jeff buckley

colincarnate

BOSH!

the man is entitled to his opinion, in fairness JB is a bit boring like come on, i've listened to him a bit now and janey lads... :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:

The jock

colincarnate i know that u have your own view on things but dont rule it for the fans man!this thread was set up to idolise the legend that is jeff buckley.Its not here for Jeff buckley to be slagged at.So could u just go find another thread.Also theres no way Jeff buckleys music is boring. Any body else agree with me?

trilo

THE LAST GOODBYE MOST DEFIENTLY BEST EVA JEFF BUCKLEY SONG.. I HEAR HIM SINGING IT IN MY HEAD NOW... SUCH POWER TO THAT SONG IMO

The jock

Whats goin on!nobody has posted anything to this thread since 21-03-2004 03:42
Its time to liven up the place.

Come on peeps!
Whats your top 5 jeff buckley songs?
Whats your opinion on what his best albums are?
Who here saw jeff buckley in concert?

I ll start you off.

My top five jeff buckley songs would be:
Hallelujah
Grace
Lover you should of come over
You and i
The dinks song
(not in any order)

My opinion on his best album would be that grace and sketches are his best.

I never got the chance to see jeff buckley in concert.I d give anything to have seen him.

girella

five?thats cutting it a bit fine petey!dont you think
ah well ill have a go anyway
dinks song
dream brother
last goodbye
grace
satisfied mind.

never seen him live god damn.
grace has a very very special place in my heart(hate to sound all girly and soppy on you because im not)
all his live albums are SWEET ass also.theres just too much to say.

IgnatiusJRiley

Do you not find Jeff Buckley's music a bit boring?

eclectichoney

in reverse order........


5grace
4dream brother
4last goodbye
2i know we could be so happy baby if we wanted to be
1lover you shpuldve come over

fantastic album grace...have to say i get slagged a lot for liking it as it now seems to be seen as a coffee table album that everyone picks up along with lenny kravitz and the lighthouse family in the HMV 3 for €30 sales....i think thats rubbish, its an absolutely incredible album and probably my fave ever....

music snobs irritate me...

Duffman

In fairness, anyone who dismisses Grace as a "coffee table" album doesn't deserve to be called a music snob.

The jock

Originally posted by girella
five?thats cutting it a bit fine petey!dont you think
ah well ill have a go anyway
dinks song
dream brother
last goodbye
grace
satisfied mind.

well what can i say dearbhaile, but all his songs are great but i wanted to find out what the peeps think his best five are.i agree with you about the grace album as grace has a special place in my heart too(without sounding like a total wuss) as it does in others.Its my favourite album ever,and i suppose others to.But the reason i like it is because it reminds me of something special in my past.

another question for you all.
Why do you think that all the best artists ever died young?
i think that they had to hard of a schedule,lumped on top of the drug taking and drinking.

The jock

Originally posted by IgnatiusJRiley
Do you not find Jeff Buckley's music a bit boring?

Hey man dont ruin it for the fans!you can either post good comments about jeff buckley or else find another thread.

Ichiro

First of all thank you to the Thread Starter.

I am a huge Jeff fan, and am glad to see many of my fellow country men feel the same way I do bout Jeff.

No matter where i am in the world ( i travel a bit, when I can ) I try to introduce my friends abroad to the Magical musical world of Jeff. And am doing well at this Job.
Recently i bought my housemate 'Grace' now he listened to ****e I can tell you but I'm turning him. Anyway about a week later Hallelujah was blaring constantly.
And now the house mate is a fan.

Did anyone catch the program bout him on BBC2 a while back? Brad Pitt was on it talking Bout Jeff and how he was a big fan, now that was weird.

Fav Song would be between 'Lover you should' or 'Everybody here wants you' I do love that.

Another thing i think ( and i want to mention are the two Woeful covers done by (Jamie Cullum and Katie Melua)
Destroying good Jeff songs. Bloody Idiots.

But also love the live at Sin-e ep

Just a big Jeff Buckley fan.

The jock

Originally posted by Ichiro


Did anyone catch the program bout him on BBC2 a while back? Brad Pitt was on it talking Bout Jeff and how he was a big fan, now that was weird

Another thing i think ( and i want to mention are the two Woeful covers done by (Jamie Cullum and Katie Melua)
Destroying good Jeff songs. Bloody Idiots.

I wish i had seen that program on BBC2.
I agree with you about them wasters who done a cover on jeff buckleys songs.
total idiots making a livin off a dead man.tipical!

Also i introduced my mate to jeff buckley a few weeks ago giving him a lend of the grace album .At first he didnt like it but now he cant stop listening to it.He owns a shop and when ever i go into the shop he has hallelujah and grace roaring out of the speakers.

Duffman

Originally posted by The jock
I wish i had seen that program on BBC2.

*cough* *Kazaa* *cough*...

girella

ya i saw that program alright, mighty sad but well worth seeing.
brad pitt i didnt expect nor that it was jennifer aniston that introduced him to jeff buckley!

The jock

Anyone hear about the documentary based on jeff thats has been relesed in america.its based on his life and it involves interviews ,unseen recording clips from studios.The link http://www.amazinggracejeffbuckley.com/flash/_shell.html brings you to the amazing grace:jeff buckley documentary site.

girella

the inevitable has happened, Grace has just started skipping.this is not a good day.

daram

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

girella

so you feel my pain?i was very nearly on the verge of tears.not a nice thing to happen to you when you're already having a bad enough day

megs_88

i love jeff buckley also, "grace" is amazing

The jock

As many of you already know that today is jeff buckleys 7th aniversary since his tragic death.I just thought that all you jb fans would like to light a candle for jeff or write a poem on a site set up to remember jeff today
Light a candle for jeff buckley

or e-mail

rememberingjeff@yahoo.com

I would also like to know are they any fans out there who would like to add there thoughts here on this thread.

R.I.P Jeff Buckley 1966 - 1997

MrJoeSoap

7 Years Gone, never forgotten.

There was apparently a program about him on bbc4 last night at 9 but I only read the e-mail telling me at about 12. It really annoyed me.

On a lighter note, for all you fans out there check this out:

First of all, in the next day or so, Columbia Records/Legacy will be putting out a press release (see link below) announcing the date of August 17th as the official release date of the Legacy Edition of GRACE. It will be a double CD with DVD, like last year's Sin-e' project. The track listing and all the pertinent details about the package are featured in the press release, so I won't waste space, here, recounting those details, except to shout HALLELUJAH! because ALL FOUR of Jeff's music videos are going to be included in the DVD!! VICTORY, AT LAST!

HOORAY !!!!

Also, Jeff Buckleys former bandmates - Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, who are now in a band called "The AM" are playing in Whelans on the 21st of June. Maybe some of us could meet up at it as some sort of unofficial fan club and possibly try and meet the guys? That'd be a fairly surreal moment for me anyway. Girella, you interested?

PS - There are also rumours of a tribute gig, of which Mary Guibert (Jeffs mother) says:

So far, we're working to secure venues in Paris, London, Dublin, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and New York that will seat around 2,000 people, each.

The jock

Also, Jeff Buckleys former bandmates - Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, who are now in a band called "The AM" are playing in Whelans on the 21st of June. Maybe some of us could meet up at it as some sort of unofficial fan club and possibly try and meet the guys? That'd be a fairly surreal moment

Sounds good to me!

parasite

i wish they would stop repackqging his recordings, very distasteful

The jock

Originally posted by parasite
i wish they would stop repackqging his recordings, very distasteful

Are you a Jeff buckley fan or not?

If you are you should be thankful that their repackaging his albums.
Grace is one of the best albums ever released.
This new Legacy Edition of GRACE will have a dvd!
new unseen stuff and his four videos!
If your not a JB fan get the hell out of this thread

Giblet

Originally posted by The jock
If your not a JB fan get the hell out of this thread

Now now!

parasite

uhh ..i've been a fan since before he died, but it's getting like 2pac at this stage .. whatever

imo it's a fleece

I prefer Tim Buckley anyway

blobert

Possibly due to the limited body of work that remains, I think that Mr. Buckley suffers a bit from the overplayed symptom. Take for example Hallelujah. A really fantastic song but at this stage I have heard it so many times it now longer has the same effect it used to.

Plus there's no chance of walking down Grafton Street without some busker (usually the same guy) belting out a substandard version of it. You know the guy I'm talking about...Mr. Hallelujah I believe

:rolleyes:

girella

ya im most definately intersted in seeing them,should be damnm good.

i have to say you cant really say that his music is overplayed,granted hallelujah is but thats the only jeff buckley song ive ever heard on the radio.and anyway we should be gratelful that he's getting some recognition.

tim buckley is great,but i still think jeff pisses all over him,thats just my humble opinion.

if ye hear anymore about that tribute gig be sure and let us know
cheers

Daedalusor

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned 'Je n'en Connais Pas La Fin'. His version on Live at L'Olympia is amazing. Also his rendition of 'Yeh Jo Halka Saroor Rae' on Sin-E shows his musical talent in all its glory. Naysayers please leave now and let us fans praise him

Long live the legend that is Jeff Buckley!

Duffman

Can someone *please* *please* get their hands on a rip of the BBC 4 documentary..

I've missed it twice now... It's on various file sharing networks but it's extremely rare and users never stay connected long enough for me to download it...

One version is available on usenet but I don't know anyone who can access binaries...

The jock

Heres some info about the Legacy Edition Grace album:

Due out Aug. 23 via Columbia, "Grace: Legacy Edition" features the original 1994 album, a 13-track disc of rarities and a DVD featuring four music videos, studio footage and live performances.

The second disc is slated to feature 13 tracks, including five solo numbers recorded during the "Grace" sessions at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, N.Y. Those cuts are covers of Hank Williams' "Lost Highway," Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "Alligator Wine," Bob Dylan's "Mama, You Been on My Mind," a medley of the blues standards "Parchman Farm Blues" and "Preachin' Blues" and Nina Simone's "The Other Woman."

Rounding out the disc is the previously unreleased "Forget Her," which was intended for "Grace" but replaced on the album by "So Real"; the Nag Champa mix of "Dream Brother" and a cover of Big Star's "Kanga-Roo" from the promo-only "Peyote Radio Theater" EP; a previously unreleased version of "Dream Brother" with alternate lyrics; unreleased live versions of "Eternal Life" and the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams"; the Shudder To Think collaboration "I Want Someone Badly" from the "First Love, Last Rights" soundtrack; and the unreleased "Strawberry Street," a 1993 rehearsal recording made with bassist Tom Goodkind and drummer John McNally.

Content for the DVD is still taking shape, but it is confimed to include videos for "Eternal Life," "So Real," "Last Goodbye" and "Grace," plus interviews with Buckley's bandmates and participants in the "Grace" sessions. Other footage expected to make the final cut finds Buckley scoring a string section and in-studio takes of "Hallelujah" and "Grace" that first appeared on the electronic press kit used to promte the album.

Sounds good!
Any one going to the A.M gig on tomorrow 21st june?

mountgarrett

Hi

Coming from the Cohen perspective and knowing at least three of his versions of "Hallelujah" I was driving home late one night and heard Buckely's version. Wow!! Have since bought "Grace" and marvel at his vocal ability especially "Christmas Carol". Apparently his mother had ample opportunity to make a lot of cash out of her departed son, being spurred on by record execs but she refused and has since managed his estate with dignity and respect, releasing only a small amount of work for purely artistic reasons. Have you listened to his Dad, Tim. Not bad either!!

Gatster

I saw him at the Manchester Academy with an audience of around 250 people and it was, as the person I was with put it "A religious experience". A smokey room was perfect...some guy in the audience called John was lucky enough to be there on his birthday and Buckley did a pastiche of Marilyn Monroe singing 'Happy Birthday' to JFK and quite literally, you could have heard a pin drop.

Tim (his Dad) is quality as well, listen to one then the other, it doesn't matter which you get into first really. Lover, you should have come over is the best love song ever (a personal opinion, obviously). Hallelujah was played at a mate of mine's funeral a couple of years back and not one person at that mass has ever forgotten it...

If anyone has the documentary, let us all know! If you can, listen to 'Live At Sin-E first'.

"She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever"

Duffman

Yeah, the version of Lover on Sin é is simply breathtaking, even better than the studio version imho.

Dink's Song is also amazing.

I have the first ten minutes of the documentary.. :dunno: Binaries on usenet is the only place you're sure to find it.. Don't know anyone with access.. It also pops up on DC++ sometimes but never for very long.

MrJoeSoap

Did anyone go the AM gig? I would have, but unfortunately I had to work because I'm going to America next week. I'm going to visit some Jeff Buckley landmarks while I'm there - Sin E, maybe a few others.

I got the "Dream Brother" book off www.amazon.com and its really good, recommended to any fan. Also bought the Grace EP's (on sale for €26.99 in HMV), there's quite a lot of rarities on that, and quite a few 13/14 minute songs!!!

Theres a lot of stuff on www.lastgoodbye.com on his mothers mis-management of his legacy (e.g. - using his music on TV programmes etc... despite Jeff being against it), quite an interesting read.

Anyhoo, keep this thread going, updated with whatever bits of news or stuff you feel important.

Peace,
Joe Soap.

The jock

I didnt manage to get round to going to the A.M gig my self.Its a pity.
I myself would also like to go to america to visit jeff buckley landmarks(maybe someday when i finish college)Its one of my life long dreams .The Dream brother book about Tim and Jeff is an excellent read for any Buckley fan.Grace EPs are also excelent.Cant wait for the legacy edition grace album.

Duffman

Sin É no longer exists afaik.

MrJoeSoap

Originally posted by Duffman
Sin É no longer exists afaik.

Thats tragic, it still exists but has moved from its original location. I might still visit the old one to see what has become of it !

I still find it amazing how Jeff Buckley fans are so much more than just "fans". Its very rare to find someone who just listens to the music every now and again and knows/wants to know little about the guy himself. He was (and remains to be) somewhat of an enigma, a very rare breed of human being (similar in ways to Rory Gallagher).

Anyone agree / offer any other opinions of it ?

girella

"He was (and remains to be) somewhat of an enigma, a very rare breed of human being (similar in ways to Rory Gallagher)."


thats probably one of the best descriptions of him that i've heard.well sumed up

The jock

I totally agree!
Jeff buckley will never ever be replaced as one of the best singers in this world, he was and still is the enigma that has inspired many.Who has a legion of fans that will never forget him.He will truly be missed but will never be found only through his music.I also agree with you on rory gallaher being a rare breed like jeff buckley, Two both truly amazing people.

MrJoeSoap

So the Grace "Legacy Edition" is out, I had totally forgotten about it but luckily stumbled across it in HMV today. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but I'm sure it rules. Anyone heard it yet?

spoiltbrat

MrJoeSoap wrote:

So the Grace "Legacy Edition" is out, I had totally forgotten about it but luckily stumbled across it in HMV today. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but I'm sure it rules. Anyone heard it yet?

OH MY GOD - "Forget Her".... listen, repeat etc. You can see why he didn't want to have it on the album - would have been a huge mainstream hit... probably will be now even though he never wanted it to be released.

The jock

As you may already know tommorow is jeff buckleys birthday.If he was still alive he would be 38.

Doctor J

If he was still alive most folk probably wouldn't give a damn. Death Sells. He was a talented guy but there's nothing like unfulfilled promise to shift a few units.

Nidge

I don't think just any band sells loads of albums after the most important member dies. I mean Nirvana were considered the biggiest band in the world at one point in there career. How can people claim that they became any more popular after he died. I refuse to believe that if billy corgan died instead of cobain that the smashing pumpkins, although great, would have been considered more important or loved.

I think you hear everyone talking about jeff buckley because everyone recommends him to everyone else, not because they heard about his untimely death and so rushed to buy his album. I had 4 different friends tell me he was great before i took a chance on his album. There's no way that Buckleys death was as highly publicised or as widely mourned as Cobain's death. So it's not like everyone could have gone "oh, some guy called Jeff Buckley died i'd better buy his album".

That may sound highly argumentative but i think that Buckley has sold alot many albums cos he is damn good. The only time i've ever seen one of his videos on TV is when there was some legend's of the 90's on. To be honest i think that Buckley would be a far larger name in Music was he still alive. Ok loads of people have "Grace" and wish he had another full album, and probably bought it after he died. But i'd say once The Verve split up loads of people bought their bitter sweet symphony album too.

Doctor J

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking him, I like his work, I can honestly say I was into his music long before he died. However, had he not died he'd probably be as big as Grant Lee Buffalo are today, his time most likely would have come and gone. The benefit dead artists have is that they don't get the opportunity to soil their legacy. So there's Grace, the unfinished Sketches album and a few EPs which aren't quite the finished article. They're good stuff but not all time classics IMO. Imagine how imporatant Radiohead would be if they'd died before OK Computer. Part of the legacy of a dead artist is the potential for future greatness, based on their past alone. You listen to Grace and you think it's amazing, but imagine what he could have done had he lived, and that's part of the appeal. Buckley never got the chance to extend himself, to express himself fully, musically, to experiment and by doing so, alienating a lot of his early fanbase. Hence, his immacualte reputation among new listeners and old listeners who are safe in the knowledge that we'll never hear him do a Rock Opera.


Than there's Tupac

mountgarrett

Continuing the " Hallelujah " theme just heard Canadian KD Lang do a version on Jools Holland last Friday night. Great performance.

girella

hey guys sorry ive been neglecting this place for a while
well its jeffs birthday today
its my friends anniversary also today so im going to go listen to grace now and think of both of them
hope ye all spend the day well
take care and ill talk to you soon
girella

The jock

I woke up this morning and the first song i heard on the radio was jeff's "Last goodbye".Coincedence or what? I have been listening to grace ever since then,non stop.He was truly just an amazing vocalist that will never ever be replaced.To others today is just another ordinary day but to us fans, today is a day to tribute the legend that is jeff buckley!

MrJoeSoap

Happy Birthday Jeff!

I reckon I'll spend the night listening to Grace and pondering what could have been (sorry Doctor J).