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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Komentáře • 225

  • @ziahill1691
    @ziahill1691 Před 11 lety +163

    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 Před 4 lety +7

      Well said!

    • @raymondkidd2346
      @raymondkidd2346 Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly how I feel.👍👍👍👍👍

    • @sthomasond
      @sthomasond Před 3 lety +5

      I cant believe how accurate this is

    • @dand3606
      @dand3606 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @nanook8721
      @nanook8721 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @bookblogger9462
    @bookblogger9462 Před rokem +33

    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 Před 4 měsíci

      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.

  • @MrAlsfan5
    @MrAlsfan5 Před 4 lety +81

    One of the best voices this side of Roy Orbison.

    • @vtbn53
      @vtbn53 Před 4 lety +3

      You have taste

    • @cindycain1959
      @cindycain1959 Před 2 lety +1

      I agree. I just downloaded some Roy too.

  • @joevokey1340
    @joevokey1340 Před rokem +10

    Even messing around, Harry could sing circles around himself 🤣

  • @Cronikeys
    @Cronikeys Před 13 lety +62

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

  • @sharonjheeta222
    @sharonjheeta222 Před 11 lety +30

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

  • @chrisbr1969
    @chrisbr1969 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @robjontay5052
    @robjontay5052 Před 5 lety +31

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

    • @melissagregoire9278
      @melissagregoire9278 Před 4 lety +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!!

  • @teacat55
    @teacat55 Před 3 měsíci +2

    This man is his own party.

  • @davidmaynard1530
    @davidmaynard1530 Před 3 lety +13

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

  • @montydaniels1054
    @montydaniels1054 Před 5 lety +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...

  • @TheOwenstube
    @TheOwenstube Před 6 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem +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.

  • @michaelp.waller8834
    @michaelp.waller8834 Před 7 lety +47

    A genius who left us too soon

  • @tangogrrl
    @tangogrrl Před 2 lety +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.

  • @mstep4553
    @mstep4553 Před 6 lety +23

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

  • @mhavlicek2
    @mhavlicek2 Před 4 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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!!

  • @jet727vans
    @jet727vans Před 4 lety +9

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

  • @daithesaes
    @daithesaes Před 12 lety +12

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

  • @kingsizerogerthebluewonder3852

    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 Před 2 lety

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

  • @raymccraine2449
    @raymccraine2449 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @BogartandBacal
    @BogartandBacal Před 6 lety +7

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

  • @hawkeye9654
    @hawkeye9654 Před rokem +2

    I love me some Nilsson.❤

  • @ChicagoBeaver
    @ChicagoBeaver Před 2 lety +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!!!!

  • @mccellen
    @mccellen Před 4 lety +7

    Multi talented..love him..

  • @jimdartouzos2127
    @jimdartouzos2127 Před 6 lety +9

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

  • @billgallaher339
    @billgallaher339 Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @caryl9393
    @caryl9393 Před 4 lety +7

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

  • @bigchuffa1
    @bigchuffa1 Před 7 lety +74

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

  • @thenormanreport7731
    @thenormanreport7731 Před 5 lety +6

    The Cathy's Clown segment is unbelievable!

  • @boonestead4812
    @boonestead4812 Před 11 lety +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

  • @raymccranie7872
    @raymccranie7872 Před 2 lety +2

    This is Freakin' amazing.

  • @fm3340
    @fm3340 Před 2 lety +2

    Watching this just makes my day.

  • @legaultmichelle1194
    @legaultmichelle1194 Před 9 lety +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 Před 7 lety +5

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

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch Před 5 lety +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.

  • @nostalgiaramanny
    @nostalgiaramanny Před 12 lety +4

    He was a truly beautiful songwriter.

  • @quam0940
    @quam0940 Před 9 lety +22

    this was harry proving who his "background" singers were

  • @JackTheSkunk
    @JackTheSkunk Před rokem +5

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

  • @philiptucci2458
    @philiptucci2458 Před 7 lety +5

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

  • @scootdaws25
    @scootdaws25 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @virginiawilson1836
    @virginiawilson1836 Před 6 lety +5

    Love love Nilsson; magical voice

  • @seniorsurveyor
    @seniorsurveyor Před 6 lety +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.

  • @ruklick
    @ruklick Před 10 lety +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!!!!!

  • @sandylbc
    @sandylbc Před 3 lety +4

    That voice still gives me goosebumps!

  • @just4music687
    @just4music687 Před 3 lety +2

    god I love him so much xoxo

  • @juliacole5738
    @juliacole5738 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @localoba2688
    @localoba2688 Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @juditpozsonyi5469
    @juditpozsonyi5469 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Super!!!

  • @MrAlsfan5
    @MrAlsfan5 Před 4 lety +4

    Brilliant. This is fantastic!

  • @paulholmes8887
    @paulholmes8887 Před 6 lety +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.

  • @TheJaynethepayne
    @TheJaynethepayne Před 7 lety +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.

  • @kaitophile
    @kaitophile Před 13 lety +2

    what a voice.

  • @CreamingDreamer
    @CreamingDreamer Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Catherine-hg8cs
    @Catherine-hg8cs Před 11 měsíci +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?

  • @Petal300
    @Petal300 Před 12 lety +4

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

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose Před 4 měsíci

    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.

  • @friguy4444
    @friguy4444 Před rokem +2

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

  • @stevesewall
    @stevesewall Před 6 lety +3

    Wonderful, just wonderful!

  • @1voyher1
    @1voyher1 Před 8 lety +3

    Brilliant ! when the head popped up - amazing

  • @valeriepenny5823
    @valeriepenny5823 Před 9 lety +4

    awesome awesome wonderful

  • @MayorMcSleaze
    @MayorMcSleaze Před 10 lety +49

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

    • @Rocketjay12
      @Rocketjay12 Před 5 lety +6

      Or today's in 2019!

    • @ultraviolettas
      @ultraviolettas Před rokem

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

  • @margaretgaskell4958
    @margaretgaskell4958 Před 6 lety +2

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

  • @GaryColemanNC
    @GaryColemanNC Před 3 lety +2

    He was a fucking angel...

  • @79trabant
    @79trabant Před 5 lety +1

    Genius of Nilsson

  • @CapAnson12345
    @CapAnson12345 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @Premierblues
    @Premierblues Před 8 lety +5

    This is so amazing

  • @KieranGarland
    @KieranGarland Před 5 lety +3

    love. absolutely love

  • @davemarx7856
    @davemarx7856 Před 8 lety +2

    so much fun

  • @J_Ciner
    @J_Ciner Před 11 lety +2

    My favorite group

  • @raymondkidd2346
    @raymondkidd2346 Před 3 lety +1

    The Beatles favourite group.Nilsson.wow.

  • @brucefultz2462
    @brucefultz2462 Před 7 lety +7

    God Bless you Harry.

  • @Chesterton7
    @Chesterton7 Před 5 lety +1

    The best.

  • @tornadojoegee
    @tornadojoegee Před 4 lety +3

    Such a genius - what a crying shame...

  • @kenmason1461
    @kenmason1461 Před 6 lety +4

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

  • @pachambers
    @pachambers Před 3 měsíci

    Cute song 🎶

  • @gttdkt
    @gttdkt Před 12 lety +3

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

  • @legaultmichelle1194
    @legaultmichelle1194 Před 9 lety +3

    Yes, Thank you.

  • @nancybcastner2313
    @nancybcastner2313 Před 10 lety +15

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

    • @jdw99
      @jdw99 Před 9 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @barttheanorak
    @barttheanorak Před 9 lety +4

    Awesome!

  • @howardjdownes
    @howardjdownes Před 8 lety +3

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

  • @eacIipse1
    @eacIipse1 Před 12 lety +1

    A round of Harry Nilsson

  • @simonemueller7693
    @simonemueller7693 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @sarahmahany3404
    @sarahmahany3404 Před 2 lety

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

  • @monteyoung7126
    @monteyoung7126 Před 2 lety

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

  • @blakenorman4697
    @blakenorman4697 Před 9 lety +26

    whats better than one harry nilsson singing>>>>

  • @HALOMAN11
    @HALOMAN11 Před 12 lety +1

    This is excellent, thank you

  • @michaelgouda305
    @michaelgouda305 Před 7 lety +7

    Harry x 3. Yeah! Harry x 1000!

  • @Petal300
    @Petal300 Před 12 lety +1

    fab fun!

  • @AndySalinger33
    @AndySalinger33 Před 4 lety +4

    Nilsson is just for us. Not intended for the sheep. He's a secret.

  • @saintcruzin
    @saintcruzin Před 12 lety +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

  • @jamesjosephmoore5718
    @jamesjosephmoore5718 Před 9 lety +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 Před 8 lety +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 Před 8 lety +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 Před 8 lety +1

      +Mitzy Katt smashed, you mean. :)

    • @iamhereblossom1588
      @iamhereblossom1588 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @jakespivey3716
      @jakespivey3716 Před 5 lety +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.

  • @vazmo14850
    @vazmo14850 Před 9 lety +8

    no better voice!

  • @moondancer.n.8334
    @moondancer.n.8334 Před 9 lety +3

    memories....& FUNNY....

  • @MrLeglamp
    @MrLeglamp Před 2 lety

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

  • @captkirk8974
    @captkirk8974 Před 6 lety

    great

  • @THOMASCIRWIN1956-2013
    @THOMASCIRWIN1956-2013 Před 11 lety +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.

  • @edwardpasby5237
    @edwardpasby5237 Před 8 lety +5

    Sons of Nilsson

  • @SandyCheeks63564
    @SandyCheeks63564 Před 4 lety +2

    The first mashup?

  • @hoarybat61
    @hoarybat61 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @simonemueller7693
    @simonemueller7693 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @larrywildes2262
    @larrywildes2262 Před 10 měsíci

    Agreed 💯

  • @Jessicaunarex
    @Jessicaunarex Před 7 lety +34

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

    • @joshuabidelspach9260
      @joshuabidelspach9260 Před 7 lety +5

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

    • @clemdane
      @clemdane Před 6 lety +7

      We need to have compassion for the hearing impaired.

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas Před 6 lety +2

      Clemdane
      But, we can mock then behind their back.

    • @samwickerboots590
      @samwickerboots590 Před 5 lety +7

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

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon Před 5 lety

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