“Grey Gardens” is the seventh track on Rufus Wainwright’s sophomore album, Poses. The baroque pop song takes its title and much of its impressionistic imagery from the iconic Maysles Brothers documentary Grey Gardens. (When it’s not invoking the titular film, the song is referencing Thomas Mann’s novella Death in Venice.) Wainwright was introduced to the documentary by Justin Vivian Bond in the late ‘90s. “I think it coincided,” Wainwright said, “with my emergence — or submergence I should say — into the New York hip scene, which was pretty gay. So Grey Gardens was this Bible that e… read more
“Grey Gardens” is the seventh track on Rufus Wainwright’s sophomore album, Poses. The baroque pop song takes its title and much of its impressionisti… read more
“Grey Gardens” is the seventh track on Rufus Wainwright’s sophomore album, Poses. The baroque pop song takes its title and much of its impressionistic imagery from the iconic Maysles Bro… read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I'm A-Runnin', which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (in which he also played a minor character), was nominated for the 1989… read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate…read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a chil… read more