Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
Because Neil Diamond is a great pop song writer.
Not sure I'd agree with great. Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Turtles, yes. ymmv.
[edit] ok, scratch the Turtles. Apparently they didn't write most of their own songs; I just looked it up. I found out a couple of their tunes were penned by Warren Zevon, which is pretty cool I think.