Jeff Buckley

sweet adeline

buckley is timeless. absolutely amazing. i named my golden retriever "buckley" after him.

supposedly he covered a pearl jam song (i think indifference) and played it for ed and it blew ed away. this is complete heresay; i've never heard his cover, someone just posted about this once on the board.

Scratchin a Letter

sweet adeline wrote:

i named my golden retriever "buckley" after him.

Have you not seen The Royal Tennenbaums?

sweet adeline

Scratchin a Letter wrote:

Have you not seen The Royal Tennenbaums?

i have. but that was a beagle. seems like william f. and not jeff would have been the inspiration for that dogs name

Scratchin a Letter

sweet adeline wrote:

i have. but that was a beagle. seems like william f. and not jeff would have been the inspiration for that dogs name

Ah good point

elmer

you should hear some of his fathers music, I got the Honeyman live album recently and have to say no question I prefer tims voice, richer and ultimatly he has (obviously) a greater collection of songs. Ive always thought Grace to be slightly flawed, certainly not an opinion much shared tho

hippiemom

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Saw him live. He was good.

I can't even put into words how jealous I am!!!!

nocode23

Yard Of Blonde Girls-listening to it now. Buckley is fantastic!

La St. La

he makes me all OOOOO with lovies

soulshine

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Saw him live. He was good.

I'm sooooooooooooo jealous.


If ever there was a tragedy in the loss of a musician, it was him. His music has meant a ton to me......he gives me chills, even the way he talks, search him on youtube and listen to some interviews or the interview from his EP of Grace....he was a beautiful soul. If there's a heaven, I hope he's singing me in when my day comes....

PearlJamTen

soulshine wrote:

I'm sooooooooooooo jealous.


If ever there was a tragedy in the loss of a musician, it was him. His music has meant a ton to me......he gives me chills, even the way he talks, search him on youtube and listen to some interviews or the interview from his EP of Grace....he was a beautiful soul. If there's a heaven, I hope he's singing me in when my day comes....

Gave me chills when I first heard him as well. Too bad I found him a few months before he died. My first reaction was NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it can't be!! Then I thought "we have lost someone someone great here". Another thought was "i will never see him live" :(

Lucky the peeps that did see him live!

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CAEC8CC292E2B765

ShE.dREAmS.in.CoLOr

anytime i listen to Grace and "Hallelujah" comes on, i have to stop and just admire the sheer beauty of this song. his vocals, in general, are spectacular but in this song he just nails every note. his voice is so natural and effortless. what an amazing musician. a very sad loss :(

FinsburyParkCarrots

soulshine wrote:

I'm sooooooooooooo jealous.


If ever there was a tragedy in the loss of a musician, it was him. His music has meant a ton to me......he gives me chills, even the way he talks, search him on youtube and listen to some interviews or the interview from his EP of Grace....he was a beautiful soul. If there's a heaven, I hope he's singing me in when my day comes....

He played Cambridge Junction, in something like 1995. I can't quite remember the year. The Junction was a much smaller venue then, than it is now. I think it would only have held a few hundred, in those days. I went to see him because I was, and still am, a Tim Buckley fan. I know that comparisons are unfair, but inevitable. I'm still more of a Tim fan. But I really liked Jeff. I was close enough to make frequent eye contact: he was an intense performer but also an easygoing, normal kind of bloke onstage. He was obviously very bright, too. I remember thinking, it's cool having somebody like Jeff around, with taste, passion, and ideas. You felt that as long as there were artists like Jeff was around, the music world was safe, just yet.

catefrances

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

He played Cambridge Junction, in something like 1995. I can't quite remember the year. The Junction was a much smaller venue then, than it is now. I think it would only have held a few hundred, in those days. I went to see him because I was, and still am, a Tim Buckley fan. I know that comparisons are unfair, but inevitable. I'm still more of a Tim fan. But I really liked Jeff. I was close enough to make frequent eye contact: he was an intense performer but also an easygoing, normal kind of bloke onstage. He was obviously very bright, too. I remember thinking, it's cool having somebody like Jeff around, with taste, passion, and ideas. You felt that as long as there were artists like Jeff was around, the music world was safe, just yet.

interesting. for years i held off listening to TIM because of my love of jeff. last year i gave in. i bought his eponymous album and hello goodbye, as well as greetings from LA. i didn't take to tim's voice at all. i couldn't sing along with him. so i left him upon my shelf for a while. i came back and again gave him a go. this time i was more appreciative. i think i needed time for his voice to sink into my thick head. i bought a couple of more albums. but for me jeff is the one. we need the buckleys of this world. unfortunately there are just not enough of them around. but then again, maybe that's the way it should be.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Tim, aged nineteen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JAT859NotE

A Surprise Left

grace was such an awesome album obviously but he would have made such great music after that period. listening to songs like "the sky is a landfill" and "everybody's here" only reinforces that view.

Azwethinkweiz

Jeff Buckley was a truly amazing musician.