# Last night I saw Rufus Wainwright **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707 "2005-04-10T22:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707/1 "2005-04-10T22:31:30Z")
In Newcastle - UK I travelled 80 miles to see him (and 80 miles back). He metaphorically blew my tube socks off. What a show. As a UK fan where Rufus has been on a media blitz of which I slightly disapprove; how is the US reception? Any backlash on his ‘papal’ pronouncements? Any interest at all? MiM ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707/2 "2005-04-10T22:47:39Z")
New Rufus fan from his hometown of Montreal. I wasn’t in to him yet last time he was here, so I don’t know what the concert was like. And I didn’t hear about the “papal comment”…? ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707/3 "2005-04-10T23:55:29Z")
I’m a fairly recent fan of Rufus. I loved Want One and couldn’t wait until Want Two came out. The DVD with it has live footage of him. He must put on a helluva show. We kept hearing that he was touring with Ben Folds, but we never saw any news of So. Calif. shows. Rufus may have played a spur of the moment show in a smaller venue, but we are 2 hours from LA and need a bit more notic. If I knew when and where he was performing, I would definitely drive 2 hours each way to see him. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707/4 "2005-04-11T06:48:53Z")
> [@Hamish](#): > > And I didn’t hear about the “papal comment”…? In introducing ‘Gay Messiah’ he has noted the vacancy at the vatican as a portent for the impending Gay Messiah. Only ruder. It was a fantastic show. 6 piece band, 7 part harmonies, 2 hours plus; here’s the set; - Agnus Dei Crumb by crumb Peach Trees Hometown Waltz Vibrate Grey Gardens The Art Teacher This Love Affair The One you Love Gay Messiah Want Beautiful Child Memphis Skyline Hallelujah Across The Univers Beauty Mark Little sister Dinner At Eight Waiting for a Dream Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk 14th Street Old Whores Diet Oh What a World Pretty Things I Don’t Know what it is California (copied from his website- I was too busy listening and watching) Here’s the band Matt Johnson (drummer) of Jeff Buckley fame. Joan Wasser (vocals/violin/guitar) Jenifer Stills (vocals) Jeff Hill (Double bass/bass) Jason Hart (Keys/vocals) Jack Petruzelli (Guitar) Awesome MiM ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707/5 "2005-04-11T11:29:00Z")
I hadn’t heard anything about his papal comment. I would say he’s not terribly well-known here in the States except to a small specialized audience. I think a lot of people know who he is from his contribution to the _I Am Sam_ soundtrack. I’m a fan of his dad’s (Loudon Wainwright III), and also, to a somewhat lesser degree, his mom and his aunt (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) because of my general interest in folk music, but I’ve never really gotten into Rufus’s music - I find his voice kind of whiney and annoying. (I do find it funny, though, that when he was a baby, his father put out an album titled “Rufus Is A Tit Man” - guess he wasn’t expecting his son to be gay, huh?) ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707/6 "2005-04-11T12:10:27Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > (I do find it funny, though, that when he was a baby, his father put out an album titled “Rufus Is A Tit Man” - guess he wasn’t expecting his son to be gay, huh?) Well, his father made up for it by writing “One-Man Guy” for him 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-saw-rufus-wainwright/298707/7 "2005-04-11T15:13:11Z")
I saw him in Ventura, CA a year or so ago. I really enjoyed it. Sorry, it’s early and I have nothing else to add. Haj