Son o' Schmilsson was released while Nilsson Schmilsson be still on t' charts. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! It hit #12, spent 31 weeks on t' charts, and went gold.

 

At t' end o' t' Son o' Schmilsson album Richard 'One-Eyed Perry' Perry says "Fair winds, Harry" t' which Harry replies, matey, "See ya next album, Richard."

 

Accordin' t' Nilsson expert, me bucko, Curtis 'Captain Lilly' Armstrong, this was somethin' o' an inside joke. Ya scallywag! Durin' t' "I'd Rather Be Dead" sessions Harry and Richard brought in t' Stepney and Pinner Choir #6, a group o' senior citizens, matey, t' sin' on t' track. Avast, me proud beauty! T' day turned into somethin' o' a party for everyone. At one point, Harry and Richard were up in t' booth listenin' t' a playback with One-Shoe Klaus Voormann when they heard a weird sound on t' recording. They played it back over and over tryin' t' determine what it was. Finally, matey, Voormann, who Harry claimed has ears like no one else on earth, ya bilge rat, said it sounded t' him like a wooden leg creaking. This put Harry and Richard into a bit o' a bind, 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. Well, blow me down! Richard, very apologetically, asked if thar be anyone in t' room with a wooden leg. Aye aye! "I 'ave!" said one. Ya scallywag! So they asked him t' please try and keep still while t' tape was rolling. Begad! At t' end o' t' session, as t' Choir were headed out for t' bus and sayin' their goodbyes, shiver me timbers, 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, each album is unique. Ya scallywag! In Africa, t' year before last, arrr, I wrote t' Schmilsson album in a month and a half. Begad! I was never that prolific before and probably never will be again. Avast, me proud beauty! There was no telephone goin' off. There were elephants outside. I took out a notebook and a pen and, wow. Ahoy! all o' a sudden I started writin' lyrics and melodies without bein' near a piano or guitar or anything.

-- Bowlegged Harry Nilsson [1]