the doc on dvd
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 29 July 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm currently working on a dubstep track that samples the first couple of notes on "One".
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 29 July 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
This guy needs a broad reaching 4CD boxset.
From his earliest days, through his Monkees and Beatles days, to his last.
I reckons.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks for this revive reminding me about the doc dvd - anyone checked it out yet?
― ¸¸.·´¯´·he'd sail across the bubbly waves·.¸¸.·´¯ (another al3x), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
obv of interest for fans but a pretty clumsy movie
― da croupier, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah my friend saw it, said there was some good footage, but not exactly a brilliant piece of filmmaking.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, I really liked this -- along w/the Rush doc, one of the most comprehensive rock documentaries I've seen. unlike the rush doc, I wouldn't say Nilsson comes out more "likable" as a result of it. He comes out looking pretty flawed and tragic, but also incredibly well-loved by his friends/family/peers.
― Dominique, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
ditto on the boxset. total genius. "Nilsson Schmillson" is such a classic, and every album I've heard has some amazing, indispensible material
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought the doc was pretty much inept. watch and it and see if you can figure out, for example, how he died. some good footage though, yeah.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't it say something about a big heart attack, and how that was a very nilsson way to go? I do remember the part about him talking to his kids the week before he died
― Dominique, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
they said he was in bad health and he knew he only had a few days to live (which is a bit odd as it is), and then they say very ominously that there was an earthquake and you're left wondering (a) if the earthquake killed him, (b) if he correctly predicted the date or his own heart attack, (c) if he just went to sleep one night and never woke up. they don't actually tell you. you only know he's dead 'cause they start talking about his funeral. they do a lot of this in the doc. it's really strange filmmaking.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
was the doc on telly in the states? it wasn't here harrumph.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
it is interesting to hear from all the people (producers, managers, whatnot) he left behind both on his way up and on his way down. they all sound like wounded ex-girlfriends who will go to their own graves wondering why harry left them.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not aware of it having been on tv in the US. it had very brief theatrical runs in a few cities.
fcc otm abt the death sequence. that sort of elliptical stuff happened a few times throughout. pretty clumsy, but then a nilsson track'd come on and i was like "aw fuck it"
― bear, bear, bear, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Watch the Smothers Brothers TV performance instead. It's like 30 minutes long and features all these great Point-era performances and stuff and silly skits inbetween and things. Really wonderful.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
"Watch the Smothers Brothers TV performance instead. It's like 30 minutes long and features all these great Point-era performances and stuff and silly skits inbetween and things. Really wonderful."
This performance of "1941" is my favorite thing he ever did. Waaaay better than the album version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s51bRVVRah4
― rotoboros, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
who cares about a box set? all but one or two of the albums are in print, and on two-fers no less. just dig in.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 21 October 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
ans: Because his career was not a purely linear thing. There's a lot that predates his first album, and many projects that sit outside his "solo" works.
Make it like the Ramones' "life and times" with 3CDs, 1DVD and an inlaid book/history, and that would be brilliant.
Thanks. (in advance)
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 October 2010 08:34 (thirteen years ago) link
^ this is true. there's way more than enough genius nilsson to justify a 3 CD set, plus a booklet/DVD laying out the story. plus he fucking deserves it, and people deserve to know. that's reason enough.
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Thursday, 21 October 2010 08:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Book, rather than booklet, but yes. Thanks.
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 October 2010 08:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Really really love this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsX5BkBsrMk
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 13 November 2010 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
As silly as those lyrics are, I think its one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 13 November 2010 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
just watched who is harry nilsson - pretty dece for a talkin head/old footage stando type scenario - realized i didnt really know much abt this guy
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
but now i do
Listening to "The Point" is probably the best introduction you could possibly have to this guy.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
WHOA. Before opening this thread I ordered a copy of Son of Schmilsson this morning.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Debatable
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Well I think it's got the best concentration of amazing songs, and it's a really good one for showing off his vocal arrangements. "Son of Schmilsson" is pretty damn fine as well. <3 <3 <3 "The Most Beautiful World In The World". Really does dip into Beatles-level pop at a few points on that album.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a broad church
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 3 December 2010 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
also just saw the doc. too much decline, not enough prime.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
loved the sight of Otto Preminger in a blue hippie suit on Playboy After Dark, tho
yeah the doc tried a little too hard to cram everything into its chosen narrative and didnt really attempt to understand his music particularly past THIS GUY IS GREAT but it was p cool just for the presence of the man if nothing else
― ice cr?m, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at everyone being all WHEN HARRY SHOWED UP AT YR DOOR U KNEW U WERE GONNA DO TONS OF DRUGS FOR DAYS ON END and then none of them actually telling the stories abt it smh
― ice cr?m, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Just Say No to Harry, kids
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
xpostYeah, there were lots of moments of "Things were really crazy back then, kids", wink wink.
Also, what was the deal with dude with rainbow beard? That was probably more crazy than anything that happened in the 70s.
― Moodles, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
it was a Hudson, right?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
found it really frustrating they'd spend so much time on vague shit like this when, whenever they did flesh out an anecdote, like the letter he wrote his infant son or how he won over his last wife with fruit, the details were amazing.
― da croupier, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
just gonna link to the review i wrote, since i think otherwise i'll wind up regurgitating the whole thing anyway
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/film/who-harry-nilsson-and-why-everybody-talkin-about-him
― da croupier, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
other ppl's drug stories are boring. also I think Robin Williams was being honest saying he couldn't remember most of it.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
other ppl's drug stories are boring.
not as boring as repeated references to untold ones!
― da croupier, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
the flowers and melons story was p incredible
― ice cr?m, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah picking up a 19-yo in an ice cream parlor doesnt usu work out in the long term
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
just give that bitch melons, melons man im tellin u
― ice cr?m, Friday, 3 December 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Rainbow Beard was the weirdest facial hair I've ever seen.
Agree w most ppl above, too many talking heads, too vague. I think most music docs these days make those mistakes. Even the "in depth" album-based ones are basically a series of people saying "This song is soooo good!". Mostly, I would rather have a complete compilation of archival videos. I guess this is where bootleggers step in to do the artist justice...
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 December 2010 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
rainbow beard was jarringly nagl
― ice cr?m, Friday, 3 December 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the only song we heard all the way thru (in two pieces) was "Everybody's Talkin"
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Have to say him marrying a nice Irish girl and having lots and lots of happy-looking kids was a good way to end a potentially really depressing life story.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 December 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
if only he had made it past age 52 tho, eh
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
kids stay away from robin williams and youll lead a long healthy life
― ice cr?m, Friday, 3 December 2010 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link