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Everybody's Talking At Me Lyrics
Artist: Harry Nilsson
Everybody's talking at me.
I don't hear a word they're saying,
Only the echoes of my mind.
People stopping staring,
I can't see their faces,
Only the shadows of their eyes.
I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes,
Backing off of the North East wind,
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes,
Backing off of the North East wind,
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone
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Comments/Interpretations
Here you are.
A beautiful song (Midinigth Cawboy- Jon Voigth and Dusti Hoffman-
it a very very nice song i really really like it
i like it
Im in love with this song!!!!!
wow song.i love it
love this song, was thinking of it started singing and found I remember the words. wanted to find out, if I did yep and that is cool. Kay
"going where the weather suits my clothes" is one of the best lines in a song ever!
Hey, I got Jon Voight's LeBaron! --George Costanza
This is a lush song. The Beautiful South did a cover version which done H Nielson credit . . .
Hehehe,, What a funny song and
it´s about, no things no person can
tight this man up. I love his free
dom.
this song always makes me smile no matter what's happening in my life. I wish ppl would make more songs like this one.
Didn't Brian Wilson write this song and Stephen Stills originally sing it?
it is a beautiful song but poor the cowboys, its extingt
Nilsson didn't write this. He covered it
actually, it was originally written and recorded by folk singer fred neil. the version that most people are familiar with is this, the harry nilsson version. however, people frequently confuse his voice with stephen stills, especially when he's singing ballads. if you like this version you should check out fred neil's. i can't remember if it's on his album "bleecker & macdougal" or the self titled one.
good good by Engelbert Hemperdinck.
I thought this song ment that he is self conscious, everybodies talking at me, people stopping staring
I think it means he's someplace where the weather isn't appealing to him. He's thinking about someplace warm and wet.
No, this is about a guy wanting to go back to a warm and easy living place that made more sense once.
It is a special song to me cuz it was the 1st song I heard the Easter night my beloved Grandma died. I always remember this song and sing it to myself every Easter. Maybe the place he is singing about is where we all would like to go when we die.
BEAUTIFUL SONG...LIKE IT..
Stephen Stills' is by far the most heart-wretching version ever.
Songs take us back to times in our lives and this particular one just inspired me as I listened to it a few minutes ago.
I love this song! I personally think he is talking about someone who is constantly stared at or talked about or maybe judged adversely by others but just don't pay no mind,he goes on living his life and 'goes where the weather (conditions)suits his clothes'. Certainly a song with a deep meaning.
Please try to remember that this song was written by Fred Neil, a Greenwich Village folk singer/ sonwriter. It was covered by Harry Nillson and his version was used in the great movie Midnight Cowboy starring John Voight and Dustin Hoffman.
THIS SONG IS AN EPIC, AS IT TAKES ME TO GOOD OLD DAYS OF MY YOUTH.
COINCIDENTALLY IT LIKE FORETOLD MY DREAM COME THRU AS I MOVED FROM S. PAULO (SE)- COLD IN ALL SENSES - TO MARANHÃO (NE), WHICH I ALWAYS DREAMED OF, WHERE THE WEATHER IS WARM AND NICE.
Such a beautiful song - impossible not to sing along to in the car - or anywhere.
The only word in the whole song that was not perfect was the way he sings "rain" (through teh pouring "rain") - a little too nasally.
only harry nielson could do this song the justice it deserved. If you need more proof of his brilience check out "the point" a whole album of brilience, with oblio and arrow.---neilson at his best!!
Yes, this song gave an special meaning to "Midnight cowboy" but it's true that the version that Stephen Stills made (mixed with another song if I don't remember bad)in that acoustic record was wonderful (as so many other songs he wrote or sung)
this song is good! i feel like it was written for me!
Always loved the song; since I was a kid. Always spoke to me about keeping true to yourself and ignoring the useless chatter around you...
Do with that what you will.
I love this song too. I usually think about it when I need to get away from everybody for awhile. I just wonder if the lyrics should be, "I'm banking off the the North East wind" instead of "I'm backing off".
everybody's talkin ... was written by a folky named fred neil.
Great song for a new guitarist.
Simple chord progression, easy melody. Everyone loves it.
Dreaming of a place where there is always hope inspite of all the pains... I'm going where the sun keeps shining through the pouring rain. Beautiful.
Ive always liked nilsson and this song which is in my repetoire, but he's 'bankin' off the northeast wind' not 'backing',
Excelente canción y la música también. México, D.F. 14/mzo/2010
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I think everyone is getting it wrong, not everyone talking about me but at me. He needs to get away from it all, people, the stares go to the sunsets, oceans, rain etc, just away from all.
duuuuurrrrrrrrrrr
didn't Freddy Neil write this song ?
Banking of the NorthEast Wind
like sailing...........
story of big city
Yes, Chiefman, Freddy Neil wrote this beautiful song and Harry Nillson also sang it superbly.
Epitomizes the quest for freedom, and it is "banking off the northeast wind' because, quite frankly, that's the way >I< sing it, so it must be correct...
If you have seen the movie "Midnight Cowboy" you'll understand the lyrics. The main character's dream (Dustin Hoffman)is to move from New York to Florida to enjoy the warm weather. He is very ill with lung problems.
FRED NEAL WROTE THIS SONG, NOT HARRY !
the lyrics mean all this, because it's poetry. Nothing but beauty to feel what you feel when you hear the beautiful lyrics.
Will this website please credit Fred Neil for the song?
Yes - exactly, Fred Neil wrote and song this song beuatifully
Beautiful song. Add the following to the end of the lyrics because is missing.
Everybody's talking at me
Can't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind
I won't let you leave my love behind
No I won't let you leave
I won't let you leave my love behind
Guys it's about a fucking guy DYING in Vietnam "everybodys talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying" when you begin to die you fade out not caring about anything as you edge near it, "I'm going were the sun keeps shining" refering to heaven, jeez look up the meaning of statements before you comment.
The only beautiful song from this singer, I don't the rest of his songs wich are so bad.
Its beautiful for different reasons for different people.its simple and elegant like all the best things.
I love this song too - I particularly like the "ecoes of my mind "line - but I believe the song ends with a line "I don't wanna leave your love behind" at least in the Harry Nillson version - pleaswe correct me if i'm wrong
Heyahaha - Your interpretation may be correct - But people commenting here are giving their own feelings and interpretation - everyone is entitled to interpret songs as they like - your interpretation is important just as everyone else's is - I was told once that the Candyman song was about a drug dealer it was at that point in primary school that I decided to form my own opinions...
For "Beep", get a sense of humor, not good to be so serious and not get things.
exelent
i believe the song is about the movie midnight cowboy. ratsos trek to florida to die."backing off the noth east wind". I could be wrong and not sure if written for the soundtrack or it just matches up well
I love this song too. I usually think about it when I need to get away from everybody for awhile.
Perfect song
I like both versions. Makes me feel cowboy !
sums up my schizophrenia honestly
I´m reeding many people talking shit about this song, this was the theme of the film Midnight Cowboy. 70th´s years, and is a very sadness story, but beautiful. He went looking for his dream (going to Florida) and died arriving, but could see the sun shinning.
The beauty of the lyrics incorporates BOTH Midnight Cowboy characters--Joe Buck and Rico Rizzo. It's about Joe's lost naive and frustrated relationships with people and Rico's yearning to get to warmth and comfort. Their dual yearnings meet in mutual need to helping each other...in spite of the people 'stopping and starring'.
Jimmy Buffett does a version of the song as well. I just love Jimmy's version. This song suits his personality perfectly.
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Terrific song---Love the Lyrics!!
At the great age of 53 years old, I still find this one of the anthem of America. It was the song that kept me going, as I 'rode my themb' up the east coast, from Key West to Fort Kent Maine, at the age of 17 years old.
Will hold it in my heart forever!
this song gives me wings luvly voice
this song gives me wings luvly voice hey guys u knw it z also used in movie crank..jason statham
Banking off a the northeast wind,
not "backing"
Well, I tell you what heyahaha, I'll take going while fucking any day, any where I can...
.......
by Heyahaha on 11/5/2010 12:11pm
Guys it's about a fucking guy DYING in Vietnam "everybodys talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying" when you begin to die you fade out not caring about anything as you edge near it, "I'm going were the sun keeps shining" refering to heaven, jeez look up the meaning of statements before you comment.
Fred Neil wrote this and recorded it in one take. It's about his longing to get back home to Florida.
No mames esta es una rolototota!!!! La letra es muy profunda, muy buena canción, la amo. Saludos desde Tijuana, Mexico!!!!
wonderful song ... resonates everywhere ... saudaçoes do Rio de Janeiro Brasil!!
love this song!
The meaning of the lyrics is obviously: This guy is so stoned, can't understand what the people say to him but he is going where the sun is shining .....He is on smack!!!
jon voigh es un maestro y dustin hoffman tooo love the usa grettings from argentinee
What a great song!! i heard it by the first time on "My name is Earl" ahahahaha
yeah yeah you intelligents
thats song was played in futurama, in the episode what zap and kif lost they works!
Just drivin' around in Jon Voight's car...
Find a copy from Tedeschi Trucks Band- its amazing to hear Susan singing with Derek ripping the slide
I suppose there are many interpretations of the lyrics...but I think the tune puts most of us in a place of "feel good" and can relate to the song at many levels. Young, fun sorta livin' life care free and happy.
Steve-O, That Tedeschi version is what brought me to this site today. I heard part of it in my car and of course recognized the lyrics but, for me, the melody was so not there that I didn't recognize it. To each her own, huh?
Fred Neil wrote the lyrics, not Nilsson. Great song but please give credit to the correct songwriter. Fred was a friend of mine.
I like this song in only fools and horses the jolly boys outing 1989 it is very funny
I can never ever forget this song.
I still remeber seeing young John Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy.
I hope no one has tried to ruin this song by doing a crappy dubstep version of it. It's far to good to be mutilated and bastardized in such a crude way. :(
Pre-Goole-Face Book-FISA Act. Now nobody can hide.
vorbiti mai si voi in romana ca nu inteleg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out Fred Neil's Dolphins - it featured in a Sopranos episode The Ride
i hate this!!! fuck you mom!
excellent song, Tedischi Trucks does a wonderful comeback!
The song was first released on Neil's second album, 1966's self-titled Fred Neil. It was composed towards the end of the session, after Neil had become anxious to wrap the album so he could return to his home in Miami, Florida. Manager Herb Cohen promised that if Neil wrote and recorded a final track, he could go. "Everybody's Talkin'", recorded in one take, was the result.
Neil disappeared from the public scene a few years after writing this song, retiring in the Florida Keys and living off the millions he made in royalties over the years. Neil hated the music industry, and didn't think much of his most famous song.
Arguably, this song reflects Neil's distaste for the music industry and his longing to return to his home state of Florida.
Love this song! Love Harry Nilsson....
thanks a lot as i thought i lost you ian ellingham but now i have got you back but have another one on the go well done hes archie
It should say, "Banking off of the northeast winds."
I think Neil is feeling isolated and in a city full of strangers, uncomfortable with his fame and longs to return home to the Keys where he feels comfortable in his own skin.
... ends with this line: "I won't let you leave my love behind"
... ends with this line: "I won't let you leave my love behind"
Actually I find this song sounds a lot like "New York is not my home" by Jim Croce
as i have not been my self lately never mind but i love you very much as i always did ian ellingham i dont want to lose you
as i am going potty or else and nutty as well i thought i was and i am in love with my man who i like very much cant make my mind up neither
I saw a documentary on Harry Dean Stanton that came out this year, and he sang this song in the film. He expressed the opinion that the song was about a heroin addict. Anybody else ever heard that? It kind of makes sense when you listen to the words.
it is what I sing when I am lost and confused with life and want to go away from all the anxiety and people offering advice I do not want.
This song,along with "I did it my way" keeps echoing thru my brain and i don't know why
thank you very much for another lovely song neilson the song meant that i am liking this song especially for that siily moment as when ian leftme.
I'm 65 years old and its still one of my favourites. To Bob - If what you are saying is true I can only agree with you, that the song is Fred Neils' way of getting the job finished and to get back where he wants to be
It's Banking off of the North East wind" nit Backing off of,,," It is a sailing term.
why would you go archie be cause that aother sucide bid is coming up i am annoyed about it again you stuid boy at least i have got steve rolph .
I am 76 years old and I loved this song since I first heard it in 1970 after returning from Viet Nam all in one piece. Agent Orange has since taken it's toll on me since those wonderful days, and I still love this song.