Re: (TV) Buckley movie

["leif joley" <leifjoley@hotmail.com>]

I think that as a straight-forward documentary (not formally interesting, as 
"Jandek on Cornwood", which was quite strange, also regarding its musical 
content), "Amazing grace" did its job, in portraying Buckley as the 
sensitive, troubled romantic he probably was. I have to admit that my 
knowledge about him is limited to "Grace" and "Drunk" (and the one-track 
collaboration with Patti Smith) - never heard of Lucas, and I've never 
listened to Tim Buckley. Neither did I know that his mother had more to do 
with the picture than being interviewed.

My copy of "Drunk" is some 20 Swedish miles away, but as I recall the sleeve 
notes, 1) Buckley wasn't too happy with the outcome of the 
Verlaine-supervised sessions; and 2) even though the writer didn't 
speculated in Buckely's death, it shone thorugh that the singer was 
sometimes depressed. Could be bad taste to speculate in if these two thing 
was connected, and judging from what the movie says, his drowning was likely 
an accident. Although, I think it would've been interesting to hear a 
comment or two from Verlaine, as he finally became Buckley's final producer

Which leads to (I think) another delicate matter. I do think someone in the 
movie (probably a band member) mentions a name that would be the "real" 
producer after the demo sessions was finished.  As a "Marquee moon" fan, 
isn't it strange that Buckley hired Verlaine as a demo producer only? 
Couldn't have been too fun for Verlaine to know that he wasn't viewed as a 
completely competent force by Buckley. But at least, he got good pay - as I 
remember someone in this group wrote that he got 100,000 dollars for the 
assignment.

Leif J, Sweden



> From: Russ Van Rooy <russvr@pop.nwnexus.com>
> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
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> Subject: Re: (TV) Buckley movie
> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:12:06 -0700
>
> I saw it and have pretty mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, lots of 
> great footage and interviews. On the orther hand - so much left out - no 
> mention of his father  ( Tim Buckley who had a longer and certainly 
> impressive recording career, and whose voice and whose life was was 
> hauntingly similar ), no mention of his early partnership with Gary Lucas, 
> who helped write some of Buckleys' best songs like Mojo Pin, and maddenly 
> little on his dealings with Verlaine;why for example, did he choose 
> Verlaine to produce his second record... well I know it's because Buckly 
> loved 'Marquee Moon', but this was never mentioned in the movie. What is 
> apparent is the heavy handed editing , I would suspect, from Buckleys' 
> mother and executrix. Not surprising I suppose,  but it takes from the 
> accuracyu of an otherwise fine documentary. To get a fuller look at both 
> Buckley I would suggest the excellent double-bio "Dream Brother" by David 
> Browne .  Lastly, while it is true that Buckly is not nearly as well  known 
> and/or appreciated in the US as he should be, by the look of the massive 
> crowd attending the movie I went to ( very young looking crowd I would add 
> ,though you get that in Portland), his popularity is continuing to grow.
> - Russ
>
> leif joley wrote:
>
> > Has anyone seen the documentary "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley"? It was 
> > shown here in Stockholm this weekend, at a music film festival. Good 
> > movie, and Buckley himself really looked like a Young God, as someone who 
> > could make a straight man think twice about homosexual encounters. Only 
> > two brief mentions of Tom Verlaine, though; surprisingly few, since 
> > Verlaine produced the demos that became the late singer's final album. 
> > Some might know more about Buckley than I do, but apparently he fled NYC 
> > for Memphis to get a more "rootsy" feel to the follow-up to "Grace".
> > Then why hire a New York hipster like Verlaine as producer? An immediate 
> > second thought here: parts of "Warm and cool" might have a "Souther 
> > Gothic" climate. But no other Verlaine recording, I think.
> >
> > Jeff Buckley obviously never made it especially big in America, and isn't 
> > especially revered today either. Like some American film stars, his fame 
> > is more apparent in France, according to the film.
> >
> > /Leif J, Sweden
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