Jeff Buckley... The Greatest

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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    Mokkihewa said:

    I believe it's BBC Documentary 'Everybody Here Wants You'. I saw it on youtube.

    Thanks
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  • Mokkihewa
    Mokkihewa Posts: 79
    RobbyD462 said:

    Mokkihewa said:

    I believe it's BBC Documentary 'Everybody Here Wants You'. I saw it on youtube.

    Thanks
    :)
    You're welcome :)

    Denmark Copenhagen Forum 10-07-2012
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Yay, more activity on this thread! Mokkihewa, compared to the vast number of fans that Jeff developed over the years, it's a relatively small number that got to see him live because of his passing so young. I know that's not much consolation, but there are so many who are sad about never having gotten to see him. I hear his mom is really tight about the videos and audio recordings she has, but rumor has it that she has all of both "Live at L'Olympia" shows from Paris. My hope is that she'll release them some day, since "Live at L'Olympia" is my single favorite Jeff album, if I had to pick one. His mom definitely has the audio, but I'm hoping she has video too, and releases it.

    Jeff was an incredible being. I was incredibly fortunate to see him play 3 times at Sin-e, but all short sets. And I became the massive fan I am now after seeing those shows, so I didn't quite appreciate them as I would have if I already "got him" then. I spent some time beating myself up for not appreciating him enough then and being such a big fan after the fact. But you get it when you get it, and I am grateful that I'm aware of his immense talent, because it's had quite an impact on my life.
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    This is kind of random, but I wanted to share another super intense Jeff moment (or moment about Jeff), that I witnessed but only got to understand after I really truly "found" him and his depth years later. I went to a festival in NYC in, well it was the year Jeff passed. Natalie Merchant was one of the main stage performers, but a woman named Katell Keineg (sp?) was also performing on a different stage. She joined Natalie during her set and they spoke of the loss fo a dear friend (they had just recently found Jeff's body), and then went on to play a song of Katell's called, I think it was called "Gulf of Araby". Turns out they were absolutely singing about Jeff, Katell had performed at Sin-e and with Jeff but more importantly she dated him, and as she and Natalie sang this song they both pretty much broke down in the deepest sobs and grief onstage, it was like a tidal wave of grief. It affected everyone, even people who had no idea who they were singing about, but it was also a release and empowering by the end. It was truly heartbreaking to witness.

    Katell wrote Gulf or Araby before Jeff passed, but it certainly became totally relevant to his passing.

    Here is one verse:

    The Gulf, the Gulf of Araby

    Well, we would plough and part the earth to bring you home
    And harvest every miracle ever known
    And if they laid out all the things
    That these ten years were to bring
    We would gladly give them up
    To bring you back to us
    O, there is nothing we would not give
    To kiss you and to believe we could take what is, what is, what is
    To what can never be



    In a similar vein, if any of you are Glen Hansard fans, he did a song with his awesome band The Frames called "Neath the Beeches" and it is his farewell to Jeff, since he knew Jeff before Jeff was famous. He wrote it when Jeff passed.
  • Mokkihewa
    Mokkihewa Posts: 79
    JH6056, Jeff's music certainly need more attention in my opinion. I'm so honored and excited that you took the time to give me a taste of what Jeff was. I know that the number of fans who got to experience Jeff live before he died is small. That said, I feel quite honored and lucky to have read this anecdote. It feels like I took a step closer to Jeff's being. I would really be excited if Jeff's mother would release the "Live at L'Olympia" someday because it's truly an amazing live album. I can't that I'm actually talking to a fan who has seen and experienced him live and even 3 times. I can imagine, it must be odd to be such a great fan of him afterwards experiencing him live when you didn't quite 'get him' then. I would probably have felt the same. Jeff's music has already a great impact on my life so I can relate.

    Random isn't a bad thing. I actually think that it's precious information concerning Jeff and how I see him as a musician/person and what surrounded him. I appreciate you share it with me/other fans. It must have been very harsh to have been around all those people at the festival and then having the news broken to you. The lyrics performed are eerie and I can't believe she wrote that before he passed. Those words are strong and does almost hurt to read. I would like to hear the song. I'm going to check out the other song you mentioned at the bottom by The Frames.

    Thank you so much for your reply.
    Denmark Copenhagen Forum 10-07-2012
  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    Mokkihewa, I'm sad too that I never got to see him perform live. A friend of mine went to Roskilde in '94 think it was and saw him there. She took a photo of him onstage for me, and that photo is still on the door inside my wardrobe. But his music lives on...
    Kool Kat Club 1992, Moderna museet 1992, Globen 2012, Friends arena 2014
  • Mokkihewa
    Mokkihewa Posts: 79
    bluegrace, yeah I understand there is a lot of us who didn't get the chance. I found out that he had also performed at a Jazz café in denmark and next time I'm going to Copenhagen I need to visit that place. I truly feel his music still lives on just like his spirit. I can feel the energy going through me with every song. He really gave everything he had and I'm forever grateful. Thank you for your kind words.
    Denmark Copenhagen Forum 10-07-2012
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    giving Grace a listen today as it the anniversary of his passing

    May 29, 1997

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    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    edited May 2014
    Only the other day I watched the BBC documentary about Jeff Buckley again and went on to listen to his music. He has been on my mind ever since and I realised only today that it's the anniversary day.
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    Kool Kat Club 1992, Moderna museet 1992, Globen 2012, Friends arena 2014
  • Inzzzane
    Inzzzane México Posts: 20
    I've just watched the BBC documentary and I didn't have repair on the fact that PJ, Nirvana members and Jeff were contemporaries... so then I made a Google research and found this video from Jeff while recording Hallelujah, doing Eddie's voice and singing "Leonard Cohen spoke in class today"... and also there's this anecdote from Ed, sayin that Jeff played for him a version from 'Indifference' 
    Can you imagine?
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,481
    edited April 2023
    Love Jeff Buckley! Found his music about 20 years ago. The legacy Grace and Sin-e albums are incredible. Love listening to My Sweetheart, the Drunk. Need to give a rewatch of my his live in Chicago dvd.

    Such an amazing voice. Lover, You Should Have Come Over is an all time favorite of mine.

    I always loved Wave Goodbye on Cornell’s first solo album. Apparently that was written about Jeff as well. Seems they were friends.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Agreed. The Sine set is absolutely sublime. 
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