I had a homemade copy of the Harold Arlen PBS tribute and I wore it out. I got the CD of the music but it’s not the same ☹️ I haven’t been able to find it anywhere 😩
This was actually originally offered as a bonus download if you purchased the "Release the Stars" cd at Walmart. The download code was inside the special cds, I think.
Yes, it's an "old" Harold Arlen song, and a terrific one at that, but let's not forget the lyricist, Johnny Mercer (who wrote the lyrics to "Moon River," among many, many others!)
Okay, so I do like the song and Rufus' singing it, but I also scratched my head about those subtitles. But using 'enega' and 'pot,' I checked out the Wiktionary and I'm pretty sure that it's Slovene, and that's pretty neat.
Impressive piano playing and two excellent songs to sing back to back; love the song but can't say I'd vote for this rendition as my favorite; tempo drags too badly and lost track of the melody at spots.
Considering that I am a lifelong Rufus Wainwright fan to the point of obsession, I am quite shocked to have just discovered this song of his today. Also just discovered 'In With the Ladies' today.
Count me in as one of those who's been in the dark about this as well. But it's nice to feel the tingly sensation one gets when listening to a "new" Rufus song!
OMG! flat, affectless crooning? fake world-weariness? not a musician?? not a real singer??? what are you talking about? I know Rufus Wainwright has a very special voice and not everyone likes him and that's OK, but really, I can't believe we both saw the same video!
You don't have the slightest idea who Rufus is, don't you? You don't like this. Ok, your problem. But there is never anything fake about Rufus. And to call him not a musician is like calling Van Gogh not a painter.
This is horrible beyond belief. I don't believe a second of this guy's flat, affectless crooning. Let's do world-weary with a fake world-weariness, shall we? I believe Rufus might feel this song. But he's not a musician, and can't transmit its essence. Not a lot of recordings of this great, ambiguous and powerfully nuanced song. But by all means listen to Barbara Cook's rendition. Or for a different take altogether, Eileen Farrell's. Real singers, both of them.
THANK. YOU. I love this song so much, I was just happy when he played it, omg. I have so many favourite songs and he did quite a few of them, oh the love.
I love at 0:17 when someone in the audience starts yelling "Greek Song!" and so he turns his head and says "What..??" and then he goes: "oh..Well... no... Thant's not the song." LOL It makes me laugh so hard! It's fantastic when the singers interact with people in the audience. But most of it I love the way hi sais "What..??" Like he was confused or something with that interruption. Thank you JaneyOliver for uploading this!
