My grandma had a HUGE cabinet record player that flipping cranked. Floor model that weighed a Thousand pounds. You know the old ones that went up to eleven and had such great reverb. Sat for years, no one used it. Bought this record on a whim. Slapped this LP in and just rumbled the house. My Gosh that was fun! People upstairs screaming, what the heck was that devil music coming from. My friend and I, of course as high as a kite. Just rolling around on the basement floor laughing our asses off. When he drum solo hit. We saw GOD! Such a good day.

@antrygis1

9 сағат бұрын

It was a super trip. The echo comes on right from the start. I've got to look up who played on this. The bass is so great. So sorry Harry drank himself to death. What a great voice.

My dad loved this song and almost blew the speakers out when the drum solo came on. Today would have been his 68th birthday. A proud Marine and Vietnam Vet. I love and miss you more than words can say, dad.

@jogon7914

2 жыл бұрын

❤️👌🥂 To your Dad x

@beachykeenx

2 жыл бұрын

@@jogon7914 thank you 🥲❤️

@romeysiamese6662

2 жыл бұрын

Im sorry for your loss. He lived and died so we CAN be Free……💔❤️‍🔥❤️

@mroof6325

2 жыл бұрын

RIP, thank you for your service sir

@beachykeenx

2 жыл бұрын

@@romeysiamese6662 thank you, you’re so kind! It really means a lot!

When this song was meshed with Henry Hill's breakdown in Goodfellas; pure genius!

@ramondasnellgrove3957

2 жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes!!

@sookie4195

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Ray Liotta AKA Henry Hill

@nige3801

2 жыл бұрын

@@sookie4195 Aww didn't know

@gregorycrusan6952

Жыл бұрын

Omg I didn't know.. M

@roberthart5435

Жыл бұрын

🎯

Rick Paul said it best.: "This song is desperation. It is shaking your fist at the sky and screaming uncontrollably. This is an unstable guy making unstable art. This may be the first punk song. Pure analog anger with zero fucks given. A masterpiece."

@michaellorenzen8200

Жыл бұрын

analog and punk ! 100% I hear all sorts of influences just creeping out 😊

@vanGentJeroen

9 ай бұрын

Yeah !

@raceyboy

9 ай бұрын

Hell yeah

@geoffreylogsdon162

6 ай бұрын

That is an accurate description. Thank you.

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

Sure does sound like it, true

This song is 50 years old & STILL kicks ass!❤😎

@jameshenebry9761

3 жыл бұрын

I first heard this song when the Nilsson Schmilsson album was first release 50 years ago. It has been a favorite of mine for all that time. “New” music for me is the Eagles.

@jaystrubeck7296

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's. Great. Jay

@williamtisdale1577

3 жыл бұрын

And it always will kick ass people cuz it's the best mother f****** song in the world

@shagbarghhickory837

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamtisdale1577 "kin A right.

@v-town1980

2 жыл бұрын

The best stuff is old; today's safe crap is shite.

Can we please acknowledge the genius of Harry Nillson? Full of surprises Never disapponts

@donaldmoore9306

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. How are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe out there?

@thegreenbird795

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome talent but he couldn't put down the bottle...

@antoinetebulger99

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!!!!

@bassistlearningdrums

Жыл бұрын

It is all about the bathrobe. No inhibitions and courage!

@laurastrobel718

Жыл бұрын

@@bassistlearningdrums lol😊🔥

Man, I was born in the greatest era!!!!😛😛😛😛 What a time to be alive!!!!!😮😮😮

@paulaadamson9401

18 күн бұрын

Amen❣️

I'm listening to this for Jim Gordon's solo. He died at 77 recently, still incarcerated for killing his mother in 1983. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia after this violent episode, even though he had been "hearing voices in his head" for years. It was upon taking office after the 1980 election the Reagan Administration "discarded" the Mental Health Systems Act, written in the last days of the Carter Administration. Instead of the federal government controlling the disbursement of mental health funds, they were turned into block grants to the states, with no oversight system on how the funds would be spent. This was the beginning of the end for a comprehensive mental health system in the U.S. I have no evidence this led in any way to Gordon's horrific act. Now that we have mass murders on a weekly basis, instead of tasking gun owners with any responsibility for the ownership of their firearms, the GOP blames this rise in deadly violence on the mental health of the killers. When pressed for any commitment to raise mental health funding, the discussion changes to pleas for more religion and the sad state of America's "woke" culture. I've been a gun owner for 60 years, and this refusal to require any qualification to own a gun is a deadly error in judgment. That's enough time on my soapbox, back to the music.

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you, Reagan was the beginning of the downfall in our country for mental health and the middle class.

@davidmcwhirter1121

6 күн бұрын

Absolutely spot on comment. Appreciate what you said

Harry saved my life. I was clinically depressed, hated college, my girl broke up with me. Then, sitting in the Enoch Light listening room at JHU, I saw Pandemonium Shadow Show in the catalog, and filled out the request for the album on a whim. I put it on the turntable and within five minutes, I was totally consumed by Harry and his music. Lifted me up and got me over some really bad rough spots. God bless you Harry, wherever you are.

@stevenpyron3406

2 жыл бұрын

Your story gave me chill bumps. Not to get all weird but the healing powers of music are as real as it gets! Much love and thank you for sharing!

@randallreed9048

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenpyron3406 Steve, I would never argue with you about the healing and redemptive powers of music. I am living proof. To this day, I hate John Lennon for leading Harry astray and materially contributing to his vocal cord damage. Thank you for your reply.

@nancysn7152

2 жыл бұрын

@@randallreed9048 wow! I never knew that about Lennon! Learn something new everyday! But anyway I Love this song! Love to drive to it!

@donnapage8894

2 жыл бұрын

@@randallreed9048 Don’t look back

@kenfrench6866

2 жыл бұрын

Don't know where Randall Reed is getting this information but to say that John Lennon lead Harry Nilsson astray and ruin his voice is misleading.

Now I am 70 and live in assisted living ---- Tune made us all jump - loved it then and love it now, Hey we have something to get us going

Makes me feel like Ray Liotta doing a coke run in a Cadillac everytime lol

@robertwalters8982

4 ай бұрын

Watching for Helicopters 😂

@dmx716

4 ай бұрын

Don't forget to get the papers get the papers 😂​@robertwalters8982

@bethhendricks5567

4 ай бұрын

I totally feel this! 😂

@adamsanswers830

3 ай бұрын

I came out of Ross the other day, saw a dam helicopter 🚁

@JoyceJane-kg7fo

3 ай бұрын

What movie?

This song is AMAZING! Harry never got the recognition that he deserved. Just a very gifted singer AND songwriter.

@samreed9322

4 ай бұрын

Idk the beatles loved him and they are the most popular band that ever existed so I’d been happy with just that.

@johnnyp8979

3 ай бұрын

Don't know if NILSSON wanted all that notoriety, he was involved with alcoholic beverages, chemical mood adjusters, hanging out/destroying himself alongside John Lennon and doing other out of normal activities. Don't think he wanted too much spotlight and paparazzi, he enjoyed being alone with close buddies and not in magazines.

@marthahines1979

2 ай бұрын

I agree he was amazing but likely very depressed and destroyed himself, dying before his time. Had he lasted longer he might have gained more recognition. RIP Harry , you will long be remembered by many of us.

That BASS! The cat playin' that bass is NOT fuckin' around.

@jeffbogue3718

3 жыл бұрын

Herbie flowers seriously kicks ass on bass

@McDoinky

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated guy

@User-jk8wq

3 жыл бұрын

Herbie Flowers. Also played the legendary bass parts on Space Oddity and Walk on the Wild Side

@motor9oat9g64

3 жыл бұрын

He's a madman

@coreygolphenee9633

3 жыл бұрын

Its sooooo God damn dirty

ONE OF THE GREATEST BASSLINES AND ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUM SOLOS IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC

@jonathanbirch2022

8 ай бұрын

Drummer had a tragic end

@obiobiwan9268

8 ай бұрын

@@jonathanbirch2022 I remembered him from the Layla and other assorted love songs, but had no idea that his outcome was such. Truly tragic.

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

@@jonathanbirch2022What happened to him?

@tony0000

5 ай бұрын

The guitar works is also quite excellent.

@fnurgas5743

5 ай бұрын

Herbie Flowers session bassist was paid 12£ for his efforts here.

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Nathaniel Rateliff and the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra do a tribute to Nilsson. The orchestra just about blew the roof off of the concert hall playing this song. One of the most amazing things I've ever witnessed!

@kariqualters5908

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t be happier to hear that Harry is still being honored!!! 😊

@lesterdiamond6190

Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome. You know the musicians all knew about the song being in Goodfellas..... blasted it!

@ittybitty6474

Жыл бұрын

Jealous💕

@billsmith9711

Жыл бұрын

did you get it on video? would be fun to see it.

@user-ig1hs8nl3g

Жыл бұрын

Totally awesome Harry Nilsson he will never be forgotten

So sorry for the young today that they can never hear the brilliance of the 60s and 70s live

One of the most badass songs ever!! The bass groove and the drums alone are legendary. Harry's singing takes it all to the next level. Rock on good people!

I discovered this wonderful song while watching "GoodFellas" 🎸🥁🎤

@ElenaKato25or6to4

17 күн бұрын

I love Goodfellas ❤

Nilsson was pure gift from the gods, astonishing talent, thanks Harry.

@janeyd5280

9 күн бұрын

Love Harry 🙂

RIP Ray Liotta🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Why do so many rock stations today never play so many hits like this? Every song on this album Rocks!

@dueywag9056

11 ай бұрын

Because they still can't handle a 7 minute song!

@urpgag2

10 ай бұрын

because all the other UNimaginative crap is exposed lol

@Kelly-lc1nq

7 ай бұрын

I agree.

@miapretti

6 ай бұрын

Believing radio stations play good music is like believing Santa Claus is going to leave a new Harley under the tree

@johnnyp8979

3 ай бұрын

On the radio radio stations are for profit corporations and the boss makes more money selling two 2:58 minute songs than just one 6:23. Multiply by 24/7 x 30 days/12 months = mucho money 💰...!

that drum solo is criminally underrated

@tomloft2000

3 жыл бұрын

maybe that was a slip of the tongue,since the drummer was convicted of killing his mother.

@mrttripz3236

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomloft2000 he is also a diagnosed schizophrenic who got no professional help in his time. A great tragedy really

@erswnn

3 жыл бұрын

The lame use of "underrated" is well overrated.

@Yograce2

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrttripz3236 It was due to the caine. If it didn’t kill them by heart attack it fried their brain.

@jbarksdale4672

3 жыл бұрын

That bass

Nobody makes music like this anymore, great classic!

@klyvemurray

Жыл бұрын

I think that Harry was the ONLY one to make music like this. His broad range of styles were totally unique...My 37 year old son thinks Harry's "Coconut" is 'way cool' 😀

@ferdinandogallo1579

Жыл бұрын

Goodfellas

@tedcruzforgayrights2045

11 ай бұрын

You gotta look for it homie It’s out there

@beanpods

5 ай бұрын

Record companies don't sign talent anymore they sign autotune crap

After that drum solo, your brain is never the same! Such a mad, and brilliant song!

Good GOD I forgot how intense the bass riff was on this song....and the louder you play it the more pronounced is the brilliance of the riff... wow

@marthacilla

2 ай бұрын

It's fucking AWESOME!

Timeless. Could be a hit today.

@DrScott666

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like an indie rock tune that could be on WBRU or whatever the college indie rock station is in your town.

@ogrebattle22763

4 жыл бұрын

We could make each other happy.... : )

@richlafleur2266

4 жыл бұрын

great tune a timeless classic harry is a cool dude

@carolynzaremba5469

4 жыл бұрын

It IS.

@patrickmonahan2844

4 жыл бұрын

It’s is!!!!!!!

Pure genius. Horrifically underrated

After the Beatles broke up John Lennon said if you want to hear the Beatles, listen to ELO and Harry Nilsson. This song proves it and so does half the other songs on this album. Gone too soon... Boy I remember "Nilsson Schmilsson'!!!

Helicopter has been following me around all day

@RandallFlaggNY

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like a personal problem.

@derithross8314

3 ай бұрын

Not good

@OblioArrowgood

3 ай бұрын

That's a Good Fella....take pics!...lol

I play this in my car when I'm running errands.

@Andrea-ce1tg

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect

@daverosenberger4746

3 жыл бұрын

You really are a funny guy.

@jeffkasz2525

3 жыл бұрын

Goodfellas!🎶 🎥

@moorwatch9654

3 жыл бұрын

Snap

@loreneskidmore2591

3 жыл бұрын

You're a funny guy. My dad used to also but he just liked to embarrass us during the drum solo at the stop light lol.

Sent this to my Granddaughter she told me that she really likes music from back in the day. Be careful what you ask for. 🎶💥❤

This guy is so gifted and versatile. Only discovering Nilsson recently but I’m blown away by his eclectic songwriting ability and his incredibly versatile voice.

That is the coolest bass line I’ve ever heard

@theblakex

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to Primus

@elvisparker4691

3 жыл бұрын

Ohio - Pretenders Not even the best bassline in the Movie, Jack Bruce Psycho Killer, My Generation, Detroit Rock City, Sure Know Something, Never Break the Chain, Roundabout, I - Kiss, Crazy Little Thing Called Love ...

@jeswilde6188

2 жыл бұрын

welcome to the world ..go deeep down the raabbbiittt hole

@mikepastor.k6233

Жыл бұрын

Rock On from David Essex too. In fact they are similar

@stephencampbell2115

Жыл бұрын

Herbie Flowers who also played on Walk on the Wild side

60 years old and can still sing every word on this album

@rippi37

2 жыл бұрын

Me too Elizabeth....63 and still singing along , loudly xxx

@johnsarab4500

Жыл бұрын

Can't even hum todays pop when the song is 1 year old. Us Boomers were lucky as all f**K!

@rippi37

Жыл бұрын

@@johnsarab4500 I'm too young to be a 'boomer' , but yes , us oldies lived through the best music....60's -early 70's , even late 50's ....all very groovy

@richardhammond5008

Жыл бұрын

& 71 YEARS HERE !!! WHO THE F***ING HELL SAID " IF IT'S TOO LOUD , THEN YOUR TOO OLD " ?!!!!

@ammaleslie509

Жыл бұрын

same

I'd rate this in the top 20 best rock songs ever....what a fun work of art !!!

It is hard to convey the craziness of those times. One example might help. In 1972 I was substitute teaching in my small home town in Illinois, and at the high school one day this song was blasting through the school's sound system between classes. I loved the song, and it really spoke to the freedom that young people were feeling. Harry Nilsson made some great music, and this may have been his best.

@miketrower2009

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a lost weekend...

@kariqualters5908

Жыл бұрын

I am also from a little town in Illinois in the 70’s, Rantoul, home of Chanute Air Force Base, it was right next to Champaign-Urbana where the U of I is. 😊

@kariqualters5908

Жыл бұрын

@@miketrower2009 Love the reference to Lennon, he and Nilsson certainly made an interesting pair in those days!!! 😊

This is the perfect song to listen to on Sunday May 11, 1980 at 6:55 AM

@drewfullam8873

2 жыл бұрын

That was my 23rd birthday.

@ThePoliticrat

2 жыл бұрын

@@drewfullam8873 And the day the main character from Goodfellas was arrested (with this song playing as he’s being chased by the helicopter).

@pete3883

3 ай бұрын

Good date with a girl ?

@mollycastles

3 ай бұрын

Sounds damn good on March 16, 2924

@adavis3464

3 ай бұрын

That was my dad's 35th birthday! RIP pops, you were the greatest of them all.

Listening to this song, you can hear how fun the recording session must’ve been. Nilsson Schmilsson, one of the best albums ever, in my opinion.

@stevenwebb4493

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree! I bought this "album" (actually an 8-track cassette) just before leaving for my freshman year in college and the album turned into a classic. This song still makes me want to jump and my skin tingles with goose bumps. Love this long version, with the drum solo, the bass, ooops there goes the hair on my neck stand up! The long version is the only way to listen to this song.

@morrison1405

Жыл бұрын

Lots of coke in that studio

@charlesperry6093

Жыл бұрын

​@@morrison1405 booze

@roymeyer3004

Жыл бұрын

Did you know that those sessions was mostly just Harry since he played all of the instruments on those tracks. He was that brilliant he played drums, bass, guitar, piano, horns, reeds sang lead and backing vocals. Hard to believe his talent and skill.

Nilsson's best song. FIRST CLASS !

The part of the song from 0:00 to 7:03 is really good.

My favorite song to play in my head whenever I have to stand and wait in a line. Lots of people look at me bobbing my head and wonder what is going on. One time I was doing it and got the same results, except this one little boy started bobbing his head with me. I started singing the words and we both were bobbing harder. He motioned for his mom to come close to him and he whispered in her ear. She told me that he asked her if he could hug me. I picked him up, hugged him and told him to pick out something from the candy rack. He chose a Twix candy bar. Said it was his sister's favorite. I asked him what was his favorite. He pointed to a Hershey bar. I told him to grab 2 of them cuz that is my favorite also. Don't know if still remembers it, but I have never forgotten it. That is why I am always also smiling when others are wondering what is going with me....as we all wait in line.

@jonathanree4524

3 жыл бұрын

were you on cocaine at the time? seeing any helicopters?

@jameshadfield2658

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the uplift I was feel in kinda down. can ya get me a reese's

@stoneymcstonerson4504

3 жыл бұрын

cool bro

@haideebarker7797

3 жыл бұрын

Great story- thanks!!

@kingboagart899

3 жыл бұрын

Touching

Nilsson Schmilson is a perfect album. Man.

@groovyguru5314

7 жыл бұрын

Kaja Powers you got that right!!!

@mikepastor.k6233

6 жыл бұрын

It's like a poor man's White Album. And that's not an insult. He wanted to make his version of the genre hopping of that album.

@vinceryan6454

6 жыл бұрын

So is Son of Schmilson!

@stevedeace1447

5 жыл бұрын

Vince Ryan pussycats!!!

@LymanGreen

5 жыл бұрын

True words. I have a few "perfect albums" on my list and this is one. I have had this album in my life since it's release, it was part of the soundtrack of my very young childhood and on. There isn't a song on it that is not perfection.

For Ray Liotta. God speed.

The drummer is, was, Jimmy Gordon. His troubled spirit is now at rest. R.I.P. Jimmy, July 14, 1945 - March 13, 2023

Marty Scorcese has a knack for picking not only the perfect track for his scores but also where and what amount. He has the songs in his head as he imagines the scenes sometimes decades before he makes a film.

@SandyCheeks63564

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Agree completely. From Mott the Hoople to Ray Barretto!!!!

@zingzangspillip1

5 жыл бұрын

The thing I love about that sequence in Goodfellas is how Scorsese mirrors Henry's fractured state by switching randomly between all of those different songs.

@nellgwenn

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking today that Goodfellas and American Graffiti are similar in how the songs perfectly match the action.

@schizoidboy

4 жыл бұрын

Can't think of this song without thinking about that helicopter flying overhead. Can anyone?

@bundinyi

4 жыл бұрын

That time he spent working on "Woodstock" wasn't wasted.

I remember listening to this in a friends car in the early 70s on an quadrophonic 8 track tape system he had. It was a great mix that made it sound like the music was circling you. One of the few times I heard anything special out of quadrophonic recordings.

@jeffskinner4482

2 жыл бұрын

I might have been that friend

@brianstone8719

2 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆there's a group of words I never expected to hear in my lifetime..try quad Brain Salad Surgery on crossroads

@jeffskinner4482

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianstone8719 Keith Moon died Akron Ohio

@GrayRaceCat

2 жыл бұрын

Try Frankenstein- The Edgar Winter Group in quad, it spins around you too!

@brianstone8719

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrayRaceCat yeh yeh that's what happens I almost fell out of my chair when Toccata music raced around the room 😅 I fell into the table and hung on my buddy saw this and jumped up and pulled the tape (we always had a trip master for safety) 😅🤣🤣🤣

You can climb a mountain, you can swim the sea You can jump into the fire but you'll never be free You can shake me up or I can break you down Oh, oh We can make each other happy Oh, we can make each other happy We can make each other happy Oh, we can make each other happy You can climb a mountain, you can swim the sea You can jump into the fire but you'll never be free, no no You can shake me up or I can break you down Oh, oh We can make each other happy Oh, we can make each other happy Oh, we can make each other happy We can make each other happy, oh You can climb a mountain, you can swim the sea You can jump into the fire but you'll never be free, no no You can shake me up, I can break you down Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh We can make each other happy We can make each other happy We can make each other happy We can make each other happy Aah

@angelaandersons7918

8 ай бұрын

Huge gratitude! Yaaay! The lyrics! ❤

@geoffreylogsdon162

6 ай бұрын

I like that the subtext is by Harry repeating "We can make each other happy" is that he wants to believe it but knows it is not true. I have been stuck there with someone for 24 years.

It's 8.28pm 24th October 2023 just played one of my all time favourites (it's usually a Beatles tune) this time it's Harry Nilsson Jump into The Fire the most Brilliant piece of music in fact Nilsson Shmilsson just too good, can't say enough.

The bass. OMG.

@v-town1980

3 жыл бұрын

Right?! The way he eases up on the peg and brings it back...wow!

@feetfeetfun

3 жыл бұрын

I used to have one of those monster component stereos with a subwoofer back in the day. We would play this and crank it up and shake the whole house.

Jim Gordon did here what no other drummer could have. He brought his "A" game , as always. This was a wonderful period in Jim's career, and in spite of the tragic ending just about 10 years later, he must always be remembered for the totally unbelievable drumming he gave the world on so many, many recordings.

@jonwingate5535

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you from a Jim Gordon "student". Have wore tapes out playing to this guy..He needs to be acknowledged for his genius and allowed to age gracefully..im pretty sure he knows what he did..best wishes and prayers too him and his family..god bless

@equipmentmanagementservice2310

2 жыл бұрын

don't forget that he also played drums on Layla AND he wrote and played the piano portion of the same song. (his girlfriend made the claim that she actually wrote it, Jim stole it and added it to the song)

@RyGuy913

2 жыл бұрын

@@equipmentmanagementservice2310 Yes, indeed, Jim Gordon was a great, great drummer, who - in addition to lending his drumming to all the tracks on "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" - played on countless classic songs with other famous artists (everything from "Classical Gas" and "Different Drum" to "Marrakesh Express" and "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," just to name a few).

@RyGuy913

2 жыл бұрын

@@equipmentmanagementservice2310 Now, one note about that piano solo, to call her "his girlfriend" omits the fact that she was Rita Coolidge, a great musical artist in her own right.

@Offdrive3

2 жыл бұрын

🥁rock wizard with the mojo chops to move mountains. What a horribly sad outcome. Poor fella.

Back in the 1970s in Los Angeles when one evening word got around to "Jump Into the Fire", Ringo Starr told me that in his opinion, this particular song by H. Nilsson was "at least as good as anything we ever recorded with the Beatles." Now, that's saying quite a lot...

@jobrownfield4515

Жыл бұрын

5:51 beatles talked up harry nilsson when they hit the states b/c he was their fave american artist

One of the best basslines in rock history

@garyrasberryjr.552

Жыл бұрын

Herbie Flowers (who also played both standup and electric bass to get the groove on Lou Reed's 'Walk On The Wild Side') did the bass work on this tune. Klaus Voorman (bassist for Manfred Mann and later the Plastic Ono Band) actually played rhythm guitar on this track.

Gotta love a man in his bathrobe holding a hash pipe. Should be in top ten album covers. Rock on Harry!

@randallreed9048

2 жыл бұрын

I remember buying the vinyl album and being shocked by the cover photo. Harry just looked BAD. The when I listened to the songs, I knew something has changed.

@rippi37

2 жыл бұрын

G'zzzz ...I had this album till it died...lol , and never did I notice the hash pipe... love hash , but I never noticed the pipe.....my bad ! Definitely Rock on Harry !

@nickhill8612

2 жыл бұрын

@@rippi37 Wow same I never noticed it either.

@mokelly56

Жыл бұрын

i want the pipe and the hash LOL

@rippi37

Жыл бұрын

@@mokelly56 Yep , me too Michael :)

RIP Ray Liotta

So 180 degrees from the usual Harry Nilsson music.He was a great singer & songwriter.Rest in Peace, Harry.

Surprisingly heavy for a Nilsson song.

Harry Nilsson did it all on this song 🎵 The drums 🥁 keyboards guitar 🎸 wrote it and sang it.He even had time to Stir The Sauce too!🤑

@j.p.wagner6461

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, sauce needs to be stirred. Did you stir the sauce ???

@willvicscar5910

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.p.wagner6461 😂😂😂

@axo9

2 жыл бұрын

Don't yeah, yeah yeah me Louis

@adamsanswers830

2 жыл бұрын

And what does she do? She picks up the phone and makes a call....

@nomoremister

2 жыл бұрын

I'm reading the credits on the album's Wikipedia page and it looks as if Harry played electric piano. Jim Webb played acoustic piano, Jim Gordon played drums and percussion, Herbie Flowers played bass, guitars were played by John Uribe, Chris Spedding, and Klaus Voormann.

The use of this in Goodfellas was inspired. I felt the tension, panic, and action in my soul along with Henry Hill during those scenes. I am in my mid-fifties and I am just now starting to learn about Nilsson after watching the documentary Nilsson: Everybody's Talking 'Bout Me. Until I saw that, I never knew this was a Nilsson song!

@colleenknapp8626

2 жыл бұрын

This is the version they should have played on the radio; brilliant, Harry! 🤩

@bryanlongshore6198

Жыл бұрын

The only reason people know about this song is good fellows....except for the baby boomers who remember it...

From the echoing of his voice to the bass to the drums! Be still my heart 💖💛💖My favorite!

@andyl0261

Жыл бұрын

I love a lady that gets rock music!

@Kelly-lc1nq

7 ай бұрын

Me too

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

For SURE, tis great 👍

When I entered my teens, I had a paper route so I was making a little money. Back then, you could buy an album for 5 bucks. It was time for me to start amassing the huge collection I had by the time I hit my 20s. This was the first album I bought!

@scottharriman532

5 ай бұрын

good choice!

Greatness of this song brought me here.

@raymonddobos8896

5 жыл бұрын

also worked at Cincy Library..

@thomasbaldyga

5 жыл бұрын

Russ Eichorn one of the most underrated musicians of all time.

@SandyCheeks63564

5 жыл бұрын

How many people only know of Dick Dale from Pulp Fiction. It's kind of annoying they don't delve any deeper in both cases. They are missing out on so much.

@bigpaulie806

5 жыл бұрын

☺️

Rock In Peace Jim Gordon. Your drumming on this tune was spectacular! 🪘

@JohnSmith-mx8wp

Жыл бұрын

He also contributed near-perfect work on Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" ... and many many many others. I just found out he passed a couple weeks ago. What a career, but what a sad tale as well. RIP en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)

@mr.krinkle952

Жыл бұрын

​@@JohnSmith-mx8wp hes done so much in his career. Sad that his mental health only spiraled downward.

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

Love the drumming here! Thanks for naming him 😉

THAT VOICE! Insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forgotten monster of a song! If I had big subwoofers in my vehicles, I'd blast every morning going into work. Gordon was killer on drums.

@virginiatressider5753

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunate choice of phrase for an actual murderer.

Harry Nilsson was so talented. gone way too soon.

@JohnSmith-kz8yo

4 жыл бұрын

Dude was a hard core alcoholic...

@holmeed

4 жыл бұрын

5 packs a day will do that

@kevinsnodgrass6222

4 жыл бұрын

Was it a heart attack?

@stephenlally6009

4 жыл бұрын

I'd rather be dead than wet my bed - Son of Schmilsson

@v-town1980

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-kz8yo So are useless gits who contributed nothing. Fair trade.

This song is timeless. The drum solo is amazing......

@donaldmoore9306

2 жыл бұрын

Very amazing and it’s one of my favorite. How are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe out there?

@rudyufo6908

2 жыл бұрын

Its Ringo Starr on the drums !

@jamesekholdt4623

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, when the Bass kicks in, I'm Jamming.

@prudenceappleby5111

Жыл бұрын

Drum solo was sampled for The Orb's 'Little Fluffy Clouds' !

@stephencampbell2115

Жыл бұрын

@@rudyufo6908 no it's Jim Gordon

That bass tho. Totally thrashed the instrument to pull that growl out. And jaw dropping drums. And then the cherry Nilsson. OMGosh!!!!!

I was at the Levi's store last night and this song came on. A very fitting song for the store. I Shazamed it and it was a guy I never heard of before. I was shocked to see that this song came out in 1971. It sounds like the song was just made. That's when you now it's a classic.

@eddygsmusicworld1708

Жыл бұрын

he was buddies with Lennon too

That’s gotta be one of the best drum solos I’ve ever heard.

@jeffgrant4168

3 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of John Bonham?

@carolynzaremba5469

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffgrant4168 Yes.

@johnsimpson5406

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, a great solo, and yes Bonham was a great drummer but so was Neil Peart RIP, and Keith Moon RIP, as were Gene Krupa, and Buddy Rich. All great artists with each having unforgettable solo performances in their times respectively. The Righteous Brothers said it best "If there's a rock and roll heaven then you know they have a hell of a band".

@mixaliskokkinos1496

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffgrant4168 He said "one" of the best,not all.What is that you don't understand.Cool man!Greetings from Greece-Ελλαδα Μιχαλης Κοκκινος

@marshalldevinejr.8078

2 жыл бұрын

@@mixaliskokkinos1496 thank you, bro.

"We can make each other happy" is just the best romantic line, so simple and real.

This is the song that sent my Mom charging down the hall to burst into my room screaming to turn that 'noise' off!!! LOL - the best drum solo ever!!!

I am 67 years old and I have to believe there are songs like this being produced today. The music industry is brutal in its treatment of new artists.

One of the best bass lines of all time. Feel it in your blood.

@jeffpeterson3263

10 ай бұрын

I used to crank the bass knob and blow out matches from my speaker's woofer...Good times!

I honestly believe that every song this incredible artist has done still hits as hard as when they were first recorded.

@laurachandler1871

2 жыл бұрын

Well they are all hits to me. Love Harry

@johnbruno7614

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurachandler1871 Yes I agree with you Laura everything that this artist done definitely would have been hits today. 👍💓😊

@cattysplat

2 жыл бұрын

Way way ahead of his time.

@johnbruno7614

2 жыл бұрын

@@cattysplat Yes he was. 👍💓😊

@grecorobert97

2 жыл бұрын

We have to put these songs out and get the kids to think that their brand new somehow.

the man was a force of nature

YAY… FABULOUS SONG from my junior year in HS (1972)! Jump into the 🔥 Love you Harry… take care of Johnny 💔🥀🕊

How about a little love for Herbie Flowers massive bass line? He also did the bass for Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.” Plus the great drums by the tragic Jim Gordon.

@krisscanlon4051

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed got a double session fee from Reed due to suggesting acoustic and electric bass to thicken the sound...brilliant

@jmontigny7367

2 жыл бұрын

Those bass runs are the finest I've heard. The entire piece is so tight. That was the beauty of the time - you had to be that good. We were raised on the finest music made - it was fresh, new and never before heard. It's why groups of the past thirty years have been sampling the music of my generation - they need that injection of authenticity. Nilsson didn't. He was the authentic one, along with everyone in his band.

@jacquesstrapp3219

2 жыл бұрын

Top notch bass line.

@rjcushey1

2 жыл бұрын

That bass was so low it was underground!!!

@blueschewy2558

2 жыл бұрын

@@rjcushey1 And not the velvet variety either.

I'm 73 and still love the music of that era. What a different world today. Two generations of ill-prepared parents raising their children like dandelion weeds. "Whatever, da da da."

@trevorjennings72

5 ай бұрын

Hello Kitty, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??

I started listening to Nilsson after I saw the Point on the tv in the early 70s

WoW is all I can say right now! This song is AMAZING and how did I miss this?! Gordon's drum solo is perfection and after hearing of Gordon's death today I looked at some of the many various bands and musicians he played studio drums on and found this gem. 🥁RIP Nillsen & Gordon

@andybetz.9978

Жыл бұрын

Hi Carol

@peterburke3035

Жыл бұрын

Jim Gordon was a human metronome. Incredible.

@Paldasan

Жыл бұрын

Oh geez. I only looked up his parole status a few months ago (to see if he was still alive).

Put this song on while driving this morning and a helicopter started following me...

@jailbreakoverlander

3 жыл бұрын

nice

@mwk227

3 жыл бұрын

LOL....You win the internet today!

@ferret495

3 жыл бұрын

Lol 😁

@eddellinger1780

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@kamakirinoko

3 жыл бұрын

OH YEAH! That's where I've heard this! Good old Marty, he really picked 'em. Even though his use of the Stones annoyed the fuck out of me, him using Donovan and a couple of other choices were great. But thanks for reminding me where I had heard this! Good one.

May 11, 1980 at 6:55AM never forget that.

@quarrenguy7070

Жыл бұрын

How could that ever happen?

I am currently running errands while cranking this song. I think it’s appropriate…

Rest In Peace ray liotta a really goodfella

IT NEVER GETS OLD !

Why do I see a helicopter every time that I hear this song?

@Nickyeyes

23 күн бұрын

Everything. Everything gonna be alright this morning.

@flintsky7706

12 күн бұрын

Lay off the drugs Henry *slap*

"Don't forget to stir the sauce!"

one of the few songs that immediately grabs you and you go, wow, what a great tune!

Killer bass line! One of Nilssons' very best later works.

@brubbing1

6 жыл бұрын

I think the bass player is Herbie Flowers. He's still alive, if someone else already said this, sorry.

@JohnSmith-kz8yo

5 жыл бұрын

@@brubbing1 Same bassist that played on Walk on the Wild Side...

@brubbing1

5 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-kz8yo thanks.

@cbennett196631

4 жыл бұрын

John Smith and?

@awesomefanger

4 жыл бұрын

Flowers was also on Bowie’s “space oddity”

Harry , and his lime and coconut still kicks ass !!

Jim Gordon must have had a super metronome in his head to play the beat in this song. His drumming raises the level and makes this track the amazing work that it is. Love it.❤

This is one of the best albums ever.

This is a song I took for granted when I was younger..Man, what a fine song!

One of the best songs from the 70s. I still scream the lyrics and crazy dance. Love that bass. This would have been an insanely good video.

@andybetz.9978

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mary

@diannawhitten5614

11 ай бұрын

So do I ❣️

I was gonna be busy all day. I had to drop off some guns at Jimmy's to match some silencers he had gotten. I had to pick up my brother at the hospital and drive him back to the house for dinner that night. And then I had to pick up some new Pittsburgh stuff for Lois to fly down to some customers I had near Atlanta. Right away I knew he didn't want them. I knew I was gonna get stuck for the money and I only bought the damn guns because he wanted them and now he didn't want them. I didn't say a thing. Jimmy was so pissed off he didn't even say goodbye. Now I knew my Pittsburgh guys always wanted guns and since I was gonna see them later in the afternoon to pick up a delivery, I was pretty sure I'd get my money back.

@thebasedgodmax1163

5 жыл бұрын

i swear that helicopter’s been following me all day

@danielfox3276

5 жыл бұрын

@@thebasedgodmax1163 you wanna see helicopters wrrruuuppppppppppp

@DaveBare

5 жыл бұрын

I don't fly without my lucky hat.

@chrisbacos

5 жыл бұрын

For a second I thought I was dead, but when I heard all the noise I knew they were cops. Only cops talk that way. If they had been wiseguys I wouldn't have heard a thing. I'd have been dead.

@jacobpitsenbarger4763

5 жыл бұрын

Just another schnook.

Believe me, THIS is the medicine, this is the drug that's needed when your day has already gotten off to a bad start and you've had one irritation after another ...this will make it all better... and make it keep getting better and better each time you hear it. Thank you Harry Nilsson for being YEARS AHEAD of YOUR TIME with this song.

@jackwalsh26

4 жыл бұрын

IBM got me listening to this song. Forgot about it.

@kurtgeorge5022

4 жыл бұрын

Fucking aye!

@tuck6464

4 жыл бұрын

@Steve Sancho Steve, who ever told you that was Cocaine, I'm sorry, but they lied to you. Funny story , but you must have mixed it with something else, Cocaine itself, wouldn't leave you like that. Or is that a Jamie Foxx or Tim Meadows story?

@tuck6464

4 жыл бұрын

@Steve Sancho I'm pretty sure gardensofthegods meant the song, is the drug,not the substance Henry/Ray was inhaling in the scene.

@Contact_Info

3 жыл бұрын

@Steve Sancho I think you were smoking LSD or something.

Loved the Ray Liotta scene in good fellas with that bad ass motor city steel he was driving in

One of the first albums I ever owned, in about 1971. Man that floods back some memories. That drum solo and bass line. Played on mom and dads magnavox hifi would have the house shaking.

@rippi37

2 жыл бұрын

Cool !!!

@paulk8io445

11 ай бұрын

@@user-se5pn6uj6f yes you are right, my mistake. I could have swore it farther back than that. But then things get fuzzy that long ago. For many reasons.

@marylhere

9 ай бұрын

Our little clique of the cool kids on the playground could lap drum this song till our legs were raw…I was twelve that summer…not quite a teen yet. Recently bought a turntable at a garage sale (20 years ago) because I found a vynal copy of this album….went to the next garage sale and found the cassette. Could play it in my Dodge Shadow…have you ever heard Nilsson sings Newman? Joy. Pure joy.

Harry Nilsson was a visionary, way ahead of his time. My first Nilsson album was Son of Schilsson, and built a collection from there. I first heard his music in about 1979 and have loved it ever since. He is still sorely missed.

Gone since today in 94'...and I still miss the genius of Harry Nilsson!!!

@karensnider1988

5 жыл бұрын

Keep him here!!!

@user-rj2os4pi4v

5 жыл бұрын

yee

PUNK BEFORE PUNK ! I hear so many influences oozing out of this song ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐