Without You

by **maccastheman** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 11:17 am

Great song. Of course it's been covered by tons of folks. (Most notably Harry Nilsson)

I did find it kind of ironic that it was played in the film "Rules of Attraction" while a girl was committing suicide. (They played the Nilsson verion, but one can't help but be reminded of the fate of Ham and Evans)

by **Steve-o** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 11:35 am

Sad, that. One of their band members wound up as a stock man in a record company warehouse here in town. My brother, while in high school, worked with him. This was the early 80's. And I'm not kidding. I need to ask him which one again and what his name was the next time I see him....

by **maccastheman** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 11:51 am

quote:Originally posted by stevew628
Sad, that. One of their band members wound up as a stock man in a record company warehouse here in town. My brother, while in high school, worked with him. This was the early 80's. And I'm not kidding. I need to ask him which one again and what his name was the next time I see him....

That's pretty crazy. You hear stories like that about other bands from time to time. It's a tough business...

by **Steve-o** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 12:44 pm

WAD----my bro said he was very quiet and just stuck to his job, etc. He wasn't there more than like 6-7 months. The suicide thing with that group was just very very sad, as it is with anyone, anywhere.

by **dsnito** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 11:57 pm

Really sad story of them...horrible indeed. But what do you think that could be done to avoid such fact???

Peace.

by **Mike** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 11:25 am

Harry Nilsson's version is great and there is the story that John Lennon force Harry to sing it the way he did to the point of coughing up blood. But I have always liked the raw version just a tad more.

Not too many Pete Ham song I do not like. He was the McCartney of Badfinger.

by **2 of 3** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:52 pm

Pete Ham was a genius songwriter. You have to wonder why, when all the legal bull-o-knee was going on about Badfinger, that some record executive didn't offer Ham a solo album. All you have to is listen to the 2 demo albums and realize this guy could write a hit with the best of them. Somebody screwed up big time.[:(]

by **EddieV** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:17 pm

Mariah Carey had a monsterhit with the song in 1994. I hate her version!!

by **Steve-o** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:36 pm

EddieV wrote:Mariah Carey. I hate her !!

Yeah...me too! Sewing size 4 tags in her size 10's is a bit extreme. Admit it, Mariah..you've fallen prey to the Nicks/Ann Wilson Syndrome. :wink:

by **Laura** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:17 pm

I like that song off of The Best of Badfinger

Without You

Without You

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