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[daddytodd]

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"Without You" by Harry Nilsson. Originally a Badfinger song, and lord knows I loves me some Badfinger, but Harry steals this one right out from under them.

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[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

Yeah - both "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue" come from the "Straight Up" album, which was recorded in the wake of Nilsson's hit. Their biggest hits before that were "Come And Get It" and "No Matter What," and "No Matter What" stalled in the 30's, I think. McCartney was willing to give them a song to start their career, but neither Paul nor Badfinger wanted to pull that stunt again.

The story of Badfinger is a massive clusterfuck from the beginning. They should be in the same league as Big Star, IMHO, but most people that remember their songs at all think they were Beatles songs...

If you ever do another cover set with Xefos and Ashfield, you should consider covering Badfinger songs. I'd pay real money to hear that.