/ therightearofnash blonderazorblade.blogspot.co.uk/ Jeff Buckley performs the Tim Buckley song "Once I Was" live at St. Ann's Church, New York, 26th April 1991.
“Suddenly, before the last chorus, a string broke on his acoustic guitar, and Jeff sang the lines “Sometimes, I wonder for a while/Do you ever remember me?” unaccompanied. If that weren’t dramatic enough, his voice spiraled up on the last word-“me”-like a thin plume of smoke, holding on for a moment before drifting up to the ceiling. He took a quick bow, said “thanks,” and trotted offstage, and the concert ended. It would not have been a more perfect finale if he had planned it.” [“Dream Brother”, David Browne]
I think he's trying to stop himself from crying. He said in an interview he couldn't play the song at home without weeping and struggled to keep himself together singing it on stage that night.
I can hear the torture in his voice in the beginning while he tells the intro story. It must have been so hard for him to get this song out, but he did it! As an artist I know that struggle, it’s real.
Jeff shared fact he was not invited to Father Tim's funeral and very few people knew of his existence....But Tim's Manager did and wanted Jeff there....Closure for Jeff? Jeff did not want his name used in program/Tribute. Last song Jeff acknowledged himself/Existence. Profoundly Sad❤️
For Jeff not hard just inspiring. To climb this mountain. With no body waiting at the top when performed except this internal ghost... this... is beautiful. I wish i was. What my father wanted to be
Interesting change Jeff made to this song lyrically.. he changed “Will you ever, remember me?” to “Do you ever, remember me?”.. turning that question to ask his father in his afterlife..
@@TheMrYeppers Yes but he changed the lyrics “sometimes I wonder for a while will you ever remember me” to “do you ever remember me” as if posing the question to his father. So yes, that is a personal message to his father.
I been told that " a song can be anything you want it to be', this song found me after being retired from the military and the failed relationship that followed. She didn't like what came home.
Tim wasn’t really a fame seeker, neither was Jeff. Their voices are poignant and significant Their deaths are tragic and they both shared a lot. We can still learn from their lives and I try to remember every day.
Once I was a soldier And I fought on foreign sands for you Once I was a hunter And I brought home fresh meat for you Once I was a lover And I searched behind your eyes for you And soon there'll be another To tell you I was just a lie And sometimes I wonder Just for a while Will you ever remember me And though you have forgotten All of our rubbish dreams I find myself searching Through the ashes of our ruins For the days when we smiled And the hours that ran wild With the magic of our eyes And the silence of our words And sometimes I wonder Just for a while Will you ever remember me
This was his fathers stuff that he first listened to when he was 5. Only met him for a few days when he was 8 before he died at 28 from heroine overdose. Much disdain towards his father throughout his life.
I've always wondered what would Tim have thought or felt about his son's voice as singing. After listened to this, I somehow feel like Tim was there that day in that church, summoned by Jeff’s presence. It's like they're talking to each other through it, Jeff making his peace with his father and Tim... accepting his son’s forgiveness, a son to whom he endowed so much of his inner self. The strings of the guitar breaking at the end tho, and Jeff’s solo voice that carries on the last few words of the lyrics, it gives me shivers every time, just like the touch of a ghost.
All we need is Love, Faith, and Hope. But the greatest of these three is and always will be Love. So if you are struggling with depression, or anxiety, or loneliness... if you are so tired of this world with the war, the exonomic crisis... if you are exhausted of this world, exhausted to be someone, exhausted to show a happy face in this society...if you feel like I feel... Don't give up. Love will survive.
Just like an absolute legend needs to be portrayed by multiple actors, (The Dylan movie) it seems like the legend of Buckley played out over two eras through two unbelievably talented artists!
Man, I am so saddened by this man's death- a man that I didn't really know, and who couldn't know me. I can't even begin to imagine how Jeff dealt with everything surrounding his father. It's all so horrible. Jeff, you were amazing Thank you for sharing yourself with the world
@@rayaqin Jeff truly loved playing cafes and small gigs, and did so under weird monikers even after he became famous so as to make the experience more organic. He expressed how much he missed the intimacy of small shows and just showing up and playing as just man, not a big name. He almost didn't play this show because he didn't want his namesake to be the "springboard for his career".
@@rayaqin It means he gave up his privacy and allowed people to know that he was the son of Tim Buckley and to be compared to him and all that. He didn't really want to be all that famous or known as the son of Tim Buckley or be compared to him. So he sacrificed all of that so that people could remember and recognize his father's music and talents. If he kept quiet most of us might not have known about Tim Buckley. The sad part is the second half of that quote - I'm guessing his father left and abandoned him to pursue his music career.
tim and jeff's stories are the stories that most make me believe in supernatural afterlife soul stuff, hidden in plain sight. it's just insane, the connections
I spoke to Lee Underwood (Tim's guitarist and long time friend) recently via facebook regarding the time he spoke with Jeff. It's a sad story as a whole. Tim was just a kid trying to make it and after his death Lee was the voice his friend didn't have. He said Jeff was seeing someone to help with issues regarding Tim. I don't know if that is true but if so good for Jeff.
@@irenjenei7527 this show was mostly fictional just so you know. It is a horrible representation of the Buckleys and certainly of Jeff. Read Dream Brother and the newest book published in 2019 by his manager Dave Lory...From Hallelujah to the last goodbye. Great reads and a great education
@@hopelove6658 I wouldn't underestimate the representation of the movie. Even though it's not a documentary it shows the emotional side of things well. Thanks for the book recommender, I know about then, but I don't live in America, so then...
Difference between him and his dad is detail. Jeff’s voice was intricate, whereas his father was very abrasive and strong. Jeff was pretty close to perfection with his voice for a man or woman.
listen to phantasmagoria in two before trying to say Tim Buckley had an abrasive voice. or better yet the original recording for the song Jeff is literally covering
You clearly haven't listened enough to Tim Buckley. Listen to his live album Dreamletter in London or his album Lorca, 'Driftin' is as intricate as you can get, the control of timbre and mood he has is unparalleled.
it's curious that after listening to both versions, jeff's one expresses to me a lot more than his father's... Jeff really utters a lot of emotion with his voice... it's amazing...
I recently listened to a recommended playlist on Spotify and came across the Jimmy Buckley version of this song. I was blown away and of course it reminded me so much of Jeff that I investigated further.... they looked and sounded alike and are so unique. I hope neither are ever forgotten
Breton Wescott Sounds 4d version of His father. - From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
Jeff wasn’t a Rock n’ Roller but a haunting crooner even with all the swirling rhythm sections. Such an Irony that the limitation of both the father and the son remained the same. - From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
They were just different ~No One had the voice that Tim Buckley had. Even Jeff. But Jeff's was as pure and beautiful. Tim has a deep warm resonance that expressed itself differently in Jeff. I was in a position to often hear Tim sing ,live. The first song I ever heard him sing was the Tennessee Waltz playing solo guitar, and it was the most heart breakingly beautiful thing I think I had ever heard,.
