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Tim Buckley — Pleasant Street
Album: Goodbye & Hello
Avg rating:
6.6

Your rating:
Total ratings: 1480









Released: 1967
Length: 5:10
Plays (last 30 days): 2
You don't remember what to say
You don't remember what to do
You don't remember where to go
You don't remember what to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street

The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies
You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes
And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies
Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street

At twilight your lover comes to your room
He'll spin you, he'll weave you 'round his emerald loom
And softly you'll whisper all around his ear
"Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street
I wheel, I steal, I feel my way down to kneel"

All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street

You don't remember what to say
You don't remember what to do
You don't remember which way to go
You don't remember who to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
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Tim Buckley doesn’t get enough play. 6.6 avg rating is a real surprise. For me a 9.
Outstanding; one of my favorite TB songs. Thanks Michael for introducing me long ago to TB.
 inbagt wrote:

What's going on here. Is he peering at us through a Jeweler's Loup?! Or did someone play a joke on him by giving him a black eye with a fake telescope?


If you can find an old album cover, you will see it's a Pepsi bottle cap. I'm guessing Pepsi's lawyers had a problem with that.

On the back cover, the missing word of the album title is superimposed.

You can see them both clearly on the Amazon listing for the 2017 reissue (50th anniversary edition): 
So beautiful, so tragic. Damn.
c.
Can certainly hear where Doves got inspiration for their track Here It Comes
"Christian licorice clothes": great image
The amazing thing about this song is that it must be considered against the backdrop of its 1967 vintage. Really iconoclastic.
Tim Buckley.
Now exposed to this, I see he is someone I had missed. 
#10 to signal my enjoyment.
10 from me. 
Oops… meant Tim not Jeff.
Great song! Didn’t know who Jeff Buckley was until RP. It’s great to have a streaming service like RP that doesn’t play the usual junk.
This an excellent album from start to finish. 6.5 rating for this, really?
 Geecheeboy wrote:

My 25 year old office mate asked "is that Janis Joplin?" This 50 yo never heard of Tim Buckley, either. Sorry guys. I live in a musical vacuum. Thank GOD for RP.



I know that feeling. My last work place was full of old intelligent people and they introduced me to many good bands I never heard from. RP was embraced and as far as I know they still listen to it.

My current workplace however... I tried RP but 90% of the music is described as weird and ugly by my coworkers. They prefer the local music station with baboon music.
...lucky enough to experience him @ the Lincoln Center long ago....and thank you Tim for your son Jeff....
His voice is amazing, but I honestly thought I was listening to a woman before I looked to see who it was. 

I still can't believe this was recorded in 1967.
Not quite sure why the most common score given to this is a 7, I find it extraordinary! 
Getting poked in the eye makes me smile!
 whomhow wrote:

5.9? How come?!? 8.




Caterwauling? 
What's going on here. Is he peering at us through a Jeweler's Loup?! Or did someone play a joke on him by giving him a black eye with a fake telescope?
Common this is a ten,  shivers anytime it goes on, Written at 19years old...
I'm trying to learn it, the chords, the lyrics, the different live versions...
I won't be able to match that voice but i'm ready to scream.
 Arnold_Hopkins wrote:
 
 
Haha! "Exiting" is what I'm doing right now! Sheesh....
 Geecheeboy wrote:
My 25 year old office mate asked "is that Janis Joplin?" This 50 yo never heard of Tim Buckley, either. Sorry guys. I live in a musical vacuum. Thank GOD for RP.
 
Haha. I have to admit I was thinking Grace Slick for the voice.
I'd never heard Tim Buckley before (but I know who he was). I do have Jeff's "Grace" album, and love it.
He wails, even screams but it's some of the most exiting music around!
 floydpink wrote:

Yeah, can anyone shed light? 
 
Another tragic ending it seems


http://www.timbuckley.com/tim-buckley-chronicle-of-a-starsailor/


I often wonder about artists who suffer an untimely demise, and what may have become of their futures if allowed to continue..
 chuck.b.meyers wrote:
Christian licorice clothes..?
 
Yeah, can anyone shed light? 
Well new to the comments section so I'm reading about Pleasant Street and Tim Buckley. So I'm reading and notice there sure are a lot of comments. I then realize they are starting at 3 years ago
 westslope wrote:

LOL!

FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first. 
 
I heard an interview with Grace in which she doesn't really sing, she yells. Or chants. Grace never had this range.
Christian licorice clothes..?
This song's first guitar riffs make me flash back to the movie "The Wedding Singer"....

Just tired of this one. 
Not sure if I was liking this or not but shivers went up my spine half way through so had to rate it a 9
 fuzzy_logic wrote:
This song sounds similar to While My Guitar Gently Weeps but is dated a year earlier. Anyone else notice this? Or have I drank too much wine?
 
Both songs are in minor keys with descending chromatic chords, which makes them sound somewhat similar.  The progression in this tune is different than that of  "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - which is more similar to an "Andalusian cadence".  That sort of progression is is hundreds of years old.
 westslope wrote:

LOL!

FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first. 
 

Me too, lovely Grace!
 whomhow wrote:
5.9? How come?!? 8.

 
Agreed. 9 for me. 
This song sounds similar to While My Guitar Gently Weeps but is dated a year earlier. Anyone else notice this? Or have I drank too much wine?
5.9? How come?!? 8.
 Jelani wrote:
 westslope wrote:

LOL!

FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first. 

 I walked in the room and thought it was Cher!

 
I was all over Jefferson Airplane.
have loved this ethereal voice for so many years. Gone too soon. 
 westslope wrote:

LOL!

FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first. 

 I walked in the room and thought it was Cher!


Saw him at Winterland performing this song. I had to replace this album due to excessive playing. One of the 60's best!
 fredriley wrote:

I don't think so - Grace Slick's voice gives me goosepimples, yer man's voice gives me zeds. The guy sounds like the lovechild of Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak. IMO, naturally.
 
LOL!

FWIW, I did reach for Grace Slick at first. 
Quite amazing for 1967, IMHO.
 Meltz wrote:

Are you mixing him up with his son Jeff who died abruptly at a very early age?
 
Tim died at age 28. Jeff at 30. Lots of tragedy in that family...
 Meltz wrote:

Are you mixing him up with his son Jeff who died abruptly at a very early age?
 
I guess it depends on how old the member named "exurbia" is - Jeff Buckley actually lived to be a year or two older than his father did.
 exurbia wrote:

What CC wrote, My mum got me into Tim when I was still a teen. I couldn't believe he was dead, I was told at breakfast the day after. What a shock and such a sad ending to an amazing talent. Makes me cry at times..

 
Are you mixing him up with his son Jeff who died abruptly at a very early age?
 cc_rider wrote:
Makes me sad. Such wonderful music, gone too soon. Damn.

 
What CC wrote, My mum got me into Tim when I was still a teen. I couldn't believe he was dead, I was told at breakfast the day after. What a shock and such a sad ending to an amazing talent. Makes me cry at times..
A bit overly psychedelic but pleasant in the way It's a beautiful Day were. (Damning with faint praise)
Tim Buckley was a very underrated musician/ singer. His other album Happy Sad is in my Top 10 list. 13:30 PST
Forever in my heart....beautiful artist.
Makes me sad. Such wonderful music, gone too soon. Damn.
 Giselle62 wrote:
his voice useta rub me the wrong way—-currently rubbing me the right way.
 

Careful... too much and you'll go blind.

 More_Cowbell wrote:
Sounds like Grace Slick
 
I don't think so - Grace Slick's voice gives me goosepimples, yer man's voice gives me zeds. The guy sounds like the lovechild of Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak. IMO, naturally.

 More_Cowbell wrote:
Sounds like Grace Slick
 
Needs a "like" button.

i've never heard this before. this is pretty amazing
 pollyh wrote:
maybe you had to be there, but this record was groundbreaking when it came out and his voice still gives me chills. so raw, powerful, and full of complex emotions. i crank it every time it comes on—thanks Bill for mixing it up.
 
What pollyh said.
Meow
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Like Father like Son
 

You really are different
Great to hear Tim...anytime..
his voice useta rub me the wrong way—-currently rubbing me the right way.
maybe you had to be there, but this record was groundbreaking when it came out and his voice still gives me chills. so raw, powerful, and full of complex emotions. i crank it every time it comes on—thanks Bill for mixing it up.
 WonderLizard wrote:
AphidA wrote:
ouch ( 15 numbskulls think this is a 10!? )

 
rocteur wrote:

Double OUCH, you have given a vote of 10, i.e. Godlike to: Beatles 21 times
Beck 9 times
Church 6 times
FlamingLips 4 times
JimiHendrix 4 times
LedZeppelin 6 times
ModestMouse 4 times
Wilco 5 times
 
Time out. First, just because someone thinks "Pleasant Street" is a 10, doesn't make him/her a numbskull. Sorry, that's just plain ignorant. But what's wrong with The Beatles, Beck, The Church, Flaming Lips, Jimi, LedZep, Modest Mouse, and Wilco? Why don't you both agree to disagree and chill? Oh, BTW, AphidA, stop calling people you don't agree with names.

Do y'all believe these two? I mean, geez, it's just rock'n'roll...

 
It's hard to believe that anyone takes their (or others) opinions that seriously.  Not that anyone should care what I thnk. . . . .

Sounds like Grace Slick
painful and not in a good way...I was under the impression this guy could sing.
This is not my fave TB song but I love Tim Buckley so much it is always great to hear him!!!!!!!
 AphidA wrote:
ouch ( 15 numbskulls think this is a 10!? )
 
I resent being called a numbskull just because my opinion differs from yours. Pull your head out of your ass and realize that you are not supreme.  Yes, your opinion matters and is valued, but please try to temper your comments to focus on the MUSIC and not the commenters. (Translation:  GROW UP.)

am not enjoying this
Give it up! This is so fantastically awesome. Esp for the time. Neighbor turned me on to this lp and I was forever a Buckley fan. That was many light years ago.
AphidA wrote:
ouch ( 15 numbskulls think this is a 10!? )

 
rocteur wrote:

Double OUCH, you have given a vote of 10, i.e. Godlike to: Beatles 21 times
Beck 9 times
Church 6 times
FlamingLips 4 times
JimiHendrix 4 times
LedZeppelin 6 times
ModestMouse 4 times
Wilco 5 times
 
Time out. First, just because someone thinks "Pleasant Street" is a 10, doesn't make him/her a numbskull. Sorry, that's just plain ignorant. But what's wrong with The Beatles, Beck, The Church, Flaming Lips, Jimi, LedZep, Modest Mouse, and Wilco? Why don't you both agree to disagree and chill? Oh, BTW, AphidA, stop calling people you don't agree with names.

Do y'all believe these two? I mean, geez, it's just rock'n'roll...

Did he just open a beer bottle with his eye socket?
I've heard of and seen other ways, but.... 
i thought it was Grace Slick
Great song from a great album.  Buckley had a really good voice and wrote some interesting lyrics.  His music shows a jazz influence too.
I like it also....
As per 'maroubra' ... some songs just reach their "limit" - or are too beyond relevance - and need to be put to rest. They just do. This one, for example. My opinion.


{#Angel}

Nope.....don't like this at all. I am sure I am missing something here, but that is my opinion.
Bill, thank you for not listening to all the whiners!
Keep playing good, albeit non-commercial, music like Tim Buckley.
rocteur wrote:
Double OUCH, you have given a vote of 10, i.e. Godlike to: Beatles 21 times Beck 9 times Church 6 times FlamingLips 4 times JimiHendrix 4 times LedZeppelin 6 times ModestMouse 4 times Wilco 5 times
Well-said rocteur. It seems AphidA may be just a little too young to appreciate "Buckley's father."
I think this is one of Grace Slick's better performances. Oh, sorry, Mr. Buckley. Still a tune I do like, but I certainly can understand how others don't.
AphidA wrote:
ouch ( 15 numbskulls think this is a 10!? )
Double OUCH, you have given a vote of 10, i.e. Godlike to: Beatles 21 times Beck 9 times Church 6 times FlamingLips 4 times JimiHendrix 4 times LedZeppelin 6 times ModestMouse 4 times Wilco 5 times
Either I'm in a bad mood or Tim Buckley, Finn Bros and Elton John...this combo was the worst sounds I have heard here. It hurt my classically trained ears.
Unpopular viewpoint ahead....... I like this. It's....uncommon and raw. Not sure I would want a whole album of it, but it's refreshing in an odd but strongly emotional way. I'm with Jade on this one. I like it.
ouch ( 15 numbskulls think this is a 10!? )
The way this song builds and falls, rather than creating anticipation and then release with the crescendo, it's more like a threat that his screeching is on it's way... oh gawd, now it's here... ok, it's over now but you know it's comming again...
Jeff Buckley was one of my favorite RP discoveries. This, unfortunately, seems like a bit of an acquired taste. I don't expect to be acquiring it.
jadewahoo wrote:
From the opening syllable I knew this was Tim Buckley. And I knew that I was in for a bone chilling ride into the deepest emtional realms. Always appreciated.
Like pain and suffering caused by such a bad song? :P
Like Father like Son
enjoyed that
Darrooon wrote:
My sister had the album, which meant the album became part of the wall in her room (she sort of wall-papered her room with albums covers). So the album image is a very familiar one.
So what is up with the Borg eye piece?
dude... this is like... so totally... Bad
Tim Buckley was more known to those with a varied palate. Aside from that I think his son is not as good.
My sister had the album, which meant the album became part of the wall in her room (she sort of wall-papered her room with albums covers). So the album image is a very familiar one.
Geecheeboy wrote:
My 25 year old office mate asked "is that Janis Joplin?" This 50 yo never heard of Tim Buckley. Sorry guys.
Neither has this 45 yo one.
My 25 year old office mate asked "is that Janis Joplin?" This 50 yo never heard of Tim Buckley, either. Sorry guys. I live in a musical vacuum. Thank GOD for RP.
Such a definative guitar sound of the era - reminds me of Quicksilver Messenger Service's John Cippolina & Big Brother and The Holding Co.
From the opening syllable I knew this was Tim Buckley. And I knew that I was in for a bone chilling ride into the deepest emtional realms. Always appreciated.
UltraNurd wrote:
Probably going to get yelled at, but I've never heard of Tim Buckley. Based on his Wikipedia entry, his albums probably never reached my dad in Sioux Falls, SD. Too bad about the overdose - drugs have taken away so many promising artists before they got a big audience. Since I'm a young'un, my great appreciation for classic rock of all sorts is solely through my dad, so if he didn't like it/never heard it, I wouldn't have been exposed to it. Pretty good though.
We won't yell at you, although we will tell you that since you haven't heard Tim before that means that you've probably never heard Jeff either (his son). Listen here for him, he was a god with the same incredible range that his dad had. Sadly though, he is gone as well.
Probably going to get yelled at, but I've never heard of Tim Buckley. Based on his Wikipedia entry, his albums probably never reached my dad in Sioux Falls, SD. Too bad about the overdose - drugs have taken away so many promising artists before they got a big audience. Since I'm a young'un, my great appreciation for classic rock of all sorts is solely through my dad, so if he didn't like it/never heard it, I wouldn't have been exposed to it. Pretty good though.
Desire wrote:
Tim Buckley will always be remembered.
So will Sirhan Sirhan
a landmark album I well remember - its significance is hard to appreciate if you weren't there
AliGator wrote:
This was grating on my nerves. Then I checked the playlist and saw that it was Tim Buckley. Did it grate less? Maybe. But it was also ending at the time.
People that don't know good music when it jumps up and bites them on the ass grate on my nerves. Tim Buckley will always be remembered. I've forgotten your name already.
I'm with AliGator
I don't care for it. Aside from the physical and vocal similarities, Jeff shouldnt' be compared. He was in a league of his own.
This was grating on my nerves. Then I checked the playlist and saw that it was Tim Buckley. Did it grate less? Maybe. But it was also ending at the time.
I gave this a 6..... I wish there were a grading level with "interesting" because while I'm intrigued, I would like to reserve judgment
folklore wrote:
family trait... Father/son= ANNOYING sorry but that's my take
pretty accurate
folklore wrote:
family trait... Father/son= ANNOYING sorry but that's my take
Well, I heard the shreaking, and went to see what it was, of course it was one of those Buckleys.........I wholeheartedly agree with you....Make it stop!!
folklore wrote:
family trait... Father/son= ANNOYING sorry but that's my take
I'm not going to make fun of you but you're an idiot. Sorry but that's my take. Not Tim's best, but still the Buckley tradition is amazing. Quite likeable.
Good voice. But i can't rate it. Just because it sounds like Grace.
I don't hit 'mute' for many tracks, but this is one of them. Painful.
family trait... Father/son= ANNOYING sorry but that's my take
Ho Lee Cow
i take the last comment back. this is just awful
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Unpleasant
stevebeaver wrote:
HA! That's what I thought at first.
Yeah...and I know it's a sacrilege to many for it even to be uttered...but I never really liked her, either...this guy sounds like a cross between Grace and Marty Balin (sp?)
8)
stevebeaver wrote:
HA! That's what I thought at first.
Me, too. Grace Slick-ish.
Trustocity wrote:
That doesn't suck.
But it's still no better than Ho-Hum
That doesn't suck.