Randy Newman - 08 I'm Dead (Jazz Open 06)

[AcousticFlow14]

this song is so great!

[horrorjunkie92]

Why did he say guitar solo? Where are his session players???

[horrorjunkie92]

I love his voice!

[bangwezl]

No one has retired from rock-n-roll!

[03185212345]

Truer words were never spoke.

[comets1977]

Apart from the intro i especially like when he says "i´ll try a solo" and the faces of people when singing the chorus, it´s a little bit weird, don´t know exactly why. Being said this i must say that Randy Newman in this video reminds me a lot to a teacher i had and also a friend. And also i´d like to say that i agree that sometimes one is dead but don´t know it but as long as one enjoys everything may be fine.

[comets1977]

@comets1977 I strongly disagree with you, comets

[poltronafrau]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha germany........

[fkbercum]

This is a good song!

and compared to america in europe there are not so many black. Its about ya history you know...;)

[fkbercum]

This is a good song!

and compared to america in europe there are not so many black. Its about ya history you know...;)

[loads123456]

that guy with beard at 2:17 looks animated

[poltronafrau]

@loads123456 hahahahahaha

[MEANCRACKEN2]

not being racist? but why is evrey one in the audience white?

[golfscotland]

@MEANCRACKEN2 Stuttgart, Germany?

[PDaVinci]

@MEANCRACKEN2

the concert was in stuttgart. we don't have much coloured over here - at least compared to the US

[poltronafrau]

@MEANCRACKEN2

because they're all racists!!!!

[theoriginalbadbob]

The version on the album is vastly superior to this live version. On the album, it is head-banger city.

[techfan0712]

I almost fell out of my chair when he said "Your best work was with Wings."

[emjay1264jr]

@techfan0712 i didn't really get when randy said, "Your best work was with Wings" can you explain it to me since you seem like you know what it means. thanks

[Feesharp9er]

@emjay1264jr In 1971 Paul McCartney formed a Band that went by the name "Wings"

[DarkkOrbit]

is ashamed to say he found this by accident during a search for 'Bad Love'. God, I love this Internet thingamajig.

[yeahsee33]

One or two people from the audience look very unimpressed.

[BassThatGuy]

someone put this guy out of his misery

[Thomasbox180]

Great concert - is it possible to buy it somewhere?

[bapyou]

I've always taken this song to be Randy giving the finger to the young snots who would tell him that he's irrelevant.

[titojack8]

meh, i think if he's doing anything, he's telling those lame old guys (the rolling stones, the who, def leppard, lynyrd skynrd [sic], etc.) who think they should be doing live shows to sit their asses down.

[FallenSparrow]

Um... actually, no -- the audience members are the ones who are.... dead, dead, dead. Were they, like, passing around valium before the show? I'm pretty sure they don't even know what they're clapping at. Lobotomies in seats. They love Big Brother.

[MoveOverCasanova]

they are just not so familiar with his lyrics, and their english maybe not good, so have mercy on people who after all paid to see randy newman!

[FallenSparrow]

They say but one word, and they seem to know what that word is. But they just sit there listlessly -- look at 'em! Arms crossed, heads drifting to the side, eyes half open. Plus, they were understanding his jokes about McCartney and such, so they must understand English at least moderately. This is just bizarre. Why would they pay for this unenthusiasm, which is no fault of Mr. Newman's?

I will say this, though: for an audience, they are remarkably, unbelievably, uncannily in tune.

[titojack8]

i think i remember hearing something on npr about how crowds will always find themselves in tune, by the law of averages or something like that.

[jzerony]

No fault of Randy's - but this audience sucks. They botch up the end of the song big time.... Randy however, is a GENIUS! Who else can poke fun at their own perceived career status? I hope he goes on and on and on and on and on...

[mdwfrancis]

how do they botch it up?

[jzerony]

...at 5:53 they're all supposed to shout "you're dead!!!" (that's how it goes on the record anyway) ...to be fair to the audience, however, Randy didn't tell them either.

[BassThatGuy]

you have the record?

fail

[jzerony]

I don't think I understand your comment... but yes, I have the CD this song is on. It's a GREAT CD... check it out!!!

[gartnr]

@jzerony whats the title of the album? im really interested

[jzerony]

@gartnr The album is "Bad Love" ...one of his recent best.

[Hoboscouts]

fag

[Jazzper79]

Yeah he sounds like a great guy.

[Hoboscouts]

he is

[Amaresumbra]

I love this guy...

Such genius, great music...

Hehe... never retire.... I know some people who love their jobs so much that they'll never stop doing it 'til the day they die, and even then, what they've done lives on in others...

[Hoboscouts]

Was he the only one there preforming, it doesnt look like it

[Tedsuzan]

Genius never dies!