{"id":170749,"date":"2025-06-15T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=170749"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:38:24","slug":"henry-nilsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=170749","title":{"rendered":"“That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens!” — Harry Nilsson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMy introduction, as shallow as this may seem, was through Reservoir Dogs<\/i>. “You put the lime in the coconut”, etc. My brother said to me, “It’s a stupid song, and a little bit racist, and you think it’s just a gimmick or a novelty song, but just try to sing along with him. It sounds so easy, it is not easy. The breath control, and where his voice goes … it’s impossible to sing along with him!” Try it. Bren is right. <\/p>\n

It’s Harry Nilsson’s birthday. There he is up above “getting one Beatle drunk” during their four-year-long bender, where they caused a lot of trouble, made music, and heckled people at the Troubadour (getting thrown out for said heckling). Nilsson’s catalog is fascinating. I was recently listening to “Down” and I was just blown away by his vocals.<\/p>\n

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