"Memphis Skyline" by Rufus Wainwright

[JunoBrown]

One of the best songs of all time.

[jcorn2]

He is the best. He sings with so much of his soul.

[sylvia1971de]

I think this is my second favourite Rufus song, after Poses.

[whysummerwhy]

does anyone know how or where i can find the tutorial for this on piano?

[MorganLaFayeIreland]

So deeply beautiful...

[Beefjoe1]

All we really want, is Jeff to return....

[m0m057]

Beautiful. Every time I hear his voice, I want to cry. Love the stories he tells through his music. Absolutely beautiful.

[CargadosCarajos]

great voice and sad true story

[Teresa7087]

One of my favorite Rufus songs. So very sad, but so very beautiful.

[nicallum]

Just makes me bawl, this song. So beautiful.

[jackattackx5225]

i cant understand a goddamn word

[alibaby3203]

@jackattackx5225 ~ haha :)

[marcombazo]

fantástico

[islamacros]

one of the most wonderful songs i ve ever heard in my life, it's precious and beautiful, it makes me fly

[jajabladibla]

I really love the lyrics, the Orpheus metaphor. And it's easy to see RW is sincere. But I must admit I really don't like the music. I think there could be a much better melody to this song. Sorry to the fans.

[tumadoireacht]

almost too gay to sing

[Ruudesm]

RIP Jeff.... It's been 13 years

[jhniscolV2]

a brilliant tribute to jeff buckley

[LtothatBoogie]

I adore Jeff Buckley, and to hear such a wonderful artist like Rufus Wainwright pay a gorgeous tribute to him just touches my heart.

[pinksugar55]

This song is gonna be in my school's version of 'Metamorpheses.' (Though i'm sure it'll do the original no justice.) I'm pretty stoked. It's a beautiful piece, full of passion.

[Lexis6]

Is Rufus gay? Not that it matters,but I was just wondering.

[CaptainTweek]

yep~

[ChickenChild88]

@Lexis6  yep.

[bertbretherton]

Tributes don't get much better than this.

[barcodefag]

to those who are wondering why his diction is so horrible (in his earlier albums) he was using meth... if you listen to Release the Stars or see him in concert, his diction is nearly perfect.

[martiriobaby]

Why do they give you thumbs down?

[mariahMgreer]

@barcodefag i never knew that..thanks!

[BushidoCRH]

wat a dirty faggot

[TruckT1]

AMAZING GUYS ..

GETS ME EVERY TIME....

[lar2090]

I love this song... and I love Rufus. Tears:-)

[Natendowazhere]

Jeff buckley had such a magnificent impact on a lot of musicians... not just in terms of his music, but his passion. And I think that's more powerful. He's often not talked about in conversations about influential musicians in the 20th century... I think 'grace' is really a seminal work, and i'd say was more pivotal than radiohead's ok computer.

[eadgbe77]

hmm...i'd say almost as pivotal. but i hear you about the passion he had and how that seems to connect with musicians and performers most of all. but his musicianship was phenomenal, also. and he should be commended for that for sure.

[MissCaptainWeird]

jeff is an angel rip jeff!

[octogirlpretty]

One of my VERY FAVORITE Rufus songs.

[rossscotty]

Just Beautiful

[chadthediary]

this song makes me cry :(

[christiecheng]

r.i.p. jeff buckley

[chainsawmurderface2]

I thought Rufus sang that song splendidly, I know when I first heard him sing his voice sounded muffled to me; I think that may be the case for you.  However, once you become accustomed to his voice the words become elucidated and you can hear him perfectly. It is the same case for Eddie Vedders voice too, it just takes time.

[soniawalter]

Probably my favourite Rufus song ever.

[Whoester]

This can make me cry...

It's so emotional .... beautifull

[november191968]

it must have been really hard for him to sit down and plead for something so incredibly impossible,jeff to come back,i cannot keep my mind on this thought not even for a moment,let alone to dwell on that for years.because his song is going to haunt us all for ever.rufus can be very unhappy sometimes,sweetly though.i cried about the ophelia metaphor.Jesus!he's a master in words and ideas.

[noelsfa]

oh my god

[mrsrufuswainwright]

valentinalover i think i love you. if rufus won't have me, will you?

[kdsd9876]

The song is about his professional jealousy of Jeff Buckley or something like that. He didn't actually hate him - he respected him - but he couldn't really write a song about that could he?

[livesociety]

beautiful.

[luv2spin31]

DOUBLE THAT!

[LittleTramp1921]

TREBLE THAT!

[iwannaliveinNY]

His lyrics move me deeply. Great writer. Not mainstream, one reason why his music is so appealing. Go rufus...lol

[wecouldbeglorious]

This is one of the few songs that can bring tears to my eyes.

[DandGFAN]

its funny i love like u2, coldplay, oasis, audioslave..ect. But i just fell in love with rufus, i got all his albums and there is not one song i dislike !! his music and the way sings just makes me happy and inspired. Great Musician!! go rufus!

[TheMeEvan]

This song is honestly beyond beautiful.

[RobbieIsRob]

brought a tear to my eye this...very fitting.

[zainebsaadeh212]

he used to hate jeff buckley.

he wrote this after he died, and about a month before he died, rufus got to know him, and realized he didnt hate him. he was jealous.

amazing song. beautifuly heartbreaking.

[alicefrench]

Did he really write this song after Jeff Buckley's death?!! I didnt know! It gives even more charm to the song !

[AngelBuffyCharmed101]

Yes, he really wrote it for Jeff

[gte163w]

how could any one hate jeff buckley?? So he really envied him / his success & popularity to the point of wanting to *hate* him. That's a bit ridiculous... I don't think he's a very good person if it took "meeting" Jeff Buckley to actually decide to like him. Many fans & contemporaries of J.B. never got a chance to meet the man, yet all love him so much... and this man *hated* him until he got to meet him?? That's crap! He shouldn't have gotten that chance he didnt deserve!

[happenstance26]

Woah. Chill. It's a song. I doubt Rufus Wainwright actually *hated* him.

[witchyvixen]

Rufus was jealous of JB. There was a club in NYC that JB was always playing that Rufus couldn't get a gig at. When the two met in bar, Rufus realized JB was a really nice guy, and was obviously upset by his death. This song is more about JB death than about Rufus's jealousy of him.

[SIRVAGABOND]

I'm totally moved after hearing this performance! He is so incredible.

[ChrisPlugged]

Saw this live (spine tingles) but still no Jeff comparison pls!

[jechu88]

he actually met once jeff, when he was like 20.

by the time the people at sin-é wouldn't let him perform, because they had jeff. they talked for a while.

[steelyman11]

And the story goes that he resented Jeff for all the hype Jeff was getting in New York, until one night when he came home and listened to Hallelujah in the dark, and realized that Jeff was truly as great as everyone said. But they really never spent much time hanging out, which is why I marvel at how sincere this song is.

[jechu88]

:D you're right!

[DialovesBono]

utterly lovely

[Squeaky1423]

Simply gorgeous. Rufus makes me melt to the ground with that voice.

[alfieism]

best song by rufus. Perhaps the best sunset soung ever written.

[maybeillcatchf1re]

Pure Gold!

[flexible11]

il chante tres bien je confirme

[steelyman11]

I am a huge fan of Rufus and Jeff both. This song breaks my heart more than any other song I've ever heard- and he didn't even really know Jeff! That's the depth and genius of Rufus Wainwright for you.

[Tubette1312]

Gay or not, I hope this guy has kids so he can pass down the family vocal talent.

[LBA62]

I love Art Teacher!

[bachelorette87]

the iano solo gives me chills it's so beautiful

[soyeux27]

the first song that told me Rufus Wainwright was an outstanding talent was Imaginary Love. I've seen him maybe twelve times in concert. Never met him though I live in Montreal.

[bachelorette87]

I got his autograph, he's a sweetie

[soyeux27]

Weird world. It's 4 in the morning and I woke up because I was starving. While preparing myself a meal, I was singing Memphis Skyline in my head. With my plate I came in my office, started eating in fron the my computer and got a message saying that a comment about Rufus had been posted !

Being myself a songwriter, I wrote a tribute song to Rufus a couple of years ago, but I never played it in public yet.

[SisterAwake]

I agree with you bachelorette87. Rufus is the kindest man I have ever met!

[SisterAwake]

Rufus is so kind when you get to meet him. I got to in August this year. He's just fantastic!

[DavidGilmore]

truly a work of genius. Rufus' music is as deep as the water that drowned Jeff. I hear touches of Saint-Saens and Rachmaninoff in his chords. The piano version here is so spare and raw. What a great song from the greatest songwriter of our times.

[pappaskaraokefiler]

at first i thought this was one hell of a boring song.. even though i knew it was dedicated and about jeff buckley who were the greatest of em all. anyways.. do any one know how they knew/knew of each other? bring it on

on afeine1's comment. some guy said: "morrissey is a man trapped inside of a womans body" and I guess it fits into jeff as well. awesomely

[adobea]

yes, and morrissey said to that guy that he's "a pig trapped in a man's body" ;)

[afeine1]

Oh god...this song describes everything I felt when Jeff died. I can't help crying everytime I hear this. Rufus has the soul of an angel (a very feminine angel lol). One of his best.

[auger54]

wow! can I marry this guy?

[inevitabilityHAA]

not unless you can get him away from jorn, his boyfriend of 2 years! lol sorry.

[LittleTramp1921]

This is my 2nd fav Rufus song - first being Dinner At Eight. Anyone agree?

[LittleTramp1921]

No.

[soyeux27]

TOTALLY AGREE !  Same ranking for me. What would be your third favorite song ? That one's tough... mine would probably be Hometown Waltz or Im my arms.

[bachelorette87]

I listen to april fools almost every day, but it's hard to only pick one.

[volcomsurf]

one of my favorite songs by my favorite artists.

oh what my life would be like without a daily dose of rufus wainwright!

[Mixtzin2010]

Rufus wrote this song. Not Leonard Cohen. You're thinking of Halleluja by Leondard Cohen.

[Malacia]

Nobody said Leonard Cohen wrote this song.

[lpogliano]

heartbreaking! i've seen him do this in concert, and the audience was stunned. thanks so much for the video!!

[Fluid00]

Sadly Rufus is not Jeff Buckley, and his cover weren't even near Jeffs. Sadly. There is too few geniuses in the world.

[skotoseme]

killer. this song is about jeff buckley, whose hallelujah rufus covered. (well, not really buckley's song, it's leonard cohen's, but buckley effectively owns it.)

[ianboy24]

Rufus breaks my heart sometimes. What a lovely song, this live performance is even better than the cd version.

[summerjoyski]

oh, my god - near the end where he gives it to the piano- mmmmmmm

[parker0321]

Absolutely beautiful. Thanks Rufus....

[dawnmarieb]

Um, Wow!

[bobbylawless]

i loooove this song > __ <

[neverer]

so beautiful.

[momahonyb]

This is the Best!

I love you for posting it!

[tadlee]

whoa

[denknee]

Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this.

[Terlenko]

i love you valentinalover!