Jeff Buckley - Ulalume

[MichRockHop81108]

Who composed the accompaniment? 

[doUcare4music]

Hypnotic, chant.. deep.

[MrSomanoma]

darkness of day, light of night either way u may cry with the lies u realize with ur disguised minds eye, u may wonder ponder witness why but u are the light, we know the ignited night sky lights that shimmer and shine does not die but just permits the luv between u and i.

[golden1789]

Outstanding

[Bamboosk8]

Great! Also check out ArthurAutumn cover of Jeff's "nightmares by the sea" - it's great using lap steel and didgeridoo with guitar.

[metaphornicationmed]

Not sure if anyone mentioned it.. This poem is on a CD disk set called Closed on account of rabies, other poems of Poe's are on it other famous folks doing the recitations. Its hard to find, I had to hunt for it. My favorite Poe poem, recited by the lovely Jeff Buckley. Dark, beautiful, a haunting yet evocative song to autumn.

[k1tsch83]

@metaphornicationmed Thank you ever so much for the info! I shall go hunting for this, seems like an awesome cd.

[CeltikRockBabe]

I am touched, right in the heart, by this beautiful voice reciting such a beautiful poem.

[SlummingInParadise]

Omg, this is epic.

One of my favorite artists reciting my one of my favorite poems from my favorite favorite book (This Side of Paradise).

[BAMboozlrisforGibo]

What did he add after Ulalume?

[VegaVelecka]

@BAMboozlrisforGibo when exactly in terms of the score?

[cheyenneskylark]

I now know Buckley was multi talented... so sad we all lost him so young!....

[Slayedgah]

Dear Amar ~ Thanks for your response ~ I'm glad to appreciate you, & glad you appreciated my doing so! Wishing you All the Best, Slayedgah

[LAWMinLancaster]

Buckley does for Poe, what he did for Leonard Cohen

[PopCultureSucks]

Amazing!

[Amar90]

For you to trust me and me to trust you, you have to accept me and I have to accept you the way I am and the way you are, fully seen and deeply known, with no need of apology – with my body imperfections and with yours, with my character shortcomings and yours, too…. for you are a sacred gift to me and I am a sacred gift to you, and gifts are to be gratefully accepted and heartily enjoyed, but only if you trust me and I trust you, can we let ourselves be ourselves

[Slayedgah]

@Amar90 WOW ~ how BEAUTIFUL! How did your Intended respond to these poetic words & spiritual TRUTH? So few people understand what you've written, that I just couldn't help myself ~ I had to tell you that a few of us (here on this planet) actually do get it, & appreciate it very much! Everything you've written is amazing, but I especially love when you say, "fully seen & deeply known...for you are a sacred gift to me & I am a sacred gift to you..." I'm so happy to not be the only Romantic!

[Amar90]

@Slayedgah words as beautiful as the ones in this video can inspire anyone with emotions.

it is nice to see that someone actually understood what i have written. i really appreciate your kind words. 

[MrSomanoma]

@Amar90 nice...

[RedDirtPoetryOKC]

my favorite Poe poem, Jeff Buckley Rest his soul is amazing. You all should check out the cd set this is on called "closed on account of rabies"

[mutinyinheav3n]

@JM3400 shut up and go watch/listen to something else then you paranoid psycho bitch

[JM3400]

@mutinyinheav3n Charming. Thanks man. Love you too x

[mistyshadow100]

hi

[TheStephbiggs]

This was is his last recording in New York........... correction.

[TheStephbiggs]

His voice is haunting. This was his very last recording. RIP Scotty

[rocktothebone91]

Amazing...! Magical...! so deep and beautiful...

[Akemeitanaka]

his voice seems to young for this poem, but I have to agree with N3ppari and BastasGirl: incredible

[MichRockHop81108]

Jeff owns property in music land on a street corner not inhabited by anyone else.

[jojopuppyfish]

This is from the CD "Closed on Account of Rabies"

[gigagoldfinder]

Check out 'Convalescence Kid: Nothing left to lose' This guy's pretty awesome!!

[LoveforGia]

mazing.............do not stand at my grave and weep.. for i am not there.. i do not sleep..

[captaingoatbeard7]

As Doors/Morrisonesque Jeff has ever sounded. Alas, pure magic.

[presidenttrusko]

Does anyone know when/where/why this was recorded? is this on any demo/b-side?

[cindynunyun]

@presidenttrusko I think this was recorded not long before he died. Which just makes it crazy the correlation to his death. Even if it was years later.... this story and this reading by Jeff Buckley are fated I believe. Jeff Buckley brought magic to Poe's words. I have to add that I named my son Edgar Dark Stevens after Mr. Poe. It's a perfect name for this kid too.

[toddchoc]

This is one of the most beautiful recitations of any Poe work I've ever heard. Jeff Buckley was so incredibly amazing and his voice is perfect for this. Rest In Peace Edgar and Jeff.

[TRB2818]

@toddchoc maybe his mom can tell us. she manages jeff's music

[andreasjacke]

Jeff Buckley was an great artist. Excuse me but this Version is not good in relation to the poem. I think has not much to do with Poe....

The lyrics has nothing to do with this Neil Young- Western Guitarr- I think....

[kevhead66]

I actually went to Memphis in 2008 and had a good long look at Mud Island, the monorail bridge and the Wolf River channel. Then I caught a trolley down to the Lorraine Motel and took that in. The next day I went to Graceland. There sure is a weird vibe in that city - can't explain it.

[krane121]

the last stanza is awful

[PopCultureSucks]

Jeff Buckley, like Poe left too soon and far too tragically.

[jadee810]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. O_O

[LimitingFactor00]

What an exceptional discription of the planet niburu and it's celestial festoonery of satelites.

Thank's Poe, By Providence Peace.

[s1ygirl]

I love the way Jeff pronounces words. I can picture his sexy lips and almost feel the vibration of his voice as I listen.

[MelleB90]

@s1ygirl as you lay in your tomb, tormenting his psyche ;]

[killershoww]

un chanteur? bien plus que sa... les meilleur partent toujours en premier est que de deception quecette cause en soit des produit ilicites....

[0NEVERHIDE0]

they both are very similar. Edgar ws bipolar, Jeff was bipolar. They were both somewhat famous when alive, but became even more in death. Both died mysteriously.

[GreenRad2012]

@0NEVERHIDE0: soooo many artists are people who could be labeled "bipolar." Seems that this crack-in-the-soul opens us up to ALL of Source's Reality, in dark and light.

[rubytuesdaygypsy]

*sigh* That man not only had one of the most gorgeous singing voices ever, but also one of the most beautiful speaking voices as well

[GypsyTheft]

I literally just shivered. Freakishly wonderful. I'm putting this in my ipod and playing it in the dark.

[mikebeliveau]

I loved this reading, and also Ken Nordine's reading of The Conqueror Worm.

[presidenttrusko]

Where is this from?

[ilovebam01]

absolutly amazing =) jeffs voice is so so beautiful

[KingMinosxxvi]

The best thing about thing about this reading is the enunciatian "crisped and sear" ect the rythm and just to hear buckleys voice. intresting note jeff was depressed around the time of this reading alllen ginsberg came to chear him up and taught him how to read the poem...no shit

[MrFakunda]

i wish he did a whole album of poes poems..lovin it

[webkinsracoon]

this Poe tribute was fantastic... my favorite readings were Buckley, Gavin Friday and Iggy Pop

[chikalunar]

@webkinsracoon and the name of the CD is...

[gezhughes]

@chikalunar I have it on Cd its called "Jeff buckley - Screaming down from heaven: The ultra rare tracks vol.2" picked it up at a Obscure C.D fair, havent seen one on sale since, try amazon maybe???

[chikalunar]

@gezhughes thanks!

[littleweloosmom]

@chikalunar "Closed on Account of Rabies" - it's different people reading Poe. You can order from the official E. A. Poe site. Just Google it. It's awesome.

[chikalunar]

@littleweloosmom thanks!!

[Rajamuttu]

In my opinion, Buckley gets the poem's rhythm, but hasn't a clue what it means ... or how to convey what it means.

[guavaflower1]

Love this!

[mauvemailed]

The CD is called "Closed on account of rabies" It also has Iggy pop reading the tell tale heart, Marianne Faithful reading Annabelle Lee, and Christopher Walken reading "The Raven" The last alone is worth the price of the CD. I think you can still buy it online.

[txnygotw]

I could read this better...

[xxmyrainxx]

damn when he said ulalume it gave me the shivers

[amillionlights]

Jeff Buckley makes this come alive

[mrloigi]

great song!!

[pausenot1122]

does anyone know when and how he came to record this poem?.. thanks

[Petrichora]

@pausenot1122 -- Before Jeff left for Memphis, his friend Hal Willner had asked him to participate in a tribute album to Poe at Sorcerer Sound (in February 1997). Jeff had been smoking so his voice was "deeper and grainier" than usual. Allen Ginsberg was also in the studio and helped Jeff with the recitation.

[compress]

i think he didn't for a poetry reading cause he was asked to, i'm pretty sure it wasn't for a record or anything

[buggeazy102]

how do you mean an im not donnie!

[sailrbill]

excellent job

[bohallor]

He was a perfect choice. I've always hated the "tortured artist" cliche but Buckley certainly sounds like he was, which is perfect for Poe.

[italianofucco]

@bohallor Buckley was Buckley, and nothing more

[bohallor]

Nice pretentious reply.  Anyways, like I said, he SOUNDS like he was.

[italianofucco]

no pretense intended

[Nigelcf]

Wow Jeff Buckley reads poetry really well! What's all the more poignant is that he died shortly after reading Ulalume. Beautiful 5*s/faved.

[MrTwistopen]

this sets a standard of feeling I'll be happy to attempt to meet

[patrickinurface]

read he poem as ge speaks it

its so intensifying

[MrWilum]

This reading has haunted me since I first heard it on the two-disc cd set, CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF RABIES. Wonderful!

[DaBusUncle]

Tim Buckley 's style ,he 's so much under the shadow of his father ...

[vaikasas16]

In my curious & selfish opinion, I believe Jeff was well aware of what you are saying & believe about him. If he was so much "under the shadow of Tim" why did Jeff hide his voice for so many years?(he didn't sing until his early 20's) Jeff, like other so called "Heritage Artists" made his own way. An artist who was aware of "shadows" & in my humble opinion, only under his own.

[carouselnights]

genius, eerie and enchanting. poe was my first and i will always love his work. <3

[ScarletMinx]

I have this on the Poe tribute CD "Closed on Account of Rabies" (now out of print). SO GOOD.

[BastasGirl]

@ScarletMinx

That sounds so cool! I wish it was still in print, could you tell me what else is on it?

[ScarletMinx]

You can find it listed on Amazon.

[zedrein18]

Just go with it...sometimes passion cannot be contained.

[BastasGirl]

@zedrein18

Lol very true!

[Dvlives4art]

Jeff added his special touch at the very end if I'm not mistaken...

anyway its a poem full of rythm and magic, read by a beautiful voice in a magnificent way

[mauvemailed]

@Dvlives4art

Do you mean the last stanza? That's Poe. Many anthologies used to leave this part off  for some reason.

[BAMboozlrisforGibo]

@mauvemailed It's awful, in my opinion. But you know, it's my opinion, so it doesn't really matter.

[smokinbill]

ah, yes, that auburn haired chap that recites ulalume.

[N3ppari]

Beautiful and magical! Jeff's recitation gives justice to Poe's words.

[MIUJACK]

.....!

[jellybellybean93]

aarghh

rather creeepy

but such a beautiful voice

♥

[tragicomicus1]

"She rolls through an ether of sighs"

[Reach16]

Creepy..

but love it

Thank you

[BastasGirl]

Holy hell this is scary! He reads it beautifully.

[HcWeaner]

@BastasGirl yeah, "scary" describes this very well

[vaitefoderotario]

Jeff Buckley and Edgar Poe are the perfect concoction for a wednesday afternoon versification.

[MissCaptainWeird]

Jeff Buckley reading Poe is pure Heaven!!!

I LOVE both of them!!

[BrooklynBirdman]

Beauty. Pure.

[XxxDeAtHXxX100]

I wrote a essay on Poe in 11th grade and i must say he was an amazing character, his words so dark so, depressing you can almost hear the words from his writings amazing pure amazing, although he was a mad man, brilliant and intelligent.

[punkfish79]

just look at the Poe... listing to this and looking at him... you can see his soul in this picture... it seems like the picture is getting closer to you... zooming into your soul..

[tyrone199]

Brilliant observation, I really gained from it.

[jchevlen]

Wow! This was a downright revelatory reading for me. At first I didn't like the gentleness and lightness of his voice and I thought he was ruining a poem I had always really liked. But then I kept on listening and I was like, "Holy Shit! This is haunting and scary and beautiful." And screw u Krane it's amazing.

[taratyra85]

His voice is so beautiful! I love this..

[BernardProfitendieu]

LOL

[krane33]

lol

[krane33]

The reading sucks, friend

[BernardProfitendieu]

your comment was pretentious, friend

[HeavensToMurgatroid9]

it only seems overused to you, my friend, because you probably hear people using it to refer to you 24/7

(and no one cares whether your ears take offense or not)

[krane33]

I think more people find this searching "Jeff Buckley" than searching "Ulalume". It's interesting but not a good recitation. And you're argument doesn't hold up because I don't think "sex god" is an overused phrase, but it's used to refer to me all the time...

[HeavensToMurgatroid9]

references heard only when you're looking at yourself in the mirror don't count, friend

[HeavensToMurgatroid9]

yawn! you're beginning to bore me

(betcha hear that even more!)

conversation over.

[moanersarethebest]

wow ... this is good. *shits self* but creepy.

[Nordkroken]

Similar to Jim Morrisson or Alan Parsons Project, very powerful !!

[iWantToGoToThere]

oops. that was meant to be a reply to

Howiagogo

p.s. yay Poe! yay Buckley!

[Howiagogo]

Check out 'and the ass saw the angel' and be dazzled!

[iWantToGoToThere]

Ooh! I love Nick Cave! :]

[gotzou]

It reminds me Morrison...

they sound different, but still it does.

[restlesspride666]

Hm...i see what you mean. But Morrison is a baritone right? Jeff is a high tenor :]

[anitaaar]

ah, wow.

[aragornkid]

Fuck off, you're just advertising on every Jeff Buckley video.

[lampsgirl13]

this is beautiful

[Vancouver1123]

its has caputered jeff and his spirit perfectly! it IS jeff buckley!! haha

[theandreaa]

i'm out of words. wow, great.

[LinkinLogs22]

I think that if Poe were alive today, this would be his favorite reading of this poem.

[BernardProfitendieu]

LOL!

[Natendowazhere]

Buckley is up with Jim Morrison in my opinion. This in particular really reminded me of Jim.

Both not simply brilliant singers/writers... but superior artists truly unique.

[xparanoidxxandroidx]

Incredible. His voice is so sexy..........

[BlackChipmunkParade]

lol

[bedge0004]

Classy

[Bamzoni241]

Jeff has got this heartbroken and haunting voice that seems to stick in your head. Whenever I hear him talk, I always get his voice stuck in my head and just won't leave. He's got the perfect voice for things like this...

[slodgemoviereviews]

wow, amazing

[oranj23]

My favorite poem by E.A. Poe (beautifully read).

[MarcusBoruta]

This is the most beautiful poem I've ever heard and, what is more important, read. Great music and voice. Poe is a God of romanticism in my opinion.

[EdNortonisMineLol]

Wow... he has the most perfect voice to read this... RIP Jeff

[mysticmagic4760]

Love this.

[BlissfullyEnchanted]

God, I love this man's voice beyond belief. It just gives me chills. Amazing.

[ezekiel401]

This so hauntingly brilliant. A beautiful voice and energy meets a poetic energy that could easily be intertwined. Intertwined into song, story and poetry. This is for sure a moment of our own humanity sliced into a harboring vein.

[Johansmu]

What do you mean?

[BasilTzzZ]

lol it doesnt mean a thing.. i copy and paste this comment from the terrorist gone mad on bicycle vid

[oranj23]

This is my all time favorite Poe-em.

[steverlfs]

This is my favorite Poe. great job!

[Nordkroken]

Powerful !!

[awishedforsong]

hypnotizing...

[BreathingTheDark]

the accompanyment reminds me of "democracy" by leonard cohen

What a deligh