| I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City |
While making the film Midnight Cowboy , director John Schlesinger had been using Harry Nilsson's recording of "Everybody's Talkin' " as an example of the type of song he wanted for the finished film. Harry wrote "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City " as his candidate for the final soundtrack ... |
| Midnight Cowboy |
Midnight Cowboy is a film by John Schlesinger which won the Oscar for "Best Picture" in 1969. The film features Harry Nilsson's performance of "Everybody's Talkin' ." The movie studio wanted an original song written for the film, so Schlesinger used "Everybody's Talkin'" just as a placeholder ... |
| One Last Touch of Nilsson |
... auditioning music for the film Midnight Cowboy . When the word was out that Schlesinger needed songs, responses came from everyone from Joni Mitchell to Bob Dylan ("Lay Lady Lay "), to Randy Newman (reportedly, "Cowboy " ). Nilsson himself hoped for his own composition "I Guess The Lord ... |
| Everybody's Talkin' |
... later featured in the movie Midnight Cowboy . The single issued to coincide with the release of the soundtrack album became an international hit and earned Nilsson a Grammy award. Everybody's Talkin' Others who have recorded Fred Neil's song include Emmylou Harris , Neil Diamond , Willie ... |
| The Boy Who Always Said "No" |
... Point! and the soundtrack to Midnight Cowboy , had a childhood dream: to write for Galaxy Magazine . Initially edited by H. L. Gold , Galaxy was the most popular science fiction magazine of the 1950s to 1970s. In 1993, Harry and his family spent Christmas with H. L. Gold's son, E. J. Gold . ... |
| A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night {UK CD Reissue} [2002] |
... Talkin' " from the film, Midnight Cowboy . If you haven't already guessed, the album I'm referring to here is Harry Nilsson's A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night [....] While there are several examples of contemporary artists who have tried their hand at the gold standards - Linda ... |
| Music Scene {September 27, 1969} |
... Scene, included a clip from Midnight Cowboy featuring Harry Nilsson singing "Everybody's Talkin' ." |
| White Rabbit |
... sound track of the movie " Midnight Cowboy ." Again, no reference to Harry being given the nickname "White Rabbit" is found anywhere prior to 1994 - except in the Time magazine article. Mr. Nilsson, who was born Harry E. Nelson 3d in Brooklyn , adopted the Swedish spelling of his name ... |
| Harryfest 1999 |
... the theme from the film Midnight Cowboy ? ("Everybody's talkin' at me, can't hear a word they're saying ... ") How about his biggest hit, "Without You " ("Can't live, if livin' is without you, can't live, can't live anymo-o-o-o-re...")? Ever see the animated film, The Point! ? It ... |
| Cameron Crowe |
... of "Everybody's Talkin' " in Midnight Cowboy . Crowe writes, "The song is the opening brush stroke on a masterpiece, the perfect touch for an opening sequence."[1] Nilsson also makes the list at number 6 with "Jump Into the Fire " from Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas . "Scorcese uses [the song] ... |
| Aerial Pandemonium Ballet |
... big hit after it appeared in Midnight Cowboy , Harry Nilsson remixed selected tracks from his first two RCA albums, Pandemonium Shadow Show and Aerial Ballet and released them as a new album. Aerial Pandemonium Ballet is considered one of the first "remix" albums. The bizarre magazine ... |
| Harry Nilsson in the Netherlands |
... was in 1971. We saw the film, Midnight Cowboy in the cinema. I was very impressed by the film, and also with Dustin Hoffman and shortly after this, I bought the LP, Aerial Ballet only for the song "Everybody's Talkin' ." The rest of the songs intrigued me; the beautiful voice, the different ... |
| John Schlesinger |
... Talkin' " in his 1969 film Midnight Cowboy , director John Schlesinger described it as a: Total, total fluke. My assistant suggested it. I didn't know who Harry Nilsson was at the time but lyrically it's perfect as well as rhythmically. The studio didn't want to buy it, though, because it was ... |
| Midnight Cowboy {Stereophonic LP} [1969] |
... of the John Schlesinger film, Midnight Cowboy , features Harry's performance of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin' ." "Everybody's Talkin' " won Harry his first Grammy award. |
| Midnight Cowboy {180 gram LP Reissue} [1999] |
Simply Vinyl released the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack on LP in 1999 and Nilsson Schmilsson on LP in 2002. The soundtrack of the John Schlesinger film features Harry Nilsson's performance of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin' ." |
| Nilsson Schmilsson {180 gram LP Reissue} [2002] |
Simply Vinyl released the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack on LP in 1999 and Nilsson Schmilsson on LP in 2002. The following is the description of Nilsson Schmilsson from Simply Vinyl's web site: Well, here's a classic [...] from an artist who is only just beginning to be recognised for the major ... |
| Cowboy |
The theme from Midnight Cowboy can be heard during the fade out of Cowboy . |
