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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 favours). 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. --Sam Sutherland
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If you are like me and you enjoy hearing different interpretations to songs you already like, then you will love this film. Notable spots are the strange and hypnotic rendering of Big Star's 1975 hit Kangaroo where he ferociously barks, "You're just like Saint Joan..." with sweat dripping from his hair (on Mystery White Boy he barely whispers the same line, mind you), then after the song is pretty much over, he jams wildly unlike any way you can imaging being appropriate for such a song and does this for some time, ending up by the speakers, playing to them creating the type of feedback you'd expect at a Crazy Horse audition. Then there is the surprise Kick Out The Jams, featuring a goofy guy named Crazy Dave (or something) sharing the vocals then doing the un-Grace-ful bellyflop into the front three rows (I think that sort of stunt is always better witnessed on film than in real life, for obvious reasons). Then again, the audience deserved that sort of hurl. They spend most of the time between songs begging for Jeff to play Hallelujah, and he seems bothered by it. He eventually gives them a piece of his mind (which I will not describe) and seems to play most of the remaining set behind closed eyes, as if, for himself.
The DVD is coupled with a documentary/interview that is captivating. He speaks so tenderly about music, like some do about love. And throughout are performances that are equally haunting. Not to mention the two acoustic versions.
Don't listen to those other people. It's good, get it.
But he doesn't just duplicate. Rather than singing his way through the set, he feels it. No song is the same as on CD, and it's a thrill to watch him pour himself into each song like it was the first time he had played it in years. The sweat cascading from every gland in his body at the end of the set is a sworn testament to this. There are times when he is in go-mental-and-rock-out-forever mode when you can see perhaps where some of the more unusual moments on 'Sketches' were born from, and others (most notably in 'Lilac Wine', of which he says "A beautiful song I wish I wrote") where he almost seems haunted by the ghosts of the lyrics.
I was introduced to Jeff Buckley years ago by a friend in school who swore by him, but I was not yet ready for the complexities and the rewards he had to offer. In fact it was only after watching the film 'Shrek' and hearing a cover of 'Hallelujah' that the memory of Jeff rose to the surface again. I went straight out, purchased 'Grace' and never looked back.
Let's get one thing straight; If you're any kind of fan of Jeff Buckley, you will not be disappointed with this DVD. In addition to the generous live set, there are two rare acoustic performances of 'So Real' and 'Last Goodbye', and a superbly produced documentary (blanketed in a tasteful sepia tone), composed of intimate live performances, an insightful interview with Jeff and a 'making of' piece among other things, where you are treated to a glimpse of Jeff recording a take of 'Grace'.
The only negative comment I can make is that I suspect the performance would have been a little bit more special had the crowd not pressed Jeff for 'Hallelujah' after every song he and the band played. He gets increasingly annoyed, and his irritation eventually culminates in a blunt expression of his frustration with a few of the punters. However it is quickly forgotten as Jeff launches into the title track of his first album.
Given the fact that it will never again be possible to see him live, no fan can really afford to be without this sliver of time captured on video. Listening to his music he seems like a man tortured by the emotional lows of love, but over the course of the concert you are also witness to the good humoured, love-for-life side of Jeff, and the two seem to exist symbiotically, exposing the spirit behind the music. It is no wonder it was sold out in every shop I tried.
There are few things for twenty pounds as valuable as this.
The light show is purely so we can see, no psychedlic illuminations, which is certainly preferable to any epileptics but also to anyone who just wants to hear/see Jeff perform, quite simply Jeff doesn't need any gimmicks like that anyway.
For me, while the whole Dvd is brilliant, the stand out track is Mojo Pin, such a powerful, emotional performance. I really like the instrumental, Vancouver, aswell. What also comes across is Jeff's sense of humour, he's very sharp. Its a new experience for someone to amuse you one minute and astound you with their musical talent the next.
The Dvd also includes a 17 minute film - the Grace EPK - featuring snippets of interview interspersed with live performances (some at Sine and others in the studio - recording Grace) which is very interesting and shot in a sepia hue - it feels like that classy Volvo ad from the late '80s, the little girl in NY. Also included are two in studio accoustic versions of So Real and Last Goodbye, these are knock out - its easy to imagine they're recent performances in a tent at Glastonbury. If only. If you like Jeff's music at all you should buy this, I love it. Also, the band deserve mentioning, especially drummer, Matt Johnson. When he quit he was definately a loss, his skill is very versatile.
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