What is it about this song?! I've been dousing myself in music for 40 odd years - heard everything!! So I thought! And then I stumble upon this and I am laid out - back at the valley farm, in hippie days, the tent the horses the sun the wine bottle the innocence of light touching my shoulder, I shudder. The past is richer than I thought.
My favorite Tim Buckley song. I was messing around with the chords, and then I checked out a version by Robert Plant on You-Tube where he was saying that he was a fan of Buckley back in the day, and I realized that Zep ripped the chord progression for 'Thank You' from Zep II. Geez
Bravo. What a fabulous ending to what has been one of my favorite shows ever, I cry everytime see this! It's very beautiful. The Monkees has made a great impact on my life and musical carrer, and I think this song told a story of love and fight and compassion that I think at one time all of us(Including our Monkee men) have faced. <333 Thank you for posting.
@Vazmusic Someone above said that Micky Dolenz wanter Tim Buckey on the show. Maybe it's a conincidence, but Frank Zappa was on the previous show speaking witn Mike Nesmith. Zappa damaged an old car with a sledgehammer with part of his song, "Mother People" played. Buckley is shown here performing in front of the same damaged old car. Zappa and Buckley were both managed at this time by Herb Cohen.
@sroche999 its a small musical world. Tim knew mike nesmith before he became a monkee, back when he used to write his own music, im pretty sure he was friendly with peter as well. they introduced him as their friend. and it was one of tim's very few mainstream t.v appearances and thanks to the monkees he got exposure he otherwise wouldnt have had - still to this day ! rip davey.
We would'nt have all the great covers of Song to the Siren without the great lyrics and music from Tim Buckley. Seems silly to fight about what version is best, they all touch us in different ways. I can only imagine that Mr. Buckley would be proud that his song would want to be covered by so many talented artist.
@scrunts666 this is epic, a perfect match of melody and lyrics , feeling, voice etc. and i think the most beautifull song ever. this is perfect in so many ways, nobody can perfects it more then the great buckley himself so i would have to disagree on your opinion!!! by the way, larry becket wrote the song:-)
@Metruriel REALLY?! Jeff was a pretty big lose. A real wank of a singer. He never heard a musical line that he could not turn into a spasm of self-congratulation.
@JakobVirgil Really man? I just think that Jeff's a junky on his live concerts, but anyways, he had a fucking wonderful voice and he knows how to master a guitar tune :p
@Metruriel you're a fucking idiot. there is always some loser, no talent ass clown like yourself trying to shit on the someone else's parade. the world is drowning with losers such as yourself. We're thankful for someone who can contribute some small part of their genius to this world, even if it is short-lived..rest in peace Jeff
This is by far the BEST version of this very haunting ballad; but, to this day as a middle aged man that horrible wrecked car with the obvious impact spots on the windshield STILL gives me the creeps in the worst way.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. I really wish Jeff Buckley had done a version of this as well. It would be great to see his interpretation of it.
this is my favorite version of the track it's near perfect, i just wish he sang "i'm as puzzled as a new born child". a better written song doesn't exist.
Buckley's version is the best because no other artist enjoys singing it as much as he does. So sincere, so sensual, so passionate, so... from the heart! An euphoric mix of beauty, love, a bit of gentle sadness, hope, warmth, tenderness, and again love, love, love and endless beauty! I adore looking at Tim smiling all time while singing this :)
@dapard Yep, I have even covered this song myself, I know them by heart. Anyway, the story he tells is beautiful, even though sad. That's what makes him smile, I think, imagining all that sirens, the poor sailor in love, sea and all and correlating it to his personal feelings maybe idk... =))
@dapard Actually, lyrics to this song were mainly written by Larry Beckett, a musician who collaborated with Buckley a lot. I just meant that he just correlates them like each of us do while listening to different songs... :)
Hi there Buckley fans out there; do you know a song by him where one sentence goes like this...: you are untouched and you will be touched...I heard this song all the way back in the 70-tis, and the song I am referring to was very beautiful, the style of the singing is that he start in a very low keys and brings it up to a very high falsetto......I really should like to hear it again, but I cannot find it by searching....thanks, ed
@onlinelondon Hey, this might be it. "strange street affair under blue" Im trying to listen to more folk myself. I listen to The Microphones/Mount Eerie, Jeff Buckley, Andy Mckee, and hopefully many more. =)
This version is definitely the best.. this song simply needs to be sung by a man... Sinead is pretty good as well, but a man's voice makes a terrific difference...
@mwells219 NO, near the end of the run Mike, Davy and, since his voice is in the introduction, Mickey had a single musical guest in a segment separate from the show. Mike had Frank Zappa, who pretended to be Mike Nesmith and Mike pretended to be Frank Zappa. They did a mock interview poking fun at the Monkees music being "banal and insipid" I don't remember Davy's guest's name, but they had a discussion of soul and percussion. That's probably more than you wanted to know.
I love this version the best. A 12 string and a key change to E. So very beautiful. thank you for posting. forever grateful. -much love and empathy, everyone.
@mastyer0fReality what do you mean?i love john frusciante.he's amazing.but song to the siren is written and sang here by tim buckley.and it's his credit.
@mastyer0fReality you keep your comments for you ,ok?i really can't believe what you said,but i won't argue with you.tim was a great musician and artist,and he deserves all credit for his work.not me,not obama,not jeff,not john frusciante
@182bastard Ya ill keep my comments for me. You go get yourself some english lessons alright? Thanks for the pep talk but seriously who's Tim Buckley I know a Jeff Buckley I know a John Frusciante but this Tim guy needs to keep practicing I think.
@mastyer0fReality you're such a moron.if you judge an artist by his fame.there are thousands of unknown artists that do great work and people like you don't care about them just because they're not as famous as john frusciante.if a video has 1kkk views on youtube,it means that it's the best video?i don't think so.nobody makes those rules.it's just opinions,and people have different opinions,right?so just let us,the ones who love tim,to listen to his music.
Querida Erika, has redecorado tu "casita" ! Está preciosa! Me encanta ese fondo tambien, alegre y sobrio a la vez, muy típico de nuestro elegante Morris
I cannot thank you enough for posting this. When my mom was young, she loved Tim Buckley; when I was young, I adored his son, Jeff. Now I'm older, I've had time to discover both, I revere both. Tim was exquisitely sensitive. So sad to see his son die young. So beautiful to enjoy his music, which will stay with you whether you play it once or myriad times. Simply beautiful.
first of all i just said that an actor's job is to do what best for the film, to help the film reach it's full potential etc. Personally, i don't care about brilliant acting performances, i just want to see a good movie. And sometime those 2 arent the same thing. Doing what's best for the film doesn't necessarily mean doing what the director tells you to do.
What are you tossers on about? This is a classic song that goes from the creator on a shite TV programme in the 60's to being covered by a huge number of artists across the complete spectrum of music - George Michael, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, David Gray, Bryan Ferry - and my favourite a Trance Classic with Lost Witness.
Instead of wasting your lives on here - listen to some quality music, grab a good women and enjoy your lives - wankers
holy shit i didn't even see half of your comments. and btw trying to have this conversation in the comments section of a youtube video is very annoying.
Again, your "If you're talented" is pointless. Janis Joplin could never sing like Amy Winehouse, but it doesn't make her talentless. You don't need to be talented to sound like someone. You're trying to make a vague situation into a point according to your taste. Joaquin did a great job, ask other people about Bette in "The Rose" ask other people about Marion, and MANY will tell you they did great too. Your point is redundant. Listen, IDC stick to your opinion and I'll stick to mine. BYE : )
@studentfilmmaker305 then maybe janis joplin wouldn't be the best choice to play amy winehouse. Anyway, like i said, you're trying to make singing seem more complicated than it is. And yes being talented matters, you need a musical sense, not to sound like someone but to be able to not butcher their song. I only gave joaquin as an example to prove that with a bit of work and musical skill you can a good job and make the character fit seamlessly into the film.
He is a poet of the sort akin to Lord Byron before him. Beautiful. He always makes me thing of an earlier time. It could be because I am from Harrow on the hill (where byron went to school) and am an avid byronian but I really think his lyrics are more poetry.
He sounds so pretentious. Like John Denver without the nice melodies. I'm sorry, I've listened to him alot ever since I heard Steve Earl endorse him, but I just can't see what the fuss is about. He seems like a poser or a fraud! O.K. I said it, you can pile on now!
@terrybeaton Of all the crits someone might have of Tim Buckley, 'pretentious' is about the last I might have dreamed. Nice melodies? Try *ingenious* tunes and progressions. Maybe it's more accurate to say that you can't *hear* what the fuss is about. In addition, the call of a poseur or fraud is just simply beyond the pale. He's the real deal whom others imitate and derive from. I almost feel sorry for someone who doesn't love his music.
2:05 hahahahahahahahahaha scheiß its the germany word for shit hahahahahahahahahahahaha i can believe it my mom wakes up at the moment right now like the police is called criminal polizei you know in germany
@22Phantasm Do you think we experience deceased singers' work in a different, more powerful way? Like a 'it-hits-you-in-the-gut' kind? Somewhere I wrote a comment about him prodding my solar plexus.
I'm really just curious, because there is no other artist who invokes emotions in me like Tim Buckley does.
@NovaScotiaChick I think it's purely within the individual, NovaScotiaChick. I get goosebumps with all music I love, it evokes different emotions depending on how I feel at the time. If this hits you in your solar plexus, who am I to argue? I usually shed a tear if something special comes along. I have 4 of Tim's albums and I love them all, but for different reasons, as they are all different too. This is a particularly good vid as it displays Tim's timid side. What other music do you enjoy?
@NovaScotiaChick Try to find the amazing cover version of this song by This Mortal Coil... Sung by Liz Fraser formerly of Cocteau Twins. It's a superb version, original, sombre and just plain 'hits you in your solar plexus'. Hope to chat again soon. Take care.
@dirkbogarde44 Don't you think James look a bit more like Jeff, and his father? Maybe Heath Ledger would have been good........so sad to see him go too.
@wipers86 pretty sure these days they prefer the actors do their own singing. look at joaquin phoenix when he played johnny cash. And there are many other examples.
@olitraiga well yeah but what I have heard james franco might be playing jeff buckley in the film that jeff's mum is involved in but that might just be a rumor I hope it's not , but yeah I know what you mean the runaways film was the same with kristen stewart doing an excellent job on the song I love playing with fire
@olitraiga Marion Cotillard didn't sing either but that didn't stop her from playing Edith Piaf in "La vie en Rose". That was perfect casting and was well rewarded. She received numerous prestigious awards including the Oscar for Best Actress. Acting is about embodying the character being portrayed into an actual person, not something minuscule as the actor not being able to sing.
@studentfilmmaker305 it's not miuscule at all. it's gives the film a certain sense of veridicity. And it's far better than the actor lip syncing. And well done on mentioning the oscar... as if that proves anything. Acting is about making the film the way the director wants it. Also it's far easier for the actor to embody the "character" of a singer if he/she can actually sing.
@olitraiga It's not even worth this discussion, 'cause I'm studying to become a filmmaker. For the actor being able to sing, is just a plus. In casting, the actor who is best suitable for the role, will take the role. You just sound like you're being pretentious. In a musical, when an audience member can notice lip syncing, that's because the actor didn't give enough credibility in his/her performance.
@olitraiga When you mention the actor should give the director what he/she wants. I think you're talking about "act sad" or "more angry" or my favorite "you're happy but you're also mad" type of directors. The relationship between an actor and a director is the probably the most important relationship in filmmaking. When a director "wants" something and gives direction on what he saw from his own imagination, that turns into result direction. Do you know what result direction is (w/o google)?
@olitraiga I mentioned Oscars because the Academy knows MUCH more than you do. Point is, you stepped on a territory you know nothing about, but btw you write, you think you know something, but knowledge isn't the situation. It's taste. You clearly don't know about film. If I want to see a film about someone singing, I see a documentary. If I want to see a film about someone's life, I watch a film. While you like films that have actors doing karaoke, I like films that have actors making ART. BYE.
we lost him way too soon
aylward48 1 day ago
well,I may be capable of a coherent response..when my tears of joy dry up!magic,in music,in magic
TheAirgead 1 day ago
God bless Tim Buckley.
PastafarianDeath 3 days ago
Just saw it. Unprecedented and amazing. Stay away from heroin.
peterzang 4 days ago
Considering this inspiring man died of a heroin-overdose a few years later makes it even more tragic and beautiful.
Jeppx 6 days ago
What is it about this song?! I've been dousing myself in music for 40 odd years - heard everything!! So I thought! And then I stumble upon this and I am laid out - back at the valley farm, in hippie days, the tent the horses the sun the wine bottle the innocence of light touching my shoulder, I shudder. The past is richer than I thought.
ladyfuschia 1 week ago
so real and fool softly
mikadoari 1 week ago
Jesus, man. Goosebumps.
PastafarianDeath 1 week ago
so beautiful
gmaweill 2 weeks ago
SHITTTT !!!! THIS IS F#&#*KING GOOD STUFFF !!!
1dorque 2 weeks ago
My favorite Tim Buckley song. I was messing around with the chords, and then I checked out a version by Robert Plant on You-Tube where he was saying that he was a fan of Buckley back in the day, and I realized that Zep ripped the chord progression for 'Thank You' from Zep II. Geez
Beetlehair 2 weeks ago
@Beetlehair You're totally right, bro. Great catch! I wouldn't have imagined that Led Zep was into Tim Buckley but you called it.
greenride2000 1 week ago
@Beetlehair Zep Ripping other artists of!!!!!??? Say it's not so!!!! lol
decemberschild1217 1 week ago
so amazin
soj22 2 weeks ago
Bravo. What a fabulous ending to what has been one of my favorite shows ever, I cry everytime see this! It's very beautiful. The Monkees has made a great impact on my life and musical carrer, and I think this song told a story of love and fight and compassion that I think at one time all of us(Including our Monkee men) have faced. <333 Thank you for posting.
Kishiskool 3 weeks ago
absolutely beautiful.
EEELANEAHH 3 weeks ago
great! **
MerySweetStar2611 3 weeks ago
I found this song creating a playlist for sailing. It is one of my favorites. Happy Birthday Day Tim.
Boris1059 3 weeks ago
Happy Birthday Tim
bgftnes 3 weeks ago
If there is a more beautiful song in the history of music, I have yet to hear it...
rjinblack1970 3 weeks ago
How did he happen to be on The Monkees show?
Vazmusic 3 weeks ago
@Vazmusic I heard that Mickey really dug him and campaigned to have him on the show....
decemberschild1217 1 week ago
@Vazmusic Someone above said that Micky Dolenz wanter Tim Buckey on the show. Maybe it's a conincidence, but Frank Zappa was on the previous show speaking witn Mike Nesmith. Zappa damaged an old car with a sledgehammer with part of his song, "Mother People" played. Buckley is shown here performing in front of the same damaged old car. Zappa and Buckley were both managed at this time by Herb Cohen.
sroche999 6 days ago
@sroche999 its a small musical world. Tim knew mike nesmith before he became a monkee, back when he used to write his own music, im pretty sure he was friendly with peter as well. they introduced him as their friend. and it was one of tim's very few mainstream t.v appearances and thanks to the monkees he got exposure he otherwise wouldnt have had - still to this day ! rip davey.
LoveforGia 3 days ago
First heard this song in the movie Candy. The lyrics are so beautiful.
ishandchipss 3 weeks ago
The lyric change to the line about the oyster is better than the studio version's line.
CurtisMateer 3 weeks ago
He was actually attempting the Bob Dylan circa 1966 hair style.
mysteryjesus 3 weeks ago
this song makes me feel so sappy, i love it <3
evelynisart 3 weeks ago
RIP Tim. I remember you well. "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" is a classic.
and so is this.
1blastman 1 month ago
There's so much emotion in just a man and his guitar. I love this song so much.
IrradiatedRobot 1 month ago
this song my dad shown me at the first conversation, this is his favourist song, I hope we will have good relationship with him longer and longer
TheQuanho 1 month ago
Amazing sweetness!
Sybilinvane 1 month ago
wow!
vins1979 1 month ago
Sideshow Bob
axalotl1 1 month ago
We would'nt have all the great covers of Song to the Siren without the great lyrics and music from Tim Buckley. Seems silly to fight about what version is best, they all touch us in different ways. I can only imagine that Mr. Buckley would be proud that his song would want to be covered by so many talented artist.
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182bastard 1 month ago
simple beauty.
museloverock26 1 month ago
It's pretty but the Starsailor version is absolutely amazing. So timeless, chilling, transcendant.
zlumpi 1 month ago
THIS SONG IS SO AMAZING, OF OF THE BEST EVER!!!1!ONEONE
sicksguns 1 month ago
Great song, best version... magique, incroyable..
TrinityJn 1 month ago
He writes it, sings it and then Elizabeth Fraser perfects it.
scrunts666 1 month ago
@scrunts666 this is epic, a perfect match of melody and lyrics , feeling, voice etc. and i think the most beautifull song ever. this is perfect in so many ways, nobody can perfects it more then the great buckley himself so i would have to disagree on your opinion!!! by the way, larry becket wrote the song:-)
thesource213 1 month ago 6
@thesource213 Punctuation, learn it. You just made my poor head hurt.
PastyNoob 3 weeks ago
@scrunts666 His friend Larry Beckett wrote the lyrics.
stevobath 1 month ago
World, thank you for giving us such good talents.
TambourineMs 1 month ago
one of the best songs EVER
MrFraccobaldo 1 month ago
Gorgeous song. Makes me weep with its beauty. xxoo
LionessDeWinter 1 month ago
Holy SHIT. What else can I say?
bcc1976 1 month ago
beatifull.... wow ... ... wow!
Meeus93 1 month ago
great song too bad his kid sucks so bad.
JakobVirgil 1 month ago
@JakobVirgil WHAT?! Jeff Buckley sucks?! What a fucking voice that he had mate! Jeff Buckley's one of the biggest lose of music world ever man ...
Metruriel 1 month ago 2
@Metruriel REALLY?! Jeff was a pretty big lose. A real wank of a singer. He never heard a musical line that he could not turn into a spasm of self-congratulation.
JakobVirgil 1 month ago
@JakobVirgil Really man? I just think that Jeff's a junky on his live concerts, but anyways, he had a fucking wonderful voice and he knows how to master a guitar tune :p
Metruriel 1 month ago
@Metruriel never heard him sing a line that did not make me cringe. But I come from that time period and I have seen him live.
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@Metruriel you're a fucking idiot. there is always some loser, no talent ass clown like yourself trying to shit on the someone else's parade. the world is drowning with losers such as yourself. We're thankful for someone who can contribute some small part of their genius to this world, even if it is short-lived..rest in peace Jeff
btirico2 1 month ago
@JakobVirgil
you sound butthurt
AidanMusik 1 month ago
@AidanMusik yes Jeff was a selfish lover.
JakobVirgil 1 month ago
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btirico2 1 month ago
love frusciante , but this version is way better than his
PedrSk8 1 month ago
This is by far the BEST version of this very haunting ballad; but, to this day as a middle aged man that horrible wrecked car with the obvious impact spots on the windshield STILL gives me the creeps in the worst way.
littletimone 1 month ago 4
Holy shit
SlamJaw 1 month ago
i wonder where that guitar is today
chrisnatti 1 month ago
What an artist just mesmerizing
RIP Tim
AbsintheDream 1 month ago 2
oh my heart . . .
marquismyfriend 2 months ago
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. I really wish Jeff Buckley had done a version of this as well. It would be great to see his interpretation of it.
orikiminime 2 months ago
The last scene in The Monkees TV series........ever!! Quite exquisite!!
stewilflo 2 months ago 10
@stewilflo Really? Wow, they really went out in style.
GranthamStreet 1 week ago
Jeff took after his dad so well, they are both mentally and physically beautiful men.
mzgreendayfan 2 months ago
i just want to go back to the 60's and 70's and see how everything was. it would be awesome.
inuygoku 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
LOL Tim and Eric make the funniest vids!
Roq999 2 months ago
WoW
kellz8926 2 months ago
this is my favorite version of the track it's near perfect, i just wish he sang "i'm as puzzled as a new born child". a better written song doesn't exist.
bdon616 2 months ago 4
So beautiful. I'm crying here
orikiminime 2 months ago
WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS
NTWdiver 2 months ago
Moby has clearly plagiarised the melody of this song, on the record "when its cold i'd like to die".
Shameful.
padymonkey 2 months ago
Buckley's version is the best because no other artist enjoys singing it as much as he does. So sincere, so sensual, so passionate, so... from the heart! An euphoric mix of beauty, love, a bit of gentle sadness, hope, warmth, tenderness, and again love, love, love and endless beauty! I adore looking at Tim smiling all time while singing this :)
TheVelvetBride 2 months ago 3
@TheVelvetBride true that! he is a poet! but i think is not smiling inside =) listen to the lyrics, it's also about pain and all.....
dapard 2 months ago
@dapard Yep, I have even covered this song myself, I know them by heart. Anyway, the story he tells is beautiful, even though sad. That's what makes him smile, I think, imagining all that sirens, the poor sailor in love, sea and all and correlating it to his personal feelings maybe idk... =))
TheVelvetBride 2 months ago
@TheVelvetBride interesting! isent the lyrics are about himself? i meen an expierience that happend to him and he wrote about and all?...
dapard 2 months ago
@dapard Actually, lyrics to this song were mainly written by Larry Beckett, a musician who collaborated with Buckley a lot. I just meant that he just correlates them like each of us do while listening to different songs... :)
TheVelvetBride 2 months ago
thanks john frusciante for bring me here
and i think he does a great job
anyway enjoying this song
20ERIC1992 2 months ago
Fantastic song by a great talent who is sadly missed. Few of today's writers could match this.
Lostchord1000 2 months ago 4
@Lostchord1000
Absolutely spot on
captainsoul1953 2 months ago
hes like a better looking bob dylan..this is the most impressive song writing I've ever heard
moisawesomeqwerty 2 months ago
superb .
zimmy81 2 months ago
Like father like son.
CBFHVP 2 months ago 18
What a voice!
Paboll 2 months ago 7
Hi there Buckley fans out there; do you know a song by him where one sentence goes like this...: you are untouched and you will be touched...I heard this song all the way back in the 70-tis, and the song I am referring to was very beautiful, the style of the singing is that he start in a very low keys and brings it up to a very high falsetto......I really should like to hear it again, but I cannot find it by searching....thanks, ed
onlinelondon 2 months ago
@onlinelondon Hey, this might be it. "strange street affair under blue" Im trying to listen to more folk myself. I listen to The Microphones/Mount Eerie, Jeff Buckley, Andy Mckee, and hopefully many more. =)
Kento617 2 months ago
is he the father of Jeff buckley ?
alihammadshah 2 months ago 4
@alihammadshah Yes he is
SERPENTSEEKER 2 months ago
John Frusciante my ass! Just listen to Tim, for christ's sake...
magsli26 3 months ago 2
love you, Tim.
marquismyfriend 3 months ago
damn. now thats a fro
TheMonkeesArchive 3 months ago 25
funny pants
insanekidfrom80s 3 months ago
This version is definitely the best.. this song simply needs to be sung by a man... Sinead is pretty good as well, but a man's voice makes a terrific difference...
vaczipeti 3 months ago 5
@vaczipeti and he wrote the song
gethimthere 3 months ago
so did the monkees tv show always have musicians like this on their show.
mwells219 3 months ago
@mwells219 NO, near the end of the run Mike, Davy and, since his voice is in the introduction, Mickey had a single musical guest in a segment separate from the show. Mike had Frank Zappa, who pretended to be Mike Nesmith and Mike pretended to be Frank Zappa. They did a mock interview poking fun at the Monkees music being "banal and insipid" I don't remember Davy's guest's name, but they had a discussion of soul and percussion. That's probably more than you wanted to know.
morgulthefriendly 3 months ago 6
I love this version the best. A 12 string and a key change to E. So very beautiful. thank you for posting. forever grateful. -much love and empathy, everyone.
marquismyfriend 3 months ago
john fruciante?james franco?we're listening to tim buckley here,my friends
182bastard 3 months ago 57
@182bastard its frusciante..
mastyer0fReality 2 months ago
@mastyer0fReality what do you mean?i love john frusciante.he's amazing.but song to the siren is written and sang here by tim buckley.and it's his credit.
182bastard 1 month ago
@182bastard Ya i's be sarcastic. This guy's lucky frusciante covered this song, now we all know who Tim Buckley is!
mastyer0fReality 1 month ago
@mastyer0fReality you keep your comments for you ,ok?i really can't believe what you said,but i won't argue with you.tim was a great musician and artist,and he deserves all credit for his work.not me,not obama,not jeff,not john frusciante
182bastard 1 month ago
@182bastard Ya ill keep my comments for me. You go get yourself some english lessons alright? Thanks for the pep talk but seriously who's Tim Buckley I know a Jeff Buckley I know a John Frusciante but this Tim guy needs to keep practicing I think.
mastyer0fReality 1 month ago
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@mastyer0fReality you're such a moron.if you judge an artist by his fame.there are thousands of unknown artists that do great work and people like you don't care about them just because they're not as famous as john frusciante.if a video has 1kkk views on youtube,it means that it's the best video?i don't think so.nobody makes those rules.it's just opinions,and people have different opinions,right?so just let us,the ones who love tim,to listen to his music.
182bastard 1 month ago
@mastyer0fReality - Idiot
goldengirlwithmyopia 1 week ago
Wow beautiful song ... his hair is great: D
AnneSpaetzle 3 months ago 3
Querida Erika, has redecorado tu "casita" ! Está preciosa! Me encanta ese fondo tambien, alegre y sobrio a la vez, muy típico de nuestro elegante Morris
Besitos de tu amiga
Amalia
Laika231 3 months ago
granny sent me here
rankthis 3 months ago 5
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Hache7 3 months ago
@rankthis I would say "God sent me here" because this is heaven :)
Hache7 3 months ago
I cannot thank you enough for posting this. When my mom was young, she loved Tim Buckley; when I was young, I adored his son, Jeff. Now I'm older, I've had time to discover both, I revere both. Tim was exquisitely sensitive. So sad to see his son die young. So beautiful to enjoy his music, which will stay with you whether you play it once or myriad times. Simply beautiful.
HerAeolianHarp 3 months ago 3
bless all of you.
marquismyfriend 3 months ago
THIS IS GONNA BE MY WEDDING'S MUSIC WHEN I GET MARRIED!
monsterwladi 3 months ago 2
Tim Buckley is a so great singer. I'm happy John Frusciante's cover made me discover him. (Like a lot of other bands and singers)
Otowa56 3 months ago
THANK YOU FOR POSTING!!!!!!
marquismyfriend 3 months ago
No other version puts me out to sea.
oodoodanoo 3 months ago 3
great song
ldascoob 3 months ago
the most perfect song ever performed
donnagiuliana 3 months ago
Wooow, Nice check out my covers as wel :)
OfficialMusicAshley 3 months ago
Basically, wow!
moonrunner303 3 months ago
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All these opinions like assholes...everybody has one. Listen...with ears wide open. Please.
curtispsf 4 months ago
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curtispsf 4 months ago
John Frusciante
Andy4991 4 months ago
I saw this episode of the Monkees today (The Frodis Caper) and this part too.
RareMusic42 4 months ago
formidabile Tim...<3
amnesiaka 4 months ago
first of all i just said that an actor's job is to do what best for the film, to help the film reach it's full potential etc. Personally, i don't care about brilliant acting performances, i just want to see a good movie. And sometime those 2 arent the same thing. Doing what's best for the film doesn't necessarily mean doing what the director tells you to do.
olitraiga 4 months ago
What are you tossers on about? This is a classic song that goes from the creator on a shite TV programme in the 60's to being covered by a huge number of artists across the complete spectrum of music - George Michael, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, David Gray, Bryan Ferry - and my favourite a Trance Classic with Lost Witness.
Instead of wasting your lives on here - listen to some quality music, grab a good women and enjoy your lives - wankers
1JosephStalin 4 months ago
@1JosephStalin said the friendless virgin wasting his time on the internet telling people how to live their lives.
olitraiga 4 months ago
holy shit i didn't even see half of your comments. and btw trying to have this conversation in the comments section of a youtube video is very annoying.
olitraiga 4 months ago
Again, your "If you're talented" is pointless. Janis Joplin could never sing like Amy Winehouse, but it doesn't make her talentless. You don't need to be talented to sound like someone. You're trying to make a vague situation into a point according to your taste. Joaquin did a great job, ask other people about Bette in "The Rose" ask other people about Marion, and MANY will tell you they did great too. Your point is redundant. Listen, IDC stick to your opinion and I'll stick to mine. BYE : )
studentfilmmaker305 4 months ago
@studentfilmmaker305 then maybe janis joplin wouldn't be the best choice to play amy winehouse. Anyway, like i said, you're trying to make singing seem more complicated than it is. And yes being talented matters, you need a musical sense, not to sound like someone but to be able to not butcher their song. I only gave joaquin as an example to prove that with a bit of work and musical skill you can a good job and make the character fit seamlessly into the film.
olitraiga 4 months ago
@studentfilmmaker305 The fact that you're trying to deny that an actor doing their own singing helps the film is mind baffling.
olitraiga 4 months ago
He is a poet of the sort akin to Lord Byron before him. Beautiful. He always makes me thing of an earlier time. It could be because I am from Harrow on the hill (where byron went to school) and am an avid byronian but I really think his lyrics are more poetry.
SymonDymond 4 months ago
He sounds so pretentious. Like John Denver without the nice melodies. I'm sorry, I've listened to him alot ever since I heard Steve Earl endorse him, but I just can't see what the fuss is about. He seems like a poser or a fraud! O.K. I said it, you can pile on now!
terrybeaton 4 months ago
@terrybeaton Of all the crits someone might have of Tim Buckley, 'pretentious' is about the last I might have dreamed. Nice melodies? Try *ingenious* tunes and progressions. Maybe it's more accurate to say that you can't *hear* what the fuss is about. In addition, the call of a poseur or fraud is just simply beyond the pale. He's the real deal whom others imitate and derive from. I almost feel sorry for someone who doesn't love his music.
jrh98033 4 months ago
I love this guy
vjwebster 4 months ago
just a good song.. cocteau liiz frasar did a version .. thanks spaceo for this . much apriciation . ty
bynor66 4 months ago
2:05 hahahahahahahahahaha scheiß its the germany word for shit hahahahahahahahahahahaha i can believe it my mom wakes up at the moment right now like the police is called criminal polizei you know in germany
daniiiiiii68 4 months ago
@daniiiiiii68 there is always some kind of scheiß from the sorrow,lol:)))
medini2 4 months ago
@daniiiiiii68 I heard "shy's from the sorrow", but scheiß, that's pretty funny.
Raflegan 4 months ago
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APerfectAsss 4 months ago in playlist APerfectAsss's favorites
This is such a treasured performance and happy it has been kept for all to enjoy.
His hair is my favorite physical trait :)
"here I am, waiting to hold you."
0a9ziza 4 months ago
Perfection.
cottageorgan 4 months ago
Talent cannot be bought. Tragic how we lose it so soon. His music still makes me feel fragile, but I'm glad for this.
22Phantasm 4 months ago
@22Phantasm Do you think we experience deceased singers' work in a different, more powerful way? Like a 'it-hits-you-in-the-gut' kind? Somewhere I wrote a comment about him prodding my solar plexus.
I'm really just curious, because there is no other artist who invokes emotions in me like Tim Buckley does.
NovaScotiaChick 4 months ago
@NovaScotiaChick I think it's purely within the individual, NovaScotiaChick. I get goosebumps with all music I love, it evokes different emotions depending on how I feel at the time. If this hits you in your solar plexus, who am I to argue? I usually shed a tear if something special comes along. I have 4 of Tim's albums and I love them all, but for different reasons, as they are all different too. This is a particularly good vid as it displays Tim's timid side. What other music do you enjoy?
22Phantasm 4 months ago
@NovaScotiaChick Try to find the amazing cover version of this song by This Mortal Coil... Sung by Liz Fraser formerly of Cocteau Twins. It's a superb version, original, sombre and just plain 'hits you in your solar plexus'. Hope to chat again soon. Take care.
22Phantasm 4 months ago
John Fruscian'tes rendition is also awsome
krazykalash 4 months ago 15
how beautiful can be this song? speechless...
donnagiuliana 4 months ago
this is a classic no one else sings this song like this guy
roddy9272 4 months ago
A marvelous opus ! Un chef d'oeuvre de la pop !
gmbc1944 4 months ago
beautiful, powerfull, true, amazing!
miky4fingers32 4 months ago
tim buckley è il più grande cantante di tutti i tempi
allivevili 4 months ago
beautiful
Rosy66 4 months ago
Just beautiful
RaqRage 4 months ago
I wish James Franco was playing him in the movie adaption of his life. Would have seemed perfect casting to me.
dirkbogarde44 4 months ago 18
@dirkbogarde44 Don't you think James look a bit more like Jeff, and his father? Maybe Heath Ledger would have been good........so sad to see him go too.
DavidKinner 4 months ago
@dirkbogarde44 james franco cant sing
olitraiga 4 months ago
@olitraiga so he doesn't have to he only has to mime and it's perfect
wipers86 4 months ago
@wipers86 pretty sure these days they prefer the actors do their own singing. look at joaquin phoenix when he played johnny cash. And there are many other examples.
olitraiga 4 months ago
@olitraiga well yeah but what I have heard james franco might be playing jeff buckley in the film that jeff's mum is involved in but that might just be a rumor I hope it's not , but yeah I know what you mean the runaways film was the same with kristen stewart doing an excellent job on the song I love playing with fire
wipers86 4 months ago
@olitraiga Marion Cotillard didn't sing either but that didn't stop her from playing Edith Piaf in "La vie en Rose". That was perfect casting and was well rewarded. She received numerous prestigious awards including the Oscar for Best Actress. Acting is about embodying the character being portrayed into an actual person, not something minuscule as the actor not being able to sing.
studentfilmmaker305 4 months ago
@studentfilmmaker305 it's not miuscule at all. it's gives the film a certain sense of veridicity. And it's far better than the actor lip syncing. And well done on mentioning the oscar... as if that proves anything. Acting is about making the film the way the director wants it. Also it's far easier for the actor to embody the "character" of a singer if he/she can actually sing.
olitraiga 4 months ago
@olitraiga It's not even worth this discussion, 'cause I'm studying to become a filmmaker. For the actor being able to sing, is just a plus. In casting, the actor who is best suitable for the role, will take the role. You just sound like you're being pretentious. In a musical, when an audience member can notice lip syncing, that's because the actor didn't give enough credibility in his/her performance.
studentfilmmaker305 4 months ago
@olitraiga When you mention the actor should give the director what he/she wants. I think you're talking about "act sad" or "more angry" or my favorite "you're happy but you're also mad" type of directors. The relationship between an actor and a director is the probably the most important relationship in filmmaking. When a director "wants" something and gives direction on what he saw from his own imagination, that turns into result direction. Do you know what result direction is (w/o google)?
studentfilmmaker305 4 months ago
@olitraiga I mentioned Oscars because the Academy knows MUCH more than you do. Point is, you stepped on a territory you know nothing about, but btw you write, you think you know something, but knowledge isn't the situation. It's taste. You clearly don't know about film. If I want to see a film about someone singing, I see a documentary. If I want to see a film about someone's life, I watch a film. While you like films that have actors doing karaoke, I like films that have actors making ART. BYE.
studentfilmmaker305 4 months ago