Pants

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  Seven Songs for the Week #81 - 23rd Oct 24

  Jason Carty

  Randy Newman has written some great songs, this isn't one of them. Like Led Zeppelin, I have spent most of my life slowly putting together Randy's back catalogue. First album bought in 1989, and I picked this up during the summer for £5, and listened to it for the first time this week. It's kinda hard to love. You can be too cynical. And it ends with this track, where Randy repeatedly barks "I'm gonna take off my pants". Is it terrible, or not. Years ago I saw someone defend Maxwell's Silver Hammer (which many people see a the only low point on Abbey Road) by saying if it had been a Randy Newman song, people would love it. This kind of stuff is complicated.