― cis (cis), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 22:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:47 (twenty years ago) link
― chris herrington (chris herrington), Thursday, 25 September 2003 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
― piscesboy, Thursday, 25 September 2003 16:19 (twenty years ago) link
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― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 13 March 2005 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 13 March 2005 00:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 13 March 2005 00:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Sunday, 13 March 2005 00:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Sunday, 13 March 2005 01:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Sunday, 13 March 2005 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link
I saw the documentary tonight, and I really liked his whole self deprecating sense of humour.
And why are there so many (well two) attractive gay musicians?
― jellybean at home, Sunday, 13 March 2005 01:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Sunday, 13 March 2005 01:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 02:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Sunday, 13 March 2005 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link
And his sister. Rwor.
― Masked Gazza, Sunday, 13 March 2005 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jonathan (Jonathan), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm prepared to give him another chance, as that's the only track I've heard (and instinctively recoiled from) thus far.
― Goit MacLachlan, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
"Vibrate" is so many leagues above anything Thom Yorke has put his name to! Even apart from that I don't see that they share any similarities at all, either lyrically or sonically.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 20:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
What will happen insteadSomeone will demand my headAnd then I will kneel downAnd give it to them
And I like his voice LOADS more than Thom Yorke, who I honestly have no time for. While I can understand someone saying they have similar timbre and texture, Rufus thankfully never sounds like a lamb bleating out of tune
― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
I kind of dread the next album: I think by now it's clear that Rufus thrives on attention, and this gives him more confidence to really indulge himself, so now his PR people are doing such stellar work fuck only knows what ideas he'll carry through next.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Melody: start on the 5th and descend predictably/diatonically..E DD CC BB A.
Switch Chord to (predictable) Dm.
Melody : F EE DD AA B
Lyrics (from beat 1 of A minor chord) :
"All the times I tried to hide from,everything I was denied..."
Remember to hold your breath, plug your nosefor the nasal whine and sing out of the cornerof your mouth.
Repulsively pathetic, boring, depressing, monotonous,unoriginal and disgusting is Rufus.
-- Musicfan101 (mz...), March 1st, 2006.
the nasal bleating thing is annoying, someone so gaga over opera should pay attention to vocal technique
― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 03:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 03:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 03:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 06:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Thursday, 14 September 2006 04:41 (eighteen years ago) link
spot on. it's all one long, mumbled note. I have no idea why his vocals are so admired.
he makes me want to forcibly expunge his sinus bees.
― guanoman (mister the guanoman), Thursday, 14 September 2006 06:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rowlando for the kidz (Sam Rowlands), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Vichitravirya XI (Vichitravirya XI), Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― pisces (piscesx), Thursday, 14 September 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Hott.
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 14 September 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 14 September 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
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― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Jamesy (SuzyCreemcheese), Friday, 15 September 2006 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link
new record, still annoying
― gershy, Sunday, 20 May 2007 23:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Classic on songs written by other people (like "What Can I Do" off the Antony and the Johnsons record or "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise"), but I'm not a huge fan of his own songs (I haven't heard that much, though)...it might just be the production, though.
― Tape Store, Monday, 21 May 2007 00:21 (seventeen years ago) link
He's still a genius.
(Haven't picked up Release the Stars yet, plan on doing so soon)
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 21 May 2007 00:35 (seventeen years ago) link
I liked his first two records; now he's a certifiable menace. Has Neil Tennant exercised quality control on this one?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 21 May 2007 00:36 (seventeen years ago) link
Probably. Didn’t know they had a thing together.
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
My say last week: https://www.stereogum.com/2148922/rufus-wainwright-poses-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 11:41 (three years ago) link
Which is what made me think of Rufus for the first time in eons, tbh, so when I saw the Isbell link it caught my eye.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
FWIW, I only saw him live once, c. the first album, in a tiny club with iirc Tegan and Sara opening. They all were massively entertaining and killed it, at least as I remember it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 11:55 (three years ago) link
I’ve seen him live… I think five times? Large and small venues over the last 15+ years. Never been disappointed.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
Yall got me flashing back to YouTubed concert footage: he's disconcerted by guest shot ov raw, killin'-it teen Martha, but, "My Mother would kill me if I didn't let her do this." Mom knew best.
― dow, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
Invasion of the Martha thread, sry
― dow, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
I saw him touring Poses, opening for Roxy Music in 2001. He did fine but an arena was probably not the best venue for low-key charm.
There was an annoying music writer in the local alt-weekly who made a point, every time that Martha was mentioned, of tossing in an aside about how Rufus must be dying of jealousy, shaking with fear, why doesn't Rufus just pack it in, etc. etc. etc.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
Heh I'm sure he can handle it. (Looking fwd to her new alb btw)
― dow, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
Oh, I didn't feel bad for Rufus, it was just such a corny attitude (and assumption that they were in competition, or she needed boosting).
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
I was lucky to see him in a very small setting - basically someone's fancy back yard. His young daughter was in the front row and was basically heckling him the whole time. It was hilarious / adorable.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
Seen him twice: once at a free show at a bar in London, Ontario in advance of the debut's release (before the show, I asked him if it was OK if I took pictures, and he asked that I only do so during the guitar songs), and then again on that Poses tour with Tegan and Sara, at the Toronto bar where Queer as Folk was filmed.
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link