Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Anna McGarrigle | Mendocino
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
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Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Anna McGarrigle perform Kate McGarrigle's 'Mendocino' in an Up Close session at CBC's Studio 211.
I was just letting videos play without interruption, and this song came up... and I'd never heard it before. It's like picking a precious jewel out of thin air. It's changed my life.
I believe a lot of the McGarrigle sisters' work is criminally underrated and I don't say that lightly. I absolutely love this song and it too came as a bolt out of the blue.
Check out the whole musical family, they're all amazing!
Yes just Beautiful
Could this family be any more talented?!
The apple, as they say, never falls far from the tree.
The Buckley's family, i could say.
Doesn't matter what country you're from - I'm English for example - this melts the heart.
Every time I hear them sing the line "I will rise with it until I rise no more" I get a little choked up.
Alexandraisonfire, that's my favorite line of the song.
@@lizbrian5288 The was written by his mom. He had the line put on her headstone.
This is my very favorite version of this song......with Rufus and Martha. The harmonies haunt me. I love it so much my heart aches
My favourite version too ❤. Amazing!
Feeling this song so much at present. I'm from Kangaroo Island Australia. We lost lots of our island to fire earlier this year. Listening to the words of a sunrise over redwoods I'm hoping with all my heart that they still exist. This song takes me back to my home. The harmonies, the family. Perfection.
We're glad it had such a strong impact on you. Thanks for sharing.
I see fewer thumbs-up than years since it was posted. I hope more people discover this beautiful and under-appreciated musical family.
Nope, doesn't get any better. Fills my eyes with tears. One of the most moving performances of this song, ever. Can you imagine having to grieve the loss of that woman, that mother, that sister (Kate McGarrigle) for the rest of your life? What a song. What a family.
Suzanne Stroh amen
It's very poignant; sung so beautifully by Rufus and Martha.
You're so right, Suzanne! Kate McGarrigle was such a brilliant singer, songwriter and musician. Rufus and Martha are her true legacies.
@@seattlepainter😂
Again, Rufus and Martha are breaking my heart.
Quite possibly the most beautiful song ever
Couldn’t love this song more. Pure perfection. Couldn’t love ANYTHING more than this.
Beyond beautiful. Tears me up every time I hear this.
Could three musicians feel any more for a song than this? Just beautiful,really beautiful.
Rufus's voice is an instrument
So by the time a person gets to be my age, 62, they begin to think they might have seen or heard it all. I have my favorites;
places, books, opera's, music. Rufus has always been a favorite, but until today I had never heard the McGarrigle sisters sing. I spent all afternoon listening and it was such a lovely afternoon. I found all sorts of treasures. So Rufus, your mama sang like an angel and I only just discovered it.
I discovered the McGarrigle sisters in the mid 70’s and have loved their music ever since. This remains my favorite song written by Kate. To see her 2 children and her beloved sister perform it together is so magical. And it has made me weepy.
I realized long ago that this world is a never ending treasure trove. There never is any 'all' to hear, see, etc. if your mind is curious and the urge to search is strong. After all, we are still hunter-gatherers at heart, roaming the world of our imaginations for what's just over the horizon. A person could easily just stop and explore the McGarrigle/Wainwright/Roche families musical legacy and be blown away daily!
@@littleghostfilms3012 What a beautiful comment, I agree. So many people focus on the negative things in life, but there is so much good. The best thing is to switch off the news and explore.
I've been living in Budapest recently and made friends with an elderly American woman from Mendocino. She was amazed when I said I'd been there. I explained that one of the most beautiful songs ever written was named after her town. As a long-time fan of Kate and Anna, I simply had to visit when I found myself travelling around the west coast. So glad I did. As nice as this is, it's impossible to improve on the perfection of the original.
Thanks for sharing!
Wow, I feel the need to visit Mendocino and listen to this song right there 🤍
Somehow Anna’s silence while she plays the piano (instead of singing with her sister, now departed) is shattering me.
I never noticed (until now) the juxtaposition of the deciduous trees in New York shining like gold in the autumn, and the evergreen redwoods of California. The beauty of the northeast in fall is something poignant all its own, and leaving it behind would be uniquely nostalgic.
What a beautiful performance and tribute to Kate McGarrigle by her talented children. I pray they will have long and bountiful careers. And to see sister Anna playing in Kate's stead is a moving sight to behold, as well.
Kate and Anna were a big part of the soundtrack of my "youth" and I have some truly lovely memories of sitting on blankets listening to their amazing lyrics and incredible harmonies at summer folk festivals. Can you imagine what home was like for Rufus and Martha? Like an artist's colony. Singer-songwriters..family and otherwise, musicians and various artists up the wha-zoo. They've been singing 3 and 4 part harmonies since they were very young kids. What a great legacy to leave for and with your children. This is a fave and done with such soul and grace. RIP Kate. I'm sure your family miss you every day.
I knew right away that the Mcgarrigle sisters wrote this song. It's so lovely!I dream of playing with my aunt and sister! His voice is timeless and more passionate than any man at least for me. Martha's harmony is nothing short of perfect pitch and beauty. Families making music together is a beautiful beautiful thing. So glad to be a musician... Nothing more satisfying upon the earth. Rufus gives every molecule of himself when he sings. Thank you !
Can't stop listening to this... wish the two of them would make an album of Kate and Anna's songs Gorgeous!
their mannerisms when singing are so similar, you can really tell that they're siblings, and it just adds to their harmony imo. most heartfelt version i've ever heard.
So moving, so heartfelt, such a great creation by two sisters
The sweet and rich harmony, the references to different parts of our beautiful country, the mention of "South Bend, Indiana (so random!)" and the redwoods, and the general nostalgia brings to my mind a roadtrip with my precious late father, who was the product of a sweeter time and people with such a sense of wonder and longing and gratitude.
Rufus has the purest voice, and Martha is a gem.
Wonderfull … Rufus is one of my favorite singers. So good !
CBC music we need more of this high quality. Your posistion allows requires it. all different instruments all different voices...
An incredibly talented family. Just beautiful.
Quel bel hommage à leur chère mère! Touchant!
They miss their mom...she gave them the gift of music which now has become a gift to me. Beautiful.
This makes me cry everytime. Beautiful.
I cannot stop replaying this. Wow. Water for the soul. 💗🕯️💗
Rufus is a national treasure ❤. I cried the entire duration of the song.
What sends real chills down my back is that for years I've listened to the version of this song from The McGarrigle Hour - and inevitably Kate's voice echoes in my memory of that performance, and again in my experience of this.
Ok. Who were the 21 who didn't like this? Your souls are made of stone.
unbelievable any one could not love this !
Maybe the people who heard Kate sing it right after she wrote it??? Those who lived with her in those days, like me? Those who have enough musical discretion or history to know um...this ain't it!
@@kinkle_Z but these are her babies
@@kinkle_Z you're a bitter old queen.
@@kinkle_Z It's still music which gets better with better musicians. And Martha and Rufus are clearly better singers than Kate and Anna ever were.
Makes me tear up listening to this majestic song and thinking about Kate's kids (and my one-time producer Brad Albetta's wife Martha) singing with their aunt Anna on piano shortly after their mother's passing.
It just doesn't get any better than this.
I grew up outside of Saratoga Springs NY, where the Caffe Lena was and heard Kate and Anna whenever they played. I used to stare up at them on the stage, just a few feet away, amazed at their beauty and talent and commitment. One night I heard myself tell myself that I could be anything I put my mind to.. they were that inspiring. I remember Kate looking down at me and smiling. Maybe she heard me.
Simply the most beautiful thing on UA-cam. Full stop.
know this song for decades - always moves me deeply - great to see the next generation doing it so well - it is pure ode to their mother: Kate McGarrigle looking from Heaven :-)
I keep listening to this and marvelling at how he can sing "Indiana" so beautifully... not a simple thing to do at all... you have to find the music in that word...
Stunningly calm ...... my favourite version
This brings tears to my eyes.
I've literally fallen in love with this song. Precious!
Good Lord! This is incredibly beautiful! Hits home on so many levels...
This is just so beautiful, I love the way their heads often lilt in the same way, at the same time on certain notes, precious.
OH,so beautiful!! ......can't even express in words!!
It doesn't get any better than this. Love the combination of their voices.
Beyond beautiful.
it so beautiful to hear the voices compliment each other...
family voices have such similar sonic profiles, it creates superfine harmonies..
Where poetic songwriting and harmonious performance gel into one amazing piece of art. This is one of the great ballads, underrated, lacking the fame it deserves. Ditto for Rufus Wainwright and his sister although that is changing among those in the know. Rufus' vocals on songs like "Go or Go Again " "Going to a Town," and "Angus Dei" are some of the best make pop vocals in the last 25 years.
Couldn't agree more. Remember first hearing the McGarrigle sisters way back in the 1970s.
"Go or Go Ahead" is the name of the song. It's about Rufus' days as a crystal meth addict, which ended in 2002.
Why do people use the word underrated SO much?
What an amazingly talented family. I could only wish.
I turn into a blubbering sob case every time I hear this. Their mother and author of this song, has already passed away from illness. Knew nothing of the McGarrigle sisters until I read a piece in Stereo Review claiming they had the best album of that year. Later Rufus and Martha came along and became stars themselves.
I've heard this....I can die now...I can't listen to anything more beautiful ever again.
Magnifique 🌹✨💫
Beautiful! If anything tops this longing for a mother or a place; let me know.
6 years later and I still have to agree with you.
"Mendocino" is lovely; a favorite of my many favorite McGarrigle pieces. This is a beautiful tribute to a beautiful artist.
Very moving this harmony's wonderful. Rufus stil has it with Legend. Marvelous
Amazing, heartfelt song. My new fav version.
Now I'm gonna cry. C'est tellement beau. This is absolutely beautiful
Beautiful rendition of this song ,like the voices of angels
It's a very very troubled magnific dramatic and splendid song whose I cry when I listen it, your voices are together a magic symbiose woman, man : GOD Light ! Marvellous ! many thanks ! Marie-Laure
Love this. As a now-New Yorker who has longed for decades to return to CA, this really strikes me in the heart. Thank you for a beautiful rendition of a gorgeous song.
Stuck here in South Carolina. Ohhhhhh....how I miss Mendocino!
This trio just blows me away. What beauty,!
you all owe it to yourselves to listen to this with good headphones
Beautiful, tear my heart out, it doesn't get much better than this gifted family
This is the perfect song. Just love it!
I've loved this song for a long time. It was one of the first songs I learned to sing/play on guitar.
That song just leaves such a timeless and lasting memory for those of us that see and hear the beauty in these lyrics, Kate sure passed on some seriously great genes to her children , they have mannerisms like her and the harmony is hauntingly familier , and also their father has had his share in how they have grown and developed into who they are today , I just can't listen to them without seeing their mother and how she sang with such grace and Anna also the Legacy lives on thru them and their offspring ! Thank you so very much for being so gracious in sharing Kates gift and your own with us all .
sounds very beautiful, their voices together!
@@XXVIII333 Well, a new album is coming out in April. I really hope it's good!
This goes straight into my collection of songs that must be strictly rationed - I never want to dilute its rare beauty.
also for the 1001th time this song touches me deep - guess it's nr 1 to take with me to this Unihabited Island...
I hear love for Kate in this! there seems to be something really special about family harmonies...
First time I've ever heard this...FFS I'm 70 years old ...where have I been all this time ?
Just love their music.
This song has been sung so many times by so many major talents eg: Linda Ronstadt that any new interpretation is going to be judged. I will not do that, the song stands on its own. every version that I have ever heard brings tears to my eyes.
Best version. End of story.
perfection.
It certainly is my favorite version and I have many.
Never ends ☺
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL SONG AND RUFUS, MARTHA AND ANNA SO TO !!!! I LOVE YOU ! too many thanks at you !Marie-Laure from France !
This is different to but as exquisitely beautiful as the original...which I first heard about 34 years ago.
just bloody beautiful.
Very beautyfull song with splendid Singers like Rufus and Martha Wainwright : my heart is broken and I want cry very hard this big emotion, the sad, very sad feeling and I love them and this Song : We thought about Kate of course ! There Mother - Very very nice Woman !!! I thing very often about Her and her children ! Marie-Laure (from France)
I get goosebumps just listening to this beautitiful song and the Wainright's amazing voices! The most harmonious of harmonies!
That's was really nice! and btw, I live in Mendocino & it just got a little better!
Kate McGarrigle, you are so much missed!
Bravo to Rufus, Martha and Anna!
yes so totally
Melts my heart each and every time.
can't stop crying
me too
It's just amazing how great bands just happen to happen to fall together.
Brother and sister and aunt... just fell together after singing with each other all their lives.
Outstandingly wonderful!
The most sublime music and voices. Thank you
Greetings from Mendocino.
As a kid, I spend 3 weeks each summer in upstate NY near Lake George, it was paradise on earth back then.
maybe it's moving across country and maybe it's losing my mother and maybe it's growing old and maybe it's too many photographs of dead people on my coffee table.. but this song brings tears to my eyes every single time
You are not alone in that. I share all of those thoughts.
Absolutely beautiful. I agree ,it's like a beautiful jewel
Los Angeles' KCRW used to have a video up of Kate supporting her son on piano (among other innumerable ways). I had forgotten how wonderful her voice (which I'd last heard in the Seventies) was. A very moving document, should they ever choose to repost it.
My God! ❤
Very emotional, thank you for sharing this.
music from the heart
More than Beautiful💖
And the trees grow high in NY State, and they shine like gold in Autumn
Never had the blues from whence I came, but in NY State I caught 'em
(( some rhyming! ))
Talk to me of Mendocino, closing my eyes I hear the Sea
Must I wait, must I follow, Won't you say, Come with me...
#McGarrigle #Wainwright #NewYork
+Wim D. I love the song but it's a shame that 'from whence" means 'from from where', which is slightly ridiculous.
Counter examples courtesy of Grammarist (which notes that the phrase "from whence" has been "common for centuries") :
From whence at pleasure thou mayst come and part. [Shakespeare]
From whence it follows, that where the publique and private interest are most closely united, there is the publique most advanced. [Thomas Hobbes]
Life lies behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. [Ralph Waldo Emerson]
Ridiculousness is in the ears of the beholder - and, just FYI (I had to look it up to be sure), a beholder is "someone who gains awareness of things through the senses."
poetic license?