Jeff Buckley - Gunshot Glitter

[incubusbuckley]

hm the lyrics are all wrong. it should be the semiIiiii's left behiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIND

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[mazrio128]

How I love this song. Blasting through the headphones as I type this. Love.

[whathefarmersaw]

Jeff's mixed voice is heavenly.

[3215nightmare]

0 dislikes. as it should be.

[salzer27]

/production. U get what i mean :D

[salzer27]

This how amazing this song would be with a decent recording!

[missmordal]

The amount of love I have for this man..

[lastminuteresistance]

I'm so happy this song was shown to me, Jeff's voice is just fucking great (for lack of better words, no disrespect)

[tonedcos]

Thanks mate. : )

[EcoSandy]

Great add, thanks~!

[ButterflyGuilded]

3:02 was epic

[MzMeanE]

@20centjes I got a dictionary...now get a clue and a life!

[ChrisyMcCullagh83]

Pure Quality.

[grahamshimell]

He's actually whistling with his vocal chords in the high part not singing in the strictest sense of the word. Mariah Carey does this. However, to be honest it's not important. Let's just appreciate the magic. Some people say they'd like to hear studio versions of these songs but a part of me loves these versions - so pure, raw and some of the sounds he's creates with that four track is amazing like back in NYC. Definitely at his artistic heights with these songs.

[RobinsonBernston12]

Dnload the audio from this video at speedyconversion doht cohm.

[scrolllocknumlock]

It's crazy...this was likely all done just on a 4-track...amazing fullness!

[savagenorks]

this is one of my favourite songs , the disjointed intro him slapping the mic for drums, don't ya wanna let go of your heart or you resist the beds of bliss fortune makes fools of us all.....

[haieie]

I think his hitting his highest note using his head voice and not a falsetto.

[Danerage]

@haieie

I wish, but that's not the case.

[haieie]

@Danerage mmm, I'm not an expert and I can sure be wrong but... Is there any way to prove if is a falsetto or head voice? I feel I can tell the difference by hearing it, but how can I diplomatically / scientifically demonstrate which technique is using?

[Danerage]

@haieie Falsetto is a tone of the head voice register. It's produced when there's not connection to the chest voice via the use of mixed voice. A note this high in head voice would have an ungodly amount of strain on it due to the difficulty of maintaining chest connection up there. To this day, no male singer has actually hit a note above C6 without the use of falsetto.

[haieie]

@Danerage This doesn't convince me still. Only because nobody has ever managed to reach it before it doesn't mean that he can't make it as well. Can still be head voice, unless you give me some kind of proofs. But I'll trust you, cause Im not an expert, :) if this is the case, that is a very good falsetto. What a fucking expressive voice!! :)

[klide365]

@Danerage Hmmm.....Castrato?

[Danerage]

@klide365

What about them?

[klide365]

@Danerage "To this day, no male singer has actually hit a note above C6 without the use of falsetto."

This statement is untrue. Castrati used to be able to hit notes in high registers. There is even a man ALIVE today called Michael Maniaci who can hit a high C in his normal voice.

watch?v=E2liGFJFuGk

[Danerage]

@klide365

I said ABOVE C6. Show me a castrati or Michael Maniaci singing a D6 in full-voice. Regardless, their voices are more akin to female voices, and I was mostly referring to the usual voice classifications of males, eg. bass to high tenor. I guess the statement 'no male to this day' is inaccurate, and I was fairly ignorant in stating that. Castrati and males whose larynxs didn't chain during puberty have the potential to hit a C6 and perhaps slightly higher.

[klide365]

@Danerage On the video I linked he says he can get above C6. I really don't imagine it would be that much of a stretch to sing a C#6 if you can already comfortably sing a C6 in a full voice. This argument is pretty pointless though. Can we just call it quits and say we are both right. Men can only sing a C6 exceptional circumstances (like when you do not fully develop at puberty).

[Danerage]

@klide365

I'll agree to that.

[GerardoDeRichefort]

@klide365 Ma come ti permetti coglione? =D

[klide365]

@GerardoDeRichefort Sorry dude I don't speak italian (I apologize if that isn't italian)

[MzMeanE]

@Danerage Who's to say he wasn't straining? I guess you were in that shotgun shack or attic of- when he recorded this. X P

[Danerage]

@MzMeanE

There's clearly no audible strain on the note. You don't have to see the veins protruding from his neck firsthand to be able to tell that. This is note isn't full-voice, but that doesn't mean a thing. It doesn't make it any less technically impressive.

[MzMeanE]

@Danerage Chill...I was just joking. Y'all take stuff too personally when it comes to this man...the back and forth technical arguments to "why did he have to die..." mess, ad nauseum!

[Danerage]

@MzMeanE

Chill? I was definitely chill when writing that lol. I don't take it personally, I just correct incorrect statements so no one gets the wrong idea by reading them.

[hefra345]

@Danerage actuall it does

[materialeesta]

I love this song so much.

[mazrio128]

aBSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS SONG, THIS RECORDING, THIS RAW POWER AND CREATIVE MUSE!

[MitchGettman]

Such a fucking good song.

[hefra344]

i cant hit above an E5 in falsetto whistle is head voice not falsetto because falsetto is just chest voice pushed up an octave wheras head voice is its own vocal register that can span 2.5 to 3 octaves

[Danerage]

@hefra344 Wow, I hope you're a troll because everything you say is just painfully incorrect.

[titcdrum]

@Masamuneblader no you're right now shit singer.. recording songs in his little memphis house he was renting out.. never expecting these recordings to be put out until they were finished... no you're right

[Masamuneblader]

@titcdrum Jackass it was a response to the Nicola Sedda comment by Danerage. If you looked at my comment for more than a second before spewing out your garbage you'd notice i even addressed Danerage's statement about the C8. Thank you for being the assuming ass Youtube is known for. I'm a huge fan of Jeff Buckley, amazing haunting voice. Wonder how many other idiots knocked my comment down because of the same mistake -_-

[titcdrum]

@Masamuneblader probably alot cause you are mildy retarted

[Danerage]

@titcdrum Get off my video.

[Masamuneblader]

@titcdrum You do realize you misspelled that right? Get over yourself and your assumptions.

[sdi1111]

@Masamuneblader shut up yourself lol

[materialeesta]

definitely one of my favorite songs ever

[MzMeanE]

Albeit a "rough sketch", I can't get those chords and his "vocalise" out of my head...this song is haunting and eerily beautiful!

God Love You Jeff : . )

[FValestra]

i couldnt agree more at 0:22 on just wonderful

its amazing to think of what this song would have become.

but i love it anyway in this shape as well

[darrius54]

reminds me of The Killers a little bit.

[MzMeanE]

Darrius isn't entirely wrong folks. I do hear The Killers (somewhat) in the delivery and jangling guitars. Let's not forget that Jeff Buckley influenced a lot of bands; although they might not say it.

[darrius54]

thank you

[s1ygirl]

@MzMeanE I def hear what you are saying about the Killers. I really love them and Brandon Flowers voice...and you just made me aware of the similarities. Thanks!

[restlesspride666]

:[ the highest i can go is to the soprano C... maybe when i get older I'll be able to tangle his amazing note... like in a million years ~.~

[xn6]

3:00

[MitchGettman]

Will someone PLEASE send me the download for this song or tell me where I can download it? I'm also looking for a download of Thousand Fold.

I'd buy it but I can't find the Japanese version of Sketches anywhere online...

[ehoo2000]

wait, which word was the high note?

[restlesspride666]

At about minute 3 :]

[thedarknesshasrisen]

Reminds me of Radiohead in a way-his voice sounds slightly similiar to Thom Yorke's, and the guitar sound has that 'dread' feel to it. 5/5

[bananasplit127]

yeah Thom's singing in Fake Plastic Trees was strongly strongly influenced by Jeff Buckley

[saruhteee]

Radiohead was influenced by him!

[titcdrum]

that's one of the reason he moved out of New York and into memphis was to get away from the hectic lifestyle and stop smoking..

[Rafzorz1]

that note was insane O_O

[restlesspride666]

Alright, that beautiful high note is in the key of Eb6....Soprano note.. he is amazing. the lowest he sang was an A2 WITHOUT glottal fry...

[thebluekey]

Curse my living in America...we never get the sweet bonus tracks like this gold.

[transparentmeans]

Thanks for this. I never understood why this song was not included on the US release. It's probably my favourite of all the 4-track stuff.

[dogpetdog]

MAn i can't freaking stand when people do this. They leave off good songs that should have been on there....

[restlesspride666]

Holy crap..i heard it....Damn..that was...beautiful. Thats what happens to a falsetto when you don't smoke lol.

[Sean17Notice]

How did he hit that note? Might have only been one second long but that's sick! It's not only his highest recorded pitch but his technique was solid doing it too!

[sdi1111]

@Sean17Notice He probably recorded first thing in the morning, its basically closing your vocal folds up and whistling through them!

[hefra344]

@sdi1111 its thin head voice with some chest in it

[Danerage]

@hefra344

Sorry to burst your bubble, it's 100% falsetto. Jeff's highest note in head/mixed voice was A5.

[hefra344]

@hefra344 i sing and Eb6 for mn is a whistle unless your a soprano cause head voice goes higher than falsetto

[Danerage]

@hefra344

I can sing an easy Eb6(and up to Eb8 even) in whistle, and up to E6 in a gritty falsetto. No man has ever hit an Eb6 in full-voice, or even a D6 for that matter. People who claim singers have, singers like Daniel Heiman, Chang Yu-Sheng, Hansi Kursch, are confused as to what distinguishes full-voice(head/mixed) from falsetto. This Eb6 is falsetto, and unless your Eb6 is done using the flageolet register, so is yours.

[hand2gland]

@Sean17Notice I think he reaches the note Eb.

[incubusbuckley]

@hand2gland eb6!

[dougtriplx]

thank you so much for uploading this! I love this song.

[mazrio128]

Fuck yes! Thank u so much! Love it love it love it!

[carolaita]

i love jeff buckley

[pr0ness]

Thanks for uploading, one of my favourites by Jeff.

RIP Jeff.

I wanna be your lover, lipstick my name across your mirror.

[IShipHuddy]

Come al solito Jeff è un grande, ormai ho riempito YouTube di lodi, non so più cosa dire! Jeff Buckley è il mio mito!

La natura fa sempre gli sgambetti, ma non possiamo farci niente... Jeff rimarrà sempre nei nostri cuori! Se ci vedi da qualche parte, Jeff, sappi che ti amiamo!

[FruscianteLaDes1989]

this is one of my favourite of Jeff's songs, i like the fact that its this raw :)

it's so pretty :)

x

[livingoutloud40]

You're fantastic for this <3

[skotoseme]

God bless you!!!

[ToTehMoon]

Thanks for posting. This is actually one of my favorite JB songs. If only he had a bit more time to polish it up.