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Title: Like a second breath of fresh air.
Review: Current music has been sailing through a creative doldrums these past few years. The resurgence of c_ck rock and prefabricated pop acts had left me high and dry so I went through my old records and rediscovered Jeff Buckley's "Grace".I popped it in the cd player and immediately cued the title track. It was familiar yet it was refreshing to hear such a voice and a melody so alien to the ears. No 1-4-5 chord progessions, no cliched blues licks, no guy trying to sound like Eddie Vedder... I listened to the rest of the album. The haunting "Hallelujah" that Cohen himself couldn't hold a candle to still gives me shivers. I still knew all the words but I didn't dare sing along. It's a cardinal sin for a man to sing like that. But in this case Buckley is forgiven. "Last Goodbye" now carries with it a tinge of irony...It's such a waste. The whole experience just makes you want to think: WHY DIDN'T GOD TAKE SCOTT STAPP INSTEAD?
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