Randy Newman - Louisiana 1927

Jazzopen Stuttgart 2006.

[@nickkoinismusic5643]

I heard this song years ago and it continues to be one of my favorites.

[@rustycage]

This is definitely one of my favorite Randy Newman songs

[@rodolfogarcia1294]

Yes it Is. A song very beautiful and sad at same time

[@henkdevries2002]

very similar to Sail Away. Both very nice songs

[@jean-mariesilve763]

"Every time it rains"...

[@KennethTerrell-r2y]

Reminds me of Birmingham - both from the same of album.

[@minermike61]

Same

[@DonCarlosHormozi]

Excellent! Thanks for posting. The documentary "Huey Long" brought me here.

[@kentown101]

Superbly realized song

[@Jessecraft1954]

I love this song. I once lived in New Orleans when I was in my teens.

[@wailflower]

Amen to that.

[@diegozulloz]

premio Nobel alla figheria: Randy Newman

[@simonfaw]

check out gary brewer and the gb's version. x

[@swampthang64]

Of coarse,Jo-El Sonnier's version's just as haunting with his accordion work.

[@deerfencer1]

One of the very best American songwriters of our day. Have followed him for over 40 years.

[@howardlovecraft750]

Agree

[@mounirerra]

Believe that Randy is amazing

[@MrTweepie1]

this is one of the the best and emotional songs EVER !!!. Very well done. Hit with tears. wonderfull!

[@Texas3Step]

My husband and I lived four years in Baton Rouge, and this song always makes me cry. There is something very special about southern Louisiana, and the people who live there. I have lived in many different cities and states, and overseas, and I loved Louisiana the best.

[@peggyunderhill601]

Same here. We lived north of New Orleans for twenty years. Loved it and miss it.

[@glevumguy7850]

We felt it too, but now living in the UK. And the further south you go the stronger it gets, and the scenery is unforgettable.

[@michaellunburg8567]

The term genius is valid for Randy.

[@RealOGMudbone]

Love Louisiana, no place like the boot. God bless Cajun country. Always home in my heart

[@g-money7652]

✊

[@RealOGMudbone]

@@g-money7652 lived in Texas for a year and it’s a great state but couldn’t wait to move back. Missed my home. Grateful to be back! God bless

[@Jessecraft1954]

I love this song and Randy has such a beautiful voice to sing it.

[@PamelaDrake215]

I thought of this song when Katrina happened and of course it was covered at the televised benefit for New Orleans flood relief - by Aaron Neville of New Orleans, no less. Good job he did too. But he could sing the phone book and make it sound like magic.

[@michalecinquina197]

God bless the people of Louisiana

[@JBLEVCTL]

They will NEVER wash us away!! We are a tenacious bunch down here!!

[@Texas3Step]

God be with the people of south Louisiana, almost washed away again. My husband and I worked for LSU for four years. We've both lived in many places, and Baton Rouge was our favorite city.

[@RealOGMudbone]

Texas3Step never count out us Louisiana folks! God bless you and the people affected

[@biljacburnside]

August 2016 ... tryin' to wash us away again ...

[@becauseisaidso6417]

Biljac Burnside I lost everything I had in the Great Flood of 2016, but the most important things in my life, my husband and children. It was devastating. I pray I never see anything like that again in my life. God bless Louisiana and God Bless Livingston Parish.

[@paulwilliams2663]

Newmans genius is his irreverence, for the mundane structure of songs. Writes a story, applies piano sings, some bits rhyme some bits don't...beautiful

[@bassface3287]

What an immense talent that comes only from above.

[@mazs1123]

the immense talent came from LA.....not above

[@bobh28630]

@@mazs1123 "Bass Face" may have been referring to the overhead speakers. If not, then maybe the reference was to the rain that resulted in the deaths of over 250 people in 1927.

[@mazs1123]

@@bobh28630 yea, if you think either of those were the reference

[@samtehranipour8087]

@@bobh28630 haha..

[@theoriginalbadbob]

"Heck of a job, Brownie."

[@samspeed8812]

Except the fact the Army Corps of Engineers were found responsible for building faulty levees; the mayor of N.O. at the time is now doing 10 years...

[@theoriginalbadbob]

Sam Speed I think the mayor was convicted of corruption, not anything to do with the levees. The bastard was probably solely responsible for the order to confiscate guns and deserves to be sodomized numerous times each day, for the duration of his sentence, for putting the people of his city in a position of weakness at the hands of roving savages.

[@christinebarney3682]

Sam Speed There were 2 different floods. One in Louisiana in 1927 and then Katrina. Newman wrote this song about the flood in 1927. I did cartwheels in my living room when I heard about Ray Nigen going to prison. Serves him right that he is serving time. Crook! The NRA has an incredible video of the police taking away peoples weapons and leaving them completely defenceless. It is chilling and needs to be seen by all Americans.

[@paulagood7659]

Christine Barney It was seen...HBO's Treme' was telling the real story.

[@mikedatigah]

Sad song, hits a little too close to home, but dammit if Randy doesn't hit the nail on the head. Brings a tear to my eye in more ways than one.

[@carrieschugar9143]

Beautiful song. Beautiful soul.

[@stumiller]

One of the best songs Randy ever wrote. Listen to this and think of Katrina and what happened. Then remember the words "they're tryin to wash us away." Wow!! Thanks, Randy!

[@samdajellybeenie14]

Every time I forget about Katrina and all it's horrors, when I listen to this song, it always makes me cry. I was one that got away alright, and I know people that didn't. Who cares about what he said at the beginning! It's a great song. Let's just remember those who were lost in Katrina, on the East Coast, etc. and be thankful that we got away alright.

[@MichelleDenise64]

This makes me want to cry all over again especially with the what we have just experienced on the East Coast. Still praying.

[@knutknutsson7740]

First time I heard this song was in 1992, when I saw the movie ”Blaze” with Paul Newman which was releases in 1989. I loved the melody and it stuck with me until today. Didn’t know the title, and never reflected on the lyrics and what it meant. It wasn’t until today I found out it’s called ”Louisiana 1927”. Randy is a genius!

[@oppothumbs1]

The movie was boring to me, the song was the only reason I went..

[@minermike61]

For those not musically privileged, Randy Newman plays Gospel just as naturally as Ray Charles did. It might not be the goal per ce but it comes out anyway and I appreciate it. Ray Charles was attacked for playing spiritual melodies outside of church. How dare you share harmony with the outside, I guess.

[@DaRaginGamer]

Voice is insane

[@thecaproni100]

such a beautiful song, Randy Newman definitely best version

[@fanferret]

No this song isn't about human suffering in the face of nature, or at least not just nature - read the book Rising Tide, that flood didn't need to be as bad as it was in Louisiana, the army corp of engineers dynamited the levies, not to mention that all the dams that Coolidge was building across the midwest were taking sediment deposits away from Louisiana coast line and making the wetlands erode more rapidly, THIS SONG IS BEAUTIFUL AND SUBVERSIVE!!!

[@ronnoc00501]

like this song how bout u

[@ShanOakley]

I dig it too, brother.

[@ryanke07]

If the government is corrupt and infrastructure has suffered, then construction has not been done well. He said nothing regarding the skills of builders though. Since you've acknowledged that the infrastructure has suffered, and Newman never pointed his finger at a specific cause for the poor construction, I don't see what you have to be disappointed about.

[@oldspiritart]

Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline… No matter who sings this song, it’s chilling.

[@mafra61]

A real masterpiece and one of my all-time favourites.

[@ric55]

A genius, and a major force in music for so many years.

[@oshasta]

That ignorant remark (and I have been Newman fan for 40 yrs.) is no more true for New Orleans than ANYWHERE ELSE. You can't 'disagree' with what you have no 1st-hand knowledge of..

[@truegangsteroflove]

It's Aaron Neville, not Arron. Randy Newman delivers a song too. And, surprise of surprise, he wrote them too. I still remember the first time I heard "Sail away." I think it was 1972. The mixture of fake promise and sadness was an awakening. "Louisiana 1927" is the best song on "Good old boys."

[@yPhil]

Oh My God, Uncle Randy, ever since I was a kid, man.

[@victoriabuckland7817]

This reminds me so much of the flood that just happened. The great flood of 2016. I lost my house in this flood

[@helenswan705]

And of course, not only in 1927

[@oldfurry]

My Love loves and made me love this too.

[@jNoSocks]

I agree, I've just recently "discovered" him (I'm 23 years old) and all I knew of him before was from comedic parodies (Family Guy, Mad TV etc...) which made me laugh, but his music, and most importantly, I think, is his songwriting. I agree that the simplicity makes it remarkably accessible while never feeling mediocre. He's really growing on me.

[@ertipone]

Man Randy is awsome in any song he does. He put his heart into it. Way better than Aaron Neville. The sound is great.

[@littleotis57]

beautiful song - love the old randy newman stuff! Great songwriter, smart, funny, poignant and satirical all at once. Proves you can be thoughtful and emotional in the same song . . . a great American in my book.

[@gwhpnut1]

I remember him doing this on Saturday Night Live, way back... It still has the same emotional response today... Few songs can do this...

[@pbstratocaster]

Lou VEE siana,,

[@ronknorr]

Heard Randy about 15 years ago do this one (and all the good ones) live in a little place in Atlanta. Pure magic. If you don't tear up on this one, you have no soul.

[@bluemonkjd]

I've had this song stuck in my head ever since leaving New Orleans yesterday.

[@moizzle]

do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?

[@mikelstevenson4968]

Newman. Pure genius. Funny when Aron Neville covered this song he replace the lyric, "Cracker" with this poor Farmer's Land. People have accused Randy of being a bigot, which is ridiculous, like when short people were offended by the song, until Randy stood up. Then the offended little ones began to appreciate the beauty of Randy's satirical nature.

[@beckyyeagersmith7252]

Randy's comment was so true Especially construction of Levees which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 which was The Corp of Engineers total FAULT.

[@rouxdsla]

In 1927 the city of New Orleans did not flood but just about everywhere else on the Mississippi did. New Orleans was saved at the expense of Parishes down river.

[@sampreeni]

@thekaje2 This song was written like, 30 years ago, he still plays this because is increasingly relevant. This chorus does have a similarity to "Sail Away," but it's not the same, and none of his songs have choruses that are "the same" as these. He also doesn't have that many songs about Louisiana. He has a particular way of writing, which is having a personal style, but Randy Newman is a versatile writer, I don't know why you

[@johnjones1534]

Love Randy But Construction ability is not the problem. Plenty of capable people there. The problem, as in most places, is dishonest and incompetent politicians who lie and steal for personal gain vs public good. That is the truth. Almost always is.

[@truegangsteroflove]

Great singer. Hmm. What makes a great singer? It was said of Frank Sinatra that his greatness was his ability to deliver a song. What that means is the phrasing, the way emphasis is varied, inflections of voice, emotion, "soul." Dylan delivers many times the number of songs than Sinatra ever did, and they are songs he wrote.

[@Kdees]

pheew, please dont be fanatics!! learn to seperate! Bob Dylan is a great song writer, one of the greatest but he is not a great S I N G E R am not degrading him! so is Randy! When I say arron, dont be mad cuz arron sings waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than Randy , Dylan and many more its a G I F T. He doesnt W R I T E but he S I N G S

[@JumpingTomato]

@MisterSensitivity It's not called boring, it's called respect. You can scream, yell, sing along a and stand in the pit when you go to a metal fest, but when you listen to one man and a piano, you better be quiet if you wanna hear what he's singing. What's wrong with you?

[@CatJumpJohn]

Randy Newman is famous because his songs assume narrators; it's not Randy singing the song, it's someone affected by the flood. They would not make the connection between Hoover and a fat engineer, nor see anything but government failure in the relief efforts.

[@Bimkovitz]

It's a bit jolting how misunderstood Newman is. People either think he's a guy who just sings about what he sees (because of some off-the-wall Family Guy reference) or some racist, southern asshole. It's jolting because apparently irony and satire have been completely lost on todays society.

[@princessofhesse]

@squanto2 the man has a great passion to his voice.....maybe it does not appeal to all, but i've always liked him.....and yeah, i can't understand crowds and the reactions, it's like seeing people sit at a Steve Earle concert...what the hell....

[@leosaura1993]

Song is still beautiful today 2022.

[@andthewallscametumblingdow2451]

That man is a genius. God bless Randy Newman. :)

[@IckyTzatziki]

Have you heard it ryreinhardt? Martin Simpson does write his own stuff and also has many fine interpretations of both traditional and more modern songs. Jackson Browne duets with him on the veraion of Lousiana I mentioned..

[@Bimkovitz]

Yes, but he was spent a great deal of his childhood in New Orleans. Either way it doesn't change the way people perceive him. He sings with a heavy southern accent and about subject matter that a lot of people misinterpret.

[@JazzyBluesWoman]

@fananferret...Everyone should check their history...as you obviously have done. It did not need to happen as it did in 1927...and once again man made catastrophe is causing suffering and death.

[@appledecca]

Thank You for this...I was thinking about New Orleans a few hours ago...What with Haiti'S Eartquake eruption Earlier ......Its a mess..SO I think myself lucky I am favouriting a video ..Regards.

[@Kdees]

erm! with all respect to the man he did the song no good no good :S I mean please listen to Aaron Neville or Marcia Ball doing this! its the kindda songs that u should give more soul and more passion!

[@RobertKekuna]

I really have no idea why I have no idea what I'm talking about, because you have given me none. Unless you have no idea what you're talking about. I am guessing the latter.

[@kjallesoft]

Since that song...from 30 years ago or so...Louisiana has been washed away a second time by a flood. Isn't that so, Mister Bush? Was that you in charge at that time?

[@NurnIrl]

randy newman sings like an actor acts - it's always someone's authentic voice. It may or may not be his own opinion, but i think it is an authentic opinion, like it or not.

[@PoetryHound]

A beautiful and haunting song. Asleep At the Wheel did a very nice cover of it too.

[@katharina6865]

Mönchen-Gladbach is a little like New Orleans....

[@veritas41photo]

Randy Newman is one of the ultimate musicians of the twentieth century. He sings in a way that is at once quite haunting and so entertaining.

[@ryreinhardt]

maybe he should try and write his own stuff as bad asit maybe and this stuff to the composer....this a piano song,not for amatuers with guitars

[@steveimperial7760]

73 Bobligan Gemany,If i didn't spell u right Bob live well anyway.

[@santafejen]

evacuate the city for good, its 15 feet below sea level, the suvs we drive will sink it, let alone hurricanes, blame republicans

[@YoTigerYo]

I rember the LSU band played this after the first time in Tiger Stadium after Katrina

[@furryspencer]

@MisterSensitivity they are trying to be respectable. randy newman isnt the guy u go to scream and yell

[@bradfoerch]

@princessofhesse Steve Earle's son does an a capella version of this song. That's how I discovered it.

[@ryreinhardt]

martin simpson a relative of Homer? its ridulous to even suggest anyone does this song better - laughable

[@xlulu432x]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezieanna

[@dmc4982]

Happened in 1927 with the flood, then again in 1965 with Hurricane Betsy, and yet again with Katrina.

[@darius595]

@8jsimone food and music are pretty important...there isn't too much more important actually

[@-Luka-Brazi]

Gawd… his music. How do you say? Rinky Dink?

[@IckyTzatziki]

Ha ha.. Of course.. doh! Keep your mind and ears closed, its less challenging..

[@00tonytone]

I dont know i guess best version is an opinion. I like marcia ball's version better

[@Nacho66]

Although Bob Dylan isn't even worthy of shining Randy Newman's shoes, I must agree.

[@sharondymond]

My grandmother told me about it back in the 50s.

[@KittraKittra]

He's brilliant. Soulful.

[@MoveOverCasanova]

somehow to me randy newman is the musical pendant to film´s stanley kurick

[@oldfurry]

My Love loves this and now I love it too.

[@링2푸1]

네가 없이 웃을 수 있을까 생각만 해도 눈물이나 힘든 시간 날 지켜준 사람 이제는 내가 그댈 지킬 테니 너의 품은 항상 따뜻했어 고단했던 나의 하루에 유일한 휴식처 나는 너 하나로 충분해 긴 말 안 해도 눈빛으로 다 아니깐 크흠....

[@TSXboy26]

those people all look so dorky just sittin there staring at Randy. lol

[@radiocommander]

@breadzeppelins It's simply because you are a good music listener.

[@jjjjjjjjjj1973]

The only one who does this as good is Marcia Ball. both brings tears.

[@martingackle5808]

Mönchengladbach die einzige mit New Orleans vergleichbare deutsche Stadt? Danke, Randy Newman, dass du das mal ausgesprochen hast! Vielen Dank!

[@alanh2830]

Excellent, thanks for posting.

[@Navillus.55]

This is the song performed by Randy Newman that Ken Burns used in his excellent documentary on the life of Huey Long, the Governor and Senator from Louisiana who was assassinated at the age of forty-two. The video is also on You Tube under Huey Long | Biography Documentary | Full Documentary.