Advantages: You might enjoy it Disadvantages: Ok then buy that Steve Brookstein single!
This is quite an old record but I make no apologies for reviewing it as it was the first Randy Newman LP (perhaps I should have said Album?) I bought (on vinyl) and is one I keep replaying in my head as I no longer own a record player (or should that be phonograph!)
The recording was done at the Bitter End club in New York in 1970 in front of 'live' audience although Randy doesn't interact much with them much so I may be wrong..
1.Mama told me not to come
A cover version No 1 hit in 1970 for Three Dog Night (who I thought were defunct but apparently they have just released a greatest hits album in Oct 2004!).
But I digress.
The song is quite bouncy and concerns a young boy going finding himself out of his depth at a wild party and wishing he had listened to his Mom's advice.
2.Tickle Me
Advice on what to do when the TV ...
Advantages: A useful form of expression, a way of releasing emotions Disadvantages: some can be very dreary
When my grandson, Randy, died of bone and lung cancer in November of 2000, I had a lot of mixed feelings. Some of it was guilt, as I had learned a lesson from my grandmother's survival after a stroke, so this time I had prayed for Randy's passing; some was anger that he had died so young - he was only 19 and had had such a hard life, being ADD/ADHD and thus having had a very unhappy childhood and horrific school years.
Then one sleepless night, as the dawn began to break while I worked at my computer, the words to this poem came to me, and it was like a peace, a balm to all those feelings. I felt they were a worthy memorial to the memory of this brave young man.
So, here's the poem, and if anyone you know suffers the loss of a child, feel free to copy it and substitute she and girl-child if it's for a female. I have given it ...
poet831 23.09.2002
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