the Nilsson thread
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audi:
Harry Nilsson "One" He wrote that???? Love his version!
Yeah Audi, isn't his original version haunting? Totally diff that Three Dog Night's, which went to #1 and paid him nicely. The verified story is Harry was making a phone call and got a busy signal and he wrote One while one the phone just listening to that busy signal (drugs much? Lol). And you can hear that pulse in the piano part throughout. Very cool Edit: although now that I listen to it I realize I posted some strange mix of it that has no piano! You need to track down the original album track, it's got the busy signal background.
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kapoo:
audi:
Harry Nilsson "One" He wrote that???? Love his version!
Yeah Audi, isn't his original version haunting? Totally diff that Three Dog Night's, which went to #1 and paid him nicely. The verified story is Harry was making a phone call and got a busy signal and he wrote One while one the phone just listening to that busy signal (drugs much? Lol). And you can hear that pulse in the piano part throughout. Very cool Edit: although now that I listen to it I realize I posted some strange mix of it that has no piano! You need to track down the original album track, it's got the busy signal background.
Here's the album version of One
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So has anyone gotten into Nilsson recently? By chance? So many cool songs that guy wrote and sung. Check em out above!
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kapoo:
So has anyone gotten into Nilsson recently? By chance? So many cool songs that guy wrote and sung. Check em out above!
Not lately kapoo, but all my life - gorgeous songs, amazing guy Together being a big fave of mine
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Morse_Moose:
kapoo:
So has anyone gotten into Nilsson recently? By chance? So many cool songs that guy wrote and sung. Check em out above!
Not lately kapoo, but all my life - gorgeous songs, amazing guy Together being a big fave of mine
Totally agree Morse_Moose! And since its Thursday
beautiful. lets go have a picnic or a drink if Thursday was a boat I bet it'd sink -
Surreptitiously unique
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Morse_Moose:
Surreptitiously unique
Wow, great description! he was like under the surface of so much work the solo Beatles did in the 70's, in studio. even on some records, definitely in their social scene. and his own work reflects that too. Nilsson's a key guy to know about and he was just brilliant.
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Damn time rolls on around here, had to dig this one up! thought I'd have a good old listen to the man Harry Nilsson and his bag of musical tricks. enjoy people, thats all I can say. Enjoy. and Go team RCA!