4 posts tagged “rufus wainwright”
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- eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/Patrick-Watson-Wooden-Arms-MP3-Download/11443563.html
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You must buy this album. Patrick Watson (the band, lead by Patrick Watson, the singer) are the point at which Andrew Bird, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Antony & The Johnsons and Bjork all meet.
These are my favourite songs:
I'm turning into a right old man.
Lately, all the kids have been batshit crazy over some tweenie bimbo called Hannah Montana. I later discovered that this is the name of a television character played by Miley Cyrus, the daughter of Billy Ray - yes, he of 'Achy Breaky Heart' fame. The mind boggles.
Of course, this discovery made me think of two things.
1. Resuscitating my plan to invent a time machine to go back and kill Walt Disney for the sins of the company bearing his name (Hannah Montana is a Walt Disney Company property; and the latest 3D shitfest Winnie The Pooh film with some random little girl instead of Christopher Robin is the final straw in said company's arse raping of classic children's books).
2. Other musicians who followed in their parents' footsteps.
And so I present: my Top Several Songs By Musicians Whose Dads Were Also Musicians. This post would have featured music, but Vox now block everything I upload and I can't be bothered to put these songs on my own hosting right now.
1. 'Dinner At Eight' by Rufus Wainwright
His dad, folk singer Loudon, once sang a song called 'Rufus Is A Tit Man'. Nowadays, Rufus is good friends with Elton John and Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys, so I think we can all agree that Loudon was wrong. This song is about the younger Wainwright's relationship with the elder.
2. 'Falling Out Of Love' by Sean Lennon
While his older half-brother Julian tried to forge a career by sounding like a boring clone of his dad - some little-known musician called John Lennon, Sean was much more of a hipster: signing to Grand Royal, the Beastie Boys' defunct label; dating a member of/joining quirky Japanese duo Cibo Matto, and guesting on albums by Handsome Boy Modeling School and Albert Hammond, Jr (one fifth of The Strokes, who also makes an appearance on this list). His second album, Friendly Fire, is awesome.
3. 'Dream Brother' by Jeff Buckley
Jeff, the son of experimental jazz vocalist Tim, had one of the finest sets of pipes before his untimely demise in the late '90s. Fellow list member Rufus wrote the song 'Memphis Skyline' about him, and took over the reigns of covering Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' on tour. This song, like the Rufus song, is about his dad.
4. 'I Saw Red' by Transister
Singer Keely is the brother of Chesney, who appeared in the film Buddy's Song with Roger Daltrey and sang the song 'The One And Only' before fading into obscurity. Their dad was Chip Hawkes, bassist and vocalist for The Tremeloes (the band Decca signed instead of... The Beatles, an unknown band which featured Sean Lennon's dad). Transister split after one album, which is a shame.
5. 'In Transit' by Albert Hammond Jr
As mentioned, this curly haired guitar wonder is one fifth of The Strokes as his day job, but he also records solo. Albert Hammond Sr was a singer-songwriter who accidentally ruined a whole bunch of parties in the '80s by co-writing 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now', a huge hit for Starship. God I hate him.
6. 'One Headlight' by The Wallflowers
Aren't genes wonderful things? Somehow Bob Dylan, he of the shitty voice and great lyrics, spawned Wallflowers frontman Jacob - he of the great voice and shitty lyrics. Oh cruel fates.
7. 'Sunburn' by Muse
Yes, even Matt Bellamy has a vaguely famous dad - George Bellamy played guitar for The Tornados, who were apparently once rivals to The Shadows. Whoa-ooh-whoa-ooh-whoas! According to Wikipedia, Pink Floyd and The Who namechecked them as an early influence, who am I to judge?
8. 'Is It Any Wonder?' by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
So I'm cheating, her dad - Robin Bextor - was a film director and her mum - Janet Ellis - presented Blue Peter, but I've run out of ideas and this post seemed too short... so sue me, as they say here in America.
I stole this from Wendy, who stole it from Cliff.
Put your iPod/Zune/iRiver/Creative thingy on random and write the first line of each of the first twenty-five songs it plays, then see how relevant those lyrics are to your life. No skipping songs that make you look uncool, or manually selecting songs you like.
1. 'Ice Box' by Nada Surf
"Stay until you're sure that I'm asleep, warm and safe and very still."
This is very insightful. Every night, Jess waits till I'm asleep then goes and plays Wii Sports till the early hours of morning. That's why she's tired.
2. 'Love Affair' by Kylie Minogue
"Here in the moment I belong, in a waking dream."
Today, I am very sleepy and not concentrating as it's Thanksgiving and the office is so dead.
3. 'Steps Into Miles' by Hayden
"Your legs walk through the tide like a smile, turn every step into miles."
All the girls at work are wearing jeans, and they're all shorter than me, so this can't be about ogling legs; and we're nowhere near water. Am I thinking too literally?
4. 'Nothing And Everything' by Smashing Pumpkins
"Hiding behind my hair today, my eyes dance with fire."
I don't even own a hair, let alone many hairs that would necessitate an entire face hide.
5. 'One More Time' by The Cure
"I'd love to touch the sky tonight, I'd love to touch the sky."
I'd love to watch Sky Plus tonight, but alas.
6. 'A Man/Me/Then Jim' by Rilo Kiley
"I had one friend in high school, recently he hung himself with string."
I've not heard of any school friends committing suicide, but people I went to school have been adding me on Facebook recently. Hmm.
7. 'New Lace Sleeves' by Elvis Costello
"Bad lovers face to face in the morning, shy apologies and polite regrets."
Jess and I usually sleep butt to butt... although, we call each other butthead and buttface, so maybe it's a subtle nod.
8. 'Animal' by Pearl Jam
"One, two, three, four, five against one, five, five, against one."
Those sound like good odds. Put me down for $20.
9. 'Unison' by Bjork
"One hand allows the other, so much and me."
Thanks for clearing that up, Bjork. No really.
10. 'Goodnight Sweet Night' by Jason Falkner
"Nobody told me this, I could have just asked how you were, how you were."
Jason Falkner is a walking self-help guide. How ARE you, person reading this?
11. 'Darts' by System Of A Down
"May I please remain in this space, for darts screech by my desires?"
Watching darts or playing darts? Watching darts is more fun because you get to laugh at big fat guys.
12. 'Briefcase Full Of Guts' by Dethklok
"Punch your card 'cause your working day has started and you're pushing hard for employee of the month."
We don't have an employee of the month scheme yet. But I do work hard when I'm awake.
13. 'Once In A Lifetime' by Talking Heads
"And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack, and you may find yourself in another part of the world, and you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile."
I'm in another part of the world! Hurrah!
14. 'Sulk' by Radiohead
"You bite through the big wall, the big wall bites back, you sit there and sulk, you sit there and bawl."
If I tried eating wall, I probably would cry.
15. 'Trunk' by Kings Of Leon
"Well I got what she wants, ah her nose, a tied knot."
If by she you mean the generic woman, then yes, I have money. That's all women want isn't it? That or Mel Gibson reading their minds.
16. 'The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty)' by The Smiths
"Take me back to dear old Blighty, put me on the train for London town!"
I might be thinking this when winter really kicks in here in Chicago, but right now all I miss about Blighty are people.
17. 'Monkey & Bear' by Joanna Newsom
"Down in the green hay where monkey and bear usually lay, they woke from a stable boy's cry."
I've got nothing.
18. 'Accidents' by The Prize Fighter Inferno
"Oh, come now father dear and turn this blood to choice."
Again, um... yeah?
19. 'Twisted' by Sleeper
"She's seen one and it looks funny, it made her cry said boo to her."
This must be about genitals. Jess is scared of my genitals?
20. 'What You're Doing' by The Beatles
"Look what you're doing, I'm feeling blue and lonely."
Today I am not feeling blue, but it is pretty lonely as everyone left for lunch.
21. 'White Collar Boy' by Belle & Sebastian
"You're a white collar boy and you gave in to the law."
The collar I am wearing is blue with thin white stripes in it. I always give in to the law.
22. 'Walking Higher' by Heather Nova
"I carry you with me like a ghost inside."
This must be about my parasitic twin, Desmond.
23. 'Time After Time Etc' by REM
"Ask the girl of the hour by the water tower's watch, if your friends took a fall, are you obligated to follow?"
I always stick up for my friends, even if they're someone else's HUSband.
24. 'Imaginary Love' by Rufus Wainwright
"Every kind of love, at least my kind of love, must be an imaginary love to start with."
This is true. When I started crushing on Jess, I wished she felt the same.
25. 'Regret' by New Order
"Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address of everyone I've ever known, it's nothing I regret."
I am the most forgetful person in the world. Except Ricci. And my mum.
Cross-posted:
Blades Of Glory was sold out last night so we saw this, in Disney Digital 3D!
Before the film, they showed a trailer for A Nightmare Before Christmas 3D and a Donald Duck/Chip & Dale cartoon that had been reformatted for the technology. Jess jumped at some of the stuff coming out of the screen during the former, it really works.
I believe this is Disney's second in-house CGI movie after Chicken Little, but given that the only Disney-related films I've liked since I was like 10 are all Pixar, I could be mistaken. That being said, and having not seen Chicken Little, I would go as far as saying it is second only to Monsters, Inc. in terms of my favourite Disney-related CGI movies.
Based on the book A Day With Wilbur Robinson, it tells the story of Lewis - a young orphan who happens to be a brilliant inventor. After successive rejections from potential foster parents, he decides to invent a machine that lets him remember his mother so he can track her down.
Upon completing the machine and entering it into his school science fair, he runs into Wilbur Robinson who claims to be from the future, warning him of a mysterious man in a bowler hat who is after the invention. And that's where I leave the plot recap.
The CGI is beautiful (this and pending Pixar flick Ratatouille are leaps and bounds ahead of their predecessors), the story is great and only a bit predictable, it has Rufus Wainwright on the soundtrack, and we laughed a lot throughout.
I was not at all disappointed that we saw this instead of Blades Of Glory.
Here's the trailer...
