Jeff Buckley

[Charmingly Miserable]

I couldn't find a Jeff Buckley thread here and I think he deserves one. Though his life was short, I think his legacy is massive and certainly influential. I don't think the musical landscape of today would be where it is without Jeff. He easily had the best voice out there (rivaling Chris Cornell) and an amazing songwriter. I just find it fascinating that he made a name for himself despite living in the shadow of his father whom he barely knew. Jeff is probably my favorite artist out there and I mourn for his loss every day.

[thevoid99]

Grace is a fucking amazing album. I wasn't into him when he first came out as I was more into NIN and grunge at the time. It was much later on in my late 20s where I finally listened to his stuff as Grace is now one of my all-time favorite albums.

[Charmingly Miserable]

I didn't get into Jeff until about 4 - 5 years ago. I mean, I remember hearing Grace and Last Goodbye as a teenager and never wondered who exactly he was when Chris Cornell sang about him in Wave Goodbye under Euphoria Morning. However, since I discovered him, Jeff has truly changed my perspective on everything. And, yes, Grace is in my top 10 albums of all time too.

[[parasite]]

to me he has just one of the most beautiful voices, live his cover of Back in NYC by Genesis, and The Way Young Lovers Do by Van Morrison, but also his Live at Sin-é, still makes me wonder how huge he would have been if he wasn't taken from us at such a young age,
I also remember bumping into some guy at Coachella in 2005, who was wearing a Jeff Buckley tour tshirt, and just started up a convocation about all the times he'd seen him live, sadly which I never did, but that was just awesome 2 complete strangers one from the UK and one from the US talking about a great musician

[onthewall2983]

She's not someone who's usually on my radar but I heard about a verse and a half of Natalie Maines' cover of "Lover, You Should've Come Over" at the health food store today and immediately looked it up when I came home. Big admission here, but I don't think a song has brought me to tears as easily as that since that song from An American Tail, when I was barely 3 years old.

[Charmingly Miserable]

Today marks his 17th year since his passing....
Here is my favorite rendition of Grace.

[Ryan]

"You & I" is such a haunting song.

[Charmingly Miserable]

You and I was the song that Chris Cornell picked out to be on Sketches.

[[parasite]]

I love "be your husband"

**edit**
thinking about it, I love all of "Live at Sin-é" album

[Charmingly Miserable]

Stereogum remembers Grace, 20 years later.

[onthewall2983]

I say this as seriously as possible when I state that this has blown my mind

[henryeatscereal]

Buckley was awesome, but can we take a moment to appreciate his band?, they were tight!

[Jaimie]

Jeff was incredible and I hope with the 25 anniversary of his death coming this month we get some new stuff out of the archives.

[muad'nin]

Live at Sine-é is still my all-time favourite live album (the extended edition, naturally).