Nilsson, Harry - Joy Lyrics

a joy ride,,,

What a brilliant tune....

Just the very simple irony, Joy and Sorrow, genius!

Great stuff...good.bad...1971..great.rj

My dad used to play so much Nilsson for me and my brothers when we were little. These songs always make me so happy

harry nilsson fan just checking in he AIN"T GONE

THANK GOD NOW MAMA CAN WORK AND WE GET THIRD WORLD FOOD

I thought he was a boy

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Yes Genius 100%

you know here in Houston the rock stations would play this song way back then now it's all crap. true story.

Well Harry thanks for the great c&w song. Perfection was your stile .

Yeah, kudos to most responses (the nice, lucid ones). But the approach, especially with the Floyd Cramer piano style and word play just makes this effective. BTW, I think it was Nicky Hopkins who did that piano (bless him). Jeez, did he have that down or what. I dunno. You look it up and complain to somebody if this is wrong.

Floyd Cramer? Huh?

I know that girl and her sister...

Always loved this one! I adore Harry and have all his records.

teamcrum

You either love Harry Nilsson or you've never heard of him. a genius 20 years ahead of his time

absloutly.

One in a billion.

"...you're breakin' my heart...."

Why invite Mexicans over her They got it bad enough already

I' m going to make you my Joyboy! Love this song, if you never had a question, then you never had a problems. Such simple sentences that cuts through the bull! Harry you were so funny!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁🌹🌹🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀

I don't know too much about Harry Nilsson's work but I can see he must have been one of the most inventive song writers of his time, who can come up with this sort of witty lyrics, the only one I can think of is Weird Al Yankovic and he does parodies.

Good point there. But those singer song writers are a sad rarity especially for those of us who need a good laugh. :)

 
Blocked video from site over some SME BS?  No problem.  I used another link for the song.

LP released July 10, 1972

Anyone else think of My Name is Earl when they hear this song?  :D

@fastfred95 jup XD

@fastfred95 wouldn't say no to that joy ride

Such a funny song...classic.

Influence for Ween's album 12 Country Greats?

A brilliant mind!

Harry was one of a kind, I got Son of Schmillson when it came out I guess 68-69, holy crap, this guy was odd, and I loved the album. Still do.

One of the funniest love songs ever.

Got here from Ween 12 Golden Country Greats... a CD full of humor and fine dandy country hits...

Boognish shows up in all the right places

Yeah, don't they always?:

remember singing this in the 442 on the way up to jeanne's/do you remember ?

Well things went good, things went bad...

"Good,bad,good,bad,good bad"

good, bad, good, bad, good, bad, good, bad

rockgardenlove This the life Bud ....

My favorite part!!!

joy boy.. cringe

Too Funny, Can't imagine the brother saw much humor in it though : )

he's such a gifted storyteller - in a way this tune reminds me of The Point

good bad good bad good bad hahahaha that is the essence of life

Molod Joymali

I know the tale of Nilsson is tragic but we all need to remember that the last 15 years of his life was very happy for him!! In love and 5 more children becoming a loving father and husband!!

Good God - Can NO ONE upload to YouTube with content that's neither too loud or TOO LOW?!?!?!

He truly was the Man

growing up with Seaside Heights,NJ,way ,way,way before MTV,when pinball machines gave you 3 games for a quarter and you got 5 balls per game,when "jump into the fire"was blasting on the boardwalk,miss those days,but the music brings me back

i loved harry he had a great sense of humor to his music . one of the most underrated musicians of our time. miss you man.

i loved harry

great song! sounds like tom waits!

You HAVE to play "You're Breaking My Heart" after this.... The man was pure genius...

I used to listen to this and other songs of his alot.

The only country song worth listening to!!!

so cool...

I got this album when I was 13. My older brother was dating a girl named Joy and they had just broken up. The whole family rolled on the floor laughing when this song came on.

This song is hilarious....kind of reminds me of something off of Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats.

Harry was alcoholic..He loved music..I suspect it was a way to be someone else. He worked in a bank and passed by the building that had recording booths and decided to go in and play piano...He did some studio work there until he figured he could quit the bank. His music was appreciated worldwide. Glad he found a way to give of himself and create controversy. Thanks for posting the music.

I actually heard this on a country station!

I love it when someone smugly "psycho-analyzes" creative artists. Yeah, we're screwed up, but then again, those who aren't social "misfits" of some form or another rarely produce ANYTHING memorable. They're too busy psychoanalyzing others to develop their own creative side.

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I think Harry was a classic depressed, codependent. This is why many of his songs were about brokenhearted relationships, with kind of a confused "what happened?" bent to them. I totally relate with many of his lyrics. I don't think he ever did figure it out. He blessed us with his music but so sad for him.

If you haven't got an answer, then you haven't got a question. If you never had a question, then you'd never have a problem. If you never had a problem, well then everyone would be happy. But if everyone was happy, there'd never be a love song.

Which is why I only date women named 'Severe Irreversible Depression'.

Darn, I wanted to send him a card ;p

No, a different Randy but I'm not going to give his last name.

Newman? :D

No, his name is Randy.

Was his name Roy? ;p

Thanks for posting this. A friend played this for me in 1975. My name is Joy & I felt like I was listening to an obscene phone call (no, it's not obscene, but that's how I felt). Anyway, I think it's funny.