Legendary musician Rufus Wainwright has a new album, Out of the Game, which includes a song called “Montauk.”
“I just want to make something that you love, driving around in your car listening or losing your mind to on a dance floor,” Wainwright told Rolling Stone about his goals for the new album. “Something to serenade us through these very, very troubling times.”
Well, I don’t think we exactly have a new anthem for The End on our hands. I have every reason to want to like this song, and I’m certainly never the type of person who downplays music written about how great the East End is. I respect Wainwright as a musician. The singer has strong ties to The End, where he has a home and where, he announced, he and his partner, theater producer Jorn Weisbrodt, will wed this coming August.
But…well, have a listen to “Montauk” for youself and, if you make it through, tell me what you think.
Yes to the voice…yes to the melody…yes to the last verse…and although I understand the underlying theme of the lyrics, I think he could have dug a little deeper. Perhaps the outcome would have been a more poignant portrait.
Couldn’t even make it through.
Are you sure he didn’t mean the lyrics as a joke???
Anyone who knows the music of Rufus Wainwright, knows that he often writes in metaphors, this song is a lullaby to Viva, it’s intensely personal. What it isn’t is a tribute to ‘Montauk’ . You either get Rufus or ya don’t, end of.