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January 13, 2009
Top 10 of 2008 - #5
Randy Newman, originally uploaded by hansspeekenbrink.
Wow, this top ten business is taking forever, isn't it?
Number 5 is Randy Newman, Harps and Angels. Newman is probably known to most people my age for movie songs, like rousing numbers from Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and other Pixar fare. It's not bad, but when one hears his non-movie stuff, it's a revelation.
Harps and Angels is his first original album in almost a decade, and it contains reams of his wit, observations, and thoughts about politics and life. For Bush-haters, it can't get much better than "A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country."
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Posted at January 13, 2009 11:05 PM