Happy Birthday Harry Nilsson!

[cuthbert]

Noticed the new birthdays posted here at Songcrafters today, and wanted to celebrate this one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOZ4xffh7k

A genius...

[cuthbert]

One more - Harry gives Tommy Smothers a songwriting lesson:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswVK5si45M

[64Guitars]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ey8s8EALU

Narrated by Ringo.

[launched]

Happy birthday Harry!! Reminds me of Ken Lee.

[Greeny]

Happy birthday to John Lennon's drinking buddy! And a damn fine singer / songwriter.

[henwrench]

Happy Birthday Harry, you are sadly missed. 'The Point' is one of my earliest musical memories and still gets a spin on a pretty regular basis here at henwrench Towers.

   Since hearing this story I've researched the facts and can't seem to find reference to it anywhere, but I'd still like to think it's true. I first heard this tale waaaaaaaaayyy before the internet came along and ruined the 'urban myth'.

   Now, we all know Harry wasn't to happy with what was going on, and he suffered a heart attack in the dentist's chair which finished him off good and proper. His body was taken to the funeral parlour and placed in an open casket. That night, a localised earthquake caused a huge crack to run beneath the parlour, from end to end. The next day, Harry's body, casket and all, had dissapeared down the crack, never to be found again. A certain Mr Tommy Sands told me this.

                                                                          henwrench

[Greeny]

Happy Birthday Harry, you are sadly missed. 'The Point' is one of my earliest musical memories and still gets a spin on a pretty regular basis here at henwrench Towers.

   Since hearing this story I've researched the facts and can't seem to find reference to it anywhere, but I'd still like to think it's true. I first heard this tale waaaaaaaaayyy before the internet came along and ruined the 'urban myth'.

   Now, we all know Harry wasn't to happy with what was going on, and he suffered a heart attack in the dentist's chair which finished him off good and proper. His body was taken to the funeral parlour and placed in an open casket. That night, a localised earthquake caused a huge crack to run beneath the parlour, from end to end. The next day, Harry's body, casket and all, had dissapeared down the crack, never to be found again. A certain Mr Tommy Sands told me this.

                                                                          henwrench

I've never heard this story before, but it would be superb if it were true. Can anyone confirm?



Brandy Alexanders all round!

[henwrench]

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    Wow, what a great picture!!

                                                         henwrench

[64Guitars]

Now, we all know Harry wasn't to happy with what was going on, and he suffered a heart attack in the dentist's chair which finished him off good and proper. His body was taken to the funeral parlour and placed in an open casket. That night, a localised earthquake caused a huge crack to run beneath the parlour, from end to end. The next day, Harry's body, casket and all, had dissapeared down the crack, never to be found again. A certain Mr Tommy Sands told me this.

I heard this story yesterday for the first time in this video of Marianne Faithfull covering Nilsson's "Dont Forget Me".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJ2r6oaUYw

But, from what I've read, it's not true. See these links:

http://www.pointarrow.com/index.php?site=2&action=FEATURE&id=4&pref_id=2&subaction=VIEW&article_id=69

http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/2009/04/15/music-legends-revealed-1/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson#Death


Another interesting bit of trivia I just learned about Nilsson is that the title of his last released studio album was "Flash Harry". 



Cool! 

[henwrench]

oh well!! It was good while it lasted...

                                                               henwrench