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** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in a crash like him.
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** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in a plane crash like him.
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** While his hit singles were bright and sunny, a few of his album tracks had lyrics that mentioned death or going to Heaven, which took on new resonance after his plane crash. The final lines of "Gypsy Pilot" from ''Rudy the Fifth'' in 1971 are both eerie with the reference to collecting his dead body, and poignant since they amount to Nelson writing his own eloquent epitaph.
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** While his hit singles were bright and sunny, a few of his album tracks had lyrics that mentioned death or going to Heaven, which took on new resonance after his plane crash. The final lines of "Gypsy Pilot" from ''Rudy the Fifth'' in 1971 are both eerie spooky with the reference to collecting his dead body, and poignant since they amount to Nelson writing his own eloquent epitaph.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Nelson starred in ''On the Flip Side'', a 1966 Creator/{{ABC}} made-for-TV musical with songs by Music/BurtBacharach and Hal David, which even had a soundtrack album released. His two main numbers for the show--"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" and "Take a Broken Heart"--are both ''really'' good, fitting his vocal style perfectly, and were a far better attempt at updating his sound than the light PsychedelicRock albums mentioned below. Had he started working with Bacharach and David full-time, it may well have revived his career, but sadly that was their only collaboration.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Nelson starred in ''On the Flip Side'', a 1966 Creator/{{ABC}} made-for-TV musical with songs by Music/BurtBacharach and Hal David, which even had a soundtrack album released. His two main numbers for the show--"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" and "Take a Broken Heart"--are both ''really'' good, fitting his vocal style perfectly, and were a far better attempt at updating his sound than the light PsychedelicRock albums mentioned below.he did at the time. Had he started working with Bacharach and David full-time, it may well have revived his career, but sadly that was their only collaboration.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Nelson starred in ''On the Flip Side'', a 1966 Creator/{{ABC}} made-for-TV musical with songs by Music/BurtBacharach and Hal David, which even had a soundtrack album released. His two main numbers for the show--"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" and "Take a Broken Heart"--are both ''really'' good, fitting his vocal style perfectly, and were a far better attempt at updating his sound than the light PsychedelicRock albums mentioned below. Had he started working with Bacharach and David full-time, it may well have revived his career, but sadly that was their only collaboration.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: ''Another Side of Rick Nelson'' (1967) and ''Perspective'' (1968) saw him hire an outside producer and try his hand at [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]]-tinged pop, somewhat in the vein of Music/{{Donovan}}. They only sold a handful of copies, and were largely forgotten after Nelson formed the Stone Canyon Band and switched to country-rock.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: ''Another Side of Rick Nelson'' (1967) and ''Perspective'' (1968) saw him hire an outside producer and try his hand at [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]]-tinged pop, somewhat in the vein of Music/{{Donovan}}. They only sold a handful of copies, and were largely forgotten after Nelson formed the Stone Canyon Band and switched to country-rock.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Nelson starred in ''On the Flip Side'', a 1966 Creator/{{ABC}} made-for-TV musical with songs by Music/BurtBacharach and Hal David, which even had a soundtrack album released. His two main numbers for the show--"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" and "Take a Broken Heart"--are both ''really'' good, fitting his vocal style perfectly, and were a far better attempt at updating his sound than the light PsychedelicRock albums mentioned below. Had he started working with Bacharach and David full-time, it may well have revived his career, but sadly that was their only collaboration.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: ''Another Side of Rick Nelson'' (1967) and ''Perspective'' (1968) saw him hire an outside producer and try his hand at [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]]-tinged pop, somewhat in the vein of Music/{{Donovan}}. They only sold a handful of copies, and were largely forgotten after Nelson formed the Stone Canyon Band and switched to country-rock.collaboration.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: ''Another Side of Rick Nelson'' (1967) and ''Perspective'' (1968) saw him hire an outside producer and try his hand at [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]]-tinged pop, somewhat in the vein of Music/{{Donovan}}. They only sold a handful of copies, and were largely forgotten after Nelson formed the Stone Canyon Band and switched to country-rock.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Nelson starred in ''On the Flip Side'', a 1966 Creator/{{ABC}} made-for-TV musical with songs by Music/BurtBacharach and Hal David, which even had a soundtrack album released. His two main numbers for the show--"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" and "Take a Broken Heart"--are both ''really'' good, fitting his vocal style perfectly, and were a far better attempt at updating his sound than the light PsychedelicRock albums mentioned below. Had he started working with Bacharach and David full-time, it may well have revived his career, but sadly that was their only collaboration.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Going through his discography, there are some eerie coincidences that almost seem to be {{Foreshadowing}} his death in a plane crash at age 45 on New Year's Eve 1985.
** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in a crash like him.
** In 1979 he had a minor hit on the CountryMusic chart with "Dream Lover", a song that originally been a hit for another contemporary who died tragically young, Music/BobbyDarin.
** His 1967 album ''Country Fever'' included three [[CoverVersion Cover Versions]] of songs by Music/HankWilliams, who likewise died on the last night of the year en route to his next performance.
** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in a crash like him.
** In 1979 he had a minor hit on the CountryMusic chart with "Dream Lover", a song that originally been a hit for another contemporary who died tragically young, Music/BobbyDarin.
** His 1967 album ''Country Fever'' included three [[CoverVersion Cover Versions]] of songs by Music/HankWilliams, who likewise died on the last night of the year en route to his next performance.
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** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in a crash like him. In 1979 he had a minor hit on the CountryMusic chart with "Dream Lover", a song that originally been a hit for another contemporary who died tragically young, Music/BobbyDarin.
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** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in a crash like him. In 1979 he had a minor hit on the CountryMusic chart with "Dream Lover", a song that originally been a hit for another contemporary who died tragically young, Music/Bobby Darin.Music/BobbyDarin.
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** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in a crash like him. In 1979 he had a minor hit on the CountryMusic chart with "Dream Lover", a song that originally been a hit for another contemporary who died tragically young, Music/Bobby Darin.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: While they didn't imitate them so much musically, some of his early songs were obvious lyrical riffs on other big hits of their time, like "Waitin' in School" ([[Music/ChuckBerry "School Day"]]), "Lonesome Town" ([[Music/ElvisPresley "Heartbreak Hotel"]]) and "It's Late" ([[Music/TheEverlyBrothers "Wake Up Little Susie"]]).
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: While they didn't imitate them so much musically, some of his early songs were obvious lyrical riffs on other big hits of their time, like "Waitin' in School" ([[Music/ChuckBerry "School Day"]]), "Lonesome Town" ([[Music/ElvisPresley "Heartbreak Hotel"]]) and "It's Late" ([[Music/TheEverlyBrothers "Wake Up Little Susie"]]).Susie"]]).
* WereStillRelevantDammit: ''Another Side of Rick Nelson'' (1967) and ''Perspective'' (1968) saw him hire an outside producer and try his hand at [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]]-tinged pop, somewhat in the vein of Music/{{Donovan}}. They only sold a handful of copies, and were largely forgotten after Nelson formed the Stone Canyon Band and switched to country-rock.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: ''Another Side of Rick Nelson'' (1967) and ''Perspective'' (1968) saw him hire an outside producer and try his hand at [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]]-tinged pop, somewhat in the vein of Music/{{Donovan}}. They only sold a handful of copies, and were largely forgotten after Nelson formed the Stone Canyon Band and switched to country-rock.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in plane crash like him.
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* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
** While his hit singles were bright and sunny, a few of his album tracks had lyrics that mentioned death or going to Heaven, which took on new resonance after his plane crash. The final lines of "Gypsy Pilot" from ''Rudy the Fifth'' in 1971 are both eerie with the reference to collecting his dead body, and poignant since they amount to Nelson writing his own eloquent epitaph.
--->When they claim my body\\
They won't have much to say\\
Except that he lived a good life\\
He lived every day\\
And I know he saw the sunshine\\
And I know he felt the rain\\
And he loved everybody\\
And he hopes you'll do the same
** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die inplane a crash like him.him.
* HilariousInHindsight: These lines from "Palace Guard", written a few years before a certain {{Disco}} group debuted.
-->All you [[Music/VillagePeople village people]]\\
Sing your songs of the morning sunlit sky
** While his hit singles were bright and sunny, a few of his album tracks had lyrics that mentioned death or going to Heaven, which took on new resonance after his plane crash. The final lines of "Gypsy Pilot" from ''Rudy the Fifth'' in 1971 are both eerie with the reference to collecting his dead body, and poignant since they amount to Nelson writing his own eloquent epitaph.
--->When they claim my body\\
They won't have much to say\\
Except that he lived a good life\\
He lived every day\\
And I know he saw the sunshine\\
And I know he felt the rain\\
And he loved everybody\\
And he hopes you'll do the same
** The final song Nelson recorded ("True Love Ways") and the final song he sang live ("Rave On!") were both Music/BuddyHolly covers. A few years prior, Nelson had played at a Holly memorial concert, and had even commented to associates about how awful it would be to die in
* HilariousInHindsight: These lines from "Palace Guard", written a few years before a certain {{Disco}} group debuted.
-->All you [[Music/VillagePeople village people]]\\
Sing your songs of the morning sunlit sky
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: While they didn't imitate them so much musically, some of his early songs were obvious lyrical riffs on other big hits of their time, like "Waitin' in School" ([[Music/ChuckBerry "School Day"]]) Day"]]), "Lonesome Town" ([[Music/ElvisPresley "Heartbreak Hotel"]]) and "It's Late" ([[Music/TheEverlyBrothers "Wake Up Little Susie"]]).
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: While they didn't imitate them so much musically, some of his early songs were obvious lyrical riffs on other big hits of their time, like "Waitin' in School" ([[Music/ChuckBerry "School Day"]]) and "It's Late" ([[Music/TheEverlyBrothers "Wake Up Little Susie"]]).
