Brian and Murdock explore the wild influence Harry Nilsson had on rock music - and the secondary career that arguably killed him.

Support the show on Patreon

See the show on YouTube

Visit the show on Instagram

Visit the show on Facebook

Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!)

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telephone_(1988_film)

https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/without-you-harry-nilsson-lyrics-meaning/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

https://rocknrollstorytimecom.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/the-lost-weekend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Dracula_(1974_film)

Watch Son of Dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkHN_QxNcw

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/harry_nilssons_best_friend_courtship_of_eddies_father_theme_was_originally

Buy The Telephone screenplay: https://www.royalbooks.com/pages/books/147221/terry-southern-harry-nilsson-rip-torn-elliott-gould-whoopi-goldberg-john-heard-screenwriters/the-telephone-original-screenplay-for-the-1988-film

Watch the documentary (2006): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8g10Q3-gY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Southern

The 1988 LA Times piece on Hawkeye: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-12-fi-35188-story.html

The 1994 LA Times piece on Nilsson’s death: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

New York Times review of The Telephone: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/14/movies/film-whoopi-goldberg-in-telephone.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.