| Identifier | 8278192 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Reference Number | 40 |
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Very Good Audience recording Lineage: ?? > CDr(x) Trade > WAV > CDWave > Flac Frontend > FLAC Uploaded to Dime in 2005 by AintNoBody "Although this is the complete recording, there is some considerable hiss throughout due to the possible higher generations which this recording went through." Buda NOTES After leaving three successful shows behind in Tokyo, Jeff moves 1,100 kms away to play a gig at Skala Espacio, a multi-purpose space located in Fukuoka City. Various events such as talk shows, movie screenings, plays, exhibitions and moreover, concerts are held here. The hall is capable of accommodating 400 people, which is just around what Jeff favours in terms of reaching an intimateness with the crowd that bigger venues lack. He constantly chats inbetween songs and his repertoire is filled with improvisations resulting another colorful and exciting show on this tour. The band kicks off with a haunting 'Dream Brother' which immediately sets the atmosphere. Jeff's singing is inspired 'Grace' is full of energy and the band clearly enjoy playing it. By his own performance, Jeff encourages his mates to rock even more and by the second half all of them were now picking on the same route, getting into the whirl of Jeff's falsetto-cultivated hard-boiled pure rock and roll. After the boisterous performance, while tuning the guitar, he welcomes the crowd: "Oaahhh.... Hello Fukuoka! ... Fukuokau...how do you say? I know all the naked words you know you supposed to know but don't know much else. Like why is this belt 75 dollars...why is this coke 35 dollars? It's hard to explain." The following 'What Will You Say' is a stellar performance on its own with all the members putting everything in the performance. The song ends unusally with Jeff improvising on guitar - instead of singing the tune out. 'Last Goodbye' starts straight away and with great commitment. After introducing the band, 'So Real' countinues to cause some heat in the venue with Jeff's clearly possessed self seizing the audience. Before the next song, Jeff explains his songs at some level: "See, we started off with 'Dream Brother' which is something that me came out come together probably for the first time when we're all three together. Then there was 'Grace' which I wrote with my friend Gary Lucas. What is you don't know or most of you don't know of about 'What Will You Say' that it was written by Chris Dowd from Fishbone. You know Fishbone?"* A few moments later Jeff countinues with 'Lover, You Should've Come Over' which is appearently as bluesier as ever with an equally emphasised vocal. During the first half of the song, Jeff's guitar playing is rich with licks that invokes the mannerisms typical of Jimi Hendrix's. The band dives into 'Mojo Pin' with enthusiasm, getting over it quickly, making it a bit shorter than used to. 'Eternal Life' ends with a startling 'feedback' rendition of the US anthem. It lasts for a mere minute and is probably the only recorded version of the song by Jeff caught on tape. After some fun while taking back the stage for the encore, Jeff remarks: "This is my first time to Japan. Very first time... and it's quite a different experience." "What is it like?" someone asks from the crowd. "Its like a huge massive tinpig... you mean like the audiences ...or the city? The city is cold, you dont get to see much. You been walking around and everything closes so early and its a drag. So you just end up going to the 24-hour market and get some awful race... but the audiences are like these huge New York caffes with manners. If you listen, you guys LISTEN. People in New York tend to have a drink. It's very nice. It's good. Thank you!" Then adds "It is also like the cleanest state I've ever seen in my life. Anybody in a band? Anybody has a band in the audience? Nobody? If you go to LA or go to New York and you're brought onstage, it's just covered with SHIT. Its tapes and burden and other dead performers that ever has been worked there in the wood after so many years." Surprisingly he chooses not to sing any of his Nina Simone interpretations tonight but instead, in a suddenness he turns out a clear-cut rendition of Bob Dylan's 'Mama You Been On My Mind' before launching into a spellbinding version of 'Hallelujah' which the stunned audience leaves completely uninterrupted by any means of sound or talk. - Buda *In 1994, right before Fishbone was dropped by its label Sony Records, keyboardist Chris Dowd left the band and then recorded with a band including Jeff Buckley under the name "Seedy Arkestra", releasing the album The Puzzle. |
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| Jeff Buckley 1995-02-02 Skala Espacio, Fukuoka, Japan | |
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| Set 1 | Dream Brother
Grace What Will You Say Last Goodbye So Real Lover, You Should Have Come Over Mojo Pin Eternal Life The Star-Spangled Banner Microtonal Singing Cheater Kangaroo -encore- Mama You Been On My Mind Hallelujah |
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