{"id":39824,"date":"2020-08-03T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/irish-pub-bans-singing-neil-diamonds-sweet-caroline\/"},"modified":"2020-08-03T23:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:10:00","slug":"irish-pub-bans-singing-neil-diamonds-sweet-caroline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/irish-pub-bans-singing-neil-diamonds-sweet-caroline\/","title":{"rendered":"#Irish pub bans singing Neil Diamond\u2019s \u2018Sweet Caroline\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Irish pub bans singing Neil Diamond\u2019s \u2018Sweet Caroline\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 3, 2020 |<\/span> 4:10pm |<\/span> Updated August 3, 2020 | 4:31pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Murphy’s Irish Bar has quashed “Sweet Caroline” singalongs.<\/span>
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\n Good times never seemed so sad.<\/p>\n

In a cheeky effort to shed light on social-distancing rules, an Irish pub on Spain\u2019s Canary Islands announced that Neil Diamond\u2019s classic tune \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d is officially banned from the watering hole.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be no: touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you,\u201d reads a chalkboard quoting the legendary hit song at Murphy\u2019s Irish Bar in Corralejo.<\/p>\n

Owner Linda Carroll posted a photo of the funny decree\u00a0on Friday that\u2019s since been shared hundreds of times.<\/p>\n

\u201c2020 claims another victim. RIP Sweet Caroline,\u201d one person joked on Twitter.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not just the lyrics that make the 1969 ballad an easy target for COVID-19 quips: The song has a rich history of being belted out in unison by boozed-up patrons at gin mills, potentially triggering superspreading events.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople can\u2019t help but to sing the lyrics,\u201d said Terence Haggerty, the owner of Staten Island\u2019s longtime Irish joint Jody\u2019s Club Forest. \u201cThe words are easy to remember, it\u2019s fun and it definitely always brings a bar crowd together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haggerty, 37, who inherited the West Brighton biz from his father, Jody, after he died, said his dad blasted the tune for his customers ever since he opened the pub in 1976.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople like to go to a bar to mingle and meet new people,\u201d said Haggerty, who still plays the ditty during celebrations. \u201cWith this song, people can put their arms around each other and just sing and be happ<\/a>y no matter what is going on in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bob McArthur, a local Neil Diamond impersonator of 20 years, explained that the singalong phenomenon is \u201cby far\u201d his most requested.<\/p>\n

He added that fans especially love shouting the song, potentially unleashing virus-laden respiratory droplets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s usually a lot of projecting going on,\u201d said McArthur, 52.<\/p>\n

Also a sports-stadium staple, \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d is used by teams like the Boston Red Sox, which has played it regularly at Fenway Park since 1997, and Charlotte\u2019s NFL team, the Carolina Panthers, since 1996. The Panthers recently threw on the song at their empty Bank of America Stadium in honor of the pandemic\u2019s front-line workers.<\/p>\n

The song\u2019s coronavirus connection wasn\u2019t missed by the 79-year-old musical great himself, either. In March, Diamond released a rendition of the tune with a COVID-19 bent.<\/p>\n

\u201cHands .\u2009.\u2009. Washing hands .\u2009.\u2009. Reaching out .\u2009.\u2009. Don\u2019t touch me, I won\u2019t touch you,\u201d he sings in the YouTube clip that\u2019s garnered more than 3.5 million views.<\/p>\n

But there is one option for \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d songbirds: \u201cJust sing with a mask on,\u201d said McArthur.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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