HARRY NILSSON WITHOUT YOU ORIGINAL VERSION

[TBRANIAC]

What an amazing song this is. Deceptively simple... but the vocals are brilliant! Harry Nilsson could sing a song like nobody else. A truly talented man.

[jacobbruinsma]

Wel, ik heb een voorkeur - maar niet absoluut, andersom in klassiek en alle soorten "pop". Bij klassiek hou ik niet van alles boven sopraan, ik heb een voorkeur voor alt en bariton. Bij de meeste andere muzieksoorten : vrouwen hebben - statistisch - een groter bereik. Dat kan een voordeel zijn, of een nadeel. Lastig te denken over je eigen denken. Ik ben er ook niet consequent in..

[mar25zabrze]

najpiękniejsza piosenka świata!

[gpmti]

A esto se le llama "crisis de los 40"...

[merlosmarioantonio]

great song One of the best all the times Without You, I really like than you for doing this I really apreciat

[yolanda73i]

que hermosisísima canción



[TheMorroazul]

que hermosa cancion como recuerdo el año de 1972 tenia solo 12 años y mi primera novia soy mexicano tambien me gusta la musica de gilber. o sullivan y lobo saludos para todos los que vivieron esta epoca de los 70 la mas hermosa de todas

[qrs10000]

its for my Diediechou from me.

Je t'aime pour toujours :)

[meeid1]

@qrs10000 Merci mon Sachou!! <3 Despite the fact that this song is AWESOME, I didn't get the goose bumps I get when it's YOU saying it to me :D nor that special smile reaching my ears :D haha

im yours forever and ever :) je t'aime!

[tangoitaly]

Thank you for posting this man's wonderful tender music. 

[loramunoz]

merci infiniment pour cette chanson magnifique!

[jacobbruinsma]

Vast niet. Een vrouwenstem begint, gemiddeld, wat hoger maar gaat gemiddeld, heel veel hoger dan een mannenstem. (Uitzonderingen: Freddy Mercury, Ivan Rebroff en verder mag je lang zoeken. Dat werkt voor mij prima, zolang er geen zinloze uithalen in zittten. Wat zinloos is is een kwestie van smaak. Luister eens naar Carole King, Celine Dion, etc. in you've got a friend. Perfect.

[jacobbruinsma]

@veteran2000 I agree. The original is way better

[saintcruzin]

When talking about Nilsson and how he blew out his voice in '74, it's true and it's very sad but you have to remember he fell in love and had 5 children later in his life! Although young, he died a very happy man!!!

[Remulakmarty]

oh yeah..when there was actual music..

[loveangels1953]

i love this version hav'nt heared it in years ,awesome,,alot of love and poweful meaning

[num1913]

daron10000 this is the original, just so you know.

[jacobbruinsma]

@num1913 Badfinger is the original. Wikipedia?

[daroni1000]

@num1913 Yes I know, I bought this when it first came out, It was the first record I ever bought. what ever gave you the idea that I didn't already know that, but thanks, I suppose.

[num1913]

Harry is the best

[num1913]

One of the best songs ever!

[num1913]

Best song ever in my life,,,,,,,,,,,,, memories forever

[TheDidizona]

Linda canção.

[ruandted]

Nailed it .

[btvb51]

the best interpretation of the song but the saddest part, Harry was gone forever just like the song after a massive heart attack at 59 years old, RIP and we miss you and your voice

[JulioEnrique3]

The best version ever!

[MabelAmber]

Who said "Harry wrote nothing"??? I suggest you read a reliable biography - Harry Nilsson wrote a great number of songs for other singers, among them Glen Campbell, the Shangri-Las, the Yardbirds.

[jacobbruinsma]

@MabelAmber And for the Ronettes, Monkeys, Blood, sweat and tears. His voice gave up, he recovered, though and was perhaps better than ever but died of a heartattack. He was a great singer, a great songwriter. Here I prefer Badfinger, Leona Lewis. Mariah overdid it, I think. (Nilsson as well). Still, one of the best.

[jacobbruinsma]

@jacobbruinsma . Well.I agree in principal. Great singer, great songwriter. Big Fan. Only here was a good song by badfinger, Nilsson perhaps did not spoil it. But he gave Mariah Carey a good idea what she could do with it, with her 4 octaves and the flute-octave. (Be generous, let us say, 5 octaves). Great singer, no restaint. Bu for me, she ruined some songs by overdoing it Nilsson was best when he kept it simple. But you don't have to agree. It's a matter of taste.

[jacobbruinsma]

@MabelAmber Ik weet niet waarom zo veel van jou wordt afgevlagd als spam. Nilsson schreef enorm veel prima nummers. Maar er zijn amper Nederlanders die praten over een "snik" in de stem, tenzij bij country. Dit is veel beter dan Mariah en veel slechter dan het origineel, vind ik. Zijn versie van somewhere over the rainbow is fantastisch.

[MabelAmber]

@jacobbruinsma Iemand zal iets tegen mij hebben, denk ik. Maakt niet uit. De uitdrukking "snik" in de stem wordt inderdaad niet veel meer gebruikt, en misschien komt dat omdat er nog maar weinig wordt gezongen met het hart en teveel met de stembanden.

[jacobbruinsma]

@MabelAmber Wel, dat is grappig genoeg hier mijn probleem met de versies van Nilsson en Mariah. Ik hoor de emotie niet. Wel een enorm technisch vermogen (kun je dat zo zeggen?) Ik denk wel dat ik alles van hem heb, dit zeker maar ik moest ooit erg lachen omdat mijn vrouw verbijsterd was dat mijn nichtje alleen Mariah kende en dit waardeloos vond. Mijn vrouw riep: Dit is het origineel! Zwak argument en niet waar. Ik was er anders niet over begonnen..

[MabelAmber]

@jacobbruinsma Het is mij niet helemaal duidelijk over wie je het hier en daar hebt. Ik meen te begrijpen dat je in Mariah's versie de emotie niet hoort (? ) Je vrouw wees wie aan als Origineel? En wat is precies een zwak argument?

(Overigens heb ik mijn eigen ideeën over de zangtechniek en het stembereik van de dames en heren popzangers - die ik hier niet zal geven - op straffe van algehele verbanning en kruisiging :-)) ) Overigens ben ik verknocht aan popmuziek, begrijp mij niet verkeerd.

[jacobbruinsma]

@MabelAmber Vrouwen hebben gemiddeld meer bereik. En? Anne Murray heeft een beperkt bereik en een fantastische stem. Ik vind beide versies emotieloos, opschepperig. Mijn nichtje vond Nilsson waardeloos. Mijn vrouw vond Mariah waardeloos. Haar idee dat de originele versie altijd beter is, is een onzin-argument. Bovendien was Nilsson ook een cover. Ik prefereer het origineel . Eenvoudig en ik voel daar de emotie wel. Techniek en bereik kun je beperkt trainen.

[MabelAmber]

@jacobbruinsma Ongetwijfeld heb jij meer verstand van zangtechnieken dan ik. Maar goed, iedereen heeft nu eenmaal zijn of haar eigen smaak en ook een eigen affiniteit met een bepaalde artiest.

[jacobbruinsma]

@MabelAmber Vervolg: ik zie dat ik van popmuziek veel meer vrouwen dan mannen heb. Mijn vrouw heeft veel meer mannen dan vrouwen, we eindigen 50/50. Mijn keuze voor Badfinger wordt door bijna niemand gedeeld.

[MabelAmber]

@jacobbruinsma Beter laat dan nooit: ik zou eens moeten nagaan hoe het ligt met mijn voorkeuren mannen/vrouwen in de popmuziek.

[rintintinification]

Talk about singing your guts out!

[sullymahopac]

@LuluRosenkrantz Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger wrote the song. It's on their 1970 album "No Dice." It's sad that they never received enough credit or enough compensation for their work. They both commited suicide later in life.

[LuluRosenkrantz]

I always beleived Nilsson wrote this song . Who was the original lyricist ?

[jacobbruinsma]

@LuluRosenkrantz Harry wrote a lot!. But this is a Badfinger song. (Look it up in f.i.. Wikipedia. I think that was the simplest and best version. This one is good. Ik think Nilsson's version of "somewhere under the rainbow - it's on "You,ve got mail" is superb. He started writing music as .Johnny Niles, Foto-Fi Four en Bo Pete.. Wrote for famous bands , was the favorite singer of McCartney and Lennon. His voice gave out, after he recovered, he died of a heartattack.

[KRW1612]

Harry is singing a cover version of Bad Finger's song. Harry wrote nothing!!!!

[jacobbruinsma]

@KRW1612 Sorry, he wrote a lot. But not this. Funny, his songs were great for others and he's mostly famous for covers. Fantastic singer/songwriter with a sad enough life.

[Daburcor]

@KRW1612 If by 'nothing' you mean 'boatloads of great songs,' you are correct.

[DominoUSA1]

my favorite song of all time, any decade, now and always

[stanibol]

40 years have gone by since my heart, my mind, my spirit were first drowned out by this song. Nothing has changed, sun still rises in the east and sets in the west, and this continues to be the slam-dunk-mightiest of ballads.

[btvb51]

the best of the baby boomers and we live with it, it broke my heart to meet his oldest song who is his copy

RIP and your music in lingering in our memory

from Saint Raphael, French Riviera with Love

[Usia55]

No way, someone other than me listens to me. Every year or so?? Boomers, eh?

[elizandro598]

essa musica e´de mais adoro ela

[dmjvid]

He recorded this after going out drinking and smoking.

[LeconsdAnalyse]

Seems to me that ALL the versions of this song, sung by Nilsson, on YouTube are the original recording.

[kopynd1]

rip pete/ harry

[bunk156]

I have fallen in love with this song i cant stop replaying it. Its just got so much passion.

[suckon1]

This is the anthem song for stalkers who can't get over their ex's...nice song

[damedoodie]

@suckon1 Well I suppose that's one way you could interpret the lyrics...IF YOU WERE A FUCKING IDIOT!!! Talk about something going over someone's (YOUR'S) head!

[POCHABR]

Composicion de Badfinger 66

[Grisbi6]

what a great song, by a troubled musical genius

[audiofilius1]

Great song but the theme is pure evil. 

[kazucchi1016]

大好きな曲♪　好きな人にも聴いて欲しいな♥

[Jsantos2003]

Essa musica é maravilhosa , que som lindo....se john lennon gostava do som de harry é porque o cara realmente era fera.....esse som prova que era mesmo fera.

[Alphasilverback2]

Yep, Harry took it to the level Pete Ham probably intended.

[7outof9gone]

I was a teenager.............use to rip my heart out. Still love this song-so much passion and music is just as touching.

[billycasey]

One of the best songs Badfinger ever wrote redone magnificently by a musical genius, Harry.

[nick57bis]

wonderful version by nilsson, wonderful original version of badfinger. thanks boys..

[The9avenger]

can anyone tell me where this song appear?

i remember it from a film or something like that...

[hereiam911]

@The9avenger Were you thinking of The Rules of Attraction?

[veteran2000]

@The9avenger Porridge (film version, 1979), Zärtliche Chaoten II (1988) , Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), 44 Inch Chest (2009).

[The9avenger]

@veteran2000 It could be,lot of thanks for both! :)

[beatles141]

more touching than Mariah Carey's version.

[edmondo20009]

just love it

[adolfofooo]

Most of the time the original is always the best but in this case its different =p

[chuparmelapolla1]

@adolfofooo how is that?

[Chuck4762]

Definitely the best version...really the only one worth listening to.

[missmonasuzette]

This is so much better than the Badfinger version (the original)

There's really no comparison. Nilsson put the passion into the song that was totally lacking with the original artist....in my opinion. Switch over to Badfinger version and compare...

[tripleJ1955]

@missmonasuzette "This is so much better than the Badfinger version (the original)"

There are no better versions or worse for that matter, just different. Each performer has a certain appeal for certain listeners.

Without you has been covered by a huge number of performers and these performers, along with the listeners that support them, have but two men to thank, Pete Ham and Tommy Evans of Badfinger, may God rest their eternal souls.

[cthrogmorton1]

Amazing singer.

[methehappyone]

Actually,,This song was originally written and performed by Badfinger,,,so if anything he would be the 5th finger,,would that make him a thumb?,,lol

[Gwynsek]

The best version,forever and ever...

[sandgropper6]

what a great ,super voice he had...love him and this song ..miss my wife Beth who died march this year ,this song stabs me in the heart with great love for her,i love you Beth...

[xakxak420]

how many other versions of this song were there?

[scitsalcoryp]

So very hard to listen to .

As beautful as It is..it fosters an air of unrepairable depression .

Only Jesus could/can repair it .

[juskee2]

@scitsalcoryp AMEN to that...Suffering comes to us so we can seek more of Jesus and our heavenly Father through the Holy Spirit **BIG HUGG** from NYC~~♥

[scitsalcoryp]

@juskee2 Love Ya

[daroni1000]

This was the very first record I ever bought, Brilliant. And the best version, nobody will ever do this any better.

[bkthin]

@daroni1000 got dat right

[connies419]

@daroni1000 .... DITTO on no one ever doing this better. :-)

[geccleston68]

the 4th beatle?

[MrMalcolm4605]

@geccleston68  Surely don't you mean the 5th Beatle ? ? ? ? ?

[fleaby]

@geccleston68 Hello, can you count?

[1690hilly]

@geccleston68 there was 4 beatles dafty lol

[bkthin]

@geccleston68 nah, the 5th monkee. he hung with them 1st

[dhartofdmatter]

harry is the best. i was so surprised to find out that pete and mr evans wrote this song. makes me sad ...pete we love you...

[scitsalcoryp]

Somehow there is Joy and Happiness in this Song

It is There....Kind of Hard to find It

Its There

[scitsalcoryp]

Heart Wrenching

[scitsalcoryp]

Introspective Beauty

[capitolemiproducer]

Actually the original was done by Badfinger

[scitsalcoryp]

2:08 crescendo to Heaven

[scitsalcoryp]

Despite the few hiccups...

Song and Mine

One of the most atmospheric moody and beautiful

Songs

[Patsik]

To me, the best version.

[kukubau]

@Patsik: for me... TOO !

[jorgedeeds]

i heard it was covered 185 times thanks Tom and Pete niceeee

[bkthin]

this is not the original. badfinger did it first

[goldroversix]

harry you really nailed it mate....