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34. DRIFT AWAY-DOBIE GRAY (1973)
Album: Drift Away

A good natured ode to the power of a good tune. Yeah, I can relate to that a little...go ahead, sing along...you know you want to.
I couldn't get enough of this song back in the day. It still makes me smile.




33. I GUESS THE LORD MUST BE IN NEW YORK CITY-NILSSON (1969)
Album: Harry

Nilsson wrote this for the movie "Midnight Cowboy", but they used his cover of "Everybody's Talkin'" instead. Not a bad song, but
personally I much prefer this weary but still hopeful tune. The gentle arrangement, including a very well employed banjo,
moves the song along like passing scenery in a car window. The mood created is stunning.

I don't remember Drift Away ever being used in an LS, but if it were, it would probably be one where I would say, "Drift Away, dunno artist." Great song.

As for the Lord and New York City, I had no idea the song existed until You've Got Mail came out in 1998. I googled "You've Got Mail" intending to add "songs," but Wikipedia advised that "Anyone at All" was the featured song. So I clicked on that and was rewarded with a Carole King video with her singing the song and a montage of images from the movie. She came through campaigning for President Obama a million years ago -- OK, eight and change -- and autographed the only Carole King album I had (OK, CD).

Back to the Lord and New York City, the songs list names Sinead O'Connor as the artist, not Nilsson. But he gets credit for "The Puppy Song," "Remember," and "Over the Rainbow."