Library Of Congress forces JAY-Z and Cyndi Lauper to share the honor with Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline"

Confirming, once and for all, that the highest literary institution in our country has the same musical taste as a group of drunken whites singing in a crowded Chicago bar on Saturday night, the Library Of Congress has inducted Neil's group Diamond "Sweet Caroline" in her national registry record.Developed by Diamond in 1969 in order to give a weapon to the US Army's musical nostalgia, the song quickly escaped any confinement. that assuming that today's inclusion of the song in the NRR – which annually publishes a list of 25 remarkable works worthy of preservation – was part of a larger program of appeasement to mitigate its omnipresence of sound.

Also on this year's list: JAY-Z's The master plan, an excellent album that will nevertheless remain in the story as "this JAY-Z album that was released on September 11". The master plan is still considered a masterpiece and a rather safe choice for JAY's first appearance on the registry list. It's also the newest piece to make the cut, appearing next to things like an old Gunsmoke A radio episode, a speech by Bobby Kennedy, and "The Yiddish Cylinders of the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and the Thomas Lambert Society," were recorded in 1901, and a serious headache if we have ever heard of it.

Also appearing on this year's inductees list: Cyndi Lauper's debut album She is so unusual, "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave, "Rock Around The Clock", Cab Calloway's "Minnie The Moocher", "September", an irreproachable dance inspiration from Earth, Wind, And Fire, and many more songs that you should probably put on a mixtape or DJ set-list before you reach your damn "Sweet Caroline" again.

You can see the full list of new members here.

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