Grace Buckley Lyrics Analysis Essay
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott "Scottie"
Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, he was born in
Orange,California in the United States of America. He began playing guitar at the age of
five after discovering an acoustic guitar in his grandmother's closet, Buckley was brought
up around music and his mother was a classically trained pianist and cellist. He attended
Loara High School, and played in the school's jazz band. During this time, he developed
an affinity for progressive rock bands such as Rush, Genesis, and Yes, as well as jazz
fusion guitarist Al Di Meola.
Grace (1994) is the title track from Jeff Buckley's first album Grace (1994), it was also the
album's first …show more content…
single. The song was based on an instrumental song called, "Rise Up to Be"
written by Buckley's collaborator, Gary Lucas. Jeff wrote lyrics inspired by his saying
goodbye to his girlfriend at the airport on a rainy day, and the vocal melody came naturally.
In Buckley's words, "It's about not feeling so bad about your own mortality when you have
true love."
Buckley's style of playing could be described as very supernatural as particular
characteristics and moods are portrayed in many of his songs, such as Grace where
Buckley makes use of sad chord progressions in order to elevate the type of mood and
tone of the composition, which in this case is sad as he is parting with his girlfriend.
Grace is very unique, as throughout the song it displays elements of three particular
genres which are alternative rock, psychedelic rock and Celtic rock making the
composition unique in elements, tone, and a completely different style as a whole.
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music
underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
Psychedelic rock is a diverse style of rock music inspired, influenced, or representative of
psychedelic culture, or intended to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of
psychedelic drugs, most notably LSD.
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates
Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music
context.
Instrumentation plays a major role in the composition as it a composition in which the
electric guitars, a drum-kit and a bass guitar develop a solid foundation for the main
vocalist and backing vocalists to develop improvisational sections and melodic lines, of
which a sum of the composition consists of.
Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, he was born in
Orange,California in the United States of America. He began playing guitar at the age of
five after discovering an acoustic guitar in his grandmother's closet, Buckley was brought
up around music and his mother was a classically trained pianist and cellist. He attended
Loara High School, and played in the school's jazz band. During this time, he developed
an affinity for progressive rock bands such as Rush, Genesis, and Yes, as well as jazz
fusion guitarist Al Di Meola.
Grace (1994) is the title track from Jeff Buckley's first album Grace (1994), it was also the
album's first …show more content…
single. The song was based on an instrumental song called, "Rise Up to Be"
written by Buckley's collaborator, Gary Lucas. Jeff wrote lyrics inspired by his saying
goodbye to his girlfriend at the airport on a rainy day, and the vocal melody came naturally.
In Buckley's words, "It's about not feeling so bad about your own mortality when you have
true love."
Buckley's style of playing could be described as very supernatural as particular
characteristics and moods are portrayed in many of his songs, such as Grace where
Buckley makes use of sad chord progressions in order to elevate the type of mood and
tone of the composition, which in this case is sad as he is parting with his girlfriend.
Grace is very unique, as throughout the song it displays elements of three particular
genres which are alternative rock, psychedelic rock and Celtic rock making the
composition unique in elements, tone, and a completely different style as a whole.
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music
underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
Psychedelic rock is a diverse style of rock music inspired, influenced, or representative of
psychedelic culture, or intended to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of
psychedelic drugs, most notably LSD.
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates
Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music
context.
Instrumentation plays a major role in the composition as it a composition in which the
electric guitars, a drum-kit and a bass guitar develop a solid foundation for the main
vocalist and backing vocalists to develop improvisational sections and melodic lines, of
which a sum of the composition consists of.