Harry Nilsson-"Walk Right Back/Cathy's Clown/Let the Good Times Roll" (1971) (3/7)

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  • Part 3 of Harry's BBC TV special from 1971, "The Music of Nilsson." This one is dedicated to all those music writers who ever dissed Harry for not giving proper credit to his "wonderful backup singers." He features his backup singers on this fun medley.
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  • @bookblogger9462
    @bookblogger9462 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This guy was a genius. I mean ..listen to his albums..the diversity is immense. My favourite is the Standards where he sings with an orchestra..it's sublime.❤️

    • @darkprose
      @darkprose 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, that album is...yeah, sublime. That’s the word. That was right after _Nilsson Schmilsson_ wasn’t it? They didn’t want to him to do a standards album after such a big commercial hit. Thank God he did. His voice was never in better condition. And the live performance on video, which I think was a different take than the one on the album, was just as good. It was funny to see Nilsson there, smoking and drinking away, that gorgeous, lush orchestra behind him. Not sure the point when it happened, but I woke up one day and realized if someone asked me who my real favorite singer-songwriter is, some so special no one else can take their place, it was Nilsson. Never expected that. But it’s true.

  • @joevokey1340
    @joevokey1340 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Even messing around, Harry could sing circles around himself 🤣

  • @ziahill1691
    @ziahill1691 11 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Harry Nilsson is like a private joke, that no one else really gets. But to the few that do, it is truly wonderful.

    • @AnthonySheaMovies
      @AnthonySheaMovies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well said!

    • @raymondkidd2346
      @raymondkidd2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly how I feel.👍👍👍👍👍

    • @sthomasond
      @sthomasond 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I cant believe how accurate this is

    • @dand3606
      @dand3606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      harry was the man. very well said. those who are in the known completely get it

    • @nanook8721
      @nanook8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s exactly how I feel. Somehow Harry is a part of my life and I don’t understand how other people don’t get it. Legendary.

  • @MrAlsfan5
    @MrAlsfan5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    One of the best voices this side of Roy Orbison.

    • @vtbn53
      @vtbn53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You have taste

    • @cindycain1959
      @cindycain1959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree. I just downloaded some Roy too.

  • @hawkeye9654
    @hawkeye9654 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love me some Nilsson.❤

  • @sharonjheeta222
    @sharonjheeta222 11 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Three Harry Nilssons? ... This must be Heaven!

  • @chrisbr1969
    @chrisbr1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ha! Love it! Harry as 3 people, the nod to Stan Laurel, and only Harry clapping at the end! So great!

  • @Cronikeys
    @Cronikeys 12 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Harry Nilsson... definitely one of the most under-appreciated musicians of all time.

  • @tangogrrl
    @tangogrrl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This mock concert is one of my faves. At the time, he was too horrified to play in front of a live audience. The 3 part harmony/ round is cheery and sweet. You have to listen closely to hear 'Cathy's Clown' but it's there. 🙂 Ah, Harry.

  • @montydaniels1054
    @montydaniels1054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Man, during a time when Led Zeppelin, The Who, were rocking & rolling, Harry Nilsson was able to work right into the rock & roll scene & top the charts. I truly miss this man...

    • @retriever19golden55
      @retriever19golden55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too.

    • @montydaniels1054
      @montydaniels1054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@retriever19golden55 He was great, yea.... And needs to be inducted into the rock & roll HoF.....

  • @davidmaynard1530
    @davidmaynard1530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    There’s 3 of him here because 1 is the loneliest number.

  • @mstep4553
    @mstep4553 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    He always had that shy glint of good humor and boyish charm in his eyes.

  • @michaelp.waller8834
    @michaelp.waller8834 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    A genius who left us too soon

  • @teacat55
    @teacat55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This man is his own party.

  • @jet727vans
    @jet727vans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was hooked the first time I heard Nilsson Schmilsson at my brother-in-law’s. He was ahead of his time !

  • @TheOwenstube
    @TheOwenstube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Harry figured out the chord root and rhythmic elements that tied these three songs together, and luckily audio
    studio technology in the late '60s allowed him to pull it off. Now, the video tech, that was something daring for the early '70s. This clip is a keepsake.

    • @just4music687
      @just4music687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YES thank you for this comment! I really enjoy learning more about his musicianship because it seems astounding to me, and to have someone explain re: the chord root, etc.; I love it! Makes me realize it's not "just me;" Harry was truly something else; what an ear!!! This reminds me of his Beatles Medley a.k.a. his version of "You Can't Do That" on Pandemonium Shadow Show

    • @friguy4444
      @friguy4444 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe you guys have heard it before but maybe not so if you love this type of thing make SURE you check out his song "You Can't Do That" and yes it's from his buddies John and Paul! But not the way they did it. Apparently the Beatles loved his version and this was (I'm pretty sure it was) before they started to hang out and became friends.

  • @robjontay5052
    @robjontay5052 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Underated, under appreciated, under a piano apparently...NILSSON SCHMILSSON...

    • @melissagregoire9278
      @melissagregoire9278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nilsson Schmilsson is one of my favorite vinyl moments of my life. I can't articulate the enjoyment I have received from playing this album over and over etc. since I swiped it out of my sister's room in 1971.' Without You' got me through a major heartache and the rest is just great sing along in the car (loud and unrestrained.)Oh! I wish I could tell you!!

  • @BogartandBacal
    @BogartandBacal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great harmonies. Harry accompany's Harry like nobody else.

  • @raymccraine2449
    @raymccraine2449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Back in 1971 I became a huge Nilsson fan. Besides his magnificent voice and talent, we always knew he had a warped sense of humor. Which we love.

  • @ChicagoBeaver
    @ChicagoBeaver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember having the "Nilsson Schmilson" album at home as a kid. My favorite song from that album is "Jump into the Fire," wow, that one smokes!!!!

  • @Catherine-hg8cs
    @Catherine-hg8cs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh my god - when midget Nilsson, on the right, pulled out the harmonica I almost spit a mouthful of beer onto my laptop. And the Stan Laurel head scratch at the end is priceless. Anybody else see the humor Andy Kaufmann got from Harry?

  • @billgallaher339
    @billgallaher339 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember seeing "The Point" on when I was 10. The wonderful music and the quirky wisdom made a huge impression on me. We even named our cat Oblio.

  • @daithesaes
    @daithesaes 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    No dislikes....says it all really. Absolute genius and far too under appreciated.

  • @mccellen
    @mccellen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Multi talented..love him..

  • @kingsizerogerthebluewonder3852
    @kingsizerogerthebluewonder3852 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The third Harry sings it as a countermelody when he first pops up. Then he joins the other two in singing Walk Right Back, and on to Let The Good Times Roll.

    • @tangogrrl
      @tangogrrl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, and before that, he sings the first stanza of the Everly Brothers' hit 'Cathy's Clown' around 1:25

  • @just4music687
    @just4music687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    god I love him so much xoxo

  • @fm3340
    @fm3340 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching this just makes my day.

  • @nostalgiaramanny
    @nostalgiaramanny 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He was a truly beautiful songwriter.

  • @juditpozsonyi5469
    @juditpozsonyi5469 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Super!!!

  • @jimdartouzos2127
    @jimdartouzos2127 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Harry Nilsson was great...and very underrated. ...and apparently also had a cool sense of humor too.

  • @thenormanreport7731
    @thenormanreport7731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Cathy's Clown segment is unbelievable!

  • @raymccranie7872
    @raymccranie7872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is Freakin' amazing.

  • @mhavlicek2
    @mhavlicek2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Did anyone else laugh at hard as I did at the end of that! 3 Nilssons and only one person clapping ... and it’s Nilsson, hilarious!

    • @raymccraine2449
      @raymccraine2449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is undoubtably one of the best videos ever recorded! 3 Nilsson's plus Harry in the audience clapping for a great show. RIP Harry!!

  • @caryl9393
    @caryl9393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This performance has become my favorite and the piano...well it's just great.

  • @scootdaws25
    @scootdaws25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You're breaking my heart, you're tearing it apart...

  • @virginiawilson1836
    @virginiawilson1836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love love Nilsson; magical voice

  • @kaitophile
    @kaitophile 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what a voice.

  • @sandylbc
    @sandylbc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That voice still gives me goosebumps!

  • @79trabant
    @79trabant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Genius of Nilsson

  • @CreamingDreamer
    @CreamingDreamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wish I was harry. Maybe one day I will be.

  • @JackTheSkunk
    @JackTheSkunk ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing....no wonder Lennon was enamored with him.

  • @Chesterton7
    @Chesterton7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best.

  • @boonestead4812
    @boonestead4812 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    awesome its so vaudeville! a true performer hes clearly enjoying himself and its comes thru in the performance this must of been hard to do technically in the 70s its been said over and over but why do all the good ones leave us so early

  • @quam0940
    @quam0940 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    this was harry proving who his "background" singers were

  • @Petal300
    @Petal300 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just saw the ending, he's everywhere, he's everywhere!

  • @GaryColemanNC
    @GaryColemanNC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He was a fucking angel...

  • @philiptucci2458
    @philiptucci2458 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Harry was phenomenal, great music & memories of life, standard of excellence

  • @juliacole5738
    @juliacole5738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    truly my favorite artist of all time so talented and not appreciated. I wish I could’ve met him so bad.

  • @davemarx7856
    @davemarx7856 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so much fun

  • @raymondkidd2346
    @raymondkidd2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Beatles favourite group.Nilsson.wow.

  • @legaultmichelle1194
    @legaultmichelle1194 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I discovered Harry late in life from a CD from a Goodwill store. Now, I'm listening to many more tunes, interviews, radio shows. He probably needed some of the same medicine I'm on. I love he sang tunes of others, of the classics. His writing, phrasing, and voice ranging so sweet and humorous, dead serious, hauntingly beautiful and soft, hard. Harry needed comedy - maybe it may be to some that he was not as good. Sad and despair he knew better.

    • @Christer364
      @Christer364 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Legault Michelle It's never too late in life to hang out with Harry.

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kind of how I discovered Nick Lowe back in the 1980's. Found a 99 cent cassette tape and lost my mind over him! I finally got to see him in a wonderful acoustic concert in 2002, met him and got an autograph and photo with him afterwards. I could have died happy right then. Never got to see Harry, though.

  • @KieranGarland
    @KieranGarland 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love. absolutely love

  • @valeriepenny5823
    @valeriepenny5823 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    awesome awesome wonderful

  • @localoba2688
    @localoba2688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    TY!✌😎💕🎶
    NILSSON WAS THE BEATLES
    FAVORITE AMERICAM BAND!!
    THEY SAY YA KNOW!😂

  • @tornadojoegee
    @tornadojoegee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a genius - what a crying shame...

  • @brucefultz2462
    @brucefultz2462 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    God Bless you Harry.

  • @J_Ciner
    @J_Ciner 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite group

  • @margaretgaskell4958
    @margaretgaskell4958 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing like it in 2018 ….he was a great writer and artist

  • @pachambers
    @pachambers 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cute song 🎶

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this man. All of him. Everyone of him. He’s become my favorite singer-songwriter. I never expected that to happen, but it did. Like falling in love, sometimes you’re surprised. The more time I spent with his music the more it got to me.

  • @bigchuffa1
    @bigchuffa1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Thanks for uploading, I've watched this so many times, its Nilsson at his best...probably my fav TH-cam video of all time...what a talent this guy was...cheers

    • @iamhereblossom1588
      @iamhereblossom1588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just brings a smile to my face

    • @shelby8364
      @shelby8364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same here

    • @nunyanunya6398
      @nunyanunya6398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too. The entire show, it's gotta be one of my all time favs !

    • @jerricocrittenden8311
      @jerricocrittenden8311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nunyanunya6398 mr richlands favorite song with a little bit of one in it was fantastic

  • @ruklick
    @ruklick 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WOW! Never heard this first song before! Wonder who the one knucklehead is that gave this a thumbs down. Someone who does not know genius when they hear it. I can't wait to get my Nilsson box set in the mail!!!!!

  • @gttdkt
    @gttdkt 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love his backup singers JUST AS MUCH AS I LOVE HIM. hahahahah.

  • @seniorsurveyor
    @seniorsurveyor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Oh my gosh! I have never heard of this special. I grew up on Phil and Don...love this version. And Harry! What a vocalist, composer, performer. Thanks so much for posting.

  • @paulholmes8887
    @paulholmes8887 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Harry was a genius and I don't use that term lightly ,Brian Wilson? Lennon McCartney .
    But his voice , well he had the voice of an angel and a devil when he wanted it.

  • @kenmason1461
    @kenmason1461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    sound effects by RCA
    loved you harry and miss you to this day

  • @CapAnson12345
    @CapAnson12345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the third head popped up I just about fell on the floor laughing.

  • @MrAlsfan5
    @MrAlsfan5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant. This is fantastic!

  • @stevesewall
    @stevesewall 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful, just wonderful!

  • @TheJaynethepayne
    @TheJaynethepayne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always loved Harry Neilson for 'Without You', but this makes me realise he was a lot better than I knew. Missed out there. Thanks You Tube.

  • @michaelgouda305
    @michaelgouda305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Harry x 3. Yeah! Harry x 1000!

  • @legaultmichelle1194
    @legaultmichelle1194 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes, Thank you.

  • @1voyher1
    @1voyher1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant ! when the head popped up - amazing

  • @Petal300
    @Petal300 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fab fun!

  • @barttheanorak
    @barttheanorak 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome!

  • @simonemueller7693
    @simonemueller7693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Somehow I think about this song and I love him but it reminds me of red dwarf

  • @howardjdownes
    @howardjdownes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Duh...we had blue screen. Love the homage to Stan Laurel.

  • @sarahmahany3404
    @sarahmahany3404 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I spent an evening with him many, many years ago. We ate hash and who knows what else we did.

  • @friguy4444
    @friguy4444 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HEY!! Three Schmilssons all together!! LOL. LOVE HARRY! !! WHAT A TREASURE GOD MADE WHEN HE MADE Mr Nilsson Schmilsson!

  • @larrywildes2262
    @larrywildes2262 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Agreed 💯

  • @MayorMcSleaze
    @MayorMcSleaze 10 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Imagine what he'd do with today's technology....hee hee

    • @Rocketjay12
      @Rocketjay12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or today's in 2019!

    • @ultraviolettas
      @ultraviolettas 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or AI sing-with-anybody tech! I hate it but he would be so fun with it

  • @Premierblues
    @Premierblues 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is so amazing

  • @moondancer.n.8334
    @moondancer.n.8334 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    memories....& FUNNY....

  • @jamesjosephmoore5718
    @jamesjosephmoore5718 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great version of 'Walk right back'. It's well known that Harry was a good friend of John Lennon's, strangely enough in this video he reminds me much of Paul McCartney especially when he smiles.

    • @katmayful
      @katmayful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +James Joseph Moore I agree - , a look of McCartney when he smiles... his lyrics and melodies in his songs are on par with McCartney... his voice is stronger I think his voice is beautiful.. sorry he is no longer with us..

    • @mitzykatt8754
      @mitzykatt8754 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +James Joseph Moore Harry was friends with all 4 beatles, actually he was called the 5th Beatle more than once. Ringo was his best man, they all occasionally got drunk together~~

    • @ronmiller576
      @ronmiller576 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mitzy Katt smashed, you mean. :)

    • @iamhereblossom1588
      @iamhereblossom1588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They both have that whimsical fun feeling to the songs they write. You're right, they're very similar.

    • @jakespivey3716
      @jakespivey3716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@katmayful I think of him of being more like McCartney than Lennon. He was a very good song writer but, not as good as McCartney. But, his musicality and ingenuity were on par or better than McCartney. I would have liked to hear what would happen if McCartney and HN hung out and jammed with each other and perhaps wrote a few songs together, that would have been very interesting and entertaining.

  • @nancybcastner2313
    @nancybcastner2313 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is special..how did he do this??? He really was a super musician..

    • @jdw99
      @jdw99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      NANCY B CASTNER Here is how it was done: He sang the song 3 times, first as the "middle" Harry doing the main part of the song, then as the other two Harries singing harmony along to the first recording, just like he would overdub his own singing in the studio. Except for this part, he sat in front of a green screen so that they could merge the videos with the first video of him sitting at the piano.

    • @carladiciaccio8955
      @carladiciaccio8955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jdw99 ....Well said my friend. Harry liked to add humor to his creations. He was somewhat of a comedian. His personality was very welcoming and he had a lot of friends.

  • @vazmo14850
    @vazmo14850 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    no better voice!

  • @Rockinfemdrum
    @Rockinfemdrum 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤Harry❤

  • @blakenorman4697
    @blakenorman4697 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    whats better than one harry nilsson singing>>>>

    • @archiederham2103
      @archiederham2103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blake Norman 3

    • @captkirk8974
      @captkirk8974 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      jimi hendrix and 3 white chicks

    • @MrAlsfan5
      @MrAlsfan5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No one is better than Harry.

    • @McDoinky
      @McDoinky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      2 giant paint bubbles!

  • @saintcruzin
    @saintcruzin 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When writing a review of one of Nilssons early lps, the reviewer made the same mistake. He didn't
    realize Harry was his own back-up singers. It's why Lennon said Nilsson is my favorite group!!LOL

    • @pamelabreeman2811
      @pamelabreeman2811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was a genius. The Beatles knew it, and revered him.

  • @eacIipse1
    @eacIipse1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A round of Harry Nilsson

  • @MrLeglamp
    @MrLeglamp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love little Harry. His head barely come over the top of the piano.

  • @HALOMAN11
    @HALOMAN11 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is excellent, thank you

  • @monteyoung7126
    @monteyoung7126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was seriously hi tech for it's day! Well done 👍

  • @THOMASCIRWIN1956-2013
    @THOMASCIRWIN1956-2013 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HI CINDY;
    HARRY NILSSON'S BACKING VOCALS WERE CALLED.............HARRY NILSSON ! HE WAS ONE OF IF NOT THE FIRST TO USE MULTI-TRACKING.MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS 10CC'S"I'M NOT IN LOVE"
    BUT IT WAS THE LATE GREAT HARR NILSSON.

  • @chrisnewman7281
    @chrisnewman7281 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think that Harry Nelson‘s purple perch was probably 1969 through to 73

  • @hoarybat61
    @hoarybat61 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His looks here remind me a little of Larry Bird. What a talent Harry was.

  • @edwardpasby5237
    @edwardpasby5237 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sons of Nilsson

    • @topsypart2880
      @topsypart2880 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Edward Pasby I have that album

  • @simonemueller7693
    @simonemueller7693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just want you to know it’s me and myself and I that makes the three of us

  • @captkirk8974
    @captkirk8974 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    great

  • @Jessicaunarex
    @Jessicaunarex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Who are the 6 dummies who down voted this? Show yourselves.

    • @joshuabidelspach9260
      @joshuabidelspach9260 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jessica S just thought the same thing! Total dolts for saying thumbs down..love Harry

    • @clemdane
      @clemdane 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We need to have compassion for the hearing impaired.

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Clemdane
      But, we can mock then behind their back.

    • @samwickerboots590
      @samwickerboots590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thumbs down from those who don't see The Point.

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was only two dummies (but their backup singers voted, too!)