Tim Buckley
 

have you guys heard much of this amazing folk singer from the 60-70's? he wasn't that well known. his son jeff buckley is much more well known. just finished reading dream brother, about tim and jeff it's awesome. what do you all think?


im trying to breathe life into this folk forum.

I'm not sure how I over looked this when browsing through the folk forum like I find myself doing more than I should, seeing how not too many posts go into it.

He's an outstanding sound writer. Happy Sad is a must have album. He also has a great BBC album, as most are.

I really like the song Dolphins at the moment, there's a great clip from OGWT on YouTube.

Tim Buckley was more well known in his era than Jeff was in his. I've been thru both, so I can judge. Tim also had talent that Jeff never did - not to dis Jeff, but Tim was a phenom.

I`m a big fan of Tim.Goodbye And Hello and Happy Sad are my two favorites.I know some might think of him as throwaway hippie stuff but give him a chance.

sorry - too good not to be posted

Yeah Dolphins is a great cover(Fred Neil wrote it)

Here`s a beauty:

YouTube - Tim Buckley - Sing A Song For You

Think Song to the Siren must be his best known song

but so many great songs and probably my favorite voice

see you haven't managed to post more than fifteen posts yet Shuman. Love that voice alright

One closer;)

A great singer indeed. Not only did he have an incredible range but he really knew how to use it! Listen to 'Starsailor' and 'Lorca' in particular for evidence of this.

I think I've heard every album of Tim's, and there's none that I don't like. BLUE AFTERNOON gets played a lot for a mellow, uh, afternoon kinda feeling. STARSAILOR is best for alarming my stoner friends. LORCA probably gets played the least (along with his first two records which were sort of underdeveloped although both have high points) but the live ones from England and the L.A. Troubadour get played a whole ton. Just as I was starting to wonder what else you could do with your voice than sing a melody, a neighbor lent me the TROUBADOUR show and changed my life forever - I used to fall asleep after a bong rip with "I Don't Need It To Rain" on the stereo and those crazed vocals seeping into my brain!

I've just started listening to Tim and I can't get enough of him. He has such a diverse discography and he truly has an amazing voice. I think he's more talented than his son. His folk songs are amazing and his avant-garde stuff could still be ground breaking today. I suggest anyone who hasn't heard him to give Happy Sad or Starsailor a listen, and prepared to be blown away.

He's a great clip:

Starsailor is amazing. His vocals are just so powerful, it's almost like after hearing it, he's the only person I feel uses his vocal potential to its fullest. Everybody else's vocals feel mediocre.

Damn right, he puts those auto-tune usin' harpies of today to shame.

Damn right. And ha, that's definitely my favorite off of Starsailor. When that little guitar part kicks in nearing the end, it's maniacal.

Bump.

Tim Buckley was a genius. That word gets bandied around too often but the guy just had that creative spark. Goodbye & Hello, Happy Sad (one of my favourite albums ever), Blue Afternoon and Starsailer are all testament to that. It's unfair to compare him to Jeff, who only got to make one real album, lets just say that is one talented lineage. He made a couple of stinkers towards the end, but the majority of his work is some of the best music of the period. VERY underrated.

^^ Agreed wholeheartedly. Underrated is the first word that comes to mind about this man. I've come to consider Lorca and Starsailor to both be essential pieces of work, though usually I prefer Lorca. I've honestly never heard better vocal performances than his on "Song to the Siren" (where he sounds like a doomed prisoner) and "Anonymous Proposition" (where he sounds like a sensual, comforting ghost). Such range, such power... It's a crying shame that he's not more well-known.

As others stated, he was underrated. Phantasmagoria In Two is my favorite. I don't think there should be a "Tim vs Jeff" aspect. Tim had immence talent that was not forseen by many people as I think he was so much capable of. There's a playlist, and once Tim's voice strikes the eardrums, it's there and it won't leave and you don't want it to. Mesmorizing.

That is such a fantastic song. The lyrics alone create such a great metaphor and his delivery is beautiful.

If I'm feeling a bit sad and moody I'll put on this track. I think it's amazing that we can all have a little piece of Buckley to chase our blues away. God bless vinyl.

Also, how is his post-folk era material? I've heard it was pretty mediocre, and the tag "sex funk" makes me feel a bit unsure. I have all of his other albums, so should I just get his last three records or should I steer clear for my own good?

That album Blue Afternoon is certainly one of his better albums.


I've wondered the same thing. I can't say any of the previews I've heard from his later albums make me want to shell out for them. I can understand a musician wanting to branch out artistically but as a fan it can be disconcerting when they have excelled in a particular genre and they want to go in a different direction.

I absolutely love this man. His music is incredible and his voice is amazing too. I discovered him 2 years ago now. My fave albums are Greetings From L.A and Goodbye and Hello.

It may be a little more hip to like Tim's later, more experimental stuff, but I'll stick with his most evocative period, which for me would be Happy Sad and Blue Afternoon.

In my college days, Happy Sad was my #1 "light a candle in the dorm room and hop beneath the sheets with my girlfriend" album. Set the mood better than any other I can think of. Beautiful, sensual…nothing quite like it. An album I'll never tire of.

In so many words, I've made this statement so many times over the course of 55+ years of loving music.

Yes, you want to "grow," but what are you growing to? It may feel good to you as an artist to do this, but if you're leaving your greatest strengths behind...what then?

I'm very much with you when it comes to this dilemma and Tim Buckley.

I'm more of a Starsailor/Lorca guy, but all of his albums are excellent.

What do you think Tim Buckley lost when he started becoming more exheroinmental?

Random comment, just heard Starsailor for the first time, seems like Song to the siren was tacked on there to help sell the album? Seems totally incongruous with the rest of the material, which is quite experimental.

Greetings From LA has some good songs but be prepared for a somewhat different experience from his earlier albums. I have seen it described as "blustery white funk". I think that's a bit unkind. The three songs on side 1 are all fascinating, especially "Sweet Surrender"; the second side perhaps less so.


Some of the lyrics are... well, they could be called politically incorrect. Let's just say they dwell heavily on the subject of what's tactfully called "making love".

On Song to the Siren when he says "Were you hare when I was fox?" it sounds like he's saying "were you here when I was farting?"

Gets me every time.



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****.

You're right.

Thanks for ruining this song for me Frown.