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Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

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From the scathing, Lester Maddox-invoking opening bars of "Rednecks," Randy Newman serves notice here that he's taking no prisoners — an especially nervy gambit considering the themes of this loose concept album: the racist near-past of America's Southern underbelly and its odious, lingering legacy. One side of Newman's family hails from Louisiana, roots that help suffuse "Birmingham" and "Kingfish" with a sense of genuine affection and Southern pride. But it's the songwriter's uncanny ability to create flawed, often haunted characters, then crawl beneath their skin to rail at the world as they see it that makes tracks like "Marie," "Guilty," and "Back On My Feet Again" resonate with often stinging emotions.

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rednecks

"rednecks" is not a celebration of southern ignorance. it points out that the segregation which is pinned on "redneck ignorance" also exists in the ghettos of boston, new york, san francisco, chicago, etc.

Simply put: A masterpiece.

Even if you are not a Randy Newman fan, this album should be heard and savored. It has the richness of music and emotion generally only found in great films or theater productions. Lyrically, Good Old Boys is as satirically sophisticated as any album I’ve ever heard. Newman attacks weighty themes like race relations, social strife, and nothing short of the American Dream with humor, pathos and biting wit. Good Old Boys is equal part Mark Twain and Jonathon Swift … and that’s just the lyrical content. The music is evocative, bluesy, beautiful, down-home, eclectic, folk-y and rock-y. Good Old Boys has so many layers of lyrical and musical richness that is only gets better over time. A triumph.

Good Old Boys and Great Old Album

I consider this to be Newman's greatest single work! I readily rate it as one of my top 20 albums. Unlike most albums, every song on this one is a keeper. Definitely buy this work of art, and then begin to appreciate the range of emotion you'll experience with it!

Biography

Born: November 28, 1943 in New Orleans, LA

Genre: Soundtrack

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Randy Newman was an anomaly among early-'70s singer/songwriters. Though he was slightly influenced by Bob Dylan, his music owed more to New Orleans R&B and traditional pop than folk. Newman developed an idiosyncratic style that alternated between sweeping, cinematic pop and rolling R&B, which were tied together by his nasty sense of humor. Where his peers concentrated on confessional songwriting, Newman drew characters, creating a world filled with misfits, outcasts, charlatans, and con men....
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