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Jeff Buckley - Live in Chicago
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| Genre | Pop, Jeff Buckley Live In Chicago |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC |
| Contributor | Jeff Buckley |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
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This DVD video was recorded at The Cabaret Metro on May 13 , 1995, in the midst of Jeff's Mystery White Boy tour. J eff brings together songs from Grace, classic cover tune s, a previously unavailable Buckley composition ( What Will You Say? ), a previo
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Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jeff Buckley's untimely death gives this 108-minute live performance inevitable poignancy and power as a rare, complete document of his passionate writing and playing style. At the time of Buckley's ascendance in the mid-'90s, both his high-flying vocal attack and his edgy poetic sense struck older listeners as genetic markers from his father, folk-rock legend Tim Buckley. Yet Buckley fils pursued a much more electric, rock-ribbed style, nodding toward behemoths like Pearl Jam and even Led Zeppelin.
This 1995 concert is a single, complete show from the tour that yielded the posthumous Mystery White Boy live album. It likewise impresses, both for Buckley's own songs and the bold cover choices included, here including songs associated with Nina Simone and the MC5 (a range that explains the emotional epics that Buckley favors).
Visually, the unadorned lighting scheme casts an often harsh light on the pale, dark-haired frontman, but a generally solid performance is sonically captured with satisfying detail, and the 5.1 surround sound mix gives the DVD version an appropriate club ambience. The DVD also includes two bonus acoustic performances. --Sam Sutherland
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 5.3 x 7.5 x 0.62 inches; 2.47 Ounces
- Item model number : 2567734
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC
- Run time : 3 hours and 36 minutes
- Release date : May 9, 2000
- Actors : Jeff Buckley
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), English (PCM Stereo)
- Studio : Sony Legacy
- ASIN : 0738900672
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #89,992 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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- #2,562 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
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Something of a head-bending experience; found the performance discomfiting yet likeable. Buckley was obviously quite talented. The music & lyrics are sensitive, astute, impassioned, sometimes beautiful, but his Robert-Plant-in-the-extreme singing (and I love Plant) and the moody, bleak atmosphere of the performance took work getting into, driving some doubt that this was a taste I could acquire. But so far I think I like him enough to try. The sincere but unmalicious way he finally said "f--- off, just f--- off" to individuals who kept shouting for "Hallelujah" or making other unintelligible commentary could well have clinched it, lol. By interrupting flow & breaking the mood again and again, the "play Hallelujah!" crier seemed to "get" the performance even less than me. But I'm neither disappointed nor sorry I bought this DVD & will dive into it again.
If you want clean precise representation of his songs; the ideal presentation of the written tunes, go for a studio album. If you want to gain insight into the passion, artistry, playfulness, honesty and challenge of Jeff Buckley's music, watch the live concert. My hat is off to his band. They hang with his musical playfulness. He modifies and extends phrases and passages challenging his band and his audience to guess what will happen next. A truly exciting performance.
If you've ever played in a band, the occasional tuning and fiddling with hardware won't bother you a bit. It adds to the realism and spontaneity of the moment captured on this DVD. It does not detract or distract at all.
I like the footage that *does* play correctly; I'm a hardcore JB fan, I wouldn't recommend this to casual fans who only like "Hallelujah."
Note that the discs that I received are (c) 2000; I can only assume that other print runs don't have the same errors.
Unfortunately the replacement copy was cosmetically damaged (my fault), or I would keep trying to replace it until I got a disc that worked correctly.






