Bride Wars Nilsson s recording

Bride Wars

Nilsson s recording contract was picked up by Tower Records, which in 1966 released the first singles actually credited to him by name, as well as the debut album Spotlight on Nilsson. None of Nilsson s Tower releases charted or gained much critical attention, although his songs were being recorded by Glen Campbell, Fred Astaire, The Shangri-Las, The Yardbirds, and others. Despite his growing success, Nilsson remained on the night shift at the bank. Nilsson signed with RCA Victor in 1966 and released an album the following year, Pandemonium Shadow Show, which was a critical if not commercial success. Music industry insiders were impressed both with the songwriting and with Nilsson s pure-toned, multi-octave vocals. One such insider was Beatles press officer Derek Taylor, who bought an entire box of copies of the album to share this new sound with others. With a major-label release, and continued songwriting success most notably with The Monkees, who had a hit with Nilsson s Cuddly Toy after meeting him through their producer Chip Douglas, Nilsson finally felt secure enough in the music Bride Wars to quit his job with the bank. Monkees member Micky Dolenz maintained a close friendship until Nilsson s death in 1 Some of the albums from Derek Taylor s box eventually ended up with the Beatles themselves, who quickly became Nilsson fans. This may have been helped by the track You Can t Do That, in which Nilsson covered one Beatles song but added 22 others in the multi-tracked background vocals. When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference in 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps, John was asked to name his favorite American artist. He replied, Nilsson. Paul was then asked to name his favorite American group. He replied, Nilsson. He started hanging out with the Beatles, more specifically, John Lennon. After the huge success of his album, Nilsson Schmilsson, he started really abusing cigarettes, alcohol and drugs. His voice started to decline, he was difficult to work with in the studio, and eventually his record company bought his contract out. Nilsson suffered a massive heart attack in 1 After surviving that, he began pressing his old label, RCA, to release a boxed-set retrospective of his career, and resumed recording, attempting to complete one final album. He finished the vocal tracks for the album with producer Mark Hudson, who still retains the tapes of that session. On January 15, 1994, Nilsson died of heart failure in his Agoura Hills, California home. According to his wife, they had been watching Enchanted April, and the last thing he told her before she fell asleep was, I love you so much. During Nilsson s funeral on January 17, aftershocks from the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake were felt. For a real good documentary on Harry Nilsson, I would recommend watching the movie, Who is Harry Nilsson? And Why Is Everybody Talkin About Him The third single from his 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson it features three distinct characters the narrator, the sister, and the doctor all sung in different voices by Nilsson. Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime. She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache? I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache? Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up Put the lime in the coconut, you called your doctor, woke him up, And say, Doctor, ain t there nothing I can take, I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache? I say, Doctor, doctor, ain t there nothin I can take, I say, Doctor, dooooctor, to relieve this belly ache? Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together, Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better, Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up, Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime His sister had Bride Wars one, she paid it for a lime. She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up, She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache? I say Doctor! let me get this straight. You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up, You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up, You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up, Put the lime in the coconut, you such a silly woman!, Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together, Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better. Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both down Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning Woo Woo, ain t there nothin you can take, I say Woo Woo, to relieve my belly ache, You say woo woo ain t there nothin I can take, I say Woo woo, to relieve your belly ache, You say yah yah, ain t there nothin I can take, I say Waah waah, to relieve this belly ache, I say Doctor!, you such a silly woman!, Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together, Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better, Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up, Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the moooooorning, Yes, you call me in the morning, If you call me in the morning, then Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author, poet, and disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan s most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as Blowin in the Wind and The Times They Are a-Changin, became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements. Dylan s early lyrics incorporated politics, social commentary, philosophy and literary influences, defying existing pop music conventions and appealing widely to the counterculture. While expanding and personalizing musical styles, he has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of American song, from folk and country/blues to gospel, rock and roll and rockabilly, to English, Scottish and Irish folk music, and even jazz and swing. Tomorrow Is a Long Time is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan. Dylan s version first appeared on the Bob Dylan s Greatest Hits Volume II compilation, released in 1 It was subsequently included in the extremely rare triple LP compilation, Masterpieces. Dylan s officially released version of the song is a live recording from his April 12, 1963, concert at New York s Town Hall. He had originally recorded the song in December 1962 as a demo for M. Witmark Sons, his publishing company. Long available as a bootleg, this recording was released by Columbia in 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1 A studio version of the song, an outtake from the June 1970 sessions for New Morning, has also been bootlegged.