# What Song? Neil Diamond Sang It Too Slow

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 11, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-neil-diamond-sang-it-too-slow/822795 "2018-10-11T05:15:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-neil-diamond-sang-it-too-slow/822795/21 "2018-10-13T22:17:12Z")

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Almost all Neil Diamond songs would improve if sped up. A lot. A whole lot.

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-neil-diamond-sang-it-too-slow/822795/22 "2018-10-17T00:20:39Z")

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“Iron Man”?

Oh wait forget it - wrong band

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-neil-diamond-sang-it-too-slow/822795/23 "2018-10-17T00:40:15Z")

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> [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](#):
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> Almost all Neil Diamond songs would improve if sped up. A lot. A whole lot.

I disagree - most of them sound right to me - I think he just happens to be a slow-songs kind of guy, in a musically successful way. Except for that one, and maybe some others that I don’t know.

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