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Song Of The Day: April 9, 2018
Unrequited love in a wax museum. Just an amazing lyric from Ian Fitzgerald, who mesmerized an Arden audience during his opening set on Saturday. They, um, melted for this song:
Song Of The Day: April 8, 2018
Thought I’d close out Randy Newman Week with an illustration as to how demagogues operate. BTW, didja know that Huey Long built his own full-scale replica of the White House down in Baton Rouge? Now you do:
Song Of The Day: April 6, 2018
Randy Newman has a thing for people who are not, um, well-adjusted sexually. Some of the songs can even be funny, like ‘Maybe I’m Doing It Wrong’ or ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ (not that there’s anything wrong with what goes on in ‘Hat’). But he often draws portraits of people whose issues manifest […]
Song Of The Day: April 5, 2018
I love this song. Love the atmosphere of impending doom . Notice how Newman doesn’t spell everything out for the listener. He gives you room to fill in the blanks. Song got lost on one of his lesser-known albums. Here it gets unlost:
Song Of The Day: April 4, 2018
Don’t we all know at least one person like this?: Gonna send out to the drugstore Buy myself a goat Tie him up in my front yard For all my so-called friends to see Ain’t nobody gonna look in window and laugh at me I thought so:
Song Of The Day: April 3, 2018
Randy Newman on ‘Davy The Fat Boy’ from a Rolling Stone piece: It’s sung by a con man who is telling these parents that he is going to take care of their son, who is a freak – in the carnival sense of the word. There might be something to do with my own self […]
Song Of The Day: April 2, 2018
Before he became Jingle Writer To Spec for Disney, Randy Newman created a canon of unforgettable (and often loathsome) characters in his songs. Pretty much the stories of their lives in under 4 minutes. This week, I focus on those characters and their songs. Starting with this toxic codependent relationship:
Song Of The Day: April 1, 2018
Why not conclude our salute to Procol Harum with the title track from their Magnum Opus?:
Song Of The Day: March 31, 2018
Hadn’t planned on turning this into a Procol Harum-themed week, but so be it. Shine on brightly, quite insane:
Song Of The Day: March 30, 2018
Introducing the ‘multilingual business friend’. I love the song and the lyric…even though I have no idea what it means. I think that Keith Reid loved him some Lewis Carroll, some Poe, perhaps some Salvador Dali, and most assuredly some hallucinogens:
Song Of The Day: March 29, 2018
The departure of disgruntled keyboard player Matthew Fisher enabled Robin Trower to assume a more prominent role in Procol Harum. This is the group’s first performance as a quartet, some kickin’ blues-rock:
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