Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" - Two Different Versions?

danqi · #1 02-10-2011, 11:17 AM

Help me out here: This version of the song, that a friend of mine just posted on Facebook, sounds completely different from the Version I remember from the album Grace (which, sadly, I don't have with me right now):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiLbZ...embedded#at=87

I've googled and couldn't find any info at all on Jeff Buckley having recorded two version of the song. Am I crazy?

corinpills · #2 02-10-2011, 02:11 PM

My favorite version of it is the one he did in an Irish bar in Harvard Square one night in front of about 12 people before he had a record deal. A friend of mine played and we were at the bar having a drink when this unassuming guy sat down with a Rickenbacker and unleashed that voice on an unsuspecting small crowd. Stopped all conversation in the bar, we all stood there with our mouths hanging open.

KUNGfuSHERIFF · #3 02-10-2011, 02:13 PM

There are a bunch of unique versions of that song in general, and by JB in particular.

corinpills<---envy!

KenHR · #4 02-10-2011, 02:40 PM

There's a version on the Live at Sin-e EP (said EP looks to have been reissued as a 2-CD set with DVD, now that I check Amazon).

perfektspace6 · #5 02-11-2011, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corinpills

My favorite version of it is the one he did in an Irish bar in Harvard Square one night in front of about 12 people before he had a record deal. A friend of mine played and we were at the bar having a drink when this unassuming guy sat down with a Rickenbacker and unleashed that voice on an unsuspecting small crowd. Stopped all conversation in the bar, we all stood there with our mouths hanging open.

That's a great experience you can take to the grave. I can only imagine.

Meddle · #6 02-12-2011, 04:32 PM

Maybe they cut a live in-studio version for the promo? This has always baffled me.

skwee · #7 02-12-2011, 04:44 PM

I believe there are alternate versions in one of the box sets. I also recommend listening to Leonard Cohen's original, too.

danqi · #8 02-14-2011, 05:21 AM

Cool story corinpills!

Quote:

Originally Posted by skwee

I believe there are alternate versions in one of the box sets. I also recommend listening to Leonard Cohen's original, too.

I actually prefer Buckley's version, even though I am a big Cohen fan.

skwee · #9 02-14-2011, 02:46 PM

I also think Buckley's is superior.

Meddle · #10 02-14-2011, 05:23 PM

I like Buckley's version, but having had access to an Alesis Quadraverb a wee bit of the magic is now lost on me. It is however a raw and powerful from-the-soul take of a classic song.

superbassman2000 · #11 02-15-2011, 11:36 AM

I realize it loses some hip cred, but rufus wainwright's version is pretty cool too.