Harry Nilsson - Jump into the Fire (Official Audio)

[@briancaterino2479]

Great drumming by Gordon on this.

[@nellegartner3796]

Gone since today in 94'...and I still miss the genius of Harry Nilsson!!!

[@karensnider1988]

Keep him here!!!

[@сосмакер]

yee

[@IRIDEHARLEYS]

One of the most badass songs ever!! The bass groove and the drums alone are legendary. Harry's singing takes it all to the next level. Rock on good people!

[@cherylwirz2722]

One of my go-to songs. 😂🖤🤘

[@marthacilla]

One of the Best jams ever!

[@frankfarago2825]

Back in the 1970s in Los Angeles when one evening word got around to "Jump Into the Fire", Ringo Starr told me that in his opinion, this particular song by H. Nilsson was "at least as good as anything we ever recorded with the Beatles." Now, that's saying quite a lot...

[@jobrownfield4515]

5:51 beatles talked up harry nilsson when they hit the states b/c he was their fave american artist

[@thomastrue673]

One of the most amazing songs ever 😍!

[@omanmc]

Personnel Harry Nilsson - vocals, electric piano. John Uribe - lead guitar. Chris Spedding - rhythm guitar. Klaus Voormann - rhythm guitar. Jimmy Webb - piano. Herbie Flowers - bass. Jim Gordon - drums, percussion.

[@Enrique-ly1bb]

Gracias por tu música NILSSON. Grandioso

[@charlesrast4235]

Greatest voice ever! RIP Harry.♥️

[@jamesaufdenberg4630]

What a Bass line!!

[@ihateyoutube8789]

"We can make each other happy" is just the best romantic line, so simple and real.

[@manfredbeuth2921]

Best song of Harry........ Super amazing!!!!!!! Phantastic song.......Hear it as often as I can!!!!!! Pure feeling!!!!!

[@robertbetz8461]

I've listened to this song many times in the last few days.....all I can say is , "Wow"!

[@ChrisOliver4307]

I've never listened to this whole song, just the "Goodfellas" part. Why the hell isn't this a more popular song, it's friggin great.

[@jonwingate5535]

Drum solo stretches the tune out..makes it radio unfriendly..still could cut it short. Classic radio has become boring..need more of this stuff..

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I never saw Goodfellas". I bought this album when it came out.

[@boataxe4605]

If my bass player said he was going to detune in the middle of a song I would think he's nuts and demote him to tambourine, but in this case it worked!

[@billhicks7034]

@Mary kai no it was obviously intentional, planned part of the song, this is the studio version. Meaning they could of done another "take", whatever u wanna call it, (if using analog), and fixed it. It's just him trying something new/improv during that little drum solo.

[@tomobrien6983]

You should check out the line up on son of Dracula, Keith moon on drums

[@NormAppleton]

Yeah!!! That is a crazy thing.

[@bconigliaro]

@Boat Axe What exactly does detuning mean? Going to a lower key? At what exact time during the song does Herbie Flowers do it? And how do you do it "while playing"? Wiki states: "following Gordon's drum solo, Flowers detunes as he plays. According to Flowers, he began loosening the bottom string 'for a laugh', believing that by that point in the song, the performance would be faded out on the released recording."

[@tashakomaroff2982]

@@latitude1904 are you the singer Lori Carson??

[@myyoutube887]

good graces of life can va grow....

[@MerkinMuffly]

I remember this from a movie, was it Goodfellas?

[@TheMusicIsMyReason]

When Henry Hill was being chased by helicopters. You are correct!

[@justinpeterson1136]

TheMusicIsMyReason you wanna see choppers baby?

[@frankrizzo5719]

MerkinMuffly helicopters and tomato sauce XD!!

[@marquisdebill]

Gravy, dammitt!

[@jacquiescoff3498]

Oh, thank God somebody knows where this song is from. Been going crazy for a week trying to figure it out since I heard a short clip from it as part of the new IBM commercial.

[@onenightstan3635]

This bassline always pops into my head! Thanks Goodfellas

[@urpgag2]

All the times I passed this great music I missed out on a great artist.

[@hagivenname4915]

Thanks for sharing the playlist D! Awesome!

[@benabenaify]

08/09/22 ...still jumping into the fire ❤️‍🔥

[@kenttormanen63]

I was young, in school, had no clue about music theory. I was in music class (forced) and the teacher requested a musical composition. I submitted a morse code version of "fuck off" and she played it on the piano. I was happy.

[@luiscasco9358]

"I had to pick up a load from my Pittsburgh guys."

[@dublinunearthed7001]

Proper

[@finisher489]

RIP Ray Liotta

[@richardburghardt1070]

I should send this song to my wife.

[@andrewherrmann3167]

Here cuz of Goodfellas and the passing of Henry. This song made that whole helicopter scene go from great to out of this world...

[@LuisGarcia-zn5tz]

DEP Ray Liotta seguiremos viendo elicopetos por ti

[@air1986]

Lookin out for helicopters as I type this

[@chuyitopizana1251]

“Wanna see helicopters?, I’ll show you helicopters brrrrrr”

[@edward9600]

Eerie lyrics after Hawaii "Wild Fire" "You can climb the mountain, you can swim the sea, you can jump into the fire, but you'll never be free."

[@jhn1686]

Makes me feel like Ray Liotta doing a coke run in a Cadillac everytime lol

[@robertwalters8982]

Watching for Helicopters 😂

[@dmx716]

Don't forget to get the papers get the papers 😂​@robertwalters8982

[@bethhendricks5567]

I totally feel this! 😂

[@adamsanswers830]

I came out of Ross the other day, saw a dam helicopter 🚁

[@JoyceJane-kg7fo]

What movie?

[@janaugustynowicz936]

Now I am 70 and live in assisted living ---- Tune made us all jump - loved it then and love it now, Hey we have something to get us going

[@dennishoshowsky8692]

Do you want me to break you out?

[@charlesbontempo6934]

Dude, wake all those old farts up

[@GrantWoroschuk]

close behind. rock on.

[@KG-gw5pk]

Keep on truckin'!

[@thorkildecliveland]

67 here. I have always wondered when 'our' day would come and the good stuff would hit the assisted living homes finally :) I mean move over Elvis,. Harry is here!

[@timcobos8954]

When this song was meshed with Henry Hill's breakdown in Goodfellas; pure genius!

[@ramondasnellgrove3957]

Yes yes yes!!

[@sookie4195]

RIP Ray Liotta AKA Henry Hill

[@nige3801]

@@sookie4195 Aww didn't know

[@gregorycrusan6952]

Omg I didn't know.. M

[@roberthart5435]

🎯

[@richardmbowman]

That BASS! The cat playin' that bass is NOT fuckin' around.

[@jeffbogue3718]

Herbie flowers seriously kicks ass on bass

[@McDoinky]

Underrated guy

[@User-jk8wq]

Herbie Flowers. Also played the legendary bass parts on Space Oddity and Walk on the Wild Side

[@motor9oat9g64]

He's a madman

[@coreygolphenee9633]

Its sooooo God damn dirty

[@laurastrobel718]

Can we please acknowledge the genius of Harry Nillson? Full of surprises Never disapponts

[@donaldmoore9306]

You are absolutely right. How are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe out there?

[@antoinetebulger99]

Yes!!!!!!!

[@bassistlearningdrums]

It is all about the bathrobe. No inhibitions and courage!

[@laurastrobel718]

@@bassistlearningdrums lol😊🔥

[@joninpgh]

This song was way ahead of its time.

[@Mike583]

This song is 50 years old & STILL kicks ass!❤😎

[@jameshenebry9761]

I first heard this song when the Nilsson Schmilsson album was first release 50 years ago. It has been a favorite of mine for all that time. “New” music for me is the Eagles.

[@jaystrubeck7296]

Yeah. It's. Great. Jay

[@williamtisdale1577]

And it always will kick ass people cuz it's the best mother f****** song in the world

[@shagbarghhickory837]

@@williamtisdale1577 "kin A right.

[@v-town1980]

The best stuff is old; today's safe crap is shite.

[@johnhill4964]

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Nathaniel Rateliff and the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra do a tribute to Nilsson. The orchestra just about blew the roof off of the concert hall playing this song. One of the most amazing things I've ever witnessed!

[@kariqualters5908]

Couldn’t be happier to hear that Harry is still being honored!!! 😊

[@lesterdiamond6190]

That sounds awesome. You know the musicians all knew about the song being in Goodfellas..... blasted it!

[@ittybitty6474]

Jealous💕

[@billsmith9711]

did you get it on video? would be fun to see it.

[@KirkJohnson-w8n]

Totally awesome Harry Nilsson he will never be forgotten

[@beachykeenx]

My dad loved this song and almost blew the speakers out when the drum solo came on. Today would have been his 68th birthday. A proud Marine and Vietnam Vet. I love and miss you more than words can say, dad.

[@jogon7914]

❤️👌🥂 To your Dad x

[@beachykeenx]

@@jogon7914 thank you 🥲❤️

[@romeysiamese6662]

Im sorry for your loss. He lived and died so we CAN be Free……💔❤️‍🔥❤️

[@mroof6325]

RIP, thank you for your service sir

[@beachykeenx]

@@romeysiamese6662 thank you, you’re so kind! It really means a lot!

[@JeffreyOlson-e3i]

This song is AMAZING! Harry never got the recognition that he deserved. Just a very gifted singer AND songwriter.

[@samreed9322]

Idk the beatles loved him and they are the most popular band that ever existed so I’d been happy with just that.

[@johnnyp8979]

Don't know if NILSSON wanted all that notoriety, he was involved with alcoholic beverages, chemical mood adjusters, hanging out/destroying himself alongside John Lennon and doing other out of normal activities. Don't think he wanted too much spotlight and paparazzi, he enjoyed being alone with close buddies and not in magazines.

[@marthahines1979]

I agree he was amazing but likely very depressed and destroyed himself, dying before his time. Had he lasted longer he might have gained more recognition. RIP Harry , you will long be remembered by many of us.

[@BOWMANTUNES]

The greatest are rarely recognized in their lifetimes unfortunately, mostly because they’re usually way ahead of their time. Harry Nilsson is appreciated more and more each passing day.

[@davea4245]

The drummer is, was, Jimmy Gordon. His troubled spirit is now at rest. R.I.P. Jimmy, July 14, 1945 - March 13, 2023

[@ericmalone3213]

Jim Gordon didn't have a "troubled spirit", he had paranoid schizophrenia, psychosis, a heavy drug habit, and murdered his mother.

[@mrbill9248]

​@@ericmalone3213always thought it was Keith Moon on drums here .

[@ericmalone3213]

@@mrbill9248 Keith Moon never played on a Nilsson recording, tho he does play on Jimmy Page's "Bolero", Roy Harper's "Male Chauvanist Pig Blues" & Roger Daltrey's "Say It Aint So, Joe." Harry Nilsson not only could match Keith's capacity for brandy, he could also match Keith's great capacity for quips, jibes, japes, & bon mots.

[@josephk4807]

Why do so many rock stations today never play so many hits like this? Every song on this album Rocks!

[@dueywag9056]

Because they still can't handle a 7 minute song!

[@urpgag2]

because all the other UNimaginative crap is exposed lol

[@Kelly-lc1nq]

I agree.

[@miapretti]

Believing radio stations play good music is like believing Santa Claus is going to leave a new Harley under the tree

[@johnnyp8979]

On the radio radio stations are for profit corporations and the boss makes more money selling two 2:58 minute songs than just one 6:23. Multiply by 24/7 x 30 days/12 months = mucho money 💰...!

[@wallynowacki6704]

After the Beatles broke up John Lennon said if you want to hear the Beatles, listen to ELO and Harry Nilsson. This song proves it and so does half the other songs on this album. Gone too soon... Boy I remember "Nilsson Schmilsson'!!!

[@ajakmaddy]

Nilsson Schmilson is a perfect album. Man.

[@groovyguru5314]

Kaja Powers you got that right!!!

[@mikepastor.k6233]

It's like a poor man's White Album. And that's not an insult. He wanted to make his version of the genre hopping of that album.

[@vinceryan6454]

So is Son of Schmilson!

[@stevedeace1447]

Vince Ryan pussycats!!!

[@LymanGreen]

True words. I have a few "perfect albums" on my list and this is one. I have had this album in my life since it's release, it was part of the soundtrack of my very young childhood and on. There isn't a song on it that is not perfection.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

0:23 You see that helicopter? I think it's been followin me. "Whaaat?! GET DA FOCK OUUU, what are you, nuts?!"

[@annekale1503]

Goodfellas anyone?

[@jurzeejozee41]

One night, long ago, this song came on my brother’s car radio just as we pulled up to a red light on the main road in a small town in New Jersey. My brother turned the volume up as loud as it would go and we all lept out of the car leaving the doors open and we started jump dancing like possessed mad men. The light turned green, but we kept on dancing out there while cars lined up behind. Not one car blew the horn at us! We danced until the song was over, then all got back in the car and drove away……

[@divalivingston1664]

Good times! Have to get put and jump when the music’s right. Why miss a good peak moment for any reason.

[@fightthepilgrims]

Love it

[@fightthepilgrims]

This momma too

[@davidhadley9512]

I like listening to this song while I'm going to the moon sometimes ......

[@LeslieChockla]

Still amazed by the brilliance of this entire song every time I hear it!!

[@danieloneill4677]

Great song 😅

[@beavercreekmhp1744]

There was an interview John Lennon did before he flew to the US. They asked him “What’s your favorite band?” He said “I’m listening to a lot of Harry Nillson right now. He’s my favorite band. Harry Nillson is my favorite band.” I’m just starting to revisit his work. This song is, as you said, just brilliant from beginning to end.

[@michaelcoslo6497]

@@danieloneill4677 This is the ultimate garage band song. Rough and hard edged, but genius.

[@jimdorsey3223]

Maybe check out the Prof of Rock story behind Harry’s “Without You”, written by Badfinger’s Pete Ham & Tom Evans. There’s always a story behind every song. This one’s amazing happy/sad.

[@GeraldMack]

Man, I was born in the greatest era!!!!😛😛😛😛 What a time to be alive!!!!!😮😮😮

[@paulaadamson9401]

Amen❣️

[@johnfussell4870]

Can't agree more, brother! 👍🔥☮️👍 Late sixties when I made the leap from AM bubblegum to FM. I knew I was home. All that incredible talent!!

[@laurannehoffman9809]

I tell my kids that all the time. They also listen to “our” music

[@MisterMikeTexas]

After that drum solo, your brain is never the same! Such a mad, and brilliant song!

[@RobertoCanale6]

I discovered this wonderful song while watching "GoodFellas" 🎸🥁🎤

[@ElenaKato25or6to4]

I love Goodfellas ❤

[@perky26hughes]

I discovered it from watching The Serpent

[@grahamdrummond2412]

​@@ElenaKato25or6to4me too, I'm sure a lot of people did, Scorsese always puts a lot of classic songs in his films.

[@robpearce8225]

Go home & get your shine box

[@plee571]

I play this in my car when I'm running errands.

[@Crystalbluepersuasion1111]

Perfect

[@jeffkasz2525]

Goodfellas!🎶 🎥

[@moorwatch9654]

Snap

[@loreneskidmore2591]

You're a funny guy. My dad used to also but he just liked to embarrass us during the drum solo at the stop light lol.

[@johnharbottle8534]

That helicopter has been following me all day.

[@jackwalker8007]

Listening to this song, you can hear how fun the recording session must’ve been. Nilsson Schmilsson, one of the best albums ever, in my opinion.

[@stevenwebb4493]

I totally agree! I bought this "album" (actually an 8-track cassette) just before leaving for my freshman year in college and the album turned into a classic. This song still makes me want to jump and my skin tingles with goose bumps. Love this long version, with the drum solo, the bass, ooops there goes the hair on my neck stand up! The long version is the only way to listen to this song.

[@morrison1405]

Lots of coke in that studio

[@charlesperry6093]

​@@morrison1405 booze

[@roymeyer3004]

Did you know that those sessions was mostly just Harry since he played all of the instruments on those tracks. He was that brilliant he played drums, bass, guitar, piano, horns, reeds sang lead and backing vocals. Hard to believe his talent and skill.

[@robfitzgerald4633]

Helicopter has been following me around all day

[@RandallFlaggNY]

Sounds like a personal problem.

[@derithross8314]

Not good

[@OblioArrowgood]

That's a Good Fella....take pics!...lol

[@Stork553]

My grandma had a HUGE cabinet record player that flipping cranked. Floor model that weighed a Thousand pounds. You know the old ones that went up to eleven and had such great reverb. Sat for years, no one used it. Bought this record on a whim. Slapped this LP in and just rumbled the house. My Gosh that was fun! People upstairs screaming, what the heck was that devil music coming from. My friend and I, of course as high as a kite. Just rolling around on the basement floor laughing our asses off. When he drum solo hit. We saw GOD! Such a good day.

[@antrygis1]

It was a super trip. The echo comes on right from the start. I've got to look up who played on this. The bass is so great. So sorry Harry drank himself to death. What a great voice.

[@randallreed9048]

@@antrygis1 A tragedy among the euphoria. Yes, Harry took me on an incredible ride. I am more because of him.

[@randallreed9048]

I had a similar experience on my grandma's farm in Clearfield County, PA. I think I learned the value of stillness and silence. It still serves me well today. Bless you Harry for what you have given me.

[@MichaelJohnson-lv5rm]

I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed and had the same experience..

[@randallreed9048]

@@MichaelJohnson-lv5rm Haven't we all!

[@Deejaay83urj38]

So sorry for the young today that they can never hear the brilliance of the 60s and 70s live

[@rhesarichards9477]

This is the song that sent my Mom charging down the hall to burst into my room screaming to turn that 'noise' off!!! LOL - the best drum solo ever!!!

[@sabbathvideos6416]

anyone else have a chopper following them when listening to this?

[@carlramsey1117]

😮😳😳😳😮

[@carlramsey1117]

???

[@tracymears8230]

Damn DEA !

[@natewebb8106]

Lay off the drugs, they're turning your brain into mush lol

[@catcollector6195]

Actually, I was in the middle of one of the weirdest vampire flicks listening to this. Nilsson as Count Down? Ringo Starr as Merlin? Okey dokey, then.

[@Charles2.24]

RIP Ray Liotta🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@finddeniro]

Tobacco ?

[@Charles2.24]

@@finddeniro cause of death was heart and respiratory problems, including pulmonary edema (fluid in his lungs), respiratory insufficiency, and acute heart failure

[@G8GT364CI]

@@Charles2.24 All caused by his heart failure. Heart can't pump strongly enough so fluid builds up in the lungs which causes respiratory insufficiency.

[@ThomasDoriety]

That's all the money we had, Karen!!

[@robpearce8225]

@@ThomasDoriety I gotta come home, to this??

[@60187guy]

The part of the song from 0:00 to 7:03 is really good.

[@johnglad5]

Lol, ....true

[@patsmith36]

Timeless. Could be a hit today.

[@DrScott666]

It sounds like an indie rock tune that could be on WBRU or whatever the college indie rock station is in your town.

[@ogrebattle22763]

We could make each other happy.... : )

[@richlafleur2266]

great tune a timeless classic harry is a cool dude

[@carolynzaremba5469]

It IS.

[@patrickmonahan2844]

It’s is!!!!!!!

[@KristinShorey-ii8de]

It was 1971. I was about 2 or 3 years old and I was jumping around like a mad child to this tune. Thanks to my folks for having this lp in their collection, and BIG thanks to Harry Nilsson for so much great music and memories 🙂

[@randallreed9048]

Harry saved my life. I was clinically depressed, hated college, my girl broke up with me. Then, sitting in the Enoch Light listening room at JHU, I saw Pandemonium Shadow Show in the catalog, and filled out the request for the album on a whim. I put it on the turntable and within five minutes, I was totally consumed by Harry and his music. Lifted me up and got me over some really bad rough spots. God bless you Harry, wherever you are.

[@stevenpyron3406]

Your story gave me chill bumps. Not to get all weird but the healing powers of music are as real as it gets! Much love and thank you for sharing!

[@randallreed9048]

@@stevenpyron3406 Steve, I would never argue with you about the healing and redemptive powers of music. I am living proof. To this day, I hate John Lennon for leading Harry astray and materially contributing to his vocal cord damage. Thank you for your reply.

[@nancysn7152]

@@randallreed9048 wow! I never knew that about Lennon! Learn something new everyday! But anyway I Love this song! Love to drive to it!

[@donnapage8894]

@@randallreed9048 Don’t look back

[@kenfrench6866]

Don't know where Randall Reed is getting this information but to say that John Lennon lead Harry Nilsson astray and ruin his voice is misleading.

[@jonathanhurley4055]

Good GOD I forgot how intense the bass riff was on this song....and the louder you play it the more pronounced is the brilliance of the riff... wow

[@marthacilla]

It's fucking AWESOME!

[@richh650]

Rick Paul said it best.: "This song is desperation. It is shaking your fist at the sky and screaming uncontrollably. This is an unstable guy making unstable art. This may be the first punk song. Pure analog anger with zero fucks given. A masterpiece."

[@michaellorenzen8200]

analog and punk ! 100% I hear all sorts of influences just creeping out 😊

[@vanGentJeroen]

Yeah !

[@raceyboy]

Hell yeah

[@geoffreylogsdon162]

That is an accurate description. Thank you.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Sure does sound like it, true

[@dentonramsey30]

RIP Ray Liotta

[@patrickmcintosh3295]

Nobody makes music like this anymore, great classic!

[@klyvemurray]

I think that Harry was the ONLY one to make music like this. His broad range of styles were totally unique...My 37 year old son thinks Harry's "Coconut" is 'way cool' 😀

[@ferdinandogallo1579]

Goodfellas

[@tedcruzforgayrights2045]

You gotta look for it homie It’s out there

[@beanpods]

Record companies don't sign talent anymore they sign autotune crap

[@stevep.912]

I remember listening to this in a friends car in the early 70s on an quadrophonic 8 track tape system he had. It was a great mix that made it sound like the music was circling you. One of the few times I heard anything special out of quadrophonic recordings.

[@jeffskinner4482]

I might have been that friend

[@brianstone8719]

😆😆😆there's a group of words I never expected to hear in my lifetime..try quad Brain Salad Surgery on crossroads

[@jeffskinner4482]

@@brianstone8719 Keith Moon died Akron Ohio

[@GrayRaceCat]

Try Frankenstein- The Edgar Winter Group in quad, it spins around you too!

[@brianstone8719]

@@GrayRaceCat yeh yeh that's what happens I almost fell out of my chair when Toccata music raced around the room 😅 I fell into the table and hung on my buddy saw this and jumped up and pulled the tape (we always had a trip master for safety) 😅🤣🤣🤣

[@truegangsteroflove]

It is hard to convey the craziness of those times. One example might help. In 1972 I was substitute teaching in my small home town in Illinois, and at the high school one day this song was blasting through the school's sound system between classes. I loved the song, and it really spoke to the freedom that young people were feeling. Harry Nilsson made some great music, and this may have been his best.

[@miketrower2009]

Definitely a lost weekend...

[@kariqualters5908]

I am also from a little town in Illinois in the 70’s, Rantoul, home of Chanute Air Force Base, it was right next to Champaign-Urbana where the U of I is. 😊

[@kariqualters5908]

@@miketrower2009 Love the reference to Lennon, he and Nilsson certainly made an interesting pair in those days!!! 😊

[@G8GT364CI]

RIP electric bassist Herbie Flowers.

[@Randude206]

The Bass in this defines the sound

[@elizabethbarnes4788]

60 years old and can still sing every word on this album

[@rippi37]

Me too Elizabeth....63 and still singing along , loudly xxx

[@johnsarab4500]

Can't even hum todays pop when the song is 1 year old. Us Boomers were lucky as all f**K!

[@rippi37]

@@johnsarab4500 I'm too young to be a 'boomer' , but yes , us oldies lived through the best music....60's -early 70's , even late 50's ....all very groovy

[@richardhammond5008]

& 71 YEARS HERE !!! WHO THE F***ING HELL SAID " IF IT'S TOO LOUD , THEN YOUR TOO OLD " ?!!!!

[@ammaleslie509]

same

[@jfreshwater1406]

Anyone else know this from goodfellas

[@angeldesigns1385]

This part of the movie is the hardest to watch. You can just feel Henry’s stress level through the screen.

[@timothyvandyke-lc1oi]

I had this in 1973

[@ziggy44132]

Why do I see a helicopter every time that I hear this song?

[@Nickyeyes]

Everything. Everything gonna be alright this morning.

[@flintsky7706]

Lay off the drugs Henry *slap*

[@SuperTorres7]

For me and my friends we allways run from the choppers it’s la migra lookin for us ..!

[@rockdogreno]

'Cuz you're high?😂

[@davo2003hd]

Harry Nilsson was so talented. gone way too soon.

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

Dude was a hard core alcoholic...

[@holmeed]

5 packs a day will do that

[@kevinsnodgrass6222]

Was it a heart attack?

[@stephenlally6009]

I'd rather be dead than wet my bed - Son of Schmilsson

[@v-town1980]

@@JohnSmith-kz8yo So are useless gits who contributed nothing. Fair trade.

[@unhandmeprrriest4601]

That is the coolest bass line I’ve ever heard

[@theblakex]

Listen to Primus

[@elvisparker4691]

Ohio - Pretenders Not even the best bassline in the Movie, Jack Bruce Psycho Killer, My Generation, Detroit Rock City, Sure Know Something, Never Break the Chain, Roundabout, I - Kiss, Crazy Little Thing Called Love ...

[@jeswilde6188]

welcome to the world ..go deeep down the raabbbiittt hole

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Rock On from David Essex too. In fact they are similar

[@stephencampbell2115]

Herbie Flowers who also played on Walk on the Wild side

[@caseyjones3684]

"Stop with those F'n drugs they're making your mind into mush, ya hear me?"

[@bubbybearist]

I do not do any drugs but I still love this song

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

Drugs? I think it was the booze...

[@Matt-mo8sl]

The man knows his mob movies !

[@dillonsalo7123]

Do what you like...

[@maureenmacgregor7226]

Want to see helicopters? C'mon, I'll show you helicopters.

[@davidtester3239]

How about a little love for Herbie Flowers massive bass line? He also did the bass for Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.” Plus the great drums by the tragic Jim Gordon.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Indeed got a double session fee from Reed due to suggesting acoustic and electric bass to thicken the sound...brilliant

[@jmontigny7367]

Those bass runs are the finest I've heard. The entire piece is so tight. That was the beauty of the time - you had to be that good. We were raised on the finest music made - it was fresh, new and never before heard. It's why groups of the past thirty years have been sampling the music of my generation - they need that injection of authenticity. Nilsson didn't. He was the authentic one, along with everyone in his band.

[@jacquesstrapp3219]

Top notch bass line.

[@rjcushey1]

That bass was so low it was underground!!!

[@blueschewy2558]

@@rjcushey1 And not the velvet variety either.

[@roybatty2030]

Nilsson was pure gift from the gods, astonishing talent, thanks Harry.

[@janeyd5280]

Love Harry 🙂

[@johnglad5]

Not God's, God.

[@IKE11111]

Greatness of this song brought me here.

[@raymonddobos8896]

also worked at Cincy Library..

[@thomasbaldyga]

Russ Eichorn one of the most underrated musicians of all time.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

How many people only know of Dick Dale from Pulp Fiction. It's kind of annoying they don't delve any deeper in both cases. They are missing out on so much.

[@bigpaulie806]

☺️

[@kadm-on2654]

Goodfella's... Helicopter scene..

[@imachavel]

"See Tommy had killed a made man. To kill a made guy you better get a sit down and you better get an ok or you would be the one to get wacked." After Tommy was set up in a ceremony to become a made man only to get wacked for killing Billy Batts years before without permission Henry wakes up one day with a helicopter following him around and gets busted. They then tell him his associates have him next on the hit list and he is looking at hard prison time where he can easily get wacked in prison or join the witness protection program and do the one thing he has been trained his whole life not to do. Never rat on your friends. Either way he realized this was in fact his last day as a Wise Guy. Maybe to me the best scene in movie history.

[@obiobiwan9268]

ONE OF THE GREATEST BASSLINES AND ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUM SOLOS IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC

[@obiobiwan9268]

@jonathanbirch2022 I remembered him from the Layla and other assorted love songs, but had no idea that his outcome was such. Truly tragic.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@jonathanbirch2022What happened to him?

[@tony0000]

The guitar works is also quite excellent.

[@fnurgas5743]

Herbie Flowers session bassist was paid 12£ for his efforts here.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@thepedanticphoenix Oh my goodness that’s so very sad all the way around, thank you for answering me 😊

[@nedd.8479]

Surprisingly heavy for a Nilsson song.

[@JeromeIsTheMan]

that drum solo is criminally underrated

[@tomloft2000]

maybe that was a slip of the tongue,since the drummer was convicted of killing his mother.

[@ZemanTheMighty]

@@tomloft2000 he is also a diagnosed schizophrenic who got no professional help in his time. A great tragedy really

[@erswnn]

The lame use of "underrated" is well overrated.

[@Yograce2]

@@ZemanTheMighty It was due to the caine. If it didn’t kill them by heart attack it fried their brain.

[@jbarksdale4672]

That bass

[@suzanneeck7220]

Pure genius. Horrifically underrated

[@rippi37]

He was NEVER "underrated"-- YTs most overrated word. Only underrated in your world perhaps.

[@lraykeller17]

I was gonna be busy all day. I had to drop off some guns at Jimmy's to match some silencers he had gotten. I had to pick up my brother at the hospital and drive him back to the house for dinner that night. And then I had to pick up some new Pittsburgh stuff for Lois to fly down to some customers I had near Atlanta. Right away I knew he didn't want them. I knew I was gonna get stuck for the money and I only bought the damn guns because he wanted them and now he didn't want them. I didn't say a thing. Jimmy was so pissed off he didn't even say goodbye. Now I knew my Pittsburgh guys always wanted guns and since I was gonna see them later in the afternoon to pick up a delivery, I was pretty sure I'd get my money back.

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

i swear that helicopter’s been following me all day

[@danielfox3276]

@@thebasedgodmax1163 you wanna see helicopters wrrruuuppppppppppp

[@DaveBare]

I don't fly without my lucky hat.

[@chrisbacos]

For a second I thought I was dead, but when I heard all the noise I knew they were cops. Only cops talk that way. If they had been wiseguys I wouldn't have heard a thing. I'd have been dead.

[@jacobpitsenbarger4763]

Just another schnook.

[@Soundmanfh]

My favorite song to play in my head whenever I have to stand and wait in a line. Lots of people look at me bobbing my head and wonder what is going on. One time I was doing it and got the same results, except this one little boy started bobbing his head with me. I started singing the words and we both were bobbing harder. He motioned for his mom to come close to him and he whispered in her ear. She told me that he asked her if he could hug me. I picked him up, hugged him and told him to pick out something from the candy rack. He chose a Twix candy bar. Said it was his sister's favorite. I asked him what was his favorite. He pointed to a Hershey bar. I told him to grab 2 of them cuz that is my favorite also. Don't know if still remembers it, but I have never forgotten it. That is why I am always also smiling when others are wondering what is going with me....as we all wait in line.

[@jonathanree4524]

were you on cocaine at the time? seeing any helicopters?

[@jameshadfield2658]

thanks for the uplift I was feel in kinda down. can ya get me a reese's

[@stoneymcstonerson4504]

cool bro

[@haideebarker7797]

Great story- thanks!!

[@kingboagart899]

Touching

[@WonderbreadSkittles4]

"I swear, this helicopter's been following me all morning!!!"

[@RandallFlaggNY]

Fuggedaboutit.

[@mmochigame9818]

You're not paranoiac when you heard this song there helicopter in the sky and red blue lights in the night

[@kingboagart899]

One of the best bass lines in music. I couldn't get next to a lot of Nilsson's stuff but I always looked forward to hearing the next one because I knew it would be innovative whether I liked it or not. Truly genius

[@cryptohalloffame]

one of the few songs that immediately grabs you and you go, wow, what a great tune!

[@carllaning989]

Magnificent voice. That de-tuned bass…rock. and. roll

[@ThePoliticrat]

This is the perfect song to listen to on Sunday May 11, 1980 at 6:55 AM

[@drewfullam8873]

That was my 23rd birthday.

[@ThePoliticrat]

@@drewfullam8873 And the day the main character from Goodfellas was arrested (with this song playing as he’s being chased by the helicopter).

[@pete3883]

Good date with a girl ?

[@mollycastles]

Sounds damn good on March 16, 2924

[@adavis3464]

That was my dad's 35th birthday! RIP pops, you were the greatest of them all.

[@floraline7153]

The use of this in Goodfellas was inspired. I felt the tension, panic, and action in my soul along with Henry Hill during those scenes. I am in my mid-fifties and I am just now starting to learn about Nilsson after watching the documentary Nilsson: Everybody's Talking 'Bout Me. Until I saw that, I never knew this was a Nilsson song!

[@colleenknapp8626]

This is the version they should have played on the radio; brilliant, Harry! 🤩

[@bryanlongshore6198]

The only reason people know about this song is good fellows....except for the baby boomers who remember it...

[@KB-eo9bu]

Harry Nilsson did it all on this song 🎵 The drums 🥁 keyboards guitar 🎸 wrote it and sang it.He even had time to Stir The Sauce too!🤑

[@j.p.wagner6461]

Yes, sauce needs to be stirred. Did you stir the sauce ???

[@willvicscar5910]

@@j.p.wagner6461 😂😂😂

[@axo9]

Don't yeah, yeah yeah me Louis

[@adamsanswers830]

And what does she do? She picks up the phone and makes a call....

[@nomoremister]

I'm reading the credits on the album's Wikipedia page and it looks as if Harry played electric piano. Jim Webb played acoustic piano, Jim Gordon played drums and percussion, Herbie Flowers played bass, guitars were played by John Uribe, Chris Spedding, and Klaus Voormann.

[@Rick-o-Rama]

I'd rate this in the top 20 best rock songs ever....what a fun work of art !!!

[@dennismurphy2979]

Marty Scorcese has a knack for picking not only the perfect track for his scores but also where and what amount. He has the songs in his head as he imagines the scenes sometimes decades before he makes a film.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

Yes, Agree completely. From Mott the Hoople to Ray Barretto!!!!

[@zingzangspillip1]

The thing I love about that sequence in Goodfellas is how Scorsese mirrors Henry's fractured state by switching randomly between all of those different songs.

[@nellgwenn]

I was thinking today that Goodfellas and American Graffiti are similar in how the songs perfectly match the action.

[@schizoidboy]

Can't think of this song without thinking about that helicopter flying overhead. Can anyone?

[@bundinyi]

That time he spent working on "Woodstock" wasn't wasted.

[@koalabearsongs3797]

Jim Gordon did here what no other drummer could have. He brought his "A" game , as always. This was a wonderful period in Jim's career, and in spite of the tragic ending just about 10 years later, he must always be remembered for the totally unbelievable drumming he gave the world on so many, many recordings.

[@jonwingate5535]

Thank you from a Jim Gordon "student". Have wore tapes out playing to this guy..He needs to be acknowledged for his genius and allowed to age gracefully..im pretty sure he knows what he did..best wishes and prayers too him and his family..god bless

[@equipmentmanagementservice2310]

don't forget that he also played drums on Layla AND he wrote and played the piano portion of the same song. (his girlfriend made the claim that she actually wrote it, Jim stole it and added it to the song)

[@RyGuy913]

@@equipmentmanagementservice2310 Yes, indeed, Jim Gordon was a great, great drummer, who - in addition to lending his drumming to all the tracks on "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" - played on countless classic songs with other famous artists (everything from "Classical Gas" and "Different Drum" to "Marrakesh Express" and "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," just to name a few).

[@RyGuy913]

@@equipmentmanagementservice2310 Now, one note about that piano solo, to call her "his girlfriend" omits the fact that she was Rita Coolidge, a great musical artist in her own right.

[@Offdrive3]

🥁rock wizard with the mojo chops to move mountains. What a horribly sad outcome. Poor fella.

[@Kirke182]

When I entered my teens, I had a paper route so I was making a little money. Back then, you could buy an album for 5 bucks. It was time for me to start amassing the huge collection I had by the time I hit my 20s. This was the first album I bought!

[@scottharriman532]

good choice!

[@lisajohnsoneinhorn]

The bass. OMG.

[@v-town1980]

Right?! The way he eases up on the peg and brings it back...wow!

[@feetfeetfun]

I used to have one of those monster component stereos with a subwoofer back in the day. We would play this and crank it up and shake the whole house.

[@threerings1345]

"Don't let Karen touch the sauce."