Without You

ok..i stumbled upon this while surfin the net..i guess every1
definitely heard the song Without You b4...Most probably the
versions by Air Supply or Mariah Carey...But for me it would
be Harry Nilsson's(pic abv)1972 version...i tot tat was the original..
LOL was i wrong after all tis while...The very first and
original version was by British rock group Badfingers in 1970.
now the reason im postin tis is becoz theres a really tragic
story tat revolved around tis song...Badfingers was a rock
group from Wales and the members Peter Ham and Thomas Evans
wrote the song in 1970..it wasnt really their taste but still
they cut it in their album No Dice..2 years later Nilsson..
whose from the US heard it and covered it...He won himself
a best vocal performance in the Grammys tat very year for
his rendition of Without You...Nilsson credited Badfingers'
Peter Ham and Thomas Evans for it..but..Badfingers' manager
sumhow made the royalties go into his own pocket...after 3
years of struggle...Peter Ham was desperate n disillusioned
and he hanged himself in 1975...8 years on....co-writer Tom
Evans ended his own life in 1983 in a similar manner due to the
very same reason as Ham...Now Nilsson was flying high in the 70s
with 2 Grammys and a shit load of hits but it soon went down
as he went back to ALCOHOL fulltime...he was dissapointin
thru out the 80s and in the meantime his financial adviser
RIPPED all his money he ever earnt and left him an ass full
of debts in 1991...now he wakes up and stop drinkin..he was back
writin songs and started to do a new album...well he finished
recordin the vocal tracks for the album in 1994 but he died
that very night of a heart attack...wad a twist of fate...
really sad...well i think Mr Nilsson's version of Without
You was really to the MAX...although Badfingers' version
was really close.. u can really feel it in his voice..
the way he projected it...The Air Supply/Mariah Carey
versions was juz a display of vocal abilities in my opinion..
didnt really like it..although im quite a fan of air supply..
well RIP guys...

Harry Nilsson's version

©RCA Victor Records 1972

Badfingers' original version..the video's really bad but
i think its worth lookin at if not listened to...

©Apple Publishing UK 1970

OMG...juz realised tis..the track duration for Badfingers'
without you is exactly 4:44...i ripped the mp3 from their
original disc No Dice album....now for non chinese ppl..
the number 4(四)sounds exactly like die(死) in mandarin n
nearly every single dialect of it...so 4:44...die die die...
omg...Ham,Evans and Nilsson...Air Supply and Mariah Carey
got lucky...