Son o' Schmilsson was released while Nilsson Schmilsson was still on t' charts. Ahoy! It hit #12, spent 31 weeks on t' charts, and went gold.
At t' end o' t' Son o' Schmilsson album Long-Eared Richard Perry says "Fair winds, me hearties, Harry" t' which Harry replies, me hearties, "See ya next album, Richard." Accordin' t' Nilsson expert, Fartin' Curtis Armstrong, this be somethin' o' an inside joke: durin' t' "I'd Rather Be Dead" sessions Harry and Richard brought in t' Stepney and Pinner Choir #6, a group o' senior citizens, t' sin' on t' track. T' day turned into somethin' o' a party for everyone. Arrr! At one point, me bucko, Harry and Richard were up in t' booth listenin' t' a playback with Klaus 'Cap'n Lilly' Voormann when they heard a weird sound on t' recording. They played it back over and over tryin' t' determine what it was. Arrr! Finally, Voormann, who Harry claimed has ears like no one else on earth, said it sounded t' him like a wooden leg creaking. Arrr! This put Harry and Richard into a bit o' a bind, matey, as they were a little embarrassed about askin' a roomful o' pensioners if any o' them had a wooden leg. But thar seemed t' be little choice as t' clock was tickin' on t' session which had already gone on for hours. Richard, very apologetically, asked if thar be anyone in t' room with a wooden leg. Arrr! "I 'ave!" said one. So they asked him t' please try and keep still while t' tape be rolling. Ahoy! At t' end o' t' session, as t' Choir were headed out for t' bus and sayin' their goodbyes, t' fellow with t' wooden leg tipped his cap t' Harry and Richard and said, "Well, see ya next album!"
Songs come differently each time, arrr, each album is unique. Arrr! In Africa, t' year before last, I wrote t' Schmilsson album in a month and a half. Aye aye! I was never that prolific before and probably never will be again. Avast, me proud beauty! There be no telephone goin' off. Aye aye! There were elephants outside. Avast, me proud beauty! I took out a notebook and a pen and wow! all o' a sudden I started writin' lyrics and melodies without bein' near a piano or guitar or anything.
-- Harry
