The unexpected first sounds from Rufus Wainwright "big pop album" Out Of The Game are not pop at all... Montauk is a track written for his baby daughter, Viva. Click to hear Montauk via KCRW
For those outside the US, Montauk is a place. A quiet beach town on the far tip of Long Island, New York. I think it's fair to say it's a retreat for the wealthy. Rufus - in his usual sassy style - talked in 2010 to the NY Post about his favorite places in Montauk.
Listening to Van Dyke Parks' "Arrangements: Volume One", today, I can't help but want he and Rufus to work together. The result would be a baroque pop masterpiece.
Hi Morrie! You know Van Dyke Parks did the strings for his first album, right? Which one could say was indeed a baroque pop masterpiece, as you eloquently put it.
Listening to Van Dyke Parks' "Arrangements: Volume One", today, I can't help but want he and Rufus to work together. The result would be a baroque pop masterpiece.
BTW - I like "Montauk". Thanks for posting it.
Hi Morrie! You know Van Dyke Parks did the strings for his first album, right? Which one could say was indeed a baroque pop masterpiece, as you eloquently put it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Wainwright_%28album%29