I can hardly believe it, but the American television program “My Name is Earl” used Harry Nilsson’s “Joy” in a sequence of the show. I knew the song from the first note. “Joy” is the third song on Nilsson’s 1972 record “Son of Schmilsson” (also available in the UK). “Son of Schmilsson” is one of those rare records that doesn’t have a bad song. I still have, and listen to, the lp, but maybe it’s time to acquire the cd version. If you’ve never heard of Harry Nilsson, you should buy this record instead of some lame Greatest Hits package.
The “hit” on the record would have been Remember (Christmas), which was also the un-official theme song of the Beyond our Control television program that I was involved with in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
The other day I met a girl named Joy
She said come here,
I’m gonna make you my joy boy
Things went good and things went bad
Now every time I think of Joy -
It makes me sadThe other day I met a girl named Joy
She said Roy!
I’m gonna make you my joy boy
Well she took me for a ride
Sort of a joy ride-
Now every time I think of joy
I get all weird insideJoy to the world - was a beautiful girl
but to me Joy meant only sorrow -
Now - if you haven’t got an answer
Then you haven’t got a question
and if you haven’t got a question
then you’d never have a problem
and if you never had a problem
well everyone would be happy -
but if everyone were happy
there’d never be a love songOh! Joy to the world was a beautiful girl
but to me Joy meant only sorrow
Reprinted here without permission
Just wanted to say thanks to someone who was involved in Beyond our Control. Growing up in the area it ment alot to me seeing kids do what you guys did. I would have given almost anything to have been involved but lived too far…sigh. Thanks again
Comment by DaveMc — — 21-September-2006 @ 13:10 EDT