Randy Newman - Sail Away
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Why is it that no one confuses Shakespeare with Iago,Dickens with Scrooge,Dante with Satan,but when it comes to songwriters,they become so dense?The song is written in the voice of a slave trader,an evil person.I can't think of another songwriter who's gotten more grief for using characters to tell a truth,because he does it a lot.Musicians get it.They love him.
The song is so haunting because it puts beautiful chords behind something tragic,a slaver comforting a child aboard his ship.
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First song I ever heard from Randy Newman. What a genuinely gifted orchestrator and great songwriter !
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@TheiCritic This was on Cracked? Which article?
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@TheiCritic What the hell is Cracked?
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@randallschecter Surely "short people are just the same as you and I, a fool such as I" Gives it away, No?
It annoys me when people leave comments calling a great songwriter a "joke". Why not quickly look him up before leaving such an ignorant comment? Or don't comment at all?
Maybe then you would come accross a bit less of a jerk.
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@rockermanmatt "wow what an ignorant comment" "snivel snivel"
as i said before, the explenation dosent come with every song, me and my friends found this and thought it was hilarious, because of the speach inpedement, and the lyrical content. my dad played this song in a bar in the 80's and got spanked by the short barteneder. obviously "some people dont get it"
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I found this song because, when I was younger (3rd/4th grade) i found a Rolling Stone Magazine CD of Greatest hits from the 70s in my dad's cd collection. This was on it, and I've been hooked on Randy Newman ever since! I'm so glad for life :D
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@randallschecter Wow, what an ignorant comment.
'Short People' is about how pathetic discrimination is, not about how much he hates short people.
Randy IS from the south. Born in L.A, brought up in New Orleans. The song 'Rednecks' is about the North's hypocrisy and Southern stereotypes. He even lists northern Ghettos at the end of the song.
His songs are ironic and satirical, obviously some people don't get that.
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@mauiel1 also to wake us up to how bad short people are, and how dumb people from the south are lol. wandy (as he would say) is a joke. good musician though.
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Randy Newman makes me cry. Don't know why. It just happens.
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