I met tim buckley in 1975. I was 19 years old. I did not know anything about him. the bar that I frequented had all these flyers on the doors and walls announcing his arrival. 2 nites only. I must say I was not all that impressed the first nite. by the second nite something clicked for me. I don,t know what it was but I was in awe. I had the great fortune to meet him and stayed with him back at the hotel. he was leaving in the morning. It was one of the best times in my life. I am 58 now. I still feel like I did when I met him at 19. watching some of his videos, I still kinda tear up. he was a sweet man and I am so glad I got to meet him.
Ummm considering all the other stuff that had already been out for decades and everything thing else leading up to his time this really isn't very talented and those guitars are pretty out of tune,it's ear retching
@@davidlee3638 Yep....I keep hearing people saying 'oh so and so was so underated' but the phrase is meaningless, as the person that they are talking about is a legend....it's the dumbest comment...
@@thrawl Ummm what? Someone states that they feel Tim Buckley is underrated all these years later, has a lovely voice, and this song is amazing, so you bizarrely decide to 'argue the point', opening with the snide juvenile "ummm" then explaining to the misguided/mistaken original commenter that Tim Buckley in fact "isn't really very talented" because "other stuff had already been out for decades", and of course considering "everything else leading up to his time". What the fuck are you even talking about? Those guitars are not out of tune, and 'ear retching' is not a thing. Hope this helps. Maybe take a break from the internet, like forever.
The Old Grey Whistle Test producer Michael Appleton said that this is his favourite all time Whistle Test performance. Appleton died in 2020, his legacy is gifting us these timeless beautiful performances. Tim Buckley is majestic here.
I found him due to his sons music… I’m both saddened and immensely amazed and moved by both. I am 52 now and listening to both their music styles every nite.
Me 3 M8. I was 22 when Greetings from LA came out an I'm 73 now. Followed a young Jeff to see if he would follow in his old mans footsteps? Eerily similar voices and octaves. Both sad endings. RIP's. 💕
The looks and actions between father and son are mind blowing. I grew up estranged from my biological father and throughout my early life I was told how much my "actions" were like his. Now after seeing Tim and mentally comparing he and Jeff, I totally understand.
I have a step brother who had never met his biological Father(my dad). Me and my Grandmother contacted my step brother once he was 16. To say the least we were shocked by his mannerism, actions, and personality. He was the spitting image of my father, he was very similar to my father, it warmed my heart, & shocked my family. I call it a pitiful serendipity.
I've been infatuated with this video for over a year now. Tim Buckley's performance of this song is haunting, it almost feels like a 'farewell' performance. He sings 'Dolphins' as if he were putting a cadence onto his entire life up until this point.
he kind of was. i heard a story that someone asked what the songs dolphins meant to him, Tim allegedly went off essentially detailing what happened with his abandoned son, how the song was a metaphor for his life story almost... only for the other person to say, oh no, dolphins was a song about something much simpler (i forget what exactly). he was a tortured soul, god bless him and jeff
Tim Buckley has been my late night listening for more than 40 yrs,coming up to midnight put on any album and lay back to the most beautiful music ever.
They don’t make em like they used to. More life experiences in that 28 year olds face than the full top 40 of pop songsters together nowadays. Bless you Tim. Voice untouchable.
All star cast doing THE definitive cover of Fred Neil's Dolphins. The live version on Tim's posthumously released Dream Letter: Live in London, is also astonishing. However, to see this cast of characters from Family (Charlie Whitney, guitar), King Crimson (Ian Wallace, drums) and session player/master bassist Tim Hinkley is bracing in the extreme. They probably had all of 2 days to rehearse for this. Put this up against anything in modern music and you realise what we lost with the passing this era of music. My son is only 11 and he loves exploring my 6000+ vinyl records, yet he cannot stand anything played on modern radio. He has not yet discovered Fred Neil and Tim Buckley. He's still into Jimi, Beatles, Who, Cream etc. But someday he'll pop the needle onto something by Tim and Fred and just go --- WOW!😅
This old world may never change The way it's been And all the ways of war Can't change it back again I've been searchin' For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me I'm not the one to tell this world How to get along I only know the peace will come When all hate is gone I've been searchin' For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me You know sometimes I think about Saturday's child And all about the time When we were running wild I've been searchin' For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me This old world may never change This world may never change This world may never change
I was never that big on Tim Buckley until yesterday when I watched this video, his amazing voice plus the subtitles telling his story gave me goosebumps, too young to die, 28... oh man
+Jay Coburn Both of them were talented as hell--as both singers and songwriters--that's why it's such a shame that they both passed at such early ages. Just got a 5 CD set by T. Buckley (of his first 5 albums) and was glad to hear a lot of his stuff I'd never heard before. Loved the hell out of J. Buckley's Grace,too---still think it's one of the best albums of the '90s.
i swear i watch this video every three days...his vocal was so unbelievable on the performance of this song...this version of the song is actually better than the album version...more soulful...never fails to get me teary-eyed...
The Song's by Fred Neil... I've loved Tim Buckley for 30 years and I never knew about Fred Neil until today! Tim Buckley does this so well... does justice to Fred's memory. Such a mysterious song...
Fred Neil's is still far superior in my opinion in due to not only his hauntingly rich, baritone voice and guitar, but the song is almost always sung best by the Muse from which it flowed. Case in point was Harry Nilssons' popish covering of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talking at Me". Long live the memory of music's unknown great.
Without a doubt , one of the greatest performances ever captured on film. Charlie Whitney is superb , beyond superb even , on guitar. I love this little bit of musical legend.
The support band was very good too with Charlie Whitney from Family on lead guitar. But that voice, it feels like soaring away far beyond the Stars... Such a great Man.! Thanks Man!
I saw Tim play at the very first Knebworth in 74... Having driven all night with 14 of my mates in an old white transit (Yup! Those were the days) we arrived about 8am and they were still putting the finishing touches to the stage. We had our tickets so they let us in. We feel asleep in a (more or less) empty field, only to be woken up about Noon by a roar as Sensational Alex Harvey Band came on to the Intro of Rambo Rules.. and 80,000 people behind us....What a Day! We all got sunburn, but the 2 best acts of the day were Tim Buckley (& Band) and Van Morrison. Doobies were oaky(ish) But people started leaving half-way through the Allman Brothers set which was tedious and boring. John Peel Compared the day and was as dry and funny as ever.
what was great about the 60's and 70's was that peace and non-war was what people were talking about. It was like a wave sweeping over us, now it's the opposite
Saw this on Whistle Test in 74 & this performance passed me by at the time. However, age & wisdom has taught me what a great performance this was. A major loss.
it's such a brilliant cover of Dolphins. Having this heard for the first time long ago I did not get his performance out of my head and sung it myself ... It is sad to know he is gone and could not write and sing more of such beautiful tunes anymore ...
Tim Buckley is one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of all time if not the most underrated singer-songwriter. His voice is powerful enough to send chills up and down your spine. His music and legacy will live on forever.
If you liked this you should listen to this songs' original singer-songwriter: Fred Neil's version.Talk about underated, but then again Fred shunned the spotlight.
Thank you Tim, for both your's and Jeff's music. He couldn't have done it without you. Also, although I don't hear it Gary Puckett was paid a tremendous compliment, just two comments back. I'm still searching fot the Dolphins, three decades later.
Never tire of listening to Tim Buckley. God I wish I could sing like that, what a voice! Tragedy that he died so young but he left an amazing legacy of music. Also check out The Peel Sessions, one of my favourite live recordings.
"And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me" This is pretty similar to the lyrics in Once I was: ""And sometimes I wonder Do you ever remember me?"
hey blue dodgerman, cheers for turning me on to tim buckley one of only 2 or 3 of the great white soul voices ever. up there with my personal fave, stevie Marriott, and stevie winwood, and with feeling being the most important aspect in soul/rock,n,roll jack bruce shall be added, for total emotional pulling on the old heart strings of life and love. jonny slydog, keep it real folks.
I think Fred Neil must have loved this passionate version of his song. Bless Tim Buckley and his son. Two magical voices gone to the other side leaving big losses.
...I don't want to preach to the converted, anyone new to Tim Buckley go straight to the album "Dream Letter: Live in London 1968", for me the finest live album ever recorded capturing the finest voice I have ever heard...enjoy
I remember seeing this the very first time around, 1974 on OGWT, when I was 15. Never heard of him before, I was transfixed by his voice & performance. I've been a devotee ever since!
I met tim buckley in 1975. I was 19 years old. I did not know anything about him. the bar that I frequented had all these flyers on the doors and walls announcing his arrival. 2 nites only. I must say I was not all that impressed the first nite. by the second nite something clicked for me. I don,t know what it was but I was in awe. I had the great fortune to meet him and stayed with him back at the hotel. he was leaving in the morning. It was one of the best times in my life. I am 58 now. I still feel like I did when I met him at 19. watching some of his videos, I still kinda tear up. he was a sweet man and I am so glad I got to meet him.
Nice story, I'd like to hear more.
Janet M, Pure envy!
WHERE
a bar on Michigan Ave. in Wayne Michigan. it is no longer there, just memories......
God bless you man ✌
Tim Buckley...such vastly underated talent... such a lovely voice... Dolphins is amazing...
Ummm considering all the other stuff that had already been out for decades and everything thing else leading up to his time this really isn't very talented and those guitars are pretty out of tune,it's ear retching
Never underrated by anyone who heard him sing.
@@davidlee3638 Yep....I keep hearing people saying 'oh so and so was so underated' but the phrase is meaningless, as the person that they are talking about is a legend....it's the dumbest comment...
Had you underated him then? Coz no one else did...what the hell are you talking about?
@@thrawl Ummm what? Someone states that they feel Tim Buckley is underrated all these years later, has a lovely voice, and this song is amazing, so you bizarrely decide to 'argue the point', opening with the snide juvenile "ummm" then explaining to the misguided/mistaken original commenter that Tim Buckley in fact "isn't really very talented" because "other stuff had already been out for decades", and of course considering "everything else leading up to his time". What the fuck are you even talking about? Those guitars are not out of tune, and 'ear retching' is not a thing. Hope this helps. Maybe take a break from the internet, like forever.
one of the best singers there ever was.
The Old Grey Whistle Test producer Michael Appleton said that this is his favourite all time Whistle Test performance. Appleton died in 2020, his legacy is gifting us these timeless beautiful performances. Tim Buckley is majestic here.
He had an amazing range of vocal and song stylings. He was a remarkable talent and lost to us far too soon.
I found him due to his sons music…
I’m both saddened and immensely amazed and moved by both. I am 52 now and listening to both their music styles every nite.
Me to mate !!
Me 3 M8. I was 22 when Greetings from LA came out an I'm 73 now. Followed a young Jeff to see if he would follow in his old mans footsteps? Eerily similar voices and octaves. Both sad endings. RIP's. 💕
The looks and actions between father and son are mind blowing. I grew up estranged from my biological father and throughout my early life I was told how much my "actions" were like his. Now after seeing Tim and mentally comparing he and Jeff, I totally understand.
I have a step brother who had never met his biological Father(my dad). Me and my Grandmother contacted my step brother once he was 16. To say the least we were shocked by his mannerism, actions, and personality. He was the spitting image of my father, he was very similar to my father, it warmed my heart, & shocked my family. I call it a pitiful serendipity.
I've been infatuated with this video for over a year now. Tim Buckley's performance of this song is haunting, it almost feels like a 'farewell' performance. He sings 'Dolphins' as if he were putting a cadence onto his entire life up until this point.
he kind of was. i heard a story that someone asked what the songs dolphins meant to him, Tim allegedly went off essentially detailing what happened with his abandoned son, how the song was a metaphor for his life story almost... only for the other person to say, oh no, dolphins was a song about something much simpler (i forget what exactly). he was a tortured soul, god bless him and jeff
Him and Jeff and the best father and son vocalists ever…..
Fight me
Commented here 8 years ago, and guess what I'm back again .It's a timeless rendition of Fred Neil .Enjoy it while I'm still breathing.
Tim Buckley has been my late night listening for more than 40 yrs,coming up to midnight put on any album and lay back to the most beautiful music ever.
phantasmagoria in two and hallucinations will always hit the spot, just incredible
The tears in his eyes at 1:42 , such a heartfelt cover of this beautiful song.
Fred Neil blessing us with another great tune.
2 of my top 10 - this and Everybody’s Talkin’.
Lucky enough to to have seen him twice live in London in the 60s. What a voice.
They don’t make em like they used to. More life experiences in that 28 year olds face than the full top 40 of pop songsters together nowadays. Bless you Tim. Voice untouchable.
Great great song by the great Fred Neil. This version gets me tearful. Amazing performance.
Tim loved Fred, who was great in his own right. This is an amazing cover.
What a voice!! How lucky we have recordings of this wonderful music.
1 million views for Tim. Let's celebrate with some fine champagne
I met him also! He was so sweet and down to earth.I will never forget the time we spent together.
But can we talk about how attractive he was😮❤im in love with the soul in the lyrics and the beautiful poet he was so much talented😢💋
Greatest voice ever. No one compares!
I’ve probably watched this over 50 times. So mesmerizing..!
Yes the intro is fantastic.....almost on the backfoot with his delivery but all intentional of course.
Only 50?
All star cast doing THE definitive cover of Fred Neil's Dolphins. The live version on Tim's posthumously released Dream Letter: Live in London, is also astonishing. However, to see this cast of characters from Family (Charlie Whitney, guitar), King Crimson (Ian Wallace, drums) and session player/master bassist Tim Hinkley is bracing in the extreme. They probably had all of 2 days to rehearse for this. Put this up against anything in modern music and you realise what we lost with the passing this era of music. My son is only 11 and he loves exploring my 6000+ vinyl records, yet he cannot stand anything played on modern radio. He has not yet discovered Fred Neil and Tim Buckley. He's still into Jimi, Beatles, Who, Cream etc. But someday he'll pop the needle onto something by Tim and Fred and just go --- WOW!😅
No words, absolutely no words to describe how great hé was. A wonderful talent floating through heaven and earth.
Anyone who abandons their child is damned to an eternity in hell
This old world may never change
The way it's been
And all the ways of war
Can't change it back again
I've been searchin'
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me
I'm not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know the peace will come
When all hate is gone
I've been searchin'
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me
You know sometimes I think about
Saturday's child
And all about the time
When we were running wild
I've been searchin'
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me
This old world may never change
This world may never change
This world may never change
lyrics don't get much better than that,,,
I'm so happy some videotapes with Tim exist out there. worth not only listening but watching too
I was never that big on Tim Buckley until yesterday when I watched this video, his amazing voice plus the subtitles telling his story gave me goosebumps, too young to die, 28... oh man
This is how you sing PERIOD. So much soul oozing from his lips. I'm a huge Jeff Buckley fan, but his old man had some pipes!
+Jay Coburn
Both of them were talented as hell--as both singers and songwriters--that's why it's such a shame that they both passed at such early ages. Just got a 5 CD set by T. Buckley (of his first 5 albums) and was glad to hear a lot of his stuff I'd never heard before. Loved the hell out of J. Buckley's Grace,too---still think it's one of the best albums of the '90s.
rainmaker690
Amen brother
Jeff could slip in and out of his fathers voice. It's amazing to compare how similar they sounded
thats where he got them!
Yeah, though the phrase "oozing from his lips" makes me somewhat uncomfortable. I'm just saying.
i swear i watch this video every three days...his vocal was so unbelievable on the performance of this song...this version of the song is actually better than the album version...more soulful...never fails to get me teary-eyed...
Me too.
Wonderful! He and his son have a luminous yet down-to-earth quality about them.
Good band, lovely guitar work.
Incredible voice,just so sad he died so young he would have been mega had he lived longer
Tim Buckley. For more than 50 years my favorite. And---Dolphins: he adored this song, found all sorts of meaning in it...I guess I do, too. God damn.
The Song's by Fred Neil... I've loved Tim Buckley for 30 years and I never knew about Fred Neil until today! Tim Buckley does this so well... does justice to Fred's memory. Such a mysterious song...
Fred Neil's is still far superior in my opinion in due to not only his hauntingly rich, baritone voice and guitar, but the song is almost always sung best by the Muse from which it flowed. Case in point was Harry Nilssons' popish covering of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talking at Me". Long live the memory of music's unknown great.
Brilliant! This is the most hippie song I ever heard- peace love, dolphins, do you think of me? makes no sense- it's great
My God...Tim Buckley is one of the few singers who like Billie Holiday can send shivers diown my spine.
Wear a vest it may help with your condition dude!
Tim is to me a better singer than Jeff(don’t tell my hubby that). I love low range singers. He was great.
Are there mere mortals that look AND sing like this out there?
Sure thing. He's right there, in the ether.
Wonderful dreamy sound. Brilliant stuff! Incredible talent Tim Buckley.
I always come back to this video. Such a classic. Who knows what more this man could have accomplished if he hadn't passed away so young?
Just an amazing voice & talent. You just don't see this energy and soul in any singer these days. Taken too soon but never forgotten. RIP Tim.
I bought Dolphins after only hearing it once. The words still mean the same today. Wonderful voice, thankyou for the video. X
The variety of his voice is incredible
Her voice chenge from song to song
TB great artist
This has got to be my favourite version. Love it more than the album version.
A great song sung by a great singer. I remember watching this on the TV that night.
Tim is from the future. Fresh as a daisy.
May your Soul be blessed, Mr. Buckley! Thank you for your time on this planet.
The old shivers haunt me when I hear this........brilliant....
Never thought I'd see a guy named Tim Buckley who was actually talented. This guy rocks! His son's fantastic too!
Man what a voice, so amazing
Ah Whistle Test, you are missed. Quite the era when we'd get performances such as this.
Sublime guitar by Whitney, sheer understated brilliance weaving itself around the equally brilliant vocals. Beautiful.
Jesus Christ this is incredible.
Literally brings tears to my eyes.
3rd day in a row I'm listening to Tim and I'm still in disbelief that so much power, emotions and pure light can come out of this guy.WOW
His range is amazing and effortless; this version is a quite country-fied...
True
Without a doubt , one of the greatest performances ever captured on film. Charlie Whitney is superb , beyond superb even , on guitar. I love this little bit of musical legend.
Amazing set, Tim was a extremely talented artist and his live performances were things of beauty and he is truly missed.. Rip ..
The support band was very good too with Charlie Whitney from Family on lead guitar. But that voice, it feels like soaring away far beyond the Stars...
Such a great Man.! Thanks Man!
I saw Tim play at the very first Knebworth in 74... Having driven all night with 14 of my mates in an old white transit (Yup! Those were the days) we arrived about 8am and they were still putting the finishing touches to the stage. We had our tickets so they let us in. We feel asleep in a (more or less) empty field, only to be woken up about Noon by a roar as Sensational Alex Harvey Band came on to the Intro of Rambo Rules.. and 80,000 people behind us....What a Day! We all got sunburn, but the 2 best acts of the day were Tim Buckley (& Band) and Van Morrison. Doobies were oaky(ish) But people started leaving half-way through the Allman Brothers set which was tedious and boring. John Peel Compared the day and was as dry and funny as ever.
what was great about the 60's and 70's was that peace and non-war was what people were talking about. It was like a wave sweeping over us, now it's the opposite
Saw this on Whistle Test in 74 & this performance passed me by at the time. However, age & wisdom has taught me what a great performance this was. A major loss.
Good music is timeless - x factor will be well forgotten, but music such as this will live on for ever & ever .... beautiful.
it's such a brilliant cover of Dolphins. Having this heard for the first time long ago I did not get his performance out of my head and sung it myself ... It is sad to know he is gone and could not write and sing more of such beautiful tunes anymore ...
A great love of mine introduced me to Tim Buckley in 1969. So very, very dear! What a talent he brought forth from the Soul. Peace
Such Beautiful music and what a voice. Makes me think of happier times..
What a genius aaaaah I love him
You should do your self a favor and listen to the original version by singer-songwriter Fred Neil's. One of the most fascinating artists of our time.
POWERFUL VOX to go with this great great song! Long live Tim Buckley and what he did for U.S. here in L.A.!
Now, THIS IS TALENT. What a stunning voice...
beautiful music, he & Jeff are both dearly missed!!
The presenter is absolutely the history teacher type from the 70s:-)
"Whispering" Bob Harris.
Kevin Renforth Is that who it is? His voice is so very soothing!
@@mandoprince1 Lol. Respect is due. A crucial part of my childhood!
i never met him but if i did i would thank him for the most soulful music that i know
So would I.
Beautiful cover and performance. The dude had a helluva voice. I love the more bluesy full-band arrangement just as much as the OG version.
Tim Buckley is one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of all time if not the most underrated singer-songwriter. His voice is powerful enough to send chills up and down your spine. His music and legacy will live on forever.
If you liked this you should listen to this songs' original singer-songwriter: Fred Neil's version.Talk about underated, but then again Fred shunned the spotlight.
Never in a million years was he underrated dude....wrong use of the word!
@@jamessim1858 If that’s the case, what would be the right word to describe Tim Buckley?
Thank you Tim, for both your's and Jeff's music. He couldn't have done it without you. Also, although I don't hear it Gary Puckett was paid a tremendous compliment, just two comments back. I'm still searching fot the Dolphins, three decades later.
L.A.’s treasure! viva Tim! what a Vox!
We won't see his like again for a long long time. Sublime.
I bought some Tim Buckley 8 track tapes at our local drugstore in the 1970's. Blue Afternoon, I think. This guy had 'IT"
I'll never tire of this song
those pipes were crafted by angels with the greatest work ethic heaven has ever created
Never tire of listening to Tim Buckley. God I wish I could sing like that, what a voice! Tragedy that he died so young but he left an amazing legacy of music. Also check out The Peel Sessions, one of my favourite live recordings.
Amazing. Totally amazing. The piper with the guitar, steadfast on opening up all of our minds to the genius of great music.
"And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me" This is pretty similar to the lyrics in Once I was: ""And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever remember me?"
so simple but its something you dont hear a lot in lyrics but the themes echo in so many songs
Tim was very influenced by Fred for sure! I noticed he even kinda dressed like him. Fred is cool. My favs are Tim and Fred for sure!
Absolutely sublime!
Genius! In Every Witch Way!
He is so great!!! Today, 40 years ago, this fantastic and extremely handsome Artist died on the age of 28. I think of him!
Undoubtedly, a massive talent. Gone too soon, at only 28.
loved this song 30 years ago, still sounds good today!
It's a recording...it will always sound the same.
(really) good music is timeless !
What a truly incredible and unique voice; such a tragic loss
hey blue dodgerman, cheers for turning me on to tim buckley one of only 2 or 3 of the great white soul voices ever. up there with my personal fave, stevie Marriott, and stevie winwood, and with feeling being the most important aspect in soul/rock,n,roll jack bruce shall be added, for total emotional pulling on the old heart strings of life and love. jonny slydog, keep it real folks.
I prefer Billy MacKenzie but Buckley was certainly a very unusually gifted singer.
I can't believe it's 50 years. Where have they gone?
So absolutely wonderful. What a musical legacy. Such energy can never die.
We'll never forget you Tim.
I love the soft voice from the journalist. So typical for the time, and it reminds me of unchangeable warm childhood, today a good and calm situation.
I think Fred Neil must have loved this passionate version of his song. Bless Tim Buckley and his son. Two magical voices gone to the other side leaving big losses.
ONE OF MY FAV TUNES.GREAT PERFORMANCE BY ALL THE MUSICIANS
his voice is just beyond expression
so much emotion and heart in his voice
R.I.P Timmy :[
...I don't want to preach to the converted, anyone new to Tim Buckley go straight to the album "Dream Letter: Live in London 1968", for me the finest live album ever recorded capturing the finest voice I have ever heard...enjoy
I remember seeing this the very first time around, 1974 on OGWT, when I was 15. Never heard of him before, I was transfixed by his voice & performance. I've been a devotee ever since!
Epic performer, lovely song, great band of Musicians caught on video for us to dig for ever! Good job Auntie.
Wonderful song, Wonderful artist
So good, so sad.
The best.