He was great

I love Jewel Box


Really sad he's no longer here
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Big fan right here

PurpleKnight said:

I'm sorry but i've never heard of him

I love Grace, but I still need to check out 'Sketches' and 'Grace EP's'. Buckley's voice is amazing; he gives me chills everytime I listen to him.

Axchi696 said:

Sketches is a must... disk one is a MUST.. disk two is for the serious jeff buckley fans.. quality isnt perfect, and disk two are definant sketches..


I was so thrilled when I discovered his music... everyone should be a part of that feeling.

I love Jeff Buckley's music.
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PurpleKnight said:

I also love the Grace album.

Sdldawn said:

Yeah, listening to Sketches makes me even sadder about his death, cause you can really hear the growth in those songs; musically and lyrically.

The way Grace is so eclectic reminds me so much of the way Prince always blends different styles on his best albums.

On a side note, Forget Her is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
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PurpleKnight said:

Yeah I really didnt jump into those extra bonus songs.. im gonna tho soon..

I think Jeff Buckley in someways could be described as a musical angel. To me he felt like the real thing, undiluted, ferocious. I think he achieved a kind of spirituality in music without it being frowned upon. Always appearing loving which shone through in his music.

He had one of the most fantastic voices I've heard but I think he was a fantastic guitar player as well. He used a lot of open tuning and jazz and blues, things people still don't bother exploring. He wasn't concerned about 4/4 rock/pop geared at the charts. Listening to Live at L'Olympia leaves me open-mouthed.

Grace was a great debut, staking out all the stylistic territory. I think he was getting ready to make his first real record, working out what he wanted to say without letting that wonderful voice distract people from his internal emotion. He had a vast plain to work in and tragically he never really got to work it.

I just got into him a couple of months ago and I started a thread about how great he was. I don't know why it took me so long to listen to Grace, but by the second song, I was speechless.

Love him.

Grace is wonderful, and the unfinished Sketches... is also a must, although it's a sad signpost to what might have been, had he lived...

paligap said:

you know i dont appreciate you suggesting that song "everybody here wants you"
cause now i addicted to that song!!!!

Heybaby said:


welcome to the club! btw, if you get the chance, check out UK artist Lewis Taylor's version...




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I love 'Grace'. I still need to buy the other albums though...

If you are a fan, here are the ESSENTIAL releases:

Grace (Legacy Edition 2 discs + 1 DVD incl. interview, all music videos and live performance)

Live At Sine (legacy Edition 2 discs + DVD incl. live Sine performance and interview)

Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk

then if you want to dig a lil deeper:

Mystery White Boy
Live At L'Olympia Paris
Live in Chicago DVD

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I herad some of one of his cd's ina record store.I was impressed. I don't know what album it was.I assume it was a pretty recent one.I plan on getting something of his in the future.

recent ?
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paligap said:

ill make note of that.

Dewrede said:

Heh, yeah. I think it was released in '98. Not so recent at all...

Yeah , i meant to say "how can the album be resent when he died in 1997 ?",
but then again it might've been the Grace Legacy edition

I think i'm gonna buy it , although i think it may be saddening to see him
on DVD

I'm just getting into Ryan Adams, I bought Love is Hell and it reminds me so much of a Jeff Buckley album. Buckley's definitely better, but I think Adams must've studied up on Grace before he put out his CD.

Haven't heard his music

The first night my ex and I hung out, he played lots of different music which impressed me. One of the cds he played was Grace. I had never heard it before. It was sooooo beautiful. I'm almost positive we had our first kiss during "So Real."

A few months later we had a nice encounter during You and I... We kissed during that whole song... he said he always wanted to do that. So romantic...

So it's hard for me to listen to Jeff Buckley... I tend to connect him to my ex and what I had wished for or thought I had with him. When we broke up, I wanted to get rid of my Jeff Buckley cds... but I kept them. I've been hearing him on the radio lately, and this thread prompted me to open up the cd case and take a listen once more.

He is really great. So much emotion and beauty in his voice. So much versatility in his music. Too bad he's no longer with us.

I can imagine why it's hard for you to listen to him