Topic: Will somebody please give Randy Newman a freaking Oscar? (Read 2599 times)

J.J. Blair · « **on:** February 25, 2007, 11:32:49 PM »

I mean, come on! This guy is the Susan Lucci of the Oscars. 17 nominations and ZERO wins. Who does he have to blow to win a freaking statue?

wwittman · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2007, 11:45:34 PM »

I DID think this year's songs were all entirely unremarkable.

Melissa Etheridge's being CLEARLY the best one.

Barry Hufker · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2007, 12:25:33 AM »

Randy has won an Oscar.

http://www.randynewman.com/toclinks/linkssubfolderoscars/

Now if you could wish a Grammy for me and get me one just that quickly, I'd be satisfied (for today -- which ends in 35 minutes).

Barry

J.J. Blair · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2007, 01:23:31 AM »

Oops. They only mentioned his seventeen noms and not his win.

I didn't like any of the songs, btw.

Jerry Tubb · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2007, 01:35:57 AM »

I must say I was really happy to see Sound Editors & Sound Mixers given "on camera" awards & recognition on the show this year, don't remember the last time that happened. Maybe us audio geeks matter after all!

The special award for composer Ennio Morricone was great as well, been a big fan of his for over 40 years.

JT

Socrates · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2007, 03:11:29 PM »

Maybe he can do an 'unplugged' version of Short People. Shocked

rphilbeck · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2007, 05:52:42 PM »

Socrates wrote on Mon, 26 February 2007 15:11

Maybe he can do an 'unplugged' version of Short People. Shocked

Why? They've got no reason to live.

danickstr · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2007, 10:10:12 PM »

To answer your question, Melissa Etheridge. Rolling Eyes

wwittman · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2007, 11:31:41 PM »

Jerry Tubb wrote on Mon, 26 February 2007 01:35

I must say I was really happy to see Sound Editors & Sound Mixers given "on camera" awards & recognition on the show this year, don't remember the last time that happened. Maybe us audio geeks matter after all!

no.

Tidewater · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2007, 12:28:25 AM »

hahahahaha

M

Ashermusic · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2007, 11:05:59 AM »

[quote title=wwittman wrote on Mon, 26 February 2007 04:45
Melissa Etheridge's being CLEARLY the best one.

[/quote]

i agree.

William, I knew sooner ot later we had to agree on something:)

And btw for you non-film/TV folks, the award for best song is supposed to be based on how well it serves the pciture, not necesssarily how great a song it is away from the picture.

And in an era when songs are rather gratuitously thrown in to amortize the cost of the movie this is even more challenging.

jimmyjazz · « **Reply #11 on:** February 27, 2007, 11:36:13 PM »

wwittman wrote on Sun, 25 February 2007 23:45

I Melissa Etheridge's being CLEARLY the best one.

Uh, yeah. Whatever you say.

CLEARLY it sucked, and hugely so. My God, that was an AWFUL song.

It was the worst of the five, and the race wasn't even close.

You liked that drivel?

I'm not sure I'm ready to say Randy Newman got screwed, but basically, all four other songs got screwed. Melissa Etheridge hasn't written a song worth a shit since her first album, which was terrific.

minister · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2007, 12:31:42 AM »

wwittman wrote on Mon, 26 February 2007 22:31

Jerry Tubb wrote on Mon, 26 February 2007 01:35

I must say I was really happy to see Sound Editors & Sound Mixers given "on camera" awards & recognition on the show this year, don't remember the last time that happened. Maybe us audio geeks matter after all!

no.

what is this, the McLaughlin Group? answer is .... what I say!

I agree Jerry! being a Post Geek and all...

let's see them make a BIG movie with crappy sound and see how GOOD the acting is. now, where's my suck button....oh, here it is, under my sock puppet.

Seriously, JJ. Randy Newman? the mushmouth who has written ONE song and keeps sending it out with different colored mittens and occasionally mit den mitten clips? gimme a break! Handschuhclips? gezundheit.. you're welcome.

wwittman · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2007, 04:55:53 PM »

jimmyjazz wrote on Tue, 27 February 2007 23:36

wwittman wrote on Sun, 25 February 2007 23:45

I Melissa Etheridge's being CLEARLY the best one.

Uh, yeah. Whatever you say.

CLEARLY it sucked, and hugely so. My God, that was an AWFUL song.

It was the worst of the five, and the race wasn't even close.

You liked that drivel?

I liked it more than the other completely forgettable ones.

The Dreamgirls songs SOUNDED like filler material.
And the Randy Newman was serviceable but nothing special.

Melissa was the best of a bad bunch.

You're just jealous because she gets more girls than you do Twisted Evil

jimmyjazz · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:02:36 PM »

She can have those girls. I have one good-looking heterosexual wife.

Andy Peters · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:31:57 PM »

wwittman wrote on Wed, 28 February 2007 14:55

jimmyjazz wrote on Tue, 27 February 2007 23:36

wwittman wrote on Sun, 25 February 2007 23:45

I Melissa Etheridge's being CLEARLY the best one.

Uh, yeah. Whatever you say.

CLEARLY it sucked, and hugely so. My God, that was an AWFUL song.

It was the worst of the five, and the race wasn't even close.

You liked that drivel?

I liked it more than the other completely forgettable ones.

The Dreamgirls songs SOUNDED like filler material.
And the Randy Newman was serviceable but nothing special.

Melissa was the best of a bad bunch.

You're just jealous because she gets more girls than you do Twisted Evil

Hey, it could've been worse.

A couple of years ago, the tune from "A Mighty Wind" was nominated, and was beaten by that borrrring Enya thing from "Bored Of The Rings." Harrrumph.

-a

wwittman · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:18:03 PM »

jimmyjazz wrote on Wed, 28 February 2007 22:02

She can have those girls. I have one good-looking heterosexual wife.

ah, so do I detect some OTHER hostility toward her having nothing to do with her song?

jimmyjazz · « **Reply #17 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:32:30 AM »

wwittman wrote on Wed, 28 February 2007 23:18

ah, so do I detect some OTHER hostility toward her having nothing to do with her song?

No, you detect someone who has high songwriting standards being disgusted by the fact that someone with your credentials would fawn all over a piece of shit song like that.

Next time you'd like to put homophobia on ME, Bill, consider the idea that maybe some of us judge the music on the basis of. . . bear with me, here . . . the music.

You're better than that, and you know it. And don't even fucking dare deny exactly what you tried to do.

Yes, I am pissed off. True colors, indeed.

Fox · « **Reply #18 on:** March 01, 2007, 08:44:21 AM »

I think he was probably joking...

thedoc · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2007, 10:48:04 AM »

"I must say I was really happy to see Sound Editors & Sound Mixers given "on camera" awards & recognition on the show this year, don't remember the last time that happened. Maybe us audio geeks matter after all!"

Ya just gotta tune in early, the sound award is in the first half hour.

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