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My Sweetheart, the drunk...

HunterandHuntedHunterandHunted Posts: 140
edited December 2006 in Other Music
If you haven't already, may i humbly recommend that you download/listen to the Jeff Buckley's recordings in production when he died......'my sweetheart' are unmastered copies from his 8-track found after he died....In particular - 'Morning Theft' and 'Everybody here wants you'.....And special thanks to his mother who authorised the release of these haunting, beautiful tracks....Life is richer for them......H
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  • ShE.dREAmS.in.CoLOrShE.dREAmS.in.CoLOr Posts: 341
    oooo! where'd you download this from!?
    1998 : 9/19
    2000 : 9/4
    2003 : 7/1
    2006 : 5/30
    2007 : 8/5
    2008 : 6/17; 6/19; 6/20; 6/22; 6/24; 6/25; 8/16 (EV); 8/21 (EV); 8/22 (EV)
    2009 : 6/11 (EV); 6/12 (EV); 8/23; 8/24; 10/27; 10/28; 10/30; 10/31
    2010 : 5/13
    2012 : 9/2; 9/21; 11/27 (EV); 11/28 (EV)
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i wouldn't say they were 'found after he died'. these are the songs he was working on when he drowned. his band were en route to memphis to put their lot down when he went swimming. it's not like this was a holy grail or anything.
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  • La St. LaLa St. La Posts: 28
    sweethear the drunk makes me all gooey inside.
  • dharma69dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    HunterandHunted wrote:
    If you haven't already, may i humbly recommend that you download/listen to the Jeff Buckley's recordings in production when he died......'my sweetheart' are unmastered copies from his 8-track found after he died....In particular - 'Morning Theft' and 'Everybody here wants you'.....And special thanks to his mother who authorised the release of these haunting, beautiful tracks....Life is richer for them......H
    "Sketches For My Sweetheart...." is really rough in some places but you can't hold that against it since he never got to put the finishing touches on. But "Everybody Here Wants You" is wonderful as is. I also love "Witches' Rave".

    Just one more reason to mourn the loss of him.
    "I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

    ...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

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  • aoifeaoife Posts: 126
    HunterandHunted wrote:
    If you haven't already, may i humbly recommend that you download/listen to the Jeff Buckley's recordings in production when he died......'my sweetheart' are unmastered copies from his 8-track found after he died....In particular - 'Morning Theft' and 'Everybody here wants you'.....And special thanks to his mother who authorised the release of these haunting, beautiful tracks....Life is richer for them......H
    i love this album especially morning theft and nightmares by the sea and you and i and well most of the songs coz they are excellent
    "If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic then all of your efforts would have been in vain. England will still rule you through her capitalists ,landlords and commercial institutions"
  • prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    its a great album i really like his cover of satisfied mind and yard of blonde girls, well worth a buy
  • AzwethinkweizAzwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    Disc 1 is amazing.

    Disc 2 is meh..
  • HunterandHuntedHunterandHunted Posts: 140
    catefrances wrote:
    i wouldn't say they were 'found after he died'. these are the songs he was working on when he drowned. his band were en route to memphis to put their lot down when he went swimming. it's not like this was a holy grail or anything.


    Well you might not - but no-one else had heard them while he was still alive - And I don't think you read my post clearly - as in the 'these are songs he was working on when he drowned' part....You and Fins should get married - gross attempts at pedantry should always be united......H
    What do you call 3 sheep tied together in the middle of Wales? - A Leisure Centre.
  • HunterandHuntedHunterandHunted Posts: 140
    ShE.dREAmS.in.CoLOr wrote:
    oooo! where'd you download this from!?

    You can get it on Limewire - or pretty sure BearShare will have it....Soulseek? Perhaps....H
    What do you call 3 sheep tied together in the middle of Wales? - A Leisure Centre.
  • grace6697grace6697 Posts: 1,191
    who knows what we could have heard from him?

    sigh.
    take your money and your drugs.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    HunterandHunted wrote:
    Well you might not - but no-one else had heard them while he was still alive - And I don't think you read my post clearly - as in the 'these are songs he was working on when he drowned' part....You and Fins should get married - gross attempts at pedantry should always be united......H


    actually you're wrong. jeff had worked on these songs with tom verlaine and andy wallace. he'd even sent copies of what he was working on to his band to expedite the recording process.

    so yes, on facts i will get as pedantic as i need to be. :)

    and whilst i wouldn't marry fins, i could learn a great deal from him. and that's a bigger attraction than anything else. :p
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  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    weren't most of the songs on "sketches...." songs that he was unhappy with. Isn't that the reason he went back home ( i think), so he could get some inspiration?
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    mdigenakis wrote:
    weren't most of the songs on "sketches...." songs that he was unhappy with. Isn't that the reason he went back home ( i think), so he could get some inspiration?

    no.
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  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    sure?
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketches_for_My_Sweetheart_the_Drunk
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    mdigenakis wrote:
    sure?

    well i imagine like most musicians, jeff went through periods of not being happy with work in progress. and jeff especially was one not to be 'just happy' with his stuff. the band was in memphis with jeff and it was they that left while he worked on. ironically it was whilst they were returning to him that jeff left this world.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • HunterandHuntedHunterandHunted Posts: 140
    catefrances wrote:
    well i imagine like most musicians, jeff went through periods of not being happy with work in progress. and jeff especially was one not to be 'just happy' with his stuff. the band was in memphis with jeff and it was they that left while he worked on. ironically it was whilst they were returning to him that jeff left this world.

    Irony. I will never release, until upon open ground.
    What do you call 3 sheep tied together in the middle of Wales? - A Leisure Centre.
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketches_for_My_Sweetheart_the_Drunk

    Thanks. It's sad.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • giventoyfly316giventoyfly316 Posts: 72
    This might sound sad, but my introduction to Jeff Buckley was hearing one of his songs in the background of a scene in "Vanilla Sky". By extension, my introduction to this album was when I heard "New Year's Prayer" playing over the saga sell of "The Dead Zone" when it premiered on USA.

    This album doesn't get as much time in my stereo as "Grace" or "Live at Sin-E", but the first disc has some amazing songs. As others have noted, "Everybody Here Wants You" is one such song. I fell in love with it, particularly from the bridge on, upon first listen. The second disc, on the other hand, feels exactly like stuff that was never meant for release, though I won't second guess the beautiful cover of "Satisfied Mind".

    Having now heard Mystery White Boy, I wonder why Jeff wasn't working on studio versions of "What Will You Say" and "I Woke Up in a Strange Place".
  • «¤tîg®ê§§¤»«¤tîg®ê§§¤» Posts: 5,137
    beautiful beautiful music...any Buckley fan should get it.
    Some of the tunes on it are a little out there, but it just gives essence to what was and will remain a great and magical musician
    he who forgets will be destined to remember
  • bigmuzzbigmuzz Posts: 299
    'satisfied mind' is one of my fave songs by him...its hauntingly beautiful

    i got this album off ebay a few months back......any jeff fan should get it definitely.
    Sydney Wed 8 Nov 2006....

    when all are one and one is all, to be a rock and not to roll.........

    see me @ www.myspace.com/bigmuzz

    keep on rockin!.......
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    any jeff fan worth their salt, should already have it. :D
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  • dharma69dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    I just turned on "New Year's Prayer" and *sigh*.......the song is heavenly, isn't it?

    Sexy, mystical, groovy, bass-heavy......with that angel voice on top.
    "I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

    ...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

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  • nocode23nocode23 Posts: 411
    Yard of Blonde Girls! Fantastic stuff.
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    Is the Grace Bonus dvd album worth buying?
    my copy of Grace is a little messed up, Last Goodbye dosen't work anymore.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    mdigenakis wrote:
    Is the Grace Bonus dvd album worth buying?
    my copy of Grace is a little messed up, Last Goodbye dosen't work anymore.

    if you are talking about the Grace Legacy 10th anniversary edition, then absolutely it's worth buying. the second CD has 'forget her', an hilarious rendition of 'alligator wine' where you hear jeff laugh at the end. priceless.
    you also get to hear him sing nina simone's 'the other woman' and 'i want someone badly' with shudder to think. not to mention a version of 'kanga-roo' that goes for 14 minutes. there is no such thing as too much buckley.

    do it. go out and buy it right now. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • bigmuzzbigmuzz Posts: 299
    yeah, the grace legacy edition is worth it for disc 2 alone.....
    Sydney Wed 8 Nov 2006....

    when all are one and one is all, to be a rock and not to roll.........

    see me @ www.myspace.com/bigmuzz

    keep on rockin!.......
  • GillGill Posts: 56
    My sweetheart the drunk is just spectacular, Vancouver especially. i hear the opening chords and it just sends shivers down my spine i find it that amazing. It's just so emotive and just such a pity such an amazing musician left before his time was up.

    As for the Grace Legacy edition, there's some classics on the second disk, like Strawberry Street, Forget Her and the alternative version of 'Dream Brother'. Whilst some of the others are good, i didnt personally think there was much that stood out. Well worth it, though, especially for the docu disk.

    Live at Sin-e legacy edition is the spectacular one. You get to hear Jeff's banter with the crowd.

    And if you want to hear anything by him, including rare tracks, go to http://www.mojopin.org and onto the mojoradio. SOme of these are just utterly amazing - especially 'all flowers in time bend towards the sun' sung with elizabeth fraser.
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