. Neil Diamond hasn't confirmed either.

[royfromaus]

Why not listen to the man himself?

[ToraToraTora]

Barry, It seems he has confirmed the wine theory.

[Mamyalynne]

As Roy has shown, he did confirm it a long time ago. It was a fact I knew as my Husband shared quite a few drinks with him when he was in New York in the early seventies.

[sanmac]

TTT, "Indian tribe"? I'll have you know that the correct description today is "First-Nation Community":)

[Smowball]

I didn’t know that lol

[douglas9401]

Initially doubtful but now I'm a believer.

[jno]

I knew that. And Sweet Caroline is Caroline Kennedy. And "I am, I said to no one there and no one heard at all not even the chair" is among the dumbest lyrics ever written.

[JimF]

LOL!

[Smowball]

Bit before my time but Neil Diamond was, and still is my dads favourite singer, so he was always playing his songs at home lol.

[Mamyalynne]

Seems he later changed the story behind the inspiration Jno.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Caroline#Inspiration

[jno]

never trust a lyricist.

[Mamyalynne]

There ya go.

[jno]

so embarrassing to admit you couldn't write a song about your wife because she had the wrong name, that it must be true.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes. :-)