Seeing his name on the songwriting credits of some of my CDs has inspired some thinking on my part- how can the Pixar man have also written very adult-in-nature songs like "You Can Keep Your Hat On" and "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)"?
Isn't it bizarre? From what I can gather, he comes from a long family history of musicians, particularly film composers. (Three uncles and four cousins, all involved.) To be able to do both, and to succeed...it's bananas. We do contain multitudes.
Thank you for this. It's the album that can't be played in public, for anyone. But it might be one of our most important self-portraits. The infuriating, 10-cent Will Sasso impression of Newman on MadTV, then Family Guy, has further infantilized the image of Newman to mouth-breathing America, but they were never going to get his point anyway.
Me too. Those early records are like going through old photo albums. You wrote a great piece. Sorry I was a dope and tried to point out what you already knew. Happy Thanksgiving! and may you catch “Alice’s Restaurant” on the radio tomorrow. (smiley face emoji with glasses)
Thanks for checking it out, Jared. This one keeps on giving. Head to 12 Songs next, if you haven't been down that road before. Definitely a precursor to Good Old Boys.
Seeing his name on the songwriting credits of some of my CDs has inspired some thinking on my part- how can the Pixar man have also written very adult-in-nature songs like "You Can Keep Your Hat On" and "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)"?
Isn't it bizarre? From what I can gather, he comes from a long family history of musicians, particularly film composers. (Three uncles and four cousins, all involved.) To be able to do both, and to succeed...it's bananas. We do contain multitudes.
His uncles were all employed in the music department at 20th Century Fox; Alfred wrote the studio's famous "fanfare" theme music.
Thank you for this. It's the album that can't be played in public, for anyone. But it might be one of our most important self-portraits. The infuriating, 10-cent Will Sasso impression of Newman on MadTV, then Family Guy, has further infantilized the image of Newman to mouth-breathing America, but they were never going to get his point anyway.
I come back to Newman in cycles. Sometimes months, years…But he’s always there where it feels right to find him again.
Me too. Those early records are like going through old photo albums. You wrote a great piece. Sorry I was a dope and tried to point out what you already knew. Happy Thanksgiving! and may you catch “Alice’s Restaurant” on the radio tomorrow. (smiley face emoji with glasses)
Fantastic piece, spurred a first time listen from me and I had a blast. Cheers!
Thanks for checking it out, Jared. This one keeps on giving. Head to 12 Songs next, if you haven't been down that road before. Definitely a precursor to Good Old Boys.