gvargas Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 sorry for the spelling...I heard this singer at Virgin records, but I forgot his name...something like rufus weinbe..... :/ Â has anyone heard of him...i liked the what I heard, but would like to check more of his music out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedy_gonzalez Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner Kid Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Rufus Wainwright, great singer, does a great cover of "Across the Universe" by the Beatles and "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, i get a lot of comparisons to him, i guess its the tone of voice... he has a voice like no one else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted August 29, 2003 Author Share Posted August 29, 2003 Cool..that's it! Thanks. I'll check out if he has a website! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychedelic_clocks Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 He's GAY!! thats nice. i like that. his cd comes out September 23. and didn't he just over come his drug addiction? haha i saw an "interview" thing on much news and he was talking about other musicians that were using drugs and eventually diedddd....but he was saying that he didn't want to turn to that path and he wanted to LIVE LIFE. haha I like Ciggarettes and Chocolate milk and April fools...yea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner Kid Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 hah, I've had Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk stuck in my head all day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 great name for a song :lol: :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShibbNani Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 http://www.rufuswainwright.com Go there. NOW!   Bwahahaha! :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
::Hayley:: Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 R u f u s W a i n w r i g h t Hey people :cool: My boyfriend is quite a big fan of Rufus' music and got us tickets to see him in Cambridge this Thursday :D Any other fans out there? :)  For those of you who are fans , have you heard "I Eat Dinner", ft. Dido? It's a beautiful song :beatnik: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I love him!!! Yay I'm going to see him too! Next Tuesday! :P :cool: I can't wait to see what whacky outfits he'll be wearing! :lol: :wink3: Â I love I eat dinner! Didn't his mother write it? My favourite Rufus song is go or go ahead :heart: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naty Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 sorry but i don't like him! he was support act from the keane concert this year! i was bored from rufus! sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Justine* Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Rufus has a very nice voice, and pleasent songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner Kid Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Rufus. The only man to ever make me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
::Hayley:: Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 I love him!!! Yay I'm going to see him too! Next Tuesday! :P :cool: I can't wait to see what whacky outfits he'll be wearing! :lol: :wink3:  Well. I really don't know what else to say about the concert, other than BRING A CAMERA AND GET AS CLOSE TO THE FRONT AS YOU CAN!!! LOL. I really don't want to spoil it for you :lol: so we can talk more when you've been :cool:  Rufus' voice and the whole performance just blew me away. The support act "Joan as Policewoman" was fantastic - what a voice, she gave me goosebumps!! She also turned out to be one of his backing singers. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyToPlease Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 im seeing him monday in york, he is amazing, say him las year too, and he is playing glastonbury..... his last three albums have been brilliant.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessa Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 i like him! i really do! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner Kid Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 out of all my favorite artists, he ranks in my all-time top 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Burrito Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Rufus is someone you either love or hate. I think he's a genius. He doesn't get the recognition he deserves. Want One was a fantastic album and will probably remain a firm favourite. It's a really clever piece of work... as is Want Two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
::Hayley:: Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I think he's a genius. He doesn't get the recognition he deserves.  I totally agree. I had never heard any of his songs until I went to see him and now I have all of his albums and I can't get enough of him!! I can now say it was THE best concert I have ever been to. His songs have everything.... they are haunting, funny, and sometimes the lyrics had me close to tears because he sang so passionately.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAFE Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I love Rufus!! It's a shame that he's gay!! because he's really hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Justine* Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 He had that Gap commercial people, he was recogized. He is just more indie and Canadian, so it's harder for him to break through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
::Hayley:: Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 What Gap commercial :thinking:Â Maria Chaplin, I totally agree!! He is very sexy in real life :dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Justine* Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 In the Winter of 1998, Rufus was featured in a seasonal Gap Commercial, singing "What Are You Doin' New Years Eve".  From http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/9911/music-murphy.shtml : "Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has reaped the rewards of performing in an ad campaign as well, with an astounding sales increase of 1,500 percent from when his Christmastime Gap ad first aired. Using the ad as a tool, Wainwright's publicist Jim Merlis was able to get the attention of hard-to-impress bookers at Late Night with David Letterman and The Today Show. "At the same time the Gap ad ran, Rufus was named by Rolling Stone as Best New Artist for 1998," Merlis recalls. "It was the synergy of these two things that sealed the deals with these TV bookers. Because of the television bookings we saw a spike in sales, but those bookings came from the commercial." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
::Hayley:: Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Interesting! :idea2: Â But the link doesn't work :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Justine* Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Take out the ':' and it does. It's just where I got the quote from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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