Mystery White Boy [Live]

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Mystery White Boy, culled from Jeff Buckley's eight-month world tour of the same name, is not just another live album blighted by whoops and catcalls. Such was the reverence granted the ill-starred singer-songwriter's electrifying confessionals that hardly a whimper issues from the audience in 78 minutes--not, at least, until each gargantuan heart-and-soul epic ends. Buckley treated music like it was Shakespearean tragedy, and that grandiosity makes the live "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" at least the equal of their recorded counterparts. The gems, though, are the cover versions found here--especially a closing nine-minute rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" that lurches into a whispered chorus of the Smiths' "I Know It's Over." Ultimately, this posthumous collection is utterly captivating. --Louis Pattison

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Mystery White Boy [Live]

Average customer rating: Outstanding Better than the reviewers would have you believe.... Mystery White Boy Another tantalizing glimpse of a true artist in his prime. There aren't enough stars in the Universe.,

Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96 Jeff Buckley Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) Live at Sin-é Live at L'Olympia Jeff Buckley - Live in Chicago Grace ASIN: B00004T0QH Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

1. Dream Brother
2. I Woke Up In A Strange Place
3. Mojo Pin
4. Lilac Wine
5. What Will You Say
6. Last Goodbye
7. Eternal Life
8. Grace
9. Moodswing Whiskey
10. The Man That Got Away
11. Kanga Roo
12. Hallelujah/I Know It's Over (Medley)

Amazon.com

Mystery White Boy, culled from Jeff Buckley's eight-month world tour of the same name, is not just another live album blighted by whoops and catcalls. Such was the reverence granted the ill-starred singer-songwriter's electrifying confessionals that hardly a whimper issues from the audience in 78 minutes--not, at least, until each gargantuan heart-and-soul epic ends. Buckley treated music like it was Shakespearean tragedy, and that grandiosity makes the live "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" at least the equal of their recorded counterparts. The gems, though, are the cover versions found here--especially a closing nine-minute rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" that lurches into a whispered chorus of the Smiths' "I Know It's Over." Ultimately, this posthumous collection is utterly captivating. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding.......2007-01-05

Your first mistake is turning to Amazon reviews to decide whether or not you should buy one of Jeff Buckleys LIVE CDs!! I had to share this CD with my sister, who happened to introduce me to Jeff Buckley and we both agree that there are no complaints on this compilation. If you've never heard Jeff Buckley...you will only appreciate this CD if you absolutely love music, seeing as its live and its only perfect in the sense that it was performed for a live audience. Hopefully, youll share the experience.

Better than the reviewers would have you believe...........2006-12-13

I'll be my ususal caustic self: They dont know what their talking about. This was the first JB disc I ever bot and remains my favorite.
Dream Brother
Woke up in a Strange Place
Mojo Pin
What Will You Say?...and on & on the list goes. There's a couple of, dare I say, Dogs, but not many. If your new to Jeff's music &/or world, this is a good starting point. Looser but less encumbered (ie-overthought) than his two studio releases. What could have been?-Who knows. The giant money bag has been thrown at "his estate" so a movie is fourthcoming. Enjoy this disc now while he still remains "a mystery white boy".

Mystery White Boy.......2006-06-27

I was really excited when i bought this as I have both grace and live at sin-é but this was very dissapointing. 'Dream Brother' and 'Mojo Pin' are good but i found 'Hallelujah' pretty poor. He sings in this wierd tone like he's had anaesthetic injected into his mouth. Don't get me wrong, I'm as big a Buckley fan as anyone but steer clear of this, by far not his best live performances.

Another tantalizing glimpse of a true artist in his prime........2006-06-16

I can't believe how many bad reviews there are up here for this album! Absolutely mortifying! The opening track weaves a spell over me ever time I listen to it, the chorus, and especially the last part are so much better than on Grace, it's asounding. I enjoy this entire album, every track, and if you're a jeff buckley fan, and even if you're not, this a beautiful album you should not miss. "Moodswing Whiskey" is an intoxicating song that builds into something greater than you wouuld have thought, the version of Halleleuja on here is simply fantastic, any, anyway, this is the first amazon review I've written, but after seeing all the bad reviews for this album, I just had to say something!

There aren't enough stars in the Universe.,.......2005-11-23

Inspiring. Frightening. Colossal. Graceful. Glorious. Gargantuan - and that's just "Dream Brother", the opening number of this collection of awesome live material, as selected by Jeff's mother and former band mates.

In truth, you cannot describe an album as good as this - you have to listen to it and spend a lifetime letting it sink in. Had this breath taking collection included the version of "Lover You Should Have Come Over" featured on "Live a L'Olympia", then surely many would have been mortally wounded by the over-whelming power of its ecstacy. Jeff's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", wrapping its naked legs around an incredibly emotional rendering of The Smiths classic "I Know its Over", will tear at the finest string of your gasping heart.

Some have said that Jeff Buckley was plucked from this world by God, but on listening to this album, I really don't think so; the competition would surely have proved too much.

This is an astounding body of work and don't let anyone try to convince you otherwise.

Average customer rating: Worthwhile second disc makes this worth the investment. The Great Lost Talent The Great Lost Talent In the raw... A Shame To Have Lost Such A Talent So Young...

Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96 Jeff Buckley Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Jeff Buckley - Live in Chicago Live at L'Olympia Live at Sin-é Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) ASIN: B00004TG1O Release Date: 2001-12-18

Tracks:

1. Dream Brother
2. I Woke up in a Strange Place
3. Mojo Pin
4. Lilac Wine
5. What Will You Say
6. Last Goodbye
7. Eternal Life
8. Grace
9. Moodswing Whiskey
10. Man That Got Away
11. Kanga-Roo
12. Hallelujah/I Know It's Over [Medley]

Tracks:

1. So Real
2. Last Goodbye
3. Lover You Should Have Come Over

Album Description

Australian edition of the posthmous live album from the late singer/songwriter. Features 12 of his best loved tracks including covers of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' & Alex Chilton 's 'Kanga Roo'. Includes an Australian exclusive bonus disc featuring 3 tracks recorded live at various venues around the world, 'That's All I Ask', 'Lover, You Should Come Over' and 'So Real'. Sony.

Customer Reviews:

Worthwhile second disc makes this worth the investment........2005-09-12

Jeff Buckley's brief career consisted only of one studio album and a live EP of solo performances before his drowning death. In the years that follows, a proliferation of material has surfaced, authored by the executor of Buckley's estate-- his mother Mary Guibert. While one questions the integrity of releasing studio material Buckley deemed not good enough for public consumption (although one questions his choice in that regard), the release of archived live material seems to bother me less. "Mystery White Boy", culled from the tour of the same name spanning 1995-1996, is one such example.

Made up of tracks pulled from various shows to try and provide a strong experience, the record is a powerful slab of live performance, illustrating Buckley as an engaging and energetic performer. It is, in many ways, a fairly indulgent recording, with arrangements being extended out, vocal and guitar pyrotechnics and feedback-drenched interludes, mumbles, whispers, etc., but that really makes the energy of the show, increases its effectiveness in some ways. If there's a complaint to be levied against this, its that without being a single show, the in-song chatter and sort of organic flow of the performance is broken up. Guibert claims in the liner notes this was a better way to represent the music, but I can't be brought forth to agree.

Still, there's a number of fine performances on here-- dark and moody "Dream Mother", delicate and explosive, more patient than the record, opens things up, an explosive, emotional and powerful "Mojo Pin" (with Buckley wailing freely on the line "black beauty") and a feedback-drenched, ranting "Eternal Life" are all superb. And with several tracks not on "Grace" (some b-sides, a new cover) and a great medley of "Hallelujah" and the Smiths' "I Know It's Over", there's enough worthwhile material on here for a fan to seek it out. This version adds three more tracks on a bonus disc-- all three are quite nice, including a stunningly passionate take on "Lover, You Should Have Come Over".

More casual fans can probably skip this one-- the stuff released during Buckley's lifetime is so critically essential ("Grace" and "Live at Sin-E") that it could likely encourage further exploration, but start with "Grace".

The Great Lost Talent.......2000-07-14

Like many other people I was totally amazed by the passion,power and the incredible vocals of Jeff Buckley when I first heard the c.d. 'Grace'.It was and still is one of the best c.d.'s I've ever heard.I was totally devestated when I heard what happened to him and one of my biggest regrets was not having availed of the opportunity to see him live in Dublin many years ago.When I heard a proper live c.d. was coming out I was really excited at the prospect.I know these concerts were not recorded with any specific idea to make them into c.d.'s and I now think having heard them it was a mistake to do so.You can get a vague idea of how good a singer and guitarist Buckley was but the quality is ridiculously poor.The great songs like 'Last Goodbye' and 'Grace' have been totally diminished by the awful sound quality.The whole c.d. is redeemed slightly by the last track-'Hallelujah/I Know It's Over'medley.The 3 songs on the bonus c.d. are better than nearly all the other songs on the main c.d.,especially 'So Real' which sounds really powerful.If you are a real die hard Jeff Buckley fan and really want to get this I would certainly reccommend buying the extra c.d. I like many other fans feel selfishly sad that I never got to hear Jeff Buckley write and record songs the way he himself wanted-now I just hope that they stop re-issuing reject material and leave us to remember him from that amazing album 'Grace'!

The Great Lost Talent.......2000-07-14

Like many other people I was totally amazed by the passion,power and the incredible vocals of Jeff Buckley when I first heard the c.d. 'Grace'.It was and still is one of the best c.d.'s I've ever heard.I was totally devestated when I heard what happened to him and one of my biggest regrets was not having availed of the opportunity to see him live in Dublin many years ago.When I heard a proper live c.d. was coming out I was really excited at the prospect.I know these concerts were not recorded with any specific idea to make them into c.d.'s and I now think having heard them it was a mistake to do so.You can get a vague idea of how good a singer and guitarist Buckley was but the quality is ridiculously poor.The great songs like 'Last Goodbye' and 'Grace' have been totally diminished by the awful sound quality.The whole c.d. is redeemed slightly by the last track-'Hallelujah/I Know It's Over'medley.The 3 songs on the bonus c.d. are better than nearly all the other songs on the main c.d.,especially 'So Real' which sounds really powerful.If you are a real die hard Jeff Buckley fan and really want to get this I would certainly reccommend buying the extra c.d. I like many other fans feel selfishly sad that I never got to hear Jeff Buckley write and record songs the way he himself wanted-now I just hope that they stop re-issuing reject material and leave us to remember him from that amazing album 'Grace'!

In the raw..........2000-07-13

Jeff Buckley's studio recordings all sounded very polished, with his soaring, passionate voice often haltered by big and highly layered production. On these live tracks his voice is naked and raw, often descending headlong into an anguish that the studio versions only hinted at. The musical interpretations of the songs are also less compact, often meandering into improvised explorations in a spirit of childlike adventure. This special edition is well worth acquiring, if only for the inspired renditions of "So Real" and "Lover, You Should Have Come Over".

A Shame To Have Lost Such A Talent So Young..........2000-06-15

Mystery White Boy Live captures a side of Jeff which those only familiar with his singles might not know. Far from the slick, polished, and sometimes overproduced sound of his studio tracks, these live recordings are raw and bristling with energy. The purity of Jeff's angelic voice gets tinged with a libidinous passion which, far from detracting from his near-perfect technique in the studio versions, serves to compliment the more familiar recordings. Live Yin to the Studio Yang, if you will. I could listen, happily, to all the recordings that were sifted through to compile this release, but until I get that chance, I will be content with this document of a truly overlooked superstar.

Average customer rating:

Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96 Jeff Buckley Manufacturer: Sony Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004T983 Release Date: 2000-05-08

Tracks:

1. Dream Brother
2. I Woke up in a Strange Place
3. Mojo Pin
4. Lilac Wine
5. What Will You Say
6. Last Goodbye
7. Eternal Life
8. Grace
9. Moodswing Whiskey
10. Man That Got Away
11. Kanga-Roo
12. Hallelujah/I Know It's Over [Medley]

Tracks:

1. So Real
2. Last Goodbye
3. Lover You Should Have Come Over

Album Details

Live Limited Edition Collection Includes Three Bonus Tracks from 1994-96.

Average customer rating:

Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96 Jeff Buckley Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DENL3 Release Date: 2000-06-07

Tracks:

1. Dream Brother
2. I Woke up in a Strange Place
3. Mojo Pin
4. Lilac Wine
5. What Will You Say
6. Last Goodbye
7. Eternal Life
8. Grace
9. Moodswing Whiskey
10. Man That Got Away
11. Kanga-Roo
12. Hallelujah/I Know It's Over [Medley]

Tracks:

1. So Real
2. Last Goodbye
3. Lover You Should Have Come Over

Average customer rating: What Will You Say

Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96 Jeff Buckley Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004TA4Q Release Date: 2000-05-24

Tracks:

1. Dream Brother
2. I Woke up in a Strange Place
3. Mojo Pin
4. Lilac Wine
5. What Will You Say
6. Last Goodbye
7. Eternal Life
8. Grace
9. Moodswing Whiskey
10. Man That Got Away
11. Kanga-Roo
12. Hallelujah/I Know It's Over [Medley]

Tracks:

1. So Real
2. Last Goodbye
3. Lover You Should Have Come Over

Album Description

Japanese edition of the 2000 release for the late singer/songwriter, includes three acoustic tracks recorded in Japan which are exclusive to this release, 'So Real', 'Last Goodbye' and 'Lover You Should Have Come Over'. Slimline double jewel case.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Three Track Live Disc Recorded in Japan.

Customer Reviews:

What Will You Say.......2000-10-02

A good album for any of Jeffs fans who want to hear more of his live stuff one of my favourate songs is What Will You Say its a real classic. If however your new to Jeff Buckley I'd advise you to get the album Grace before buying this one.

Average customer rating:

Grace + Mystery White Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000ATJZCU Release Date: 2005-12-20

Album Description

European only two-disc set features the remastered single-disc version of Grace with the bonus track, 'Forget Her' and is coupled with his Live album, Mystery White Boy. Sony. 2005.

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Mystery White Boy Jeff Buckley Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002BAAGG Release Date: 2002-07-17

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Jeff Buckley. Mystery White Boy Jeff buckley Manufacturer: Sony Australia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000TO16M8

Product Description

Sony Australia 498265. Bonus Disc with 3 Tracks Live. "That's All I Ask" (Melbourne9/2/95); Lover You Should Have Come Over (Paris 7-7-95); So Real (Netherlands25/2/95) Mystery White Boy Jeff Buckley's live performances were incandescent experiences shared between the artist, his band (Michael Tighe, guitar; Mick Grondahl, bass; Matt Johnson, drums), and the audience. This eagerly awaited live album captures the power and passion of Jeff and his band in concert. Following the release of 'Grace' in 1994, Jeff spent much of '94 - '96 performing around the Unknown Mystery Boy, and Hard Luck tours, 'Mystery White Boy' brings together, for the first time, many of the high points of those shows. Produced by Michael Tighe and Mary Guibert (Jeff's mother), this album provides electrifying live interpretations of songs from 'Grace', obscure and marvelous cover choices. Half of the album (6 tracks) was recorded in Australia (from shows in Sydney and Melbourne). The Australian version of 'Mystery White Boy' includes an exclusive Australian only three track bonus disc.

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8. Penalty Life
9. Physical
10. Poor Man's Son [Enhanced] [Extra tracks]

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