History YMMV / JeffBuckley

* LongSongShortScene: Jeff only ever played the song "I Woke Up In A Strange Place" on a handful of dates on his 1996 Australian tour and for one radio session, and is not known to have ever studio recorded it. Many only became aware of the song from the "Mystery White Boy" live album, which incldes one such live performance.

** The dissonant, screeching guitar bridge on “So Real”, a song that’s already pretty tense and desolate-sounding tune in of itself. Seriously, the song sounds like it’s in ''pain''.

** The dissonant, screeching guitar bridge on “So Real”, a song that’s already pretty tense and desolate-sounding in of itself. Seriously, the song sounds like it’s in ''pain''.

* TearJerker: "Hallelujah" is a Musical one but the real one comes from the tragedy that both Jeff and his father never lived to fulfill their true potential as musicians.
* TooCoolToLive

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Music/SketchesForMySweetheartTheDrunk'' certainly shows a lot of potential for a grand album. It's sad Jeff could never record it the way he wanted to.

** His rendition of ''"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkgIVtryv74 Hymne à l'amour]"'' sounds like an EVP recording from the afterlife. The romantic sugar of Brenda Lee, Viki Carr and Englebert Humperdinck is stripped away, leaving you with the real message. It isn't even recognizable as the old Creator/EdithPiaf standard at first.

* FunnyMoments: Most of the monologues on the ''Live at Sin-é'' Legacy Edition. It's like the man was a walking jukebox.

* MagnumOpus: ''Music/{{Grace}}''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic - "Hallelujah"

* CoveredUp - His rendition of Music/LeonardCohen's "Hallelujah" has arguably become more widely used, more popular and better known than the original.
* FunnyMoments - Most of the monologues on the ''Live at Sin-é'' Legacy Edition. It's like the man was a walking jukebox.
* HarsherInHindsight - The title track from ''Music/{{Grace}}'', in which Buckley sings "And I feel them drown my name", is eerie considering how he died. The final track on ''Music/{{Grace}}'' - "Dream Brother" - also ends with the line "Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over."

* CoveredUp - His rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" has arguably become more widely used, more popular and better known than the original.

* HarsherInHindsight - The title track from ''Grace'', in which Buckley sings "And I feel them drown my name", is eerie considering how he died. The final track on ''Grace'' - "Dream Brother" - also ends with the line "Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over."

** Before he died, Buckley once said that he intended his second album, ''My Sweetheart the Drunk'', to be Nightmare Fuel. Specifically, he planned for it to be dark and disturbing, but with moments of sweetness distributed throughout. Once he died, however, these plans were mostly put to rest. ''Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk'' still has moments of horror in it from time to time (specifically "Murder Suicide Meteor Slave" and "Demon John"), but it doesn't really seem indicative of the original intent.

* FunnyMoments - Most of the monologues on the "Live At Sin-e" Legacy Edition. It's like the man was walking jukebox.

** Before he died, Buckley once said that he intended his second album, "My Sweetheart the Drunk" to be Nightmare Fuel. Specifically, he planned for it to be dark and disturbing, but with moments of sweetness distributed throughout. Once he died, however, these plans were mostly put to rest. "Sketches For My Sweetheart the Drunk" still has moments of horror in it from time to time (specifically "Murder Suicide Meteor Slave" and "Demon John"), but it doesn't really seem indicative of the original intent.

** One of Jeff's most fondly remembered concerts was a gig at The Garage in London. The reason for it's fame is a 26-minute long rendition of "Kanga Roo" that completely runs the emotional gamut. It's quite scary at parts due to Jeff's outright screaming. Nowadays it's nearly impossible to find, and the few copies that do exist online have horrible audio quality.

** You And I is a dark minimalist dirge, the only light coming from Jeff's vocals...which sound slightly mournful.
** Before he died, Buckley once said that he intended his second album, "My Sweetheart the Drunk" to be "NightmareFuel". Specifically, he planned for it to be dark and disturbing, but with moments of sweetness distributed throughout. Once he died, however, these plans were mostly put to rest. "Sketches For My Sweetheart the Drunk" still has moments of horror in it from time to time (specifically "Murder Suicide Meteor Slave" and "Demon John"), but it doesn't really seem indicative of the original intent.

* FunnyMoments - Most of the monologues on the "Live At Sin-e" Legacy Edition. This troper swears it's like the man was walking jukebox.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - "Hallelujah"
** As far as his own music goes, special emphasis goes to "Grace", "Lover, You Should've Come Over", "Morning Theft", "Vancouver", and "Jewel Box".
** [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]] thought Buckley was playing in alternate tunings (something Page is fairly familiar with). When he saw him perform, and realized that he was playing it all in standard tuning, he became one of Buckley's biggest supporters.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny - Most of the monologues on the "Live At Sin-e" Legacy Edition. This troper swears it's like the man was walking jukebox.

* TearJerker: "Hallelujah" is a Musical one but the real one comes from the tragedy that both Jeff and his father never lived to fulfill Their true potential as Musicians.

** [[LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]] thought Buckley was playing in alternate tunings (something Page is fairly familiar with). When he saw him perform, and realized that he was playing it all in standard tuning, he became one of Buckley's biggest supporters.

* TearJerker: The fact that neither he nor his father lived long enough to really prove their talent.
** A lot his own songs are this, including "Hallejuah".
* TooCoolToLive

** A lot his own songs are this, including ''Hallejuah''.