HARRY NILSSON - JUST WILD ABOUT ,.. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY

 There are many people on Youtube today claiming to Love Harry Nilsson ,..

The Big trouble is many of these same people are simply "Romanced" by the Life and times of Harry long ago ,. ..

This WAS the man that hung out with John Lennon, Kieth Moon, John Bonham, Alice Cooper and some of Hollywood's gnarliest partiers ,..you name them ,. ,.. Mickey Dolenz COMES ROCKETING straight to mind ,..etc,..

But it seems ,, NONE OF THESE GUYS COULD PARTY !!

AT LEAST ,..NOT LIKE HARRY !

NOW,..

I LOVE HARRY NILSSON !,..

So never take me wrong ,..

You won't find a bigger fan ,..

I spend hours laying in the hot bathtub listening carefully to "Every" Nilsson album,..

And I always come to one painful conclusion ;

Harry is WAY WAY OVER-RATED !

SURE,.

THE GUY COULD SING GREAT

BUT QUITE OFTEN , Even the dumbest of people are gonna quickly find that most of Harry's songs stumble as they try hard to "break new ground" rather than just rock with huge melody like say ,..The Who

or

The Beatles, etc,..

HARRY never quite hits it out of the park 

and with in most of what he does,.. His songs will fall flat to most people ,..sadly ,..

Not even on 1971's Nilsson Schmilsson ,.. or Pussy Cats With Lennon ,. .. in 74'

He ends up only a genius ,..to those "in the know" which is just inescapable ,.. 

His lead vocals can soar

( On the 1971 Song "I'll Never Leave You" ,..here is one insane example !) ,..

He displays glimpses of mind blowing

effortlessness ,..

Yet ,..

Harry also comes off as "Way TOO ahead of his time" ,.. which is probably one of his biggest problems ,.. His music seems to be 'inventing' all the things we hate about the 1970's ,..Only Harry WAS doing this ,..Deep way back IN THE 1960'S !! THERE was something about Harry that few could explain way back then or put their finger on ,.. certainly John Lennon was like this in his view of Harry ,.. perhaps this was one of the curses that plague Mr. Harry Nilsson indeed ,..and stealthly drag him down ,.. as it also made him the Legend too ! and all at the same time !

Harry's talents could be unremarkably brilliant and draw wide eyed gasps but that are also quickly too forgotten ,.. almost as if just some American idol type generic singer,.. 

And often , he seems to be exploring some weird kinds of "vocal gymnastics' that no others can come close to ,..

He is often way too genius for his own good and his lack of playing live is not just financially deadly but also creatively stifling ,.. and possibly unknown to Harry Himself ,..

He is too much of a vocal chameleon and far too hyper diverse ,.. you often cannot tell the song you are listening to is by the same artist you just heard moments ago ,.  HE MOVES AROUND STYLISTICALLY A LOT ,..AND LIKE NO ONE ELSE EVER !

His presence to go with his vocals can be riveting ,.. indeed ,.

but ALSO often in what will be "forgettable" songs to most listeners,..

Harry can come off as monitonal and lacking range for a guy who supposedly is so full of vocal expertise ,..

And as the years roll on , his partying definitely starts to take a toll on what was

an amazing crooner,.. 

and

Harry's lyrics can be very dark and he almost gets into Frank Zappa territories as he paints horrifying musical pictures that are way past grotesque at times ,.. a quality I love about Harry ,..and others do too !  But 'some' will quickly run from ,.. ( screw them !!) 

I have known about Harry Nilsson since I was 5 years old in 1970 ,..

I distinctly remember the life and times of those days in America somehow - stressful , tension filled Vietnam shit ,. ,..and growing up hearing "Me and my Arrow" , "Without you" and all the other great stuff, ..before delving into "buying" all Harry albums back in the early to mid 1980's at second hand record shops ,..and thus 'really' began 'learning" about all things Harry ,..

I "had" to dwell in the wisdom of the dude who partied with and became super friends with Kieth Moon !! etc ! Of course, I cannot forget how Harry's music "was EVERYWHERE" when i was a little kid growing up in Torrance / Redondo Beach back in the day , To many of US , THERE was no one like "Nilsson" both all over radio and TV ,.. yet he still just felt like "one of us" ,.. a huge celebrity that certainly WAS NOT !

And Harry would grow to become one of my life's favorite "Disappointments" ,...

BUT !!

HARRY would ever so slyly ,..become my Number One influencer

for my own music !

So,..

In honor of Harry !

I would NEVER claim a style or cling to any format,.. I would keep things as eclectic and esoteric and as POSSIBLE BABY !

HARD TO DEFINE !

THAT'S HARRY !

AND THAT'S G.E. AND ME TOO !!

It took me years to really appreciate 'Pandamonium Shadow Show" Harry's 1967 Second album but really the 'debut' to most folks ,..

 ,..I hated it at first ,..buying it in 1983 and at age 18 ,.. of course at the time, only recognizing that Beatles tribute "You can't do that" where Harry praises his favorite band with endless Lennon McCartney snippets woven in,. ,..finishing of course uttering ,.."Beatles forever",..

'You can't do that" ,..Harry's version ,..was a song that I grew up hating ,.. I thought the vocals sucked,..etc,.. and I hated the idea of some American chap sending up the Fab four with all his love,.. to me, it sounded almost Canadian ,..it sounded like ,..

Treason ,..

Only ,..one day ,..long ago,..I discovered that this version ,..was BY HARRY !!

AND INSTANTLY ,..MY OPINION CHANGED,..

i BEGAN to love the song !! 

Forsaking all I had ever thought before,.

Similar to when I discovered that ,... that horrible version of Summertime Blues that I despised,..was

BY THE WHO !!

Harry could come off as dull and drab maybe even repetitious and boring  ,.. explanations for why the pop scene often so evaded him,..

But Harry could also seem Artsy Fartsy in ways that came off as amazing and way beyond genius sublime ,.. too !

His music was "all over the place" filled with variety and hyper diverse sounds !  ,.( Don't believe me ?? LISTEN TO THE ALBUM 'HARRY' FROM 1969 !!' ,.. it's way much more than just "The Puppy Song"  ),..

As i grew,.. Harry grew with me ,.. and just when I was beginning to really finally appreciate the guy ,.. I suddenly heard the news that ,.

Harry died in 1994,.

I was 28,..

And headed for 29,.

And Harry sadly ,.

Would not be there

to go travel through life,.

With me,..

It hit me that day ,..

I was gonna have to make it ,. 

"Without Harry'

Without You,..

In recent times,.

I have come to learn all over again about Harry

of course via Youtube,..

And it frustrates me so much 

all these young people from today

and indie kids ,..

writing about Harry

and claiming he is just such the great singer

and how they love him,.

well,.

They don't know Harry ,..

Only i do ,..

And I can tell you

that

Harry was not all that great

He was sadly very average ,..

ACTUALLY ,..

its real weird ya see,..

Harry was very under-rated

and OVER-rated

and all at the same time

a paradox that makes Harry so unique and special,.

You have to do surgery as you listen to Harry music

MENTAL SURGERY !!

YOU HAVE TO 'MAKE' HARRY GOOD !

IN YOUR MIND !

AND THEN,.

WITH YOUR IMAGINATION,.

HARRY GETS GOOD !!

AND THEN

HE GETS 

REAL GOOD TOO !

That's just Harry ,..

And that's just the way it is ,..

As for any new thoughts that I get on Harry ,..

I guess i'm just gonna have to,,.

Do em' ON MONDAY !! 

HARRY'S weaknesses were his strengths ,..and his strengths ,..were his weaknesses ,.. He was the ultimate contradiction !!! 

RIP

MY FRIEND

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TRUMP UNFORCED ERRORS MARCH 15 2020 FORWARD ,.... UNDID HIS PRESIDENCY ( WIN OR LOSE NOV 3, 2020 )

 I don't think Trump "really" Lost the election back on Nov 3, 2020 ,..

I think somehow ,..it was Stolen ,..

But if Trump "Did" Lose ,..in reality ,, 

Here is why ,..

1: Early on in March / April era of 2020 , Trump should have "immediately" mandated Masks and gloves to be worn by everyone and in all 50 states too.

So ,..Why did Trump "NOT" DO THIS ,.. ??

THE REASON

OF COURSE was pretty simple,...

The types of people who vote for Trump are "Freedomist" types , i e Tea Partiers, Rednecks, inland-ers, Flag Waving Hunters,.. of all sorts and stripes , etc ,. and Trump knew it was highly unlikely that these types of people were gonna be Pro-maskers ,..

And

who would NEVER ACCEPT such a thing ,..

Result; 

TRUMP GAMBLED HERE,.

AND TRUMP LOST,..

SO ,..WHAT "SHOULD" TRUMP HAVE DONE ??

WELL ,..HE SHOULD have told all his Rednecks to eat shit and put on a mask ( AND GLOVES TOO ) ,..that's what !! DUH ! AS THESE CLOWNS WERE GONNA VOTE TRUMP ,..and no matter what TOO !! ANYWAY !!!  uh Ya thinks maybe ??

2; IN ABOUT MAY / JUNE 2020 , TRUMP SHOULD HAVE FILED A MASSIVE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTRY OF CHINA and painted China as this massive "Bad guy" in a Court Situation , ,..BE IT IN THE US SUPREME COURT OR THE WORLD COURT OF THE HAGUE ,.. I FRANKLY DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHERE OR WHAT COURT BUT DUH ,.. YOU OBVIOUSLY "DO' THIS !! YA KNUCKLEHEAD TRUMP !,...  SHEESH ,.. YOU MAKE A HUGE GRANDSTAND AND SAYING THINGS LIKE CHINA OWES US 100 TRILLION $$ WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE OR DRAW,..WHO GIVES A  shit !! You make the American people feel anger towards China ,..duh c' mon man ,..that's THE NO BRAINER OF THE CENTURY DUDE ! YOU ,..BEING TRUMP OUGHT TO KNOW THIS SHIT !!

So why did Trump NOT do this ?

Answer; Unknown ,..but likely ,..it is because Trump feared our media would laugh at it and or turn it around against Trump ,..which they probably would have but imagine how dumb our media would have looked to the American people back then ,..had they done any of that !! ??

3: TRUMP SHOULD HAVE "
DEMANDED' CHINA "GIVE" US MONIES FOR COVID-19 AND WAY LONG AGO ,.!!  AND BROUGHT UP little old VICTIM ladies to the microphone ,... shit ,..sheesh man ,.. YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU THIS SHIT !! LOL ,..TRUMP MISSED MASSIVE PHOTO OPS HERE !

4; TRUMP SHOULD NEVER HAVE EVEN COME CLOSE TO CALLING THIS THING A HOAX !! ( I'M NOT SAYING HE DID ) BUT JUST As Democrats often say, You "Use" a crisis ,..YOU DON'T LET IT GO TO WASTE !

5; TRUMP 'SHOULD HAVE" Played this up how this was such a horrible HORRIBLE DISEASE AND EARLY ON TOO ,.. HE SHOULD HAVE STOLEN THE DEMOCRATS and the media's narratives,.. 

6; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE GIVEN PEOPLE 2000.00 $ CHECKS LONG AGO ,..STOLEN THE DEMS THUNDER THERE,.. TRUMP SHOULD HAVE OFFERED "700.00" $$ "INCREASE' OVER THE 600 $ EDD,..NOT 300 $, THAT WAS ONE OF TRUMP'S BIGGEST EVER BONEHEAD MOVES !! LOL 

7; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE PLAYED UP HOW 'ILLEGALS" ARE SPREADING COVID ,..HE NEVER REALLY DID THIS ,.. AND whether it's true or untrue ,..this would have gone hand in hand with all the good China stuff here I just wrote !!

8; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER STOPPING ILLEGALS FROM DRIVING CARS IN ALL 50 STATES AND SOMEHOW INVOLVED 'THE SPREAD OF COVID" ALONG WITH THAT,..DUH !! TRUMP didn't do that ,..

9; TRUMP SHOULD "NEVER" HAVE 'ALLOWED' ALL THIS MAIL IN VOTING ,.. HIM AND THE GOP SHOULD HAVE SUED THIS AND OR TACKLED THE STATE LEGISLATURE STUFF REGARDING ALL THIS AND LONG AGO in advance - DUH !! ,..WAITING TIL "AFTER" THE ELECTION WAS BONEHEADED SHIT AT BEST,.. AND RISKING IT ALL HOPING YOU WILL GET A BREAD CRUMB FROM CORRUPT JUDGE ROBERTS WHO IS CHIEF AT THE SCOTUS WAS JUST PLAIN DUMB ! 

10; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE PLAYED IT UP HOW MAIL IN BALLOTS 'MUST CONTAIN VOTER ID' AND THINGS LIKE THAT DUH ,.. SO HE COULD PLAY THAT CARD LATER,..YA THINKS MAYBE HERE ?? LOL

11; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE STARTED A WAR WITH SOMEONE !! ABOUT SAY JULY 2020 ,..AND HELLA PLAYED IT UP FOR MONTHS,..

THERE ARE SO MANY DISTRACTIONS TRUMP COULD HAVE DONE HERE TO GET OUR MINDS OFF COVID YET GENIUS ORANGE MAN couldn't find a way to turn Iran, NK, or Isis or ANYBODY INTO SOME KINDS OF BAD GUYS HERE ?? NOT AT ALL ?? LOL ,..THAT'S JUST BRILLIANT THERE MR. ORANGE TOAST !!

BILL CLINTON OR 'ANY' DEMOCRAT WOULD HAVE DONE THIS AND OR KNOWN THIS SHIT SHEESH ,..

12; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE PARADED BLACK PEOPLE AND MINORITIES AS Covid  'VICTIMS' HERE BIG TIME,.

HERE IS ONE THAT ELUDED MR. GENIUS ORANGE Freak From Mara Lago ! ,.. EVERY WEEK HE SHOULD have had people from Detroit, Philly, Pittsburgh, Milwaukie ,, doing press conferences at his White House,.. telling their stories ,..instead of packing his rallies with white people who were gonna vote for him anyway ,..he should have gone BLACK ,..AND HUGE TOO ,.. AND MEXICAN !! Mr. Apprentice missed a memo here big time !! One sure way to increase his numbers in the Rust belt, etc,..duh ,.

13; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO WRECK CHINA'S ECONOMY HERE,.. TURNED BACK THEIR SHIPS FULL OF JUNK AND CHEAP SHIT ,..ETC ETC,..

14; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE GIVEN PEOPLE 'RENT RELIEF" SOONER AND PLAYED IT UP BIGGER,.. HE SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE TO ATTACK BLUE STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA ,..and their 2000 and 3000 $$ a month rent culture !! Trump never did that,..Gee, I wonder why ,..?

15; TRUMP SHOULD HAVE ATTACKED THE PRICE OF GAS AND OTHER ITEMS ,..HE SHOULD HAVE MADE "INFLATION" A Huge ISSUE AND PLAYED IT UP Very HUGE AND TO THE HILT !  AND WHETHER IT'S TRUE , UNTRUE OR whatever instead, Dr. Orange Man was busy talking about how great our 'economy' "Bounced back" DUMB MOVE ! ,, ,..C'mon man !! you know this shit Trump !! Geez,.. Ya dummy !! 

MORE COMING SOON !