Jeff Buckley On Tim Buckley
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Jeff Buckley talks about Tim Buckley and how he became involved with the 1991 tribute concert "Greeting From Tim Buckley" at St. Annes Church. The first part is taken from an interview for 'World Cafe Radio', WXPN National Public Radio on 24th Feb 1994.
The second part is taken from the BBC documentary "Everybody Here Wants You".
Jeff didn't resent his father. He resented the public's glamorization of the relationship between him and his father which was nonexistent.
True. But Jeff used his fathers name as clout. He didn’t need to. But he did.
@@t3br00k35maybe because he longed to meet and know him. You can hear it in his song What Will You Say
Nobody talked about the relationship between him and his father.
Jeff spoke some of the saddest words ever when he said "he decided not to be a father". Wow...
Right so, Tim Buckley was not his father, yet he changed his last name to his father’s last name. He took off his step dad’s last name.
@@heathercrumpler5353 uh....no
@@heathercrumpler5353 ????
@@TA-mb8ip Heather means that his stepfather was the one that raised him, loved him and gave him his name. He was Jeff’s true father in every sense of the word. His biological father chose to not be in Jeff’s life.
@@hoptoit5910 @Heather Crumpler As Jeff says, Tim Buckley was his biological father but divorced his mother before Jeff was born. His stepfather was Ron Moorhead and Jeff says that he was his real father because he helped to raise him.
I met Jeff backstage in Toulouse, France, 1995. He was a really nice guy, smaller than me, very funny. When he passed away in 1997 I thought I was having a nightmare. Rest In Peace.
MrLouisfine What a beautiful memory.
@@JoshLuke864 Yes it is.
oh i just googled that he was only 171 cm. Thought he was like 185!
@@thelayne9987 He looked taller than that on stage because he had a big charisma. By the way he was really 171 cm...
You are lucky to have that memory
When Tim Buckley decided to "split", it was his loss. Who wouldn't be proud to be the father of this remarkable young man.
Exactly
They couldve become like cissy and Whitney Houston together as a parent and child team who supported each other except tim and jeff
I think Jeff may have had another opinion had he lived longer. Tim was very young as well when he died.
@@TheBella2uI âgée. I think they would have reconnected tbh.
Jeff had a beautiful face, heart mind, and voice and he has a beautiful soul.
Its an Irish thing 😏 you wouldn't understand 🙄
@@adonaiyah2196 Just trolling for fun?
@@lannarox123 its not trolling ffs
@@adonaiyah2196 mind your manners and stop being so rude.
@@lannarox123 they’re quoting the video ;-;
His voice is so soothing.
He sounds like Michael Jackson
@@adonaiyah2196 thought it was only me who heard it lmao
Jeff seemed like a very easy going guy. Very much a good person. He is terribly missed.
He was and is.
He absolutely was and will always be missed.
Tim Buckley was 19 years old when Jeff was born. Jeff appears to have forgiven someone who was not much older than a boy when he left, and was troubled enough to be overdosing on heroin aged 28. I always find it strange in the comment sections of videos covering these kinds of subject matters, where the actual victim explicitly says they 'don't hate', that total strangers still feel they have the right to do so on the victim's behalf. Weird human trait.
I’m only young, but I do feel like hating someone who has hurt you only leads to more hate. If anything, its a coping strategy. In a more pretty way, its our way of acknowledging that we are all imperfect beings that hurt. We might as well love each other.
the sad thing is that Tim overdosed because he was clean from drugs at the time, and thinking about pushing again his classical experimentations with music. I'm not sure if that means he was in a good mood, but I have the impression that he wasn't lost, he had plans for his future. He wasn't even aware that what they offered to him was heroin. For what I've read he thought it was something else, maybe cocaine.
His voice is so relaxing, even though it's a very sad story.
He sounds like Michael Jackson yk they both have that soothing tone
This is SO deep; what great introspection from a kid who you’d think might come off as extremely bitter. Wow...just generational talent passed on through genes.
Perfectly stated
His voice is so soft and sweet
He was so beautiful in every way.
Hurricane Rosey you dont know that...just listen the music...you never knew him, you have no idea how he was.
+jimeno dudo Fucking illiterate moron.
jimeno dudo You okay?
Jeff's voice was so beautiful. Even nicer than his dad's. He is one of my all time favorites. So sad .Both lives so tragic.
That's your opinion. I grew up listening to Tim. Never knew about Jeff until American Idol. They are 2 totally different artists. They may look alike, but that's about it.
+karaokegang true. I love both equally
I guess I need to give Jeff a chance. I didn't even know about him until everyone started singing Allelujiah on American Idol. :)
They are both different in vocal approach, however in my view, the way they stretch out their vocals are harmonious. It's eerily frightening to see that both father and son had done the same thing in their music.
karaokegang I'm too young to have been brought up with any of them, but having listened to both, I think Tim's oeuvre is way more distinctive. Both are great singers, but man those late career albums of Tim are incredible!
The more you hear Jeff"s music the sadness of his passing and what a future this guy would have had. Savor his music and thank God we had his talent for at least awhile.
I absolutely love Jeff Buckley so much it hurts my heart and my stomach. How classy was he to address the whole issue with him father that way?! And to acknowledge his step father as his real dad? I love it
Its not his voice its not my voice its the voice that has been pased down to every man on my family.. its just an irish thing, you wouldnt understand ..... men what such beautiful words
I understand it...
Tims "Sweet Surrender" is one of the most emotional songs ever done. Nobody that I know of could do it justice other than Tim.
His voice though 😍😍😍 was so soft....
"this is not a springboard-it's something really personal.."THAT statement alone tells me ,his waters run even deeper than Tim's.
Freaky freaky synchronicity strikes again, I literally read your comment exactly as he was saying those words. I have just been watching the Greetings from Tim Buckley film.
ciccio a porta: Agree completely. That speaks volumes about his own personal integrity.
Jeff is a soft spoken kind of man. He seems calm, collected, serious. I can't picture Jeff going crazy at a party. I think he would be the designated driver. Hey guys you are too over.
What a beautiful soul. Such a tragedy that he would pass away so young. Lovely man. Considerate, intelligent, thank you for the music. RIP
his voice is so soft and soothing
Are there many 19 year old travelling, recording, gigging & partying musician's that would make good fathers?
Same exact story with my dad, did hear shit other then two visits once I was 11, other I was 16, and then when he was dying of AIDS. I feel ya bro.
Wow the way Buckley sings, I did not expect his voice to sound so light.
Tims loss he had an awesome son both were very talented people R.I.P to both of these great musicians.
he had such a beautiful speaking voice too
Jeff and Tim. Different yet similar..as far the as the type of music they wrote. Totally different music style and their voices a lot alike but yet not. Jeff is just brilliant on Hallelujah best cover I have ever heard. Tim's Song to The Siren I still believe no one compares.
What a beautiful, sweet, precious young man he was.💔
jeff and his dad tim buckley were awesome in their own right.
The weird thing is that when you look at the son it's like seeing the dad near the end of his life.Tim wrote Buzzin' Fly when he was 19! Like Dylan, he was one of those geniuses who was doing so much so young.
He’s Soooooooo GORGEOUS!!! It’s INSANE!
For real lol! 😍
Well if we're gonna be weird about it and exclaim who we like more between the two of them I'll say that I thought jeff's music had more soul. Tim was an amazing songwriter though.
Dump Trump -- Go do something good for your country...LEAVE.
Sorry you got one of those classic moronic conservative responses - in the land of the free, if you object to your government, you don't belong, they tell you to leave - no concept of the irony. People who consider themselves patriots but literally don't comprehend the basics or the history of their nation.
Anyway - Jeff was gifted - never got to develop his art much at all, but still made a classic album. But, for soul....just listen to anything he did in the first five years of his life. The soul is so deep it hurts. Nine albums, each of them searching, digging, sailing....and the live performances even more so. Jeff barely got out of the gate. That one Grace album indicated how much he could become. Tim? So much soul he never rested, changed constantly - then died.
Interesting to hear him mention the article Bill Flanagan wrote about him, as finding that in an old copy of Musician magazine is how I became interested in Jeff Buckley. And I'm glad i did, haha.
Every Word he says relates to my Soul.
I love it ....' I got my own music'...
This really hurts after hearing "What Will You Say" for the first time today :(
though i don't like his music all that much,i think Jeff was a really wise guy.Such a tragedy how they both died so young.R.I.P Tim,R.I.P Jeff
2 of the best singers ever.
Very sad this tormented him for his whole life.
Jeff wow what a spiritual person to good forvthis fukn world thx anyways jeff for yur songs.
Like the Irish mention. That was a moving video.
I love Tim and Jeff's music , but as a father myself , I can't have any respect for a.man who leaves his child like that , it's beyond unfathomable
Tim never cared about his fans. Saw him in Chicago all three times. Great voice. Wings is up there in my top ten. I was talking to him outside the kinetic playground when a girl interrupted me! The young girl loved him, but was very rude.
I read Jeff Buckley was not invited to his father's funeral. Sad. His smooth voice reminds me of Jim Morrison. He sounds very interesting and intelligent.
An incredibly talented family all gone too soon!
He was only 28 when he died, when his son was 9 years old. His son was 30. Who knows, he may have some around to be a father to his son when his older. His father was a alcoholic and still in that young, selfish phase. I did not really get to spend time with my father till I was 19 and moved from Texas, to back home in North Carolina. So from 1992-2011 I got to know by dad again. Age birth till 7 or so beforehand.
Jeff buckley was a great man
A better book about their relationship/non-relationship would be Dream Brother (forget the author).
David Browne. Also can't overlook Lee Underwood's Blue Melody. Lee was Tim's closest friend, guitarist on five albums and endless tours, and was someone Jeff visited numerous times, in part so he could figure out more about the father who was never there. Lee is a guy who radiates light and warmth came out of those days with incredible perspective, and knew Tim and Jeff and Mary closely, unlike Browne, who comes at it as a good journalist.
@@mortcola He was on 7 albums though?
God i love this man
Greetings from L.a
Do you have the original MTV interview video of which the footage at the end is derived from?
little bit like MJs voice
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa yea .
I thought the same! I love their voices
I was gonna say more or less the same thing as there are some similarities
** you’re insane
He he.
It's just an Irish thing? Jeff I wish my husband could sing like you ( being Irish)
Exactly. The guys were just talented. No offense Irish people but has very little to with one's nationality.
I know what he's saying: In Irish and Scottish tradition songs (and singing) are passed down from one generation to the next. That doesn't mean every Irish person can sing well but it increases the possibility. Similarly, Sandy Denny's Scottish grandmother was reportedly the person she inherited her voice (or at least her knowledge of traditional folk songs) from. Makes sense.
Man... I wish we still had JB...
MEN please be there for your children. Had Tim stuck around more he could've felt that pride one day in Jeff as his son, and fatherly love in general.
what a horrible generalisation
Ppl who are given children and who reject them are showing that they reject themselves on some level.
Also denying an innocent child a father. And enjoying that on some level because they continue out the treatment. John Lennon towards Sean Lennon for example.
You can tell everything about someone from how they treat their children
I've never seen Jeff talking about Tim before. I wonder what are the things that artistically Jeff found embarassing in Tim, maybe the sex songs in Greetings? But it's great to see that he had a great admiration for Tim as an artist. Tim Buckley was an exceptional artist, truly one of the greats (when Lee Underwood said that he was the equivalent for the voice of Hendrix or Coltrane, he was right), and Jeff had a huge potential in him, that sadly produced only one album and a "half". I think that had Tim lived longer, her would have had again a relationship with his son, because it's clear (from the songs, from the witnesses of their only meeting, that he loved him). Imagine what a duet with those voices could have been.
Jeff talks about Tim.
Be your husband if you’ll be my wife…. His take on Nina. Fucking superb. Fuck everything he did was beyond and ethereal.
hmm this helps me move on.
Like father like son
Tim was 28 when he died.
Sounds like a child in various ways
WHAT A PARTY!
Deep
Jeff Buckley > Tim Buckley. Anyday
That's a funny joke
Listen Man, Tim was great but yo be honest If it weren't for his bond with Jeff, nowadaay almost nobody would talk about Tim and his music, Jeff's music is bigger than his father's legacy and myth.
like it or not, It's the way it is, you can see for yourself
@@deanvo503 so, you're saying that because Jeff had more sells he was a better musician? I mean, I met Tim's music way before Jeff's music, Tim worked with a lot of genres, soul, folk, rock, jazz, r&b, blues, he also had a really rare voice, Jeff helped showing Tim's legacy that's for sure, but that does not make him better than Tim at all, anyone can like Jeff's music because it is commercial stuff
@@deanvo503 listen to hallucinations, pleasant street, sweet surrender, dolphins, quicksand, get on top, maybe you dig his songs too
@@playthatsoloboi3705 tim walked so jeff could run, tim had enough time to branch out to other genres, but Jeff only had enough time to make one, jeff has more musical ability in everyway, he is the better singer with a larger range and much better control, and he is undoubtedly a master guitar player. Even Jimmy Page said hes one of the best of all time. The only place Tim and Jeff are tied is lyric writing, both men had such beautifully poetic lyrics in their songs. Tim is amazing, but Jeff is the benchmark for all other solo musicians to come. Tim is wonderful, but Jeff is one of the greats.
Holy shit this was before grace?
His speaking voice reminds me of Micheal Jackson
Nobody sounds like Michael Jackson lol
Who's Ron Warhead?
moorhead. the man who raised him, his stepfather.
... the Irish alcoholic lineage always has That tone.
great musician and artist though
Как жаль, что я не знаю английский (((( просто слушаю его голос...
Is it just me or does he kinda sound like Michael Jackson?
Re listening now I thought the excat same thing. So sad they shared a greatness but no relationship
"In between the death and the funeral, there was no contact"
I think Tim deserves a pass for at least this week of absenteeism
If he was Jeff Muirhead, would he be as popular?
I’m a fan of his music, but he seems very self absorbed.
It would be pretty funny if he left a kid behind as well, to keep the tradition, but sadly he didn't.
this is the 1st time i have heard Jeff speak,he has such a high,girly voice! not a fan to be honest,but i LOVE Buckley Sr.
+Ausland oh yes,i am a very big fan of Tim,and yes i agree that they are similar.It's really a tragedy that they didn't have a father-son relationship,and that they are both gone so young and especially that Jeff had no children to carry on the Buckley name.
+kate davenporty gee,did i really say that? sigh,he had a sweet voice..actually,the more i listen to Jeff the more i like him.There's one song of his that he sings in French and it's gorgeous;i borrowed the cd from the library once and i wish i had taken note of what it was called.
+sunnyDlight123 oh bless you! that's the one sunnyDlight,that's the one! thankyou :)
From what i read , Jeff was Gay . Yikes , it all makes sense .
sandysandy+ i don't think he was gay..No his thing was for masculine type animus women to match his angelic anima. Too girly for my taste and this was because he did not grow up with a father. He must have listened to his albums and HEARD the similarities between them. In that respect, he needed his father around because could not just forget him
Tim was and is the better singer and Song writer.
I don't know much about Jeff. Liked Tim's first three albums, and his last two. Lucky Paul Simon made 5 good ones with Art before he went off the deep end. John Denver and Lightfoot hung around for awhile before time did them in.
Jeff Buckley didn’t really have time to evolve.. Tim was already established when he passed.
@@themajesticstick5262 saw Jeff in Concert live, he was very good, but not better than Tim.
Hard to compare since Jeff didn’t really get time to continue and evolve and mature into his 30’s
Only thing he recorded as good as Tim Buckley was The Way Young Lovers Do. Not that Grace wasn't a nice album but he had little repetoire beside it. How eeery can it be to be smothered by his mother' listening to his hero father's albums as abandoned. In Dreamletter concert there is a song all about Tim being nostalgic about Jeff. It is one of the curses and tragedy that Tim Buckley's wife's son got all Tim's love and had no musical genes whatsoever. She hi-jacked Tim into becoming a dad and probably did not keep her distance when he JUST wanted to vist his son. Pity because Jeff would have grown some balls and gone on the road instead of mooching for ages in'music school'
Great biographu called Blue Melody by Tim's close friend on the guitar Lee somethingorother.
+michele piteo it's Lee Underwood.I respect your right to your opinion of course,but i have to say they are pretty harsh words,both toward Jeff and Mary.None of us knows what happened in their (Tim's and Mary's) relationship,and whilst i agree with you that it's pretty well-documented that Tim was neither ready for fatherhood or marriage (my personal belief is that he felt trapped into marriage),at the end of the day it is not for us to judge because we weren't there.Musically speaking,i describe myself as a bog fan of Tim (he is one of my favourite singers) and a little of Jeff goes a long way for me personally (i have a couple of songs of his that i really love,like his version of Hallelujah and Lilac Wine to name two,but wouldn't stick out a whole album of him)...still,the fact is that it's easy to throw blame around~ready or not,Jeff existed and Tim could've made more effort to be around etc~but who knows what really went on? Jeff's career path was his choice and he struck me as a non-conventional type of guy.I just think at the end of the day that it's tragic that they didn't spend time together and bond as father and son,that they both died so young and needlessly,and that there are no more Buckleys now. I agree that Blue Melody is a good bio and i enjoyed the book too. Peace.
reading a book by Tim Buckley's (biased) friend doesnt mean you know anything about Jeff's mom or Tim. Tim buckley abandoned them. plain and simple. they fell in love and married young, and he split because he didnt want to be a father full time, but a travelling musician. I'm sure tim may have talked to his friend about jeff, but he is the one who left. it's a fact. Really a shame that Lee Underwood and some Jeff fans trash Jeff's mother, for doing nothing wrong. the excuses lee underwood makes for Tim's abandonment is astounding
Michele Neri live and let live
@Michele Neri: This is such a juvenile and ill informed opinion. How blissful it must be to live in a world where you can judge other people's lives from afar and see the word in black and white. I won't go into what happened, because frankly I wasn't there and neither were you, but this whole case is being so over simplified and misrepresented, it's terrible. You might want to read up on PAS (parental alienation syndrome). I think Jeff was a classic case. It gives me some comfort to think towards the end of his life he did make some peace with his father, I'm sad he never got the chance to get to know him and vice versa. I'm also sad that he never was able to put the record straight (although from his journal fragments it seemed he did understand Tim a whole lot better than he told the press). I'm also sad that Tim's remarkable genius and his memory is still stained by comments like these. He was a brilliant musician, one of a kind. He still brings joy to people through his music. He should be remembered for that.
Hmmmm thats what you would LIKE to believe isn't it?
I've read numerous articles which describes exactly the Witch that Jeffs Mum Mary was.
Her propaganda all the way to and after Jeffs death is laughable at best. She was an opportunistic wench and along with her Father saw a money making machine in Jeff full stop.
Tim didn't just 'split' when Jeff was born, he had work along the west coast for work in a string of concerts that were already booked for him to headline or be a part of. Herfather was being a complete a'hole and He wanted them to travel with him but father forced her to stay where she was.
Tim was becoming more popular and still quite heavily booked and his first album being released, but each time he was close by he tried to see Jeff and she flatly refused, there were only 2 or 3 times when he did actually see his son briefly.
After almost a year when Tim tried to contact and see his son she began to refuse and started alienating him. It was then that he left for New York with a new girlfiend and with new management began to carve a career for himself.
She thought she could get a part of Tims purse while he traveled but Tims management put a stop to that.
As you can imagine Jeff grew up with very grey stories about his Father stories tainted with how he 'didnt want to be a father' how he 'split' etc etc.
Fortunately this sparked Jeffs interest in Music and we can again enjoy the deep baritone and hogh falsettos of Tims voice.
Its been written that many of the songs on Grace were from snippets of music Tim had left behind and there were still hundreds of compositions that Jeff built upon.
After Jeff died Mary got into such a frenzy releasing Jeffs unfinished music as a last ditched attempt to make a grab at the boys success.
A family of great singer
Don't ruin peoples lives and leave them stuck lost
You look at me with those brown eyes