Rufus Wainwright

If you couldn't tell by my name, this is my favorite song from the album! Love it!

This is obviously one of Rufus most beloved numbers. It is like you say simply brilliant. And also without looking into it more deeply I would say one of his most triumphant or 'happy' songs.
The horn section, the banjo, the whole cabaret thing going on is well arranged, and the lyrics are beautiful.

A modern classic. Worthy of any of the great songwriters of the 20th Century. Beautiful arrangement and wondeful melody. It was my favourite on the album for a long long time. (I Don't Know What It Is eventually wound it's way into my heart and mind above all others).
This could, and should have been a massive hit. But that doesn't really matter.

"Why d'ya have to break all my heart"

He has a point though doesn't he?

This completed my healing.....vaguley missing link..... Obviously the end of a perfect threesome.

love it especialy just after 'dont ever change.'.. jsut makes me wana flutter around like a prick

this is the last album of Ru's that i bought. i just got it 2 days ago. wow. love this album!! as much as RTS. fabulous songs...14th street should have been a HUGE hit for Rufus. this song has everything a hit radio song has. i don't understand how rufus isn't on the radio. just because he's gay and had a drug problem really isn't that big a deal in the music biz, is it? is it because he is honest, to a fault?
everyone should listen to his music.

... I have long been intrigued by the lyrics:

"You got my lost brother's soul, my dear mother's eyes,
A brown horse's mane, and my uncle's name"

Does Rufus really have a "lost brother"? Or is he being poetic, and am I taking things too literally? I ask because I once read an article that mentioned in passing that Kate 'lost a baby' between Rufus and Martha. But just because it's in the paper doesn't mean it's true....

Just curious. They're such great lyrics, so poignant.

I agree with you. I wondered about those lyrics too. It is very poetic.