Thursday, May 25, 2006

Okay, for some odd reason, when I hear a Harry Nilsson song (which isn't often at all) I am reminded of some cartoon I saw when I was really, really young, before elementary school I'm sure. And all I can remember is it's about a boy who lives in a place where everyone has a point, I mean like a point on their head, much like the coneheads (only for visual purposes), except for the boy, he had to wear a hat much like a dunce's cap. And then I can't remember if he had to leave cause he didn't have a pointy head or left because he felt embarassed. Either way, Harry Nilsson did the music for the movie and Ringo Starr was the narrator and the movie was done in 1971...and titled The Point. Very weird that it stuck with me, well the music I mean, just Harry's style I suppose reminded me of the music in the movie.

It's really strange what sticks with us. I mean how in the world can I connect Harry Nilsson's music with anything if I don't listen to his stuff at all, well with the exception of when I put iTunes on random.

The song that triggered it for me was "Everybody's Talkin'" which is on the Forrest Gump soundtrack. But he's got quite a few songs on the You've Got Mail soundtrack which do the same.

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