the Nilsson thread
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Well thanks for making this dedicated Nilsson thread kapoo. Glad you like the pic and biz card - I'll dig out some more images along the way. We did exchange phone calls a few times and somewhere I have a message from him to me on a cassette. The last time I saw Harry was '89 I think. To be honest, I don't know many details of that whole mess which turned up in the early 1990's. I learned bits about it after Harry's passing. I felt so bad for Una and their kids. Oh yeah, 'Telephone.' I may have seen it but to be honest, I don't remember it. Sorry Whoopie. Harry had some fun stories but I can't really share them. No no no, well, no.
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man, I'm sure I'd be thoroughly entertained by your stories of Nilsson
I'm still loving that business card. so its 3:15am and I'm awake tending to my 1 month old son.. but I have Nilsson Schmilsson playing softly on the turn table right now. Just heard Down. That song is just the shot of pure energy I needed right about now. great brass arrangement on that. I love the phrase the horns repeat at the end.
wa wana wa wa wana wa wa wana wa wa wana wa wawa wawa.. there's my scat rendition
and another clever lyric from Harry. and what a vocal. down you got it goin going round you got it goin down goin down down down
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I wish I could tell you who the photographer of this fantastic photo is but unfortunately, I do not know off hand. One thing Harry had asked of me when he had learned that I was into photography, was to make some copies of his pictures. This is one of my favourites and it must have been a great moment to have been present. The photo was taken inside the offices of the Capitol Records tower, in Hollywood. It may have been 1973 when Harry joined Ringo on top of the tower in the promotional film for 'Only You.'
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thats a great pic! rock stars having a ball. Moon seems to have that expression on his face in a lot of the picturs I see, just rip roarin! I love their version of Only You. one of my fav all time tracks from Ringo. do you know the identity of the other two guys in the shot? I wonder if that pic was taken at the pre-party to the Only You video shoot? because Harry and Ringo look like they just might have been lit up in that video
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That's so cool! You're playing Nilsson for your little guy there. Congratulations by the way! I mean, he's gotta love 'The Point,' eh? I'll never forget watching the original telecast in the early 1970's which featured Dustin Hoffman's narration, long before Ringo did it for the home video release. I did have the chance to let Harry know how much I loved his theme, 'Best Friend,' from the television show, The Courtship of Eddie's Father. We were talking about whether or not there existed a clip of him singing the song from some t.v. appearance and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be one in existence. I'll counter the shot you've posted from the 'Only You' promo. I have some B&W's from that. Other stuff to follow when time permits.
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you know it, I want to introduce him to the best first. I play him all the greats. guess you could say he's my one boy my cuddly toy my up and down my pride and joy
that is a great little ditty regarding the Point!, I'm hoping I receive the album this Christmas, I've put the word out that I want it. if not I plan to buy it shortly. I know Arrow real well but not much of the rest. Here's an article I found about that project. the controlled chaos that was Nilsson http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=1076&IssueNum=59
buying this for my son! but actually for myself
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I dont know where life's going but soon it will be gone I hope the wind thats blowin helps me carry on
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I seriously have a new favorite song! Nilsson does a version of the Moore/Abner song At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama), on his Son of Schmilsson album. I just got this on vinyl and been wearing it out, the energy is amazing. Ringo (Richie Snare) drums on it, and you got the works: Klaus on Bass, Nicky Hopkins on Piano, Peter Framption on Guitar, Bobby Keys on Sax. It's the most rocking track on earth, I'm convinced! Rich Perry got it right! for the life of me I cannot find Harry's verison anywhere online.. so sad! if anyone can help me out there. otherwise I'll just keep playing the record
Most rockin track on earthhere's the old school El Dorado version to wet the whistle
heard it here first btw there's a great pic on the rear cover of Nilsson wearing the Schmilsson robe over a tuxedo, underneath his dracula cape.. smokng a pipe. cant find that pic online either or I'd post. but fantastic stuff.
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Just realized that there was at least one alternate photo for this, the 'Daybreak' 45rpm single...
Not sure if this has ever been used for promoting 'Flash Harry,' but this is one of four similar shots I have in my archives...
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great Flash Harry pic, thats awesome. I don't have that album but have heard some, his version of Old Dirt Road is cool. just cool to hear him do it.
I saw this too, Harry with a far out take on Blackbird. that guy was so creative. did you ever notice the similarity of the music from Turn On Your Radio and Blackbird? Blackbird Turn On Your Radio anyway -
Way to go Jimmy! did you see that, he got Ringo talking about Nilsson! at about the 1:00 min mark http://www.hulu.com/watch/120234/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-ringo-starr-interview-part-2 I'm going to have to check out Harry's version of River Deep-Mountain High now
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Calling all Nilsson fans.. I found this forum and would love it if more people got involved. looks sort of slow over there. so if you're interested, hook up a user name and lets talk a little schmilsson. http://forum.nilssonschmilsson.com/index.php
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Nilsson, John and Ringo banging out Dylan
Johnnys in the basement mixin up the medicine Harry's on the pavement thinkin bout the government -
where'd the pictures go SLS! I liked dropping in and looking at them
oh Harry Harry Harry.. I'm still stuck on the music bro. love it. I've learned pretty much all the songs on guitar from Son of Schmilsson recently, to varying degree of accuracy. I could listen for hours. AmBuSh the song was sung with spirit but soft and like a choir but by the time we stopped the song the enemy had opened fire
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was just looking up some things about Nilsson Schmilsson and ran across this blog or something where the guy had posted this story. there's no way it's true, but I hadn't ever heard it, had to post it
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"They say that when Nilsson was making this record, the band was worried at one point because they had been in the studio for like 4 weeks and all Harry had done all day was dick around and he hadn't written a thing. Old Gary Wright had been getting mad because they kept scheduling him to come in and record but every time nothing would get done. So one morning the dudes come knocking on Nilsson's hotel door and the plan was to put on some sort of intervention to get his ass moving, or they were just going to abort the project pretty much. So he answers the door having just woken up, and tells them to have a seat while he "washes the sleep out of his eyes". So Harry gets out of the shitter after like 20 minutes and these guys are just sitting there stewing all that time, and they just start cutting into him about his work ethic. He's standing there in his bathrobe listening for a minute and he finally cuts them off with, "What are you guys talking about? I've got the entire album written!" Of course the band is like, "Yeah, he's totally bullshitting right now." But Harry won't change his tune, and off they go to the studio. Wouldn't you know, 3 hours later they've run through the basics of all ten songs on the album, along with one or two others that didn't make it onto the final mix, and all the songs are great. I mean this is a fucking nice mix of material, conceptually sound and with a couple tracks that would eventually become Nilsson classics. So the guys later on are like, "Harry, seriously, when did you come up with this stuff?" "That morning when you guys all stopped by, I wrote it all while I was pinching a loaf," Harry says. Well, nobody believed him but to remember the occasion they had him put on his bathrobe and pose for some pictures for the album cover. Legend has it that from that time on, Gary Wright did all his songwriting while in the John in order to try and capture some of Harry Nilsson's magic."
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so I just picked up the album Sandman and am diggin the song 'Pretty Soon There'll Be Nothing Left for Everybody'. classic Nilsson, some great horns going on it there. have a listen, song #42 at this link. http://new.music.yahoo.com/harry-nilsson/tracks/ you like?
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kapoo:
I seriously have a new favorite song! Nilsson does a version of the Moore/Abner song At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama), on his Son of Schmilsson album. I just got this on vinyl and been wearing it out, the energy is amazing. Ringo (Richie Snare) drums on it, and you got the works: Klaus on Bass, Nicky Hopkins on Piano, Peter Framption on Guitar, Bobby Keys on Sax. It's the most rocking track on earth, I'm convinced! Rich Perry got it right! for the life of me I cannot find Harry's verison anywhere online.. so sad! if anyone can help me out there. otherwise I'll just keep playing the record
Most rockin track on earthhere's the old school El Dorado version to wet the whistle
heard it here first btw there's a great pic on the rear cover of Nilsson wearing the Schmilsson robe over a tuxedo, underneath his dracula cape.. smokng a pipe. cant find that pic online either or I'd post. but fantastic stuff.
now I'm quoting myself..
: but I tracked down a version of Nilsson's take of the old school ElDorado's jam 'At My Front Door'! read it and weep rock n roll hooligans, the most rockin track on earth! http://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Nilsson/_/At+My+Front+Door
crazy lil mama come a knock knock knockin just like she did before
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sorry but how sweet is this little number:
What's Your Sign?, off Duit On Monday. funky and killer vocals by Harry and Gloria Jones. I love that ![](http://aceterrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/gloriajones.JPG[/img] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Harry_Nilsson_Duit_on_Mon_Dei.jpg/200px-Harry_Nilsson_Duit_on_Mon_Dei.jpg) -
how freaking beautiful is this
just bought this LP for 3 bucks! nice find. for you vinyl lovers, here's where I got it: http://www.platterpus.com/:
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kapoo:
was just looking up some things about Nilsson Schmilsson and ran across this blog or something where the guy had posted this story. there's no way it's true, but I hadn't ever heard it, had to post it
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"They say that when Nilsson was making this record, the band was worried at one point because they had been in the studio for like 4 weeks and all Harry had done all day was dick around and he hadn't written a thing. Old Gary Wright had been getting mad because they kept scheduling him to come in and record but every time nothing would get done. So one morning the dudes come knocking on Nilsson's hotel door and the plan was to put on some sort of intervention to get his ass moving, or they were just going to abort the project pretty much. So he answers the door having just woken up, and tells them to have a seat while he "washes the sleep out of his eyes". So Harry gets out of the sh**ter after like 20 minutes and these guys are just sitting there stewing all that time, and they just start cutting into him about his work ethic. He's standing there in his bathrobe listening for a minute and he finally cuts them off with, "What are you guys talking about? I've got the entire album written!" Of course the band is like, "Yeah, he's totally bullshitting right now." But Harry won't change his tune, and off they go to the studio. Wouldn't you know, 3 hours later they've run through the basics of all ten songs on the album, along with one or two others that didn't make it onto the final mix, and all the songs are great. I mean this is a f**king nice mix of material, conceptually sound and with a couple tracks that would eventually become Nilsson classics. So the guys later on are like, "Harry, seriously, when did you come up with this stuff?" "That morning when you guys all stopped by, I wrote it all while I was pinching a loaf," Harry says. Well, nobody believed him but to remember the occasion they had him put on his bathrobe and pose for some pictures for the album cover. Legend has it that from that time on, Gary Wright did all his songwriting while in the John in order to try and capture some of Harry Nilsson's magic."
Just saw this...