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Randy Newman on his career as songwriter: "I didn't make any calculated decision - 'Well, I'm good at this, so that's what I'll do.' Wasn't out of any great love for it, though. I was good at it. I never wanted to be a doctor, like my father, or a lawyer. Baseball player, I wanted to be..." As fate would have it, the majors passed him by - too much music in the blood. Newman's uncles Lionel and Emil were composer/arrangers and a number of relatives worked in the music and movie business; even his physician father, Irving, wrote songs for a hobby (and had a Bing Crosby B-side credit for "Who Gave You The Roses" in 1959). But during Newman's childhood, all other influences were overshadowed by his "Uncle Al" - the reknowned (prior to the MAD mascot) Alfred Newma More... (Submit New Randy Newman Lyrics) (Submit New Randy Newman Lyrics) It's all in your perspective | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman I remember when this song got a lot of air time. Randy Newman was interviewed, and he said he was 5'6". He wrote it to be funny, and to point out how absurd it is to judge people based on superficial (ie physical) characteristics. Incorrect lyrics | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song I think It's Going To Rain Today performed by Randy Newman It's one of the saddest songs ever written, and because it's all about the lyrical details (overflowing and, instead of overflowing but, is what makes the song so crushing) it's worth getting them correct: Broken windows and empty hallways A pale dead moon in a sky streaked with gray Human kindness is overflowing And I think it's going to rain today Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles With frozen smiles to chase love away Human kindness is overflowing And I think it's going to rain today Lonely, lonely Tin can at my feet Think I'll kick it down the street That's the way to treat a friend Bright before me the signs implore me To help the needy and show them the way Human kindness it's overflowing And I think it's going to rain today Small changes, sure, but they're important. Short people | Reviewer: Jan ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman I'm short and when I was younger my older cousin sent me the record in the mail. It was the funniest song to me. I still think it is very funny. I have a very short grandson and I told him about the song and he was laughing. It is just how you view things. I like to laugh than not. I am short | Reviewer: peep ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman I am short and I don't think it's offensive the core message is here: Short People are just the same As you and I (A Fool Such As I) All men are brothers Until the day they die (It's A Wonderful World) The rest is offensive if it's taken separately from that part. However, this song can be abused to pick on short people but that was not the singer's intention. Not a Hater | Reviewer: Louann ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman Back when this song was written, there wasn't even an internet, and people didn't have to be SO SO carefull about thier lyrics being analyzed to death. It was just a FUN song. Rhymes with run and gun?.....FUN! So everybody just chill and get the F over it. Not mean | Reviewer: Tall since Birth ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman When I was growing up, being a girl, I always got made fun of for being taller than everyone. Taller than all the boys and all the other girls; to me that's mean! To ease my pain my grandmother (who is 5'1) would sing this song to me to make me laugh and feel better about myself (I'm 6'0). Some say it's mean because they are short, others say it's funny because they are tall (or somewhere in between). this song is mean | Reviewer: tim ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman I hate this song its the meanest thing ive heard in years. I hadnt heard it in years and this week i heard it two times. once was on a bus full of kids and once was with my 12 year old son in the car and he couldnt believe what he was hearing. I really dont know how stupid we couldve been to have allowed something so mean and idiotic on the air. yes yes i am enlightened enough to see the song as a satire and that yes we can discriminate really against any type of person so let pick a group and do it. randy Newman you really should be ashamed of yourself to call yourself a songwriter-you know you really do have a responsibility to a society that makes you rich.and dont think the verse about everybody is a brother redeems that song. you just felt guilty and stuck it in there (which makes it worse its not even an art song anymore it really was mean spirited to begin with so you tried to fix it) or maybe you arent rich maybe youre just a old grey haired man with nobody to love. newman you need to take the song off the air and try to recover what little diginity you have left. Get a grip people! | Reviewer: Twinkthewonderkid ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman Jeez, I swear some people look for things to be offended by. It's a satirical joke! "short people are just like you and me..." just like black people or white people or tall/skinny/bald/French/hairy/whatever... people. The point is that we're all the same underneath and that it's pretty stupid to make rash, idiotic assumptions about people based on their differences to you. I think it's clear in the song that Newman thinks that petty prejudices are moronic. So if, like me, you are short and proud and someone sings this song 'at' you, smile politely and savour the knowledge that they are much dumber than you are because they didn't 'get it'. its just fun,, | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman The lyrics are just so funny and outrageous as to be just plain fun. Nobody with an ounce of common sense would believe it true, and if so, the they're the one with egg on their face. A breath of fresh air in this stuffy PC world we've become. u suk | Reviewer: kassidilangelo ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman your poem song or wutever is ridiculous and i am appauled that u would say such things of me!!!!! u suk and u are just jelous!!! i am a midget and offended. i have to stand on a ladder to write this and there is nothing wrong with that. u r just a stupid tall hobo who has no life and nothing better to do than make fun of short people. show some respect u stupid turd.... bye evil short person against person. short people | Reviewer: spencer ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman that is the funniest song i have`ever heard. but i really think this song is meant to short PEOPLE not short in intelligence. we are running out of thingsto write about but this song is so funny my dad toll me about it and i went look it up and laughed the whole time i read it and after it is so so FUNNY! Please | Reviewer: claw71 ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman Randy Newman isn't simple enough to actually pen a song about diminutive people. This song is about people who are short on intelligence, patience, compassion and empathy. Short is a metaphor. I guess in that includes some of you. Everyone here is dumb | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman O.k. please listen to the song... It says, in the chorus, that they are the same as you and I and if you knew anything about Randy Newman, you'd know he was very small. It's a joke, but not about short people. It's about how dumb people are and that size doesn't matter. If you thought how silly and inaccurate this song is, then you just prove his point. He is trying to remind you how dumb it does sound. So the next time a comment says I totally agree and short people are dumb or the opposite Randy Newman is so dumb and this song should be banned, then think twice and think about your own stupidity! head versus gut | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman While I know intellectually that this song is pure satire and has a message I applaud, why does it feel like I am being hit in the gut by a brick everytime a tall person sings this "at" me? this song is stupid | Reviewer: andrea ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman it is offensive, but whatever. he didnt like short people and sang about it. tell me thats not running out of things to sing about. its a dumb song and randy newman is a retard. thats what i think...maybe ill write a song about him. hmmm... Hah | Reviewer: Sarah ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman I am quite short, and I think this song is funny. I agree with the person below me that pointed out that this is a satire! It's not written to insult short people. But the guy "Daniel Rollatini" is a bit dumb. Wow, not only did you just misinterprit the song, but you also served to purposely make people feel bed. Good for you. Aghast | Reviewer: Brandon ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman I am deeply horrified at some of the reactions to this song. Mr. Newman should write a song entitled "Dumb People," and talk about how great they are. Then everyone would be happy. great song! | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song I'm Dead performed by Randy Newman I'm a Johnny-come-lately to this great song. I heard it on KPIG, and it knocked me off! I am trying to get the song or album, but it is not on ITunes (dood!). This is biting, dark humor in a cool tune--I didn't know it was RN, because it sounded heavier than most of what I have heard from this song writer. I will keep up the quest, though--I must have this song!!!! An excellent song | Reviewer: Daniel Rollatini ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman I really like the sentiment behind this song, and think that Randy Newman is a really deep thinker. I'm 6'5", and the short people that I've met in my life meet the description that Newman sets forth. They do have little hands and feet, but oh my, do they do tell those great big lies. And those tiny, little voices going "beep, beep, beep", and those dirty minds waddling around on those tiny, little feet--all so true. Thanks so much Randy. Please keep the trenchant criticism coming. READ THE LYRICS WELL | Reviewer: ME ------ About the song Short People performed by Randy Newman people who say it sucks because short people are people too don't understand the song or didn't read it all. just listen to it fully and you'll hear that he doesn't think that short people are less then him at all. 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