Getting into Rufus Wainwright's Music

Ah, Rufus Wainwright. Some of you may have heard of him, but most probably haven't. But I have a pretty good feeling that he's about to be big. I mean, come on, Perez Hilton put up his new video a little while back on his website. That's pretty big in my book. I want Rufus to get big. Well not Gwen Stefani big but, big enough. But maybe he won't. His voice is a bit odd. I hated his voice the first time I heard. It took me some time to get used to it. Most people are a bit put off by him at first, but hopefully with my guidance, you'll not only learn to like him, you'll learn to love him.

Okay, you still with me? Good. Rufus has four wonderful albums, and his fifth is coming out in a week or so and I'm sure that I'll love it as much as I love the others. Now, without further ado, I present you with my easy guide for getting into Rufus Wainwright's music.

Let's start with in my opinion, the easiest album to get into, Poses which happens to be his second album. This is a beautiful album with gorgeous songs. I instantly fell in love with song number one "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" and his fifth song "California". "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" is about all of his addictions. He admits to some serious things, but he also acknowledges the fact that he most likely won't quit any of them. "California" is a much more upbeat song about living in the fast-paced, sometimes artificial but always interesting land of, you guessed it, California. All of the songs are wonderful, they just have to grow on you. One thing Rufus is great for is having fantastic lyrics. He's quite poetic. Especially on this album.

The next album is called Want Two. It's his fourth album, and my favorite. This album has a stripped down feeling, but with this album, Rufus let's his political feelings come out in the songs "Waiting For a Dream" which coincidently is very dream like, and in the song "Gay Messiah" which is quite simple, but still lovely. My favorite song on the album is called "The Art Teacher" and it's told through the eyes of a young school who is in love with her teacher.