"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
at least it's easier now to stay away from Lennon.
C or D: tracing a musician's downfall thru going from being John's pal to Ringo's.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― ice cr?m, Friday, 3 December 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I did like the part of the doc where Harry describes writing "One" around a phone's busy signal.
― Darin, Friday, 3 December 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
someone seriously needs to release decent copies of those BBC specials.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 3 December 2010 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the clips on youtube are amazing.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 3 December 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
think i'm gonna watch this doc tonight since it seems to have shown up on netflix streaming.
― tylerw, Friday, 3 December 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
wd've liked more Popeye music and less about the drug party on Malta
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 December 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I want to see "Son of Drac"! Wtf was that? EVeryone in the docu was saying how bad it was but the footage of Harry in a vampire suit just chilling and singing Harry songs suggested it is fucking awesome.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at the cover Netflix has for "The Point"
http://cdn-8.nflximg.com/en_US/boxshots/gsd/60036028.jpg
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ha!i'm about halfway through the doc -- interesting stuff w/ some great footage, even if it's not the greatest filmmaking of all time. bbc stuff looks rad. you can grab it (audio/video) here: http://fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/2007/12/bbc.htmlfor a guy who didn't play live, looks like he was perfectly capable of being a great performer.
― tylerw, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
and, if you must, from the same blog: http://fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/2006/12/son-of-dracula-movie-1974.html
― tylerw, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
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^
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
everybody otm
― jaxon, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Everybody's OTMin'
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
lol the point is a teen-made realist drama from an impoverished mtl neighbourhood
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
So The Point on Netflix is the original film right? It just has the wrong picture? I was worried that it was some weird remake, but now I'm going to try renting it.
― Moodles, Monday, 6 December 2010 02:18 (thirteen years ago) link