Randy Newman - Guilty (Official Audio)Randy Newman2016-07-19 | Randy Newman performs "Guilty" from his 2016 album Songbook Vol. 3 and the complete Randy Newman Songbook 4-LP set.
The eight-LP box set, released for Records Store Day's RSD Drop in July 2021, comprises his latest seven studio albums—'Born Again,' 'Trouble in Paradise,' 'Land of Dreams,' 'Faust,' 'Bad Love' (on vinyl for the first time), 'Harps and Angels,' and 'Dark Matter'—on 140-gram vinyl, featuring original album jackets, lyric/credit sheets, and 'Faust' demos.
#randynewman #vinylRandy Newman - Stay AwayRandy Newman2020-04-08 | Randy Newman's "Stay Away," a call for social distancing in the fight against COVID-19, is available to stream and download at http://smarturl.it/randynewmanstayaway. Proceeds support the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music's efforts to broaden opportunities for underserved children and young musicians in New Orleans' Ninth Ward; you can donate directly at ellismarsaliscenter.org/donate
Stay Away
Venus in sweatpants That's who you are And when this mess is over I'll buy you a car We'll drive that car So fast and so far All your stupid friends Will be left behind
Stay away from me Baby, keep your distance, please Stay away from me Words of love in times like these I'm gonna be with you 24 hours a day A lot of people couldn't stand that But you can You'll be with me 24 hours a day What a lucky man I am
Stay away from me Wash your hands Don't touch your face How do you like that Wash your hands Don't touch your face I saw you Thirty years together And we're still having fun Once we were two, Now we are one Let's go out and get a burger When you're done, you're done Memories of the past
Be kind to one another Tell her you love her every day If you're angry about something, let it go If the kids are frightened, tell them not to be afraid But don't let them touch your face Don't let them touch your faceRandy Newman - The Great Debate (Official Audio)Randy Newman2017-08-04 | Randy Newman's "The Great Debate," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - Brothers (Official Audio)Randy Newman2017-08-04 | Randy Newman's "Brothers," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - Lost Without You (Official Audio)Randy Newman2017-08-04 | Randy Newman's "Lost Without You," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - She Chose Me (Official Audio)Randy Newman2017-08-04 | Randy Newman's "She Chose Me," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - Its a Jungle out There (Official Audio)Randy Newman2017-08-04 | Randy Newman's "It's a Jungle out There," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - On the Beach (Official Audio)Randy Newman2017-08-04 | Randy Newman's "On the Beach," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - Wandering Boy (Official Audio)Randy Newman2017-08-04 | Randy Newman's "Wandering Boy," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - Sonny BoyRandy Newman2017-07-18 | Randy Newman's "Sonny Boy," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
Animation: John Erickson Illustration: Roger Miller
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman & Lenny Waronker on Lonely at the Top Box SetRandy Newman2017-04-22 | Randy Newman chats with longtime producer and friend Lenny Waronker about Lonely at the Top: Studio Albums, 1968–77, the new vinyl box set of Randy's first five studio albums, released for Record Store Day 2017. Details: http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/lonely-at-the-topRandy Newman - Putin (Official Video)Randy Newman2016-10-26 | Here’s a video dedicated to a great world leader. I hope all of you like it. I know he will. —Randy Newman
Randy Newman's "Putin" won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals. The song is on his 2017 album, Dark Matter: randynewman.lnk.to/DarkMatter
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
Putin puttin’ his hat on Hat size number nine “You sayin’ Putin’s gettin’ big headed?” Putin’s head’s just fine
He can drive his giant tractor Across the Trans-Siberian plain He can power a nuclear reactor With the left side of his brain And when he takes his shirt off He drives the ladies crazy When he takes his shirt off Makes me wanna be a lady It’s the Putin Girls!
(Putin Girls) Putin if you put it when you Put it where you put it Putin if you put it Will you put it next to me? Putin if you put it when you Put it where you put it Putin if you put it Will you put it next to me?
Now Putin hates the Putin girls ‘Cause he hates vulgarity And he loves his mother country And he loves his family
He and his ex-wife Lyudmila Are riding along the shore Of the beautiful new Russian Black Sea Let’s listen in A great man is speaking
We fought a war for this? I’m almost ashamed The Mediterranean Now there’s a resort worth fighting for If only the Greeks or the Turks Would start to sniff around I’d bring the hammer down So quick their woolly heads would spin Woolly head, woolly head, woolly head
Or, wait a minute Even better What if the Kurds got in the way? Hey! Kurds and way, curds and whey!
Sometimes a people is greater than their leader Germany, Kentucky, France Sometimes a leader towers over his country One shot at glory, they don’t get a second chance I dragged these peasants kicking and screaming Into the 21st century I thought they’d make it I must have been dreaming These chicken farmers and file clerks gonna be the death of me
I can’t do it PG – Sure, you can I can’t do it PG- Yeah, you can What makes you say that girls? PG – Tell you why. ‘Cause you’re the Putin man Who whipped Napoleon? PG- We did! Who won World War II? PG- The Americans! That’s a good one ladies It’s our turn to sit in the comfy chair PG – And you’re the man gonna get us there!
I don’t know, Lenin couldn’t do it I don’t know, Stalin couldn’t do it They couldn’t do it Why you think I can? PG – You’re gonna lead our people To the Promised Land You’re right, ‘cause, Goddamn, I’m the Putin Man
#randynewman #darkmatterRandy Newman - Potholes (Interview & Performance)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman discusses and performs "Potholes" from his 2008 album, Harps and Angels.
Get the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman - A Piece of the Pie (Interview)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman talks about the song "A Piece of the Pie" from his 2008 album, Harps and Angels.
Get the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman - Losing You (Interview & Performance)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy discusses the unforgettable story behind the Harps and Angels song "Losing You," followed by a solo performance at the piano.
Buy the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman on Producers Mitchell Froom & Lenny WaronkerRandy Newman2016-09-19 | ...Randy Newman - Laugh and Be Happy (Interview & Performance)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman discusses the origins of "Laugh and Be Happy," which he revised for his 2008 album Harps and Angels, and gives a solo performance of the song.
Get the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman - Harps and Angels (Interview)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman talks about writing the title track to his 2008 album, Harps and Angels.
Get the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman - Feels Like Home (Interview & Performance)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman discusses and performs "Feels Like Home" from his 2008 album, Harps and Angels.
Buy the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman - A Few Words in Defense of Our Country (Interview)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman discusses the song "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" from his 2008 album, Harps and Angels.
Buy the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman - Korean Parents (Interview)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman discusses the song "Korean Parents" from his 2008 album Harps and Angels.
Get the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HarpsAndAngels.iTRandy Newman - Easy Street (Interview)Randy Newman2016-09-19 | Randy Newman discusses the song "Easy Street" from his 2008 album, Harps and Angels.Randy Newman - Falling in Love (Official Video)Randy Newman2016-09-08 | Randy Newman - Falling in Love (Official Video)
From the album Land of Dreams (1988)Randy Newman - A Few Words in Defense of Our Country (Official Video)Randy Newman2016-09-01 | Randy Newman performs the song "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country," from his 2008 album Harps and Angels.
When the song was first released as a single in 2007, its lyrics published as an op-ed in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times called it a “three-decades-on bookend to Political Science ... so funny it hurt," and Rolling Stone named it #2 on its list of the year's best singles.
A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
I’d like to say a few words In defense of our country Whose people aren’t bad nor are they mean Now the leaders we have While they’re the worst that we’ve had Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen
Let’s turn history’s pages, shall we?
Take the Caesars for example Why within the first few of them They were sleeping with their sister Stashing little boys in swimming pools And burning down the City And one of ‘em, one of ‘em Appointed his own horse Consul of the Empire That’s like vice president or something That’s not a very good example, is it? But wait, here’s one, the Spanish Inquisition They put people in a terrible position I don’t even like to think about it Well, sometimes I like to think about it
Just a few words in defense of our country Whose time at the top Could be coming to an end Now we don’t want their love And respect at this point is pretty much out of the question But in times like these We sure could use a friend
Hitler. Stalin. Men who need no introduction King Leopold of Belgium. That’s right. Everyone thinks he’s so great Well he owned The Congo He tore it up too He took the diamonds, he took the gold He took the silver Know what he left them with? Malaria
A President once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Now it seems like we’re supposed to be afraid It’s patriotic in fact and color coded And what are we supposed to be afraid of? Why, of being afraid That’s what terror means, doesn’t it? That’s what it used to mean
[To the first eight bars of “Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean”]
You know it pisses me off a little That this Supreme Court is gonna outlive me A couple of young Italian fellas and a brother on the Court now too But I defy you, anywhere in the world To find me two Italians as tightass as the two Italians we got And as for the brother Well, Pluto’s not a planet anymore either
The end of an empire is messy at best And this empire is ending Like all the rest Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea We’re adrift in the land of the brave And the home of the free
Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.Randy Newman - Political Science (Live in London)Randy Newman2016-08-25 | Randy Newman - Political Science (Live in London)
A BBC / Nonesuch Records co-production Recorded live at LSO St. Luke's, London, June 22, 2008 with BBC Concert Orchestra; Robert Ziegler, conductor
Directed by Nick Wickham Produced by Serena CrossRandy Newman - Its Money That Matters (Official Video)Randy Newman2016-08-17 | Randy Newman - It's Money That Matters (Official Video)
From the album Land of Dreams (1988)Randy Newman - Im DreamingRandy Newman2016-08-11 | Randy Newman's "I'm Dreaming," originally released in 2012 ahead of the US election that year, is now included as a bonus track on the Randy Newman Songbook 4-LP box set, out September 23, 2016: http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/randy-newman-songbook
I'M DREAMING
George Washington was a white man Adams and Jefferson too Abe Lincoln was a white man, probably And William McKinley the whitest of them all Was shot down by an immigrant in Buffalo And a star fell out of heaven
I'm dreaming of a white President Just like the ones we've always had A real live white man Who knows the score How to handle money or start a war Wouldn't even have to tell me what we were fighting for He'd be the right man If he were a
I'm dreaming of a white President Someone whom we can understand Someone who knows where we're coming from And that the law of the jungle is not the law of this land
In deepest darkest Africa nineteen three A little boy says, "Daddy, I just discovered relativity. A big eclipse is coming And I'll prove it. Wait and see!"
"You better eclipse yourself outta here, son And find yourself a tree There's a lion in the front yard And he knows he won't catch me."
How many little Albert Einsteins Cut down in their prime? How many little Ronald Reagans Gobbled up before their time?
I don't believe in evolution But it does occur to me, What if little William Howard Taft had to face a lion Or God forbid, climb a tree? Where would this country be?
I'm dreaming of a white President Buh buh buh buh 'Cause things have never been this bad So he won't run the hundred in ten seconds flat So he won't have a pretty jump shot Or be an Olympic acrobat So he won't know much about global warming Is that really where you're at? He won't be the brightest, perhaps But he'll be the whitest And I'll vote for that
Whiter than this? Yes Whiter than this? Yes Whiter than this? Yes Whiter than this? Oh yeahRandy Newman - Short People (Official Video)Randy Newman2016-08-03 | Randy Newman - Short People (Official Video)
From the album Little Criminals (1977)Randy Newman - Sail Away (Live in London)Randy Newman2016-07-15 | Randy Newman - Sail Away (Live in London)
A BBC / Nonesuch Records co-production Recorded live at LSO St. Luke's, London, June 22, 2008 with BBC Concert Orchestra; Robert Ziegler, conductor
Directed by Nick Wickham Produced by Serena CrossRandy Newman - I Love L.A. (Official Video)Randy Newman2016-07-08 | Randy Newman - I Love L.A. (Official Video)