I don't like Randy Newman's music.

[madbaker]

Some of this is rooted in my childhood - being a short child in elementary school when "Short People" came out. Saying "it's a parody" did not cut it with me when every taller child sang it at me for months.

But beyond the turgid drama of my childhood traumas, I just don't like his singing style or his lyrics. The only time I've been amused was the spoof in Family Guy (Randy Newman sings what he sees - "Red headed lady, Reaching for an apple. Gonna take a bite, nope, nope.")

Which is one reason why I was so annoyed that Monk went to Newman for the theme song in season two. They had a perfectly good score; why ruin it with Newman?

Comments

[antoniseb.livejournal.com]

I guess I was a little older when he became popular. I liked his work, and saw it as funny/satire. The first song of his I heard was "Red Necks", which was about hypocrisy by Northern elites concerning racism.

[mad-duchess.livejournal.com]

I agree--dumb move. But I usually record the episodes on my DVR and fast-forward through the opening titles, so I rarely have to listen to it anyway.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the Monk episode with the TV show, and the comment by the TV guys about the fan uproar when they changed their theme song?