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1,167,195 Views • Oct 17, 2017 • Click to toggle off description
Randy Newman paints lasting portraits of places and people, all the while poking fun and highlighting injustice, stupidity, power and humanity and he's been doing it for half a century. Here are the opening lines to his recently released song "Putin":
"Putin puttin' his pants on / One leg at a time / You mean he's just like a regular fella, huh? / He ain't nothing like a regular fella."
His new album, Dark Matter, is his first batch of songs in nine years and there's more than the usual biting Newman wit; there's also a tender heart. And watching the 73-year-old songwriter amble to the Tiny Desk and singing these words, had me crying for sentiment so full of heart:
"I'm not much to talk to, and I know how I look / What I know 'bout life comes out of a book / But of all of the people there are in the world / She chose me."
Watch this grand master play.
Set List
"Putin"
"She Chose Me"
"It's A Jungle Out There"
"Wandering Boy"
MUSICIAN
Randy Newman (vocals, piano)
CREDITS
Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Producers: Bob Boilen, Bronson Arcuri; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Bronson Arcuri, Morgan Noelle Smith; Production Assistant: Tsering Bista; Photo: Liam James Doyle/NPR.
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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Oct 17, 2017 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Randy Newman has aged like fine wine, getting more complex, richer, deeper and warmer. A natural songwriter who can write the most savage satire and follow it with the most tender love song that will leave you in pieces, Enjoy him, savour him and be glad that you were born in the same era. Hats off - a genius!
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Cool guy 10 outta 10. He's gotta friend in me.
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I bought "Sail Away" with money from my paper route in 1972. Hard to believe it's been almost 50 years. Randy Newman is a national treasure.
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Wow.. “She Chose Me” is songwriting genius. Absolutely gorgeous.
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What an absolute legend
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I’d never heard Wondering Boy before. That one hit deep for me. My son was homeless and struggling with addiction about the time this came out. I’m not sure I could have listened to this more than once back then. Heavy times. Fast forward…he’s 6+ years clean and just better than he’s ever been. If this was based on a true story for Randy, I truly hope his also ended well. 💙
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I hope I'm never able to sit through "Wandering Boy" without crying. What an absolutely incredible song.
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Never thought this day would come
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That piano is like an extension of his imagination, flowing with his thoughts and his voice in perfect harmony.
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National Treasure is an understatement. International Treasure is an understatement.
This man is one of the most influential people in film history.
And he's a musician.
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Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon. Three of the best songwriters in my lifetime for songs that hit you in the heart.
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Wandering Boy is one of most beautiful sad songs I've ever heard. His empathy as a songwriter has always been incredible
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She Chose Me put tears in my eyes...
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I asked him to play at my wedding. Currently the pricing is at $18,000 before including paying for his hotel and food for the event and such. I'm starting to think it's worth it.
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That last song brought tears to my eyes make me think about my son. Who I haven't seen in a while
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Wandering Boy. Already one of the best Songs of all time.
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Great songwriter, I can see great things happening to this young man!
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After years of composing film scores, this genius is back to writing some of the funniest and most heartbreaking songs you could ever hope to hear. I saw him at the Troubadour in 1968. He was brilliant then and has, impossibly, gone even deeper and farther as a composer, lyricist and performer. He's a direct musical descendant of Gershwin, lyrical heir to the legacy of Yip Harburg and steeped in stride, blues and boogie woogie. He's able to synthesize the last couple hundred years of great American song into works that are both achingly personal and universal. These new songs have me laughing and crying at the same time. Thank you, Mr. Newman. (And thanks to NPR Tiny Desk for this lovely taste)
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@Balthazar2242
4 years ago
It's not just that his voice is endlessly distinctive and unique, it's that his melodies are so nuanced and accessible at the same time. They sound like songs that I've always known, but I'm hearing them for the first time.
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