Harry Nilsson (12,832 views)

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I'm not updating this thread anymore. In fact, I might even give it up for adoption soon, due to my bad experience with it and a lack of interest in continuing to notewatch Nilsson's music. For now, if you have an issue with the thread in its current state, too bad. Talk to SailorBlue. He made the thread the way it is now, and he did a pretty awful job if you ask me. Trying to get me to change something here is going to be about as useful as talking to a brick wall, because I just don't care at all anymore.

I'm currently working on the Randy Newman and Colin Vearncombe threads (Newman being the higher priority one), and I'll be much more involved with them than I am with Nilsson.

Anyways, I'm giving Nilsson up for adoption, so if anyone wants to remake the thread, just ask me first and I'll give you the green light and give you the research I have. I just want to make sure that whoever is making the thread does it well.

That's about it. Have a nice day! :)

[Geege]

Feb 21, 2022 3:54:18 GMT @ianvector said:

I'm not updating this thread anymore. In fact, I might even give it up for adoption soon, due to my bad experience with it and a lack of interest in continuing to notewatch Nilsson's music. For now, if you have an issue with the thread in its current state, too bad. Talk to SailorBlue . He made the thread the way it is now, and he did a pretty awful job if you ask me. Trying to get me to change something here is going to be about as useful as talking to a brick wall, because I just don't care at all anymore.

I'm currently working on the Randy Newman and Colin Vearncombe threads (Newman being the higher priority one), and I'll be much more involved with them than I am with Nilsson.

Anyways, I'm giving Nilsson up for adoption, so if anyone wants to remake the thread, just ask me first and I'll give you the green light and give you the research I have. I just want to make sure that whoever is making the thread does it well.

That's about it. Have a nice day! :)

I’d like to adopt Nilsson. (If that’s alright with you, of course).

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Feb 21, 2022 5:48:56 GMT Geege said:

Feb 21, 2022 3:54:18 GMT @ianvector said:

I'm not updating this thread anymore. In fact, I might even give it up for adoption soon, due to my bad experience with it and a lack of interest in continuing to notewatch Nilsson's music. For now, if you have an issue with the thread in its current state, too bad. Talk to SailorBlue . He made the thread the way it is now, and he did a pretty awful job if you ask me. Trying to get me to change something here is going to be about as useful as talking to a brick wall, because I just don't care at all anymore.

I'm currently working on the Randy Newman and Colin Vearncombe threads (Newman being the higher priority one), and I'll be much more involved with them than I am with Nilsson.

Anyways, I'm giving Nilsson up for adoption, so if anyone wants to remake the thread, just ask me first and I'll give you the green light and give you the research I have. I just want to make sure that whoever is making the thread does it well.

That's about it. Have a nice day! :)

I’d like to adopt Nilsson. (If that’s alright with you, of course).

Sure. I don’t see why not. I’ll send you my research. All you really have to do is notewatch the rest of the RCA album collections and a few live performances and you should be up and running.

[fallenalien]

Feb 21, 2022 3:54:18 GMT @ianvector said:

I'm not updating this thread anymore. In fact, I might even give it up for adoption soon, due to my bad experience with it and a lack of interest in continuing to notewatch Nilsson's music. For now, if you have an issue with the thread in its current state, too bad. Talk to SailorBlue . He made the thread the way it is now, and he did a pretty awful job if you ask me. Trying to get me to change something here is going to be about as useful as talking to a brick wall, because I just don't care at all anymore.

I'm currently working on the Randy Newman and Colin Vearncombe threads (Newman being the higher priority one), and I'll be much more involved with them than I am with Nilsson.

Anyways, I'm giving Nilsson up for adoption, so if anyone wants to remake the thread, just ask me first and I'll give you the green light and give you the research I have. I just want to make sure that whoever is making the thread does it well.

That's about it. Have a nice day! :)

I know you are super young, but you need to work on your maturity and do some self reflection. If you can't deal with criticism, you shouldn't put stuff out here and you shouldn't make trillions of claims and then abandon all of them later.

[rob]

Feb 23, 2022 17:47:43 GMT fallenalien said:

Feb 21, 2022 3:54:18 GMT @ianvector said:

I'm not updating this thread anymore. In fact, I might even give it up for adoption soon, due to my bad experience with it and a lack of interest in continuing to notewatch Nilsson's music. For now, if you have an issue with the thread in its current state, too bad. Talk to SailorBlue . He made the thread the way it is now, and he did a pretty awful job if you ask me. Trying to get me to change something here is going to be about as useful as talking to a brick wall, because I just don't care at all anymore.

I'm currently working on the Randy Newman and Colin Vearncombe threads (Newman being the higher priority one), and I'll be much more involved with them than I am with Nilsson.

Anyways, I'm giving Nilsson up for adoption, so if anyone wants to remake the thread, just ask me first and I'll give you the green light and give you the research I have. I just want to make sure that whoever is making the thread does it well.

That's about it. Have a nice day! :)

I know you are super young, but you need to work on your maturity and do some self reflection. If you can't deal with criticism, you shouldn't put stuff out here and you shouldn't make trillions of claims and then abandon all of them later.

I'm kinda divided on things. I agree that Ian needs to work on his maturity and do some self reflecting. But that's also something that just comes with age. It's weird that he had a bunch of fake accounts, that was definitely odd. But on the other hand, I think that the way the criticism was being dealt out on his thread was a bit much. It's one thing to politely point out issues with a thread, that should always be encouraged. But to literally remake someone else's thread and tell them to use it instead is pretty disrespectful. At the most, if I were in that situation I would show them where they were off base and give an example to try and help them along. This whole issue could have probably been avoided with some more carefully chosen words. At least that's my perspective, please take it with a grain of salt.

[Anacrusis]

Feb 23, 2022 18:43:48 GMT rob said:

I'm kinda divided on things. I agree that Ian needs to work on his maturity and do some self reflecting. But that's also something that just comes with age. It's weird that he had a bunch of fake accounts, that was definitely odd. But on the other hand, I think that the way the criticism was being dealt out on his thread was a bit much. It's one thing to politely point out issues with a thread, that should always be encouraged. But to literally remake someone else's thread and tell them to use it instead is pretty disrespectful. At the most, if I were in that situation I would show them where they were off base and give an example to try and help them along. This whole issue could have probably been avoided with some more carefully chosen words. At least that's my perspective, please take it with a grain of salt.

Edit: I had tried to chime in, but it was just clutter, so I've deleted my comment (though I'm not sure ProBoards lets you do that? Idk.). Rob's post is everything you need to see. I agree wholeheartedly with it.

[thegondolaman]

Nilsson Sings Newman was a transformative event in my life when I first heard it, and I'd still rank it among the best albums of the 1970s. Perhaps it's even better than Newman's own albums, although Newman is a much more acquired taste as a featured artist. Either way, I hope we see a Nilsson renaissance again sometime soon.

He seems to be a more interesting vocalist than I ever gave him credit for, also. The highest notes listed here are pretty crazy.

[fallenalien]

Feb 23, 2022 18:43:48 GMT rob said:

Feb 23, 2022 17:47:43 GMT fallenalien said:

I know you are super young, but you need to work on your maturity and do some self reflection. If you can't deal with criticism, you shouldn't put stuff out here and you shouldn't make trillions of claims and then abandon all of them later.

I'm kinda divided on things. I agree that Ian needs to work on his maturity and do some self reflecting. But that's also something that just comes with age. It's weird that he had a bunch of fake accounts, that was definitely odd. But on the other hand, I think that the way the criticism was being dealt out on his thread was a bit much. It's one thing to politely point out issues with a thread, that should always be encouraged. But to literally remake someone else's thread and tell them to use it instead is pretty disrespectful. At the most, if I were in that situation I would show them where they were off base and give an example to try and help them along. This whole issue could have probably been avoided with some more carefully chosen words. At least that's my perspective, please take it with a grain of salt.

I agree with all of this. My criticism is not meant to be disrespectful or motivated by hate. I wasn't very mature at 15 either, which is why I think he could benefit from reflecting on his behavior more.

[rob]

Feb 24, 2022 1:38:49 GMT fallenalien said:

Feb 23, 2022 18:43:48 GMT rob said:

I'm kinda divided on things. I agree that Ian needs to work on his maturity and do some self reflecting. But that's also something that just comes with age. It's weird that he had a bunch of fake accounts, that was definitely odd. But on the other hand, I think that the way the criticism was being dealt out on his thread was a bit much. It's one thing to politely point out issues with a thread, that should always be encouraged. But to literally remake someone else's thread and tell them to use it instead is pretty disrespectful. At the most, if I were in that situation I would show them where they were off base and give an example to try and help them along. This whole issue could have probably been avoided with some more carefully chosen words. At least that's my perspective, please take it with a grain of salt.

I agree with all of this. My criticism is not meant to be disrespectful or motivated by hate. I wasn't very mature at 15 either, which is why I think he could benefit from reflecting on his behavior more.

Ah, sorry, to clarify I meant that the criticism levied against his thread earlier on I felt was really aggressive, not what you said. 

[EddieCheivz]

Feb 21, 2022 5:48:56 GMT Geege said:

Feb 21, 2022 3:54:18 GMT @ianvector said:

I'm not updating this thread anymore. In fact, I might even give it up for adoption soon, due to my bad experience with it and a lack of interest in continuing to notewatch Nilsson's music. For now, if you have an issue with the thread in its current state, too bad. Talk to SailorBlue . He made the thread the way it is now, and he did a pretty awful job if you ask me. Trying to get me to change something here is going to be about as useful as talking to a brick wall, because I just don't care at all anymore.

I'm currently working on the Randy Newman and Colin Vearncombe threads (Newman being the higher priority one), and I'll be much more involved with them than I am with Nilsson.

Anyways, I'm giving Nilsson up for adoption, so if anyone wants to remake the thread, just ask me first and I'll give you the green light and give you the research I have. I just want to make sure that whoever is making the thread does it well.

That's about it. Have a nice day! :)

I’d like to adopt Nilsson. (If that’s alright with you, of course).

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 this is pretty good to be real

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Apr 3, 2022 23:50:37 GMT EddieCheivz said:

Feb 21, 2022 5:48:56 GMT Geege said:

I’d like to adopt Nilsson. (If that’s alright with you, of course).

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 this is pretty good to be real

Lol. I almost forgot about that whole fiasco. At the time, I wanted to completely start fresh with a brand new thread and more complete research than I had at the time, and I didn't really trust anyone else to make the thread adequately. It seemed like an okay idea at the time, but in retrospect, I realize it was one of the stupidest things I have ever tried to do.

At the present moment, I think the thread is sufficient enough not to warrant a complete redo, though I have a list of people in mind if I think the thread needs to be remade for some reason.

Edit: Also, I take back most of what I said about TheRealRomanHeath. He's an okay guy.

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I know nobody cares about this thread anymore, but I send Alex61 a message offering to give him my “claim” on Nilsson. Should he accept, Nilsson will finally get an adequate thread and this dreadful abomination of a thread will be nothing but a distant memory.

[dragonslayer]

Ian, truthfully, the thread was absolutely decent, I hardly had any issue in deciphering the majority of information you've included there (and even the variations of fonts and colours were hardly jarring to my eyes). Had some minor issues that had to be polished, 's fine, any task I partake in ends up being excessively lacking in all sorts of details malfunctions. Which is to say, you've done hella of a draining activity by notewatching his discography to such a lengthy degree with loads of detailing, well done! You've misspitched some sh*t. No big deal. I need three attempts at doing my dishes, as I get distracted so frequently and therefore stop midway through before realising and resuming, so creating a thread like yours would surely be an unobtainable height of achievement for me, and the lacklustre structuring of it wouldn't prevent me from giving myself a tap on a shoulder 🙌😉

Also, yeah. The critical points were rather harsh and it really shouldn't be blamed on a youngster for having an emotional reaction to somebody providing him with pointers that clearly had no intention of just improving his thread. If that was the case it'd have been addressed more maturely and politely, there's absolutely no excuse for explaining such behaviour on a public forum, where common decency ought to be oriented as the centerfold of users interactivity. The menacing commentary was even uncomfortable to read and if delivered to me in person in regards to my efforts of any kind towards any goal, I'd be obliged to also question its content, phrasing, delivery and intention before moving onto the clarification of what criticism is and what caused me to be less inclined towards gratitude in repsonse to its aggressively charged essence 👌

Also, pointing out that the OP wasn't taking the criticism appropriately and guiding them to "self-reflect" had soooooo many aggravating connotations...and especially, discouraging a fifteen year old from reconsidering participating in this forum just because you found his way of reacting as uncalled for, even though that's your value judgement dictating such "constructive" piece of advice (that, might I throw in, nobody asked for 🤷‍♀️).

I mean, a teenager ought to be encouraged to participate in any form of activities that engage their brain cells rather than be instructed to "self-reflect" due to their inappropriate response to the guidelines.

Hey, perhaps some of you lot take this opportunity to turn inwards and place that mirror before your own very self? Enjoy the journey.

This forum always had a trouble with maintaing the atmosphere that'd be less than absolutely unwelcoming towards newcomers, who sometimes start threads that have been "claimed" by the regulars for AAGGGGEEEEES for no apparent reason other than uselessness of claiming it.