Rufus Wainwright -- Sonnet 29
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Uploaded by LittleTramp1921 on Jul 1, 2008
Rufus singing "Sonnet 29":
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
--William Shakespeare
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Dear Rufus, thank you x
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I'm performing this with a group today.
6 months ago 3
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What RW called the "MMM": Mandatory McGarrigle Moment
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What a startlingly subtle usage of the banjo with piano. My cellist-friend thought it was a lute. Then accordion with strings. "Beauty Mark" is another of his songs with simply fascinating ideas of orchestration.
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He brings as much as Shakespeare.
(Please stop smoking RW...)
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love this arrangement of this Sonnet...really beautiful!
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@terryneale aah, thx :-) ... it's already one of my favourite songs^^...i love it.
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I stumbled across this by mistake just a week ago and am addicted! I have to watch it at least a couple of times a day. Thanks so much for posting!
roomto 2 years ago 58
one of my fave sonnets and fave singers combined ^.^ perfect.
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