Nilsson - C or D?

the flowers and melons story was p incredible

yeah picking up a 19-yo in an ice cream parlor doesnt usu work out in the long term

just give that bitch melons, melons man im tellin u

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...

rainbow beard was jarringly nagl

I think the only song we heard all the way thru (in two pieces) was "Everybody's Talkin"

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.

if only he had made it past age 52 tho, eh

kids stay away from robin williams and youll lead a long healthy life

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.

lol

I did like the part of the doc where Harry describes writing "One" around a phone's busy signal.

someone seriously needs to release decent copies of those BBC specials.

the clips on youtube are amazing.

think i'm gonna watch this doc tonight since it seems to have shown up on netflix streaming.

wd've liked more Popeye music and less about the drug party on Malta

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.

lol at the cover Netflix has for "The Point"

http://cdn-8.nflximg.com/en_US/boxshots/gsd/60036028.jpg

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.html
for a guy who didn't play live, looks like he was perfectly capable of being a great performer.

and, if you must, from the same blog: http://fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/2006/12/son-of-dracula-movie-1974.html

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.

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lol the point is a teen-made realist drama from an impoverished mtl neighbourhood

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.

Adam Bruneau OTM re LOTTERY SONG upthread, outstanding song

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I found VDP and Jimmy Webb's stuff very affecting. And I admired how negatively the guy was portrayed for so much of it. But yes, it did sort of beg for a slightly more in depth discussion of his music.

Re. the decline years...the footage of him recording in '75 or so with the full bar and deli buffet in the studio, catching cigarettes thrown into his mouth and so forth, made me sad I never got around to writing a proposed piece for Stylus on his post-Pussycats records. Nobody declined like Harry Nilsson.

When rainbow beard told his funeral story, and said George Harrison told him his favorite Nilsson song was "Fuck you," I think that was actually Harrison just saying "fuck you" to rainbow beard. I mean, you know, not really, but in the best world, that's what happened.

I didn't know who rainbow beard was and was frustrated throughout the movie. Then I saw him on the VH1 or whatever reality show about Rock Camp.

rainbow beard is p unsettling

Who the hell *is* rainbow beard, Mr. Selzer? others amy also answer.
Not only was his beard/clashing purple velvet suit combo appalling, he just generally seemed like an unpleasant guy.

when i watched this i thought: that guy must get beat up every day of his life.

I think about this docu all the time, tho, just for the Nilsson facts. The story about him robbing a liquor store as a kid!

Personally, I am fond of the clip showing Harry catching a cigarette in his mouth and him lighting it without missing a beat during the Duit on Mon Dei sessions.

yeah, that was nuts. one of the most impressive things for me was just how awesomely slobby looking the guy was. i mean, the album covers of schmilsson and the others give you some idea, but wow, for a star he just looked like a mess. in a good way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hudson_(musician)

working with a broad variety of artists including Ringo Starr, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Hanson, Harry Nilsson, and the Baha Men.

who let rainbow beard out who who

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http://img.poptower.com/pic-34398/mark-hudson.jpg?d=600

GAH!

ick.
thought that a big hole in the doc was the absence of a ringo interview. i'm sure the filmmakers tried to get him, but i guess ringo is kind of a cranky dude these days.

maybe he refused to be in it if rainbow beard was and the producers were all well theres no way were giving up rainbow beard i mean its RAINBOW BEARD

HIS BEARD IS A RAINBOW

i asked the director about ringo at a screening in new york, and he said ringo is unwilling to talk about those days on camera. or at least that's what ringo's people told him. it was definitely a hole.

ringo and mark rainbow beard hudson have worked together for years.

ringo apparently is unfamiliar w/the old 'oh nilsson lol crazy times *scratch chin look around nervously*' dodge

Was that at the 92nd st Y screening? I was at the premiere and was about to say I remember them discussing Ringo.

If you read the wiki on Hudson, he and Ringo have had a falling out.

this was at cinema village, where it played for a week or two.

wiki on hudson sounds like it should be the name of a new high-tech village in upstate new york.

It just clicked that this guy was one of the Hudson Brothers (of the Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show). Ugh.