― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
You know, I wrote a song in the style of (Harry's lonely version of) "One" — the subject of which was Harry's rumoured death. It was called "Coffin Full of Stones" and, yes, recounted the Marianne Faithful story. You know that story, right, Dada?
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link
"Cuddly Toy", btw, may be Harry's best song from that era. My gf (now fiance) positively adored that song — that is, until I told her what it was about...
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Monday, 2 January 2006 11:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 3 March 2006 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rotatey Diskers With Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 3 March 2006 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Friday, 3 March 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
"He'd come to townand he would hound her for a couple o' daysAnd then he'd sail across the bubbly wavesAnd those were happier daaaaaysbut noooooooooooooooooooooooow..."
Aside from Schmilsson, The Point has to be my favorite of the ones I've got - the storytelling bits are way, way more enjoyable than they could have been, and the whole thing is very warm and sweet without being cloying. It's absolutely perfect for evenings spent inking comic books, or at least that's what I used it for.
Just yesterday picked up Rock N Roll, which seems to be a reissue of Spotlight on Nilsson, and also one of those rare records that doesn't seem to exist on AMG. Haven't gotten to really digest it yet - apparently Spotlight was a collection of minor studio recordings/demos from when he had access to a studio but before he had a contract of his own. Enjoyable but doesn't really jump out the speaker at least so far...
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
I love this record. It has to be one of the strangest follow ups to a smash-hit LP by a major artist. There's a strong "I'm not going to repeat the formula, but I'll mess up the expectations of my new fans instead" vibe to it that's fascinating (and makes the album title an intentional joke). God only knows what people who loved "Coconut" or "Without You" might have thought of "You're Breaking My Heart" when they first heard it.
And recording a song titled "I'd Rather Be Dead" with back up vocals from residents of a nursing home is twisted genius. Classic, I say.
― James, Friday, 3 March 2006 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rotatey Diskers With Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Son of Schmilsson is one of his I've never heard, but I'm seeking it out right now for this reason alone.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 4 March 2006 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
I see only one mention of Sandman on here -- which I've never heard; is it really bad? Can't say I'm not curious...
― mike powell (mike powell), Saturday, 4 March 2006 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Saturday, 4 March 2006 16:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Saturday, 4 March 2006 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.lslproductions.com/wihn_home.html
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Saturday, 4 March 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 4 March 2006 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Saturday, 4 March 2006 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Melisse D, Sunday, 19 March 2006 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― harvey.w (harvey.w), Sunday, 19 March 2006 12:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 10 July 2006 04:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 10 July 2006 06:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 10 July 2006 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Seattle Weekly says it "breaks no new ground" but still
― W i l l (common_person), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Are we in love like I think we be?) (Dada), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 08:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― mms (mms), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 08:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― mms (mms), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 08:36 (seventeen years ago) link
How true.
I dug up an old single, Kenny Everett singing 2 nilsson songs. How about that!
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 12:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Are we in love like I think we be?) (Dada), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Are we in love like I think we be?) (Dada), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link
http://chilled.cream.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=812&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20
then there is an mp3 of Harry Nilsson from an Everett radio show that's worth hearing. Unfortunately none of the other links on the thread appear to work.
― mms (mms), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Are we in love like I think we be?) (Dada), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 20 July 2006 04:12 (seventeen years ago) link
I wanted to add a "classic" vote. The cover of "River Deep, Mountain High" on Pandemonium Shadow Show (better than the "remix" on Aerial Pandemonium Ballet though that one's great too) is so classic: sonically it's very similar to the original, with all the instruments save voice pretty much the same. But Nilsson does all the voices, and on the second verse (the one about the puppy) when he gets to the "I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy" he shout/sings it and at that moment it's like the standards of faithfulness have been completely reset, like you can only really be faithful to another person if you can shout it that mountain high. It's like when Cash says "I find it very, very easy to be true", and you're like, wow, it's not easy for me at all, I've got some work cut out for me...Nilsson resets the standards of faithfulness too.
― Euler, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I remember Blue Peter creating a dance routine to Nilsson's "River Deep" (didn't know it was his version till many years later, it was that puppy line that registered w/me), with Lesley Judd of the Young Generation (the rest wus historie)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i have been totally obsessed for the past like three months. everything about him is perfect - voice, songs, piano, personality, everything. classic, classic, classic.
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Funnily enough, I just dug up my 2CD "Ariel Pandemonium Ballet Show" cd set about an hour ago. And suddenly here's this thread.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
how is Son of Schmilsson? seen that LP the other day, looked so cool. dunno why i didnt pick it up
― rizzx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
its good. has the fuck you song.
― chaki, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
And Without You, of course.
― Billy Pilgrim, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 01:11 (sixteen years ago) link
thats on nilsson schmilsson
― chaki, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Knnillssonn is very underrated. He definitely got his voice back after Pussy Cats.
― chaki, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 01:32 (sixteen years ago) link