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"Done Too Soon" is not about dying young. It's about death in general.


* ListSong: "Done Too Soon", ostensibly a meditation on notable people who died young, though the presence of Creator/BusterKeaton (died at 70) and [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} Ho Chi Minh]] (died at 79) stretches the definition a bit.

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* ListSong: "Done Too Soon", ostensibly a meditation which comments on the impermanence of life by listing a bunch of notable people who from different walks of life, many of whom died young, though young but some of whom lived to be very old, with the presence of Creator/BusterKeaton (died at 70) and [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} Ho Chi Minh]] (died at 79) stretches message being that no matter how long we live, it always seems like our lives are never long enough.
* LocationSong: "Kentucky Woman" celebrates
the definition a bit.singer's sweetheart from that state.



* LocationSong: "Kentucky Woman" celebrates the singer's sweetheart from that state.
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* NonActorVehicle: He starred in the 1980 remake of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'', which was critically-reviled but a modest hit at the box office, and the soundtrack birthed three Top 10 hits ("America", "Love on the Rocks", "Hello Again").
* OdeToSobriety: "The Pot Smoker's Song" is of the "deconstructed ode to intoxication" variety: Neil sings a commercial-jingle-esque chorus extolling the pleasures of Marijuana use, while the verses use SpokenWordInMusic clips of young people in rehab to illustrate that it can lead to use of harder drugs.

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* NonActorVehicle: He starred in the 1980 remake of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'', which was critically-reviled critically reviled but a modest hit at the box office, and the soundtrack birthed three Top 10 hits ("America", "Love on the Rocks", "Hello Again").
* OdeToSobriety: "The Pot Smoker's Song" is of the "deconstructed ode to intoxication" variety: Neil sings a commercial-jingle-esque chorus extolling the pleasures of Marijuana marijuana use, while the verses use SpokenWordInMusic clips of young people in rehab to illustrate that it can lead to use of harder drugs.
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* ConceptAlbum: The second side of ''Tap Root Manuscript'' is a suite of African-themed songs.

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* ConceptAlbum: The second side of ''Tap Root Manuscript'' is a suite of [[WorldMusic African-themed songs.songs]].
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* RepurposedPopSong: "Sweet Caroline" is well known today for its use at various sporting events (most notably [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Boston Red Sox]] home games), where it rarely fails to get the fans out of their seats and singing along.

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* RepurposedPopSong: "Sweet Caroline" is well known today for its use at various sporting events (most notably [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Boston Red Sox]] home games), where it rarely fails to get the fans out of their seats and singing along.
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trope is renamed Prefers Going Barefoot. Dewicking old name


* DoesNotLikeShoes: "Two Bit Manchild" contains the line "Ain't got no eye for a tight pair of shoes when my bare feet'll do." He's also barefoot on the cover of ''Stones''.


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* PrefersGoingBarefoot: "Two Bit Manchild" contains the line "Ain't got no eye for a tight pair of shoes when my bare feet'll do."
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!!Film and TV appearances:
* ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' (1 episode, 1969) as Himself
* ''Film/TheLastWaltz'' (1978) as Himself
* ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' (1980) as Jess Robin
* ''[[Film/LostAndFound1999 Lost & Found]]'' (1999) as Himself
* ''Film/SavingSilverman'' (2001) as Himself
* ''Keeping Up with the Steins'' (2006) as Himself
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-->-- "Beautiful Noise"

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-->-- "Beautiful Noise"
"'''Beautiful Noise'''"

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!!Discography of studio albums (excluding compilations):

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!!Discography of studio albums !!Album discography (excluding compilations):compilations):
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Like fellow 1970s soft rock singer-songwriter Music/CaroleKing, Neil Diamond started out as a musician in the Brill Building pop/rock genre, much like Music/PaulAnka, Music/BobbyDarin, and [[Music/NeilSedaka a certain other Neil]][[note]] Coincidentally, Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka would also write soft rock songs later in their career[[/note]]. He was also in a duo with his high school friend known as Neil and Jack.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Like fellow 1970s soft rock SoftRock singer-songwriter Music/CaroleKing, Neil Diamond started out as a musician in the Brill Building pop/rock genre, much like Music/PaulAnka, Music/BobbyDarin, and [[Music/NeilSedaka a certain other Neil]][[note]] Coincidentally, Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka would also write soft rock songs later in their career[[/note]]. He was also in a duo with his high school friend known as Neil and Jack.
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* CoverAlbum: As noted in the discography, he's released four of them.

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* CoverAlbum: As noted in the discography, he's released four of them. Also, his 1971 album ''Stones'' comes close to this trope, since it has only two originals (the TitleTrack and "I Am... I Said") mixed with covers.



* DoesNotLikeShoes: "Two Bit Manchild" contains the line "Ain't got no eye for a tight pair of shoes when my bare feet'll do."

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: "Two Bit Manchild" contains the line "Ain't got no eye for a tight pair of shoes when my bare feet'll do." He's also barefoot on the cover of ''Stones''.

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