He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered
whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Grace...... just thinking about that song does something to me.......
I was 21 or 22 when I discovered Jeff Buckley, more or less around the time he died actually. A couple of friends had seen him live some time before and told me I really had to listen to his music, I remembered his name when I was looking in the CD boxes of a second hand shop and grabbed it more or less by hazard, since I just wanted something new to listen to. It was just incredible...... not a single weak song on the entire album. From Grace to Hallelujah over Mojo Pin...... I probably bought the CD 7 or 8 times since, giving my copy away to friends who've never heard of him, such as to make them discover his music.
Another one of those artists who died way before his time and became part of music legend..... I can still kick myself for not having gone to his live performance in Belgium.....
If you don't know Buckley's music, just look at the clip, listen to the lyrics and the sound and remember he drawned a couple of years after he wrote this song.....
The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
Another one of those end-of-the-'80s tunes. Most people will know the song, but don't ask them who'se singing it.
The Sundays actually had a couple of hits, and the album (Carved in Sand) is pretty decent. But this song really stands out.
Great voice, great lyrics and hypnotising music.... The Cranberries avant-là-lettre if you want....
