When it came to "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band," which tells a warped version of the Electric Light Orchestra origin story over a heavily ELO-inspired arrangement, he even found himself accused of insulting his peers. "What I like about it is that I got everything so wrong," he laughed. "Mispronounced the name of the town, made up their names. And they do have these idiosyncrasies about their music that are funny. It's maybe a kind of a joke, but I wouldn't have done it if I really hated them like I hate some people."
Randy Newman:
When it came to "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band," which tells a warped version of the Electric Light Orchestra origin story over a heavily ELO-inspired arrangement, he even found himself accused of insulting his peers. "What I like about it is that I got everything so wrong," he laughed. "Mispronounced the name of the town, made up their names. And they do have these idiosyncrasies about their music that are funny. It's maybe a kind of a joke, but I wouldn't have done it if I really hated them like I hate some people."