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| From | Joe Field <joe@flyingcolorscomics.com> |
| Subject | Re: Nilsson... |
| Date | Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:19:58 -0700 |
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Nilsson is near the top of my pop pantheon.
A beautiful voice in those early years that became a character voice
after the booze and drugs cost him the upper range. A great sense of
humor in his lyrics with an underlying sense of melancholy. A chameleon,
too, in that he started with Spector-ish pop, moved to Beatle-esque pop
and rock, veered over to standards (one of the early "rock stars" to
remember the great songwriters of the early 20th century), to orchestral
pop... he could do it all. Truly one of the most under-appreciated
talents of the last 40 years. Ironic that his biggest hits were written
by others, the biggest hit of a Nilsson-penned song was a cover by Three
Dog Night, and that one of his most popular albums featured only Randy
Newman compositions.
I mourned for a long time when Harry passed away. I was thrilled years
later to meet his son Zak, find out that Zak was a comics' fan and then
help him find some of his long lost favorite comics after that.
I'm sure Bob Segarini could chime in with some Harry stories, since
Nilsson wrote "One" on the Segarini family piano in Stockton CA.
Joe Field
http://FlyingColorsComics.com
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