Legendary singer-songwriter levels more and more uncommon efficiency for John Mulaney’s Netflix present
Randy Newman returned to late-night tv with a efficiency of his 1972 tune “Political Science” on All people’s Stay With John Mulaney.
The legendary singer-songwriter additionally performed a rendition of his oft-covered “I Suppose It’s Going to Rain As we speak” on the Netflix present, Newman’s first late-night efficiency since a Covid-era virtual performance on The Tonight Show in June 2020 and his first onstage efficiency in over two years.
For the reason that pandemic, Newman has solely appeared onstage on lower than a handful of instances, together with a Newport Folk pop-up show in July 2021 and a New Orleans Jazz Fest set in Might 2022.
Nonetheless, the 81-year-old singer’s legacy continues to be felt throughout the music business, notably on the 2025 Grammy Awards, the place an all-star lineup of artists — together with Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, Dawes, St. Vincent and Brittany Howard — performed his classic “I Love L.A.” to open the ceremony, a rendition that was a tribute to town following the large wildfires earlier this yr; Newman didn’t participate in that efficiency.
Given the present administration, “Political Science” was a becoming alternative for Newman’s return, as its a satirical tune that poked enjoyable at America’s overseas coverage on the time it was written. Newman beforehand performed the tune on late-night throughout the George W. Bush administration in 2006, performing it on The Colbert Report.
Wednesday’s episode of All people’s Stay additionally featured visitors David Letterman, Nikki Glaser, Hannibal Buress, “the thing that lives behind the dumpster in Mulholland Drive,” and a shock cameo by Jimmy Kimmel, who appeared onstage as an formally 6-foot-tall individual:
