While we're all indulging on wings and nachos, let's not forget to throw a bone to our furry friends. And maybe "accidentally" drop a cocktail wienie on the floor. John Hiatt - My Dog and Me.mp3 Buy : Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003) The Great Outdoors - Chekhov and I.mp3 Buy : Food, Booze, and Entertainment (2007) Harry [...]
Harry Nilsson - Save the Last Dance for Me Just some good lost weekend music.
Perhaps you had one in your family. It was a decade of rambling, disconnected souls seeking a way out of a button-down life. Scruffy, a bit worn-down at the heels, rather old to be "dropping out". Hippy hoboes. Nature boys and girls. Old beatniks. In the case of the character in question today " J. P. Rag s", a bit childlike, a folkie nature boy slinging a guitar, sitting on the railroad tracks to dump gravel out of a worn but stylish boot. You know that there's more to him than that. He has several stories and lives that he [...]
I think this is a rare one...I've never seen it before.
"From the Jimmy Page/Mickie Most version of the Yardbirds, circa 1967. These are unofficial recordings, capturing the band working on Nilsson's "Ten Little Indians," intended for the Little Game salbum. It was just the beginning of Nilsson's career, but the Yardbirds were starting to wind down around this time - a long way from the Clapton era, beyond the Beck years and now slowing starting to morph into Led Zeppelin. Why were the Yardbirds even doing pop stuff like Nilsson's in the first place? Credit/blame producer Mickie Most, who was steering the band towards a more commercial pop sound. Page [...]
"One of Harry's most underrated tunes comes from his 1980 soundtrack score for Popeye. Like a lot of Harry's best work, the charm of "He Needs Me" is in its simplicity, which was ably enhanced by actress Shelley Duvall's fragile, off-key vocal allure. Outstanding pop composer Jon Brion ( The Grays ), understood the song's appeal when he used it as the centerpiece for director Paul Thomas Anderson's, Punch-Drunk Love. We've got three Harry "covers" from the soundtrack; "Overture" (featuring orchestrated elements of the composition), "He Needs Me" (the soundtrack's sonically refurbished and enhanced version of Shelly Duvall's 1980 original) and "He Really Needs [...]
"An alternate Nilsson universe. 67 glorious outtakes, demos and hidden rarities... all the bonus tracks from Nilsson's officially released CDs. We've finally reorganized these collections to include material issued in the last few years on Japanese imports - some from upgraded 2007 sources - along with a couple of odds and ends that shouldn't be left out." via fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com
" « Nearly everyone had some outlandish, wild and crazy adventure with Harry to share… Through it all what became abundantly clear was how much Harry was loved - for everything he was... and everything he wasn't. » " John Scheinfeld à propos de son documentaire : Who is Harry Nilsson (and why is Everybody Talkin' about him) 1. L'art de la reprise Il n'est pas rare qu'un musicien accède à la célébrité grâce à une version géniale d'une chanson qu'il n'a pas écrite. Soft Cell avec « Tainted Love », [...]
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Netherfriends | Photo by Drew Reynolds Applicant for hardest working man in the biz, Netherfriends is set to release his next album Middle America on Feb. 7, 2012, via Kilo Records . Of course, if you are a) super desperate for some Netherfriends action or b) a super fan of cassette tapes, you can order the album via Plustapes right now. Middle America , says Kilo Records , will contain the first 12 songs from Netherfriends' head honcho [...]
Cette semaine, après plusieurs artistes un peu sombres, la musique que je vous propose est plus douce et plus épurée. L'artiste de ce soir nous vient de Berne et s'appelle Nadja Stoller. Nadja Stoller, ce n'est pas exactement une débutante. Avec différents projets, cela fait déjà de longues années qu'on peut l'entendre sur la scène musicale suisse. Elle nous a proposé du jazz avec le Nadja Stoller Trio ou un son plus pop ou chanson avec le groupe Lumi , qui partait déjà parfois dans des sonorités [...]
I first heard of TV Girl , the exciting new indie pop duo out of San Diego, not too long ago. Their self-titled EP, which received a bit of heat for sampling Todd Rundgren on the single " If You Want It ", gained the group the notoriety they needed to take it to the next level. For their second trick, they gave the world Benny And The Jetts , a four song EP filled with catchy nostalgia. While nostalgia seems to be a pretty overused word in indie rock, TV Girl was able [...]
Today, Sam Phillips puts the spotlight on some of her favorite film and music. Speaking of documentaries, don't miss Who Is Harry Nilsson? I love Harry Nilsson, and Van Dyke Parks is in this film -- what could be better?
I am all about recycling, upcycling, composting… anything that reuses materials that are already on this earth. If a friend wants to use jeans for insulation or to make a quilt out of old clothes, I will be over in an instant! But recycling music? I was not keen on this idea until I heard [...]
Harry Nilsson, one of the very few things all four Beatles agreed on and a singer of nearly unparalleled talent, will get the tribute treatment at Off Broadway on November 26th. What Is The Poin... Continue reading "Harry Nilsson Tribute At Off Broadway: What Is The Point? " >
(Out now on Now Sounds/ Cherry Red ) The sole album of an eponymous and short-lived L.A. sunshine pop quartet, The Collage began with a handful of original songs by outsiders Ron Joelson and Jerry Careaga that were quirky and cool enough to win the temporary attentions of Smash Records, a Mercury subsidiary. Enter singers Donna Byrd and Jodie Cline, along with Spector disciple and Wrecking Crew founder Steve Douglas, who himself fetched along a glittering karass of session wizards plus several ditties by plutonium-weight popmeisters. The band originals, especially "Rainy Blue Memory [...]
Harry Nilsson stubbornly made music that he was interested in, not necessarily music that would sell albums. Although his two biggest songs were covers, his catalog contained dozens of more obscure cover songs. We'll go beyond 'Without You' and 'Everybody's Talkin' to present some Nilsson covers you may have missed.
Nilsson. Source unknown. A 1971 video of Harry Nilsson's Coconut. Performed by gorillas.
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alpine White : "The Evidence" [mp3] from The Hale EP (out November 1st) search for more Alpine White posts at Largehearted Boy Cowboy and Indian : "Trouble Tracks" [...]
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