i don't think 'no big surprise' applies to buckley, i mean the guy drowned in a freak accident after spontaneously deciding to go for a swim.
my attitude towards him is pretty much, hey, if his popularity gets more ppl to listen to his dad, cool.
Agreed. Upon hearing the news, my first thoughts were about the Buckley family (not that I know the first thing about them) and how tragic it might be for them. My second thought, oddly enough, was how the rumors of Simon LeBon's drowning persisted for weeks (in the pre-internet days of the mid-80s) when the actual event was measured in minutes.
Curious, how many Jeff fans do you think actually found Tim? On the ILM boards I doubt more than 20% matriculated to the elder, and in the general population it's probably less than 5%. But, yeah, the more the better.
― suspecterrain, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I definitely sought Tim out after I got into Jeff.
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i migrated to tim from jeff. starsailor and lorca and happy/sad are completely crucial records for me now but i might only barely know them without the tremendous jeff fandom i experienced from ages 12 to okay now.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Me too. Heard Starsailor first and was blown away.
― Guy? Guy? It's me, your cousin, Marvin Mann-Dude (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 May 2011 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
So, let's ask the question: Tim Buckley and Jeff Buckley -- in what order did you hear them?
― suspecterrain, Monday, 9 May 2011 05:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i got happy/sad on a whim and aint quite been the same since
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 9 May 2011 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoops, made a mistake there: I heard Jeff first, dug him, then moved onto Tim, whereupon I was blown away by Starsailor.
― Guy? Guy? It's me, your cousin, Marvin Mann-Dude (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 May 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
How many of of you sought out "Starsailor" after being blown away by the breakout band Starsailor?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 May 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
They pissed me off so much, not only did they nick the name but the bleeding font as well, twats.
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Monday, 9 May 2011 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ those are the exact reasons I made a point of never hearing the band Starsailor.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 May 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Him from Gossip Girl will play Jeff Buckley in a film
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Hand me my shotgun
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
did anybody else notice the url
http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/penn-badgley-to-play-singer-tim-buckley-in-biopic/
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
he doesn't really look the part but whatever, dude was lobster todd, i'll give him the benefit of the doubt
― admin logbs (some dude), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently not! Big boots to fill, Spider-Man.
LOS ANGELES, CA(AUGUST 15TH, 2011) – Actor/singer-songwriter Reeve Carney (Broadway’s Spiderman: Turn off the Dark) has been cast as Jeff Buckley in the forthcoming “Untitled Jeff Buckley" film, it was announced today by the filmmakers. To be directed by Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys), and written by Ryan Jaffe (story by, The Rocker), the filmmakers hold a robust rights package that includes the exclusive rights to Jeff's music and personal archives, and is fully supported by Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, who serves as executive producer. Michelle Sy (Finding Neverland) and Orian Williams (Control) are producing, with Alison Raykovich (Jeff Buckley Music) serving as associate producer. Producers are currently out to additional cast for the project.
The film will chronicle the life of Buckley, one of the most critically acclaimed musical artists of his time, who died tragically at age 30 in a drowning accident in Memphis, Tennessee’s Wolf River. Production will commence in New York and Memphis in November.
Carney currently stars on Broadway as Peter Parker in the high profile production of Spiderman: Turn off the Dark. Reeve also co-starred in Julie Taymor’s THE TEMPEST for Miramax. His current single, "Rise Above 1 featuring Bono and The Edge" (Music From SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark), was performed by the trio on the season finale of American Idol this year. In addition, Reeve and his band Carney opened for U2 on the last stop of the U2 360° tour. Their debut album Mr. Green Vol. 1 is available on DAS Label/Interscope.
"We are over the moon that Reeve has agreed to take on this challenging role. I've seen him perform several times...he's been getting ready for this all his life. It certainly doesn't hurt that he looks so much like Jeff," said Guibert regarding the choice.
Scott commented, “We are excited to have found in Reeve the perfect combination of musical prodigy, impish charm, innate intelligence & sensitivity to play Jeff.”
The as-yet untitled script is based on screenwriter Jaffe’s in-depth examination and research into Buckley’s life, which includes scores of interviews, unlimited access to the Jeff Buckley Estate archives, and Jeff’s personal journals, drawings, and letters. Producers also optioned the book “Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley” by David Browne, for research purposes.
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 August 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
Producers also optioned the book “Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley” by David Browne, for research purposes.
that's gotta be some nice scratch. anyone know how i can get hollywood to option my black flag book?
― sbgorf (stevie), Monday, 15 August 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
Rollins becomes gov of Calif.
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
i saw this guy do a TV interview once and didn't remember what he looked like but wow the resemblance is pretty strong
http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/106/230x306/106579_reeve-carney-in-february-2009.jpg
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
the tapes of this have been in this thread iirc but here it is in flash version
god i love this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqK9BadX8-Y&feature=related
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 April 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
just so many little touches, the tape wobble making the voice shudder and the guitar doing the ghostly feedback on the line about "feel the water touch my skin" gives me goosebumps
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 April 2012 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
two biopics?
― omar little, Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.soulracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/4-Without-Limits.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hsIxFm6VK0
I like him as sung by Genevieve Schatz.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
Music starts 1:45ish.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
No Dan Rossen in starring role of biopic, no credibility.
― Yellow Tonka//Sony Titanium - YT//ST (Craig D.), Thursday, 20 September 2012 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
Nah, James Ransone!
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:04 (eleven years ago) link
Dan Rossen? Neither looks nor sounds like Buckley?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 20 September 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
Jeff Suckley.
― Hungry4Ass, Thursday, 20 September 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
― omar little, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 11:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
lol... ive thought about doing a poll on these
― Hungry4Ass, Thursday, 20 September 2012 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
Ha James Ransone would be amazing.
Here's Penn Badgley (he off Gossip Girl) doing "Lilac Wine". As far as imitations go... surprisingly not terrible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLcsQANebA
― Roz, Thursday, 20 September 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
i actually thought the trailer for the buckley flick he's in looked okay. Except for Kate Nash.
― pandemic, Thursday, 20 September 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
really? cause I thought it looked pretty awful - why is it shot like a 500 Days of Summer-type rom-com?
That said, I wasn't expecting Badgley to be the best thing about this. He sounded really good in the tiny bits of music shown.
― Roz, Thursday, 20 September 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
his version of "Hallelujah" is one of my least favorite pieces of music ever
― corey, Saturday, May 7, 2011 2:34 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
i used to think this was badass when i was a teenager, just tried listening to it now and i couldnt prevent myself from laughing my damn buns off at it, hes so freaking overdramatic
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 27 October 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
I have no prob with Buckley's version; I just never thought "Hallelujah" was that good a song to begin with, at least not something that warrants over a thousand known cover versions. (The rest of Grace is great though - "Lover, You Should've Come Over" and "Last Goodbye" both feel like the soundtrack to my life).
― Lee626, Saturday, 27 October 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
John Cale's "Hallelujah" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> every other version (including cohen's)
― tylerw, Saturday, 27 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
his melodrama is very 90s. very Reality Bites romantic montage. still, i think that Sketches shows that his songwriting was still developing and he could have done a lot better than Grace had he lived.
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 27 October 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
tyler OTM
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 27 October 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
jeff's covers are never about giving himself over to the song, they're about JEFF BUCKLEY CAN SING REALLY WELL
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 27 October 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Jeff Buckley at the Garage in 1994 was one of the most boring shows I've ever seen.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Saturday, 27 October 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
disagree at least re: his van morrison covers and his weird homespun version of "back in nyc"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 27 October 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
I heard a really nice version of Elton John's 'Curtains' once, understated.
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Saturday, 27 October 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the Cale version is still legit. also props to him (or perhaps... boos to him???) for setting the template for every cover to follow
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 27 October 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
maybe i'm wrong, but it feels more like j buckley taking cale as the template set the template for every cover to follow from there? or at least the vast majority.
not rly sure why but jeff buckley is one of the few idols of my teenage years who i haven't returned to in some way. others have faded away but then i've felt compelled to revisit them over the period of ten years or so, but jeff, despite being a major teen obsession, i have no desire to listen to again.
― Perfect Chicken Forever (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 27 October 2012 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
― Perfect Chicken Forever (Merdeyeux)
I had the same thing happen to me. In the late 90's I listend to Grace probably once every day and then suddenly I just stopped listening to him at all. A few weeks ago I put it on for the first time in probably eight years. I just didn't get a lot from it, not sure if I just associate it too much with with an angsty teenager. I still enjoyed the title track, Last Goodbye, So Real and Lover but I didn't care for much else.
I played Sketches right after it and enjoyed that so much more. Everybody Here Wants You is a stunning song, easily the best he did.
Agree with the whole hating Hallelujah thing, I just think it's a boring song whoever does it.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 28 October 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
'morning theft' and 'eternal life' will stay among my favorites forever. could take or leave the rest.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
sketches is just fantastic, so many great things on there
― Jamie_ATP, Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, he was headed in a really interesting direction w/ some of that stuff
― the man with 2 BRAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINZ! (some dude), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
"Grace" popped into my head the other day, not really sure why—haven't thought about the album in a dog's age, and when I do I usually repress it immediately. great vocal on that track tho, idc if it's "melodramatic" or whatever
― have you ever even *seen* a cliche?? (bernard snowy), Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
... also I've been listening to a lot of Shearwater so my tolerance for operatic male rocks vocals is at historic highs
― have you ever even *seen* a cliche?? (bernard snowy), Monday, 29 October 2012 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
*rock vocals, duh