Randy Newman - God's Song

[xxemmahibbertxx]

People say i'm odd..

As I'm a fourteen year old girl who is into metal....

But.. I have an obsession with Randy Newman, I always have, always will..

No-one will change that.

[darechuk]

i just listened to this song 10 times in a row; now i'm late for school.

[zukul555]

3 people are atheist

[AugustVonpetersborg]

@zukul555 Seems more like three people are fundamentalists that don't understand satire.

[MaiaRikae]

@zukul555

I think you have it wrong: 135 people are atheist.

[LordThree]

Just made my night. Thank you for this.

[lilajuanita]

god i love this ;)

[irishprice]

i have quite literally been listening to this song for the last hour

[HardyRStudios]

I'm definitely a Christian and this song is definitely true and real. Is it me or does Randy sound like Ray Charles in this song.

[skitzoooo]

@HardyRStudios

if you listen you can probably hear ray charles in randy newmans voice most of the time

he was greatly inspired by mr ray

[mrtrixxxter]

@skitzoooo When i first heard " You got a friend in me", i thought i t was ray charles singing.

[skitzoooo]

@mrtrixxxter Yeah listen to "It's money that I Love"

sounds exactly like ray charles

[madahpesojnothgual]

@HardyRStudios I'm sorry for bothering you over a comment that you made 10 months ago but your comment intrigues me. How can you think this song is true and still be Christian?

[HardyRStudios]

@madahpesojnothgual I meant to say that I grew up Christian, but I never really believed what my church was teaching. I'm so sorry that I wrote that comment in a very confusing way, making it sound as if I was ever really religious. Also, you're alright for replying back about a comment that I wrote 10 months ago; hey, it helped me realize that it was a bit off. Thank You.

[CChachett44]

love piano, love blues, especially love it when it is combined, the lyrics are deep and speaks to our world...Randy's voice has a special delight too

[sex6cult9revolution]

I always thought Randy meant to say the "MUSLIMS and the Hindus" - not the Buddhists. I mean, no one that I know of has ever murdered in the name of the Buddha!

[OldDunc]

First, the Buddhists in the song are responding to natural disasters, "Acts of God" as they're conventionally called. Second, Buddhists have been soldiers since the days of the emperor Asoka (3rd century BCE), and the samurai were Buddhists too. Killing and Buddhism go together as easily as killing and Christianity -- which is also, in its origins, a pacifistic religion but which left those origins behind long ago.

[flashgm41]

As a Christian, I can't agree more. I know we have forgotten what Jesus said...."Love your enemies." But, I am trying and encouraging others to do as well. Not a popular subject here in the U.S, as we have become a bunch of war mongers.

[OldDunc]

@flashgm41 -- Jesus taught "Love your enemies", true, but he also threatened to throw his own enemies into Hell. And Christians have followed his practice in this, rather than his teaching.

[locheelad2]

@OldDunc First evil must be defeated, if you love peace, prepare for war. Have you not learned this fact in your lifetime, the evil guys will pull you out of your convent, unless a brave man risks his life for you. And "No greater love has a man, than to lay down his life for his brother".

[bodiddly83]

@OldDunc they killed in the name of their lords, not Buddha. Killing and Buddhism do NOT go hand in hand. Killing and serving a LORD does.

[OldDunc]

@bodiddly83 -- Well, the Buddha is called "Lord" by his followers. But it doesn't really matter, does it, whether the samurai and other Buddhist soldiers killed in his name? They shouldn't have been killing anyone. And the early Christians who entered the Roman army didn't kill in Jesus' name (until the Empire went Christian, that is) -- they killed for the Emperor. But one more time: the Buddhists in this song are talking about Yahweh killing people, not people killing people.

[bodiddly83]

@OldDunc it matters because the person you responded to said, " I mean, no one that I know of has ever murdered in the name of the Buddha!"

it matters whose name is used

[locheelad2]

@bodiddly83 That's wrong, Chinese are Buddhists and have developed the art of torture for 5000 years. If we followed buddah's teachings, we would have just said, c'mon in Adolph, do what you like.

[bodiddly83]

@locheelad2 you honestly think that everyone in China is and has been a buddhist? Particularly the ones the tortured people? I don't think you have clue 1 about buddhism or China. Read a book.

[NotTooObvious]

5 stars

[12Zwolf]

Thank You For Posting;

This is a real blast for me.

Cheers!

Valkyrie Ziege Mourne

[bipolarbear27]

This song has nailed religion and our reliance on god more than any song ever. It's so fucking true and sad.

[crazymandan59]

I adore this song.

[rafhenlow]

I detest this song.

[irishprice]

@rafhenlow lemme guess... christian?

[queenrocks77]

Great video! Sad song. :(

[MrCFruitfly]

Great video. Thanks.

[mscoen]

totally. the deep truth of this lyrics give you the creeps. lets you get out of your brainwashed mind for a minute and to THINK ABOUT IT

[Toyboy789]

awesome! Just goes to show you that my imaginary god is better than your imaginary god!

And each of our imaginary gods is sadly shaking his/her head . . . wondering where the fuck he/she went wrong with mankind!

[OldDunc]

@Toyboy789 -- Ever read Catch-22?  "The God I don't believe in is a kind god, a just god, a merciful god! He's not the awful, hateful god you don't believe in!"

[Toyboy789]

@OldDunc I did . . . many, many, many years ago. But all I know (assuming there is a 'god') is that when I look at images sent back from the Hubble telescope, I think: whatever/WHOever put this entire gig together is so mind-buggeringly powerful . . . it's well beyond any of our wildest imaginations to contemplate . . .

[TheLeftAnchor]

Tell me about it. I love this song. It's classic, it's sad.  They don't get better than this. But I guess Randy Newman isn't as popular as he used to be.

[OldDunc]

@TheLeftAnchor - Randy Newman was never popular. I think he has only ever had one chart hit in his career, "Short People." Maybe a couple of others -- did "I Love LA" do well? Other people have had hits with his songs, of course. But he was always a minority taste; nothing wrong with that.

[irishprice]

@OldDunc its money that i love probably did well. I know that he was quite popular here in holland in the 70's. My dad once told me that he had 6 or 7 top 3 radio hits in the mid 70's. I think that song about the english band E.L.O (cant remember the name) did REALLY well in Holland.

[OldDunc]

@TheLeftAnchor -- I love Randy Newman and have been listening to him for 40 years. But he was never popular, he never got much airplay and his songs were too weird for any but album-oriented radio. He's probably better known than he was in the 70s though, thanks to his movie scores.

[008ophiuchus800]

wow this video is being underappreciated.

[MestizoFilipino]

@008ophiuchus800 I wouldn't think so going from the 51 likes and 0 dislikes.