Who is Harry Nillson

Hey Marty, what did mom think of Harry's followup album and especially "Your Breakin My Heart." My mom told me to "turn that off."

Timrhu,

"Turn that off" or "Turn that down" was like a mantra in my home. Applied to pretty much everything other than "Without You". I also recall my dad hearing "Roxanne" and saying "You're kidding, right? He gets paid for that?".

Now, as the karma wheel turns, I get to listen to my daughter and her 7 year old friends groove incessantly on Katy Perry. What goes around....

DonJr-sincere, very very sincere, thank you for making me aware of this movie. I just sat here and watched it. I am touched, moved, saddened, in awe, so many emotions. Thank you much-richard

Yes, thanks for starting this thread. I havent watched it yet, but I bought it for my wife to give to me for Christmas. She's so thoughtful!

You're welcome. It sounds like it brought out the same emotions for you that it did for me and many others.

Winoguy, yes your wife is very thoughtful and that's a great idea. I might do the same thing with some music.

just saw this documentary and was inspired to check out his recorded work. always thought nillson was to soft/aor to garner my interest, but on more critical listening have concluded that he really was a melodic genius and arguably the best white singer of his era. someone in the film that he influenced the beatles as much as they influenced him, and that may be correct--mccartney's solo work in particualr sounds sounds very heavily indebted to him.
on a largely unrelated note, check out "last days here", a documentary about the drug-crazed lead singer of the obscure (but actually outstanding) heavy metal band pentagram. interesting and weird, with a surprisingly happy ending.