i saw him at the nec recently. he was great. the new album's great too. he's been a constant. most of his shit stuff has some merit and his good stuff is peerless. i've been listening to his early stuff this week - the stuff before space oddity. gets dismissed as being twee and mannered but there are several songs there as good as anything else he did - let me sleep beside you especially. that's aching for a cover by someone hip. when i live my dream, london boys, love you til tuesday... heck, the kids love the laughing gnome....
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