I love Jeff Buckley. I have for years. I think that most people who hear him for the first time have the same response.... where have I been???
I remember the first time, and the first song I ever heard, and how impactful it was on me. Last Goodbye... I was 15. I just sort of sat there infront of morpheus, on my family computer in my living room in dundas and thought: who is this? how do i get more?
AND THEN it happens, you find out he is dead! and how he died! and you listen to Grace from start to finish 3 times, and then you get your hands on Sketches, and its over. You are in love. A love that can't ever die, because its hard to get and so rare. Besides Live bootlegs, and then the 4 song eps and the newest So Real record... he only really released one full length before her died... Sketches is so beautiful, but unfinished....
In anycase, your new love for buckley cannot ever be filled because you know he had so much more, and left so little.
And then you slowly find out that there are other buckley lovers out there. The best part of this is that most people who really love Jeff Buckley think they are the only ones in the world who could possibly love him. And that there love is so much greater than everyone elses. I watched a documentary on him once, and Brad Pitt was talking about him like he owned him haha.... i think its a common theme though... he envokes this crazy passion in people... its fairly special.
If you are reading this and do not own a Jeff Buckley cd... go out NOW - RUN - you will be doing youself a favour.
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i remember the first time i ever heard jeff buckley..it was also, last goodbye.
after that i was hooked.
i spent about an entire year of my life a few years ago where literally 90% of the music i listened to was him and all i read were books on him and i actually felt like he touched my soul.
jan... the first time i put grace into my cd player, and mojo pin started... that moaning... i was hooked for life. To this day I probably listen to a buckley cd twice a week at least. I can never comprehend when people are not fans. When you say he touched your soul, I totally understand. I have this intense connection to his music too.
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