Comments on: UCLA Seminar: The Music of Rufus Wainwright #4 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: twarner http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-168 twarner Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:15:31 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-168 So, what did you guys make of the whole beheading/oral sex line? I've been pondering it for a while and I can't seem to quite make it fit into any reading, except for a few dual readings which always make me cringe. My only view is that it could just be a reminder of homosexuality. A sort of ironic, witty insertion. John the Baptist was beheaded for his association with Christ. Oral sex can be a form of worship or submission. Is the "him" in "give it to him" suggest that RW would preform oral sex on Christ as a for of worship as was John's beheading a sign of devotion? That's all I can come up with. You? So, what did you guys make of the whole beheading/oral sex line? I’ve been pondering it for a while and I can’t seem to quite make it fit into any reading, except for a few dual readings which always make me cringe.

My only view is that it could just be a reminder of homosexuality. A sort of ironic, witty insertion.

John the Baptist was beheaded for his association with Christ. Oral sex can be a form of worship or submission. Is the “him” in “give it to him” suggest that RW would preform oral sex on Christ as a for of worship as was John’s beheading a sign of devotion?

That’s all I can come up with.

You?

]]> By: Roger Bourland http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-164 Roger Bourland Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:03:16 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-164 Thanks BTF: if you could let me know his/her name or how I can contact them, I'd appreciate. Thanks BTF: if you could let me know his/her name or how I can contact them, I’d appreciate.

]]> By: btflhart http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-163 btflhart Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:02:03 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-163 [The photo you posted was] one of our rutopians' Berlin photos on your blog. Halfabee's gift to the Rufus community continues to give!! Very Happy It's one of the best photos we have of Rufus' singing Gay Messiah from that last tour. [The photo you posted was] one of our rutopians’ Berlin photos on your blog. Halfabee’s gift to the Rufus community continues to give!! Very Happy It’s one of the best photos we have of Rufus’ singing Gay Messiah from that last tour.

]]> By: Roger Bourland http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-160 Roger Bourland Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:34:24 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/02/08/ucla-seminar-the-music-of-rufus-wainwright-4/#comment-160 We listened to OWD last night during dinner (HARDLY a dinner piece BTW), but our friend Jim Kelly pointed out that the bridge, reminded him of Cirque du Soleil. I said "exactly!!" Big long phrases that sound vaguely middle-eastern where you haven't the faintest idea of what's being said. So, I think we found another influence. We listened to OWD last night during dinner (HARDLY a dinner piece BTW), but our friend Jim Kelly pointed out that the bridge, reminded him of Cirque du Soleil. I said “exactly!!” Big long phrases that sound vaguely middle-eastern where you haven’t the faintest idea of what’s being said. So, I think we found another influence.

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