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i heard badfinger on the radio with their hit "come and get it" and that made me ask my mom to take me to see the film, the magic christian, which i didn't quite fully understand, being all of 11 or 12 years old. but ringo was in the movie, so that entertained me.
badfinger did have a relationship with the beatles, and they were on apple records for a few albums. george harrison even played on and produced one of them!
not long after i discovered them, badfinger had another great hit song, "no matter what," a beatles sounding tune and that pretty much cemented the deal for me.
the song "without you" was a track from the album no dice that i particularly liked, and had a hard time convincing my friends back in 1971 or 72 when harry nilsson had a hit with it that the song was written by these guys.... badfinger (since nilsson was quite the amazing songwriter himself).
i followed badfinger religiously. i think they were at the top of their game as a band in the concert for bangla desh and their performance as a backing band for some of the superstars really shines through on the excellent DVD of that film.
i was just making a comp for the car and going through all my iTunes tracks, realized that i had badfinger ripped and loaded, ready to go.
sadly, the two main guys in the band, pete ham and tom evans each hanged himself because of the horrible way their inept manager handled their business affairs. truly sad stuff.
but the music is amazing.
badfinger did have a relationship with the beatles, and they were on apple records for a few albums. george harrison even played on and produced one of them!
not long after i discovered them, badfinger had another great hit song, "no matter what," a beatles sounding tune and that pretty much cemented the deal for me.
the song "without you" was a track from the album no dice that i particularly liked, and had a hard time convincing my friends back in 1971 or 72 when harry nilsson had a hit with it that the song was written by these guys.... badfinger (since nilsson was quite the amazing songwriter himself).
i followed badfinger religiously. i think they were at the top of their game as a band in the concert for bangla desh and their performance as a backing band for some of the superstars really shines through on the excellent DVD of that film.
i was just making a comp for the car and going through all my iTunes tracks, realized that i had badfinger ripped and loaded, ready to go.
sadly, the two main guys in the band, pete ham and tom evans each hanged himself because of the horrible way their inept manager handled their business affairs. truly sad stuff.
but the music is amazing.
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"Take It All" was one of the last songs that I played on the radio before heading to California for a couple of weeks. I return home to log on and there you are with the same exact song. Spooky...
Badfinger's story should be a primer for anyone deciding upon a musical career. It was the ultimate "Behind The Music" episode on VH-1 but due to it's downbeat history, it aired only a couple of times versus Leif Garrett or TLC's segments. There are many lessons to be learned from Badfinger's story, but most of all, the music has staying power to this very day.