Singing live on stage. Sean Lennon, Moby, & Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe. Originally by the Beatles, Rufus lead sings here able to get a son of a Beatle Sean to accompany sing and strumming his stuff with Moby.
Cindy Holmes, Absolutely! I’ve seen him in concert five time now and I swear that with each concert his voice is even more heavenly. He had me totally overwhelmed with tears at the last one singing a Joni Mitchell song. Can’t wait for Covid to clear so we can have another concert to look forward to eventually.
I love the imperfections in this cover. The harmonies that do not necessarily blend, the slightly off but passionate singing by Rufus, Moby's bass-baritone vocal that is an octave below than Rufus' line.. It reminds me of what music is supposed to be - human.
I am crying right now, watching this in two thousand nineteen. I had this song on my labor playlist when I gave birth to my first child in my living room. Talk about emotions.
at first i wasn't really into their styles , but about halfway i started to realise that all their different voices and rawness of the song was really imperfectly perfect, if you know what i mean
Another Lennon masterpiece that is not easy to sing. No one will ever get close to John on this one, but they've honored him nicely. I watched this live and was absolutely stunned at Sean's talent. His Dad made playing and singing these songs look easy. It wasn't.
When I was a 19 year old pregnant bride and we went to the music store on the ave in Seattle to buy their just out albums. All those years ago and the Beatles songs can call us back, right back there.
I've rarely heard a performance where a band has loved a song as much as these three do. They're almost reverent. Their stripped-down performance lets a beautifully simple song shine through. Wonderful.
This is all rather new to me...I have been following "the yellow brick road" looking for Rufus (I think he'd enjoy that allusion) and what I have found is others who appreciate him. Good stuff....
The thing in your eyes is that shower of bullshit you're standing underneath, probably. Take a breath, close your eyes & actually 'listen'.....realise that these 3 bozos (yes, I know it's Sean....so what, frankly) sound like 2nd rate buskers with 2nd hand instruments in an underground / metro station, 'performing' for passers-by.....i.e.....pretty shite. There's 3 official (that I know of) Beatles versions of this song....listen to those instead.
I recall listening to this song when it was first released by The Beatles, and the almost haunting words of John Lennon, "Nothing's going to change my world..." and thinking something along the line of, "Oh John, I sure hope you're right." But sadly, tragically it took just one man to change the lives of John, and his loved ones, forever...John was taken from us in an instant, and there was nothing to be done. Humpty Dumpty had fallen off the wall and he couldn't be put back together, again. What a horrible loss for his wife, Yoko, who witnessed it all...for their young son, Sean, only 5 years old...and for his former wife, Cynthia, and their son, Julian, then 17 years old. Such a waste of a life. But, he gave us his best in all he did...his fine sons; his music; his writing...and last but certainly not least, his humanitarian efforts. May he rest in peace and may we remember what he tried to teach us, "Give Peace A Chance." John Lennon is a tough act to follow, and I wonder if this isn't what his sons have struggled with through the years. Hopefully, at this point in their lives, they have each found their own ways of expressing themselves without having to consider whether or not their works measure up to that of their father's. Be yourselves, Julian and Sean, and rock on, and may God be with you, always! Julian, my sympathies to you for the passing of your mother...and Sean, tell your dear mother, every day, how much you love her! He had the time to be involved in your upbringing, for his career was well established, and you and your mother were his world. Julian, in your situation, your father was chasing the dreams and making things happen...and eventually, his work paid off, in the result of the most phenomenal band of all time, The Beatles...simply put, he did what he felt he had to do at the time...he didn't love you any less, he simply couldn't be as available to you and your mum. And, great rendition on your father's song, Sean! Have the two of you ever considered working together on something?
Tienes toda la razón, el contraste que le da es espectacular. En realidad las 3 voces en el coro le dan un tono sublime y distinto cada uno, muy bella versión interpretada.
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind Possessing and caressing me Jai Guru Deva OM Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes They call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe Jai Guru Deva OM Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my open ears Inciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on, across the universe Jai Guru Deva OM Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Jai Guru Deva Jai Guru Deva Jai Guru Deva Jai Guru Deva Jai Guru Deva [fade out]
I am totally Blown Away sitting here after 15 hour day job with tears running down my face John Lennon a new are you there father son flash shoes Simply Beautiful
Rufus, amazing voice...and theres the child we all saw, grown and singing his Fathers fav beatles song...the Beatles were a supernatural phenomenon......
+Hilary Zuccarini I think Sean's harmony is chillingly beautiful and Moby singing the melody in his lower drone like voice sounds like a bowed bass underneath the higher melody Rufus does. .
I've loved this song for ages and will keep loving it until I die. This version is wonderful. John is surely proud, up in Heaven! Rufus, you're the best!
You know something is strange with the world around you when you are singing this song aloud and people start laughing at you. Fascinating world we live in.
Rufus did the cover of this song for the I Am Sam soundtrack and it absolutely gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. I love this song coupled with his voice
Oh , my god !!!!! That is absolutely gorgeous . This is the only cover of this beautiful song Ive ever liked . The lead singer has an amazing style of singing as well as a beautiful voice . Then the arrangement with a low voice and Shawn on high voice just kicks it out of this world . A magnificent interpretation of Johns most beautiful poem : "words are flowing out , like endless rain into a paper cup" !!! Wish John had been in the audience (maybe he was) !
Dado a que muchas personas comentaron que Moby no tiene nada que hacer aquí, la verdad, en lo personal, la conjugación de estas voces le da un toque mas emotivo a la canción, pero claro esta, es solo mi opinión Aun así, una excelente obra maestra "Across The Universe"
