JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace - NPA LIVE 1995

Antoine De Caunes introduces Jeff; "There has been a kind of spontaneous enthusiasm in the world of binary music lovers, listening to the graceful and captivating songs of this young Californian immigrant who has immigrated to New York, dithyrambic reviews, massive sales, France waited impatiently Jeff Buckley, he is there tonight for his first appearance in France .., for Nulle Part Ailleurs .., Jeff Buckley !! "
"This is how angels sing in 1995!" Said Antoine in conclusion.

[@zoej1844]

This is one of the performances where I realize just how hard he pushed himself. He practiced hard... real hard... his entire life. His photographer said he didn't know how to relax, only work. His manager and bandmates often talked about how he would show up to performances and interviews looking like he just rolled out of bed, which I think is evident here. He suffered from insomnia. This dude pushed himself to the limits but it paid off... fantastic performance!

[@rerelinho]

Yup

[@ryanmcmahan4664]

PPP ml

[@ryanmcmahan4664]

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[@ryanmcmahan4664]

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[@adonaiyah2196]

Maybe he knew he was running out of time

[@JackpotMind]

You'll be haunted by his music forever, no way out.

[@nstcg7271]

True 😌

[@marcop5698]

No lie

[@user-xw1sx9vx5s]

Always. Since the first day I listened to it. Never left my mind.

[@Francks_]

YES idk why, but this song makes us feel things, different things, kinda mythical, etherial

[@HelloSpyMyLie]

Yup

[@rerelinho]

This particular live version is so much better than the others imo, stronger I should say. He gives it all, at that point I'm not seeing an human being singing but rather a pure spirit, I cry when I hear this song, of joy and sadness, both in their pure form

[@maxaronow712]

Michael Tighe, Matt Johnson and Mick Grondahl... the unsung heros behind the magic... grossly underrated, one of the tightest backing bands ever... so fitting, to be backing a wonder such as Jeff Buckley

[@radel1102]

and to think they had all the chemistry they had in the album with only a month of gigging with each other prior to that ... fucking wow

[@VikenxRocker]

I really admire them, specially Matt - even tho far as I know things didn't end too well between him and Jeff. I like the fact Michael and Matt still playing in some big bands - Liam Gallagher and St Vincent respectively - but I so damn wish they play together again, even if it's not Buckley's songs. At least they follow each other on Instagram, lol. By the way, I don't know anything about Mick, I like to think he keeps playing music somewhere. Cheers my friend

[@gruelah007]

Né isso

[@BrunoHuerta24]

I didn't know that about Liaam's backing band! Even cooler

[@johnarundell7951]

@@radel1102 Michael Tighe isn't even on the album apart from playing on his co-write So Real which was recorded last .. the epic power and beauty of the Grace album is essentially by a 3-piece band + Gary Lucas on his 2 songs of course.

[@tokenofdevotion]

On replay for the rest of my life. Edit: It's 18/04/2016 and I'm still listening to this 2nd Edit: 16/01/2018 Now I make my own music and I still enjoy listening to Jeff Buckley 3rd Edit: 06/07/2020: Coronavirus hit hard, Still making music tho and still listening to this. Be safe everyone 4th Edit: 31/12/2021: This year I experienced intense love for someone that I met briefly. Sadly, life pulled us apart. Jeff of course is still being played every now and then. Happy new year everyone!

[@metalbrain1]

Taneli Lucis I’ve been non stop Jeff Buckley for the last two days. Especially with “Grace” been a fan since day 1 many many years ago, and still he moves me each and every time! An extraordinary talent gone too soon!!

[@ninjafury666]

I discovered him around 2000, when I was 20. Now "Grace" album still sounds at home, this time for my little boy who is 4 y.o. And as u say, 4 life.

[@matiassoto5137]

Hi

[@ASeg17_]

you still replaying this bro?

[@nikamini6]

Let's come back here until the end of time, while we wait in the fire.

[@SL1MTB0Y01]

he’s not dead he just went back to his home planet

[@adonaiyah2196]

Pretty sure Anaheim is in California

[@SleighJessi]

"It reminds me of the pain I might leave behind..." You were right Jeff.

[@jordanj6739]

SleighJessi read this as the words came out of his mouth - thank you

[@SleighJessi]

Jordan J Ahh you’re welcome. His death was such a loss to music.

[@karimuche]

Sans déconner, la meilleure prestation scénique de Jeff Buckley, et seulement 340000 vues??!!! Quel monde de cons! T'es pas si mal où t'es Jeff, tu en aurais des choses à dire!

[@ericlebrun1640]

carrement

[@RadamirStars]

3:19 - 3:30 THAT CHANGE CHEST/HEAD VOICE!!! perfect!

[@darkcnotion]

YES

[@mayaradepaulam]

Omg, yes! His transitions and his mix is what I like the most about his amazing voice!

[@tonybarres5933]

I remember watching this performance on TV 28 years ago. I was 12 at the time. "Nulle Part Ailleurs" was a famous French TV show during the 90's, and many popular artists were invited (like Nirvana, Oasis, Radiohead, etc...) and I enjoyed watching it. So I was watching this performance on my own, when my father, who was cooking, at 5:25 almost ran into the living room and asked me : "Who is this freak ? His voice is incredible ! " I was so blown away by this performance (so was my father) that I immediately became a fan. I was too young to buy the CD, but few months later a friend of mine lent to me Grace, and I listened to it over and over again... It is such a nice surprise to hear again this show almost 30 years later (thanks KZbin algorithm 😊 )

[@jkj981]

When I first heard Jeff Buckley, his Grace album was the only album I played on my car's cd player for the next 6 months. "Grace" became one of my favorite Buckley songs, & over the years I've heard various versions, but last night was the first time I'd heard this particular live performance. I want to eat it, inhale it, sleep with it, you name it. I can't get enough of it. It's practically perfect.

[@barchbill9005]

I'm in France and saw this performance, this day, in front on my tv ... didn't know this guy ... and I cried ...

[@jkj981]

@@barchbill9005 I certainly get that.

[@Cloud007.]

@@jkj981 Try the BBC uk tv version. Holy moly

[@jkj981]

@@Cloud007. Holy moly is right! Not as gritty as the French performance, but more up close & personal, & once again, flawless.

[@squeedum4893]

Honestly, one of the greatest live recordings of any song...ever. EDIT TO ADD: I should say, one of the greatest live PERFORMANCES of any song ever.

[@rodlawrence3032]

AGREE..saw them 1996 here in Australia..opened with Dream Brother.....Still have goose bumps.....top 5 forever...but this was restrained venom.....Magic as always.

[@shireenhassim1059]

@@rodlawrence3032 yeah that’s saw them in Oz too!!👌

[@rerelinho]

I so agree, I went and checked another live version, it was not as strong and pure as this, sounds like I'm talking bout drugs, but nope it is indeed Mr Jeff buckley...

[@shireenhassim1059]

@@rerelinho He was phenomenal AND the band. Just raw pure perfection and, I don’t usually like rock !!!! let’s NOT forget, he is gorgeous!!!!

[@lolitaras22]

On a morning television show, a glimpse of a genius's soul. That's Jeff.

[@jennzebel]

holy shit.

[@FedeMayhemile.]

Exactly, that's one fitting description.

[@MSMWorkshop]

"This is how Angels sings in 1995". Perfect commentary of Antoine De Caunes in the end.

[@manuredrum4754]

Jeff destroyed everything after 4:26... A beast!

[@benjaminroy2303]

He is gone after 4.27.... incredible.....

[@stephaniehammond4425]

Did the guy even breathe? Those notes and the length they are held? Just absolutely astonishing. And that band was TIGHT!! Such a shame. Huge loss.

[@maligvojic]

Best comment ever!!!

[@ronjoshua8356]

Otherworldly voice, unique vocal texture and tone, amazing vocal control, innate breath control and compression, an effortless vocal range attained with all of those mysteriously beautiful vocal nuances, lyrically adept/poetically gifted - all of the aforementioned came natural to the insanely gifted Jeff Buckley...and that was just the start of describing the man's genius. People tend to describe artists as being next level. For me, Jeff Buckley's brilliance as an artist was on another level way beyond that along with the most gifted, influential natural artists of the last several centuries..among the likes of Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Beethoven, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Chopin, Minghus, Curtis Mayfield, Amy Winehouse, and Jim Morrison among two dozen others that I don't mean to leave out.

[@James.E90]

@@ronjoshua8356 yes sir/ma’am I’ve got no clue how the hell he pulls such notes for that length consistently he was the greatest artist of all time Imo

[@alexdelarge666]

J'ai eu la chance d’être en coulisses , ce jour ... c’était énorme !!!!! ça résonnait comme une balle .. cette voix....

[@lupy00]

such an intense angel....

[@samuelmaney1250]

perfect way to describe him

[@mmxxmxm]

❤❤

[@Hermesrock1]

This guy was so fucking crazy to be alive

[@letmetellyalilstory9122]

I love how prominent the bass is on this. Sounds huge!

[@telemat]

I was watching the show. I bought the record the next day!

[@iliailia3097]

There's the moon asking to stay Long enough for the clouds to fly me away Oh, it's my time coming, I'm not afraid Afraid to die My fading voice sings of love, But she cries to the clicking of time. Of time Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. The fire. And she weeps on my arm Walking to the bright lights in sorrow Oh drink a bit of wine We both might go tomorrow Oh my love And the rain is falling, I believe my time has come It reminds me of the pain I might leave Leave behind Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. The fire. It reminds me of the pain I might leave Leave behind And I feel them drown my name So easy to know and forget with this kiss I'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire. Wait in the fire.

[@packerz3796]

Grunge died in April of 94 and Buckley was set to take over the world . Damn!!!!

[@MCsVoice97]

BEST LIVE OF GRACE

[@markpriss]

i think so!

[@Oyuki-Mayonesa]

Top 2

[@darkcnotion]

I couldn't choose

[@benday1218]

I think Olympia is my fave

[@swordofgod2835]

This made me cry. I’m not even kidding. Can’t believe this is real hahah most natural energy and talent I’ve ever seen

[@anthonyjones1827]

It’s real, So Real

[@monikamylonopoyloy6223]

How the fuck is this even real???

[@sinesupremus6306]

Some told That is the mid 90's looked like

[@nstcg7271]

I don't know why , Jeff is the most influential charector in my Life, everafter I heard his first song.. But bit disappointed when no one I know actually know about this legend..

[@Laura......]

I know right. It's up to us to educate them. If my 4 year old son knows him there's hope for the future x

[@jamesbowers7343]

I didnt discover him until 2005 (I was 13 at the time). I was really bummed to pull up his wiki page and learn he was dead....but its really cool to see him getting the recognition he should have had during his life

[@drmether9150]

He’s a rare gem ❤️

[@marcusteblano6376]

I've been listening to this song for 25 years and it's still as fresh and powerful as the first time I heard it. Much better live. I'm listening to all the live performances from 1995

[@user-uf7qs1dw7g]

Je l’ai vu 100 fois meilleur chanson live ❤ j’y retourne… 😍

[@zimbo24560]

Today is the birthday to jeff Buckley 50 years RIP in heaven Jéff and salute the Angels!!!!

[@Susan-iw1xq]

All I can say is WOW. He was amazing. 💔

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

Absolutely speechless...

[@davidmcmullen6485]

So regret never seeing him live. It must have been an experience to be there

[@camilledupin-girod7210]

God expresses himself through him.He was a real angel.He's pure grace .Such a loss.We'll miss you forever

[@TheGrandFall]

Man, if I would ever try to do for a single second the things Jeff was able to do with his voice, not only I'd fail but also I'd never get my voice back

[@patriciomunozcotte53]

The Best voice in rock... Ever

[@igorluzvoz]

what was that guy.................... simply the best

[@tipotte91]

Une des plus belles voix de tous les temps, le dernier couplet est un monument. Quelles superbes chansons il nous aurait fait s'il avait vécu...

[@ShaunaMarieSings]

This has to be the best live performance of Jeff singing 'Grace' that I've come across on KZbin...it's absolutely phenomenal!!!!! 💗💗💗

[@Dave_A41]

one of the best live performances of this

[@manuredrum4754]

In my opinion this Is THE best of It.

[@Dave_A41]

@@manuredrum4754 right on

[@matthieuherbreteau8214]

At the end of the song Antoine De Caunes said : "This is how, my dear priest, angels sing in 1995 " so true !! Maybe god wanted Jeff to sing for him in heaven and took him from us way too soon.

[@Lukamusic81]

Greatest of all Time. no one on earth has topped this yet

[@JEFY1971]

I saw him on stage in Lyons, France, January 95, Jeff's first French tour I think. He played a small venue ("Le Transbordeur"). He was just beginning to get very big in France. Sadly I missed him on July of that same year when he played the big "Festival de Fourvière", still in Lyons. Marianne Faithfull was also on the bill that night as far as I remember. I couldn't afford tickets for a big festival. It should have been a wonderful experience seeing Jeff performing in the ancient Roman theatre where the festival is held. Parts of the "Mystery White Boy" album were also recorded on that night. Shame, really. I was on military duty when I heard of his death in May 97. I felt it was such a waste... Then my sister got me "Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk" for my birthday in 98, and I listened to it almost every day for two years.This period 95-2000 his music was always so close, each of his songs brings a special memory from that time.

[@rogerm1343]

Unbelievably good

[@Damien_dost]

I cry so hard everytime I hear this song, this is my catharsis. Studio version makes me cry, this version makes me cry harder

[@AcousticBruce]

What a badass.

[@Oyuki-Mayonesa]

The base, guitar, plus Jeff... I'm dying, I can't get enough. Thank you Jesus I'm in love. I rreeaally start to die of pleasure from 2:30 on. And it happens again just past 3:30.

[@belladeball7747]

Jeff Buckley still loved and missed in 2017!

[@SleighJessi]

Bella De Ball And 2018.

[@user-xv3tj3ql1o]

and will be forever, rip

[@xplorer3475]

and soon 2023

[@twentyeight602]

Still in 2024

[@davidfreire4478]

Here on march 03/2021 I came to escape of the pandemic madness on my mind with Jeff's magic voice. Thank you

[@ginawhoever9734]

"but it goes soooo sloooooooowwwww......" i know Jeff, i know.

[@SleighJessi]

Not for him...it went too fast for Jeff.

[@TheKevinGee]

it’s all relative.

[@timotot123]

Absolutely spine tingling incredible..phenomenal!!! What a great loss

[@karimuche]

25 years after, he gives me thrills again... Impressive!!! RIP Jeff Buckley...

[@pseudofox]

Died at age thirty... I still can't get over that. R.I.P.

[@sudanbewaobdedebo]

An angel who left us too early....easily one of, cif not, the best voice ever....!!!

[@MrEvaristo74]

Amazing performance. He remain an unforgettable musician.

[@FuturCrayon]

In this concert of praises around the incredible performance of Jeff and his band, a small word to thank the teams of NPA, including the programmation of Stéphane Saunier (all those great bands that you could see as a kid on live TV !), as well as the video production and the mix, sober and impeccable

[@lokithor83]

Back in late 2006 when youtube was just getting big, it's algorithm gave me this exact video.. 13 years down the road, I'm glad AI exists..

[@metalbrain1]

The last part he unleashed it. He really put it out there!!!!!!!

[@ashleytrevino479]

2021 and still my favorite song in the universe.

[@ruthjohnson4380]

Not only a g.o.a.t. vocalist, but a true poet. “... the bright light of sorrow”! Sorrows tell who you really are. Brilliant!

[@romandelatorre]

Jeff never seizes to amaze me but the band behind him is also absolutely amazing. Matt's drumming is so complementary. Mick's bass playing (especially during the bridge in this performance) is absolutely crucial to the arrangement of this song and Micahel's guitar playing is so in tune with everything Buckley is doing.

[@aliciamcmillan441]

Fantastic as usual...l love this song, and this man.

[@aliciamcmillan441]

+alicia mcmillan you did leave us in pain without you Jeff...but you also left your legacy of beautiful music.

[@johnarundell7951]

Jeff also played Hallelujah live solo on this show in September '95 best version :)

[@tipotte91]

Still love you in 2016, one of the best

[@sb0287]

The best

[@belladeball7747]

tipotte91 Still love you Jeff Buckley in 2017

[@keepthefaith6171]

Happo love him even more in 2020

[@salmonjeez3903]

I really didn't want it to end. Best performance ever by JB

[@kevincarrigan3083]

This performance--all four of them!--is magical! Just stunning! May be the best recorded rock performance to this point. Subjective, I know; but, DAY-YUM!!!

[@shanepatterson4471]

Fuuuuccckkkk! So good! I even named my first born after this song/album.

[@robbiebeautytricks6511]

One of my favorite song of all the Times! Jeff entered into my soul with his voice

[@alessandradandrea6664]

Jeff..I love youuuuuu !!!!

[@adrietc]

My favourite singer forever. RIP Jeff. ❤

[@metalbrain1]

I only wished to have been there to experience the energy he was given out!!!!

[@darkcnotion]

THIS

[@karimuche]

Toujours autant d'émotion à revoir ce suprême artiste et ce très bon live.... un artiste parti trop tôt :-(

[@markpriss]

First time seeing this exact performance... how come he still can surprise me like this? insane! This is like a stepping stone to any singer... I have yet to hear a better rendition of this... Untouchable! I wish we could hear more of him... taken way too soon!

[@metalbrain1]

An outstanding performance!!!!!!!!!!

[@JG-rp8pr]

I'm I the only one who really likes Jeff's unusual vibrato

[@MojoPin1983]

No.

[@JG-rp8pr]

@@MojoPin1983 late at but yeah it reminds me of opera I love it so much

[@patacraouzette77]

C'était ce moment là où à 17 ans, je découvrais la voix puissante d'un ange... Jeff Buckley 😇 Un moment hors du temps, magique et hypnotique. Merci à toi Jeff, de m'avoir faite vibrer 💋

[@FartNSniff]

That was a f'ing brilliant performance, just blown away by it.

[@vpsaxman]

Wow, check out how melodic those bass lines are! Great rhythm section!

[@Oyuki-Mayonesa]

I'm shaking... so pure ... My goodness

[@mayaradepaulam]

I'm speechless.

[@stevevorass]

This was posted 10 years ago and the audio still sounds amazing!

[@ellismaytham456]

Brilliant song

[@elizabethlongail4781]

Jeff Buckley reminds me of the pain I might leave behind

[@qhari]

J’ai découvert par hasard Jeff Buckley en zappant un soir. Je suis tombé sur cette émission, ce jour là, à ce moment précis. L’une des plus belles rencontres musicales de ma vie. Merci d’avoir posté cette vidéo.

[@matthieuherbreteau8214]

Heureusement que nulle par ailleurs était en clair :-)

[@Ardzog]

"c'est comme ça, monseigneur, que les anges chantent en 1995" Définitivement, je préfère les anges de la télé de 1995 à ceux d'aujourd'hui...

[@qbsrd]

+Andrew Simar Ah non je l'ai immédiatement compris ^^

[@h.h.h.2297]

Les cris de Cobain dans Drain you, de Corgan dans Billet with butterfly wings et Buckley ici sont des cris phénoménaux que je ne lasse pas d'écouter depuis leur passage dans Npa. Cette émission était bénie, à n'en pas douter.

[@chucku00]

MERCI qui que tu sois qui a posté cette vidéo !

[@thefeelcompany]

Been following Jeff n he’s been following me recently. Beautiful. Truly.

[@SylvainFreis]

Il en a de la chance Antoine de Caune ! J'aurais tout donné pour le voir Jeff Buckley !

[@geoffreypelletier782]

Ma soeur l'a vue au concert du Bataclan dont parles De Caunes à la fin, le plus beau concert qu'elle ait fait d'après elle... 11 février 95 ! Il est facile à trouver sur internet, je te le conseille si tu aimes écouter des live. Je l'ai vu à l'Olympia en 96 mais il était moins bon que cette fois là. J'aurai tout donné pour être à celui-là en particulier, c'est beau à en pleurer par moment

[@BenjaminBERTRANDVideo]

Geoffrey Pelletier J'ignorais qu'il était repassé à l'Olympia en 96....

[@Thiemon76]

Geoffrey Pelletier je l'ai vu en 95 au eurockéennes, et il semblait encore tout étonné de sa soudaine popularité, le chapiteau était plein à craquer, et je le revois encore murmurer "- Oh My God" devant tout le public qui reprennait "Hallelujah" (apres un " kick out the jam" plein de rage).

[@geoffreypelletier782]

:-) je crois que ma soeur était aussi à celui des Eurockéennes, elle l'a suivi comme une vraie maniaque ! 3 concerts en 3 jours si je me souviens bien

[@SylvainFreis]

Et puis putain ce cris qu'il pousse à 5:13 quoi juste impossible à ressortir sans que tes cordes vocales partent avec

[@Youtubax]

I love how in the end the show host and it's guests are sitting there just like 'another day in the office'. They have no clue about what they've just witnessed!

[@qbsrd]

Youtubax did you ever search the translation of the host's introduction?

[@tom012385]

You should know what the host (which name is Antoine De Caunes and who is a music lover) is saying then (to the guest who's a priest in front of him) : "This is how, my lord, the angels sing in 1995."

[@AP-jl8zl]

Maybe they are speechless at how amazing he is!

[@nathaliemanhes4352]

@@AP-jl8zl They were...

[@spanpast9874]

this guy always sounded amazing live 100%. it would have been harder for him to screw up than to sound amazing

[@macmat7]

Chaque fois c'est les larmes qui me montent. Trop incroyablement beau

[@annapetrakis3485]

Magic!

[@Paul_Abbott_Landsraad_Project]

The band was perfect and Jeff was another wordly good

[@bluebellknoll]

aweeeeeeee his voice

[@RustinChole]

Best performance of this one right here

[@GoldenBoyDims]

Shit!!!! If I was playing the bass along side him my hands would freeze I'm fully captivated my heart can't even take this amount of passion it gives me chills Jeff Buckley was a monster rest his soul

[@saralouisecowan]

Jeff Buckley 4ever♥️

[@guillaume.pirard]

NPA, what a show that was, great lives always.

[@ruruloffelmacher6389]

EVERYTIME I listen to this I just want to express how floored, ecstatic, blown away I am by this phenomenon, singular artist! But I guess there is only the possibility to write one comment :) Wonderful!

[@didou13010]

" mon seigneur c'est comme ça que chante les anges...." Antoine de caune a tout dit !

[@mercejp]

GREAT JEFF! Thanks for sharing

[@fedrarte]

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