Want One - Rufus Wainwright

I Want One (1233 words)
by funkimunki - written on 07/01/09, updated on 07/01/09 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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Want One is the third album release from R Rufus Wainwright and it was my first introduction to him back in 2005. I had actually been given a free concert to see him so bought the album so I knew what I would be singing along too! As it turned out, it wasn t really a sing along concert! Rufus Wainwright is the son of Loudon Wainwright III, a famous American songwriter, folk singer, humorist (he was the resident singer with Jasper Carrot in the 1980 s show, Carrot Confidential) and actor (he played Captain Spalding in M*A*S*H). Rufus sister, Martha, is also a singer/songwriter as is his mother, Kate Garrigle, so there is a clear love of music in the family! Rufus has a ...

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

Grand - in every sense of the word (345 words)
by Midrange - written on 10/09/08 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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"Want One" is the first half of American singer-songwriter R Rufus Wainwright s "Want" album. From start to finish, this album dazzles and delights. It is, at times, monstrously extravangant (check out the fully orchestrated rock-opera-style "14th Street"), marvellously adventurous (see "I Don t Know What It Is" - tales of life, travel, parents, heaven and hell) and heart-achingly beautiful (try "Dinner at Eight") Indeed, "Dinner at Eight" was described by the League of Gentlemen s Reece Shearsmith as one of the finest songs he had ever heard. It tells of Rufus s relationship with his father, also a master ...