Jeff Buckley - Calling You

Slideshow of b&w photographs of Jeff Buckley set to his beautiful cover version of Calling You.

I hope that people who liked him resist the temptation to turn his life and death into some dumb romantic fantasy--he was so much better than that. Not everyone can get up and sing something they take a liking to and make it their own, sing true to their heart and be curious about all different strains of music. Corpus Christi Carol was a completely conceived interpretation. I'd never heard the piece before and when I heard the original I realised what Jeff had done was even more amazing. He'd taken it into his own world. That's something my favorite classical musicians can do, be themselves but use all that expertise to make the music more beautiful. Jeff did that naturally. Only a handful of people are capable of that. I was amazed when he did meltdown. I asked him what he wanted to sing and he said he'd like to do one of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder in the original German! Absolutely fucking fearless. He was convinced he could sing it without rehearsal, just because he liked it. In the end he did a Purcell song, Dido's Lament, which is in danger of sounding incredibly poignant in retrospect: 'Remember me but forget my fate'. But he also sang Boy With the Thorn In His Side because he liked it, and Grace to show something of himself. When he started singing Dido's Lament at the rehearsal, there were all these classical musicians who could not believe it. Here's a guy shuffling up on-stage and singing a piece of music normally thought to be the property of certain types of specifically developed voice, and he's just singing, not doing it like a party piece, but doing something with it. My last memory of him was at the little party in the green room afterwards. There were all these people sitting round Jeff who'd never met before - Fretwork, the viol group, a classical pianist and some jazz player --all talking and laughing about music. He'd charmed everybody. I'd much rather remember that than anything. * Elvis Costello from Mojo Magazine, August 1997.

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[Xiroi87]

After suffering Celine's "version" (should I say murder?) of this song I just had to listen to this. I've always loved Jevetta's original version but Jeff also owns this song. Thanks for posting this.

[BebingtonGirl]

@Xiroi87 In total agreement over Celine's version !!

Jevetta's original is very lovely but there's an extra magical quality to Jeff's recording.

[practicing4]

Hey, my friend came back for another listen! I LOVE JEFF!!! I noticed you changed your channel background! Love it!! He is an incredible talent, and I will be focusing on getting into his music for sure. This is just sooo outstandingly beautiful. I can't get this song out of my head!! The first time I heard it, it stuck! I sure hope that confession doesn't reveal how crazy I am! LOL!!! Seriously, I LOVE THIS! Thank you, Sue!! Love the description info too! Love you too! Blessings, min :-)

[BebingtonGirl]

@practicing4 Thanks for coming back I need the views :0)

Yes I've changed the background picture always doing that cant keep still for a minute !!

Its okay I won't tell a soul just how crazy you really are !!

Looking forward to your next song

Sue xx

[practicing4]

Sue, this one goes straight into my soul! I LOVE THIS SONG!!! It is eerily beautiful and there is a haunting quality that somehow reaches into the depths of me. Thank you so much for this beauitful song! Extraordinary talent, Jeff has. He has quickly become one of the artists I most admire. Thank you! I LOVE THIS ONE!!! min :-) x

[BebingtonGirl]

@practicing4 Hey there Min thank you for your comments - I'm in total agreement with you. In fact your beautiful cover of the song make me go back and start replaying his music.

Now that's a not so subtle hint young Min any chance one day you might redo this song !!!!!

[owenhunt]

My hometown hero, Elvis Costello, and Jeff Buckley were friends/met? It's almost like he knew a version of me and accepted him a bona-fide artist.

[lemondedejef]

OMG.... such a voice ! Such a smooth touch on his guitar ! Such an angel !

[virgaism]

he was soooo handsome...sooo talented....

[Migas128]

somtimes you can't sleep and you wonder why...

then you discover the reason why you can't sleep is cuz you're listening jeff songs ;)

[ecald12]

Always get inspired by Jeff's interpretation of this song. Incredible!

[KCJacksonMuz]

@Xiroi87 Nobody can pull off what Jeff did w/ this song. Totally agree. Celine shouldn't touch material of this calibre.

[tolgreen]

JUST LISTENING MY SUSIE!!

.AND FEELING UR FREEDOM

.COMING SOON

...xxxxx

...ur P

[expatkerri]

<3

[practicing4]

Just me again. I LOVE this song and Jeff's version. Outstanding post, Sue. Love, min :-) xx

[forversus]

@Xiroi87 Still laughing thinking about mrs Dion destroying the song...

LOL

Thank you for your nice and ironic post