RANDY NEWMAN

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« 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/
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2017, 11:31:06 AM »
Paulski's da in action.  :D

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« Reply #2 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!

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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2017, 01:22:07 PM »
discovered him recently. Great talent.

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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2017, 03:03:18 PM »
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.

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« Reply #5 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 :)
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2017, 05:56:37 PM »
This is a great stuff! Thanks for sharing :)

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« Reply #7 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
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« Reply #8 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.

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« Reply #9 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.
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« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2017, 10:07:57 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.

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