The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Artist: Fred Neil
Author: Fred Neil
Label: Capitol
Year: 1966

Singer-songwriter from Florida; see also: Blues On The Ceiling and The Dolphins.

Covers:

1967:: Noel Harrison
1968:: Spanky & Our Gang
1968:: Harry Nilsson [first as bubbling under single, later in film Midnight Cowboy, winning a Grammy]
1969:: Bonnie Dobson
1969:: Emmylou Harris [on debut album Gliding Bird]
1969:: Neil Diamond
1969:: Bachelors
1969:: John Rowles
1969:: Crosby, Stills & Nash [outtake]
1971:: Bill Withers
1971:: Lenny Kuhr [as Ik Hoor De Mensen]
1975:: Conny Vandenbos [as Ik Wist Het Toch Al Lang]
1984:: Willie Nelson
1990:: Johan Verminnen [as Iedereen Praat Maar]
1994:: Beautiful South
2000:: The King
2002:: Paul Oakenfold [as Starry Eyed Surprise]
2003:: Billy Bob Thornton
2005:: Bobby Bare
2006:: Randy Crawford
2006:: Madeleine Peyroux
2006:: Resentments [vocal: John Dee]
2008:: Crowded House
2012:: Tedeschi Trucks Band
2016:: Seasick Steve
2019:: Seldom Scene

Harry Nilsson had delivered his own contribution for the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack (I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City), so did Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan (Lay Lady Lay) and Randy Newman (Cowboy). All in vein. For the main theme, director John Schlesinger went for this existing Fred Neil song in the two year old Harry Nilsson version. The Grammy associated the song with Harry in the first place. Lyric line "Going where the climat suits my clothes" was obviously lifted from Bob Dylan's Worried Blues (see: The Bootleg Series 1-3).

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