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** Three Dog Night's hit version of "One", to the extent that many people aren't aware that it's a Nilsson song.
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* EarWorm: A noted master. Even if you don't like the song, try listening to "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0MktuWkjiU Daybreak]]" without getting those flutes stuck in your head for a good, long while. Go on. I'll wait.
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* EarWorm: A noted master. Even if you don't like the song, try listening to "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0MktuWkjiU Daybreak]]" without getting those flutes stuck in your head for a good, long while. Go on. I'll We'll wait.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Steel drum player Robert Greenidge was a memorable fixture of Nilsson's mid-70s sound.
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** "I'd Rather Be Dead" and "Down By The Sea" are about dreading the thought of growing old. He ended up dying at age 52.
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** "I'd Rather Be Dead" and "Down By The Sea" are about dreading the thought of growing old. He ended up dying died at age 52.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Steel drum player Robert Greenidge was an indelible part of Nilsson's mid-70s sound.
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** "I'd Rather Be Dead" and "Down By The Sea" are about dreading the thought of growing old. He was 52 when he died.
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** "I'd Rather Be Dead", where he dreads the thought of becoming old and feeble. Turns out he didn't have to worry about that after all because he was just 52 when he died.
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** "I'd Rather Be Dead", where he dreads Dead" and "Down By The Sea" are about dreading the thought of becoming old and feeble. Turns out he didn't have to worry about that after all because he growing old. He was just 52 when he died.
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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Canadians Love Harry Nilsson]]: A number of his singles did better in Canada than the US. "You Can't Do That" and "I Guess The Lord Must Be in New York City" were Top 10 hits. "Everybody's Talkin' " made the Top 40 in its original release and hit #1 in its reissue, and a couple songs that even chart in the US made the Canadian charts.
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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Canadians Love Harry Nilsson]]: A number of his singles did better in Canada than the US. "You Can't Do That" and "I Guess The Lord Must Be in New York City" were Top 10 hits. "Everybody's Talkin' " made the Top 40 in its original release and hit #1 in its reissue, and a couple songs that didn't even chart in the US made the Canadian charts.
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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Canadians Love Harry Nilsson]]: A number of his singles did better in Canada than the US. "You Can't Do That" and "I Guess The Lord Must Be in New York City" were Top 10 hits. "Everybody's Talkin' " made the Top 40 in its original release and hit #1 in its reissue, and a couple songs that even chart in the US made the Canadian charts.
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** His late-career recording sessions were notorious for the amount of intoxicants (legal and otherwise) that were floating around.
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* SignatureSong: "Everybody's Talkin' " and "Without You". Among his original songs, "Coconut", "One" and maybe "Me and My Arrow".
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** "I'd Rather Be Dead", where he dreads the thought of becoming old and feeble. Turns out he didn't have to worry about that after all because he was just 52 when he died.
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* GeniusBonus: The title ''A Little Touch of Schmilsson in The Night'' seems kind of [[WordSaladTitle Word Salad-ish]], unless you're familiar with ''HenryV'', in which case it's a actually a StealthPun:
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* GeniusBonus: The title ''A Little Touch of Schmilsson in The Night'' seems kind of like [[WordSaladTitle Word Salad-ish]], Salad-ish]] PurpleProse, unless you're familiar with ''HenryV'', in which case it's a actually a StealthPun:
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* SequelDisplacement: 1967's ''Pandemonium Shadow Show'' is often called his debut album, but it was actually his second, after 1966's somewhat obscure ''Spotlight on Nilsson''. It was his first formal attempt at an album, though, since ''Spotlight'' was just a hastily thrown-together compilation of various singles sides and unreleased songs.
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* GeniusBonus: The title ''A Little Touch of Schmilsson in The Night'' seems kind of [[WordSaladTitle Word Salad-ish]], unless you're familiar with ''HenryV'', in which case it's a actually a stealth pun:
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--->Behold, as may unworthiness define,
--->A little touch of Harry in the night.
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--->Behold, as may unworthiness define,
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* MisattributedSong: If rock folklore is to be believed, an interesting case of an artist doing the misattributing. Nilsson heard Badfinger's "Without You" at a party and thought it was TheBeatles. When he found out it wasn't he decided to do a CoverVersion.
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* MisattributedSong: If rock folklore is to be believed, an interesting case of an artist doing the misattributing. Nilsson heard Badfinger's "Without You" at a party and thought it was TheBeatles.Music/TheBeatles. When he found out it wasn't he decided to do a CoverVersion.
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* MisattributedSong: If rock folklore is to be believed, an interesting case of an artist doing the misattributing. Nilsson heard Badfinger's "Without You" at a party and thought it was TheBeatles. When he found out it wasn't he decided to do a CoverVersion.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Averted with ''ThePoint!'', big time. Don't believe me? Just read the quote on that page.
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...Wow, talk about a derp for the ages. My apologies to humanity.
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** "Easy for Me", his contribution to Music/RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' album, from around the same period. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u-Y2w3OWI Observe.]]
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** "Easy for Me", his contribution to Music/RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' album, from around the same period. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u-Y2w3OWI com/watch?v=dHjyJid66eg Observe.]]
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* CoveredUp: Nobody remembers Fred Neil's original of "Everybody's Talkin'" anymore. And conversely, Nilsson was himself covered up by MariahCarey, her version being released weeks after his death.
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* CoveredUp: Nobody remembers Fred Neil's original of "Everybody's Talkin'" anymore. And conversely, Nilsson Nilsson's "Without You," itself a cover of a Badfinger song, was himself covered up by MariahCarey, her version being released weeks after his death.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming / TearJerker: "Remember (Christmas)". It's not for nothing it's the go-to closer for any Nilsson compilation worth its salt.
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** "Easy for Me", his contribution to RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' album, from around the same period. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u-Y2w3OWI Observe.]]
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** "Easy for Me", his contribution to RingoStarr's Music/RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' album, from around the same period. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u-Y2w3OWI Observe.]]
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Title fail, hah, I suppose I must have been overdoing it with the Phantom of late.... not that that\'s actually possible, but hey!
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** "Easy to for Me", his contribution to RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' album, from around the same period. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u-Y2w3OWI Observe.]]
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Mr. Mackey obviously never saw The Point!.
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If your mileage varies, Schmilsson will be sad :( oh, and that\'s the kind of diabetes I can dig.
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* CoveredUp: Nobody remembers Fred Neil's original of "Everybody's Talkin'" anymore. And conversely, Nilsson was himself covered up by MariahCarey, her version being released weeks after his death.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming / TearJerker: "Remember (Christmas)". It's not for nothing it's the go-to closer for any Nilsson compilation worth its salt.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QghwNqlCRE Jump Into the Fire]]".
** Also, "Everybody's Talkin'", "Without You", "Me and My Arrow", "Coconut", "One"... Need I go on?
* EarWorm: A noted master. Even if you don't like the song, try listening to "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0MktuWkjiU Daybreak]]" without getting those flutes stuck in your head for a good, long while. Go on. I'll wait.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9OqUuA6a0 Brudda bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime...]]"
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7snaYYvdpWM Mmmm-beep-beep, beep-beep, YEAAAAAAAAAAH]]
* HarsherInHindsight: "1941" gets a bit too uncomfortably close to real-life reports of Nilsson's domestic life.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: ''A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night'' sometimes becomes '''schmaltzy as all hell'''.
** "Easy to Me", his contribution to RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' album, from around the same period. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u-Y2w3OWI Observe.]]
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* CoveredUp: Nobody remembers Fred Neil's original of "Everybody's Talkin'" anymore. And conversely, Nilsson was himself covered up by MariahCarey, her version being released weeks after his death.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming / TearJerker: "Remember (Christmas)". It's not for nothing it's the go-to closer for any Nilsson compilation worth its salt.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QghwNqlCRE Jump Into the Fire]]".
** Also, "Everybody's Talkin'", "Without You", "Me and My Arrow", "Coconut", "One"... Need I go on?
* EarWorm: A noted master. Even if you don't like the song, try listening to "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0MktuWkjiU Daybreak]]" without getting those flutes stuck in your head for a good, long while. Go on. I'll wait.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9OqUuA6a0 Brudda bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime...]]"
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7snaYYvdpWM Mmmm-beep-beep, beep-beep, YEAAAAAAAAAAH]]
* HarsherInHindsight: "1941" gets a bit too uncomfortably close to real-life reports of Nilsson's domestic life.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: ''A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night'' sometimes becomes '''schmaltzy as all hell'''.
** "Easy to Me", his contribution to RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' album, from around the same period. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u-Y2w3OWI Observe.]]
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