Harry Nilsson Gotta Get Up

[stramtogfattig]

Wow I'm so hooked on nilsson, he's just too great

[cyclingken]

how 'bout posting " Driving Along "

[blizrfiz]

i hum this song to myself every time i wake up at 5 AM

[sidDkid87]

Anyone else think that Billy Joel sounds like Harry Nilsson?

[mironpa90]

You take Paul's innate gift for melody, combine it with John's inner pain, and what do you get? Schmilsson. So glad I found this guy.

[gonzoredux]

@mironpa90 well put!

[Level9Lime]

Does everyone know Bell Canada funneled money to the Nazis during WW2?

[mmars412]

6 people don't have to get up

[mmars412]

found this album digging through my dad's old LP's. one of my favorites!

[pscottbland8]

Quite Beatlesque even at the very end--a nod to the orchestral crescendo sections of A Day In The Life. Nilson was one of the greats!!

[pausebeforeviewtube]

Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays

[tamcon72]

@pausebeforeviewtube

Remarkable how perfect this song is as the theme for that show!

[pausebeforeviewtube]

@tamcon72 Yes, I agree. It's the perfect pairing. I can't wait for season 2. That is, if there is one.

[tamcon72]

@pausebeforeviewtube

There will be one, there WILL be, there must be! Believe :)

[1morehouse4me]

Great tune to put on when some household members can't or won't get up. Wakes them up with a nice scowl! LOL

[colorblind68]

@1morehouse4me LOLOL! I'm blasting it right now to wake up my teenage sons! LOLOLOLOL!

[1morehouse4me]

@colorblind68 Yeah, my older brother had the Nilson Schmilson album, and would play this when we refused to get out of bed MANY years ago.. :) At the time, I wanted to smash the record over his dresser! lol

[otochari]

"he would come to town and pound her for a couple a days" Heh, surprising he got away with that one in 1971. Great tune.

[hoot6theyre]

great pop you got

[tyleryesta1]

ah Harry Nilson king of abstract pop. one of the main influences of the beatles.

[squeak1964]

Remember when-----------

[tyleryesta1]

The fifth Beatle.

[SeniorSmurf1]

haha, i should set this as my alarm song

[lennon911]

Gotta love Harry, great song and album.

[KevinTheKennedy]

THANK YOU MR NILSSON!!  IM PASSING YOU ON aND aROUND TO EVERYONE I KNOW,

[robinh8r]

one of his better songs. He was a great songwriter. But I always felt this was a complete rip-off of McCartney at the time.

[greasepuddle1]

@robinh8r yeah, probably influenced by McCartney, but he makes it all his own. The same way "Turn on Your Radio" is partly lifted from "Blackbird," but it's a very subtle influence.

[tyleryesta1]

I little bit. But you gotta remember the Beatles is all he listen to back then.

[MathieuBauerTV]

He really looks like Elliott Smith in that first pic.

[ColdOasisU2]

perfect song for startinga new day froma a mesmerizing album

[dmilla38]

I had 2 listen 2 this 4 1 week :O

[Levelride311]

Elliott Smith looks just like him at points, especially on the xo album

[landlord39douglas]

what a great story-teller...so many superb songs....now wonder he was john lennon's good friend and favorite songwriter.

[kgscorpio1374]

everton1941, i too listened to harry as a youngster, born 1974. i would like to thank my dad for exposing me to all kinds of music. keep up the great songs. r.i.p.-harry, miss your music

[rockawilliams2]

one of the great songs on possably my favourite album of all time nilson smilson they just dont make music like that anymore god bless u harry nilson 4 this great music R.I.P

[gollyanamegame]

I remember wearing it out on 8 track...what a voice

[MEPublishing]

We had wild times together, too much. But I once sang a duet with him in his closet studio in Bel Air. I loved Harry I love the song he wrote for my movie.

[1025susie]

Thank u! Wow.... an awesomest song! u have not ideas what it meant

[beatlespaz]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!

[CusterFlux]

That song said more in 2 minutes than most albums say in an hour.

[rightsaiddread]

If you don't dig Harry, you're quite odd and I pray for your soul.

[everton1941]

100,000 views! Thanks, everyone!

[mandatruco]

@everton1941 Thanks to Harry!

[mandatruco]

@everton1941 and you of course!

[otochari]

@everton1941 I think at least 500 are from me. Can't get enough of this tune!

[DJTinted]

Support the artists! Have a good time!

[movadoband]

I was still an innocent child, good memories.

[272LBCRT25]

a pounding is referring to the 'wild thing'. Where do you people come up with abuse? Listen to the song, the rest of the lyrics and the cheerfullness. Geeeez.....

[j4unumber1]

Harry Nilsson was and is an extremely underrated musician! That's a shame...

[elmograndma]

im 28 born 30 years late always felt that way so do my parents.

[finalfantasy67]

Asher Roth !

[thatsoundsdelicious]

Yeah, the "pound her" line is referring to sex, not abuse. We're talking about sailor, here!!

[blizrfiz]

I think about this song every time i wake up at 5 AM XD

[estantodospillaosok]

"A GOOD YEAR" BSO

[MultiEvertonsantos]

muito da hora essa musica valeu evertonn

de: evertonn kkkkkkkkk

[beatlesnut007]

can you put a video up for his b - side hit "DOWN" thanks :)

[everton1941]

@RollingTires Hahahahaha. Fantastic! Yeah, I kinda always thought that, too. Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. I still so love listening to this first thing in the morning.

[EwaldK]

I remember this was the flip side of 'Without You', the very first single I bought. Such a great song!

[telecasterhst69]

Does Billy Joel send money to Harry's estate?

[KaraokeSC]

surferbeto and Level9Lime have listened carefully and have it right. "Pound it" refers to fun sex, not physical abuse.

I'm way old enough to know that "pound it" is yet another way to say "having sex" without using the then censored words which were not allowed in radio songs.

" . . pound it for a couple of days . . " is an old slang reference to having sex, and lots of it.

I think he is singing about wanting simpler times without high performance pressure.

[foldoun]

Wow, Asher Roth's mixtape used this recently - He really changes the whole feel of this song.

[terrapinjeff]

Apparently RJAY669 has never heard the old line about sailors having ladies in every port. Don't try to politicize a song you didn't write as a cheap excuse to knock the country that saved a world at war twice. I'm a Canadian writing this, so don't chalk it up to Yankee flag waving, I've just picked up a few more books than you I'll bet.

[RJAY669]

love it. its a wake me up song. the sailor pounding some chick is NORMAL ! US military = 200% more likley to rape and pillage

[surferbeto]

@everton1941:

That line is clearly about sex, not beating someone up. He sings, "He'd come to town and you would pound him for a couple of days. And then he' sail across the bubbly waves. But those were happier days..."She's pounding him- not the other way around. And those were happy days.

I was a kid when my dad got this album. I st6ill remember it well. Great song.

[Ulfar22]

Thanks, mate.

Any chance of putting up 'I'll Never Leave You"?

[tbizone2002]

i can't stop playing this song. Nothings perfect but this song is damn close! It'd be interesting a lil' slowed down...

[sort0008]

I listen to this song whenever I need to motivate myself! Perfect song!

[lionelneuftrois]

Une des musiques du film Bonne Année de Ridley Scott avec Russel Crow

[oOJustmeOo]

Love this song.



[phishbeat]

I am 37 and had the chance to see Harry since a few songs at Beatlefest in 1990...didn't realize how lucky I was at the time. He's the best!

[BrandtArt66]

I thoroughly enjoyed the Nilsson documentary. Somehow Harry slipped through the cracks of my musical upbringing; though I knew he was a Ringo/Keith Moon party bro. So many songs I had no idea that he'd written and performed. Better than the people who took his tunes and ran with them. The moment Nilsson did Cuddly Toy (The Monkees did this one) in the film I was hooked...instant fan.

[BetsyBarta90]

The Harry Nilsson documentary is on Netflix Instant View!

[micks3]

@BetsyBarta90 - And it is excellent. A must watch for any, even casual, fan.

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

"This" is how music should be now today !! We need a Harry Nilsson now and less Rap and Screamo !! Please properly educate your children out there and get them listening to music from 1968 to 1971 now NOW !! Our Earth badly needs it !!

[broodyart]

Back in those days, v.d. could be gone w/ a shot in the butt. Girlfriends "f-buddys" were common, a couple girlfriends, all was cool, free...Not this poli-correct crap. There were better morals overall, mutual respect. Abuse?? Only consented by each other for fun! I don't remember perversion bieng so rampent back then. Just alot of fun.

[ViperXXXXXXX]

@broodyart - Maybe I'm an exception but I think even in those days, if I was sleeping with someone who ended up fucking someone else I'd still go insane.

[Greggo2]

I've just recently gotten into Harry Nilsson. Being a fanboy at 37 is a sensation I haven't felt in decades. His music's fantastic.

[sosome57]

Interesting conversation about the pounding line. Doesn't seem to be an end to it. I prefer to think of it as sexual (much nicer than violence). However, in the 60s and 70s to pound someone was to beat them up. I know, I was there and used that phrase many times. I don't recall the sexual use of pound until the 80s. But then that was many moons and many bottles of vodka past so I'm sure I have forgotten many references. And that's my two bits on the issue. I like the concertina.

[Pedrofelix59]

la cara B de mi primer single tenia 15 años

[Pedrofelix59]

gracias

[everton1941]

@JenniferJuniper- yes, that's exactly how I have always interpreted that somewhat contentious line- that he was referring to a 'sexual' pounding that was entered into by mutual consent. I doubt (and strongly hope as much) that Harry was making light of domestic abuse (although that subject matter was hardly as newsworthy in the early-70's as it is now). One thing for sure, however, is that we are talking about my favorite line in the song.......and one of my all-time favorite Harry moments.

[Level9Lime]

@everton1941 The fact he ends the verse with 'Those were happier days', and that it's told from the woman's point of view (implying the 'happier days' were hers), makes me doubt highly it's about domestic abuse.

[briandelion49]

Billy Joel must have been greatly influenced by Harry. This song could have easily been on Sgt. Pepper. Amazing voice with incredilbe range! Check out his demo version of "Without You" for some true raw emotion.

[everton1941]

Hey people, I noticed that the Nilsson documentary is being released in the US sometime in September. Well, awwright!

[thatsoundsdelicious]

@everton1941

I've been waiting forever to see it. October 26th is the release apparently.

[brunosis]

@everton1941 They've been saying that forever! If it's true then hopefully it makes it across to the UK very soon. And yeah, awwright!

[everton1941]

@brunosis No, seriously. It's listed on IMDB. Which, come to think about it, doesn't really mean much. Frankly, i'm surprised that this sort of thing didn't come out in the UK long before North America.

[musicmann1967]

@everton1941 YEah man.. Saw it twice actually!!! Really good, (and sad.)

[giorgosdimitriadis]

I love the lyrics...Harry Nilsson had THE VOICE....

[XxLupinThe3rdxX]

my 6th grade teacher will play this in class and this song will get stuck in my head. Great song and good memorizes

[Nanetteothenight]

Yeah, the panic as the alarm bell rings. Agh, Harry, EVERY morning.

I'm off out to dance until a quarter to ten!

[misspetedoherty]

I'm discovering this Harry Nilsson guy thru Midnight Cowboy and I'm just amazed !!!

[mrhipsterdoofus]

Start your day with this and Tom Waits 'Get Behind the Mule' and you cant go wrong

[1krazy10ma]

I use to get up every morning to this song....love it!

[everton1941]

I'm really happy to hear that. Yeah, I was surprised to hear GGU in A Good Year. If memory serves not only was it a version I hadn't heard before but there were also two other Nilsson tunes in the film. It's common to hear Jump Into The Fire on a soundtrack (notably in Goodfellas) but i've never heard GGU in a film before. An all-time fave, i'll bet i've played this a few thousand times. Never even hints at losing its freshness.

[EvilSpannerable]

I heard this in the film a good year. I kept typing in "gotta get up" but no luck. Ive looked for this song for ages, you have no idea how chuffed i am to have found this!!

[sfwaller]

a genius we won't see again due to idiots with tech-tools

[geojoey15]

...and even if we could, how many can do that... "thing" with their voice?

[sosome57]

I love the accordian or concertina or whatever that instrument is in the background. You can really hear it in verse about getting pounded by the sailor in happier days. Anyone know what the instrument is for sure?

[katelaity]

Concertina indeed.

[susiecollins1959]

You know until you said that, I had never ever heard that instrument in the background! Oh yeah I heard the version. At 14 I am glad I didn't cause this song got me up and out! But then at that age I wouldn't had known what it meant. LOL

[a4d2d0]

ahh yeeeaaahhh..... my dad used to listen to this when i was younger and i hated it. now im 18 and i loove it!

[susiecollins1959]

Things mean a difference at ages and really mean alot if you are not a snooty person. Means you are open minded and grown up! Means you are a cool person; a person of Heart.

[everton1941]

@a4d2d0 ; That's awesome! Hope for youth yet!

[markpolandski]

finally someone has the decency to put this song on youtube.

[everton1941]

@markpolandski :thank-you!

[IDLERACER]

The naughty line at 1:40 always makes me chuckle.

[apeshitdig]

The funny thing is, it has a double meaning. Drunken sailors are notorious for beating their wives. I always took it as a sexual pounding though.

[everton1941]

@apeshitdig Oh I sure as hell hope it was a sexual pounding.

[jenniferjuniper97]

@everton1941 The context is "those were the fun days". So he must have been referring to a sexual pounding. The tern "beating" is most often used in the domestic violence context. Love his songs. Go Nilsson!

[Opalwitley]

Good ol' Aunt Priscilla bought me this 45 when I was 13... may she rest in peace up there on Hospital Hill......

[deltagraph]

im still running late even though i stayed up all night

[klaus0]

este é o lado b de "without you", grande música, há muito eu não a ouvia, valeu!

[diezungen]

Harry ... gotta' love him.

[wotinblooblazes]

Harry had a sense of humor!

[AngelBlueBand]

One of the best B-sides I've ever heard.

[LunaLVGD]

susiecollins1959, as a young person myself, I can tell you, some of us ARE into music like this. I grew up with Harry Nilsson, Fred Neil, Pete Seeger, and many other GOOD musicians. Don't group us all into the category of apathetic brats; some of us really DO see how hard Mom and Dad work.

[DazzledByKartik21]

I agree LunaLVGD. I'm in my teens and I love this music.

[Weezertheshizz]

i strongly believe he is the best musical artist and im 15.....lots of my friends like him....but lots of kids are obsessed with crap ya kno....its kinda sad :(

[susiecollins1959]

My apology. You are rare and wish many of you existed. Very sorry. I am so glad they put this back on. I had a very hard child hood. This song made me get up and get out cause I didn't have parents, only a guardian that worked our butts off like it was a revenge. When she was the one that killed our father.

[dewalker]

Sounds like Susie's forgotten that her generation had to hear exactly the same slams from the adults, and rejected them for the same reasons you are. Ain't old age wonderful? =P

[habsti]

Amazing tune. Nilsson was the cream of the crop!

[susiecollins1959]

Wish all the young people would get into REAL songs like this. Their confidence must be more amazing that ours or they are just spoiled brats that don't appreciate and how hard working mom and ddad is

[elichrome]

I love this song.

[Snicki1946]

Damn. I need to get one of those machines that converts LP songs to MP3. I have so many great albums including this one. I don't listen cause the turntable is a hassle.

[colorblind68]

I found it on Limewire. Also this song is on the soundtrack "A Good Year" I think you can download the individual song (on Amazon), but I think the version may be slightly different.

[susiecollins1959]

That's what is wrong with the world now, there's NO TURN TABLE.

[7Ritadogs]

modulates between C and D. very nice songwriting.

[everton1941]

Yeah, it's the perfect morning song alright.

[susiecollins1959]

@everton1941 It is the perfect song to get up with! I was young but it helped me get and up and GET THE HELL out of HELL. i DIDN'T HEAR THE SAILOR PART. i was 14 and listened to the other parts. RUN RUN YEAH.

[susiecollins1959]

I found this song in the early 70s. Thought it was really really cool. I was probably 14. Didn't realize what else he did until a few yrs back. Glen Campbell redid a song Every body's talkin. when I found this, it was great! My hair was curling so I wore a tabogin and socks on my feet. Ea mornin I'd play this song and I was partially ready, jump up and get the hell outta my hell home and onto school.

[brainwasher9876]

this is the ultimate alarm clock song.

[tikidarby]

wow i love this song so much!

 thanks for putting it up.

[susiecollins1959]

I love it more!

[ThePlampherman]

Yesss, Sean!

Now we're talking mate! Keep up the good work.

[everton1941]

Why, thank you, sir. I'm still a little high on the good ten minutes that my beloved Toffee's turned in on Saturday. Harry Nilsson is one of my all time favorite artists. Many years ago, when I was just a young pup, I noticed a bunch of Harry records in a friends' collection and asked him about them. He replied by saying "I don't know how to describe him, I just know that you have to listen to this stuff." The rest is history.

[susiecollins1959]

Sir, you are absolutely correct. I found it and it saved me problably from committing suicide. He made me get up and face the day.

[jimmmmybrady]

Yeah,it was called WHO IS HARRY NILSSON AND WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKIN"ABOUT HIM?It was released in 2006 to film festival's but never widespread release.The producers talked about a DVD then all news sort of dissapeared.LSL FILMS

[susiecollins1959]

I guess it wasn't bad enough to spread the news an awesome guy! there loss.

[jimmmmybrady]

Hey'do you know the story behind the release of the Harry film?

[everton1941]

Sorry. A Harry film? What, a doc on his life? That would be something. This is the first i've heard about it. I'll look into it. Man, the guy made so much great stuff.

[integral]

There's a trailer for the film on YouTube, but I understand the movie has never been released.

Thanks for posting btw.

[susiecollins1959]

Someone need to look into all the good stuff.