Jeff Buckley is a phenomenal artist that we lost way too soon. This version is beautiful!

@michellewheatley2007

2 жыл бұрын

I love this version the best.

@da_blade5040

2 жыл бұрын

Totally Agree 💯! Sooo Sad Jeff's gone....so Talented! ❤️😭

@go234ko96ts5

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that. So tragic to lose a talented young artist so young. RIP Jeff.

@go234ko96ts5

2 жыл бұрын

You gotta check out Jeff doing the emotional song " LAST GOODBYE" RIP JEFF.

@Jstn044

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

Perhaps the best cover of "Hallelujah" ever.....

@dannford-premiersothebysin9057

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, he was so special!!! Gone to soon!

@kimberlyfoust2815

2 жыл бұрын

*The best cover

@neilp8964

2 жыл бұрын

I like 2 covers better than this one. Myles Kennedy and the clovertons covering this song

@nitelite78

Жыл бұрын

It's easily the best.

@cmoore421

Жыл бұрын

Are just ignoring pentatonix

The most phenomenal voice. The Grace album is perfection R.I.P Jeff

@BE74297

Жыл бұрын

Jeff Buckley - "Lilac Wine" kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4aayqOCkqebn5M.html

Buckley’s version makes me cry every. Single. Time. It’s so gorgeous.

@starhope9630

8 ай бұрын

Preach! 🎶🎼😊

Leonard Cohen wrote this. He is one of those artists that is known for writing profound music and then people covering it a lot. He's like more of a songwriter, but he did make records and sing and stuff it's just most people know the covers more. But he's one of the best to ever do it.

@cjonesufc

2 жыл бұрын

I love Leonard’s writing, but his songs and music don’t appeal to me. At least not the ones I bothered to look up. This and “Dance Me To the end Of Love” in particular which I found through The Civil Wars who have an incredible cover of it. Nearly as good as this

@tileux

2 жыл бұрын

Leonard cohen’s version is still the best. The song is about people who are broken and aren’t perfect, so it’s appropriate that a guy who can’t really sing sings it. So many people who cover this just don’t seem to get the point of the song. You can FEEL that in how they sing it and that is just a turn off. This version is horrible. The more amateur you are as a singer the more authentically you can perform this song. Try to sing it with musical bells and whistles - as in this cover - and you’ve completely killed the point of the song. This cover is just sound - without the emotion or meaning of the original song. It’s dead on arrival. This is also the ‘non-cohen’ version. It has additional lyrics - and those spoil what the song is about. This is the Brandi Carlyle version and it’s awful. It’s so off mark what the song is trying to convey. I love Cohen’s song ‘everybody knows’ - wry humour at its best.

@donnahenderson4727

2 жыл бұрын

@@tileux Leonard Cohen said when he heard KD Lang sing it, he heard how it was meant to be sang for the first time ever.

@Being_There

2 жыл бұрын

@@tileux actually the extra lyrics were Cohen’s from different versions. Not sure what song you just heard though ..because that was beautiful version of an otherwise quirky song.

@DominiqueVanheusden

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget John Cale’s version

Jeff Buckley was Tim Buckley's son and just as amazing as his dad. I think he had a 4 octave vocal range and an ethereal emotional touch on the guitar. Sadly missed.

@shrimpboutique3584

2 жыл бұрын

100%

@everychannel1025

2 жыл бұрын

Definietly not 7 octaves

@stevenconnor4221

2 жыл бұрын

@@everychannel1025 just checked 4 octaves, my apologies I thought I had read 7 octaves previously. I shall change the figure

@lasthope3237

2 жыл бұрын

@@everychannel1025 what do 7 Octaves sound like

@thedeepfriar745

10 ай бұрын

@@lasthope3237that would be the whole piano and then some

Just to be clear that's Jeff Buckley playing that beautiful guitar, while singing. Sublime.

@petrilampela

2 жыл бұрын

Of couse he did not play the guitar while recording the vocals but he did play guitar on the album and live for sure.

@rickg8015

2 жыл бұрын

@@petrilampela on the music video he did play guitar while singing in the studio..

@petrilampela

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickg8015 Music videos are always done separately after the studio recordings. Even if they seem to show the artist at a recording studio. Usually a vocal track consists of several little cuts that are recorded over and over, one song can take days. It would make no sense to pose for music video at the same time.

@paradiddle5150

2 жыл бұрын

@@petrilampela this was before digital, and it's entirely (and most likely) possible he played/sang simultaneously while being recorded via analog.

@petrilampela

2 жыл бұрын

​@@paradiddle5150 The recording process is still exactly the same whether it's analog or digital. I know it's possible to record the guitar and vocals simultaneously but it's _very_ uncommon. And highly unlikely in Jeff's case because he was a perfectionist in the studio. We know he didn't play guitar while recording the vocals to songs like "Grace" so I don't know why he would make an exception with Hallelujah.

It’s no exaggeration to say that every day, I think about how much we missed out on when we lost Jeff Buckley. He was a rare, rare talent. ‘Grace’ is a once in a lifetime album. Please check it out.

@snowdog5895

2 жыл бұрын

Facts!

@leonardshevlin7260

2 жыл бұрын

I heard that Grace is great. I gave it away.

@pulvi3329

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, Jeff was a unique talent. Taken way too soon

@melizmatea

2 жыл бұрын

Such a tragedy. He was such a talent.

I love Jeff Buckley. My favorite songs are Lover You Should Have Come Over and The Last Goodbye

@ellefitzpatrick6339

2 жыл бұрын

Both are my favourite ones too. Brilliant heartbreaking lyrics.

@Oyuki-Mayonesa

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Mine is Grace ❤️ but there is magic 🪄 in all his music. He is very special

Buckley is an absolute gem. You should definitely check out his cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Mama you’ve been on my mind’ A true great R.I.P

Jeff Buckley was on the verge of something huge when the river took him. The Grace album is phenomenal and full of heartbreaking lyrics. Lover you should have come over and Last Goodbye are my favourite ones. Killer lyrics!

Jeff Buckley had one of the most beautiful voices I’ve ever heard.

He holds 5hat note while playing he guitar. Simply amazing.

This song make me cry. I'm in a bad place. Beautiful song

@katiemurray735

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you're not doing great 😔 Things will get better. Hugs 🤗

@ashlealabine6937

2 жыл бұрын

I've cried many times to this song. That means you're human. Sending love and positive vibes from one human to another.

@ryanjsgrandma2009

2 жыл бұрын

❤️🙏

@shanenolan8252

2 жыл бұрын

I hope your doing better. , you wana talk ever hit me il get back to you .( if im asleep)

@ericdykstra4545

2 жыл бұрын

Stay strong brother

You need to see a live version of Buckley playing this.

@dellafenton2417

2 жыл бұрын

Should have played the live version, spine tingling. Jeffs album Grace is a masterpiece, I play it on a regular basis

@melizmatea

2 жыл бұрын

@@dellafenton2417 I haven't heard it - I must check it out, I love this version sooooo much!!!

Try Last Goodbye. Jeff was a true artist. Exceptional vocalist, guitar player & performer. R. I. P.

Jeff Buckley "lover,you should've come over" X 😊

"Grace" live at Chicago by Jeff Buckley is a MUST.

@samuelmregister

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I'd go with the BBC live version, but you can't go wrong.

@ThePrincepiggy

2 жыл бұрын

Last Goodbye for me

@MojoPin1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuelmregister BBC Late Show version is much better than the Chicago rendition.

This song gets me every time. Powerful lyrics that I don't fully understand, but my heart does.

Grace, Mojo Pin, Lilac Wine, Lover You Should've Come Over... Buckley was SO good. The whole live Metro performance (Chicago) is pure gold.

@Chatta-Ortega

2 жыл бұрын

Mojo Pin is fantastic. Very intense. What a tragedy he died so young.

@chaoticembrace6984

2 жыл бұрын

I was at the show, and hung in the Smartbar afterwards.......I'm mid 50s , born and raised here in Chicago and at that time I was the ops mgr of the 2d largest record store in the city...a mile down the street from Wrigley. Jeff would pop in the store often when in town. I saw him live a bunch of times - but the Metro show was otherworldly- let me just say this - "more babies were most likely conceived that evening after the show then at any other moment in Chicago music history!!!!" ...When I saw JB play live I always felt this sadness and I would tear up , I'm bipolar2 and suffer with hereditary severe depression and also I believe I can foresee events before they occur .....I felt Cobains death days before it was reported by the news ....I felt that Jeff was a gift to us for only a brief moment in linear time thru the unforgiving universe we spin and swirl thru. Just an artist that no one will truly understand because he was with us so briefly ....his loss hurts as much , or even more then Kurt's and Cornells because this man was taken from us ...he didn't give his existence away.

Jeff’s version of this song is by far my favorite. His vocals and guitar playing are sublime.

THE best version of Hallelujah ever....Jeff Buckley was otherworldly....RIP This song can elicit tears whenever I hear it....the single Tele & Jeff's voice....just wow

Best version of this song ever. Period. What he does vocally is so difficult to do. While playing masterfully under it. Amazing.

9:32 Lex you have no idea how incredible his voice was. But you did noticed this "jewel box" at your very first listening.

This version is the best one of all, hands down for me. RIP Jeff, you are missed.

Sooooo glad you guys did this. One of my all-time favorites. Leonard Cohen wrote and did it first, but Jeff def put his stank on it. I’m at total peace when I listen to this. What a loss…

So glad you’ve chosen this version! For me, this will always be the only one.

The version in the movie Shrek is also a cover, by John Cale (which is my favorite version). For some reason, if you buy the Shrek soundtrack, you get a different cover, by Rufus Wainwright. The Original is by Leonard Cohen.

The beauty of both his voice and his guitar work combined is on another level. He’s legitimately amazing.

Jeff Buckley does a live version of "I shall be released" that is absolutely Killer. Check it out..

This cover of Leonard Cohen's song is a cultural golden nugget.

Jeff My favorite, beautiful song. But I wish more people reacted to Grace or Lover should have come over. He’s such a talented musician.

Almost brings a tear to my eye when I hear him sing this...

This is the version that really sent this song into the stratosphere

That 42 second pause - and the beginning - is Jeff letting his guitar sing. His own voice is amazing, but his mastery of the guitar really shines here. It’s so clean, so controlled, so emotionally and technically complex…it just sounds like he’s floating on a cloud. I feel two voices throughout this song and it seems like they are waltzing together. IMO that feeling is a testament to the amazing musician that Jeff was.

Finally folks, jeff buckley is a genius

Jeff Buckley is a generational talent. His album Grace is nothing but incredible songs.

I love " song to the siren" by his dad Tim Buckley, it always gives me goose bumps. The Cocteau twins also do an amazing version.

@droberts9242

2 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Fraser from the Cocteau Twins....also did an unreleased duet with Jeff Buckley

It's simply the best bitter sweet song of the past century. Songs in 6/8 time tend to fall into this emotional range, but this takes it to another level.

Leonard Cohen's masterpiece. Supposedly over 80 verses. We're lucky if we hear four. Truly beautiful song that makes a beautiful statement.

@matthawkins8880

2 жыл бұрын

The story is that John Cale went to a show of his at a club and asked if he could use this song on his album. Leonard sent him scores of pages with lyrics. John Cale did such an amazing job arranging it that Leonard Cohen adopted it. What you hear now is written by Leonard Cohen and arranged by John Cale.

@curiousman1672

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthawkins8880 His official video is pretty trippy.

@MojoPin1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthawkins8880 Buckley’s version is based on Cale’s; that was Jeff’s favourite.

Just came across your videos yesterday and I must have watched at least 35 of them already! I love the reactions!!!!! Keep them coming

It's been a while since I listened to this. Every time I do, I am amazed at how beautiful this song is.

Buckley takes this Leonard Cohen masterpiece to a whole new level.

One of the most powerful performances ever, Jeff was an unbelievable talent and it brings me to tears.

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.....

Awesome..havent heard this in a while..just have to stop and listen..thx for this

Majestic. So calming.

No no no no youngins 🙉! I fell in love with Jeff Buckley's version of this song in 2001! A few years after it came out. It's magical. Jeff Buckley is magical. Thanks for reacting!

I will keep pounding the proverbial table in future cover song streams for Buckley's cover of 'Lilac Wine'. Doesn't get nearly enough appreciation in my opinion.

@timpindar

2 жыл бұрын

Love his Lilac Wine. Well done sir!

Being a lifelong classic rock fan, I'm a huge fan of bands like The Beatles, The Who, Pink Floyd and most of all Led Zeppelin. The latter I consider the greatest rock band ever. But Jeff's album "Grace" is in my opinion one of the greatest albums ever created. Some people might not get it, but if you do it's one of those life changing moments.

The finger picking here is really something special too! Beautiful song and beautiful artist! R.I.P. Jeff 🙏❤️ Awesome reaction guys 💯

Thank you thank you thank you! One of my top 10 all-time favorite performers

This is such an unbelievable song....FANTASTIC!

Wow I totally missed that you had done this reaction. Its one of my favourite versions of a very deep song.

Best cover ever.

Lex describing Jeff singing @9:30 . Ah yeah Lex , I think you nailed it , spot on ! 🤣

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

Jeff's vocal stylings were so unique, mainly because he fashioned his own stylings from female jazz vocalists. Definately check out his song "Everybody Here Wants You", from his post-mortem album "To My Sweetheart, The Drunk". Amazing range! RIP Jeff, we miss you!

@MojoPin1983

2 жыл бұрын

@Nathan Webb That song features, arguably, Jeff’s greatest vocal performance. Minor correction on the album title, though: Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk.

@Sweep_The_Leg_Johnny

2 жыл бұрын

@@MojoPin1983 you're right, i got the name wrong (been years since ive actually had the physical copy in my hands). I still remember hearing the news of his death...was devastating. I'm just about 5 hours north of Memphis & used to go down there for parties during that time. Was a real shocker.

Jeff's rendition of this song is the best. His voice is phenomenal. Gone way too soon. RIP Jeff Buckley

The way he performed this song, he just took you by the heart and played with it.

Lex is right on this one. This is very different to the Leonard Cohen original and I can't believe anybody who has heard it could confuse the two. Cohen's voice is the voice of a poet speaking/singing his words with a real rasp. Jeff Buckley has a melodic, gentle very expressive and emotional voice accompanying his equally gentle and melodic guitar. He drowned in the Mississippi taking an impromptu swim, when the wash from a barge hit him. He was working on his second studio album at the time of his death. My favourite track by him is "Forget Her".

Love your family. God bless

it's the connection between the singer and the guitar playing that makes the best version of this song.

Yay! The Jeff Buckley hole. Now it's time for Mojo Pin, Grace, and Lover You Should've Come Over.

This is THE version most people heard on the radio, especially in college towns like here in East Lansing, Michigan.

One of the most beautiful voices ever

Leonard Cohen wrote and recorded the original version in 1984. Shrek used John Cale’s cover from 1991 and Buckley’s version was recorded***(released, not recorded*** in 2007 and he said Cale inspired his version, so that’s why the Hallelujah drop in Shrek sounds similar to Buckley’s. I remember seeing a Joh Legend interview and he described Buckley’s version, “as near perfect as you can get.”

@warwickhunt

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff Buckley died in 1997, how the hell did he record this 10 years later?

@BestofItMoviedoc

2 жыл бұрын

@@warwickhunt released.

@krmahcgempire7748

9 ай бұрын

nah Jeff recorded in 1993 and released it 1994.

Love this song!

This IS the ORIGINAL HIT.

Jeff Buckley was phenomenal! You guy’s really need to check him out live, 👍

I don't know why I watch reactions but I love yours. You make the old loves a new event. Love and PEACE ✌ unto all

Such a beautiful song 🎵

I went into this reaction concerned y’all didn’t know it was a cover, (since many of the others had the original writer in parentheses.) I absolutely love most of Leonard Cohen’s music, but this is one of those songs that had a whole second life with Jeff Buckley. This song is one I absolutely recommend everyone READ, (or at least listen,) to the lyrics of at least once, because so many people bring their own assumptions from having heard the word in church songs to this song. *One from Shrek was a cover by Rufus Wainwright, (I believe.)

Epic record by an Epic artist that passed way too soon… Thank you for the upload!

The really stunning fact of this song was that it was recorded live. He was playing guitar and singing and he did so while on stage. It’s one of the most incredible performances, I think, ever captured.

I remember the first time I ever heard this song, I was alone in my room with a single candle going. I watched the flame dance about while being totally encapsulated by this song. The magic still hits me everytime I hear this song

As a proud son of Montreal, I can tell you that the original of "Hallelujah" is by Leonard Cohen of Montreal, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Jeff Buckley got the ball rolling with his version of this beautiful song, and it has since been covered by hundreds of well-known musicians. One of the best covers is by another Canadian, k.d. lang. She will stun you with what her voice can do to elevate "Hallelujah" to the high heavens. Two numbers that must be first heard only as sung by Leonard Cohen are the original 1967 album versions of "Suzanne" and "The Sisters of Mercy". Accept no substitutes, as the saying goes.

This is some monumentally beautiful stuff.

The BEST version every. His voice is amazing and carries his passion in a strong but gentle way.

She was loving that! Jeff must have had the ladies eating out of his hand. What a voice he had.

You guys are great.

Let’s not forget the GOAT Leonard cohen who wrote this along with 80 other verses.

Brilliant artist brilliant singer!

Next Jeff Buckley reaction… “Lover you should of come over”

I like how all 3 of you are swaying to the music

Nice reaction! I have never seen anyone react to this!

A rare cover better than the original. THE definitive version for me. Might be time for you to check out Neil Diamond, almost any of his songs will do.

@Mo-xx9gg

Жыл бұрын

Diamond! Oh yeah!

Crazy talented

Beautiful

No matter how many times I've heard Jeff's version I always get tingles. Timeless music.

I can’t even hear his version without it bringing tears to my eyes, the lyrics are so incredibly deep, a mere man could not have written those lyrics without help from the Spirit

As with Eva Cassidy's version of Over The Rainbow, this isn't a song to simply be listened to and enjoyed, It's a song to be experienced.

Leonard Cohen wrote the song and you need to hear his version. Jeff's version is excellent though and I understand how folks say "He made it his own". By the way this is off of the only album Jeff released in his lifetime "Grace". It's a phenomenal album you need to hear. Another incredible version of the song is by K.D. Lang at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. She sang it live and it's a legendary performance!

@drServitis

2 жыл бұрын

Sixteen

People need to understand that when someone sings a cover of this song, it's most likely that they're doing a cover of Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah

song in full flight, vibe builds .....Brad pauses the track every time 🤣😂🤣

Isn't it amazing that even to this day so many songs from the Shreck movies are still remembered?

so many great recordings of this song, but this one is special

Nothing I can say will do this song any justice. Great reaction👍

This song, and this particular cover, murders my heart. I know what a cold and broken hallelujah is.

The music video is so emotional, almost like he is going to cry. It's beautiful