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Hantra

Randy Newman. .
« on: 22 Nov 2003, 03:11 am »
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Before I met one of the AC'ers (spudco), I only had one impression of Randy Newman, and that came from the "I Love LA" song.  So needless to say, I wasn't really wanting to hear anymore.  Ed put on this Randy Newman disc, and I was very impressed.  The guy is a great great songwriter!!!!!  I picked up his new Songbook Vol. 1 disc, and it's awesome.  Great piano, good, emotional vocals, and sweet lyrics. . .

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Daniel

Randy Newman. .
« Reply #1 on: 22 Nov 2003, 04:19 am »
I am a huge Randy Newman fan.  May I suggest Good Old Boys (recently nicely remastered by Rhino) as your next purchase?  I have been listening to it with great pleasure for 30 years.
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spudco

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« Reply #2 on: 22 Nov 2003, 03:22 pm »
Randy has produced a wide variety of music.  In addition to his piano based songs, he as composed several great movie scores and an opera.  I love his score to Pleasantville.  A true Americana trip.  His opera Faust has lots of great artists singing various parts including JT as God and Randy as the devil.  For a more "pop" recording, I would recomend "Land Of Dreams".  Of course, the classics "Good Old Boys" and "Sail Away" are timeless.  My current personal favorite however is "Bad Love".
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doug s.

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« Reply #3 on: 22 Nov 2003, 04:20 pm »
randy newman is a great pianist & his songwriting is timeless.  "the sail" away album coulda been written after 9/11....  i distinctly remember not turning on my stereo for two weeks after 9/11 - yust no desire to hear music.  this is an extreme anomaly chez-sedon, where the rig is always on, if someone is home.  the 1st tune to be played after i finally turned the rig back on was "political science", & it was cranked...  i felt much better!   :D

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Tonto Yoder

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« Reply #4 on: 23 Nov 2003, 04:46 pm »
Is "Songbook" just a greatest hits CD. or have the songs been redone by the mature Newman??

One thing that seems overlooked is that Newman is FUNNY (with a seriousness underlying the humor) in many of his best songs.
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spudco

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« Reply #5 on: 23 Nov 2003, 07:11 pm »
Songbook is both a greatest hits as well as a completely new recording.  Most of these cuts were recorded with other instrumentation on earlier records.  This record is just Randy at the piano.
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« Reply #6 on: 25 Nov 2003, 08:57 am »
Funny, when I think of Randy Newman, "Short People" song always comes to mind, as well as thoughts of Harry Nilsson("Everybody's Talkin"). Don't know why?  :? But I enjoy both songwriters. :)
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rosconey

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« Reply #7 on: 25 Nov 2003, 11:47 am »
saw a thing about randy on vh1 this past weekend-did you know its illegal to play short people over the radio in maryland :mrgreen:
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hifitommy

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« Reply #8 on: 21 Dec 2003, 05:32 pm »
is my current fave.  i borrowed it from the library and a couple of those songs make short people seem mild.  this guy is one funny and SICK puppy.
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