Jeff Buckley Changed Everything.

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2022
  • I have been asked to speak about Jeff Buckley by a lot of you who watch this channel. Today, I'm going to just that. I'm specifically going to react to his song "Lilac Wine". He was incredible singer, one of the best. In some ways, he changed music.
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  • @DawnDee
    @DawnDee Год назад +1494

    ‘Lover, You Should’ve Come Over’ is one of the best songs ever written and sung

    • @moodfox6024
      @moodfox6024 Год назад +52

      Beyond good. Otherworldly.

    • @nachodaddy4442
      @nachodaddy4442 Год назад +38

      Honestly, I don't want to say it makes me cry, but it brings tears to my eyes EVERY SINGLE TIME I listen to it.

    • @scrim8635
      @scrim8635 Год назад +9

      So true!!!

    • @kathrynrose7371
      @kathrynrose7371 Год назад +23

      One of my favourite ever songs !! There are no words to describe how amazing it is

    • @driesvanoosten4417
      @driesvanoosten4417 Год назад +16

      @@nachodaddy4442 it does make me cry every time and have made it clear to my loved ones that it is to be played at my funeral.

  • @jfricard
    @jfricard Год назад +404

    “I wish that he was still alive; that’s what I wish.” That sentiment was delivered as sweetly as Buckley’s angelic voice. And struck as deeply.

    • @American-Dragon
      @American-Dragon Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/qKMi1_Uyyec/видео.html
      I just wrote this yesterday. It is about famous people that almost become immortal when they pass too soon.
      My sister went to menouth colledge outside of dublin. Nannied in London in the summers. Saw Jeff in a small club there. Oh that was so real.

    • @Altruismusic
      @Altruismusic Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/_g2fdRT2ztA/видео.html

  • @Mrvictorfernandes
    @Mrvictorfernandes Год назад +399

    "I hope that people who liked him resist the temptation to turn his life and death into some dumb romantic fantasy - he was so much better than that. Not everyone can get up and sing something they take a liking to and make it their own, sing true to their heart and be curious about all different strains of music... Jeff did that naturally [by] taking a song into his own world. Only a handful of people are capable of that."
    - Elvis Costello, "Mojo" magazine (August, 1997)

  • @ScottW2000
    @ScottW2000 Год назад +234

    When I think of Jeff I just feel an aching, profound sadness. Jeff is one of the all time greats and in many ways I believe that the music industry never recovered from his loss. He was that massive of a talent. A voice touched by God.

    • @TatjanaTomljenovic
      @TatjanaTomljenovic Год назад +5

      He was he is the best singer and guitarist for all times.
      Only 4 years I listening him and cant stop.Every day.Alwas differet but consistent.Unique.

  • @pmor4272
    @pmor4272 Год назад +184

    “Everybody here wants you” is also an incredible song - sexy, atmospheric, completely incapsulates that anticipatory moment of arriving somewhere for the night and only wanting to spend the rest of it with one person

    • @Obiwan702
      @Obiwan702 Год назад +6

      I totally agree, also has a hint of jealousy to round out every other emotion

    • @cecilcharlesofficial
      @cecilcharlesofficial Год назад +2

      Have you heard Lewis Taylor's cover? Have you heard Lewis Taylor? :)

  • @iconocat
    @iconocat Год назад +106

    Heart ripping fact: It was Chris Cornell who helped put Sketches together with Jeff’s mom, Mary. Also, Chris made an incredible tribute song for him called “Wave Goodbye.” It’s so hard for me to listen to it without being destroyed though. 💜

  • @benjaminherbert8569
    @benjaminherbert8569 Год назад +308

    His performance of 'Grace' on the BBC Late Show is one of the greatest musical displays any human has accomplished.

    • @scrim8635
      @scrim8635 Год назад +5

      The best!!

    • @noodles6206
      @noodles6206 Год назад +10

      Just watched it - thanks for the tip. It’s wonderful ❤️

    • @catarrhal
      @catarrhal Год назад +6

      1000%.

    • @tomarmstrong887
      @tomarmstrong887 Год назад +3

      Yep

    • @rknrlgrl6146
      @rknrlgrl6146 Год назад +7

      Agreed. His performance on that show was mezmerizing. What an amazing voice he had and a such great guitar player as well.

  • @goldiestarling
    @goldiestarling Год назад +79

    His voice is like a hug for the soul. 😭

  • @ledoynier3694
    @ledoynier3694 Год назад +129

    his duo with Liz Fraser, "All flowers in time" is one that just rips tears off dry eyes.
    Jeff was the embodiment of what a shooting star is. He is gone too soon, but god did he shine bright in his short time among us. I have listened to Grace too many times to keep count but i can't get tired of it.

    • @teddybears4life240
      @teddybears4life240 Год назад +3

      Omg‼️‼️‼️ oh im checking that out❗
      Thank uuuuuu 🤍🤍🤍

    • @kirsten2415
      @kirsten2415 Год назад +12

      that song is such a treasure. i stumbled across it about a year ago. it broke my heart in a good way.

    • @augsbourne
      @augsbourne Год назад +7

      That duet with Liz Frazier makes me feel an emotion I’m not sure I can describe.

    • @andy2950
      @andy2950 Год назад +2

      They had a brief but passionate affair, swapped diaries and neuroses.
      But Liz couldn't get inside his head.

    • @andy2950
      @andy2950 Год назад +5

      @@kirsten2415 Elizabeth wasn't happy to see this released. She said it was too personal and an unfinished demo.

  • @antsteep
    @antsteep Год назад +127

    I was fortunate to see Jeff Buckley play a few times. I once saw him soundcheck in a small venue in Melbourne, Australia and he walked with his guitar over to the bar to serenade the the bar girl setting up for her shift. He was so charismatic and witty.

    • @EduardoUmanzor
      @EduardoUmanzor Год назад +2

      This is amazing, wow.

    • @m1169199
      @m1169199 Год назад

      This sounds creepy AF....... Do you know if she ever complained to the management about the harassment?

    • @antsteep
      @antsteep Год назад +11

      It sounds creepy on paper but the attention was consensual.

    • @peachmelba1000
      @peachmelba1000 Год назад +19

      @@m1169199 Is your brain made of cottage cheese?

    • @peachmelba1000
      @peachmelba1000 Год назад +9

      @@antsteep it doesn't down creepy at all. It sounds funny and romantic.

  • @rage12345678
    @rage12345678 Год назад +99

    "Our Last Goodbye" is one of the most incredibly composed songs of all time, imo. It has 4 changes, there is no chorus, it's constantly evolving and progressing...and yet it's easily capable of hooking you in. And every verse change hits you harder and harder emotionally. JB's voice was absolutely epic. I discovered him when I was getting into The Darkness, Muse, Radiohead, et al and that's when I came across "Our Last Goodbye" and I just stopped dead in my tracks. Brilliant. Loved seeing it covered during the tribute concert, too.

    • @kylebencruzat7698
      @kylebencruzat7698 10 месяцев назад

      A lovely summary of a beautiful song. You and I have walked similar musical journeys my friend. 😊

  • @iainhaggart4133
    @iainhaggart4133 Год назад +220

    Shout out to Violet Grohl the other week for covering Last Goodbye and Grace because she smashed it and standing there in the audience had me on the verge of tears

    • @andrewlowery6030
      @andrewlowery6030 Год назад +7

      She did an incredible job, it's so hard to cover songs by Jeff Buckley.

    • @guitarhero6922
      @guitarhero6922 Год назад +1

      Absolutely what a performance ❤

    • @MrGatoSmith
      @MrGatoSmith Год назад +5

      Violet's voice was absolutely beautiful and powerful. It was a shame that one of the guitarists was SO out of tune during Last Goodbye. What an awful blunder.

    • @jrepp11
      @jrepp11 Год назад

      She crushed it.

    • @71hammyman
      @71hammyman Год назад

      First heard last goodbye in the film vanilla sky, been obsessed with that song and Jeff Buckley ever since, one of the best voices.

  • @WKHC
    @WKHC Год назад +34

    His Dad Tim had a haunting voice and Jeff took it up a notch. Such a tragic family but changed music for their short time with us

    • @melaniestaples9431
      @melaniestaples9431 Год назад +4

      Yes, Tim Buckley was where he got his pipes from, very underated singer

  • @eva_toth
    @eva_toth Год назад +69

    His version of "Hallelujah" always gives me the chills. So beautiful.

    • @totito3877
      @totito3877 Год назад +2

      try listening to hallelujah's live version at cabaret metro, for me is its peak of performance :)

    • @robvp71
      @robvp71 8 месяцев назад +3

      agreed, I cannot listen to any other version anymore because he captured everything the song stands for

  • @rknrlgrl6146
    @rknrlgrl6146 Год назад +36

    His voice on the Corpus Christi Carol track is hauntingly beautiful. I still feel sad when I think of how he died so young and what beautiful music he would have continued to make had he lived. He was a true original :( ❤

  • @BadEgg1
    @BadEgg1 Год назад +17

    Saw him at Glastonbury Festival. I was walking from one stage to another and passed the stage he was plying on, never heard of him before but was instantly pulled in by him, what an incredible singer, been a massive fan ever since. One of the best moments of my life I will always cherish that can never be repeated.

    • @auroraborealis1759
      @auroraborealis1759 Год назад

      That sounds amazing. One of my biggest regrets was that I didn't see him when I was at Glastonbury in 1995. I was aware of him but didn't really know his music so didn't go and check him out.

  • @ParadNorthProd
    @ParadNorthProd Год назад +25

    Muse (Matt Bellamy) has since admitted (really...acknowledged) that he got his vocals from Jeff. He also now owns Jeff's telecaster.

    • @Norce555
      @Norce555 Год назад +3

      Matt never denied that Jeff was a huge inspiration from him. There are plenty of videos from 1999 when they released their first album where Matt credits Jeff Buckley for that. I think what Justin is thinking of here is how Matt, to deny the Radiohead ripoff- comments, would say that both him and Thom got their vocal inspiration from Buckley, and that's why they sounded similar.

    • @L.C.Sweeney
      @L.C.Sweeney Год назад +1

      _HE_ bought the Tele? It only went for $7k after Jeff's mate who ended up with them was too skint not to sell it. I saw it on sale in New York not that long ago. If Bellamy was the buyer he's an even bugger twat for not giving him more money.

    • @JojoFryrocks
      @JojoFryrocks 3 месяца назад

      This is kind of upsetting. That guitar should be in the hands of someone who loved Jeff as deeply as Jeff loved that Tele.

  • @OdinsBeard13
    @OdinsBeard13 Год назад +45

    Hauntingly beautiful. I wrote my dissertation on the album 'Grace'. I find it so unbelievably emotional that I struggle to listen to the album in full now. Such an immeasurable tragedy his death was. So much untapped potential. He was just too good for this world. His vocal range and genre range on the album is unreal. From the gentle 'lilac wine' to the thunderous 'eternal life', not to mention the ethereal 'dream brother'. Once in a century talent. Please do more analysis of him Justin! That would be amazing!

    • @CarlaSantos-le5tv
      @CarlaSantos-le5tv Год назад

      I wish I could read this

    • @hazz7489
      @hazz7489 Год назад +7

      I would love to read your dissertation. Is there anyway you could make it public? I'm such a fan of Jeff and love seeing anything people have to say about him

    • @caoimhegoggins2653
      @caoimhegoggins2653 Год назад +2

      I am the same, I can barely listen to Grace now because it is so emotional to me and because discovering him changed everything for me and all my friends. I first heard him on tv in 1994 and went out and bought the album the next day - got to see him live in 1995. Grace and his voice represents so much and such a part of my history, it would take days to fully explain.

  • @santh4999
    @santh4999 Год назад +17

    ‘Lover you should have come’ over always makes me want to cry. He was a beautiful artist

  • @joeyj9915
    @joeyj9915 Год назад +19

    I think his falsetto and head voice had so many common notes, the same with his chest and head voices, his transitions were so unbelievably effortless.
    One of the greats for sure.

  • @kevinseagrave6143
    @kevinseagrave6143 Год назад +22

    His dad Tim Buckley had a great voice too ❤

    • @apan8783
      @apan8783 Год назад +4

      Tim Buckley is one of my all time favourites

  • @raoulduke8382
    @raoulduke8382 Год назад +32

    Jeff Buckley is to Vocals, as Jimi Hendrix is to Guitars. They are the masters. I was surprised you didn't mention how Violet Grohl covered Buckley songs (very well) at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute.

  • @SigPuma
    @SigPuma Год назад +27

    That was a tough summer losing Buckley. What treasure his album remains and what a talent we lost.

  • @euopful
    @euopful Год назад +54

    The man sang Corpus Christi Carol on a modern music album and it:
    1. Doesn't sound out of place.
    2. Sounds so much more than 1 man singing a song that is around 500 years old.
    3. Never fails to send a shiver down my spine.
    He was a truly unique talent that will continue to influence and be copied for many years to come.

    • @urskakrumpak
      @urskakrumpak Год назад +4

      I heard Corpus Christi Carol for the first time a couple days ago and still can’t find the words to describe it

    • @cheriegray5537
      @cheriegray5537 Год назад +5

      He passed on corpus Christi day. I almost believe the angels heard him sing corpus christi and couldn't help but want him for themselves. Rip

    • @cbr9914
      @cbr9914 Год назад +3

      yeah man....that performance is just glorious

    • @handsomerube
      @handsomerube Год назад +2

      As incredible as Corpus Christi Carol is (and it really is incredible), his performance of Dido’s Lament from Meltdown Festival in 1995 is his greatest vocal performance IMO. The only recording of it is an audience recording that has been “remastered” to make it as listenable as possible:
      ruclips.net/video/mUl0w7TKzUA/видео.html

  • @billyp.193
    @billyp.193 Год назад +20

    Grace is one of my all time favorite albums. The world was robbed when he passed away.

  • @ssdelko
    @ssdelko Год назад +21

    His voice on Last Goodbye is fantastic.

  • @lightofthequasar
    @lightofthequasar Год назад +10

    When I heard that he had passed I cried. I was shocked at my own emotions. Amazing singer and his band deserve more credit.

  • @lalayne
    @lalayne Год назад +55

    Jeff is the reason I still do music. I still get goosebumps everytime 😌
    My favorite artist

    • @rusticron3426
      @rusticron3426 Год назад

      He my favorite fartist 👌👌

    • @gratismahlzeit
      @gratismahlzeit Год назад +1

      Me too. When he left (I was about 20) I started taking singing lessons (to be able to sing his songs) and later studied jazz (to learn to improvise). It's still my job.🤘

    • @lalayne
      @lalayne Год назад +1

      @@gratismahlzeit Oh that's wonderful! 👏🏻😌

    • @gratismahlzeit
      @gratismahlzeit Год назад +1

      @@lalayne I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been that brave without. 🙏

    • @lalayne
      @lalayne Год назад

      @@gratismahlzeit You are braver than you know.. I am certain of this

  • @kalaikful
    @kalaikful Год назад +7

    “Isn’t that a voice to fall in love with” No truer words

  • @ance1037
    @ance1037 Год назад +75

    I feel like watching your chanel has made me actually listen in to music more, hearing things I didnt before (like vocal nuances and different drumming patterns)

    • @johnbambrough3189
      @johnbambrough3189 Год назад +3

      Yeah same here and I’m saying that as a musician/artist that’s been playing guitar and writing songs for over 10 years!
      You never stop learning 😀

  • @joshs1533
    @joshs1533 Год назад +12

    That part “Did you say, no this can’t happen to me” from Last Goodbye gives me goosebumps every single time

    • @l.anders8867
      @l.anders8867 Год назад +1

      It gives any human goosebumps!

  • @ROOKTABULA
    @ROOKTABULA Год назад +8

    His rendition of Hallelujah exposed the world to how amazing the writing of our bard, Leonard Cohen, was.

  • @Childofbhaal
    @Childofbhaal Год назад +11

    I know it’s a Smiths song but Jeff’s cover of “I know it’s over” is one of my all time favorite songs. His version is absolutely stunning and so emotive

    • @jiyu9277
      @jiyu9277 Год назад +1

      I love that cover as well. I may even listen to it more than the original

    • @jillnicole777
      @jillnicole777 Год назад +1

      Same. I'm in love with a ghost.

  • @mattkraig
    @mattkraig Год назад +20

    I’m 22 and only found Jeff last year on Spotify. Grace absolutely blew me away. What an amazing artist, I can’t believe I was so late to knowing him.

    • @hernandezrobin3611
      @hernandezrobin3611 Год назад +1

      Never to late laf

    • @hernandezrobin3611
      @hernandezrobin3611 Год назад

      Lad

    • @jamlemon
      @jamlemon Год назад

      I discovered him in 2002 and I was still late. 😢 Although you could argue it’s never too late to discover great music.

  • @koenwieringa1904
    @koenwieringa1904 Год назад +14

    Especially his live recordings show how great he was, because live he just fooled around with songs and by doing so topping the studio versions. Astounding singer and superb guitar player as well.

  • @TheMichelex20
    @TheMichelex20 Год назад +28

    I love him. Such a beautiful vocalist and artist.

  • @dylanb4695
    @dylanb4695 Год назад +8

    Dream Brother live in Chicago is a crazy rendition of his song. His vocal chops in that live is insane. That whole live is a mind altering experience.

  • @RK_peace
    @RK_peace Год назад +7

    “I wish he was still alive, that’s what I wish” 😢 me too, Justin, me too 💔

  • @petedocherty6774
    @petedocherty6774 Год назад +41

    When I was younger I went into a record shop in Glasgow intent to randomly pick a record as I was bored with music at the time. It was Grace and that night I never slept for listening to it on repeat enthralled. A masterpiece. For me the best albums (not in order) Grace, ok computer, the bends, definitely maybe, Appetite for destruction, Mosley shores. All bring back my youth 😭🤣

    • @crimsonkate8241
      @crimsonkate8241 Год назад +1

      Moseley Shoals? If so then include Marchin' Already in that list :)

    • @lukehunnable
      @lukehunnable Год назад +1

      Wow, got lucky there! What a pick!

    • @MrJackandEmily
      @MrJackandEmily Год назад +1

      I got grace out of a bargain bin for $5 and played it on repeat whilst traveling and making memories

  • @petederek7174
    @petederek7174 Год назад +5

    That last note he hits on Corpus Christi Carol still gives me shivers. You realize you're listening to an otherworldly talent.

  • @SFLogicNinja
    @SFLogicNinja Год назад +5

    Jeff Buckley changed my life, and I will never forget the day I heard that he had died. I refused to believe it. It was such a gut punch for my generation to lose such a phenomenal talent. Grace is my #1 desert island disc.

  • @jrchevyfan
    @jrchevyfan Год назад +4

    I love your videos……I’ve caught on to them while i was in hospital recovering from my cancer. I’ve gotten my techs and nurses watching you too 😃. Thank you….you keep things real. Wish you well

    • @JF-kv1gm
      @JF-kv1gm Год назад +1

      Justin's channel is good medicine...best wishes, Michelle.

  • @aziel9141
    @aziel9141 Год назад +6

    Jeff Buckley always had a special place in my heart. Insane talent and his art is so important! One of a kind artist.

  • @shawnsdrumcave
    @shawnsdrumcave Год назад +6

    He was awesome! I was stoked when grohl and his daughter played last good bye at the Taylor tribute. Hands down one of my favorite tunes ever written.

  • @jksinorbit
    @jksinorbit Год назад +3

    Very glad to say i saw Jeff live…and yes he crushed it.

  • @LuisZepeda2318
    @LuisZepeda2318 Год назад +9

    Grace is hands down my go to album, Jeff Buckley changed my life.

  • @ronbock8291
    @ronbock8291 Год назад +24

    The band I was in opened for him once. in a small club He was a strange cat, but unbelievably sweet, as was his band. HIs band had just gotten an endorsement deal that week, so they were all playing identical amps and guitars. It was great.

    • @mercedesbeene9536
      @mercedesbeene9536 Год назад +1

      What was the name of your band?

    • @ronbock8291
      @ronbock8291 Год назад +1

      @@mercedesbeene9536 Scott B Sympathy

    • @mercedesbeene9536
      @mercedesbeene9536 Год назад

      @@ronbock8291 thanks for the reply 🙂 do you happen to remember the venue?

    • @ronbock8291
      @ronbock8291 Год назад

      @@mercedesbeene9536 I can’t remember what it was called, it was a short lived club on the upper level of the Brunswick House in Toronto, I’m thinking maybe 1994-95? It was warm, so, summer?

    • @mercedesbeene9536
      @mercedesbeene9536 Год назад

      @@ronbock8291 thanks...I'm a Jeff historian so I can never resist asking questions when interested haha...out of his 4 Toronto shows with the band, I can't say I recall hearing one of them being there (unless Albert's Hall, Trinity Church or Dansforth Music Hall are on top of that venue), nor of him getting any endorsement deal, but it's something new for me to look into, so thanks again ☺

  • @antonyjmhowe
    @antonyjmhowe Год назад +11

    Vocally incredible; and Lover You Should’ve Come Over is, in my opinion, lyrically the greatest song ever written about the feeling of what it is to lose love.
    Would be interesting to hear Justin’s thoughts on James Blake? I think has almost equally impressive vocal range, and really broad production styles!

  • @kevinbarrett5396
    @kevinbarrett5396 Год назад +8

    There is a place deep within my heart for Jeff Buckley. He has always moved me in a way no other can. Thank you Justin for the video

  • @mrstein80
    @mrstein80 Год назад +34

    Just notice this after many years, but some similarities between Jeff’s voice and Roy Orbison’s. Roy could seamlessly go from lower to higher registers with the same tone and volume.

    • @steve10
      @steve10 Год назад +1

      See I got Freddie Mercury as well when he hit certain notes , especially when he moved up a scale , but now you have said orbison I can hear it on the lower tones
      I guess when you have a great voice and sing in that style there are not many you can aliken him to, only the legends who possess that gift
      I do enjoy radiohead , one of my favourite songs ever is high and dry , but whilst Thom yorke may have took inspiration I don't think his voice is as good , iguess if taking inspiration meant high and dry was made then who am I to argue otherwise

  • @thezombieeconomists7981
    @thezombieeconomists7981 Год назад +3

    So, so much that you can say about Buckley. You’ve focussed on the incredible voice here but as guitarist, his use of dynamics instead of over reliance on pedals, the stripped bare, emotional honesty of his lyrics. My god! What a talent he was. I didn’t really discover him until the early 2000s and it still saddens me that he’s gone.

  • @bitzbox
    @bitzbox Год назад +9

    Jeff was so amazing and taken way too soon. "or am I just going crazy?" always gives me goosebumps in this song. Would love a top to bottom bangers episode for Grace. Every song on the album is superb in it's own way. There's a brilliant acoustic gig at Sproul Plaza, Berkeley on RUclips that's worth checking out.

  • @Pladderkasse
    @Pladderkasse Год назад +10

    I was living in a student dorm when Grace came out, and luckily for my fellow squatters, I had some good headphones, because that album stayed in my CD player for months. The memories that this music brings back...

  • @lukehines1999
    @lukehines1999 Год назад +6

    I'd love to hear your opinion on Jeffs father, Tim Buckley. If you haven't heard his music before he is definitley worth a look. Incredibly versatile songwriter and a voice that is as versatile as Jeffs

  • @SuicideKid1979
    @SuicideKid1979 Год назад +7

    What an impact he had/has with just one album ever released! Awesome! 🎶 🖤

  • @ninagray4441
    @ninagray4441 Год назад +5

    I saw Jeffrey live at Queen's Hall in Edinburgh in 95, was stood straight in front of him in the front row. One gig I could never forget, truly exceptional.

  • @rangerwhite5165
    @rangerwhite5165 Год назад +5

    He did a version of Cohens Hallelujah interspersed with exerts of The Smiths "I know It's Over" It's absolutely sublime. Just beautiful.

  • @nanob0zo
    @nanob0zo Год назад +3

    It’s really nice to watch your analysis of Jeff. The love is real. 💔 RIP Jeff.

  • @rossomaguire17
    @rossomaguire17 Год назад +7

    Grace is amazing and a hidden gem "All Flowers in Time" with Liz Frazier of Cocteu Twins

  • @MrCarthus
    @MrCarthus Год назад +41

    Been a fan of his for the last 20 years. Wish I'd been aware of him before his passing. Would have loved the opportunity to see him and his band live. There is a fantastic recording of him singing Dido's lament on youtube

    • @fani5000
      @fani5000 Год назад +3

      20 years for me too! Amazing how he can perform at such a caliber vocally and play incredible patterns on the guitar at the same time. Transcendent music.

    • @jamlemon
      @jamlemon Год назад

      20 years here too. Wasn’t the Shrek soundtrack was it? 😂
      Also his cover of Dido’s lament is amazing.

    • @MrCarthus
      @MrCarthus Год назад +1

      @@jamlemon I actually think now you've said that it's been more then 20 for me. Wasn't Shrek because I remember that film coming out and listened to Jeff before. I was put on to Jeff by a band mate at the time

    • @jamlemon
      @jamlemon Год назад +1

      @@MrCarthus cool. Mine was definitely Shrek! I know it’s Rufus Wainwright in the film but it was enough to spark my curiosity so I ended up buying Grace whilst at uni and up until my last car (as it had Bluetooth etc no CD) was the only CD to never leave my car.

  • @jakedemars2964
    @jakedemars2964 Год назад +13

    Funny fact, I was a casual fan of this RUclips channel for the past many years. Im shocked & flabbergasted & embarrassed Ive never heard of the Darkness until after I saw you on the Taylor Hawkins tribute. I love your voice & your inspiring words of wisdom on this channel, keep it up bruv🤩👏🔥

    • @galetinm
      @galetinm Год назад +7

      This channel started in December 2020. You certainly have a funny definition of past many years.

    • @jakedemars2964
      @jakedemars2964 Год назад +2

      @@galetinm my point was that I was aware of him as a RUclips before I knew who he actually was.

  • @tommore
    @tommore Год назад +5

    One of my newest favorite people talking about one of my all time favorite people! Jeff is an eternal inspiration, nothing hits you the way his music can. And Justin so glad I’ve redound you after I had the pleasure watching you in Wembley for Taylor Hawkins,thank you🙏

  • @Darilynn714
    @Darilynn714 Год назад +1

    Jeff was a fellow student at Fullerton College, next to Anaheim, California where he grew up. Fullerton is the home of Fender guitars, and at the Fullerton Museum there is a permanent Fender exhibit. His family donated all of the first models, prototypes, the other electronics he made, some famous guitars, stories about the guitars, a gift shop of Fender gear, etc. If you’re ever in the LA area you should check it out. It’s about 25 miles from Hollywood. BTW Jeff Buckley was truly amazing, I think “Corpus Christi Carol”, a song from the 1500s, shows his falsetto magic. It gives me shivers.

  • @dio6703
    @dio6703 Год назад +2

    My Jeff Buckley story...around 1997-98, I worked in an office in Irvine, CA, and I would occasionally chat up with this lovely lady named Mary. I told her I played music, and she told me her son recorded music, and the following day she gave me a couple CDs Grace and a live EP by Jeff.

  • @nannettefreeman7331
    @nannettefreeman7331 Год назад +3

    "Unsurpassed. Probably one of the greatest singers that's ever been." Well said. "Beautiful. Accomplished. Fragile. Capable of perfection..." Yeah, that part too. My God, what a loss...😪
    Have you seen that "attic find" video for "Je n'en connais pas la fin" he did? How blessed we are that 25 years after his death, things like this are still turning up & finding their way to us. ❤️

  • @radcork26
    @radcork26 Год назад +4

    Hey Justin, so glad you did a video on the great Jeff Buckley. My sister introduced me to his music about twenty years ago but after Violet Grohl's performance I recently got reacquainted. His voice especially in some songs like Grace and Lover you should have come over are incredible but his guitar playing also blows my mind. I would go as far as saying he was a musical genius in the grunge era.

  • @Paul_Abbott_Landsraad_Project
    @Paul_Abbott_Landsraad_Project Год назад +11

    The best of the very best and his influence lives on.
    Thank you Justin, I hope future episode/s on this genius will include some of his guitar playing too, Jeff was undoubtedly flawless vocally, but some of his chops, tunings and chord voicings are underrated and a lot trickier than expected.

  • @shri081
    @shri081 Год назад +3

    What often goes unnoticed with Jeff Buckley is his guitar playing,he was a phenomenal guitar player and composer,and his band was damn good,complemented him so well….Mick Grøndahl and Matt Johnson were essential to the grace album…as much as Buckley….

  • @Crytical8494
    @Crytical8494 Год назад +32

    Just my opinion but... Jeff Buckley is one of the most underrated artists of a generation. One of many on a list of those who died too young. I am always amazed how many people I meet that have never heard his music. I get very excited to think of what that person will experience when they hear him for the first time.

    • @redadamearth
      @redadamearth Год назад +4

      I don't think he's underrated at all. He's pretty universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers and songwriters who ever lived and was even known as such at the time. I run into people in their 20's *now* who listen to "Grace".

    • @candelise
      @candelise Год назад

      @@redadamearth Underrated?

    • @cjsilvestremusic
      @cjsilvestremusic Год назад

      He is well respected and loved

    • @foxysam1410
      @foxysam1410 Год назад

      You’re so right, I don’t know many folks in the UK who know of him!

  • @chrishansen3740
    @chrishansen3740 Год назад +9

    Grace is one of the greatest albums of all time. In my top 3

  • @Owenator26
    @Owenator26 Год назад +2

    Jeff Buckley is an absolute legend! Grace is one of those album's you put on when your having a bad day or want to go on a musical journey. I recently just discovered Jeff and his music and can say Grace is a phenomenal album. RIP Jeff

  • @sabrina9662
    @sabrina9662 Год назад +3

    Every one of Jeff's songs are magic and there will never be another like him...

  • @ZiddersRooFurry
    @ZiddersRooFurry Год назад +4

    I love how Justin isn't afraid of admitting to his shortcomings and isn't afraid to praise singers he feels are amazing. Justin? You're amazing, too. I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Not just as a musician but as a person, too. You're so kind, generous, and compassionate. Thank you for being an inspiration.

  • @NinStardust
    @NinStardust Год назад +18

    I don’t know much about Jeff Buckley, but of the many many versions of “Hallelujah” I’ve heard over the years, Jeff’s version is by far my favourite. So soulful and impassioned, sorrowful and simply beautiful 🥹

    • @Dreyno
      @Dreyno Год назад +1

      It’s the definitive version imo.

    • @adamtownsend2529
      @adamtownsend2529 Год назад +3

      Pick up a copy of Grace, lock yourself away for an hour and listen to it on some headphones. You won't regret it.

    • @djcastano1180
      @djcastano1180 Год назад

      Watch his performance of What Will You Say at Glastonbury. Linked below. Let it build. My fav vocal performance of all time. Then go down a wormhole of his covers and of course Grace.
      ruclips.net/video/WPXn1WwoAfw/видео.html

  • @imeqsmd
    @imeqsmd Год назад +1

    Jeff’s 1983 Telecaster was offered for sale years ago. It really should be in a museum for the amount of sheer genius that was written & recorded on that instrument.

  • @Ped989
    @Ped989 Год назад +1

    This videos only up an hour and its already lead me down a Tim Buckley rabbit hole. Now thats good work.

  • @jthompson5341
    @jthompson5341 Год назад +4

    Jeff Buckley, as a silly 20 something, seeing him live in San Francisco(at Slim's), I felt overwhelmed and literally brought a tear or many to my eyes with absolute musical enrapture. Jeff Buckley, live was something other worldly, and changed the way I in this world heard and saw music. I listen to(and turn many onto), Jeff Buckley regularly, as much as I listen to Suede. Next

    • @davidtenants5792
      @davidtenants5792 Год назад

      I love Suede. Brett Anderson and Jeff both seem to have that very quiet yet charismatic quality about them. Bernard Butler comes close to Jeff on guitar though

  • @RamsFan93
    @RamsFan93 Год назад +5

    Fake Plastic Trees is one of my favourite songs by anyone

  • @stuartkelly1490
    @stuartkelly1490 Год назад +2

    Justin, brilliant you are bringing the work of Jeff into the broader conversation,,,, you should really get your ears around Jeff signing with Liz Fraser of The Cocteau Twins,, All Flowers in Time Bend Toward the Sun....it would bring a tear from a glass eye. I often go to it and it is a joy-filled thing.

    • @stuartkelly1490
      @stuartkelly1490 Год назад

      @ghost mall All Flowers in time bend towards the sun,, it is a thing of beauty.

  • @JordanSeal
    @JordanSeal Год назад +7

    The first time I heard Grace (the album), I was overwhelmed. Jeff had taken the best parts of the music I loved, synthesized them into incredible pop/rock songs, and performed those songs in a way that no one else could. To think that he released that music within a couple of years of revealing himself (as a singer) to the public... there was so much within his reach. He could have gone in any number of different directions, from crooner to art-rock to Cooder-esque ambassador to music of other cultures. It's no wonder he struggled to write and record the follow-up: he was didn't yet know who he was becoming. That's what I take from Sketches: that he recorded an entire album and then decided it wasn't representative of who he wanted to be, so he kept writing. On the strength of some of the demos, I think he would have continued to overwhelm us. RIP.

  • @siphillipson1099
    @siphillipson1099 Год назад +4

    My world changed for the better when I first listened to Grace and then I discovered Live at the Sin-e and my mind was blown again (his cover of Dylan's If you see her say hello, is magical). Great stuff Justin👌

  • @jopalmer777
    @jopalmer777 Год назад +18

    "Oh, my heart. "Isn't that a voice to fall in love with? I wish he was still alive..." Ahh, Yes! Yes, that's exactly what I and every female friend would lament throughout our youth. Thank you for covering the impossible majesty of Jeff Buckley ♥
    PS: Jeff's "Live in Chicago" version of Eternal Life shows the extremes of his talents - he rocks out like a man possessed. What a loss we suffered.

    • @manna6618
      @manna6618 Год назад +3

      Hey not just female...I would almost turn as a male for Jeff Buckley, I have no interest in men but there's just something about Jeff that makes you literally fall in love... the guy was pure lust on feet.

    • @jopalmer777
      @jopalmer777 Год назад +1

      @@manna6618 haha, I suspect you're not alone!
      I had to stop listening to his music a few years after he died, as I just couldn't handle going to the place his music took me to, for such a long time.
      May I ask if you discovered JB posthumously, or were you one of us old originals?

    • @manna6618
      @manna6618 Год назад

      @@jopalmer777 an original, tho only a teen at the time. Like everyone I was devastated when the news hit, such a bright future in front of him. :/

  • @driesvanoosten4417
    @driesvanoosten4417 Год назад +2

    Great to hear one legendary vocalist have so much respect for another. Had tears in my eyes for most of the video...

  • @TheKingJ00
    @TheKingJ00 Год назад

    Another amazing dialogue, finding your videos has been an immensely positive change in my life. Thank you!

  • @LH-kr4od
    @LH-kr4od Год назад +4

    He changed my life. My first year of university, I was going through an awful nu-metal phase. My lovely flatmate sat me down and made me listen to 'Grace' from start to finish. Sublime. Stopped me in my tracks. I've never looked back. Thank you, Curtis, if you're reading this!

    • @cecilcharlesofficial
      @cecilcharlesofficial Год назад

      I was working on Lilac Wine yesterday (gonna upload a cover of it soon), but sent one of the takes to my friend who introduced me to Jeff Buckley and Grace. We remember those who show us genius and beauty :)

  • @borgig
    @borgig Год назад +3

    Grace is one incredible piece of work. I never tire of listening to it. Tragic to have lost him after just one album.

    • @crapsharkify
      @crapsharkify Год назад

      I know it's not a proper album but Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk isn't too shabby. The sky is a landfill is fabulous. He even manages to make Peter Gabriel era Genesis sound great!

  • @kyleminor3036
    @kyleminor3036 Год назад

    So good to hear your thoughts on another vocalist. It’s cool to see how much nuance a professional musician can give to these videos. Have been loving your content. Especially the “Be Nice” video I saw from the graffiti band. I was in tears.

  • @QuantumBeeWellness
    @QuantumBeeWellness Год назад +1

    The passing of Jeff Buckley was hard, he was truly one of a kind. Thank you for featuring him on your channel!

  • @ericayy9598
    @ericayy9598 Год назад +3

    Hey Justin I just wanted to drop by and say your performance with queen was so amazing if you ever decide to collaborate and tour with them I’d spend any amount of money to see you guys live I know Freddy must be somewhere smiling when you belted out that amazing under pressure performance 🤘🤘🤘

  • @johannasaninocencio7458
    @johannasaninocencio7458 Год назад +6

    Jeff was an amazing singer and I’m sure genetics helped. His father Tim Buckley also had an amazing voice and a similar range

  • @richardcarr7557
    @richardcarr7557 Год назад +2

    Amazing talent, Grace is one of my all time favourite albums. Great chat Justin thank you.

  • @CHRISGEE1
    @CHRISGEE1 Год назад +1

    Its so refreshing to hear someone speak about music with such passion and knowledge - This channel is amazing Justin !

  • @kalervolle
    @kalervolle 7 месяцев назад +4

    Please don' t forget his dad, Tim Buckley, who was just as versatile, but not so much rock performer as his son. Tim and Jeff two of the real masters in rhythm music..🙏

  • @FiFaEuphoria
    @FiFaEuphoria Год назад +5

    Conor Mason, the lead singer from Nothing but Thieves is HUGELY influenced by Jeff and has done loads of covers of Jeff's tracks. Would love to see you take a look at the live version of 'If I Get High'
    One of the best live vocal performances of all time!

  • @gyleschaloner3055
    @gyleschaloner3055 Год назад

    Thank you Justin, it’s genuinely lovely to hear someone talk about JB in such detail and knowledge, I have no idea about this stuff and it’s great to have this interest and explanation, suffice to say I love JB and feel like his stuff is on a different plane to cover etc.

  • @nadaworldrecords
    @nadaworldrecords Год назад +1

    Jeff died 3 days after I was born in May of 97. I discovered his music when I was 14 via the incomparable Grace LP and became utterly obsessed. His gift for arrangement and the elasticity of his vocal range were simply second to none. Then I got ahold of the Live at Sin-e album and got into so many fantastic artists he covered. Nina Simone, The Smiths, Leonard Cohen, Dylan, Van Morrison, etc.. He definitely changed my life with his music and I truly believe he was poised to change the rock landscape for the better. Very few losses in the world of music like the loss of Jeff Buckley. I'm 26 now and his music still matters to me. Maybe even more than it did when I was 14. Thanks for exposing even more people to his music, Justin. The work you do on this channel is important and educational.

  • @DrunkChimp
    @DrunkChimp Год назад +12

    Grace is easily one of the best albums ever made.

  • @emmav7682
    @emmav7682 Год назад +3

    The best singer ever in my humble opinion. His version of Dido’s Lament is breathtaking. Just sublime.

  • @star_fossil
    @star_fossil Год назад +1

  • @barefootwanderer
    @barefootwanderer Год назад

    Justin this channel has made me smile every time I've watched it. Your pure sincerity and openness when talking about music are just wonderful. Keep up the great work sir