Just when Elton John describes Rufus Wainwright as "the greatest songwriters on the planet," I mean one of the best Canadian-American artists in the universe. Although I'm not quite familiar with alternative music myself. Just as my mother was listening to this uplifting soundtrack of Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man, with a catchy tune "Everybody Knows" which Wainwright has covered it, I was intrigued.
Going to the library, I picked up one of Rufus Wainwright's records including his self-titled debut album, Poses and Want One and all of his songs were breath-taking and moving. His music has become part of my cravings since candy bars come from a convenience store or graham crackers with milk to savour for a midnight snack.
As I was just sitting on my bed watching countless interviews with Wainwright on YouTube including the one with Chelsea Lately which makes me laugh my socks off just hearing about him and his future date 50 Cent (although I'm worried that this will make his boyfriend, German theatre producer Jorn Weisbrodt jealous). One of my most favorite interviews were with musician Elvis Costello when they belted out this traditional tune Willie Moore with Kate McGarrigle (who was Wainwright's mother that made her last appearance before she died from cancer on January 18, 2010).
If anyone of us happen to see Wainwright in town throwing a concert to honour his late mother with a song cycle for his album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, we made the rule not to applause once he exits the stage. I only wish he would come to Canada (his home country) to perform in front of a nation-wide audience if it ever happened. Through internet news, I'd keep myself up to date with his tour and maybe catch one if I'm made of money.
This is a performance of his cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmbQEQltOwM
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