4. Rich Kimball Discusses Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson

Send us Fan MailRich Kimball, host of Downtown on Zoom Radio, brought his extensive knowledge of Harry Nilsson and of music in general to this episode of You, Me and An Album. We discussed Nilsson’s best-known and most successful album, Nilsson Schmilsson, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 chart subsequent to its late 1971 release.Find Rich on Twitter: @DowntownRichKDowntown with Rich Kimball website: http://www.downtownwithrichkimball.com/Here’s a link to the song that Alice Cooper performed for Zak Nilsson on Coffee Talk with ADIKA Live (discussed at 9:18): https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alice-cooper-harry-nilsson-son-zak-song-21507/CORRECTION: I stated that Jump Into The Fire ends with a fadeout of the drum solo, but I should have said it ends with a fadeout of a two-minute instrumental section that follows the drum solo.IRONY ALERT: I am aware that I went out of my way to not mention IBM by name in reference to their ad that used Jump Into The Fire, but then later in this episode, I dropped a reference to Google Calendar.1:00 Rich joins the show2:21 How Rich got into radio and TV4:49 Why Rich chose Nilsson Schmilsson as his album to discuss9:18 Alice Cooper’s song for Zak Nilsson10:30 Rich’s favorite Nilsson Schmilsson tracks15:00 What Rich likes about the album as a whole16:59 Al’s beef with the track sequencing18:15 The similarities between Nilsson Schmilsson and Pretzel Logic21:10 Al’s initial observations Track-by-track breakdown:25:05 Gotta Get Up26:32 Driving Along28:17 Early In The Morning30:52 The Moonbeam Song33:06 Down35:19 Without You41:31 Coconut42:55 Al’s post-recording thoughts about Coconut43:41 Let The Good Times Roll45:16 Jump Into The Fire48:51 I’ll Never Leave You 50:31 Is Nilsson Schmilsson Rich’s favorite Nilsson album?Support the show