Alright, so I warned you all that you'd be hearing more about Rufus Wainright... "Oh what a world" is the opener for his first big album "Want One", and its the perfect big opener for a first big album if I do say so myself.
It starts in a canonic form, as a lot of his songs do (so I have noticed). The kind of cool thing is though, is that he's in canon with himself, sometimes there will be up to four part harmony, all done by Rufus and recorded separately then meshed together.
After a few minutes, there is a tuba that comes in and joins the canon playing a simple pattern with two notes that gives kind of a see-saw lilt to the song. The sound byte of coins jingling is then added into the mix and this whole almost fugue of voice, tuba, and jingling coins is created.
Suddenly, (or maybe not so suddenly to an untrained ear) a familiar melody is underneath the vocals and right as the second full strain of lyrics is completed... Ravel's 'Bolero' is playing as the bridge in full orchestral score only for about thirty seconds.
The main lyrics are repeated of course, more slowly and processional-like, also a lot louder, and then the song begins to fade away with 'Bolero' in the background, and the English Horn ends up playing the melody to close out the song along with Rufus' voice in three part harmony humming the opening strain.
It sounds complicated, and it is, but its one of the coolest songs I know!
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