Randy Newman
Is Randy Newman Good?
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Randy Newman at the New Orleans Jazz Festival
Randy Newman's new album, Harps and Angels, is in stores today.
What is the deal with joke rock? Does anyone actually listen to Randy Newman? At home on a stereo?
These are two questions with which I have wrestled over the past few years, as respected peers, with increasing persistence, lobby hard for Newman’s spare, early solo albums and demand that he be given a break for the cartoon soundtracks and joke songs you hear sometimes at weddings.
You know Randy: "Short people got / No reason to live!" and "I Love L.A.!"
He makes music for Pixar films that then get radio play and later, Oscars. read more »
