Jeff Buckley - Grace or Sketches?

??? · 07-20-2008, 03:58 PM

grace is exquisite in its beauty and execution, but sketches, despite its demo-ish production and imo lack of stylistic cohesion in comparison to grace, features some of the best songs jeff ever did. sky is a landfill, new year's prayer, vancouver, you and i...shit's breathtakingly awesome.

??? · 07-20-2008, 04:01 PM

and aren't these just some of the best fucking lyrics you've ever heard?:

Circle around the park
Joining hands in silence
And watch the evil black the sky
The storm has ripped the shelter
Of illusion from our brow
This power's no mystery to us now.

Leave your spirit genocide
The cancer you won't remove
We cast our funeral rose inside
And bury the need to prove
Our mutilation is to gain from the system

Ooh, turn your head away from the screen, oh people
It will tell you nothing more
Don't suck the milk of flaccid
Bill K. Public's empty promise
To the people that the public can ignore

This way of life is so devised
To snuff out the mind that moves
Moving with grace that men despise
And women have learned to lose
Throw off your shame or be a slave to the system

I see you take another drag
One more lost soul to raise your flag
The sky is a landfill
I see you take another drag
Let's see you take another drag

You like to dance to the rolling
Head of the adulteress
You sing in praise of suicide
We know you're useless
Like cops at the scene of the crime

With your steroids
And your feedbag
And your stable
And your trainer
Oh I got a mail bomb for you Mister Strong Arm...

Throw out the stones from all the cemetery homes
For the violence of a nation gone by
Or the politics of weakness
And the garbage dump of souls
That will now black the sky

Their yellow haze and crowds of eyes
Will plug up the mind that moves
Moving with grace that men despise
And women have learned to lose
We'll share our bodies
In disdain for the system

Oh, I see you take another drag
One nation bends to kiss the hag
The sky is a landfill
I see you take another drag
I see you take another drag
I have no fear of this machine!

Rockin' Cherub · 07-20-2008, 04:02 PM

starsailor

??? · 07-20-2008, 04:04 PM

don' ye kno ye got yer daddy's eyes
daddy wuz an alcoholic

Rockin' Cherub · 07-20-2008, 04:04 PM

the tim buckley album

??? · 07-20-2008, 04:08 PM

new discussion: grace isn't "alternative rock", its "progressive adult contemporary"

Rockin' Cherub · 07-20-2008, 04:10 PM

it's neither progressive, contemporary nor very mature so i'll go with alternative rock

??? · 07-20-2008, 04:12 PM

rockin' cherub has spoken.

Rockin' Cherub · 07-20-2008, 04:16 PM

uh huh

??? · 07-20-2008, 04:18 PM

tim would probably agree that jeff was better though

Rockin' Cherub · 07-20-2008, 04:22 PM

why would he?

??? · 07-20-2008, 04:30 PM

he'd say it as consolation for jeff not being able to rock this hard in a brown sweater:

Rockin' Cherub · 07-20-2008, 04:39 PM

i think that's cooler than any song on grace

??? · 07-20-2008, 05:35 PM

just cause its old and no one would agree with you

smashingjj · 07-20-2008, 05:49 PM

I'm not going to partake in this discussion, I'm too grown-up or that.

OK Jeff sucks.

smashingjj · 07-20-2008, 05:52 PM

Just to tease you James. I like Jeff.

smashingjj · 07-20-2008, 05:52 PM

...DEAD!!

Nah, just kiddin'.

redbull · 07-21-2008, 12:33 AM

grace, are you fucking daft

redbreegull · 07-21-2008, 12:59 AM

I like Grace more.

Rockin' Cherub · 07-21-2008, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ???

just cause its old and no one would agree with you

yeah i admit jeff buckley sounds so fresh to my ears have you heard his latest album it's the bomb

aurel · 07-21-2008, 08:29 AM

Grace has dated really badly. Sketches has some great songs.

Kahlo · 07-21-2008, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aurel

Grace has dated really badly. Sketches has some great songs.

this.

I can't listen to Grace anymore.

Starchildren · 07-21-2008, 06:04 PM

Gunshot Glitter is his greatest song. Can't believe they didn't ******* it on the US Sketches.

pale blue eyes · 07-21-2008, 06:25 PM

Grace is pretty but kind of same-y at points. I think I like Sketches more now because it seems to vary more.

redbreegull · 07-21-2008, 11:25 PM

I don't understand the concept of an album "dating"

redbull · 07-22-2008, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redbreegull

I don't understand the concept of an album "dating"

ever heard of portishead

redbreegull · 07-22-2008, 01:39 PM

When someone says an album has "dated badly" does it mean that the record is too based in the time period in which it came out, thus making music that seems good at the time but is not "timelessly good"?

toase · 02-18-2015, 06:54 PM

how did I end up here?

anyways everybody here wants you is one of the sexiest song ever

View Poll Results: wut
Grace	10	66.67%
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk	5	33.33%
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

07-20-2008, 03:58 PM	#1
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	Jeff Buckley - Grace or Sketches? grace is exquisite in its beauty and execution, but sketches, despite its demo-ish production and imo lack of stylistic cohesion in comparison to grace, features some of the best songs jeff ever did. sky is a landfill, new year's prayer, vancouver, you and i...shit's breathtakingly awesome.

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07-20-2008, 04:01 PM	#2
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	and aren't these just some of the best fucking lyrics you've ever heard?: Circle around the park Joining hands in silence And watch the evil black the sky The storm has ripped the shelter Of illusion from our brow This power's no mystery to us now. Leave your spirit genocide The cancer you won't remove We cast our funeral rose inside And bury the need to prove Our mutilation is to gain from the system Ooh, turn your head away from the screen, oh people It will tell you nothing more Don't suck the milk of flaccid Bill K. Public's empty promise To the people that the public can ignore This way of life is so devised To snuff out the mind that moves Moving with grace that men despise And women have learned to lose Throw off your shame or be a slave to the system I see you take another drag One more lost soul to raise your flag The sky is a landfill I see you take another drag Let's see you take another drag You like to dance to the rolling Head of the adulteress You sing in praise of suicide We know you're useless Like cops at the scene of the crime With your steroids And your feedbag And your stable And your trainer Oh I got a mail bomb for you Mister Strong Arm... Throw out the stones from all the cemetery homes For the violence of a nation gone by Or the politics of weakness And the garbage dump of souls That will now black the sky Their yellow haze and crowds of eyes Will plug up the mind that moves Moving with grace that men despise And women have learned to lose We'll share our bodies In disdain for the system Oh, I see you take another drag One nation bends to kiss the hag The sky is a landfill I see you take another drag I see you take another drag I have no fear of this machine!

07-20-2008, 04:02 PM	#3
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	starsailor

07-20-2008, 04:04 PM	#4
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	don' ye kno ye got yer daddy's eyes daddy wuz an alcoholic

07-20-2008, 04:08 PM	#6
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	new discussion: grace isn't "alternative rock", its "progressive adult contemporary"

07-20-2008, 04:10 PM	#7
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	it's neither progressive, contemporary nor very mature so i'll go with alternative rock

07-20-2008, 04:12 PM	#8
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	rockin' cherub has spoken.

07-20-2008, 04:16 PM	#9
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	uh huh

07-20-2008, 04:18 PM	#10
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	tim would probably agree that jeff was better though

07-20-2008, 04:22 PM	#11
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	why would he?

07-20-2008, 04:30 PM	#12
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	he'd say it as consolation for jeff not being able to rock this hard in a brown sweater:

07-20-2008, 05:52 PM	#16
smashingjj real estate cowboy Location: if Monsanto and Purdue Pharma had a baby Posts: 36,902	Just to tease you James. I like Jeff.

07-20-2008, 04:39 PM	#13
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	i think that's cooler than any song on grace

07-20-2008, 05:35 PM	#14
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	just cause its old and no one would agree with you

07-20-2008, 05:49 PM	#15
smashingjj real estate cowboy Location: if Monsanto and Purdue Pharma had a baby Posts: 36,902	I'm not going to partake in this discussion, I'm too grown-up or that. OK Jeff sucks.

07-21-2008, 12:33 AM	#18
redbull Immortal Location: like liutenant dan i'm rollin' Posts: 21,016	grace, are you fucking daft

07-21-2008, 12:59 AM	#19
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: N3t4Euh Haus Posts: 32,753	I like Grace more.

07-21-2008, 08:29 AM	#21
aurel Apocalyptic Poster Location: Maximum Homosapien crammed down your HaHa hole. Posts: 2,337	Grace has dated really badly. Sketches has some great songs.

07-21-2008, 06:04 PM	#23
Starchildren Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 3,078	Gunshot Glitter is his greatest song. Can't believe they didn't ******* it on the US Sketches.

07-21-2008, 06:25 PM	#24
pale blue eyes NOPE. Location: :/ Posts: 15,108	Grace is pretty but kind of same-y at points. I think I like Sketches more now because it seems to vary more.

07-21-2008, 11:25 PM	#25
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: N3t4Euh Haus Posts: 32,753	I don't understand the concept of an album "dating"

07-22-2008, 01:39 PM	#27
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: N3t4Euh Haus Posts: 32,753	When someone says an album has "dated badly" does it mean that the record is too based in the time period in which it came out, thus making music that seems good at the time but is not "timelessly good"?

02-18-2015, 06:54 PM	#28
toase Apocalyptic Poster Location: AA meetings Posts: 4,026	how did I end up here? anyways everybody here wants you is one of the sexiest song ever