Harry Nilsson - Daddy's Song

[sggitcm]

Dude, get therapy.

[sggitcm]

Dude, get therapy.

[sggitcm]

Dude, get therapy.

[TheDittyBags]

An ad for this shit noise Chelle Rae came up. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT DOING HERERERERERERERE

[mrclarkful]

what a god of words and rhythm

[sallyg270]

as much as i like this version, id have to say i like Davy Jones' better

[fredoviola]

@sallyg270

well, to each his own, but I completely disagree. Davy Jones is not a tenth the singer that Harry was. This arrangement to my ears is more crisp and imaginative as well.

[sallyg270]

@fredoviola Im not saying Harry Nilsson is worse than Davy Jones im just saying i prefer that version a bit more. Harry Nilsson is very talented. Hes sang some fantastic songs and any covers he's done of the Beatles were brilliant( and there the hardest Band to do a good cover of)

[AudioAndroid]

Fantastic! I have never heard this version before!

[EnglishGarden11]

I simply adore Harry Nilsson ,I wish he was still around.

[MaskedMarvyl]

Harry Nilsson was amazingly talented, but extremely self-destructive. If his father hadn't abandoned his family, who knows what direction his life would have taken?

[MissLisa1970]

I've always known that Nilsson originally did this song-but strangely enough i'd never looked it up to hear it until now. I've gotten so used to Davy Jones version/performance on "Head" that this version is somewhat lost on me. I get the gist tho-disturbing song about child abandonment set to happy music and vocals-as if to dismiss the pain in childish denial-Davy put the icing on the "WTF?" cake however with the dancing-made it all the more sad. to me anyway. Davy's version for the win.

[contessakitty]

He did all the voices himself, he was years ahead of his time and this song just stabs you in the heart.

[Ddhandarah]

@KongKyrre I like the greatest hits version better also, but I wish they wouldn't have faded it out as soon. I really like that bit where the chorus says "My old man is a good man. He does the best that he can" right at the very end.

[KongKyrre]

Hmm.. I have a different and in my opinion better version on my Harry Nilsson all time greatest hits album..

[feckingbillgates]

This version is much better than the Davy Jones version. Davy Jones has a horrible face, anyway.

[BettinaBalser]

@feckingbillgates There is a version that is bandied about where Mike Nesmith does the lead vocal, and I greatly prefer it to Davy's version. Of course, Nilsson's style was so suited to Davy, both vocally and in Davy's stage dancing abilities. I think that Daddy's Song is one of the best segments in Head, despite my not being crazy about Davy's vocal :)

[feckingbillgates]

@BettinaBalser I agree about it being one of the best segments in Head. Great film in total though. Davy Jones still has a horrible face, however.

[FlingsPooAtTheZoo]

@feckingbillgates If Davy Jones "has a horrible face," there is no hope for me!

[MusicForYourFunk]

this is the the tune davy jones did in the film Head , right ? i never knew harry wrote it

[MyHeadHurts79]

Yeah, I've never heard Harry's version until now. The horns sound conspicuously similar to those featured in his song "Best Friend," which was used in the TV show The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Interesting.

[cntower01]

@MyHeadHurts79 Yeah. I know. Weird isn't it?! Still I like this version too.

[apeshitdig]

"Napalm beep" 1968 The comment relates to the increasingly violent Vietnam War.

[apeshitdig]

Great song, thanks so much for posting