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kentuck

(111,052 posts) Mon Jul 6, 2020, 06:35 PM Jul 2020

Sail Away

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Randy Newman's ironic genius markwbradley Jul 2020 #1

markwbradley

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1. Randy Newman's ironic genius

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Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:33 PM

Jul 2020

One of the greatest musical satires to emerge from the fertile mind of Randy Newman, “Sail Away” was misinterpreted by the same “irony-challenged” individuals who derided “Short People” as a slight on “little people.”. Nevertheless, “he” persisted. Genius will out.

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