December 2011
November 2011
Okay. The other day I was pondering what it would be like to own Jeff's Telecaster, as it's been on sale for awhile now. I suppose someone'll get to it sometime. If you were to come in possession of his guitar, what do you think you'd do with it? Put it in a case and never touch it, or sleep with it, or play the shit out of it? It baffles me just to think about it.
I love this question. First, I think I’d spontaneously combust from joy. I don’t really know what I would do with it. Probably just bask in its awesome. I would probably attempt to play it. I think Jeff would have wanted it that way though, it helped him create his music and it should be out there creating more, not locked in a case somewhere. It’s far too important for that.
Farewell Angelina
Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley, Farewell, Angelina (Bob Dylan/Joan Baez Cover)
“It’s a song about a friend of mine, who’s led a rather excessive life… he is in trouble. This song is for him. I know what self-destruction can lead to and I have tried to warn him. But I am one big hypocrite because when I called him up and told him about the song I’d written, that same night I took an overdose of hash and woke up the next day feeling terrible. It is very hard not to give in to one’s negative feelings. Life is total chaos.”
—Jeff Buckley on Dream Brother
“…and it’s just about how there is so many things to learn about being a human being on Earth that there’s no use with messing with each other, oppressing one another or messing with people’s life from a desk somewhere.”
—Jeff Buckley on Eternal Life
“The ‘Carol’ is a fairytale about a falcon who takes the beloved of the singer to an orchard. The singer goes looking for her and arrives at a chamber where his beloved lies next to a bleeding knight and a tomb with Christ’s body in it. My friend Roy introduced me to the song when I was still in high school and now I’m singing it for him.”
—Jeff Buckley on Corpus Christi Carol (For Roy)
“I wrote this song while lying, listening to the telephone in my apartment. But she never called.”
—Jeff Buckley on Lover, You Should Have Come Over
“It’s a hymn to being alive. It’s a hymn to love lost. To love. Even the pain of existence, which ties you to being human… should receive an amen, or a hallelujah.”
—Jeff Buckley on Hallelujah
My 1000th liked post was the quote you just put up about So Real. It reminded me to thank you for sharing Jeff like this, such an incredible artist, a star that burnt out too quickly, wish he was still around.
That’s awesome! And thank you for following. This blog wouldn’t be half what it was without you guys. I don’t think I could express how much I appreciate it. I wholeheartedly agree! Jeff was here just for a moment, but I’m glad his music will be with us forever.
