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Title: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: nooms on October 11, 2017, 02:43:02 AM

dont worry hes alive..

stumbled on this earlier
randy newman playing four songs live very recently.
theyre all captivating cos when he starts you cant look away and hes a genius..
the last song especially..
they may not be new to you but the performances will be as i think its only just been filmed
its on an american public news site called npr on a page called 'tiny desk concerts'

http://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: Skub on October 11, 2017, 11:31:06 AM

Paulski's da in action.  :D

Class.

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: Ramshackles on October 11, 2017, 12:58:56 PM

Wow, Randy Newman!

Some of his songs are classics...I Love LA. Never thought Id see him on tiny desk concerts, Thanks!

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: mickyplankton on October 11, 2017, 01:22:07 PM

discovered him recently. Great talent.

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: PopTodd on October 11, 2017, 03:03:18 PM

Quote from: nooms on October 11, 2017, 02:43:02 AM

dont worry hes alive..

stumbled on this earlier
randy newman playing four songs live very recently.
theyre all captivating cos when he starts you cant look away and hes a genius..
the last song especially..
they may not be new to you but the performances will be as i think its only just been filmed
its on an american public news site called npr on a page called 'tiny desk concerts'

http://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/

Things like this are one of the reasons that I contribute to my local NPR station.
I LOVE the Tiny Desk Concerts.
There are a ton of these available on YouTube... lots of different artists. Super cool.

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: tone on October 11, 2017, 05:37:01 PM

Wow - this is great! Can't believe I've never heard Randy Newman's songs before (only his film scores).

He's a great writer - music and lyrics. There's much here to study. Thanks for sharing mr nooms :)

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: Darren1664 on October 11, 2017, 05:56:37 PM

This is a great stuff! Thanks for sharing :)

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: The S on October 11, 2017, 06:19:59 PM

I envy some of you for only now have discovered Randy Newman!!!

He is a songwriter of class, musically as well as lyrically. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but even so he's well worth to listen to and study if you want to become a better writer.

Thanks for sharing! Great stuff!

Peter

Oh, and start here then move on to spotify:

https://www.azlyrics.com/r/randynewman.html

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: PopTodd on October 11, 2017, 06:25:51 PM

Oh, he is the consummate songwriter's songwriter.
Some folks aren't that into his voice and for you, I recommend Harry Nilsson's album:
Nilsson Sings Newman

Exactly what it sounds like; an entire album of Randy Newman songs, sung by the marvelous Harry Nilsson. They were birds of a feather, really.

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: delb0y on October 11, 2017, 09:49:55 PM

Randy's great! Many years since I listened to him a lot, but I used to listen to him a lot. So many great songs and I love the way he gets in character for songs and sings them in the first person - a style which got him into a lot of trouble over the years.

Title: Re: RANDY NEWMAN
Post by: Skub on October 11, 2017, 10:07:57 PM

Quote from: PopTodd on October 11, 2017, 06:25:51 PM

Oh, he is the consummate songwriter's songwriter.
Some folks aren't that into his voice and for you, I recommend Harry Nilsson's album:
Nilsson Sings Newman

Exactly what it sounds like; an entire album of Randy Newman songs, sung by the marvelous Harry Nilsson. They were birds of a feather, really.

Harry had some voice. His version of the Badfinger song 'Without you' still brings a tear to my eye.

It's funny how many musicians have a self destruct button. Maybe we feel too much.