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You don't remember what to do
You don't remember where to go
You don't remember what to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street
The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies
You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes
And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies
Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street
At twilight your lover comes to your room
He'll spin you, he'll weave you 'round his emerald loom
And softly you'll whisper all around his ear
"Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street
I wheel, I steal, I feel my way down to kneel"
All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street
You don't remember what to say
You don't remember what to do
You don't remember which way to go
You don't remember who to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
maybe you had to be there, but this record was groundbreaking when it came out and his voice still gives me chills. so raw, powerful, and full of complex emotions. i crank it every time it comes on—thanks Bill for mixing it up.
Just noticed that the last paragraph in the bio says that Jeff Buckley died of an overdose, but that was Tim. Sadly, his son Jeff drowned in 1997. Equally talented.
I went through the whole monster and found that error as well. Got to be record for RP bio length...
I know that feeling. My last work place was full of old intelligent people and they introduced me to many good bands I never heard from. RP was embraced and as far as I know they still listen to it.
My current workplace however... I tried RP but 90% of the music is described as weird and ugly by my coworkers. They prefer the local music station with baboon music.
You need to find a new zoo to work at.
.So sad about the two of them.
Is there a better version of Lenard Cohen's brilliant song than Jeff Buckley?
Miss them both.
10/08/2024 Lyrics are messed up. Looks like several other songs' lyrics put together.
Thought I was going to be listing to this song for all eternity.

so I plugged thru several of Tim Buckleys songs on YouTube. Hard work. Drones on a bit.
This one is the same.
try Hong Kong Bar..
What's going on here. Is he peering at us through a Jeweler's Loup?! Or did someone play a joke on him by giving him a black eye with a fake telescope?
If you can find an old album cover, you will see it's a Pepsi bottle cap. I'm guessing Pepsi's lawyers had a problem with that.
On the back cover, the missing word of the album title is superimposed.
You can see them both clearly on the Amazon listing for the 2017 reissue (50th anniversary edition):
c.
Now exposed to this, I see he is someone I had missed.
#10 to signal my enjoyment.
My 25 year old office mate asked "is that Janis Joplin?" This 50 yo never heard of Tim Buckley, either. Sorry guys. I live in a musical vacuum. Thank GOD for RP.
I know that feeling. My last work place was full of old intelligent people and they introduced me to many good bands I never heard from. RP was embraced and as far as I know they still listen to it.
My current workplace however... I tried RP but 90% of the music is described as weird and ugly by my coworkers. They prefer the local music station with baboon music.
I still can't believe this was recorded in 1967.

5.9? How come?!? 8.
Caterwauling?
I'm trying to learn it, the chords, the lyrics, the different live versions...
I won't be able to match that voice but i'm ready to scream.
Haha! "Exiting" is what I'm doing right now! Sheesh....
Haha. I have to admit I was thinking Grace Slick for the voice.
I'd never heard Tim Buckley before (but I know who he was). I do have Jeff's "Grace" album, and love it.
Yeah, can anyone shed light?
Another tragic ending it seems
http://www.timbuckley.com/tim-buckley-chronicle-of-a-starsailor/
Yeah, can anyone shed light?

LOL!
FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first.
I heard an interview with Grace in which she doesn't really sing, she yells. Or chants. Grace never had this range.

Both songs are in minor keys with descending chromatic chords, which makes them sound somewhat similar. The progression in this tune is different than that of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - which is more similar to an "Andalusian cadence". That sort of progression is is hundreds of years old.
LOL!
FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first.
Me too, lovely Grace!
Agreed. 9 for me.
LOL!
FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first.
I was all over Jefferson Airplane.
LOL!
FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first.
I don't think so - Grace Slick's voice gives me goosepimples, yer man's voice gives me zeds. The guy sounds like the lovechild of Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak. IMO, naturally.
LOL!
FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first.
Are you mixing him up with his son Jeff who died abruptly at a very early age?
Tim died at age 28. Jeff at 30. Lots of tragedy in that family...
Are you mixing him up with his son Jeff who died abruptly at a very early age?
I guess it depends on how old the member named "exurbia" is - Jeff Buckley actually lived to be a year or two older than his father did.
What CC wrote, My mum got me into Tim when I was still a teen. I couldn't believe he was dead, I was told at breakfast the day after. What a shock and such a sad ending to an amazing talent. Makes me cry at times..
Are you mixing him up with his son Jeff who died abruptly at a very early age?
What CC wrote, My mum got me into Tim when I was still a teen. I couldn't believe he was dead, I was told at breakfast the day after. What a shock and such a sad ending to an amazing talent. Makes me cry at times..
Careful... too much and you'll go blind.
I don't think so - Grace Slick's voice gives me goosepimples, yer man's voice gives me zeds. The guy sounds like the lovechild of Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak. IMO, naturally.
Needs a "like" button.
What pollyh said.





You really are different
rocteur wrote:
Double OUCH, you have given a vote of 10, i.e. Godlike to: Beatles 21 times
Beck 9 times
Church 6 times
FlamingLips 4 times
JimiHendrix 4 times
LedZeppelin 6 times
ModestMouse 4 times
Wilco 5 times

Time out. First, just because someone thinks "Pleasant Street" is a 10, doesn't make him/her a numbskull. Sorry, that's just plain ignorant. But what's wrong with The Beatles, Beck, The Church, Flaming Lips, Jimi, LedZep, Modest Mouse, and Wilco? Why don't you both agree to disagree and chill? Oh, BTW, AphidA, stop calling people you don't agree with names.
Do y'all believe these two? I mean, geez, it's just rock'n'roll...
It's hard to believe that anyone takes their (or others) opinions that seriously. Not that anyone should care what I thnk. . . . .
I resent being called a numbskull just because my opinion differs from yours. Pull your head out of your ass and realize that you are not supreme. Yes, your opinion matters and is valued, but please try to temper your comments to focus on the MUSIC and not the commenters. (Translation: GROW UP.)
rocteur wrote:
Double OUCH, you have given a vote of 10, i.e. Godlike to: Beatles 21 times
Beck 9 times
Church 6 times
FlamingLips 4 times
JimiHendrix 4 times
LedZeppelin 6 times
ModestMouse 4 times
Wilco 5 times

Time out. First, just because someone thinks "Pleasant Street" is a 10, doesn't make him/her a numbskull. Sorry, that's just plain ignorant. But what's wrong with The Beatles, Beck, The Church, Flaming Lips, Jimi, LedZep, Modest Mouse, and Wilco? Why don't you both agree to disagree and chill? Oh, BTW, AphidA, stop calling people you don't agree with names.
Do y'all believe these two? I mean, geez, it's just rock'n'roll...
I've heard of and seen other ways, but....

Keep playing good, albeit non-commercial, music like Tim Buckley.









