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Background. Nilsson was being pressured to produce a follow-up album similar to his 1971 breakthrough, Nilsson Schmilsson, but instead, he created a more eccentric work. The album was produced by Richard Perry and features musical contributions from former Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison.
10 de jul. de 2022 · 50 Years Ago: Harry Nilsson Steers Toward the Ditch on ‘Son of Schmilsson’. Nick DeRiso Published: July 10, 2022. RCA. Harry Nilsson 's long-awaited breakthrough with the gold-selling Top 5...
You're Breakin' My Heart. " You're Breakin' My Heart " is a song by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, appearing on his 1972 album Son of Schmilsson. It is notorious for the opening line, "You're breakin' my heart / You're tearin' it apart / So fuck you". [1]
Here Nilsson explores the despair of being an astronaut – not unlike Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and Elton’s “Rocket Man”. The song is typical Nilsson tongue and cheek with a memorable hook, and strong vocals supported by a very boomy atmospheric edge (lots of reverb).
21 de feb. de 2010 · Son of Schmilsson is a restless, fitfully brilliant record that smacks of self-destruction at almost every corner. The 2006 remaster includes a better take of “Take 54” that sounds like “The Ballad of John and Yoko,” the likeable throwaway “What’s Your Sign?,” a nice, quiet version of Jimmy Webb’s “Campo de Encino ...
14 de mar. de 2023 · Son of Schmilsson FIRST RELEASED: 1972. HIGHLIGHTS: Like the title says, this is the sequel to Nilsson Schmilsson — and it’s a worthy followup, with a similar roster of blackly humourous fare like the scatological Take 54 , the tinkly C&W parody Joy, the cheery accodion singalong I’d Rather Be Dead and the spleen-vent You’re ...
16 de may. de 2006 · Son of Schmilsson. Legacy. 2006-05-23. It’s hard to summarize the eclectic, unlikely career of Harry Nilsson, a prodigiously talented songwriter, singer and drinker who clung to the fringes...
