Randy Newman Closes MacWorld 08

For those of you who aren't tech geeks and didn't see Steve Job's Macworld keynote address, Randy Newman played a couple of songs to close out the event. As an accomplished singer-songwriter and film composer, Randy's unique voice and unconventional (and sometimes controversial) lyrics have remained pointed and relevant for over four decades. So, it's interesting to me that Apple actually thought Randy would be their kind of musical guest. Despite his scores for Pixar films, he's an outspoken political writer and satirist and not exactly the person you'd expect after a technology presentation. Even when you watch his performance, you can see he doesn't edit himself for Steve or the audience. You've got to respect that. And after the Toy Story gay joke, I don't think he'll be asked back next year.