arabesques' 習慣性哈欠

Rufus Wainwright是個出櫃的Gay。每次看他彈鋼琴，就覺得他和王力宏兩人的氣質如出一轍(嗯?)。

Rufus的爸媽都是加拿大有名的民謠歌手，小Rufus兒時常跟爸媽一起上劇院聽戲，他認為這對自己後來的創作影響很深。光聽樂曲的編寫，就知道他小時候欣賞那麼多歌劇音樂劇都不是聽假的，也常在一首歌裡用上3~5種樂器，編排起來顯得既飽滿又有層次感。

「Oh What a World」這首歌收在Rufus Wainwright【Want One】專輯裡，最近上下班通勤的時候，腦子都會不停repeat這段歌詞：（當然我不是坐飛機或火車通勤）

"Why am I always on a plane or a fast train
Oh what a world my parents gave me
Always---
Travelin' but not in love..."


很喜歡這首歌的編曲，很有趣，特別開頭那段電子琴仿的喇叭聲音，很像歌劇魅影舞台上的那頭大象準備要從幕後出場嘣嘣嘣的。後半段則混搭拉威爾的古典樂曲「波麗露」，有種如凡爾賽玫瑰般、華麗唯美眼冒星星之感。（哈）

其實他歌詞不太好懂，超隱諱又愛比喻，有時也比較偏異想世界。個人覺得「Oh What a World」算他作品裡辭彙如幼兒班階段簡單易懂的了。

Youtube看到的這首歌現場表演，看他長袖舞春風好婀娜嫵媚，唱完那句「Oh what a world, it seems we live in... Straight man－－」，還不忘在補上「right」(1:54)，賤賤的模樣也太可愛。

然後Gay真的很悶騷，並且超愛用「fabulous」這個字。



Rufus Wainwright - Oh What a World



Men reading fashion magazines
Oh what a world
It seems we live in
Straight man
Oh what a world
We live in

Why am I always on a plane or a fast train
Oh what a world my parents gave me
Always
Travelin' but not in love

Still I think I'm doin' fine
Wouldn't it be a lovely headline
Life is
Beautiful on a New York Times

Men reading fashion magazines
Oh what a world
It seems we live in
Straight man
Oh what a world
We live in

Why am I always on a plane or a fast train
Oh what a world my parents gave me
Always
Travelin' but not in love

Still I think I'm doin' fine
Wouldn't it be a lovely headline
Life is
Beautiful on a New York Times

Oh what a world
We live in

Why am I always on a plane or a fast train
Oh what a world my parents gave me
Always
Travelin' but not in love

Still I think I'm doin' fine
Wouldn't it be a lovely headline
Life is
Beautiful