I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love chocolate or music. And both just happen to be favorites of mine, so I figured I would combine the two for an extra special treat (and just in time for Halloween). Did you even know there were 100 songs about chocolate in existence? I didn’t until I started ...
1. Dinner At Eight from Want One Rufus Wainwright is at his best here as both a songwriter and as a performer. This heartfelt ballad sees Wainwright shying away from his often grandiose and fantastical subjects and tone to focus on a few distinct, realistic, and deeply moving images. The songwriting is tight and flawless, ...
Recently there have been a few articles about the powerful lyrics of Rufus Wainwright’s song “Hallelujah”. In itself this is no big blunder, deep and thoughtful ideas have been shared about a now popular song. This should be imaginably easy to do about a song with such intimately personal lyrics. Perhaps this is the reason ...
Although, like most people, I prefer cheerful and upbeat music – say, John Williams’ Raiders’ March, Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl, or The Beatles’ Eight Days a Week, there are periods when all I’ll listen to is melancholic, even bitterly sad songs. Whether this is simply a matter of taste or a reflection of my own ...
