“With this song, people can put their arms around each other and just sing and be happy no matter what is going on in their lives.”īob McArthur, a local Neil Diamond impersonator of 20 years, explained that the singalong phenomenon is “by far” his most requested. “People like to go to a bar to mingle and meet new people,” said Haggerty, who still plays the ditty during celebrations. 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. “The words are easy to remember, it’s fun and it definitely always brings a bar crowd together.” “People can’t help but to sing the lyrics,” said Terence Haggerty, the owner of Staten Island’s longtime Irish joint Jody’s Club Forest. RIP Sweet Caroline,” one person joked on Twitter.īut it’s 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. Owner Linda Carroll posted a photo of the funny decree on Friday that’s since been shared hundreds of times. “There will be no: touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you,” reads a chalkboard quoting the legendary hit song at Murphy’s Irish Bar in Corralejo. In a cheeky effort to shed light on social-distancing rules, an Irish pub on Spain’s Canary Islands announced that Neil Diamond’s classic tune “Sweet Caroline” is officially banned from the watering hole. Quarantined mom bangs head against table to 'Sweet Caroline' chorus
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