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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I can't live if living is without you!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I can't live if living is without you!"'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Gotta get up, gotta get out\\
Gotta get home before the morning comes!"'']]



!!She put the trope in the coconut and drank 'em both up:
* BreakupSong: "Without You"

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!!She put the !!I can't trope in the coconut and drank 'em both up:
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* BreakupSong: "Without You"You", about the narrator of the song coping with a breakup.



* LoopedLyrics: "Jump into the Fire"

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* LoopedLyrics: "Jump into the Fire"Fire" has the recurring lyric of "We can make each other happy" reapeated four times per appearance.
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* WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon: "Coconut" was performed in a West Indian feel.
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* CoverVersion: Three covers: "Early in the Morning" (Louis Jordan), "Without You" (Music/{{Badfinger}}) and "Let the Good Times Roll" (Shirley and Lee).

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* CoverVersion: Three covers: CoverVersion: "Early in the Morning" (Louis Jordan), "Without You" (Music/{{Badfinger}}) and "Let the Good Times Roll" (Shirley and Lee).



* LoopedLyrics: "Jump into The Fire"
* NewSoundAlbum: The album added extensive rock elements to his music for the first time, culminating with the EpicRocking of "Jump Into The Fire".
* NonstandardPrescription: In the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv8PkO9eo "Coconut"]] a woman puts lime in the coconut and drinks them both up, and gets a bellyache. She calls her doctor (wakes him up) and the doctor prescribes... [[HairOfTheDog lime in the coconut, drink them both together.]] Then she'll feel better.
* PowerBallad: "Without You" was an early attempt to mix ingredients that later became PowerBallad mainstays.[[note]]solo piano intro, musical buildup, prominent drums at key moments, vocal starting out soft then getting more forceful toward the end. Really the only thing keeping it from being the UrExample is lack of a guitar solo.[[/note]] What makes it interesting is that Nilsson was approaching it from the opposite direction: a pop guy adding heavier elements to his music.

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* LoopedLyrics: "Jump into The the Fire"
* NewSoundAlbum: The album added extensive rock elements to his music for the first time, culminating with the EpicRocking of "Jump Into The into the Fire".
* NonstandardPrescription: NonStandardPrescription: In the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv8PkO9eo "Coconut"]] "Coconut"]], a woman puts lime in the coconut and drinks them both up, and gets a bellyache. She calls her doctor (wakes him up) and the doctor prescribes... [[HairOfTheDog lime in the coconut, drink them both together.]] Then she'll feel better.
* PowerBallad: "Without You" was an early attempt to mix ingredients that later became PowerBallad mainstays.[[note]]solo piano intro, musical buildup, prominent drums at key moments, vocal starting out soft then getting more forceful toward the end. Really the The only thing keeping it from being the UrExample is lack of not having a guitar solo.[[/note]] What makes it interesting is that Nilsson was approaching it from the opposite direction: a pop guy adding heavier elements to his music.



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''Nilsson Schmilsson'' is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Music/HarryNilsson, released on October 1971 by the Creator/{{RCA|Records}} Victor label. It was Nilsson's most commercially successful album, with his cover of "[[Music/{{Badfinger}} Without You]]" reaching the #1 position on March 11, 1972. The album was also supported by well-known hit singles "Coconut" and "Jump Into the Fire"

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''Nilsson Schmilsson'' is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Music/HarryNilsson, released on October 1971 by the Creator/{{RCA|Records}} Victor label. It was Nilsson's most commercially successful album, with his cover of "[[Music/{{Badfinger}} Without You]]" reaching the #1 position on March 11, 1972. The album was also supported by well-known hit singles "Coconut" and "Jump Into into the Fire"



# "Jump Into the Fire" (6:54)

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# "Jump Into into the Fire" (6:54)



!!She put the lime in the coconut and troped 'em both up:

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!!She put the lime trope in the coconut and troped drank 'em both up:



* EpicRocking: The album version of "Jump Into the Fire" nears the seven minute mark.

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* EpicRocking: The album version of "Jump Into into the Fire" nears the seven minute mark.



* LoopedLyrics: "Jump Into The Fire"

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* LoopedLyrics: "Jump Into into The Fire"
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* CoverVersion: "Without You", originally by Music/{{Badfinger}}.

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* CoverVersion: Three covers: "Early in the Morning" (Louis Jordan), "Without You", originally by Music/{{Badfinger}}.You" (Music/{{Badfinger}}) and "Let the Good Times Roll" (Shirley and Lee).

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''Nilsson Schmilsson'' is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Music/HarryNilsson, released on October 1971.

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''Nilsson Schmilsson'' is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Music/HarryNilsson, released on October 1971.
1971 by the Creator/{{RCA|Records}} Victor label. It was Nilsson's most commercially successful album, with his cover of "[[Music/{{Badfinger}} Without You]]" reaching the #1 position on March 11, 1972. The album was also supported by well-known hit singles "Coconut" and "Jump Into the Fire"



* EpicRocking: "Jump Into the Fire" nears the seven minute mark.

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* EpicRocking: The album version of "Jump Into the Fire" nears the seven minute mark.
* HealingPotion: Apparently, if you put a lime in a coconut and drink 'em both up, your belly-ache should be gone in the morning. [[HereWeGoAgain Only, not]].
* LoopedLyrics: "Jump Into The Fire"
* NewSoundAlbum: The album added extensive rock elements to his music for the first time, culminating with the EpicRocking of "Jump Into The Fire".
* NonstandardPrescription: In the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv8PkO9eo "Coconut"]] a woman puts lime in the coconut and drinks them both up, and gets a bellyache. She calls her doctor (wakes him up) and the doctor prescribes... [[HairOfTheDog lime in the coconut, drink them both together.]] Then she'll feel better.
* PowerBallad: "Without You" was an early attempt to mix ingredients that later became PowerBallad mainstays.[[note]]solo piano intro, musical buildup, prominent drums at key moments, vocal starting out soft then getting more forceful toward the end. Really the only thing keeping it from being the UrExample is lack of a guitar solo.[[/note]] What makes it interesting is that Nilsson was approaching it from the opposite direction: a pop guy adding heavier elements to his music.
* WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon: "Coconut" was performed in a West Indian feel.
* WordSchmord: The title of the album.

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As much time allowed before I must go back to work. Will expand.


!!Tracklist
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Gotta Get Up" (2:24)
# "Driving Along" (2:02)
# "Early in the Morning" (2:48)
# "The Moonbeam Song" (3:18)
# "Down" (3:24)

[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Without You" (3:17)
# "Coconut" (3:48)
# "Let the Good Times Roll" (2:42)
# "Jump Into the Fire" (6:54)
# "I'll Never Leave You" (4:11)



* BreakupSong: "Without You"




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* EpicRocking: "Jump Into the Fire" nears the seven minute mark.
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''Nilsson Schmilsson'' is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Music/HarryNilsson, released on October 1971.

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!!She put the lime in the coconut and troped 'em both up:
* CoverVersion: "Without You", originally by Music/{{Badfinger}}.

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