Camels With Hammers » Harry Nilsson http://camelswithhammers.com Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:36:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 292. Harry Nilsson http://camelswithhammers.com/2010/03/16/292-harry-nilsson-2/ http://camelswithhammers.com/2010/03/16/292-harry-nilsson-2/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:59:55 +0000 Daniel Fincke http://camelswithhammers.com/?p=8908 Harry Nilsson is sort of a cross between John Lennon and Bob Dylan in my mind, I fell in love with his brilliant song “Don’t Forget Me” through the brilliant  Neko Case’s version—but more on her in the late autumn.  I’m also, embarrassingly enough, a sucker for the film “You’ve Got Mail”, so I opted to include his lovely version of “Over The Rainbow” which ends the film and for which there’s a lovely little tribute video I found .

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNMv7T9Xi8&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

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]]> http://camelswithhammers.com/2010/03/16/292-harry-nilsson-2/feed/ 0 Don’t Forget Me http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/07/01/dont-forget-me/ http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/07/01/dont-forget-me/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:57:24 +0000 Daniel Fincke http://camelswithhammers.com/?p=620 Neko Case’s stirring cover of Harry Nilsson never ceases to move me.

It was recorded in her barn in Vermont on 6 pianos she got free off of Craigslist.

This video about the album features footage of the song’s recording.

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