Hearing Something Old for the First Time

Sometimes you discover an older song you never heard before. This is especially delightful when you already like the singer and thought you'd heard everything there was to hear. It's like finding a $20 bill in an old pair of jeans. And for a few minutes, you are back then, and there, when that singer was as inescapable on TV, radio, and round water coolers.[1]

This happened to me recently when I encountered "Gotta Get Up" by Harry Nilsson. Maybe it will be new to you, too.

Harry Nilsson – Gotta Get Up (1971)

Nilsson is of course more famous for "Everybody's Talkin'" (theme from Midnight Cowboy) and "Coconut" (as in, "put the lime in")...

Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (1969)

Harry Nilsson - Coconut (1971)

[2013-03-27]

 

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Click to enlarge: Vintage magazine ad for the new Frigidaire water cooler with meter-miser.

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Water coolers were before my time. They served the same purpose as drinking fountains today, but unlike drinking fountains were locations for socializing. They've returned in some offices, essentially gargantuan bottled water stations, but they're not the gossip hubs from yesteryear.