I met tim buckley in 1975. I was 19 years old. I did not know anything about him. the bar that I frequented had all these flyers on the doors and walls announcing his arrival. 2 nites only. I must say I was not all that impressed the first nite. by the second nite something clicked for me. I don,t know what it was but I was in awe. I had the great fortune to meet him and stayed with him back at the hotel. he was leaving in the morning. It was one of the best times in my life. I am 58 now. I still feel like I did when I met him at 19. watching some of his videos, I still kinda tear up. he was a sweet man and I am so glad I got to meet him.
The Old Grey Whistle Test producer Michael Appleton said that this is his favourite all time Whistle Test performance. Appleton died in 2020, his legacy is gifting us these timeless beautiful performances. Tim Buckley is majestic here.
The looks and actions between father and son are mind blowing. I grew up estranged from my biological father and throughout my early life I was told how much my "actions" were like his. Now after seeing Tim and mentally comparing he and Jeff, I totally understand.
I have a step brother who had never met his biological Father(my dad). Me and my Grandmother contacted my step brother once he was 16. To say the least we were shocked by his mannerism, actions, and personality. He was the spitting image of my father, he was very similar to my father, it warmed my heart, & shocked my family. I call it a pitiful serendipity.
I've been infatuated with this video for over a year now. Tim Buckley's performance of this song is haunting, it almost feels like a 'farewell' performance. He sings 'Dolphins' as if he were putting a cadence onto his entire life up until this point.
he kind of was. i heard a story that someone asked what the songs dolphins meant to him, Tim allegedly went off essentially detailing what happened with his abandoned son, how the song was a metaphor for his life story almost... only for the other person to say, oh no, dolphins was a song about something much simpler (i forget what exactly). he was a tortured soul, god bless him and jeff
Tim Buckley has been my late night listening for more than 40 yrs,coming up to midnight put on any album and lay back to the most beautiful music ever.
Ummm considering all the other stuff that had already been out for decades and everything thing else leading up to his time this really isn't very talented and those guitars are pretty out of tune,it's ear retching
@@davidlee3638 Yep....I keep hearing people saying 'oh so and so was so underated' but the phrase is meaningless, as the person that they are talking about is a legend....it's the dumbest comment...
@@thrawl Ummm what? Someone states that they feel Tim Buckley is underrated all these years later, has a lovely voice, and this song is amazing, so you bizarrely decide to 'argue the point', opening with the snide juvenile "ummm" then explaining to the misguided/mistaken original commenter that Tim Buckley in fact "isn't really very talented" because "other stuff had already been out for decades", and of course considering "everything else leading up to his time". What the fuck are you even talking about? Those guitars are not out of tune, and 'ear retching' is not a thing. Hope this helps. Maybe take a break from the internet, like forever.
I found him due to his sons music… I’m both saddened and immensely amazed and moved by both. I am 52 now and listening to both their music styles every nite.
Me 3 M8. I was 22 when Greetings from LA came out an I'm 73 now. Followed a young Jeff to see if he would follow in his old mans footsteps? Eerily similar voices and octaves. Both sad endings. RIP's. 💕
All star cast doing THE definitive cover of Fred Neil's Dolphins. The live version on Tim's posthumously released Dream Letter: Live in London, is also astonishing. However, to see this cast of characters from Family (Charlie Whitney, guitar), King Crimson (Ian Wallace, drums) and session player/master bassist Tim Hinkley is bracing in the extreme. They probably had all of 2 days to rehearse for this. Put this up against anything in modern music and you realise what we lost with the passing this era of music. My son is only 11 and he loves exploring my 6000+ vinyl records, yet he cannot stand anything played on modern radio. He has not yet discovered Fred Neil and Tim Buckley. He's still into Jimi, Beatles, Who, Cream etc. But someday he'll pop the needle onto something by Tim and Fred and just go --- WOW!😅
I was never that big on Tim Buckley until yesterday when I watched this video, his amazing voice plus the subtitles telling his story gave me goosebumps, too young to die, 28... oh man
They don’t make em like they used to. More life experiences in that 28 year olds face than the full top 40 of pop songsters together nowadays. Bless you Tim. Voice untouchable.
I saw Tim play at the very first Knebworth in 74... Having driven all night with 14 of my mates in an old white transit (Yup! Those were the days) we arrived about 8am and they were still putting the finishing touches to the stage. We had our tickets so they let us in. We feel asleep in a (more or less) empty field, only to be woken up about Noon by a roar as Sensational Alex Harvey Band came on to the Intro of Rambo Rules.. and 80,000 people behind us....What a Day! We all got sunburn, but the 2 best acts of the day were Tim Buckley (& Band) and Van Morrison. Doobies were oaky(ish) But people started leaving half-way through the Allman Brothers set which was tedious and boring. John Peel Compared the day and was as dry and funny as ever.
+Jay Coburn Both of them were talented as hell--as both singers and songwriters--that's why it's such a shame that they both passed at such early ages. Just got a 5 CD set by T. Buckley (of his first 5 albums) and was glad to hear a lot of his stuff I'd never heard before. Loved the hell out of J. Buckley's Grace,too---still think it's one of the best albums of the '90s.
Without a doubt , one of the greatest performances ever captured on film. Charlie Whitney is superb , beyond superb even , on guitar. I love this little bit of musical legend.
it's such a brilliant cover of Dolphins. Having this heard for the first time long ago I did not get his performance out of my head and sung it myself ... It is sad to know he is gone and could not write and sing more of such beautiful tunes anymore ...
i swear i watch this video every three days...his vocal was so unbelievable on the performance of this song...this version of the song is actually better than the album version...more soulful...never fails to get me teary-eyed...
The support band was very good too with Charlie Whitney from Family on lead guitar. But that voice, it feels like soaring away far beyond the Stars... Such a great Man.! Thanks Man!
Saw this on Whistle Test in 74 & this performance passed me by at the time. However, age & wisdom has taught me what a great performance this was. A major loss.
The Song's by Fred Neil... I've loved Tim Buckley for 30 years and I never knew about Fred Neil until today! Tim Buckley does this so well... does justice to Fred's memory. Such a mysterious song...
Fred Neil's is still far superior in my opinion in due to not only his hauntingly rich, baritone voice and guitar, but the song is almost always sung best by the Muse from which it flowed. Case in point was Harry Nilssons' popish covering of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talking at Me". Long live the memory of music's unknown great.
what was great about the 60's and 70's was that peace and non-war was what people were talking about. It was like a wave sweeping over us, now it's the opposite
This old world may never change The way it's been And all the ways of war Can't change it back again I've been searchin' For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me I'm not the one to tell this world How to get along I only know the peace will come When all hate is gone I've been searchin' For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me You know sometimes I think about Saturday's child And all about the time When we were running wild I've been searchin' For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me This old world may never change This world may never change This world may never change
Tim Buckley is one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of all time if not the most underrated singer-songwriter. His voice is powerful enough to send chills up and down your spine. His music and legacy will live on forever.
If you liked this you should listen to this songs' original singer-songwriter: Fred Neil's version.Talk about underated, but then again Fred shunned the spotlight.
Thank you Tim, for both your's and Jeff's music. He couldn't have done it without you. Also, although I don't hear it Gary Puckett was paid a tremendous compliment, just two comments back. I'm still searching fot the Dolphins, three decades later.
I remember seeing this the very first time around, 1974 on OGWT, when I was 15. Never heard of him before, I was transfixed by his voice & performance. I've been a devotee ever since!
Never tire of listening to Tim Buckley. God I wish I could sing like that, what a voice! Tragedy that he died so young but he left an amazing legacy of music. Also check out The Peel Sessions, one of my favourite live recordings.
