Rufus Wainwright has sort of fell off the radar when it comes to popular music, as he has shifted his focus of enormous musical talent to the world of classical music. But more than a decade ago he released two albums, "Want One" and "Want Two" back to back (2004 & 2005) and they were just about some of the best rock/pop albums I had heard at the time.
Today's particular song comes from Want One and is the sixth track. It's called "Go, or Go Ahead" and it's effing amazing as far as songs go.
I've only seen Wainwright once in concert, in 2005, and before he played this song he explained that in the early 2000's he had become addicted to crystal meth, and during a particularly dangerous drug-induced high, he became blind and remained that way for several days.
When he came out of it, he regained his vision, got clean and never went back to the drug- the first song that emerged is this one. Wainwright's musicianship far outweighs his lyric-writing, so although the lyrics are cryptic, there's something powerful about the final composition. I hope you'll listen to it, here's "Go, or Go Ahead" by Rufus Wainwright.
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