I can’t understand how people who claim to be Jeff Buckley’s fans say they hate this performance. This is a tribute. Honoring Jeff’s memory. As fans you should be happy your favorite artist is being remembered. Unfortunately I didn’t have the pleasure to meet Jeff in person but from what I saw in his interviews, he was the kind of person cool and humble enough to appreciate something like this. It’s just music after all. Tip of the hat to you Damon.
Anyone who has a problem with this can't be much of a Jeff fan. This was, hands down, the best Jeff cover I've ever heard. And that includes my covers of Jeff. Damon is stellar.
Literally when i first heard him in hadestown i thought he sounded like jeff buckley so much so that i just called him jeff buckley and here he is singing lover you should have come over... and i can now die happy
this was ... frightening My eyes well up watching these tributes - this one was crazy. He even wore a Jeff t shirt for perfection. Bet his ghost was there, hanging out.
I am a lifetime fan of Jeff and as a fan I am really blown away by this tribute... I really appreciate that singers like this make Jeff's music still alive and remembered. I loved his voice, how perfect it sounds and how much heart he put into singing like that... Just still can't believe how good it sounds.. I will always miss Jeff and his music and tributes like this fill a little bit that missing inside... Thank you for this incredible tribute to Jeff...
Having Seen Jeff Buckley Perform This Song A Couple of Times, Solo Live, I Have To Say This is an Amazingly Accurate Portrayal and is Eerily Uncanny to the Point of Being Frightening, as is The Physical Resemblance Between The Two Artists.
Keep coming back to this performance -- it's stupendous! I had the chance to meet Damon after a playing of Oklahoma. Where is the Jeff Buckley biopic with this guy
OH MY GOD! THAT WAS BRILLIANT! I was crying when he started singing the first version of the lyrics....and then this high note just blown me away ...😭💔👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
People are throwing around big name actors for the role of Jeff In a bio pic....this guy would be perfect.He has the looks and the talent it seems to pull it off. But i still would be a bit weary of a film about my favourite artist of all time. But i believe they should get an unknown actor to play him if they do decide to make one as not to turn it into a "hollywood" film.R.I.P JB.
@mattkimb1 because once in a rare blue moon. We lose someone, something...and it comforts others and even the performer to channel it so we can all experience the life flow through something, or someone beautiful. Such as Jeff, respect the talent it takes to EMULATE this beauty. I will never get the chance to see Jeff live or bask in his music and such but this is a nice substitute that even for a few seconds reminds me something raw and beautiful was allowed audience long enough to stun us...
@chinoquezada Completely agree. Damon did an outstanding job with Last Goodbye, and his stage presence, his connection to the audience, his sense of humor, is quite similar to Jeff's.
@mattkimb1 I see your point. At the same time, I must admit, I was silently wanting him to sing it like Jeff -- hit those high notes & all. I'm watching with interest to see if I feel he could play Jeff well in the movie. So far, from what I've seen/heard, I say yes. This performance, plagiarism or not, helped me form that opinion. Also, I have to give the guy a break. It was a tribute concert after all. Damon likely gave what he was asked to give & what he felt from his heart simultaneously.
@mattkimb1 It's called paying tribute. I can understand being original but I mean let's me honest, Buckley is untouchable. If anything, this kid did a great job paying tribute to someone who he obviously had great respect for as a musician. Enough so that he only wanted to do it the way the song was meant to be played. Don't like it? Want the song to be done in a "more original" way? Let's see you do one better... :/
great singer - close enough to make me forget it's not actually him... His own character shimmers through but there's nothing wrong with that...au contraire!!
@mattkimb1 totally agree with you mate and i wanna share this personal opinion : why keep doing this? Shakerspeare with music and lyrics by Jeff? Theres no Sense just a bussiness idea of keep killing the soul and memory ... Why not compose your own music inpired by Jeff thats the best tribute that you can do i guess ... In that way his legacy wil be always alive in you. (Excuse my bad English :( )
@billyvassi I agree, he emulates Jeff very precisely. But that`s just a memory trick. You can teach parrots to memorize exact sequences of sound. I think it`s ironic and pretty sad that this is exactly what Jeff would have hated. Cheap imitation. You see it in modern pop culture now. Everyone`s jumping on someone else`s train. This rendition is just a sign that music needs another punk~like kick to start something fresh.
+Thom Buckley Cobain Don't tell me to chill, boy! I state what I state and say what I say this phony, stinks and so do you punk. He reminds of all those Madonna imitators trying to look and act the same, sorry try and try all you're gonna do is be a photograph to a painting.
+Matt Jones Tribute, this guy wants to be Jeff Buckley so bad it reminds me of all the so called tribute bands that want to look just like the Beatles. This guy could cover the songs and be done with it, but noooooo look at his hair the T-shirt the pants, the little wrist band. Jeff Buckley dressed and looked the way he does he wasn't trying to imitate anyone else. If you play a Miles Davis song, or Jimi Hendrix or Joni Mitchell you aint them no matter how hard to you try to mimic or tussel your hair or play their songs note for note. You're just going to fall so short. You'll go oh he sounds like Jeff Buckley but Buckley's talent and songs are not ones you can mimic and impress. You can't mimic Dylan. Stop with the tribute nonsense! Try being original and covering that way. Did Jeff cover Hallelujah like Leonard Cohen? The same song done completely different.
Jeezus he even looks like him. He should do his own thing though, "tribute" bands/stars make me cringe, especially when you got the chops to sing this good, why waste it promoting someone else? If you idolize someone don't imitate them, take inspiration instead and do what they did, write original material
I really don't like this video ! You have a beautiful voice and you are clearly a fan of Jeff like me but this is definitely not like this, imitating this genious that you make a tribute to him ! So please stop that now ! You have sincerly a great voice but use it diferently ! (Ps: sorry for my bad english) RIP Jeff from France
TH-cam is full of singers covering singers, which is fine if they have an original way of delivering a song. But this is note for note plagiarism of Jeff`s live performance and irritates because in mimmicking every detail it`s closer to X-factor than any true artistic talent. If you going to steal a song, at least do your own version. This rendition just sounds like someone trying hard to sound like someone else. Even the t-shirt and the body movements are copied...seriously, what`s the point?
I can’t understand how people who claim to be Jeff Buckley’s fans say they hate this performance. This is a tribute. Honoring Jeff’s memory. As fans you should be happy your favorite artist is being remembered. Unfortunately I didn’t have the pleasure to meet Jeff in person but from what I saw in his interviews, he was the kind of person cool and humble enough to appreciate something like this. It’s just music after all. Tip of the hat to you Damon.
Anyone who has a problem with this can't be much of a Jeff fan. This was, hands down, the best Jeff cover I've ever heard. And that includes my covers of Jeff. Damon is stellar.
Literally when i first heard him in hadestown i thought he sounded like jeff buckley so much so that i just called him jeff buckley and here he is singing lover you should have come over... and i can now die happy
i remember crying when i first heard his version of “epic ii” because it sounded sooooo much like Jeff
Sweet lord, this kid can become a star anytime he wants
He's actually starring in the revival of Oklahoma! and is a Tony nominated Broadway actor now! :)
@@casiasage3940 Wow awesome :]
Nailed it. Hands down the best Jeff cover I have EVER heard.
this was ... frightening
My eyes well up watching these tributes - this one was crazy. He even wore a Jeff t shirt for perfection.
Bet his ghost was there, hanging out.
He sounds fucking great
I am a lifetime fan of Jeff and as a fan I am really blown away by this tribute... I really appreciate that singers like this make Jeff's music still alive and remembered. I loved his voice, how perfect it sounds and how much heart he put into singing like that... Just still can't believe how good it sounds.. I will always miss Jeff and his music and tributes like this fill a little bit that missing inside... Thank you for this incredible tribute to Jeff...
Having Seen Jeff Buckley Perform This Song A Couple of Times, Solo Live, I Have To Say This is an Amazingly Accurate Portrayal and is Eerily Uncanny to the Point of Being Frightening, as is The Physical Resemblance Between The Two Artists.
Keep coming back to this performance -- it's stupendous! I had the chance to meet Damon after a playing of Oklahoma. Where is the Jeff Buckley biopic with this guy
OH MY GOD! THAT WAS BRILLIANT!
I was crying when he started singing the first version of the lyrics....and then this high note just blown me away ...😭💔👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow he has a beautiful voice!
Best jeff buckley cover
Nevertheless he's close enough to make me feel happy to think about Jeff.
this is the guy! he can sing like jeff and even looks like him, this or james franco, but this seems like the guy someone no one knows, perfect
I see that this guy does stage also. This is scary good.
El mejor cover ala canción .... exelente interpretación.
People are throwing around big name actors for the role of Jeff In a bio pic....this guy would be perfect.He has the looks and the talent it seems to pull it off. But i still would be a bit weary of a film about my favourite artist of all time. But i believe they should get an unknown actor to play him if they do decide to make one as not to turn it into a "hollywood" film.R.I.P JB.
Sublime… O como decimos en Andalucía… "De arte"
with the right guitar that would have been close to perfection
he 's always welcome to borrow my '83 blonde tele (no chrome pickguard though...it ain't what it ain't ;-) )
My God, he sounds so much like Jeff.
great you do this...BRAVO !!! ♥
I have probably watched this video every day for like a month now
i want to play guitar for Damon, he needs a band to back that awesome voice.
im a little scared of this
The closest to Jeff in my opinion!
Goosebumps.
I totally forgot what I came to TH-cam for while watching this
Ohhhh my...Perfect, is so much Jeff, i just love it... post more, please.
yes he's a very good actor and can also sing. and ok, it's a trbute show.
wooooooow la cagoooooooooo wn es como ver a Jeff ..................en este vídeo por lo menos !
Ohh wtf se parece físicamente hsjsjsjjs genial
@mattkimb1 because once in a rare blue moon. We lose someone, something...and it comforts others and even the performer to channel it so we can all experience the life flow through something, or someone beautiful. Such as Jeff, respect the talent it takes to EMULATE this beauty.
I will never get the chance to see Jeff live or bask in his music and such but this is a nice substitute that even for a few seconds reminds me something raw and beautiful was allowed audience long enough to stun us...
please please come to Scotland! I need this! Scotland needs this.
Damon should be playing Jeff in the movie not Reeve...
Nice job guy! Everyone else that doesn't appreciate this stop hating!
great
@.@ I was not expecting that...
@chinoquezada Completely agree. Damon did an outstanding job with Last Goodbye, and his stage presence, his connection to the audience, his sense of humor, is quite similar to Jeff's.
@mattkimb1 I see your point. At the same time, I must admit, I was silently wanting him to sing it like Jeff -- hit those high notes & all. I'm watching with interest to see if I feel he could play Jeff well in the movie. So far, from what I've seen/heard, I say yes. This performance, plagiarism or not, helped me form that opinion. Also, I have to give the guy a break. It was a tribute concert after all. Damon likely gave what he was asked to give & what he felt from his heart simultaneously.
Oh yeah, he got it right
wow just wow
Iwas shocked when I first saw this...
wow...
Him: looking out the door-
Me: *wtf
Bro.
@gpower7 Geniuses think alike (lol). I have been wondering for weeks about Damon playing Jeff in the movie.
@mattkimb1
It's called paying tribute. I can understand being original but I mean let's me honest, Buckley is untouchable. If anything, this kid did a great job paying tribute to someone who he obviously had great respect for as a musician. Enough so that he only wanted to do it the way the song was meant to be played. Don't like it? Want the song to be done in a "more original" way? Let's see you do one better... :/
DUDE, POST MORE!!
Did he perform any other songs? If so, pretty please post them!! I'm amazed
THIS IS SO FUCKING FUCKED UP BEYOND BELIEF
Panties? What panties?
But seriously, what a great performance.
@michaelhigbee indeed
Quick question: why is there a Meshuggah video in the suggestions?
Thats crazy and he propably is the only humanbeing in world who can sound like jeff but he is an IMITATOR
😃...
great singer - close enough to make me forget it's not actually him... His own character shimmers through but there's nothing wrong with that...au contraire!!
What lyrics is he singing? It's sick but I don't recognize it, different from the actual song.
Spencer Kaufman I think it’s from the Sin-é performance
Early version of the song before Jeff did it in studio
@mattkimb1 totally agree with you mate and i wanna share this personal opinion : why keep doing this?
Shakerspeare with music and lyrics by Jeff? Theres no Sense just a bussiness idea of keep killing the soul and memory ... Why not compose your own music inpired by Jeff thats the best tribute that you can do i guess ... In that way his legacy wil be always alive in you. (Excuse my bad English :( )
Now this, this is not a cover. It's a fucking rip off. But god dang it, IT WAS FUCKING AWE-MAZING. Goosebumps.
@billyvassi I agree, he emulates Jeff very precisely. But that`s just a memory trick. You can teach parrots to memorize exact sequences of sound. I think it`s ironic and pretty sad that this is exactly what Jeff would have hated. Cheap imitation. You see it in modern pop culture now. Everyone`s jumping on someone else`s train. This rendition is just a sign that music needs another punk~like kick to start something fresh.
Still no Buckley
The guitar is a bit out of tune I think.
Who gives a fuck
@bettyspinks Not really my point. It all seems too much like Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas. Bit sad and silly.
Not even close! Jeff Buckley no one's even close.
chill, its just a cover omg no one is trying to be jeff
+Thom Buckley Cobain Don't tell me to chill, boy! I state what I state and say what I say this phony, stinks and so do you punk. He reminds of all those Madonna imitators trying to look and act the same, sorry try and try all you're gonna do is be a photograph to a painting.
Billy Pilgrim lol
+Matt Jones Tribute, this guy wants to be Jeff Buckley so bad it reminds me of all the so called tribute bands that want to look just like the Beatles. This guy could cover the songs and be done with it, but noooooo look at his hair the T-shirt the pants, the little wrist band. Jeff Buckley dressed and looked the way he does he wasn't trying to imitate anyone else. If you play a Miles Davis song, or Jimi Hendrix or Joni Mitchell you aint them no matter how hard to you try to mimic or tussel your hair or play their songs note for note. You're just going to fall so short. You'll go oh he sounds like Jeff Buckley but Buckley's talent and songs are not ones you can mimic and impress. You can't mimic Dylan. Stop with the tribute nonsense! Try being original and covering that way. Did Jeff cover Hallelujah like Leonard Cohen? The same song done completely different.
Billy Pilgrim no he covered it like John Cale
Jeezus he even looks like him. He should do his own thing though, "tribute" bands/stars make me cringe, especially when you got the chops to sing this good, why waste it promoting someone else? If you idolize someone don't imitate them, take inspiration instead and do what they did, write original material
Georgie Thumbs he’s actually on broadway now and a tony nominated performer!
I really don't like this video ! You have a beautiful voice and you are clearly a fan of Jeff like me but this is definitely not like this, imitating this genious that you make a tribute to him ! So please stop that now ! You have sincerly a great voice but use it diferently ! (Ps: sorry for my bad english) RIP Jeff from France
TH-cam is full of singers covering singers, which is fine if they have an original way of delivering a song. But this is note for note plagiarism of Jeff`s live performance and irritates because in mimmicking every detail it`s closer to X-factor than any true artistic talent. If you going to steal a song, at least do your own version. This rendition just sounds like someone trying hard to sound like someone else. Even the t-shirt and the body movements are copied...seriously, what`s the point?