http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/19/rufus-sings-his-new-single-going-to-a-town/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/19/rufus-sings-his-new-single-going-to-a-town/#comment-24676 Robert Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:59:34 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/19/rufus-sings-his-new-single-going-to-a-town/#comment-24676 Following up on the comment you left at my place: would you mind listing a handful of his brilliant tracks, with maybe a word or two about why they rate? I'm sure I'm not the only person who would appreciate that. Following up on the comment you left at my place: would you mind listing a handful of his brilliant tracks, with maybe a word or two about why they rate? I’m sure I’m not the only person who would appreciate that.

]]> http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/19/rufus-sings-his-new-single-going-to-a-town/#comment-24640 Re:harmonized : Going to town with “Going to a Town” Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:30:32 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/19/rufus-sings-his-new-single-going-to-a-town/#comment-24640 [...] I’ve had it on my list for a while to look into Rufus Wainwright’s music. The time finally came late last week, when Roger Bourland posted a YouTube clip of “Going to a Town,” Wainwright’s new single. Bourland started his blog in connection with a freshman seminar on Wainwright’s music he was giving at UCLA. The blog has diversified, but Wainwright still crops up regularly. Among other things, Bourland sometimes channels composition lessons to Rufus from various dead but still pedagogically-inclined classical composers (Ives, Debussy, and Berlioz, and maybe others I haven’t seen). This strikes me as a fun and clever way to highlight the contrasting musical mindsets and values involved, though I don’t think that’s Bourland’s agenda. [...] [...] I’ve had it on my list for a while to look into Rufus Wainwright’s music. The time finally came late last week, when Roger Bourland posted a YouTube clip of “Going to a Town,” Wainwright’s new single. Bourland started his blog in connection with a freshman seminar on Wainwright’s music he was giving at UCLA. The blog has diversified, but Wainwright still crops up regularly. Among other things, Bourland sometimes channels composition lessons to Rufus from various dead but still pedagogically-inclined classical composers (Ives, Debussy, and Berlioz, and maybe others I haven’t seen). This strikes me as a fun and clever way to highlight the contrasting musical mindsets and values involved, though I don’t think that’s Bourland’s agenda. [...]

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