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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

“Hallelujah” — Jeff Buckley

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

The Ringer

Music

4.7849 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Today, Rob returns with a gift in time for the holidays, breaking down what many would call the voice of an angel. He takes us back to the ’90s, when one of the most covered songs on the planet was merely a forgotten, horny track from Leonard Cohen’s catalog. While many artists cover songs in an attempt to replicate the original (or just sing it more loudly), Rob explains how Jeff Buckley covered the song and made it new. Later, Rob is joined by documentary filmmaker Amy J. Berg to discuss her new project ‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley.’ She describes the intimate moments of Buckley’s mother she captured, how Buckley’s father affected his relationship with success and music, and the difficulties of what to do with an artist’s unfinished discography posthumously. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Amy J. Berg Producers: Justin Sayles, Chris Sutton, and Olivia Crerie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Let's be honest, we all love finding out things that are none of our business.

0:04.0

If you're like us, the kind of people who, when you're at a party, you're in the corner talking to somebody about their messy divorce or how they're talking to their ex again, then this show is for you. Welcome to None of My Business. I'm Sophia Benoit, a sex and relationships writer and professional nosy person. And I'm Kelsey June Jensen, co-host, comedian, and Sophia's best friend. And each week on Anonymous Business, we'll bring you a person's most intimate stories.

0:23.8

And to keep them anonymous, we'll have a guest on to role play as the person and tell you their business. We're talking about their exes and ex, hookups and breakups, and everything that you're not supposed to talk about, but that we all want to hear. None of my business comes out every Monday on the Ringer Podcast Network. Find us on Spotify,

0:37.7

YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, my friends, a few announcements before this

0:47.2

episode. The first announcement is, I do apologize. This show has been gone for a while.

0:53.8

Once again, our hiatus has lasted longer than

0:57.1

anticipated, and people on social media are starting to wonder if I'm injured or dead. And I am

1:03.8

very sorry for that. I don't do stuff like this on purpose. I have a calamitous lifestyle.

1:10.3

Not really, but I'm still bummed that we've been gone so long, and I'm sorry. In our defense, our hiatus has lasted longer than expected because we've been working on some rad new stuff. Namely, when 60 songs returns in full in January, 2026, we will also be available on video.

1:31.4

I got a fancy camera. I got a teleprompter. I got a camlink, whatever that is.

1:37.2

And I got some very patient people remotely helping me to hook up all this shit.

1:43.4

Shout out to Kevin Pooller and Cole Kushna of

1:45.8

Dissect. Cole especially has been enormously helpful and patient with me. As for this particular

1:51.9

episode, you may have observed that this episode is not on video. You may have also observed that

1:57.3

this episode is about a 90s song. This is indeed a bonus episode of 60

2:04.5

songs that explain the 90s. This episode is an apology of sorts, an olive branch, and an excuse

2:09.8

for me to do bonus 90s episodes. Going forward, how often will I do bonus 90s episodes going forward? Periodically.

2:21.6

One might even say arbitrarily. In this particular instance with Jeff Buckley's,

2:27.3

Hallelujah. I am also delighted to tell you that this week, Ringer Films and HBO Max will

2:32.5

premiere the fantastic new documentary. It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley.

2:37.6

Directed by the great Amy Berg, we'll be talking to Amy later. That movie is worth it for Jeff Buckley's answering machine messages alone.

2:46.9

Trust me. So today, this is a bonus 90s episode and we'll do more of these down the road.

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