Jeff Buckley (lyrics, rock, albums, review, covers)

=ladyface= · 10-26-2007, 12:39 PM

I don't recall disrespecting you or your wonderful Jeff Buckley.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-26-2007, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mookie Wilson

fair enough, different music in/for different generations.

he did some great covers cuz it was early in his very brief career.

As I was born a good few years after Jeff Buckley was i'd rather not consider myself as being a part of his dad's generation. Besides I don't think somethings age should count against it. I prefer his fathers music because he seemed more aware of music in general & experimented more often ,plus I think he was a better songwriter.
Is it fair to compare his body of work with his sons one and only finished album? Probably not ,but that's all there is to go by. He may have ended up a better songwriter , his music may have got more experimental , he could have done plenty of things , but he didn't. And that is my biggest problem with people who love this album. People want to heighten up all the positives of it & think what could have been and it's treated as a 'what could have been' rather than what it is. And what it is to me is an album that shows some promise but relies far too much on other peoples songs.

Mojo · 02-04-2008, 05:39 PM

This threads kinda funny really. Apologies to certain people for bumping it I guess.

In response to a previous post (pages back) I think 'amazing' is more than a valid word to describe 'Grace'.

Grace is without a doubt my favourite record. Let down a little by Corpus Christi Carol but as close to a perfect record as I've ever heard.

Ive noticed Jeff Buckley fans can get kind of defensive. I can, I try not to with music because I can't see the point but with Jeff Buckley I cant help it sometimes. However, I have never seen a Buckley fan attempt to force their love down peoples throats and pass it off as absolute, unarguable fact.

I think the guy was such a talented lyricist and songwriter, a greatly underrated guitarist and only surpassed vocally by Robert Plant - and I don't need quotes from Elton John to reinforce that belief.

Dizzys in the wolf · 02-04-2008, 05:51 PM

Grace is simply cathartic.

I've loved Corpus Christi since the first time I heard it and fail to understand what people have against it, It is beautiful.

From what I've heard from Grace, he was a decent lyricist, but he did show a lot of promise in his lyrics. It was always more about his voice than the words he sang anyway.

Mojo · 02-05-2008, 08:57 AM

I dont have anything Corpus Christi Carol. It was about as un radio friendly a song as you can get and a lot of Jeff Buckley is like that. Its typical Jeff Buckley. I just think its the weakest track he did, certainly the weakest on Grace.

His voice is obviously incredible but I've gotta disagree to an extent. Buckley is an artist that makes me want to take out the sleeve and read the lyrics.

capybara · 02-05-2008, 11:45 AM

oh my god, he is AMAZING. i love love love him. its awful that he's not around. i wish i could see what he would produce as he got older.
for SHAME!

i do however, have to agree that tim buckley was and is painfully talented as well. his lyrics and music in general are more raw and older and seemingly more cultured as an artist.as far as i am concerned, jeff was and always will be a "what could have been". he was undeniably talented vocally and as a guitarist but he just never got to where he ..could have been. its just a shame, plain and simple.

Mojo · 02-05-2008, 02:26 PM

"tim buckley was and is painfully talented as well"

Is? :S

spark10036 · 02-06-2008, 05:39 PM

Jeff is the biggest casualty in modern music history, even bigger then Kurt Cobain was. He was just genius.
I saw the video for Everybody Here Wants You last month for the first time and it became from that moment my favourite song.

GuitarBizarre · 02-06-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurt_Cobain

I didn't wanna catergorise this guy incase people didnt read the topic.
Jeff was an amzing artist, writing one of my favourite songs 'Hallelujah'. He wrote the phenomanal 'Grace' and was extremely talented.
Well Jeff died mysteriously in a boating accident in 1997. God I remember crying, he wrote such beautiful lyrics.
It was recently the anniversary of his passing and I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on Jeff.

Jeff didn't write hallelujah, it was a Leonard Cohen cover.

GuitarBizarre · 02-06-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

i think i read it somewhere that it was 7 octaves...the album is quite eclectic, almost prog rock at certain points...some reviewer on amazon said it was too depressing to listen...i can't say i see it as depressing....at all actually....just beautiful..
damn shame the man died...

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02-04-2008, 05:51 PM	#94 (permalink)
Dizzys in the wolf Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 158	Grace is simply cathartic. I've loved Corpus Christi since the first time I heard it and fail to understand what people have against it, It is beautiful. From what I've heard from Grace, he was a decent lyricist, but he did show a lot of promise in his lyrics. It was always more about his voice than the words he sang anyway. __________________ There’s something about seeing this city at night Where we can say what we want and do what we like. These streets are empty but we don't feel alone, We can run in the dark and sleep on the roads.

02-06-2008, 05:39 PM	#98 (permalink)
spark10036 locomotive power Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: too drunk to remember Posts: 518	Jeff is the biggest casualty in modern music history, even bigger then Kurt Cobain was. He was just genius. I saw the video for Everybody Here Wants You last month for the first time and it became from that moment my favourite song. __________________ ...siempre es possible

10-26-2007, 12:39 PM	#91 (permalink)
=ladyface= Sounds Like Disco Tetris Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 346	I don't recall disrespecting you or your wonderful Jeff Buckley.

02-04-2008, 05:39 PM	#93 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	This threads kinda funny really. Apologies to certain people for bumping it I guess. In response to a previous post (pages back) I think 'amazing' is more than a valid word to describe 'Grace'. Grace is without a doubt my favourite record. Let down a little by Corpus Christi Carol but as close to a perfect record as I've ever heard. Ive noticed Jeff Buckley fans can get kind of defensive. I can, I try not to with music because I can't see the point but with Jeff Buckley I cant help it sometimes. However, I have never seen a Buckley fan attempt to force their love down peoples throats and pass it off as absolute, unarguable fact. I think the guy was such a talented lyricist and songwriter, a greatly underrated guitarist and only surpassed vocally by Robert Plant - and I don't need quotes from Elton John to reinforce that belief.

02-05-2008, 08:57 AM	#95 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I dont have anything Corpus Christi Carol. It was about as un radio friendly a song as you can get and a lot of Jeff Buckley is like that. Its typical Jeff Buckley. I just think its the weakest track he did, certainly the weakest on Grace. His voice is obviously incredible but I've gotta disagree to an extent. Buckley is an artist that makes me want to take out the sleeve and read the lyrics.

02-05-2008, 11:45 AM	#96 (permalink)
capybara Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	oh my god, he is AMAZING. i love love love him. its awful that he's not around. i wish i could see what he would produce as he got older. for SHAME! i do however, have to agree that tim buckley was and is painfully talented as well. his lyrics and music in general are more raw and older and seemingly more cultured as an artist.as far as i am concerned, jeff was and always will be a "what could have been". he was undeniably talented vocally and as a guitarist but he just never got to where he ..could have been. its just a shame, plain and simple.

02-05-2008, 02:26 PM	#97 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	"tim buckley was and is painfully talented as well" Is? :S