Tim Buckley - Once I Was

[andywakelin]

Bella cançó, però la trista realitat a la pel.lícula. Londres, motxilla, Jim? No es compra una empresa? No obstant això, el que sembla. 20 persones per parlar amb la policia amb la boca plena se sent! Avui dia, el bisbe no és suficient

[SandmanOz]

First heard this on Dear America & glad I did. Great song, sung with so much soul and feeling

[DeepestSleep]

Tim, and then Jeff.. how tragic. My love goes out to them both.

[stevekon11]

@DeepestSleep when did jeff buckley die?...omg

[rowdymax1]

Beautiful tenor voices during the 60's folkie era were a dime a dozen, but somehow Buckley's stood out as did his life, which was cut short tragically at 28 yrs old.

[tinypaperboat]

Remember all those who fought for us! Happy Veterans day!

[Buttons4me1]

I fell deeply in love with the woman who first introduced me to Tim Buckley. She left, but he remained. And does. Angelic.

[stevekon11]

This song makes me think of lost loves....in the days that ran wild.

[PS109VanBurenHigh]

@stevekon11 'I find myself searching...for days when we smiled...and the hours than ran wild... with the magic of our eyes...and sometimes I wonder... just for awhile...will you ever... remember me' I was a fan of Tim Buckley from the time his first album came out. I'll NEVER FORGET Tim Buckley and I'll forever miss those days that ran wild.

[stevekon11]

This song makes me think of lost loves....

[duncangray2011]

my arms to thee giles de la mour. my body to thee indeed.

[him3zz]

@duncangray2011 you mean l'amour non?

[TheBlindPig1]

every man dies alone.

[CattailsandRoses]

Can you picture this--Jeff Buckley singing at a tribute memorial for his estranged father--I Never Asked to be Your Mountain and then, this song,a cappella..Chills... This is according to the website Kingdom for a Kiss which has a lot of info about Jeff.

[TheAnthelion]

i am certain ... late at night... like all of us...tim listened to his heart

[TheBlindPig1]

Kings dont lead their people into battle. i think joan of arc was a man. of course and fought in the heat of battle. With the spirit of god i cannot die. Each death stroke.

[TheBlindPig1]

Like joan of arc, said my body to thee, christ.

[stylerayers]

this is a war song... it was written about vietnam.

[Trell7369]

@stylerayers No it is a love song

[Prettyprinces01]

In college back in 1969 I think, I found the Album Hello & Goodbye in the closet. I virtually played that vinyl until it was worn out. Still one of the best and most thought provoking albums of all time. Listen to more tracks

[TheBlindPig1]

the tempest, giorgione milan 1961. a true represenation not almost, see if you can see my truth, do it still render? a little. eve in the garden, trying to concieve how could this happen, eat of the fruit

[TheBlindPig1]

they are saying you become a man, but i was born a king. and all the angles heralded my arrival.

[StupidFactoryGirl13]

I was watching Dear America: Letter Home from Vietnam in class today, & a scene with this song came on that made my heart ache. I had to find this song

[vrodzesea]

@StupidFactoryGirl13 same here i first heard that song from that movie.

[SIRSMITH08]

good stuff ,stops u in ur tracks its a pity u had to take drugs to write this stuff ,but u dont have to take drugs to listen to it ! i love hippies.

[mauca27]

This is not a song about war,it´s a love song,well, a heart-breaking one...

[lithium2370]

@mauca27 about a soldier at war and his loved ones at home and them forgeting about him

[mauca27]

@lithium2370 OK,it is your interpretation of the song,as music should be,everyone gives the meaning they want to. Cheers!

[BravoYankeEcho]

Heroin robs us of another young life. It still does to this day.Long live this mans legacy of music.

[ForeverYoung58]

I first heard this song in the movie Coming Home. I had to get the Tim Buckley album Goodbye and Hello right after. A beautiful, poignant work by an amazingly gifted artist that, like so many, we lost too soon.

[JohnAllanification]

 do you know that i'm dying on the ground,in vietnam.

[him3zz]

@JohnAllanification ???What?

[50frankzappa]

ik krijg er een heel warm gevoel bij. er moet wel een hemel zijn. will you ever remember me.beautyfull lyrics

[DixiePenguin]

I wish you would have felt my heartache just once...

[SolutionsbyDMC]

I loved this song, it was played in Dear America: Letters to Home, it always reminds me of the tragedy of Vietnam. So sad.

[ellye69]

Since it was impossible to find a copy of it in Italy I've just got "Coming home" from GB. I hadn't seen that movie for ages, great film, great soundtrack and an incredibly moving story

[50frankzappa]

once i was a kid with stars in my eys now i am older with tears in my heart

[rowdymax1]

yes...this is the scene where Bruce Dern walks off into the ocean and drowns himself.

[caravaggio1959]

@rowdymax1 i am a old italian man i love this song,i love tim, buckely i love great movie.

[fameditor]

It also played at the end of the 1970s Vietnam movie, Coming Home.

[fameditor]

It also was played at the very end of the movie Coming Home in the 1970s, which was a Vietnam War drama...

[hotvision]

whats all this military talk? this song is just a love song. its about someone who got dumped and is watching his former lover move on. and hes longing for those days of blah blah mushy gushy what have you

[mingrey1975]

@hotvision The Vietnam / military thing is possibly because many people, including myself, first heard this tune (and its opening line "Once I was a soldier") on the TV documentary "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". It's played against the backdrop of the description of a young US marine being killed near Khe Sahn (I recall; RIP...). It moved me. But I understand now that Tim Buckley wrote this beautiful song as first and foremost a love song. And what a beautiful love song it is.

[ARZCARDINALS]

@mingrey1975 I watched the same footage... so very sad and this song fits it so well... RIP to that soldier and his 22 other friends who died..

[505Wizard]

It's just too bad, with all the protests that went on against Vietnam, that no one listened, and here we are again, only there is a black out on the number dead, and the media to show war info, so we have no anti-war protests as we did during Vietnam. It those old men in Congress, House and Senate had to fight, there would be different attempts at solutions rather than maiming and ruining our -- and other country's young men and women.

[lpride1]

What a touching song...just discovered TB recently and his son, Jeff...actually just yesterday..how did he elude me all these years?....heard his name ....maybe heard a song didn't know it was him...needed to hear this now

[kabooki09]

@lpride1 you can also hear this at the end of the movie "Coming Home" from the 70's - Jane Fonda & Jon Voight,, I heard it then & still after all this time it still chills me to the core, I love it

[absoluteauthority08]

if our effen congress had taken seriously Ho's pleas for our political help in 1945 to gain independence from France after the japs were run out of Viet Nam, our history there would've been so very different. Such a waste of people on all sides. I'm a vet and missed that war by a hair. I had friends there and served with haunted vets shortly after the war. Even today the entire congress and senate should be fired for it's arrogant elitism in world affairs and here at home

[hollywoodartchick]

@absoluteauthority08 Bless you for your truth. I also wish that history favored common sense and humanity. I hope it is not too late.

[deanwil74]

for our heroes past and present

[GAZONO]

The end song of one of the best anti war films ever made...Coming Home

[kentishbloke]

@GAZONO Agreed 100%

[strangeidea88]

I really love every moment of this song... all the notes...

just perfect :)

love for you, Tim Buckley...

[coquinho1348]

This genuine beauty translated into words... Sheer talent in a soul that breathes art. We should all be thankful for having music of this caliber in our world!

[andrea50291]

a big Tim for a big song

[sharon102645]

I was young during this time and lived in Washington DC, and we marched and protested, but what no one understood was....we hated the war...NOT the warrior.

[bblokes]

viet-fucking -nam...god-fucking-damn.

[psychobator]

If Kennedy had lived, America would not have fought a Vietnam War. He was going to pull out our advisers in 1963 just before his assassination. Buckley's song is a lasting and haunting memorial that never fails to stir my emotions.

[mishka1305]

once you were a soldier ,,, sorry but you did not fight and die for me. maybe you were a hunter who brought home fresh meat for me .. again sorry, i am VEGAN and ANTI-WAR! blame your government and their quest for global domination, it was not at my request, nor people like me. you were all cannon-fodder, not of importance. this is politics. rest in peace guys, you died for nothing and that is heart-breaking!!!

[RogersProtonPill]

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[YouDickwod]

@mishka1305 who needs your support?! go fuck yourself you old cunt.

[mishka1305]

@YouDickwod - get a fuckin grip of yourself! your username is oh-so-very appropriate, isn't it?

[sweetlittlemexico]

@mishka1305 You are correct in your passion but being disrespectful is futile. I was in the militay and my father was a WWII (Battle of the Bulge). Freedom is not free and I know it is easy to go against those who have no military experinence

or familily members who sacrificed for their country. to understand. From my experience, I 0acn tell you that this song is a soldier's lonely thoughts of loved ones and his love.

[mclainrose]

@mishka1305 you were kinda totally just a kid during nam but good point anyway

[RUSWUF]

@mishka1305

YOU ARE A CHILD......A VERY SELFISH AND STUPID CHILD....

[mishka1305]

@RUSWUF - a kid am i? LOL you dickhead, do your research and please try to engage brain before opening gob, okay toots?

[carolinekao2008]

@mishka1305 You don't make no sense to me

[carolinekao2008]

@mishka1305 ...Because you live your freedom on behalf of those with boots on the ground, brother

[mishka1305]

@carolinekao2008 - no, my grandfather and his father and many more relatives fought the nazis and DIED for my freedom! btw, i wasn't being disrespectful in my last comments, i just abhor the futility of war and of our so-called "rulers" eagerness to send our young lads into these fucking conflicts, many of which have nothing to do with us!

[Agitator83]

@mishka1305 you are so off-course, this is a love song.

[sweetlittlemexico]

@Agitator83 What branch of the Military were you? I was in this era and you're correct. It is a soldier's lament! The military teaches us to be one but in those lonely momment we think of ourselves and wonder if our sacrifices are valid and understood by those who have no idea what we have experienced. Such a shame that our Viet Nam vets were treated so badly and forgotten!

[him3zz]

@Agitator83 it's not a 'war song'? Are you sure man?

[him3zz]

@Agitator83 I could've sworn this was about a Soldier....???

[pinkfreud62]

I always thought it was "rubbish" dreams, too.

[binloadon]

I'll always love you laura shuckburough

[daivietjohn]

I think it's actually "All of our lavish dreams"

[TheTobyimages]

This is a such a beautiful song.

[candycakehime]

i'm sure it's:

"All of our LOVERS dreams "

not rubbish dreams

[jamesthieviusraccoon]

Nice