Rufus Wainwright - Both Sides Now [Joni Mitchell Cover] Front Row

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • August 20, 2017
    Live from John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
    Northern Stars, an Evening with Rufus Wainwright.
    Giving his only U.S. performance of Northern Stars, in honor of Canada’s 150th Anniversary, and first performance in Los Angeles in three years, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright sings an intimate evening of curated songs by Canadian musical icons Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen, among others.

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  • @terrybear5398
    @terrybear5398 16 дней назад +1

    Through all these years, ive must of heard this song a hundred times. When Rufus sang it, be its like hearing it for the first time. Genius.

    • @terrybear5398
      @terrybear5398 16 дней назад

      Sorry for the screw up comment. I had tears in my eyes from the Beauty of Rufus's voice and talent❤️

  • @tonyfejeran4536
    @tonyfejeran4536 Год назад +10

    It’s like listening to a human Stradivarius. Exquisite.

    • @terrybear5398
      @terrybear5398 15 дней назад

      @@tonyfejeran4536 Wow! I Love that❤️

  • @amysilin8122
    @amysilin8122 4 года назад +32

    This is (okay, for me) simply the best version of the song.
    Few are as beloved of the Muses as Rufus Wainwright. His talent is constantly astonishing. Doesn't that make just us all so lucky.

  • @jimcala8384
    @jimcala8384 7 месяцев назад +5

    There are no words. This was so beautiful. He is amazing I’m in tears.

  • @ricmaciel
    @ricmaciel 6 лет назад +50

    This is one of the best performances I heard in my whole life. Rufus is a force of nature and Joni, well, Joni is God.

  • @bobbyhoffman5967
    @bobbyhoffman5967 Год назад +15

    If you can say someone was born for a particular purpose, Rufus was born to make the world a better place through music. I can't imagine a world without the blessing of his voice. He believes in everything he sings so much it starts to feel as if you are hearing your inner voice. That part of yourself you can't lie to, because it knows all of your joy and pain. In fact, it makes me appreciate my joy and pain knowing I'm not alone with lifes struggles.

    • @Victoralexanderstark
      @Victoralexanderstark 9 месяцев назад +1

      Beautifully described, that’s a talent as well, thank you ✨🖖🏻

    • @wildhoneyjazzband9688
      @wildhoneyjazzband9688 5 месяцев назад

      You have said what i could feel but not describe. Thank you. I would like to quote you in a workshop I'm giving for singers.

    • @bobbyhoffman5967
      @bobbyhoffman5967 5 месяцев назад

      @@wildhoneyjazzband9688 Please quote me. Rufus has made a major change in my life. "When all the world is a hopeless jumble and the raindrops tumble all around

    • @bobbyhoffman5967
      @bobbyhoffman5967 5 месяцев назад

      Heaven opens a magic lane. When all the clouds

    • @bobbyhoffman5967
      @bobbyhoffman5967 5 месяцев назад

      Darken up the skyway there's a rainbow highway to be found .. leading from your window pane....to a place behind the sun, just a step beyond the rain..

  • @mariabrown8704
    @mariabrown8704 Год назад +2

    Listening with tears in my eyes. This is an amazing rendition. What a heavenly voice and emotional performance. I am gutted.

  • @asdfghjklemmaa
    @asdfghjklemmaa 6 лет назад +36

    I never heard his cover before. I have chills all over my body. This man has one of the most amazing voices of all time. Love Rufus

    • @melaniedeniro9945
      @melaniedeniro9945 4 года назад

      THANXXX.
      MET MARTHA & LOUNDON. HEARD THEM BOTH, SO GENEROUS AND ALL .
      FOR ME BROTHER AND SON , H’S THEIR WARM DIVA OF GENIUS AND LIFE AND LOVE AND TENDERNESS AND UNBEARABLE SOUL OF BEAUTY HAPPINESS PROFOUND PAIN. 🙏MELANIE DENIRO

  • @saidvanput7023
    @saidvanput7023 Год назад +2

    A true,pure and amazing beautiful strong voice at the same time modest; one of the greatest artists no doubt, i enjoy and adore his way of being himself; a man who is not afraid to show his sensitivity give s courage and inspiration to live, thank u Rufus!

  • @janetjimg
    @janetjimg 3 года назад +6

    What a voice! So clear and so full of depth. I love this version. It never fails to bring me to tears. So much meaning in his interpretation.

  • @petebeach6204
    @petebeach6204 6 лет назад +18

    I've heard Rufus before but he seems to be getting better as he gets older, what a voice!

  • @robertfrost8130
    @robertfrost8130 4 года назад +5

    Heard him sing this in Amsterdam. He brought the house down.

  • @TedvanLieshoutkanaal
    @TedvanLieshoutkanaal 6 лет назад +15

    I have loved Joni Mitchell's work passionately for 50 years, but never stopped to listen to the lyrics of this song as breathtaken as I do now.

  • @MahasukhaBliss
    @MahasukhaBliss 7 месяцев назад +3

    Unbelievable, magical ❤ 🙏

  • @marymcginley2699
    @marymcginley2699 6 лет назад +10

    What a man and what a voice sung with such feeling thanks Rufus

  • @donzucca264
    @donzucca264 2 года назад +4

    So good. Rad pianist too.

  • @Victoralexanderstark
    @Victoralexanderstark 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for sharing ✨🖖🏻

  • @zenzen9131
    @zenzen9131 2 года назад +3

    Just WOW

  • @TheTimoustic
    @TheTimoustic 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @markmurphy8778
    @markmurphy8778 5 лет назад +4

    There could never be a RW tribute act, a unique, impossible to replicate voice.

  • @jeannievrantsis445
    @jeannievrantsis445 2 года назад +1

    Rufus, simply sublime.

  • @magsmusicfan2293
    @magsmusicfan2293 4 года назад +5

    Is there anything this man cant sing? I think not! He is just perfection squared by a billion’

  • @alexwagenmaker4471
    @alexwagenmaker4471 2 года назад +2

    Thank you!

  • @amysilin8122
    @amysilin8122 4 года назад +3

    I love how he made it a theatre piece.

  • @sjljhb
    @sjljhb 6 лет назад +16

    This is breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you.

  • @wardm4
    @wardm4 6 лет назад +25

    I really don't get all the covers of this songs at hyper-lightspeed. They almost make it sound happy. But from the chords to the melody to actually listening to the lyrics, this song is pain incarnate. It takes covers like this to shine light on emotional content of this song.

    • @joandimino5304
      @joandimino5304 6 лет назад

      wardm4 m9

    • @jacquelinem6609
      @jacquelinem6609 5 лет назад

      I completely agree, he does such a beautiful cover full of angst and emotion. I knew it was going to be special when I saw he’d covered this song, he didn’t disappoint. What a beautiful voice he has. ❤️

  • @HighFlyinAFGuy
    @HighFlyinAFGuy 7 лет назад +45

    Rufus has such an amazing voice. I’m shocked he doesn’t have more mainstream commercial success, but I’m also glad he’s not some huge [whatever genre he is] star.

  • @janetmerritt4281
    @janetmerritt4281 2 года назад +1

    Oh god isn't he wonderful the beautiful rufus

  • @glennlocquiao5923
    @glennlocquiao5923 5 лет назад +6

    Beautiful voice! True and amazing talent...

  • @owenbrough
    @owenbrough 4 года назад +3

    Beautiful

  • @smiffy8364
    @smiffy8364 6 лет назад +13

    What a tremendous performance!

  • @anniewardie
    @anniewardie 6 лет назад +3

    Rufus sang this last night Melbourne Recital Centre.... Have heard this sung so badly over the years - Thank You Rufus! Gave us goosebumps & you could have heard a pin drop in the auditorium. Come back soon.....

  • @georgelewis1664
    @georgelewis1664 4 года назад +2

    What a beautiful performance by Rufus of this amazing and timeless gem by the High Priestess of Song, Joni Mitchell . So sensitive, so poignant . GL, Sr.

  • @bettygordon4683
    @bettygordon4683 6 лет назад +5

    He’s one of a kind,a voice both beautiful and emotionally moving (deeply) I spent the night listening to more of him (and more of him)!!!

  • @aloricband
    @aloricband 6 лет назад +6

    Ah man he got me, so beautifully done x

  • @pacrimco
    @pacrimco 6 лет назад +5

    This is a very nice cover by Rufus from the depths of his gut. Love this song.

  • @donnabittner69
    @donnabittner69 4 года назад +2

    I am listening to this and him singing with Sting! I can finally understand the words and love his passion.
    While I understand his wish to write originals ...this is fantastic ! Thank you, Rufus !

  • @jimkobe64
    @jimkobe64 3 года назад +2

    Magnificent!

  • @Eeegored
    @Eeegored 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this.

  • @kathleenmcsherry7653
    @kathleenmcsherry7653 5 лет назад +3

    Amazing voice!!! and rendition!!!

  • @leighnilsen4090
    @leighnilsen4090 Год назад

    Lovely

  • @stuartward8339
    @stuartward8339 Год назад +3

    Brilliant cover of this classic.........this is the pace it was meant to be sung at. He's a great artist, always developing his style. A proper chip off the old block.....his old man Loudon Wainwright WII and mother Kate McGarrigle......oh and sister Martha Wainwright. What a singer/song writing dynasty he belongs to. Listen to 'Rufus was a tit man'.......one of his dad's off the wall numbers.

    • @constancemiller3753
      @constancemiller3753 Год назад +1

      Always picture Joni sitting in a diner in Detroit, smoking away while writing this. If the music doesn't pause to puff and ash...start another cigarette or get more coffee ....

  • @catalinabusla1151
    @catalinabusla1151 4 года назад +1

    Amazing voice! Gorgeous man pur Rufus

  • @lizbrian5288
    @lizbrian5288 7 лет назад +5

    While I was not at this performance, I was privileged to attend Rufus' two shows in Montreal last week, at Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Secours. It is always a joy to listen to Rufus, whether he is singing or speaking.

  • @dannoowen9479
    @dannoowen9479 5 лет назад +2

    Incredible 😲😲

  • @pauljcrowley
    @pauljcrowley 6 лет назад +10

    He pours himself into this song. A great song with a passionate singer, just incredible

  • @lovelyskull3483
    @lovelyskull3483 6 лет назад +2

    Magnificent, just magnificent

  • @jonathanto4364
    @jonathanto4364 5 лет назад +4

    WHATEVER YOU RECORDED THIS VIDEO ON the sound is so pristine, this sounds like a live album almost, im blown away, also this performance is sick which also helps lol

  • @paulinejunker378
    @paulinejunker378 6 лет назад +3

    Wow!

  • @bradeleine77
    @bradeleine77 7 лет назад +4

    Amazing videos! Was there last night also. So happy someone with skills (of which I have none) captured some of this amazing show. Thank you!

  • @caroldavis7792
    @caroldavis7792 Месяц назад

    Good Jesus!

  • @appleseed2613
    @appleseed2613 4 года назад +1

    Ok. It's a Little theatrical, but that is Rufus. Love him.

  • @karensmith1457
    @karensmith1457 3 года назад +1

    Devastating

  • @vero2107
    @vero2107 3 года назад +3

    The cicadas sing with him !

  • @atomickitties8069
    @atomickitties8069 4 года назад

    This was his only US concert of his Northern Stars show. It featured songs from only Canadian artists. I was lucky to go, but it was an odd show. Right across the street is the world famous Hollywood Bowl which also held a concert that night. Both are outdoor venues, so you could hear their 17,500 fans applaud and cheer over our 1200 fans at Rufus's show throughout the night. Rufus had a tinge of jealousy in his comments...saying how 'we should be across the street' and something to the effect of 'we're on the wrong side of the street'....and stuff like that all night. Then when it came time to do his Joni Mitchell songs he told of how his mother hated Joni Mitchell and would not allow her albums to be played in their house when he was growing up (another bit of jealousy he presumed). Then he did a Neil Young song and said how HE hated Neil Young and his music and had to 'search' thru his catalog to even find a song he liked (Harvest Moon). The show was filmed for a 'future' concert film, but Rufus was not at his best that night, so I think it may have been shelved. He was disheveled and had to do a few starts and stops on songs. He had just flown in from New York and was rushed from the airport to the concert so he was not as prepared as I've seen him in numerous concerts before.

    • @HughCorbyCruick
      @HughCorbyCruick 3 года назад

      Actually, he did an excellent Northern Stars show at St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York City.

  • @arassi2710
    @arassi2710 Год назад

  • @sophiafakevirus
    @sophiafakevirus 2 месяца назад +1

    Put some pep in it boys, sounds like a funeral dirge

  • @bertbretherton
    @bertbretherton 6 лет назад +1

    Four people have their entitlement to be wrong.

  • @robherrera9819
    @robherrera9819 5 лет назад +2

    He fucking meant every word didn't he?

  • @ralphschon1100
    @ralphschon1100 4 года назад +1

    Really way too slow for my taste. I find it hard to keep focussed.

  • @roberthennessey7258
    @roberthennessey7258 Год назад

    ugh - must be an acquired taste

  • @danielueblacker9118
    @danielueblacker9118 5 лет назад +3

    I love you Rufus, but shave.

  • @Pablo_sanz359
    @Pablo_sanz359 Год назад

    Whoever playing the piano should be replaced. They almost ruined it.