I remember the first time I heard it Mojo Pin.
Over twelve years ago on the Barney Simon “Night Zoo” radio slot on what was at the time Radio 5. Every Monday, in a one hour slot, Barney got this dude in (forgot his name) to play and talk about rock rarities and obscure artists. I habitually taped Barney’s show as I lay sprawled on my bed – as usual caving into the seduction of drawing and scrawling into notebooks in place of doing school homework. Just in case he played something awesome and then I could source it.
The guest dude spun a story of tragedy and loss of two great artists – Jeff and Tim Buckley. Jeff’s recent shock drowning echoing Tim’s heroine/alcohol overdose at a similar age. For journalistic effect he played two tracks back to back – first Tim’s Dolphins and then Jeff’s Mojo Pin (which I later found out was off the album Live at Sin-é).
Dolphins was amazing – I hadn’t heard a voice like Tim’s before, but it was Mojo Pin that set in a lot deeper.
I cant say I loved it right away. But I woke up thinking about it. I found myself playing it every day on my Walkman. The tape became stretched with overplaying – it set under my skin and into my bones. And when my imported copy of his only real album Grace finally arrived – I found myself playing the album two, maybe three times a day. Totally mind blowing. Totally in love with it.
So now, twelve years later I still listen to his music every day. I have all the live and unreleased recordings that Ive been able to source over the years. I know every nuance in every track before it arrives – and then it still seems to surprise me when the genius hits.
So, it go’s without saying that super excited doesn’t really cut how I feel about the latest official Jeff Buckley release – Grace Around the World.
STANDARD PACKAGE INCLUDES:
1) Grace Around The World DVD featuring previously unreleased TV performances from U.S., UK, Germany, Japan – and France, where Buckley was the best-selling international catalog artist of 2008
2) Grace Around The World CD featuring audio versions of all the tracks
on the DVD plus two additional previously unreleased tracks
DELUXE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
1) Grace Around The World DVD
2) Grace Around The World CD … PLUS
3) A second DVD featuring the award-winning documentary
Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley;
Combined running time for both DVDs is 169 minutes (nearly 3 hours!)
24 page booklet, 2-sided poster, and MORE!!
GRACE AROUND THE WORLD FAN BUNDLE
1) Grace Around The World DVD
2) Grace Around The World CD … PLUS
3) A second DVD featuring the award-winning documentary
Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley;
Combined running time for both DVDs is 169 minutes (nearly 3 hours!)
4)EXCLUSIVE MP3 album ‘Live at King Theater- May 7, 1995 !!
*Fan Pack for USA customers only. Fans in select countries outside the US will be able to buy the MP3 Live at King Theater album June 2nd via JeffBuckely.com. Details soon!
24 page booklet, 2-sided poster, and MORE!!
For more info check out jeffbuckley.com
http://www.youtube.com/jeffbuckley
Ah man, The Night Zoo, daaaaaamn that was a long time ago, I remember listening to it on school nights, good old Barney – Do you remember the “He’s knocking on the dooooor” intro he had? Legend!
Off to listen to the last.fm link you provided :)
Yeah man, I remember that show so clearly. “If its too loud, you’re too old!”, Uncle Paul’s Bedtime Stories. He also used to have a music power half hour with a band chosen by the listeners.
I once won a huge Pearl Jam hamper from the show. That show kept kept me sane during high school.
Ya man, I remember the phrase and Uncle Paul’s Bed Time Stories, classic!
Pearl Jam hamper, I might be lying, but I could almost promise that competition, for some reason!