Is Randy Newman's playing it cool after his parents just walked in on him taking bong rips with his buddies or does he always sound like he's singing in slow motion and on the verge of laughter? I liked this album, that first song is f'd up. Randy may be a blazer, but what's with the first song "C'mon, little wog, jump on my boat and come to America where we just sing about Jesus, eat watermelon and buckwheat cakes...? Despite the questionable lyrics to some of these, I did like this album. I think RN is a genius... this album is trying to say something, but I'm not patient enough to unravel this... but Malcolm Gladwell did a good job dissecting the following album... Check out that podcast here. https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/good-old-boys