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Harry Nilsson (sometimes credited simply as Nilsson) was an American singer/songwriter/pianist/guitarist from Brooklyn, New York. Though two of his biggest chart hits were written by other writers (“
Everybody’s Talkin’” by Fred Neil and “Without You” by Pete Ham of Badfinger) he was a talented songwriter too, having written the song “One”, later performed by Three Dog Night to great success. He also performed an entire album’s worth of material written by Randy Newman, a friend and influence on his own future songwriting. His early work is often compared to that of Sgt. Pepper-era The Beatles, who were also fans of his work and early supporters. He maintained relationships with them, most notably joining John Lennon on his infamous “lost weekend” around the time the two collaborated.
His songs have been used in many films as well. In fact, Nilsson’s first major success was his cover of the song “Everybody’s Talkin’” for the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack. Nilsson wrote and performed the music for the 1971 animated television film The Point. As released on video and DVD, the filmversion features narrator Ringo Starr. Nilsson narrated the album version himself. A stage adaptation starred Davy Jones in the lead role.
Other appearances include “Without You”, featured recently in the 2002 film The Rules of Attraction), “Coconut”, which has been parodied and used in various media, including The Simpsons, The The Muppets, and in the closing credits of Reservoir Dogs, and “Jump Into The Fire”, used in the film Goodfellas.
Everybody’s Talkin’” by Fred Neil and “Without You” by Pete Ham of Badfinger) he was a talented songwriter too, having written the song “One”, later performed by Three Dog Night to great success. He also performed an entire album’s worth of material written by Randy Newman, a friend and influence on his own future songwriting. His early work is often compared to that of Sgt. Pepper-era The Beatles, who were also fans of his work and early supporters. He maintained relationships with them, most notably joining John Lennon on his infamous “lost weekend” around the time the two collaborated. His songs have been used in many films as well. In fact, Nilsson’s first major success was his cover of the song “
Everybody’s Talkin’” for the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack. Nilsson wrote and performed the music for the 1971 animated television film The Point. As released on video and DVD, the filmversion features narrator Ringo Starr. Nilsson narrated the album version himself. A stage adaptation starred Davy Jones in the lead role.Other appearances include “
Without You”, featured recently in the 2002 film The Rules of Attraction), “Coconut”, which has been parodied and used in various media, including The Simpsons, The The Muppets, and in the closing credits of Reservoir Dogs, and “Jump Into The Fire”, used in the film Goodfellas.
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Harry Nilsson - Life Line
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Harry Nilsson - Think about your troubles
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Harry Nilsson - Poli High
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Harry Nilsson Driving Along
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Coconut
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Gotta Get Up
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Me and My Arrow
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One
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Jump Into The Fire
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The Moonbeam Song
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I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City
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Early In The Morning
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The Puppy Song
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Without Her
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1941
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Spaceman
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Daddy's Song
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Shoutbox
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CazmoV wrote:
I would, but I can't find it for my region. Links?
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sarahbechard wrote:
The Point is incredible, I used to watch the cartoon that went along with the album when I was a kid
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CazmoV wrote:
Am I the ONLY one here who has listened to his concept album, "The Point"?
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jennyschu wrote:
DRUMS
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pupertron wrote:
bulgarian ppop idol type thingy with funny version of without you http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo
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ThunderBeard wrote:
God I miss you Harry.
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DUMIDOT wrote:
Nilsson makes every word fit perfectly, beautifully.
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underrated
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GerryVisco wrote:
yo brainless wonders (just kidding!), the dude died a WHILE ago, prematurely coz he was in the heights of his songwriting dayz. He was never a "cutie" but his music is so POWERFUL. "He died unexpectedly on 15th January 1994 of heart failure, after a night of recording work for a new album."
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derrosoo wrote:
ahhhhhhh thats a nice song
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spagjonny wrote:
I think i was breastfed on Harry,he was my mums favourite!!
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Justin1983 wrote:
It's good to see that a lot of people were also "raised"/"grew up on" Nilsson's music =)
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He's so underrated, he's as good songwriter as Todd Rundgren or Bert Jansch
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ekovelecrider wrote:
"Without you" - Niech Cię szlag jasny trafi Ty skurwysynu! Ten kawałek przypomniał mi co znaczy się zakochać. Niestety jestem zbyt stary, zbyt zgorzkniały i zbyt napierdolony, żeby Cię wykopać z ziemi i po prostu Ci zapierdolić...
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Alison182 wrote:
You're breaking my heart, so fuck you
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klein_kariert wrote:
hilarious, genius!
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sea_dot wrote:
It always makes me sad when people say they haven't heard of him. Then I sing "Everybody's Talkin" or "One" or "Coconut" and they say "oh, that's him?"
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AKDoc wrote:
Jump into the fire (!)
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goblinbox wrote:
Love Nilsson. Always have. When he was in his prime his voice was absolutely unbeatable.
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honeybeeman wrote:
he looks like donald trump.who cares?
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