You may as well start off the year right, so here’s Rufus. Apparently he’s someone people either hear & love or hear & think “What?” For me, it was all about the Gap commercial, back in the day. I’m one of those people, who will probably always prefer the first record for it’s lovely vaudevillian richness.
The tracks are mostly in chronological order:
- Foolish Love from the eponymous Rufus Wainwright (which has that lyric of all lyrics, “so the day noah’s ark / floats down Park / my eyes will be / simply glazed over”)
- Greek Song from Poses (when I’m not paying attention, & he hits that first “All” of “all the pearls of China” I just cry. It’s pathetic, but it’s true.)
- Beautiful Child from Want One (the song Radiohead should cover, or Rufus should perform with Thom Yorke).
- The One You Love from Want Two (let’s fuck this art party, indeed.)
- Between My Legs from Release the Stars (all i can say is : i can’t fa a a aa aaaaaake it; the voiceover is from I, Claudius)
- & an older soundtrack song, Instant Pleasure, which he didn’t write but – well, just listen & you’ll understand why Rufus fans still want to hear it live.
There are so many more I love, songs that make me cry or laugh out loud. He is absolutely, a million percent great to see live.
Thank you, Rufus. & Long live Rufus.