My apology to Jeff Buckley.
// March 3rd, 2005 // Uncategorized
Look Jeff*, let me start directly, Im sorry. I was wrong. Years ago when friends told me about you, I scoffed. I mocked. I described your tender ballads as “injustice music”. Little did I know you had created the Best Song in the World. Yes for those of you who haven’t heard “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley, acquire it now, listen to it repeatedly, and make your life better. Some say Jeff drowned in the Mississippi after downing a bottle of jack daniels, but I believe he was last seen walking into an empty studio where he recorded Hallelujah and disappeared, leaving the track behind for us. If he didn’t go to heaven at least he gave us a small peace of it to echo sweetly for eternity.
* Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American singer and guitarist whose unique voice, spanning four octaves, launched him to semi-celebrity.
Yo Artyj!!!
Great to see you online blogging dude!
CONCUR.
Love this song, it is absolutely brilliant.
Hugs Mazzy xx
Ahoj ArtyJ!! So good to have you on nomadlife! Jeff is the man alright
Hugs from Blava!
It is an amazing song, but… it’s a cover. Leonard Cohen did the original. Rufus Wainwright also tried to replicate it, but I’m not sure why he tried when Jeff got it oh so right.
You should snag the double disc of his. Great songs on there.
True, it is written by Leonard- but “owned” by Jeff. Its a cover in the same sense that Hendrix covered “All along the watchtower” from Dylan.