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One of my favourite songs of all time. An elusive, solemn number. Neil's songwriting is , for me, the perfect combination of early twentieth century styles. His crooning may not be for all, but it's suits me fine. This song has been covered many times. In my opinion, most successfully by Tim Buckley and, bless his socks for giving it a go, by Billy Bragg. I think Buckley's version may be it's exemplification, but Neil's is warmer and less pretentious. You'll probably know Neil's work as he was the writer of "everybody's talkin'" Harry Nilsson's hit from Midnight Cowboy. I think he was a brill building writer. I once heard, though I've never found the track, he wrote for Buddy Holly, incidentally, another of my biggest heros. I've bin searching........
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