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  • I love this version...somehow, it seems the most sincere I've ever heard...

  • Randy, I love this SONG! Thank You Sir.

  • nostalgia critic brought me here

  • @StrawberryRizla Just because you don't like words in your music - 'Read a book if you want a story' - doesn't mean other people don't. Hypocrite? I'm not the one commenting on a story-telling song about how much I'm not into story-telling songs.....you're a funny guy :)

  • @StrawberryRizla So there should be no such thing as song writing - is that what you're saying?

  • Whoops! Randy

  • What makes Randt newman's song so special isn't his voice, isn't his music, it's just............him!

  • take another look---....

  • There is something about this man and his songs that just gives me such comfort. :)

  • I thought I knew the voice as soon as I heard it....he did the Toy Story songs...surprised that he's white :)

  • @xavierian218 hope you liked this song kizzi xx

  • dutchpj hope you love this as much i do how you make me feel xxx thanks

  • @xavierian218 Randy sings with a little of New Orleans in his voice. That's why you were surprised that he's white. He also comes from a long line of composers of music for the movies.

  • @xavierian218 uhmm, thats a inherently racist thing to say. this song was written for a chick, should you say yer suprised he aint got a p ussy?

  • @lokeydaniel C'mon that's not racist. Jeepers D. Gobstoppers.

  • @lokeydaniel haha...sorry..didnt mean to sound racist, i love this song. Plus all of his "Toy Story" ones too. :D

  • I don't think it's the raggedness of Randy's voice that makes his version so special. It's his timing and phrasing. He starts the vocal phrases a little late, a little early; he doesn't care. He does that in other ballads. You can hear it in "Everytime it Rains," which is a ridiculously self-pitying ballad if you read the lyrics. Something about the whifty timing keeps you on your toes, draws you in.

  • @samenewme Well said, but I think it's a little of both personally. We can all agree that Randy doesn't have the greatest vocals, but theres something about that, that just adds to all his songs. His timing and phrasing does have a huge impact as you've stated.

  • @ChynaRider I totally understand where you are coming from pal. Recently i was in a situation where i couldnt decide between two girls who both wanted me and I didnt know which one to choose. We were sitting around at my place and this song came on the radio. I decided right there and then I wasnt going to mess around any more, took them both upstairs and smashed both their back doors in. Best ever. Thanks Randy.

  • @qwertyuiopo4 wth

  • sing off brought me here

  • @andrewstarr2 the sing off version actually sounds better too

  • @andrewstarr2 ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

  • This is a beautiful song but I can't take Randy Newman seriously. His voice is too sort of slapstick. The Chantal Kreviazuk version adds something.

  • @RewindMJ i'm a trained vocalist, and i can never get this song right. he wrote it for bonnie raitt to sing in faust, and it just does not seem to come across with a "good" voice. we had this song as our first dance at our wedding, and my wife, who could never stand his voice, would not have had it any other way at the wedding. i'm not saying you're wrong, his voice is , shall we say, different, but listen to linda ronstat do this. beautiful voice, but just not the feeling.

  • @bensdadfrank I totally agree. Randy's version of this song completely blows away anyone else's attempt at it. I love Linda Ronstadt's voice but was disappointed when I listened to her rendition of it. It lacked the depth that Randy captured so well. Songs are not one size fits all for performers. I would cringe at the thought of Randy Newman singing "Long long time." lol

  • I love this song! I would greatly appreciate anyone who has time to go and listen to my cover of this song. Thank you!

  • Beautiful <3

  • welp, good job @ThePhilmitch ...you've now made me shed a tear without even performing this time. You're good. ;)

  • best love song ever written. 4 people are not in love

  • @IvanSegal shut up

  • @boru1982 ok

  • wonderful

  • a feeling I've lost ...

  • Was Mr. Newman separated at birth from Roger Ebert?

  • @ChynaRider

    .....you must be under 18 and never really been in love, huh?

  • It sounds like he has a really good voice, I just wish he'd just sing properly instead of making fun of every song...

  • @sethg81 Its his accent...

  • I just returned home from seeing Randy Newman in concert at the Strathmore in Bethesda, MD. He closed the evening with this song - so very touching. Thank you for playing this Randy (and asking the audience what songs to play). Great show everyone. Go and see him live in concert if you can - he's even better live than his recorded albums. Thanks Randy for creating such a touching song.

  • I recieved the Bonnie Raitt version from a very special man in my life,,,but love this one to...to Tony I love you forever babe.x.x.x.x.x

  • 4 people don't feel at home with Rand Newmen

  • What album is this on?

  • @Draxzar Harps & Angels

  • @SpartanRule Cheers. I'm just discovering Randy Newman, this is a beautiful song.

  • A Hymn.......Lovely

  • This is my life. It took 60 years to 'feel like home' but I finally made it. Few people do, I am so grateful I got to.

  • @mcblzz I hope you enjoy it very much.

  • He sure knows how to drag it right out of you

  • I thought this song was touching. I don't understand how Newman can not like the song himself. What's not to like about it? Oh well, at least the thousands of fans like it.

  • @Disneyfan82 wow i never knew he didnt lke it himself mind you you do get some legendary songs and the people that wrote and sung them hate them xx

  • 4 people must have slipped their hands and now sit in regrets...

  • I have never heard a song so true to myself, he is a true genius, this is the only song iv ever cried too, and i mean really balled not a corner of my eye tear, i love this song xxxxxxxxxxxx

  • The music industry as it is at present is set up to entertain the simple minded masses, No originality, just catchy club beats and basic repetitive lines. We seem to be regressing and that's very sad.

  • @ForestForever Best comment thismonth.

  • @ForestForever ...excuse me? Mastodon?

  • Dec. 15, 2010. 222 likes, 4 dislikes.

    How can you 4 people seriously dislike this song? Randy is pure "soul" and love!

  • If you dislike "this version" you're a musical retard

  • @twibzprime So true!!!

  • still haven't found what I'm lookin for...

  • Our wedding song. Thanks for posting.

  • @bensdadfrank Must have been a pretty magical wedding then

  • I think he has a crisp stuck in his throat...

  • this song make you look at life in a different light song is a masterpiece

  • Lovely version , its a shame Newman does not like the song himself.

  • Lovely song .

    Interesting version .

    It's a shame Newman hates it himself .

  • Easily one of the most touchingly beautiful love songs I have ever heard!!! Damn huge kudos Newman!

  • fucking beautiful

  • <33333333333 beautiful.

  • Randy Newman is definately the sound of Disney

  • randy made this song his own.

  • I think this is from Faust, Its a woman singing to the devil.....hey, what the hell, everybody need a little love...

    Randy your the greatest!!!

  • @777gonz nah, its a bet between god and the devil and a girl falls in love with the main charachter sort of a cross between the biblical Job and the Faust of literature and ends up dying for him later . its a real mess of an opera I saw it opeinng inight and it never really worked as a play still a nice album if you want to listen to it. The devil was played by the neighbor on MARIED WITH CHILDRENS, he can dance and sing! and HE WAS a great devil.

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  • this was my first time ever hearing this song and it was beautiful. this is one of the greatest songs i have ever had the pleasure to hear.

  • i always thought this guy was a black singer since 1995.

  • @Cow2enjoi Could be...after all, Bill Clinton was the first black President. Right?

  • most gorgeous song ever, thanks

  • I should thank David Choi for giving me the hint to this great musician ;)

  • david choi likes this :)

  • @JosyLOL What? Okay, someone NICE, answer my question.

  • This song was sung by a chick on My Sister's Keeper, yeah?

  • @ihaveanugget

    Wow, just gtfo right now

  • @ihaveanugget Bonnie Raitt does in the movie Michael and does an awesome job! could what be what you're thinking of?

  • @ihaveanugget Yep .. the girl is Edwina Hayes ... search on youtube ;) good luck

  • Love this song, even better when sung by the man who wrote it. It has so much truth and feeling when he sings it.

  • This song is just so beautiful....

  • I was driving down the road with my wife when I first heard this on the radio. We suddenly stopped talking and listened. By the end of the song, I'd pulled off the road. We sat and cried, held each other, and renewed our vows right there - to and with eachother. Thanks Randy.

  • @ChynaRider HAHA you are so gay

  • @ChynaRider

    God Bless you for your love. I hope that it is still strong. In the old world there is one core that holds this thing together and it has to be something like this kind of love. So many of us just come and go and never touch this kind of thing. Keep that heart open.

  • it sounds like woody from toy story

  • @MegaNattyboy he did write a few songs for toy story ;) n thats what i thought too :)

  • It's really so Beautiful!!!

  • See you the 12yh of may here in Holland Randy !!! Can't wait

  • Absolutely Beautiful..............

  • This is a song about loss,loneliness,redemption, the end of yearning. Most of us sadly never find ' home' again which makes the song more poignant. This is a masterpiece Randy.Love it.

  • @MrEurohold Typical Newman...... because I hear something else.....in that love (possibly when you're a little older) feels like home. Comfortable, warm and safe. A slightly different view but equally poignant. Either way it's one great song. Only Randy Newman has written better!!

    Thanks to OTAKE99 for posting this video.

  • randy newman is amazing One of the greats of our time.

  • @MrPidodido it not brain surgery if don't like don't listen to it

  • Newman and Dylan ?

    left out a few greats like Tom Waits and

    Townes VanZandt and Lyle Lovett to name a few

  • If it's between Randy Newman and Bob Dylan, it would be a tough call. Because this song is so tender and open that it breaks everything down. It's like a hymn.

  • @grainofsandfan I think the one Dylan song that would easily hold its own against this is Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands. Now that is a true master piece

  • Randy Newman songs are so good at understanding the human condition by making us laugh and cry and fall in and out of love...and touch on the characters we all know, enjoy and love and despise. Among singer/songwriters in the world.

  • Michael the movie comes to mind.

  • It's his Faust album from about 1993. I think it had runs in San Diego and Chicago, but never made it to Broadway. Too cynical and smart for the Great White Way.

  • This song is why Randy Newman is the most incredibly brilliant, twisted songwriter who ever lived. He writes a song for his own dark version of a Broadway musical, about a beautiful, young woman -- so damaged by her childhood that she's incapable of love -- who sings this to the devil to seduce and trick him (and succeeds in breaking his heart, btw) and it becomes everybody's favorite love song and a wedding standard. I guess it really does prove that out of the dark comes light

  • wat is the Broadway musical called

  • You've hit it exactly: Randy Newman carries irony to a new level among "popular" artists. No one else reflects that genius. I've been waiting for 30 years for him to be recognized for Kennedy Center honors. I hope it yet happens in his (and my) lifetime. He's a unique American.

  • hey there rover come on over!!!!!

  • What a great song!

  • Nice :-)

  • our first dance at our wedding, and my wife can' t stand his voice. shows you the power of his lyrics. love the "my old kentucky home" piano part in the chorus.

  • i (l) randy newman. my dad got me interested in him, and i remember listening to his CD and hearing that song "simon smith and the amazing dancing bear" and writing a play about it in the third grade, and my teachers decided to make it into our annual musical. it was so fun!

  • @AngelicSakuko thats pretty cool!

  • Genius at work.

    Exquisite.

  • Still and always the best version of this song. Yeah Randy.

  • Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot :P

  • really terrific first verse,makes me think back to another time,a happier time.feel like crying.

  • i no it has that effect on me is well

  • great

  • the version on the mastercard advert is this version!!!!!!!!

  • i feel like such a bad person because i cant watch this without laughing after family guy made fun of it :(

  • lol same

  • left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot....

  • i know :D

  • Love this song<3 makes me cry..

  • i had to look up who did this version that's on the mastercard ads, from the small bit on the ad i wasn't sure if it might be van morrison

    never heard of randy newman before, but like van morrison has a very soulful voice that manages to convey so much emotion with such simplicity

    beautiful

  • @delriogw you can tell now...he's the guy who sings you got a friend in me in Toy Story, you can really tell, such a recognizable voice

  • @kloewilks91 i do indeed reside in england

    @tomjesper i indeed recognised the voice, but as i said i thought it sounded like van morrison, very similar tone really - especially when you haven't heard either in a long time

  • @delriogw (: no problem my friend

  • tune

  • brilliant advert, thats what made me come on this last nightt,

    amazingggg :)

  • GENIUS

  • Feels like home, beautiful xx

  • incredible

  • there are somthings money can't buy, for everything else theres Randy Newman

  • @liamiscooler

    *LOVE*

  • Brilliant Song. This guy is one of a kind :)

  • Aww i lovee this songg <33 xxx

  • hahaha thats what brought me here too brother! lmao

  • I loooove this song, makes me weep because it says it all for me. Wish I could go home. Wherever home is.

  • Superb song, superb musician!

  • Absolutely amazing!

  • Sucha lovely song, so warm and heartfelt, its a classic :)...A great christmas song. Thank u Randy for creating this. xo

  • Excellent song

  • thats song was epic

  • genius.

  • His music and voice influences and inspires millions...there isnt a voice like his

  • I go to his concert next year in amsterdam

  • this is one of the sadest and most beautiful songs i've every heard, he has emotion in his voice, it brought a tear to me. thats music.

  • I think this original is so much better than Chantal Kreviazuks version... She sings it too beautiful. I think some songs are better when not sung perfectly and without a brilliant singing voice. But with feeling. This is beautiful. I can lisen to it all night, other than Chantals version. Thanks for uploading.

    And sorry for my mistakes, I'm not English

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  • Hi Sam. I love you.

  • when ever im around my special someone it feels like home to me

    thank you for posting this even though i have it on cd

  • Beautiful song from the master, thanks for posting.

  • This was my wedding song, we picked it because it isn't over done like others. It was a perfect fit for us!

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  • makes me cry like a baby. from beginning to end. it reminds me too much of someone i lost and miss so much. i don't think anyone would feel as sad about this song as i do,

  • This was the song that my ex-wife and I danced to at our wedding reception. We've been apart now for five years, and I still feel as sad as you do whenever I hear it.

  • i love the feeling this song gives me

  • You don't have to pass the Disney stuff. "When she loved me" is one of the greatest songs ever.

  • The words to this song are so pretty and soulful. There are many good versions of this but my favorite is by Debbie Vicari. Randy is a good songwriter and I will never forget his theme song for the TV comedy/drama "Monk". I like Randy's humorous side. Thanks for posting. - Paula

  • A great song. A dutch singer, Carola Smit, sings this song also beautifull. Look her up, she is great.

  • I have to say... I just hear this song for the first time 2 weeks ago. It touched me and still does. I used to live in a Caribbean Island and 3 years ago I moved to the States. A lady from the choire sang the song and I cryed... I somehow homesick.

  • Perfect!! Nothing else to say