-matthEw- Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 How good is he?!I've loved Sail Away for years after I nicked it from my dad. Only recently got Good Old Boys which is equally as ace. The Toy Story songs are literally the only other stuff I've heard, as far as I'm aware. What album(s) do the aberdeen-music massive recommend I get next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old Gold Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 No album suggestions i'm afraid (I've only got the best of), but god damn, randy is the tits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Aye, bought a best of myself in the States and played I Love LA at full blast with the top down while driving between LA and San Diego, yes I looked like a twat, no I didn't care.As for other albums, I would recommend Land of Dreams, produced by Mark Knopfler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 He's one of those guys whose songs are technically VG, but who I've never really warmed too, for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diarmaid Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 I love Randy Newman, never quite understood how hes got quite a bad rap for being shite. Or at least from tonnes of folk I know. Land of Dreams is very good, as is Trouble in Paradise, for the most part anyway. Theres always a couple of pretty poor tunes on most of his great albums. Though, when hes good he's brilliant. His latest (2008) Harps and Angels is definitely worth a listen too. If only for 'A Few Words in Defense of My Country' which is a brilliant song. Another good one, albeit nothing spectacular about the album itself, is The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 which is rerecordings of songs from throughout his career just him and piano. Gives you a decent idea of which albums you might like to dip in and out off. Also, the man wrote 'I Think It's Going To Rain Today' from his first album, which is one of the best tunes ever.Actually, his whole back catalogue (by no means brilliant, or even good across the board) is worth dipping in and out of, as theres little gems of songs throughout it all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 The soundtrack from Major League! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 The soundtrack from Major League!Now that's a film I love and haven't seen for about 20 years. Hadn't realised that he'd done the soundtrack."You might run like Hayes but you hit like shit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Now that's a film I love and haven't seen for about 20 years. Hadn't realised that he'd done the soundtrack."You might run like Hayes but you hit like shit."Me too. I loved it as a kid. "Are you saying Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?" Gonna have to watch that again.Remember the main song from it? "There's a red moon risingOn the Cuyahoga RiverRolling into Cleveland to the lake"Classic Randy Newman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Remember the main song from it? Nope. Just remember Wild Thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nope. Just remember Wild Thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Not really typical of Randy at all but still my fave (maybe because of The Naked Gun?)YouTube - I Love L.A-Randy Newman Music Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 I've had, and sold, various Randy Newman albums over the years....I think his 'cleverness' was kind of off-putting. The only album I still have is the Three Amigos soundtrack!!!However, if I could trawl through every album and make up a personal best-of it'd be a great album, no doubts whatever!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Three Amigos has some great songs in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incredibledisc Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I knew about his film soundtrack work for ages but it was after I heard him perform this track Louisiana 1927 on the infamous Mardi Gras episode of Saturday Night Live that I got hooked and had to go look out more of his stuff. I couldn't find the actual clip on Youtube so this will have to suffice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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