He had emerged in New York City's avant-garde club scene in the 1990s as one of the most remarkable musical artists of his generation, acclaimed by audiences, critics, and fellow musicians alike. His first commercial recording, the four-song EP Live At Sin-é, was released in December 1993 on Columbia Records. The EP captured Buckley, accompanying himself on electric guitar, in a tiny coffeehouse in New York's East Village, the neighbourhood he'd made his home.
Buckley made his public singing début at a tribute concert for his father called "Greetings from Tim Buckley". The event, produced by show business veteran Hal Willner, was held at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn on 26 April 1991.
By the time of the EP's release during the fall of 1993, Buckley had already entered the studio with Mick Grondahl (bass), Matt Johnson (drummer), and producer Andy Wallace and recorded seven original songs (including "Grace" and "Last Goodbye") and three covers (among them Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", Benjamin Britten's "Corpus Christi Carol") that comprised his debut album Grace. Guitarist Michael Tighe became a permanent member of Jeff Buckley's ensemble and went on to co-write and perform on Grace's "So Real" just prior to the release of the album.
In early 1994, not long after Live At Sin-é appeared in stores, Jeff Buckley toured clubs, lounges, and coffeehouses in North America as a solo artist from January 15th to March 5th as well as in Europe from March 11th to 22th. Following extensive rehearsals in April to May of 1994, Buckley's "Peyote Radio Theatre Tour" found him on the road with his band from June 2nd to August 16th. His full-length full-band album, Grace, was released in the United States on August 23rd, 1994, the same day Buckley and band kicked off a European tour in Dublin, Ireland; the 1994 European Tour ran through September 22nd, with Buckley and band performing at the CMJ convention at New York's Supper Club on September 24. The group headed back into America's clublands for a Fall Tour lasting from October 19th until December 18th.
On New Year's Eve 1994-95, Buckley returned to Sin-é to perform a solo set; on New Year's Day, he read an original poem at the annual St. Mark's Church Marathon Poetry Reading. Two weeks later, he and his band were back in Europe for gigs in Dublin, Bristol, and London before launching an extensive tour of Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, and the United Kingdom which lasted from January 29th to March 5th. On April 13th 1995, it was announced that Jeff Buckley's Grace had earned him France's prestigious "Gran Prix International Du Disque -- Academie Charles CROS -- 1995"; an award given by a jury of producers, journalists, the president of France Culture, and music industry professionals, it had previously been given to Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Yves Montand, Georges Brassens, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell, among other musical luminaries. France also awarded Buckley a gold record certification for Grace.
From March 5th through April 20th, Buckley and his band rehearsed for an American spring tour with gigs running from April 22th until June 2nd. From June through August, Jeff and company toured the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Switzerland. The band took off for Down Under to play six Australian shows between August 28th and September 6th, 1995. In November 1995, Buckley played two unannounced solo shows at Sin-é. He performed songs including the new "Woke Up In A Strange Place" on Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" show on WXRK-FM on December 17 and celebrated New Year's Eve 1995-96 with performances at New York's Mercury Lounge and Sin-é.
Jeff Buckley and his touring ensemble went back to Australia, where Grace had earned a gold record certification, for the "Hard Luck Tour," which ran from February 9th to March 1st of 1996. Drummer Matt Johnson left the group after the final Australian show. The posthumous album Mystery White Boy brings together some of the high points from Jeff's 1995-1996 live performances. The DVD/home video release Live In Chicago documents, in its entirety, Jeff's concert at The Cabaret Metro in Chicago on May 13th, 1995.
In May of '96, Jeff played four gigs as a bass player with Mind Science of the Mind, a side-project of Buckley's friend, Nathan Larson of Shudder To Think. In September Buckley played another unannounced solo gig at his old favorite haunt Sin-é. December of 1996 found Jeff Buckley embarking on his "phantom solo tour"; designed to experiment with new songs in a live setting (as in his Sin-é days), these unannounced solo gigs throughout the Northeast U.S. were played under a succession of aliases: the Crackrobats, Possessed By Elves, Father Demo, Smackrobiotic, the Halfspeeds, Crit Club, Topless America, Martha & the Nicotines, and A Puppet Show Named Julio.
At midnight on February 9th, 1997, Jeff Buckley debuted his new drummer, Parker Kindred, in a show at Arlene Grocery on New York's Lower East Side. He also played a couple of solo gigs in New York during the first months of 1997: a gig at the Daydream Cafe (featuring band members Mick Grondahl and Michael Tighe as "special guests") and a solo performance February 4th as part of the Knitting Factory's 10-Year Birthday Party.
Buckley and his band had recorded intermittently — with Tom Verlaine as producer — during Summer/Fall 1996 and early winter 1997 in New York and in February 1997 in Memphis. After the conclusion of those sessions, Jeff sent the band back to New York while, during March and April 1997, he remained in Memphis and continued to craft his work-in-progress, making various four-track home recordings of songs to present to his bandmates. Some of these were revisions of the songs recorded with Verlaine, some were brand new compositions, and some were surprising cover versions. The new lineup debuted Buckley's new songs at Barrister's in Memphis on February 12th and 13th. Beginning March 31st, Jeff began a series of regularly scheduled Monday night solo performances at Barrister's. His last show there was on Monday, May 26th, 1997.
Buckley passed away in a drowning accident in the Wolf River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, on May 29th, 1997. The night Buckley died, he was on his way to meet his band to begin three weeks of rehearsals for My Sweetheart, the Drunk; producer Andy Wallace, who'd helmed the boards on Grace, was to join them in Memphis in late June to record his new album.
In addition to his Columbia Records releases, Live At Sin-é and Grace, Jeff Buckley has appeared as a guest artist on several other recordings. He can be heard singing "Jolly Street," a track on the Jazz Passengers 1994 album In Love. He contributed tenor vocals to "Taipan" and "D. Popylepis," two recordings on John Zorn's Cobra Live At The Knitting Factory (1995). On Rebecca Moore's Admiral Charcoal's Song, Buckley plays electric six-string bass on "If You Please Me," "Outdoor Elevator," and "Needle Men" (on which he also plays drums). He both plays guitar and sings backup vocals on Brenda Kahn's "Faith Salons," a key track on her Destination Anywhere album (released 1996). Patti Smith's critically acclaimed Gone Again album features Buckley adding "voice" to the song "Beneath the Southern Cross" and "essrage" (a small fretless Indian stringed instrument) to "Fireflies." On Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness, a various artists' spoken word tribute to beat poet Jack Kerouac, Jeff Buckley performed on "Angel Mine"; Jeff plays guitar, sitar, and mouth sax (adding words at the poem's conclusion) on the track. Buckley can be heard reading Edgar Allan Poe's "Ulallume - A Ballad," on Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (disc 2: The Devil's Brew) (Poems & Tales by Edgar Allan Poe) on Mouth Almighty/Mercury Records. He sang "I Want Someone Badly" (Epic) for Shudder To Think's soundtrack to First Love, Last Rites. Sandy Bell, a friend of Buckley's during his L.A. days, released the resurrected track "Hollywould" in 2000, which she co-wrote and recorded with Buckley.
An ardent enthusiast for a myriad of musical forms, Jeff Buckley was an early champion among young American musicians for the work of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the world's foremost Qawwali (the music of the Sufis) singer. Buckley conducted an extensive interview with Nusrat in Interview magazine (January 1996) and wrote the liner notes Nusrat's The Supreme Collection album, released on Mercator/Caroline records in August 1997. On May 9th, 2000, Columbia Records released Mystery White Boy, an album of live performances, and Live In Chicago, a full-length concert (available on DVD or VHS) recorded live at The Cabaret Metro in Chicago on May 13, 1995, in the middle of Jeff's "Mystery White Boy" tour.
Following the release of Grace on August 23rd, 1994, Jeff and his group spent much of 1994-1996 performing around the world on the Unknown, Mystery White Boy, and Hard Luck tours. Mystery White Boy brings together, for the first time, some of the high points of those shows. Produced by Michael Tighe (guitarist for Jeff's band throughout their international touring and the recording of Grace) and Mary Guibert (Jeff's mother) and Mystery White Boy provides an evocative cross-section of Jeff's repertoire: previously-unreleased Buckley compositions, electrifying live interpretations of songs from Grace, and obscure and marvelous cover choices. The recordings heard on Mystery White Boy have been hand-picked from scores of concert tapes by Mary Guibert and the members of Jeff's band who played such a large role in helping Jeff realize his musical vision.
According to Mary, the tracks on Mystery White Boy are "the individual performances that represented transcendent moments from each of the concerts we'd identified as being in the 'overall outstanding' category."
"It was obvious which performances were contenders for the record," concurs Michael Tighe, "and in some cases a performance would be so supreme and unpredictable that I knew it had to be brought to the public."
The posthumous album Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk was released in 1998 and included songs Buckley was working on while in Memphis for his upcoming release.
Tribute songs:
PJ Harvey - Memphis
Rufus Wainwright- Memphis Skyline
Mark Eitzel - To the Sea
Zita Swoon - Song for a Dead Singer
Amy Correia - Blind River Boy
Duncan Sheik - A Body Goes Down
Chris Cornell - Wave Goodbye
Katatonia - Nightmares by the Sea
Willie Nile - On the Road to Calvary
Rachael Sage - Grace
Aimee Mann - Just Like Anyone
Cocteau Twins - Rilkean Heart
Jim Major - Angels Fall (Song for Jeff Buckley)
A film about Buckley's life, a biopic called "Mystery White Boy", is currently in pre-production. Actors have not yet been cast, according to IMDB.
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Jeff Buckley Lyrics
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==[[Jeff Buckley:Live At Sin-e EP (1993)|Live At Sin-e EP (1993)]]==
{{Album Art|Jeff Buckley - Live At Sin-e EP.jpg|Live At Sin-e EP}}
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mojo Pin|Mojo Pin]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Eternal Life|Eternal Life]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin|Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:The Way Young Lovers Do|The Way Young Lovers Do]]'''
{{Clear}}
==[[Jeff Buckley:Grace (1994)|Grace (1994)]]==
{{Album Art|Jeff Buckley - Grace.jpg|Grace (Legacy Edition)}}
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mojo Pin|Mojo Pin]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Grace|Grace]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Last Goodbye|Last Goodbye]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Lilac Wine|Lilac Wine]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:So Real|So Real]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Hallelujah|Hallelujah]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Lover, You Should've Come Over|Lover, You Should've Come Over]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Corpus Christi Carol|Corpus Christi Carol]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Eternal Life|Eternal Life]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Dream Brother|Dream Brother]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Forget Her|Forget Her]]''' (Bonus Track)
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# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Dream Brother|Dream Brother]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Lost Highway|Lost Highway]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Alligator Wine|Alligator Wine]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mama, You Been On My Mind|Mama, You Been On My Mind]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Parchment Farm Blues/ Preachin' Blues|Parchment Farm Blues/ Preachin' Blues]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:The Other Woman|The Other Woman]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Kanga-Roo|Kanga-Roo]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Want Someone Badly|I Want Someone Badly]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Eternal Life|Eternal Life]]''' '''(Road Version)'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Kick Out The Jams|Kick Out The Jams]]''' '''(Live)'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Dream Brother (Nag Champa Mix)|Dream Brother (Nag Champa Mix)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Strawberry Street|Strawberry Street]]'''
{{Clear}}
==[[Jeff Buckley:Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk (1998)|Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk (1998)]]==
{{Album Art|Jeff Buckley - Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk.jpg|Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk}}
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# '''[[Jeff Buckley:The Sky Is A Landfill|The Sky Is A Landfill]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Everybody Here Wants You|Everybody Here Wants You]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Opened Once|Opened Once]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Nightmares By The Sea|Nightmares By The Sea]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Yard Of Blonde Girls|Yard Of Blonde Girls]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Witches' Rave|Witches' Rave]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:New Year's Prayer|New Year's Prayer]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Morning Theft|Morning Theft]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:You And I|You And I]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Vancouver|Vancouver]]'''
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# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Nightmares By The Sea|Nightmares By The Sea]] (demo)'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:New Year's Prayer|New Year's Prayer]] (demo)'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Haven't You Heard?|Haven't You Heard?]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby|I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Murder Suicide Meteor Slave|Murder Suicide Meteor Slave]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Back In N.Y.C|Back In N.Y.C]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Demon John|Demon John]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Your Flesh Is So Nice|Your Flesh Is So Nice]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Jewel Box|Jewel Box]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Satisfied Mind|Satisfied Mind]]'''
{{Clear}}
==[[Jeff Buckley:Mystery White Boy (2000)|Mystery White Boy (2000)]]==
{{Album Art|Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy.jpg|Mystery White Boy}}
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Dream Brother|Dream Brother]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Woke Up In A Strange Place|I Woke Up In A Strange Place]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mojo Pin|Mojo Pin]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Lilac Wine|Lilac Wine]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:What Will You Say|What Will You Say]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Last Goodbye|Last Goodbye]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Eternal Life|Eternal Life]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Grace|Grace]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mood Swing Whiskey|Mood Swing Whiskey]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:The Man That Got Away|The Man That Got Away]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Kanga-Roo|Kanga-Roo]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Hallelujah - I Know It's Over|Hallelujah - I Know It's Over]]'''
{{Clear}}
==[[Jeff Buckley:Live At Sin-e (Legacy Edition) (2003)|Live At Sin-e (Legacy Edition) (2003)]]==
{{Album Art|Jeff Buckley - Live At Sin-e (Legacy Edition).jpg|Live At Sin-e (Legacy Edition)}}
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# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Be Your Husband|Be Your Husband]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Lover, You Should've Come Over|Lover, You Should've Come Over]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mojo Pin|Mojo Pin]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Duane Eddy, Songs For Lovers|Monologue - Duane Eddy, Songs For Lovers]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Grace|Grace]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Reverb, The Doors|Monologue - Reverb, The Doors]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Strange Fruit|Strange Fruit]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Night Flight|Night Flight]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:If You Knew|If You Knew]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Fabulous Time For A Guinness|Monologue - Fabulous Time For A Guinness]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Unforgiven (Last Goodbye)|Unforgiven (Last Goodbye)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Twelfth Of Never|Twelfth Of Never]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Cafe Days|Monologue - Cafe Days]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Eternal Life|Monologue - Eternal Life]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Eternal Life|Eternal Life]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Just Like A Woman|Just Like A Woman]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monolouge - False Start, Apology, Miles Davis|Monolouge - False Start, Apology, Miles Davis]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Calling You|Calling You]]'''
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# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Nusrat, He's My Elvis|Monologue - Nusrat, He's My Elvis]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Yeh Jo Halka Saroor Hae|Yeh Jo Halka Saroor Hae]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - I'm A Ridiculous Person|Monologue - I'm A Ridiculous Person]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:If You See Her, Say Hello|If You See Her, Say Hello]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Matt Dillon, Hollies, Classic Rock Radio|Monologue - Matt Dillon, Hollies, Classic Rock Radio]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Dink's Song|Dink's Song]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Musical Chairs|Monologue - Musical Chairs]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Drown In My Own Tears|Drown In My Own Tears]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - The Suckiest Water|Monologue - The Suckiest Water]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:The Way Young Lovers Do|The Way Young Lovers Do]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Walk Through Walls|Monologue - Walk Through Walls]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin|Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Shall Be Released|I Shall Be Released]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Sweet Thing|Sweet Thing]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Monologue - Good Night Bill|Monologue - Good Night Bill]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Hallelujah|Hallelujah]]'''
{{Clear}}
==Other Songs==
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Back In N.Y.C.|Back In N.Y.C.]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Be My Husband|Be My Husband]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Kanga Roo|Kanga Roo]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Kangaroo|Kangaroo]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Live At Sine (Legacy Edition) (2003)|Live At Sine (Legacy Edition) (2003)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Lover, You Should Have Come Over|Lover, You Should Have Come Over]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:New Year's Eve Prayer|New Year's Eve Prayer]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk|Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:You & I|You & I]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Hallelujah|Hallelujah]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:All Flowers In Time|All Flowers In Time]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Angel Mine|Angel Mine]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Cruel|Cruel]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Everyday People|Everyday People]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Faith Salons|Faith Salons]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Good Morning Little Schoolgirl|Good Morning Little Schoolgirl]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Harem Man|Harem Man]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Know We Could Be So Happy, Baby (If We Wanted To Be)|I Know We Could Be So Happy, Baby (If We Wanted To Be)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:In My Arms|In My Arms]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Malign Fiesta (No Soul)|Malign Fiesta (No Soul)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mama, You've Been On My Mind|Mama, You've Been On My Mind]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Medley: Hallelujah / Last Month Of The Year (Live At Palais Theatre)|Medley: Hallelujah / Last Month Of The Year (Live At Palais Theatre)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Medley: Je N'En Connais Pas La Fin / Hymne A L'amour (Live From The Bataclan)|Medley: Je N'En Connais Pas La Fin / Hymne A L'amour (Live From The Bataclan)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Medley Piaf|Medley Piaf]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Song To No One|Song To No One]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Thief Without The Take|Thief Without The Take]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Woke Up In A Strange Place|Woke Up In A Strange Place]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Dido's Lament|Dido's Lament]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Gunshot Glitter|Gunshot Glitter]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Haven't You Heard|Haven't You Heard]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Against I|I Against I]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Know It's Over|I Know It's Over]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby (If We Wanted To Be)|I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby (If We Wanted To Be)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Shall Be Released|I Shall Be Released]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:If You Knew|If You Knew]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Killing Time|Killing Time]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Live At Sin-é EP (1993)|Live At Sin-é EP (1993)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mama You've Been On My Mind|Mama You've Been On My Mind]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Please Send Me Someone To Love|Please Send Me Someone To Love]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Thousand Fold|Thousand Fold]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Ulalume|Ulalume]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:We All Fall In Love Sometimes|We All Fall In Love Sometimes]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Alive|Alive]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun|All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Auld Lang Syne|Auld Lang Syne]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Calling You By Jevetta Steele|Calling You By Jevetta Steele]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Catnip Dream|Catnip Dream]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Curtains|Curtains]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Despite The Tears|Despite The Tears]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Edna Frau|Edna Frau]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Fall In Light|Fall In Light]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Farewell Angelina|Farewell Angelina]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Hymne A L'amour|Hymne A L'amour]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain|I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:I Want Someone Badly|I Want Someone Badly]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Jolly Street|Jolly Street]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Let Time Stand Still/Killing Time|Let Time Stand Still/Killing Time]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Let's Bomb The Moonlight|Let's Bomb The Moonlight]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Madame George|Madame George]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Mama, You Been On My Mind|Mama, You Been On My Mind]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Once I Was|Once I Was]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:People's Parties|People's Parties]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Sefronia - The King's Chain|Sefronia - The King's Chain]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:She Is Free|She Is Free]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:That's All I Ask|That's All I Ask]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:The Boy With The Thorn In His Side|The Boy With The Thorn In His Side]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Thousand Fold (Bonus Non-Album Track)|Thousand Fold (Bonus Non-Album Track)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Three Is A Magic Number|Three Is A Magic Number]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:What Will You Say?|What Will You Say?]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Wild Is The Wind|Wild Is The Wind]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Will The Circle Be Unbroken|Will The Circle Be Unbroken]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Woke Up In A Strange Place (Live)|Woke Up In A Strange Place (Live)]]'''
# '''[[Jeff Buckley:Yeh Jo Halka Halka|Yeh Jo Halka Halka]]'''
==Record Label==
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The song "[talking]" by Jeff Buckley is a unique piece in which the musician speaks candidly about his experiences with the music industry and his perception of fame. In the song, Buckley talks about the difficulty of being a musician in the spotlight and the disparity between what he wants to create as an artist and what is expected of him by his record label. He speaks about the fear of losing his authentic self and becoming consumed by the expectations of the industry.
The lyrics of "[talking]" offer a rare insight into the mind of an artist struggling to maintain their creative integrity while navigating the commercial pressures of the music industry. By exposing the challenges and struggles that he faced, Buckley offers an authentic and vulnerable portrayal of the burden that fame can place on those who wear it. Ultimately, the song stands as a powerful reminder of the importance of staying true to oneself and the difficulty of doing so in a world that often values popularity over authenticity.
Contributed by Blake N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@anishadhikari6233
I'm leaving this comment here so that whenever someone likes it, I come to listen this song and feel him over and again!
@andychris6069
come enjoy it again my friend
@gazepskotzs4
Here we are..
@firebugeyes
And again!
@haydenbyrnes4604
and again
@meyalovesyoutube4492
Come listen with me
@yaboi6360
David: plays secret chord
The lord: Nice
@rhubarbdude3347
The lord: finally, some good fucking chords
@piggy6801
👍
@decidiousrex
The lord: now, that, that is a goddamn chord