You've Got A Friend In Stereogum, Not Randy Newman
Following in the footsteps of other great American songwriters (Fred Durst, Britney Spears) Randy Newman's decided to give this blogging thing a whirl. These post excerpts are sorta old, but I thought you'd get a kick out of 'em (thanks Scott W. for the heads up):
The Worst Record I Ever HeardI hope his next post's about Ben Gibbard.
"I Just heard on Klassic Radio the worst record I've ever heard. Here's a hint: It's Josh Groban's rendition of Don McLean's 'Vincent.'"Roman Holiday
"When I write songs again, to a greater extent than you might ever believe, it will be for you. I'm glad so many of you seem to like each other and if I've been the agency by which some of you have been brought together, that makes me greater than I already am. If the public only knew. Neil Young doesn't do stuff like that. I have nothing against epileptics but come on. Neil Young once drew 80,000 people in Italy and he doesn't speak a word of Italian.
Incidentally, having taken a break from recording shitty Disney soundtracks, Randy's back in demand 'cause of his apropos ballad about LA (Louisiana, not Los Angeles, though "I Love L.A." is one of my guilty pleasures).
Download Randy Newman - "Louisiana 1927" at Entroporium
Posted at 10:31 AM
randy newman is no gary newman.
Posted by: hubs at September 14, 2005 11:40 AM | ReplyScore = 0
would that "I love L.A." you like be by Seldom???
Posted by: Mat at September 14, 2005 11:47 AM | ReplyScore = 0
Is Neil Young epileptic? Was the last post a dis on Neil Young? I'm not even cool enough to understand what it is that Randy Newman is talking about. And we share a last name.
Posted by: Rochinho at September 14, 2005 11:50 AM | ReplyScore = 0
Randy Newman is great. Okay, old Randy Newman is great, his new stuff blows.
Posted by: N at September 14, 2005 11:57 AM | ReplyScore = 0
Yea, Neil was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was younger, but in his biography he talks about "learning to control it." He had some pretty intense seizures in the Buffalo Springfield days, if I remember correctly. Now, is it a dis? Who the hell knows. Just a damn odd statement, it seems to me. I love Randy Newman, but I'll take Neil's work over Newman's any day of the week.
Posted by: sonicdeath99 at September 14, 2005 12:09 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Or Gary Numan.
Posted by: diz.from.mars at September 14, 2005 2:00 PM | ReplyScore = 0
"Southern Man" vs. Good Old Boys?
I'm going with Randy.
Posted by: Shawn @ Entroporium at September 14, 2005 2:58 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Randy Newman has a blog? Shit is bananas.
P.S., Mat: "I Love L.A." is on Randy's 1983 album Trouble In Paradise. Also contains the gem "Real Emotional Girl."
There are much better albums to start with if you're interested in his music, though. Sail Away, Good Old Boys and 12 Songs, for instance. Randy Newman is great.
Posted by: Annalea at September 14, 2005 3:27 PM | ReplyScore = 0
um, how exactly are Newman's disney scores shitty?
they're disney scores you dim-wit.
but thanks for letting me know about his blog. he is a genius.
Posted by: dave at September 14, 2005 6:12 PM | ReplyScore = 0
I live at 47744 Commonwealth in Seattle. Been up here before?
Posted by: Mike Flacklestein at August 2, 2006 6:55 PM | ReplyScore = 0
y'all ever NOT took a job you could do with your hands tied behind your back when someone offered you a shitload of money (and probably some insane residuals) to do it?
fucktards hating on randy's disney shit without knowing his sixties/seventies WB output should go back to discussing important shit like who's going to do publicity for the next arcade fire record.
Posted by: bryk at November 21, 2006 3:22 PM | ReplyScore = 0