track 41: last goodbye

In late 1994, a song called "Last goodbye" by Jeff Buckley got my attention. It was a gorgeous, epic song with vocals more amazing than I'd ever heard by a male singer. At that point most of the albums I had by male artists were bands- INXS, U2, Nirvana, Depeche Mode. And as much as I liked them, I never seemed to become as big of a fan as I was of music by women. Jeff Buckley's Grace changed all of that. I don't think it hooked me completely at first. It took some time to grow on me. "Last goodbye" and "So real" and "Hallelujah" were all immediate favorites. I think "Eternal life" is currently the reigning champion, with "Dream brother" a close second. I still find that I hear something new now and then from Grace. The music that Jeff made was so much more sophisticated and almost otherworldy compared to anything else I knew. In time it would be a beloved album for me and now it's considered by most of the music world as a classic.



Needless to say I was madly in love with him. I've come a long way from Jordan Knight. Although it's always the dark hair and brown eyes, isn't it? Discovering Jeff Buckley was probably responsible for my taste in dark brooders, or as someone at work defined it, "dirty skinny white boys."




next time: i've seen the shadows of so many people trying on the treasures of youth • but a road that fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash and i'm glad we got off, to tell you the truth