Without You (1972)

Without You (1972)

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1) Nilsson sings that he can't forget this evening. Did anything happen this evening (or last night, if you're answering during the day) that you expect you'll recall for a long time? 

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1) Nilsson sings that he can't forget this evening. Did anything happen this evening (or last night, if you're answering during the day) that you expect you'll recall for a long time? 

It’s been Dullsville here.  So, no.  And believe you me, that is a great blessing. 

2) In the 1960s, he worked in a very "un-rock-star" job: computer programmer in a bank. Looking over your career, have you more often worked in or out of an office setting?  

Out. Totally out. All the jobs I had never involved an Office.

3) He fibbed to get the job, telling the bank he'd graduated from high school when in reality, he was a drop out. Have you ever fudged a fact on your resume? 

I’ve never submitted a resumé. 

4) The bank found out the truth but was so pleased with Nilsson's personality and performance they kept him on. Tell us about a friend or loved one's misbehavior that you have overlooked.

 I’m a mom. I overlooked a lot of misbehavior.  It’s sort of a “thing” with moms. 

 If you don't then they hate you, but then they hate you anyway, but that's just the truth of having a teenager.  I've lived through four of them.  Nice kids, very hard working, and solidly filled with compassion, but, it's the those darn teenage hormones. 

The Australian Aboriginals send them (the boys anyway) on a "walk about" for a year when they are 16.  I think it would be nice to have that for ours.  But then we don't have that sort of empty space. 

Aboriginals may have a lot of poisonous things out there in Australia, but very few humans in the Outback before the whites came.  The 16 year olds were pretty safe and got to grow up - they were  Forced to, more like. 

5) Before finding success as a singer, Nilsson was a songwriter. He composed "Cuddly Toy," recorded by the Monkees. Do you have a favorite Monkees song?  

Yes, this one.  And a couple of others but I really like this one..

 

6) In 1976 Nilsson married Una O'Keeffe. They met in a New York restaurant, where she was a waitress. He asked her about her accent -- she was from Dublin -- and a romance ensued. While the waitress and the rock star seemed like an unlikely couple, they remained together until his death in 1994 and had six children. Do you know how your parents (or grandparents) met? 

Yes, my parents met at the L.A. Law Library where they were both clerk typists and the Old Man was in Uni at USC, in pre-law.

My grandparents on my mother’s side met when she sang and he played the guitar at some hill folk shindigs. I don't know how my paternal grands met. I do know that my gentle, sweet little grandmother most likely had a marriage arranged for her by her parents, as it was, back in the day. 
 
7) Nilsson was a night owl and found he felt most creative late at night, right before he fell asleep. When are you at your best: morning, noon or night?  

I’m at my best (which isn’t saying much) all day. However, I'm learning a lot when I read 'til very late at night, 'til one or two am.  I’ve  never needed more than 6 hours,tops, to function well. 

8) In 1972, the year "Without You" was a hit, Alice Clark Browne made history as the first African American aerialist to perform with Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus. Did you ever attend the circus?  

Only as a little kid. 4 and 5 years old, in Ohio,  it gave me the most memorable dream I’ve ever had.  Iridescent reindeer, and women acrobats dressed in iridescent costumes, performed for me in the dream.. the best dream I’ve ever had.

9) Random question -- Think about last week. Would you prefer this week to be more exciting, or more boring?  So much depends on the definition of “Exciting”, doesn’t it?  Positive excitement in the form of getting to see my kids, yes, but the other sort does not bear thinking about. 

More dull?  Nah.  That’s just as unwelcome. If you really think about it, fence sitting on these questions could be a whole new hobby!