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Harry Nilsson: Come Out, Harry, The Time Is Right

Keith Altham, NME, 25 March 1972

NILSSON filled Trident studios with old people to help record 'I'd Rather Be Dead' for his album. The song is a "lively, up-tempo number about growing old"

Total word count of piece: 2498

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