Sunday, February 10, 2008

Rufus Wainwright @ Hamer Hall, the Arts Centre, Friday 1 February

A really good show - as Tamara said, something like what one imagines an Elton John show 30 years ago would've been. I don't think I knew any of the songs (maybe one or two) - went along because Bec P suggested it a while back and I have fond memories of "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" - but the songs themselves, and his delivery of them, were such that that didn't make any difference at all. The Judy Garland ones were ace; likewise the Rufus W originals...and the boy can sing (to say nothing of the outfits he ran through - particularly the Liza Minelli one - and his endearing sense of humour) - I'm sold.

(In a nice little resonance, the Cure was playing before the show - just as had been the case at the Corner before Spoon the night before...)