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	THE HIGH HAT \| POPS&CLICKS: The Sincerest cynic: Randy Newman, great American songwriter?
		Newman’s catalog is filled with amazing songs that never made much of an impact but that taken together, on the strength of his subtle but always-impressive arranging and compositional skills as well as his razor-keen lyrics, formulate one of the most impressive bodies of work of any 20th century pop musician.
		Newman is the only player on the record, and it’s a revelation — this is the way almost all of his material was meant to be heard, and it forces listeners, whether they love him or hate him, to hear him with new ears.
		Randy Newman is a strange-looking, extremely cynical man who’s lucky enough to have been born into a musically talented and well-connected family.
	www.thehighhat.com /PopsClicks/008/pierce_newman.html (1849 words)

	Randy Newman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a "character" far removed from Newman's own biography, often utilizing the literary device of an unreliable narrator.
		Newman's Faust project had been many years in the making, and it suffered for it; a central joke was Newman's depiction of Faust as a shallow heavy metal music fan in thrall to Satan, and this had to be modified to accommodate the less-than-devil obsessed age of grunge rock that was in fashion by 1995.
		Randy Newman was parodied in the television show Family Guy in the episode "Da Boom", where he is portrayed as a senile man at a piano singing about everything he sees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Randy_Newman (1476 words)

	Amazon.ca: Randy Newman: Music: Randy Newman (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Randy Newman (a back-cover subhead brags, our champ "Creates Something New Under the Sun," which, for once, isn't an idle boast) was near impossible to find shortly after it first came out, though it was a critical pet.
		Newman possesses a perverse interest in the 'underbelly' of the common man, cutting through the masks we all wear, singing about the things we all identify with and experience under our exterior.
		Randy Newman is wonderful, with or without Parks, but the surreal, nostalgic edge he brings to this album makes it a standout in his collection and a longtime favorite of mine (w.
	www.amazon.ca /Randy-Newman/dp/B000002KOD (1285 words)

	Ink 19 :: Randy Newman
		I never tire of hearing Randy alone with a piano, personally, and this is the only track where we get to hear him.
		Newman's influences are far and wide, but they are also evident.
		One nit to pick: while the album credits Newman as composer and conductor, and credits the trio who perform the main title, I was unable to determine which orchestra performed the rest of the score.
	www.ink19.com /issues/april2002/musicReviews/musicN/randyNewman.html (547 words)

	KRT Wire \| 08/11/2006 \| Randy Newman's peers show admiration on tribute album (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some people come to a Randy Newman show expecting to hear one of the gentle, reassuring numbers he's written for movies, like "You've Got a Friend in Me" from "Toy Story." But while he'll usually perform one of those soundtrack songs onstage, most of the material in the show is designed to provoke, not comfort.
		Newman, 62, is on the phone from his hotel room in France, where he performed at the Nice Jazz Festival as a much louder Kanye West played nearby.
		Newman, who was born in New Orleans, says he is appalled by the corruption and incompetence he's seen in the aftermath of the storm.
	www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/living/people/15251115.htm (763 words)

	Randy Newman Album Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Newman’s songs are often very muted and quiet affairs, even on this album, and when that silence is suddenly disrupted by overwhelming strings, horns, and kettledrums, it’s quite unsettling.
		Randy Newman and 12 Songs already hinted at greater things to come, but somehow failed to live up to that promise, although their best moments were really excellent.
		Newman is basically playing up stereotypes, that Southerners are all stupid, racist, drunk rednecks, but at the same time calling out the North on their own racism by listing various infamous Northern ghettos, like Harlem or Southside Chicago.
	www.guypetersreviews.com /randynewman.php (5741 words)

	The Importance of Being Randy — Randy Newman
		Newman was born on November 28, 1943 into a famously musical family -- his uncles Alfred, Lionel and Emil were all well-respected film composers and conductors.
		His orchestral 1968 debut Randy Newman was a slow seller -- later something of a Newman tradition -- but before long Newman's extraordinary and eclectic compositions were being recorded by an unusually wide range of artists, from Pat Boone to Ray Charles, Peggy Lee to Wilson Pickett.
		Randy Newman is more than a mere master of understatement -- he is one of the real masters of modern American music.
	www.randynewman.com /tocbiography (1773 words)

	Salon Brilliant Careers \| Randy Newman (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Even in the post "Sgt. Pepper"/"Pet Sounds" musical landscape of the day, Newman's opener was a stunner: Eleven songs (most under three minutes long), filled with shifting beats, obscure lyrics and varied landscapes, were brought to life in arrangements that involved everything from solo piano to a 75-piece orchestra.
		That Newman envisioned it as a rock anthem, complete with satellite coverage "and all of the world singing along," just emphasizes the distance he feels from the music community whose nexus is in Los Angeles.
		On the cover of "Bad Love," Newman faces the camera square-on for the first time on a record, and the effect is disquieting: His eyes appear to be looking in different directions, just as his songs pull you apart in surprising ways, making you care and making you hate yourself for caring.
	www.salon.com /people/bc/1999/08/24/newman/print.html (2864 words)

	Randy Newman Sail Away - History of an Audio Recording
		Newman never sold a large number of records over a 30-year career, but his status as cult commentator on a changing America has been assured by these jarring singles, which would likely never get past the market research process at Clear Channel these days.
		Randy was also a boyhood pal of Lenny Waronker, who became a powerhouse executive and producer at Warner Bros. Records in the late '60s and helped assemble a top-flight production team that included the likes of Van Dyke Parks, Donn Landee, Russ Titelman and Lee Herschberg.
		Conducted by Emil Newman at the Burbank studios, the orchestra was miked with U67s over a split violin section, another overhead for the violas and a pair of U67s on the floor for the celli, with Altec ribbon mics or RCA 44s for additional room sounds.
	mixonline.com /recording/projects/audio_randy_newmans_sail/index.html (1417 words)

	Kevin Courrier, Randy Newman's American Dreams
		Randy Newman was born in New Orleans in 1944.
		Newman is influenced by his uncles, but also by Aaron Copland and Charles Ives, by Scott Joplin, by Fats Domino; he loves the harmonies of The Eagles and the pure tones of Linda Ronstadt.
		Randy Newman's songs may not be for everyone, and Courrier also discusses the good and bad cover versions which have been done.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_courrier_randy_newman.html (941 words)

	Randy Newman News
		Randy Newman walked onstage and straight to the piano at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, and played his first chord almost before sitting down.
		Newman's problem, however, is not in coming up with material to fill the time, but in deciding which songs he might have to omit.
		Singer Randy Newman once remarked that the reason his famously tongue-in-cheek music wasn't more popular is because there's not a public hue and cry for more irony.
	www.topix.net /who/randy-newman?scoring=d (570 words)

	Newman's Own (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Newman’s most recent album — not counting Rhino Records’ just released The Best of Randy Newman and the soundtrack to Meet the Parents—; is the excellent Bad Love (1999), a vinegar-soaked look at the travails of aging.
		These songs were not harangues: Newman sounds genuinely nostalgic for the uniting force of television, and he refuses to ignore the exploitive nature of "I Miss You" as much as he can’t ignore that he does indeed miss her.
		Newman’s ironies, even his one-liners, don’t always go down easy because he’s willing to become these disreputable people, so much so that you wonder whether he’s kidding in the first place.
	citypaper.net /articles/092701/mus.newman.shtml (871 words)

	TIME Special Advertising Feature: Randy Newman, Creators at Carnegie
		Throughout the first three decades of his career, Randy Newman has made music that is simultaneously poignant and playful, tragic and comic.
		Newman was a professional songwriter from the age of 17, dropping out of UCLA one semester short of his music degree to make his self-titled 1968 debut.
		Newman's next record, 12 Songs, was an about-face—sparsely arranged, mostly with piano, percussion and the bluesy, razor-sharp slide guitar of Ry Cooder.
	www.time.com /time/2003/carnegie/newman.html (448 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Randy Newman
		Randy Newman is bright and chipper, and he has good reasons to be.
		Certainly you couldn't credibly make up a scenario in which 135 people are on the recall ballot and the apparent frontrunner is a Hollywood actor and political neophyte beloved for his role as a brutal cyborg.
		Randy Newman performs Monday, Aug. 25, at 8pm at the Luther Burbank Center for Performing Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/08.21.03/newman-0334.html (735 words)

	Randy Newman - song writer and film composer
		Randy Newman is perhaps the more junior member of the Newman clan, being related to the Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman, David Newman and Thomas Newman.
		With such a broad grounding in the industry it was only a matter of time before Newman was on the receiving end of a major award.
		Solo piano (played by Randy Newman himself) features prominently and gives a suggestion of ragtime, and the main theme has an ability to wrap around endlessly as its final chord seems to demand another iteration.
	www.mfiles.co.uk /composers/Randy-Newman.htm (704 words)

	Randy Newman: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Between 1977 and 1988, Randy Newman seemed bound and determined to prove he could be a pop star, which is no small task when your voice is froggy, wear glasses, and your favorite themes are racism and insensitivity.
		Randy Newman has been beloved of critics, record geeks, and music fans for years, so much so that Rhino's 2001 compilation The Best of Randy Newman may seem like a case of preaching to the converted, at least to those who worship Newman.
		Newman's first collection of pop songs since 1988's Land of Dreams finds him as satirically biting as ever, yet unafraid to tackle personal and heartfelt concerns.
	www.music.com /person/randy_newman/1 (534 words)

	Randy Newman : Oldies.com
		One of the great middle American songwriters, Newman is William Faulkner, Garrison Keillor, Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell rolled into one and set to music.
		Newman's songs are uncompromising and humorous but are often misconceived as being cruel and trite.
		Educated at the University of California, Newman's early compositions were recorded by other people - he was paid $50 a month as a staff songwriter for Liberty Records housed in the famous Brill Building in New York.
	www.oldies.com /artist-view/Randy-Newman.html (131 words)

	Adrian's Album Reviews : Randy Newman
		Randy Newman later became a professional songwriter on a salary, turning out pop songs for others to sing.
		Randy had worked with one of his heroes and influences, Fats Domino, in 1969 also contributing the arrangement to Peggy Lee's 'Is That All There Is' hit song.
		Randy once said in an interview that a song-writer should be able to write any kind of song to order.
	www.adriandenning.co.uk /newman.html (3837 words)

	Harry Nilsson Web Pages
		Newman was born on November 28, 1943, in Los Angeles, California.
		Newman's first album, Randy Newman, was released in 1968.
		Randy Newman is as great as America has ever produced...
	www.harrynilsson.com /about-randy-newman.html (250 words)

	Randy Newman - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Randy Newman's best music often pulls the listener in two directions at once, against the expectations the sound sets up.
		Rock is seldom given to nuance, and with his challenging song craft and sardonic eye, Newman can only be called a rocker in the way Andy Kaufman was a comedian.
		Problems have arisen, then, when his songs were taken at face value, most notably (and incredibly) in 1977, when some short people actually thought Newman's one bona fide national hit, "Short People," was an attack on them and not a parody of prejudice itself.
	dir.salon.com /story/people/bc/1999/08/24/newman/index.xml (619 words)

	Randy Newman scores
		Newman's songs showcase a relentless cynicism, a sense that the world is a bitter place designed for bitter people.
		While the 56-year-old Newman had already had success as a songwriter before he scored his first film, "Cold Turkey," in 1971, it was inevitable that he would wind up in film composition.
		His uncle, Alfred Newman, is widely regarded as the best composer in film history, earning a staggering 34 Oscar nominations (he won nine), and composing one of pop culture's most recognizable pieces of music, the 20th Century Fox fanfare.
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	Weeds » Randy Newman
		Newman was born on November 28, 1943 into a famously musical family—his uncles Alfred, Lionel, and Emil were all well-respected film composers and conductors.
		His orchestral 1968 debut Randy Newman was a slow seller—later something of a Newman tradition—but before long Newman’s extraordinary and eclectic compositions were being recorded by an unusually wide range of artists, from Pat Boone to Ray Charles and Peggy Lee to Wilson Pickett.
		Randy Newman is more than a mere master of understatement—he is one of the real masters of modern American music.
	music.homegrownseries.com /?p=13 (1734 words)

	Randy Newman Live Concert at Lenox Music Inn (Lenox, MA) Jul 29, 1972 - Free streaming live music, Live concert ...
		Recorded on the tour launched to promote his 1972 masterpiece, Sail Away, this performance by Randy Newman is a wonderful trip back in time to the dawn of his career as a performer.
		Like his contemporary, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman had built a reputation as a prolific and insightful songwriter, albeit one who many in the industry felt really shouldn’t have become a singer.
		Still, Newman (the musical reincarnation of Mark Twain), was determined to present his songs in his own voice.
	concerts.wolfgangsvault.com /dt/randy-newman-concert/20052964-5721.html (500 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Randy Newman
		Newman is in the middle of a three-generation musical enterprise begun by film-score-composing uncles Lionel and Alfred, and carried on by Randy's nephews David and Thomas Newman.
		Newman's local appearance is a chance to give it up for a man who may not need our pity but certainly deserves our applause.
		Randy Newman appears Wednesday (July 17) at 7:30pm at the Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd., Saratoga.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/07.11.02/newman-0228.html (628 words)

	Randy Newman on MSN Music
		Biography: Randy Newman was an anomaly among early-'70s singer/songwriters.
		On his debut album, Randy Newman sounded as if he was still getting used to the notion of performing his own songs in the studio (despite years of cutting songwriting demos), but apparently he was a pretty...Read full review
		Randy Newman's songwriting often walks a narrow line between intelligent satire and willful cruelty, and that line was never finer than on the album Good Old Boys.
	music.msn.com /artist/?artist=16074463 (170 words)

	Review: Randy Newman's 'Bad Love'
		Randy Newman, the bastard child of George Gershwin and Albert Brooks, has blessed us with a dozen new songs, all loosely about Bad Love.
		Randy often says his father was like that, and that's the reason he wrote "Memo To My Son".
		OK people Randy Newman is not a racist (Rednecks)...nor is he against gay people (Half a Man).
	www.leisuresuit.net /Webzine/articles/randy_newman.shtml (1415 words)

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