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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
As told to Rich Pelley

‘I’d dress as Judy Garland and scare my parents’: Rufus Wainwright’s honest playlist

Rufus Wainwright

The song I do at karaoke
My daughter is a typical teenager. She’s 13 and not interested in much that I do, but the other day I was singing Begin the Beguine by Cole Porter and she actually came down and asked: “What the hell was that?” So that song has some magic to it. It always elevates the world around me.

The song I can no longer listen to
Stephen Sondheim is brilliant, but I can’t stand Send in the Clowns. It just gets on my tits. Yes, I know that’s a very British expression. I’m pandering to you guys.

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