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Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)

...under-appreciated singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson (1941-94) was full of bitter ironies: not the... ...power poppers, Badfinger; and although Nilsson's beautiful original song I Guess the Lord Must... ...authorities than John Lennon and Paul McCartney.Nilsson's wayward genius was announced to the world in... ...York, and said he was their favourite artist. Nilsson was a jobbing LA songwriter, but on his album... ...so impressed they called him. In later years Nilsson wasn't entirely helped by his Beatle connection:... ...people know Nilsson only as John Lennon's LA boozing buddy in the... ...ruined my reputation for 10 years," Nilsson said later. "It still haunts me. People... ...with John Lennon, that's all." Part of Nilsson's problematic public profile also stems from the... ...from '67, and he rarely played a concert -- Nilsson had an intuitive understanding of English music... ...sacred texts such as River Deep Mountain High.Nilsson's many humours ran from wry observation to...

Tagged with: beatles | john lennon | paul mccartney | randy newman |

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/820/harry-nilsson-nilsson-schmilsson-1971/

HARRY NILSSON PROFILED. The fire this time

...under-appreciated singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson (1941-94) was full of bitter ironies: not the... ...power poppers, Badfinger; and although Nilsson's beautiful original song I Guess the Lord Must... ...by no less authorities than Lennon and McCartney.Nilsson's wayward genius was announced to the world in... ...York, and said he was their favourite artist. Nilsson was a jobbing LA songwriter, but on his album... ...so impressed they called him. In later years Nilsson wasn't entirely helped by his Beatle connection:... ...people know Nilsson only as John Lennon's LA boozing buddy in the... ...ruined my reputation for 10 years," Nilsson said later. "It still haunts me. People... ...with John Lennon, that's all." Part of Nilsson's problematic public profile also stems from the... ...from 67, and he rarely played a concert -- Nilsson had an intuitive understanding of English music... ...sacred texts such as River Deep Mountain High.Nilsson's many humours ran from wry observation to...

Tagged with: harry nilsson | john lennon | randy newman |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/372/harry-nilsson-profiled-the-fire-this-time/

Jude: Redemption (Naive/Elite)

...the references (and the ghost of the great Harry Nilsson is here) have been turned to wispy burned-black... ...him very much. But like That Other Guy --and Nilsson -- he writes wonderfully urgent/personal/ power...

Tagged with: harry nilsson | jude | paul mccartney |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1427/jude-redemption-naive-elite/

Jason Collett: Here's to Being Here (Shock)

...and the percussion-driven Charlyn, the beautiful Nilsson-like No Redemption Song and the dramatic Somehow...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2053/jason-collett-heres-to-being-here-shock/

Kelley Stoltz: Circular Sounds (SubPop/Rhythmethod)

...pop, the audaciousness and ambition of Harry Nilsson . . . Much admired by the British media for his...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1469/kelley-stoltz-circular-sounds-subpop-rhythmethod/

Richard Swift: Dressed Up For the Letdown (Secretly Canadian) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...pattern of his singles: suggestions of Harry Nilsson and Burt Bacharach; a wistful nostalgia for a...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1131/richard-swift-dressed-up-for-the-letdown-secretly-canadian-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Al Kooper: I Stand Alone/You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Raven)

...Leaving Home-styled cover of Harry Nilsson's MOR pop ballad One ("is the loneliest... ...pre Elton's Tumbleweed Connection, more Nilsson (Kooper would record a whole album of Nilsson...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2226/al-kooper-i-stand-alone-you-never-know-who-your-friends-are-raven/

Ringo Starr: Liverpool 8 (EMI)

...Don't Come Easy, delivers Harry's Song (to Harry Nilsson presumably), employs that charmingly wobbly...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1543/ringo-starr-liverpool-8-emi/

Shawn Phillips: Landscape (1972)

...had the great Paul Buckmaster -- who worked on Nilsson albums, Elton's Tumbleweed Connection and...

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3046/shawn-phillips-landscape-1972/

Richard Swift: The Novelist/Walking Without Effort

...and sometimes he reminds me of the best of Harry Nilsson. (I don't get the Randy Newman reference that...

Tagged with: harry nilsson | richard swift | tom waits |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1060/richard-swift-the-novelist-walking-without-effort/

Melanie Pain: My Name (Cartell/Border)

...right at home on the albums sole cover, Harry Nilsson's lovely lullaby Little Cowboy and If You Knew...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2440/melanie-pain-my-name-cartell-border/

John Grant: Queen of Denmark (Shock)

...in the company of early Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson and a more humorous Rufus Wainwright for songs... ...this side of a prog-rock anthem. And just as Nilsson could deliver a beautiful ballad such as The... ...starts with a suggestion of Nilsson's I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City from...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3188/john-grant-queen-of-denmark-shock/

John Vanderslice: Emerald City (Longtime Listener)

...who matters" by Esquire, "part Harry Nilsson, part Kurt Cobain" (Harp) and "a...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1446/john-vanderslice-emerald-city-longtime-listener/

The Incredible Bongo Band: Bongo Rock (Elite)

...dropped by to sit in, including Ringo, Harry Nilsson, Glenn Campbell, drummer Hal Blaine, and John...

Tagged with: harry nilsson | incredible bongo band |

World Music: > world-music/1277/the-incredible-bongo-band-bongo-rock-elite/

Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)

...his voice reminds you more of Harry Nilsson, and despite the album's title there isn't a lot... ...a completely different mood, in the manner of Nilsson -- Wilson sounds as if he is singing from the... ...tracks (although a few are aching, and even more Nilsson-like) but they conclude with a vocal version of... ...Jackson Browne's The Pretender), or go to Harry Nilsson. Or trace the Beach Boys' long career with...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/1674/dennis-wilson-pacific-ocean-blue-1977/

GOODFELLAS, a film by MARTIN SCORSESE: Making a killing in crime

...a thrilling collage of music book-ended by Harry Nilsson's desperate Jump Into The Fire, and includes...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/2703/goodfellas-a-film-by-martin-scorsese-making-a-killing-in-crime/

MIKE McGEAR'S VANISHED MASTERPIECE: Brother can you spare me the time?

...the McCartney brothers were listening to Harry Nilsson albums. The Fifties pop of Rainbow Lady is...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2731/mike-mcgears-vanished-masterpiece-brother-can-you-spare-me-the-time/

PETE HAM OF BADFINGER: Take a sad song and make it sadder

...Day and the classic Without You, a hit for Harry Nilsson (also a man tainted by his Beatle association)... ...which appeared on their second album No Dice. Nilsson heard it at a party and was determined to record... ...then recording their third album Straight Up. Nilsson was just recording the final mix and Badfinger... ...wanted to do it, but never had the nerve." Nilsson's version of the song (Badfinger never released...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2733/pete-ham-of-badfinger-take-a-sad-song-and-make-it-sadder/

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Between My Head and the Sky (Chimera/Rhythmethod)

...covers of Ono songs by Elvis Costello, Harry Nilsson, Rosanne Cash and Roberta Flack among others)....

Tagged with: john lennon | sean lennon | yoko ono |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2662/yoko-ono-plastic-ono-band-between-my-head-and-the-sky-chimera-rhythmethod/

Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram (1971)

...no She's the One for Robbie Williams?) and Harry Nilsson (a close friend of Lennon) always professed...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/807/paul-and-linda-mccartney-ram-1971/

THE BEATLES AND APPLE RECORDS: Western communism and rotten at the core

...in New York -- where they also hailed harry Nilsson, see here:...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/441/the-beatles-and-apple-records-western-communism-and-rotten-at-the-core/

PAUL McCARTNEY LIVE IN SYDNEY (1993): Younger Than Yesterday

...whistles his way through life,” said Harry Nilsson a decade ago. The present? Hmmm . . . Rock...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/504/paul-mccartney-live-in-sydney-1993-younger-than-yesterday/

JOHN LENNON, THE LIFE by PHILIP NORMAN (2008): Just gimme some truth

...and obnoxious with the likes of Ringo, Harry Nilsson and others which lasted over a year, he was...

Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2008 | yoko ono |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/2049/john-lennon-the-life-by-philip-norman-2008-just-gimme-some-truth/

PETER FRAMPTON INTERVIEWED (2001): From headlines to sidelines

...Harrison and American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, and -- following the Pie pattern -- built up a...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2100/peter-frampton-interviewed-2001-from-headlines-to-sidelines/

JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter

...Williams, his friend and fellow-songwriter Harry Nilsson, Richard Harris and George Harrison -- have all... ...on. And some, like Nilsson who died in 94, are already been forgotten.... ...my generation who were also renegades: Harry Nilsson who was my best friend -- a wonderfully insane... ...to put it. I’m glad you mentioned Harry Nilsson who was one of my favourites because it pains me...