If I’m not mistaken, Randy was the artist with whom I started this feature. Back then, the Randy Newman videos on youtube were few and far between, and of fairly bad quality to boot. Though I don’t like to repeat artists, I’m making an exception for Randy because-well, because I want to and this is my blog and no one reads it anyway. So, this will be a triple feature. The first song, Sail Away, is one of his earliest and, one would think, a piece of ironic writing that can’t be topped.
But, in fact, it can be topped, irony wise. This song, He Gives Us All His Love, is absolutely perfect. In fact, I remember years ago I found a video someone made that swallowed this song whole. It was a video paean to religiosity, set to this song. A bit like the right wingers who think Colbert is one of them.
Finally, Bonnie Raitt singing Feels Like Home, one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
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