Jeff Buckley: Dreaming of Music, Drowning, and Eternal Life
DISGRACELAND
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4.6 • 13.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Jeff Buckley released his only studio album, Grace, at the height of grunge rock. But it didn’t sound like grunge. It sounded like nothing else out there. It defied categorization. It was full of originals and covers, some complex and cerebral, others straight-up pop. From the pissed-off punk takes to the Eastern-influenced meditations, the constant was Jeff’s voice. A voice unlike any other. A voice that could do anything. A voice that was singing out loud on May 29, 1997, when Jeff Buckley, just 30 years old, waded into the Wolf River in Memphis…and never came back.
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| 0:00.0 | Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. |
| 0:18.1 | The stories about Jeff Buckley are insane. |
| 0:22.8 | He was just 30 years old when he disappeared. |
| 0:26.3 | Six days later, his body was found floating in the water near Beale Street in Memphis. |
| 0:32.2 | He released only one studio album in his lifetime, yet he's achieved near icon status. His father, Tim Buckley, |
| 0:40.6 | a singer-songwriter of his own, also died tragically and at the age of 28. But Jeff Buckley |
| 0:47.7 | never knew his father. Jeff wanted to create his own legacy, so that's what he did. |
| 0:58.5 | And in doing so, Jeff Buckley made great music. |
| 1:02.1 | He made one of the greatest debut records of all time. |
| 1:05.7 | Unlike that music, I played for you at the top of the show. |
| 1:07.7 | That was a great music. |
| 1:13.8 | That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tales, |
| 1:23.3 | MK2. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to Mbop by Hansen. And why would I play you that specific slice of flaxen-haired brotherly cheese could I afford it? |
| 1:28.9 | Because that was the number one song in America on May 29, 1997. |
| 1:35.4 | And that was the day that Jeff Buckley waded into a river in Memphis and never returned safely to shore. |
| 1:42.8 | On this episode, |
| 1:44.9 | Floaters, Beal Street, |
| 1:47.0 | a great debut, |
| 1:48.4 | two tragic deaths, |
| 1:50.2 | and Jeff Buckley. |
| 1:52.1 | I'm Jake Brennan, |
| 1:54.0 | and this is Disgraceland. |
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