tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3603146552835077122..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Now's as good a time as any to realise that Randy Newman is uniqueDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70333839426800335722013-03-07T18:51:54.679+00:002013-03-07T18:51:54.679+00:00hi there
last week i listened in the classic musi...hi there<br /><br />last week i listened in the classic music lessons to this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfEcVkO9bHo<br /><br />the first chords made me think a lot on "i think it's going to rain today"<br /><br />greetings<br />erwinlaitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298860490951231597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-8768865272805100972012-12-14T07:23:14.683+00:002012-12-14T07:23:14.683+00:00All i know about Schubert is Randy Newman admires ...All i know about Schubert is Randy Newman admires him. I'm not familiar enough with his music to be able to detect its influence. All I know about Dostoevsky is he claimed in a letter to have had a conversation with Dickens. Most scholars think it never took place. Doesn't change the point.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-2638362377467779282012-12-14T04:59:33.971+00:002012-12-14T04:59:33.971+00:00False modesty is unattractive. If you're cleve...False modesty is unattractive. If you're clever enough to quote what Dostoevsky said about Dickens, you're clever enough to reference Schubert. Otherwise, spot on!MikePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589363260977274335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-40261892906402214222012-12-12T15:46:55.908+00:002012-12-12T15:46:55.908+00:00David, you will enjoy this if you haven't hear...David, you will enjoy this if you haven't heard it already - on the iPlayer for a few more days: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p7chqStuartDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044461423421461786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-62115805181839089412012-12-11T15:58:26.392+00:002012-12-11T15:58:26.392+00:00I seen this pattern before. We'll be having Ra...I seen this pattern before. We'll be having Randy Newman headlining "A Word in your ear" at the Lexington before long!The Victory Armshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085194604784039909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-22628632049932560432012-12-11T02:08:49.772+00:002012-12-11T02:08:49.772+00:00I think maybe what marks Randy Newman out as uniqu...I think maybe what marks Randy Newman out as unique is that although he has all the influences you've mentioned, I think the strongest is a 19th century central European musical sensibility - with a dash of Kurt Weil. Even his American influences seem as much pre jazz and blues as they are 20th century. So, when much of popular music is rooted primarily in black American music his choice of atypical musical vehicles is so much fresher. You could say the same for Rufus Wainwright - though the results are a lot different!<br /><br />Lyrically Randy Newman gives razor sharp expression to inarticulate characters. The Good Old Boys album is for me his best work. But his most arresting song is In Germany Before the War which illustrates his ability to paint a 3D picture with two or three single strokes of paint. Always leaves me with a chill.<br /><br />Randy gives good melancholy - so many of his songs are about the frustrated, the inadequate, and the bigoted. It would be easy to play for cheap laughs yet he often generates empathy instead.<br /><br />Just a quick mention of his exquisite use of irony in his musical arrangements - I've been Drinking is a good example. His uncles would be proud.<br /><br />I saw him at the Festival Hall a year ago - just a grey haired old geezer and a piano - but during I Think it's going to Rain Today I was brushing aside a manly tear. Unforgettable.<br /><br />Who are his successors? Frankly I think the rich seam of 70s singer song writers has been exhausted long ago and produced only a few weak modern progeny. They've gone the way of another endangered species - the virtuoso instrumentalist....but that's another blogPeter Manninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749242489180957929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-25994821626673272472012-12-10T19:47:10.182+00:002012-12-10T19:47:10.182+00:00He has that enviable power to make you laugh and w...He has that enviable power to make you laugh and weep during the same son. Perfectly apt description. Unique.dannymatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254414188184111274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-78193198676541759032012-12-10T15:55:24.582+00:002012-12-10T15:55:24.582+00:00And he's still got it. His new (free) track t...And he's still got it. His new (free) track this year, 'I'm Dreaming', is as pointed and current as anything that he wrote on 'Good Old Boys'.Nick Sydenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-20957325115657004552012-12-10T14:59:10.052+00:002012-12-10T14:59:10.052+00:00Nothing witty or perceptive to add. Just that I lo...Nothing witty or perceptive to add. Just that I love Randy Newman and Louisiana is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever put down down on tape. The fact more people aren't fans/haven't heard of him/rarely hear his tunes on the radio is perfect. Lupu21https://www.blogger.com/profile/08853434560160712970noreply@blogger.com