i thought i was so clever when i came up with the first two chords to this song when i was like 15. then a little while later i heard this and felt like an idiot.
Trying to recall the similarity of the first 4-5 bars of the guitar, maybe to a Beatle song, deeply caught my attention at the age of 12 or so. My oldest brother brought it home and played it. Can't recall exactly, but I think someone borrowed it, and I never heard it again. Then Buckley was 'gone.'
I was an immediate fan of his son, but he too was gone, before I could really get to know his music.
When i hear Tim it reminds me of my oldest brothe who died at 27 in 1985, he to was a sensitive and artistic person drugs took his life. Then my younger brother died at age 24 in 1989 by the hands of another. Once I Was speaks to me and i wonder why them and not me. Only God knows that answer. Thank You edumota for uploading this song!
@cherilyn999 Indeed, it seems that some of the most sentimental artists die in seemingly preventable ways. I think of Tim, Nick Drake, and most of the 27-Club, most of the deaths being caused by drugs.
@PeluMaad please read the book dreambrother and listen to the music of both. you'll never ask that question again. this is music, straight from the heart, embrace it and never let it go. tim was, no he is the true troubadour. listen, and believe, this is it!!!!!
I bought "Hello and Goodbye", the day it came out. I still have the album, even though I have played it about 200 times. I learned "Once I Was" on guitar, the day I bought the album. He had a magical voice!
In the summer of 68, I drove my beat up 59 Chevy Impala to the Newport Folk Festival with my friend Warren, saw Tim perform. This was and still is my favorite and I’m pretty sure it sung it for us. I can still see Tim on the stage in my minds eye. May you both rest in peace Warren and Tim.
@therealsanjaypatel why don't you get a life he's speaking his love for Tims music and how he got lucky enough to see him and your being an ass to him your just jealous that you never got to see him i sure wish i got to see him perform
@Schlachthof5 its ok - at least you experienced the whole thing!! wish i could have seen him play... the full performance of the show (audio only) can be found at wolfgangsvault (dot com), just go there and search his name!! peace
My number was 22 in the draft in 1968. I had already lost my best friend there. Him and I tried to join the service to learn a trade. They took him and not me. He was picked off by a sniper while driving a grader. His father who was all over the Pacific in WWII and didn't want him to go, went crazy. I fought against the war after that. This song was played in the movie, Coming Home. while Marine Bruce Dern, walked to his death at home into the ocean, after Jane Fonda cheated on him......
@LadyStonecut Jeff was not fond of his father from what ive read so I cant imagine him ever trying to imitate him if he even heard much of his fathers performances. Who knows though, they both were cursed it seems.
I thought I just posted a comment. Perhaps it goes through some process before posted. I do not know how to post a video response from the videos here. (I am old), but do search for the same tune by Jeff. It is recording from Tim's memorial which was the first time so many saw Jeff, let alone heard him. I'd only read about this - and can't believe I've found recording...
Thank you. I like that your words are "just listen". And for the folk who come to hear this because of Jeff Buckley and the fact that he did this at Tim's memorial, I would add "just look". Thanks again and I will respond with the audio of Jeff singing. I assume you are familiar with the importance of this event. Peace.
That of course an excellent movie and this song has a very special cause and affect regarding the Vietnam War-I have seen many and was too young to really protest-yet this showed me at 17 what war can do
Great song! The last scene of the movie "Coming Home" features this song. What a GREAT ending to a powerful movie. I always wondered if the song was written for the movie or if it was added because it fit perfectly.
I find it ridiculous that i just found out about Jeff and how great he was and now even more recently found out how great his father is also and they hardly ever seem to get a lot of credit for the great musicians they were. Jeff got credit from a lot of great singers like Robert Plant and Chris Cornell, but i almost never hear their greatness spoken off when they were both amazing. That is why i had not even known much about them and for Jeff i'd only heard Hallelujah and that was it.
Wonderful........ I was born in the UK on the day that this was recorded live in UK, so it's especially poignant to listen to for me. Thanks to edumota for posting it.
Yes, that was incredible wasn't it. I already knew the song well but its appearance in that film was the most poignant moment in a film of unbearable poignancy throughout.
@SEEVIEGEENIE Same here!!! i was watching that movie in class today and i thought this song was awesome, so i wrote down a line from it and found it. Great song.
I knew Tim back in the Village NYC in the late 60's. I was all of 16 and loved his music, and him, with his angelic face, beyond words. When he sings "will you ever remember me?" I wonder if there is a heaven, because I have never forgotten him and his music still effects me the same way it did back then. Yes Tim, I will remember you til the day I die.
No, they never did. jeff hardly knew Tim. maybe that's the reason there music is so pure and full of emotions. they reach each other trough the music. tim sang dreamletter and jeff did dreambrother what was his reply i think. keep listening to both and you will find all the answers. regards a buckley fan
Dream Brother was more of a song against his father, against his father's lack of interest in the existence of his son. I'm sure Tim had his reasons yet I can't help feeling that this completely lets the man down in my eyes as a human-being - although Tim probably had alot of shit in his life to deal with - but I still feel Tim could've been more of a father figure for Jeff, much more. If Tim was looking down on Jeff in the 90's I'm sure he would realise what a mistake he had truely made.
Jeff was raised by his stephfather and learned about music from his mother and stephdad.
I do think your right though, Tim should 've been a father but he just ignored him totally though did refer to him in the song "Dream letter". Tim was only Jeff's bio-dad, the sperm-donor if you will, but his true father was the man his mother married.
Don't you think that would be sad to only notice your son if he was a popular musician?
Tim is one of my favorite musicians and I think Jeff said Tim became a big influence on him, but other than that I don't really care how negligent a father he was.
I usually check wickipedia too---thanks tantepie-that albion guy sounds just like the original--guess why they call em covers! so young when he died and such a waste
I saw the movie Coming Home again after many many years--and what an excellent song-let alone a powerful ending to the movie. I found a video of it again the other day-with Tim Buckley singing it acoustically and now can not find it again. Was recent as he was bald
This is the audio from the Dream Letter: Live in London album (best live album of all time in my opinion) - in the absence of actual footage, this is a nice substitute. Thank you. (On the disc, we hear a snatch of God Save The Queen after the applause dies down!)
I got exposed to Tim back in the late 70's...I was in my 20's when I first related to his music & lyrics.... & now I relate in the late 2000's...he is timeless to those who know him.
The very first time I heard this song was in the movie,"Coming Home" with Jon Voight and Jane Fonda. If you've never seen the movie, check it out and have the Kleenix ready.
Apparently, Jeff was none too fond of the comparisons, but they are valid. Such talent--times two! I love them both. So happy to find alike souls here; usually, it's nothing but vitriol on Youtube--people who have nothing better to do than insult. You are the polar opposite. Peace to you!
I was introduced to Tim's music in the latter part of the '60s when I was still in H. School. His music changed my life from that day and I love it as much now as I did then ! Got me started in playing the Acoustic Guitar and of all the Love Affairs I've had since the latter '60s and there have been many as I'm still a single , never married man. I always turned the Women on to Tim's music and I must say they all enjoyed him. He was a Treasure , a Gift from above.I will always cherish .
i wish more people would know the greatest art of this music. this is truely amazing, his voice, the music and all the jam sessions. i love it, and i wish i could see him perform. i'll just have to wait for heaven i think !!!
Genetics are an amazing thing... hearing his interview and how Jeff sounded...even though I am sure Jeff would not necessarily appreciate it, they were just linked by many things
Tim and Jeff both left lasting impressions on American Music. They earned their place the hard way. That's life, and yeah it sucks sometimes, but they never did.
No, and to all who say Tim was like Jeff, Jeff, as the son, was, in ways, like his dad. But I knew Tim from "The Village Days," and when I hear him sing "will you ever remember me," I break down and cry. Till the day I die, I will never forget him.
Tim and Jeff have got equally haunting voices, and I find it sad how similar they were. I know that Jeff hated being compared to his father, especially when it came to their music. But sometimes when I look at them, I see so much of Tim in Jeff. They've even got similar speaking voices.
And its sad that Tim left Jeff and his mother and died so early because I feel that the music they made would've led on to a closer relationship between them. Music creates bonds, sometimes very strong ones.
I love this song, but two things come to mind when I hear it ... first, does no one but me remember it from "Coming Home"? ... and second, more importantly, it's about lost love not war, and missing that is missing the core of the poetry.
"and sometimes I wonder just for a while will you remember me?" JB sang this final heartfelt lines during the TB tribute concert in 1991with his voice soared heavenword...and that was it!
When we can forgive our fathers we will are truly free. I pray that my children can forgive me...
Tim was a genius child. His music crossed a few genres. He helped me make sense of the 60s which was a time of rapid crazy change. Today is even crazier and now he seems prophetic. His songs still resonate like melancholy bells in the distance, clear and rolling through the hills...
you know im not a father, but mine has always told me that he would love to see me grow better then him.. and if tim could see that his son had more fame then him then i think he would be really proud of em...
If Tim cared about Jeff enough he would have made an effort to see him over the years. Jeff was 8 when Tim died. Tim never wrote him a letter or tried to get in contact with him. Jeff's name wasn't even mentioned in his obituary but his adopted son's name was.
one of the worst father's? "one of the worst? bad ok. one of the worst? did he sexually abuse jeff? hmm??? know any father's like that? shut up if you don't know wtf you're talking about.
jeff is great. many critics feel more talented than tim. but that is opinion. one that i don't share.
It's great to see my " guiding light ' in real life. Tim 's music and verse has meant so much to me ever since the late 60s . I can't think of another Singer / Songwriter that has meant more to me. I've listened to his music for hours upon hours on end. I became part of his lyrical garden of fantasy and wonderment. Ever so much thanks for the videos .Always missed but always in my Heart Tim .
i thought i was so clever when i came up with the first two chords to this song when i was like 15. then a little while later i heard this and felt like an idiot.
umraan 1 month ago
@umraan It happens to a lot of musicians, I'm sure.
BlackSabbathory 1 month ago
@BlackSabbathory It's a pretty confusing feeling. nevertheless a great chord progression. real sentimental.
umraan 1 month ago 2
Trying to recall the similarity of the first 4-5 bars of the guitar, maybe to a Beatle song, deeply caught my attention at the age of 12 or so. My oldest brother brought it home and played it. Can't recall exactly, but I think someone borrowed it, and I never heard it again. Then Buckley was 'gone.'
I was an immediate fan of his son, but he too was gone, before I could really get to know his music.
Such a loss.
rockinroller7 2 months ago
Brilliant, check out the video clip to this song in "letters from Nam" moving. Really moves you.
leroy196401 2 months ago
He was so amazingly talented and sexy... he was perfect! :/
patdogfish 2 months ago
The lyrics of this wonderful song describe what my fondest wish is when there is no light and there is just the dark, me and my tears.
expwebster1 2 months ago
Tim, you are remembered like no other. No need to wonder...
NovaScotiaChick 2 months ago
This version gives me goosebumps every time I hear it !!. Perfection
aa071160 3 months ago
When i hear Tim it reminds me of my oldest brothe who died at 27 in 1985, he to was a sensitive and artistic person drugs took his life. Then my younger brother died at age 24 in 1989 by the hands of another. Once I Was speaks to me and i wonder why them and not me. Only God knows that answer. Thank You edumota for uploading this song!
mrjubalo 3 months ago
I often wonder how many sensitive musicians and others can't go on in this life..
cherilyn999 4 months ago
@cherilyn999 Indeed, it seems that some of the most sentimental artists die in seemingly preventable ways. I think of Tim, Nick Drake, and most of the 27-Club, most of the deaths being caused by drugs.
Tengent 4 months ago
How anyone could dislike this is beyond me. Tim Buckley's music is so beautiful.
metsdevotion 5 months ago
it's jeff buckley with a curly hair. :) tim and jeff... pff... the greatest ever! :D
Senseless00 6 months ago 3
One word "Beautiful"
laneese1970 6 months ago 4
thanks for posting- simply amazing.
HeidiIvy 6 months ago
This was taken from the Dream Letter Concert in London. The whole show is stunning!
TheLordHodne 6 months ago
Rest in Peace, Tim.
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92balthazar 7 months ago
Just awesome.
ERaddock 7 months ago
A beautiful majestic song.
createdbythefather 7 months ago
hauntingly bewitching, those two buckley boys, tim and jeff, brilliant!
hannah4440 7 months ago
saw him, with m y brother in 68? 69? at the Troubador ...amazing
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Massaiboy 8 months ago
Truly don't understand how someone can sing like that. It boggles the mind.
BlackSabbathory 8 months ago 3
Its sad that both father and son, suffered the same fate, died young, never reached their potential of fame that they deserved to achieve...!
P.S. I find it remarkable that Jeff and Tim share that similar haunting quality to their voice...!
debi22 8 months ago 2
Simply the best ! He and Joplin were two I would have loved to see/hear in concert.
DeedleDeedleDumplin 9 months ago
He was a god when it came to music. His voice and talent are beyond reproach.
GeorgiePPuddinPie 9 months ago
i miss this...
Ezsole 10 months ago 2
There's gonna be more blood on those sands Tim, nothings changed nothing ever does..! TJ
TJTele 10 months ago
Happy 64th Birthday in heaven, Tim... R.I.P.
tedkashiwaya 11 months ago 3
Why did all the beautiful men die so young?
MultiGemini666 11 months ago 3
@MultiGemini666 If they didn't, they'd get ugly.
sammydaleo 8 months ago
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MultiGemini666 11 months ago
Jeff Buckley performed this song to say goodbye to his dad.
BlueMorningSong 1 year ago 3
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BlueMorningSong 1 year ago
You're absolutely correct...in both senses!!
Mrguitarmaninthesky 1 year ago
OK...stupid question time......Is Jeff Buckley Tim's son?
PeluMaad 1 year ago
@PeluMaad please read the book dreambrother and listen to the music of both. you'll never ask that question again. this is music, straight from the heart, embrace it and never let it go. tim was, no he is the true troubadour. listen, and believe, this is it!!!!!
thesource213 1 year ago 4
@PeluMaad yup
Crazycupmuffin 11 months ago
I bought "Hello and Goodbye", the day it came out. I still have the album, even though I have played it about 200 times. I learned "Once I Was" on guitar, the day I bought the album. He had a magical voice!
danaphilipangle 1 year ago
damnnnn there's such a striking resemblance between him and his son
joooooooelle 1 year ago
Beautiful haunting song. Brings back so many memories. I agree, so sad he was gone at such a young age.
binny29 1 year ago
In the summer of 68, I drove my beat up 59 Chevy Impala to the Newport Folk Festival with my friend Warren, saw Tim perform. This was and still is my favorite and I’m pretty sure it sung it for us. I can still see Tim on the stage in my minds eye. May you both rest in peace Warren and Tim.
Schlachthof5 1 year ago 59
@Schlachthof5
absolutly amazing!!!!!!!!!
edumota 1 year ago 6
I love this performance.
CayoHueso55 1 year ago
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@Schlachthof5 That was 43 years ago. Obviously you haven't shit since. Get a life.
therealsanjaypatel 10 months ago
@therealsanjaypatel Shut up bitch
mutinyinheav3n 10 months ago
@therealsanjaypatel why don't you get a life he's speaking his love for Tims music and how he got lucky enough to see him and your being an ass to him your just jealous that you never got to see him i sure wish i got to see him perform
wipers86 9 months ago
@Schlachthof5 Well Said Sir.
SlipgateHeaven 7 months ago
@Schlachthof5 How lucky you were. Must be an amazing memory.
dirkbogarde44 6 months ago
@Schlachthof5 but he didnt sing this song in the 1968 newport performance
NLFilms 3 weeks ago
@NLFilms It was a long time ago. Honestly I could be wrong about the song. Is there a recording of his performance at Newport some where?
Schlachthof5 3 weeks ago
@Schlachthof5 its ok - at least you experienced the whole thing!! wish i could have seen him play... the full performance of the show (audio only) can be found at wolfgangsvault (dot com), just go there and search his name!! peace
NLFilms 3 weeks ago
out of all his experimentation those are eternal gems
FValestra 1 year ago
HE WANTED HIS PREGNANT WIFE TO HAVE AN ABORTION . GLAD SHE DECIDED AGAINST IT . OTHERWISE WE NEVER HAVE HEARD JEFF BUCKLEY
jazzy1970 1 year ago 8
Sorry for saying this Jeff, but you really got the looks and the way of talking of your dad. But you're still the best Jeff.
Vincentvalentine1993 1 year ago 2
Aw! Goosebumps, shivers....'just so f*cking goooood!
GeoStratocaster 1 year ago
This is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever written. He was a really beautiful person.
sharon102645 1 year ago
Immortal poet !
ginolight 1 year ago
My number was 22 in the draft in 1968. I had already lost my best friend there. Him and I tried to join the service to learn a trade. They took him and not me. He was picked off by a sniper while driving a grader. His father who was all over the Pacific in WWII and didn't want him to go, went crazy. I fought against the war after that. This song was played in the movie, Coming Home. while Marine Bruce Dern, walked to his death at home into the ocean, after Jane Fonda cheated on him......
silverhaireddevil 1 year ago 4
@silverhaireddevil.. I feel for you..The futility of war..So many loved ones gone...And still nothing changes..Will we ever learn?
ittaiman 1 year ago
O this is so painful... beautiful lament, tis the Irish in him, what a troubadour
oxfordbow 1 year ago 3
from this video i have learnt that i had never really HEARD this song till i heard it live...
what a wonderful soul... may he rest in peace. his songs and his voice has effected my life so much, and for that i am eternally grateful.
OMGitsSeppie 1 year ago
jeff and his music are so gorgeous just like tim and tims music
jumpyourbone 1 year ago 3
I don't believe for a moment that Jeff was an imatator of his Father. Rather they were both born with a gift to sing from the soul.
LadyStonecut 1 year ago 20
@LadyStonecut Jeff was not fond of his father from what ive read so I cant imagine him ever trying to imitate him if he even heard much of his fathers performances. Who knows though, they both were cursed it seems.
DonzeJ 1 year ago
I thought I just posted a comment. Perhaps it goes through some process before posted. I do not know how to post a video response from the videos here. (I am old), but do search for the same tune by Jeff. It is recording from Tim's memorial which was the first time so many saw Jeff, let alone heard him. I'd only read about this - and can't believe I've found recording...
deborahsuewho 1 year ago
Thank you. I like that your words are "just listen". And for the folk who come to hear this because of Jeff Buckley and the fact that he did this at Tim's memorial, I would add "just look". Thanks again and I will respond with the audio of Jeff singing. I assume you are familiar with the importance of this event. Peace.
deborahsuewho 1 year ago 2
Excellent!
TheRealMusicMachine 1 year ago
thanks Tim for the blissfull moments back in the days when we smiled and ran wild~lives on
iamearthbornami 1 year ago 3
Big family resemblance between him and Jeff.
therewillbeastronaut 2 years ago 5
this is so beautiful.
jun7per 2 years ago 4
This is one of Tim Buckley very best songs, and this is a really great and moving version of it. Heaven!
kareace123 2 years ago 3
That of course an excellent movie and this song has a very special cause and affect regarding the Vietnam War-I have seen many and was too young to really protest-yet this showed me at 17 what war can do
tennisdoc1 2 years ago
Great song! The last scene of the movie "Coming Home" features this song. What a GREAT ending to a powerful movie. I always wondered if the song was written for the movie or if it was added because it fit perfectly.
LMUDewey 2 years ago
ITA...great song to end that movie. Nothing else could have fit more perfectly.
LindaM30 2 years ago
I find it ridiculous that i just found out about Jeff and how great he was and now even more recently found out how great his father is also and they hardly ever seem to get a lot of credit for the great musicians they were. Jeff got credit from a lot of great singers like Robert Plant and Chris Cornell, but i almost never hear their greatness spoken off when they were both amazing. That is why i had not even known much about them and for Jeff i'd only heard Hallelujah and that was it.
DavidKinner 2 years ago 5
This makes me so emotional
EvenFlow420 2 years ago 2
I am looking for Brian Hartzler, Tim's first guitarist, if anyone can help, thank you
cliffworks4321 2 years ago
@cliffworks4321 why? maybe he doesnt want to be found. tell me why
jessesam 2 years ago
Let's let Tim answer,
Sometimes I wonder,
just for a while,
do you ever remember me?
thank you very much
cliffworks4321 2 years ago
Too bad the song is out of sync with the video. It ruins it for me.
barbaralinn 2 years ago
Tim is a most BRILLIANT singersongwriter/musician!
One of the greatest!
meengreens 2 years ago
It is so sad that he passed away so young. His music is so hauntingly beautiful.
Ulriche912 2 years ago 28
Wonderful........ I was born in the UK on the day that this was recorded live in UK, so it's especially poignant to listen to for me. Thanks to edumota for posting it.
MrRogue1968 2 years ago 2
This song touched me for the first time while watching "Vietnam letters from home" (1994). Hearing it again now is truly priceless.
SEEVIEGEENIE 2 years ago 6
Yes, that was incredible wasn't it. I already knew the song well but its appearance in that film was the most poignant moment in a film of unbearable poignancy throughout.
blackmore4 2 years ago
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SEEVIEGEENIE 2 years ago
@SEEVIEGEENIE Same here!!! i was watching that movie in class today and i thought this song was awesome, so i wrote down a line from it and found it. Great song.
greene825 2 years ago 2
All these years, stuck in the back of my mind was this beautiful song along with those sad and painful eyes of our "brothers" suffering in Nam.
SEEVIEGEENIE 2 years ago
I knew Tim back in the Village NYC in the late 60's. I was all of 16 and loved his music, and him, with his angelic face, beyond words. When he sings "will you ever remember me?" I wonder if there is a heaven, because I have never forgotten him and his music still effects me the same way it did back then. Yes Tim, I will remember you til the day I die.
barbaralinn 2 years ago 8
Thanks Barbaralinn for sharing! I never met him, but his music affects me deeply also... goes right to my Soul.
meengreens 2 years ago
@barbaralinn Lucky you to have loved him and his Music
dmkext 1 year ago
sometimes i wonder...how lucky i am..
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such a beatiful song..
alexinos84 2 years ago
ok..this may come across as a dumb question,so pls scuse my ignorance,...but,did tim and jeff work together...?....
....................sometimes.. wonder..just for awhile..
AberavonAbstractics 2 years ago
nah, Tim died in 1975. Jeff was a little young. lol.
maxsisterson 2 years ago
ahh..ok.. :(
AberavonAbstractics 2 years ago
Kinda creepy though if you think about it... like father, like son.
DonutGuard 2 years ago
errm..dont understand the question..??
do you mean bcos they both died ?
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AberavonAbstractics 2 years ago
Well, the manner in which they both died. Young, and right after becoming successful. Both died around the same age actually...
Father died from a drug overdose, and the son died in the Mississippi river.
DonutGuard 2 years ago
well yes...thats what i thought you meant..tragic... :(
AberavonAbstractics 2 years ago
it really sucks when so much greatness and potential goes down the tubes..before
it comes to its rightful peak. O love is perhaps the greatest emotion to experience and yet can bring you so much
sadness in your lifetime. It does not'seem'
right yet it happens much too often...
Byrontheone 2 years ago
"it really sucks when so much greatness and potential goes down the tubes..before
it comes to its rightful peak"
Yes, but it would be difficult to argue against Tim Buckley reaching a "rightful peak" on each and every record he made. He peaked continuously!
blackmore4 2 years ago 4
No, they never did. jeff hardly knew Tim. maybe that's the reason there music is so pure and full of emotions. they reach each other trough the music. tim sang dreamletter and jeff did dreambrother what was his reply i think. keep listening to both and you will find all the answers. regards a buckley fan
thesource213 2 years ago
yeps..figured it was that way..
cheers..
AberavonAbstractics 2 years ago
Dream Brother was more of a song against his father, against his father's lack of interest in the existence of his son. I'm sure Tim had his reasons yet I can't help feeling that this completely lets the man down in my eyes as a human-being - although Tim probably had alot of shit in his life to deal with - but I still feel Tim could've been more of a father figure for Jeff, much more. If Tim was looking down on Jeff in the 90's I'm sure he would realise what a mistake he had truely made.
AidanMusik 2 years ago 6
Jeff was raised by his stephfather and learned about music from his mother and stephdad.
I do think your right though, Tim should 've been a father but he just ignored him totally though did refer to him in the song "Dream letter". Tim was only Jeff's bio-dad, the sperm-donor if you will, but his true father was the man his mother married.
rayheyheyhey 2 years ago
Don't you think that would be sad to only notice your son if he was a popular musician?
Tim is one of my favorite musicians and I think Jeff said Tim became a big influence on him, but other than that I don't really care how negligent a father he was.
slytown 2 years ago
I usually check wickipedia too---thanks tantepie-that albion guy sounds just like the original--guess why they call em covers! so young when he died and such a waste
tennisdoc1 2 years ago
I saw the movie Coming Home again after many many years--and what an excellent song-let alone a powerful ending to the movie. I found a video of it again the other day-with Tim Buckley singing it acoustically and now can not find it again. Was recent as he was bald
tennisdoc1 2 years ago
This is the audio from the Dream Letter: Live in London album (best live album of all time in my opinion) - in the absence of actual footage, this is a nice substitute. Thank you. (On the disc, we hear a snatch of God Save The Queen after the applause dies down!)
AK2927 2 years ago
that song is so full of love.
NONAMEWTF 2 years ago
I got exposed to Tim back in the late 70's...I was in my 20's when I first related to his music & lyrics.... & now I relate in the late 2000's...he is timeless to those who know him.
lainemackay 2 years ago
The very first time I heard this song was in the movie,"Coming Home" with Jon Voight and Jane Fonda. If you've never seen the movie, check it out and have the Kleenix ready.
AdamsApple1963 2 years ago
What's better than this????
rakeuiff 2 years ago 11
Nothing. It is splendid. Peace to you--Tim was so good, beyond words, really.
bartonim 2 years ago 5
@rakeuiff his son, jeff buckley
iskitoday720 1 year ago
Not in my opinionm their voices were similar , but I never heard Jeff, do songs this good
rakeuiff 1 year ago
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Not in my opinionm their voices were similar , but I never heard Jeff, do songs this good
rakeuiff 1 year ago
@rakeuiff Bob Dylan and Jake Holmes
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rakeuiff 2 years ago
A Genius. Just listen to Hello & Goodbye!
Horushu 2 years ago 2
I'm with you. That was one of my first Tim records, after hearing great covers of his work in the 80s. Nobody like him!
bartonim 2 years ago
It's almost shocking how much he resembles his son jeff at the beginning.
Both great men and artists and both left this world far too soon at such young ages.
as they say, the good die young.
youngdrummer2345 2 years ago 6
I have only recently gotten into Jeff, and have long loved Tim. Yes, such losses--brilliant the both of them.
bartonim 2 years ago
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Junkies die young.
gibbogle 2 years ago
shame.
kikomiko1 2 years ago
Truth hurts. It hurt me, because I love Buckley's music. The friend who introduced me to Tim Buckley became a junkie and died young - that hurt more.
gibbogle 2 years ago
Apparently, Jeff was none too fond of the comparisons, but they are valid. Such talent--times two! I love them both. So happy to find alike souls here; usually, it's nothing but vitriol on Youtube--people who have nothing better to do than insult. You are the polar opposite. Peace to you!
bartonim 2 years ago 5
Thank you so very much for posting thsi wonderful video.
SpainishArcher 2 years ago 2
I was introduced to Tim's music in the latter part of the '60s when I was still in H. School. His music changed my life from that day and I love it as much now as I did then ! Got me started in playing the Acoustic Guitar and of all the Love Affairs I've had since the latter '60s and there have been many as I'm still a single , never married man. I always turned the Women on to Tim's music and I must say they all enjoyed him. He was a Treasure , a Gift from above.I will always cherish .
SpainishArcher 2 years ago 3
such a waste of a great singer first heard him in oxford (UK)in the late 60s and have been a fan ever since
olchum47 2 years ago 3
the words and music continue to resonate through me
littlesisterlinda 2 years ago 3
when the art meet the divine...
ticciu 2 years ago 8
God...the same voice of his son..
Valerybuck 2 years ago
very similar characteristics, but Jeff is better
ibanezgeorge 2 years ago
LOVED this man and his son. Sometimes I still can't believe we lost them both so young. "Once I Was" was a great song.
chermorg 2 years ago
"Once I Was" is a great song.
kpmmmurphy 2 years ago 5
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imagine9384 2 years ago
Such a poignant song. Such a shame to have lost him so young.
imagine9384 2 years ago 2
i wish more people would know the greatest art of this music. this is truely amazing, his voice, the music and all the jam sessions. i love it, and i wish i could see him perform. i'll just have to wait for heaven i think !!!
thesource213 2 years ago
Genetics are an amazing thing... hearing his interview and how Jeff sounded...even though I am sure Jeff would not necessarily appreciate it, they were just linked by many things
kittenstomper 2 years ago
Absolutely strepitoso. Sentire e vedere interpretare il genio artistico di Tim mi fa sempre venire i brividi.
LANDIVALERIO 2 years ago
The introduction when Tim is talking - now I know where Jeremy Davies got the mannerisms for the character Faraday on Lost!
broadpath 2 years ago
Tim and Jeff both left lasting impressions on American Music. They earned their place the hard way. That's life, and yeah it sucks sometimes, but they never did.
Wisegeorge 2 years ago 3
Wow. The similarities between him and Jeff are amazing. The way he talks in the beginning is like Jeff. Wow.
Sean2112bd 2 years ago
No, and to all who say Tim was like Jeff, Jeff, as the son, was, in ways, like his dad. But I knew Tim from "The Village Days," and when I hear him sing "will you ever remember me," I break down and cry. Till the day I die, I will never forget him.
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Jaimalicious 2 years ago 2
Yeah. I meant to say Jeff is similar to his Dad. Sorry.
Sean2112bd 2 years ago
Thanks so much for posting this. I wish the video went with the audio, but you cain't have everything. I love this song. Thanks again.
hayseed1957 2 years ago 2
Tim and Jeff have got equally haunting voices, and I find it sad how similar they were. I know that Jeff hated being compared to his father, especially when it came to their music. But sometimes when I look at them, I see so much of Tim in Jeff. They've even got similar speaking voices.
And its sad that Tim left Jeff and his mother and died so early because I feel that the music they made would've led on to a closer relationship between them. Music creates bonds, sometimes very strong ones.
Bamzoni241 2 years ago
I love this song, but two things come to mind when I hear it ... first, does no one but me remember it from "Coming Home"? ... and second, more importantly, it's about lost love not war, and missing that is missing the core of the poetry.
ddssole 2 years ago 2
"and sometimes I wonder just for a while will you remember me?" JB sang this final heartfelt lines during the TB tribute concert in 1991with his voice soared heavenword...and that was it!
68shamoa 2 years ago 23
christ! I gotta get that album:D
BobBuckley 2 years ago 4
can't think of nothing better...great performance
mucaju1974 2 years ago 8
amazing performance. Is this from the live album dream letter?
BobBuckley 2 years ago 5
Yes, last song from Dream letter '68
edumota 2 years ago
Tim was truly wonderful. Sad that he died so young. Malcolm
leather1631 2 years ago 9
whats the song in the background durinn the first seconds
fritiofkonkas 2 years ago
What a wonderful being. Inconceivable inspiration and power of expression.
Lapsanglover 2 years ago 7
edumota - THanks for the great posting, If anybody has Sweet Surrender would they please! post it
jerryairheart 2 years ago 6
L'immense père de Jeff!!!
roethinger 2 years ago 2
ESSa música sempre me faz chorar ,linda,linda!!!
andreacosta2509 2 years ago 2
He was just 21 in 68. Amazing pure force of nature.
haltmusic 2 years ago 4
my most beautiful song ever, lyrics are beautiful and without trying to sound morbid this will definately be my funeral song. tim was a genius
joydivision19842 2 years ago 4
When we can forgive our fathers we will are truly free. I pray that my children can forgive me...
Tim was a genius child. His music crossed a few genres. He helped me make sense of the 60s which was a time of rapid crazy change. Today is even crazier and now he seems prophetic. His songs still resonate like melancholy bells in the distance, clear and rolling through the hills...
LuizPagan 2 years ago 6
so beautiful! One of the best artists in the poparea.
westerwood07 2 years ago 3
Great. One of the most talented artists ever.
lookhear49 2 years ago 7
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Also one of the worst fathers. His son, Jeff was better than he was.
MojoPin83 2 years ago
you know im not a father, but mine has always told me that he would love to see me grow better then him.. and if tim could see that his son had more fame then him then i think he would be really proud of em...
ilooklikeppl 2 years ago 3
He sure didn't care about Jeff while he was alive.
MojoPin83 2 years ago
Hmmmmmmm What about 'Dream Letter'?... We cannot see other peoples' minds or hearts - so perhaps it's better not to judge 'em that quickly...
123banieczka 2 years ago 2
If Tim cared about Jeff enough he would have made an effort to see him over the years. Jeff was 8 when Tim died. Tim never wrote him a letter or tried to get in contact with him. Jeff's name wasn't even mentioned in his obituary but his adopted son's name was.
MojoPin83 2 years ago
one of the worst father's? "one of the worst? bad ok. one of the worst? did he sexually abuse jeff? hmm??? know any father's like that? shut up if you don't know wtf you're talking about.
jeff is great. many critics feel more talented than tim. but that is opinion. one that i don't share.
u dear sir or madam are a pompous ass
alohalunalei 2 years ago
man... its awesome.
poetaselvagem 2 years ago 5
It's great to see my " guiding light ' in real life. Tim 's music and verse has meant so much to me ever since the late 60s . I can't think of another Singer / Songwriter that has meant more to me. I've listened to his music for hours upon hours on end. I became part of his lyrical garden of fantasy and wonderment. Ever so much thanks for the videos .Always missed but always in my Heart Tim .
SpainishArcher 2 years ago 4