Goodbye And Hello

I tried but anything that feels and sounds this much like a Renaissance festival isn’t helping anybody.

I LOVE Tim Buckley but I bet you fuckers voted him down. He's Jeff Buckley's dad and a very good song writer

Often cited as the ultimate Tim Buckley statement, Goodbye and Hello is indeed a fabulous album, but it's merely one side of Tim Buckley's enormous talent. Recorded in the middle of 1967 (in the afterglow of Sgt. Pepper), this album is clearly inspired by Pepper's exploratory spirit. More often than not, this helps to bring Buckley's awesome musical vision home, but occasionally falters. Not that the album is overrated (it's not), it's just that it is only one side of Buckley. The finest songs on the album were written by him alone, particularly "Once I Was" and "Pleasant Street." Buoyed by Jerry Yester's excellent production, these tracks are easily among the finest example of Buckley's psychedelic/folk vision. A few tracks, namely the title cut and "No Man Can Find the War," were co-written by poet Larry Beckett. While Beckett's lyrics are undoubtedly literate and evocative, they occasionally tend to be too heavy-handed for Buckley. However, this is a minor criticism of an excellent and revolutionary album that was a quantum leap for both Tim Buckley and the audience.

Genuinely can't believe I've never listened to this.

Not for me! But congrats on being cute, Tim.

Thank you Tim Buckley. When I think "folk", this is exactly what I think of. Guy's like a little bard with an oversized hat that follows our chivalrous knight into the dragon's den. You can call it kitschy, I call it fuckin' art. "Pleasant Street" blew my socks off. His vocal range is insane and his songs give various buffs to his party members. Screw it, 5/5. Any album that thaws my black emotionless heart deserves such a rating.

Oh god is gonna be more folk rock. Far too much of it at this point. This adds nothing to the world of music, just seems to be yet another album from that 5-year period that only the editors of this book seem to care about. 2/5.

I listened to this several times a day. It's really beautiful and sounds so fresh and so ahead of its time

I always loved Tim. I think his music is just something that cannot be compared to anyone else. Except of course his son. They both created something so incomparable and so special. Just so sad that both of them died and their art and what could have been. will be lost forever.

This week I've had albums from '57, '67, '68, and '69. All killer records. The leap from musical styles and recording techniques in 1957 to 10-12 years later is massive. I feel like I had another Buckley album and liked it so I listened to his other albums, including this one. I dig this. 60's experimentation is off the charts. Folk, blues, rock, world music, all jammed together. Once I Was is really standout.

Right up my flipping alley. How come I'd never heard of this guy before? Will buy

Alright but I really liked “I Never Asked to be Your Mountain” and the songwriting throughout was cool, so I’m bumping it up to a 4.

this dude's vocal range is freaking NUTS. Liked the first song the best by a good margin but psychadelia has been big for me the past few years so this album just felt like another thing I'd be intentionally seeking out anyway. great stuff!

"Pleasant Street" is one of my all time favorites. Love this guy. "Carnival Song" Is really weird. Tim Buckleys vocals are as crazy as ever. Great album. 4 Nevermind 5

Pure and utter shite, don’t bother unless ur not right in the head, I’d give no star if it was available

Listened to the album, then couldn't recall anything memorable about it. I mean sure somewhere back in 1967 a beautiful girl in a tie dye dress turned to her boyfriend and said this music is so groovy this hello and goodbye album is going to be remembered forever and everyone will remember whats his name oh what is it again oh yeah Buckley and that one song you know the Pleasant Street is so down down down down and Once I Was is so sweet and what is phantasamachacallit anyway and when she finally pauses to eat some stale potato chips off the coffee table where the incense is burning down her boyfriend who is also in tie dye shirt with a big peace sign and is stoned anyway but thinking pass the chips and he says its called goodbye and hello not hello and goodbye you know the one from whats his name you got it all turned around and do we have anymore of those chips and she looks at him and says wait wait what were we talking about? I figured it must be me, I must have been distracted. Clearly this artist poured their heart and soul into creating this work. So I listened again. Nope, still not working for me. How can I describe my reaction to this album? Remember the scene in Animal House when Bluto Blutarsky (a brilliant John Belushi) is walking down the stairs and stops to listen to the "Charming Guy" sing a folk song to several beautiful toga-clad ladies, then takes the guy's guitar and smashes it against the wall? Yeah that kinda captures the feeling. Plus one star for letting me have that memory of Animal House.

Ah yes, Jeff Buckley's dad! I listened to this album years ago and didn't really get it. It'll be interesting to re-listen to it now considering my tastes have changed a good bit since then. Wow what a voice! Very impressive songwriting too. I love how different each of the songs are, enjoyed every minute of this.

Give me more of that hippie bullshit PREFS: TOUT MOINS PREF: RIEN

Wow I am glad to get another Tim Buckley album. His voice brings such passion to these extraordinary songs. I lost myself in the music. Some particular highlights: “Pleasant Street”, “Once I Was”, “Phantasmagoria In Two”, and “Morning Glory”. And how about that epic title track “Goodbye and Hello”?! Wow!

Wow, I absolutely loved this album. The writing is amazing.

Solid album full of folk rock. Loved all of it. 5/5 stars.

Oh I liked this! I'm not sure I'd want to listen to a whole album again but I'm definitely a fan of this type of 60s folk. Felt peaceful

Eclectic album from a 20yo. Reminds me of a Love album, with the strings and instrumentation. Tracks 1,3,5,6,7,9,10 are all highlights. Recommended.

The only one of his albums I know, but one I have played regularly and think is a classic.

You get out a big pot and mix together Al Stewart, Harry Chapin, John Martyn and Harry Chapin... you get Tim Buckley. And it's pretty tight

I'm a dogged singer-songwriter apologist, and even I can't defend this being here. Aimless troubadour rambling; as before, the best versions are on "Dream Letter'. Inessential

397/1089 - Tim Buckley? The "Control Alt Delete" "Loss Comic" guy? In all seriousness this is a great and eclectic album. Listened on my phone and I'm excited to listen to it on some proper speakers in the near future!

Very melancholic and familiar. Good message and stuff

meh

i knew some of Tim Buckley’ later stuff but had never heard this. this music is right up my alley, folk, psycedlic, californian flower power music. his voice is very feminine in some places which was a little offputting - i had to check if i was still listening to Jeff Buckley. But the music feels vibrant and energetic, you can almost feel that he is innovating with sounds and styles as he goes. i am adding this album to my rotation. love it!

Sounds good Can't believe this guy ripped off Jeff Buckley

The first side gives an early taste of Buckley’s experimental tendencies, and the second features more ordinary folk. Both sides are great

Peaceful, sometimes dreamy. Very lovely

He’s got pipes and great song radio. Like some of his other albums better

This record is a collection of poems (Bob Dylan-esque) about an individual who finds himself helplessly at the mercy of the madness of the world. (7/10) Favourite Tracks: Once I Was, Pleasant Street

This one seems underappreciated. I prefer this to a lot of other folk from the time.

No Man Can Find the War-Dude's got a strong voice. I could describe it like he's singing in a tremolo? I got no other word for it. Its deep and sombre. including that end. Carnival-Well, it definitely has that carnival feel to it. The instrumental mix is so interesting. it kinda sounds like a carnival gone wrong at times and other times its just ambient carnival noise. one of the album genres in psychedelic rock so that tracks. Pleasant Street-super lowkey sombre but chill and nice. Hallucinations-liking the mix of guitar, ambient sounds and...bells and rattles and echo stuff? Some...bongos too. more psychedelic stuff i see. I like the genre...ambience i suppose? I Never Asked to be Your Mountain-Cool drums. and ambient...melody in the background. dunno what instrument that is. Once I Was-western? harmonica? melancholy. remember meeeee Knight Errant-soo short what. very...knightly? Goodbye and Hello-that two minute mark. unexpected but nice surpise. hes like, telling a whole ass story through a song, with key signature and tempo changes and eveything. neat. final act best act. Morning Glory-i don't know how to describe it but it sounds exactly like the title describes it. choir hymns singing the the back, soft front vocals, medium tempo...like a morning glory swaying in the wind. Not a bad sound. Folk Rock and Psychedelic rock is what the wiki page said, def felt that. Looks like they used a kalimba, congas, a vibraphone and various guitars and percussion. Guess i can put a name to some of the sounds I heard now. You WTF this guy died at 28? Damn. He died the fate of many muscians, thats sad, especially considering how much debt he was in too. And his son died at such a young age too, but by accident. Ran in the family it seems. Sadness. He did have a unique sound here.

Pretty good folk. Feels timeless.

It's good

great voice with some interesting lyrics

I really liked this album. Pleasant Street is a banger and a half.

Very good. This is more of the folky protest stuff I like - Buckley's voice is great

8/10 FT: Pleasant street

Fair-quality psychedelic folk from 1967, but pretty dated. For example, the faux-sitar playing on Hallucinations is pretty dubious and many of the lyrics are very of their time and have aged like fine milk. The language of courtly love seems a bit fake coming from a man who abandoned his wife and child. It's well-enough recorded with some crack LA session players (Jim Fielder, Don Randi, Jim Gordon). Nice to hear a bit of kalimba on the record, but not particularly well deployed. You can hear the money that Elektra dropped on the album, especially the ambitious and highly orchestrated proto-prog title track, which I find nearly unlistenable. Pleasant Street and I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain are the best two tracks on the record, and I would playlist them. But the rest is just *shrug*.

I tried

I liked a couple of songs at the beginning of the album, but the rest were a bit daft and it got old quickly Sidenote: he is very, very fine. Got that creepy serial killer style smile, as if when I meet him he will dismember me and eat my organs. But like in a kinky way. And I might enjoy it. Maybe even let him do it

Is almost every album here from the 60’s? I only listened to like 2 tracks

Too folksy for me.

wait this is really good

Wait THIS is wimpy-boy-at-the-renaissance-faire-core

love it

Very interesting. Good sound. Trippy Moody blues

Favourite Songs: Pleasant Street Hallucinations I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain

That was MINT. Very thought provoking lyrics with a heartfelt delivery. Massive standouts are i never asked to be your mountain, phantasmagoria, once i was and ESPECIALLY Pleasant street, what an incredible song. Bonus points for being the Father to the GOAT.

I was coincidentally listening to this one earlier this week. It's a great album, I'm quite surprised looking at the low ratings on this, this seems like it would be a record that anyone can enjoy, it's really pretty! I'm still in the early phase of my relationship with his music in a way, but I'm quite enamoured already with Starsailor in particular (a 5☆ record for me), one that I would have expected to give people trouble, and it's by design, not this! Pleasant Street is one of the best song I've heard. period. C'mon everybody?! Fav: Pleasant Street Once I Was Phantasmagoria in Two

Aight, here we go! Starting off, no man can find the war, lovely track. I liked the lyrics, the vocals, the guitar, the drums, the effects. Carnival song had some really nice little musical moments with some carnival music motifs. I didn’t love pleasant street, but the vocals and the electric guitar were really good. Hallucinations matched the name. It felt like a hallucination but it was great! I never asked to be your mountain reminded me of a wolf simulator game I played as a kid. It was the exact same style of instrumental. It really came into itself as it built! I absolutely loved Once I was. Gorgeous track. Phantasmgoria in two was also very good. Knight-errant wasn’t really my thing, but I liked the narrative aspect. The title track was lovely. As a former oboe player I can appreciate the oboe in the mix at the start even though it was faint. I enjoyed the narrative aspect of this one too. There were so many interesting moments in this track. The final track was an apt closer. I honestly really enjoyed this album. 4/5 ⭐️, 8/10. There were a lot of good moments. 35/1089

Captivating performances and really cool instrumentation throughout. I was already a big fan of Starsailor but clearly I needed to check out his other work

Love Jeff Buckley and you can definitely hear how Tim informed and inspired a lot of his son’s music. Beautiful.

I'm torn between a 3 and a 4. I've listened to this album before and still put it on now and then, but truth be told, it's really just Pleasant Street and Phantasmagoria in Two that stick with me. The rest works nicely as background vibes though, since I do enjoy it. His vocal style is great, really distinctive, but if you're not in the right mood it can start to feel a bit samey. Also, I've got to say, I love the cover, and let's not pretend Tim isn't ridiculously pretty with those curls. So I guess it's a 4 then!

Really very good album, some of the post-Sgt. Peppers production actually distracts from the quality of the songs and performances. The less fussy sounding tracks are the ones I find more enjoyable. I discovered Tim's music through listening to Jeff and was initially disappointed as a teenager in the 90s but I have to say his music has grown on me over the years and all of his albums are worth investigating.

Another day, another Tim Buckley record. This one’s interesting, has a summer of love psych-folk feel. He tends to bring a darker, moodier vibe to his records, so this isn’t upbeat psych pop like your Sgt. Peppers’ or what have you. More importantly, it doesn’t have any cabaret music masquerading as psych, a tactic the Beatles were fond of torturing listeners with. Something I’ve noticed with Tim Buckley’s records is that they seem to sound both of their time and a little ahead of their time. This is pretty clearly a sixties record, but at the same time, it doesn’t sound completely tied down to its era. There is an avant-garde streak to his records, particularly in the skillful way he approaches the atmospheric backdrops of these songs, which is refreshing when compared to a lot of the psychedelic music of the late 60’s. I’ve liked the other Tim Buckley records on the list, this one, the last I’ll review, is no exception. So Goodbye (and Hello), Tim Buckley.

The record starts with a few moments of definite Scott Walker-ism. The opening tracks are notable in that they move away from the more avant-garde implications of that, into poppier territory which retains a bit of a psych edge. There are a couple of notably weak tracks near the end, but Goodbye and Hello is a return to form for this list: Something that evokes both curiosity and familiarity with things I already think are great.

I was vaguely aware that Jeff Buckley's dad was also a singer, but I was never curious enough to listen. 60's folk protest rock is exactly what I need right now. As I type this, there is a war in Ukraine, a leaked decision that attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade, COVID deaths in the US hit 1,000,000 yesterday, gas is $4 a gallon, and people in the "richest county in the world" can barely afford groceries. I like this. I listened to it three times in a row.

My second Tim Buckley album, an artist I was unfamiliar with. Greetings from LA was a more rocking album, this one more English folk based, which is more what I expected from Buckley. I really liked Greetings and this one has its own charms. Quieter and more acoustic in nature I hear some Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention influences especially in the epic title track. Lots of great songs that I enjoyed tremendously. 4 🌟

"Once I Was" always hits me hard. The cadence of it only is matched by the beginning, where it starts off with a few guitar strums and then off beat drums. I love how digs into the beauty in sorrow. As much of Tim Buckley's work does. I can think of a bunch of bands/musicians that might not exist without him taking the chance to do folk music differently-mixing folk, psychedelia, fantasy and rock in a new way.

I've never bothered with Jeff's old fella, mainly because I assumed he did a line in basic Bob Dylan-esque '60s folk minus the Dylan foghorn voice. I enjoyed this though, the voice is as big as you'd expect but musically it's much more complex than '60s hipster New York folk. He's done a good job of cramming all of the '60s into a folk framework, it's a bit psychedelic, a bit avant-garde, there's some soul thrown in there and some jazz and it works. Strong ketwig too.

It's June 1967 and the Summer of Love is already underway. A twenty year old Tim Buckley has heard Sgt Pepper, released at the end of the previous month, and enters a studio in L.A. to record a psychedelic baroque folk masterpiece which will hit the streets before September is upon us, cementing his reputation as a prodigiously talented, adventurous, almost impossible to pigeonhole artist. Of course, given the time and setting of its recording, it has its fair share of whimsy and flight of fancy (I draw your attention to the lyrics of Knight Errant: "O whither has my lady wandered? I'll search until I know I've found her When I catch my sudden maid I'll deck her out in lace and jade I will take her to her room I will take her to her room I love her upstairs I love her downstairs But I love my lady's chamber" Oh Tim, you dirty fucker) ...but it also has moments that stop you in your tracks. It being 1967, there is the inevitable psychedelic imagery and, of course, a bit of a fairground waltz, but there is also the astonishingly beautiful (and beautifully, astonishingly played) Once I Was, Pleasant Street and Morning Glory, the last of which sends you into a blissful reverie as the album finishes. It left me wishing that I too was twenty years old and living in L.A. at the beginning of the Summer of Love. Yes, I would have liked that a lot.

Not sure I've ever listened to this in its entirety before. It's pretty great! Buckley has a sublime, expressive voice. The music and songwriting don't let him down either. "Once I Was" is a gorgeous ballad. I want a whole album of that. There's some of the darker side of folk-psychedelia in some of the songs. The only thing I don't dig is the "olde worlde English village fete" side of American folk. Also find it slightly weird that Buckley seems to have an English accent at times. Overall, it's gooood. 4*

Feels very ahead of its time. Fantastic folk with lots of electric guitar. His voice is amazing.

Was nice to listen to Jeff Buckley's father, can see that its a talented family. Solid album (tho I prefer Grace)

Pretty

Mooi. Tegelijkertijd is dit van die muziek die ik niet altijd kan hebben. Het kan me ook erg op m'n zenuwen werken. Toch is vier sterren niet ver weg.

Another from Father Buckley! This was a great ride, just like the first. Plenty of tracks that I know I'll enjoy returning to. It's not as consistent as Happy Sad (what's with this guy and his oxymorons), but it's got a welcome degree of variety and it's light on the ears. Call me a fan. Favorite tracks: I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain, Pleasant Street, Hallucinations, Phantasmagoria in Two, Morning Glory. Album art: I feel like I've seen this one around. I can't make out what he's gripping in his eye. It's a cool cover but nothing special. 4/5

Never listened to any tim Buckley before. Really enjoyed this

4

this isnt my kind of music, but its good.

I can’t help but compare his voice to his son’s, and it’s just so much worse. That weird back of the throat closing thing when he goes up high. This album goes between some really great songs and some songs that must be what all 60’s folk sounds like to people who hate 60’s folk music. Favourite track: “Phantasmagoria in Two”

Poetry!!

Nice album to listen to. I liked how melody was combined with pessimistic lyrics.

I liked ‘pleasant street’ the most. The rest was okay but pleasant street was a real banger. I’ll listen to that again.

slow regard for the echoing things.

listened to this while blowing balloons

Good music. Better smile.

Sometimes my music streaming app will automatically replay the album once its finished and i was already halfway through the second playthrough when I realized I had already listened to the full album. Really not that bad but that's definitely not a good sign. Wish i could give it a 2 and a half but it just feels off giving it a 2 so imma be generous and go with 3.

Sadly, the best I can say of this is that it's the last of the three Tim Buckley albums in this collection (for me at least). Like the other two albums, there's nothing wrong with "Goodbye and Hello", but there's also nothing all that great or distinctive, and despite the rave review in the "1001 Albums" entry, I have no idea why this is here. The best of the lot might be "Pleasant Street" and "Once I was". By far the worst of the lot (excluding the just-painful songs like "Knight-errant" or the title track) is the incredibly lame not-even-an-apology "I never asked to be your mountain", apparently written to explain his absence to his estranged wife and son; it leaves me incredibly *un*impressed with Tim Buckley, but also very impressed that Jeff Buckley had the grace to play this song (among many others) at a Tim Buckley tribute concert decades later.

Seems like one you had to be there for.

Just ok - not a huge fan of the vocal style

Meh

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Remember the scene in the movie Animal House, during the Toga Party, John Belushi walking down a crowded staircase as a hippie folk singer woos the coeds with cringy lyrics? Yeah? If not, go look it up on YouTube. I’m with Bluto on this one.

When I first saw this, I was thinking "Yuck. Folk!" But I'm always willing to try stuff, so... I was about halfway through I got to thinking I'm going to start my review with "I like this well enough." But then, right about "Once I was," it becomes the most typical folky-folk crap that annoys me. Yikes! Why do so many folk singers make that weirdly affected "folk singer" tone/inflection? "Knight Errant" is almost a parody of folk to me. Horrible! The first half is pretty good. I bet if I listened a few more times, some of these would stick. Let's see. People make a lot of comments about Tim being Jeff Buckley's father, and yes, there is something to be said about genes. But, it's not like they lived together or he had any influence on Jeff's life. Probably a good thing that he got his musical education from his mom and stepdad otherwise he might have turned into this instead of the amazing rock-leaning guitarist and singer that he became. Enough about Jeff as I'm positive that Grace will be on this list. And if it's not, the original author must be destroyed! For Tim though, I gotta give this a 2. The decent songs at the top cannot counterweight the horror show that is the second half.

A bit of a whine, tbh. It felt like I was attending a shitty Church service.

Well, another folk album on this list. I didn't care for the cod mediaeval twiddling or the vocals, and I couldn't help but wonder if Buckley's early demise contributes to its critical standing.

I like Buckley, particularly on Dream Letter, and I found this a chore, weighed down by plastered-on psychedelic tics, perhaps the influence of the producer, Jerry Yester, the carnival, errant knight and wandering minstrel tropes especially irritating me. As an aside, I remember admiring Yester’s record with Judy Henske, Farewell Aldebaran, and wonder if that would now similarly irritate me. Looking him up, I’m disheartened to see Yester was convicted of child porn possession a few years ago; which brings me back to the creepy carnival sounds on this record. Queasy.

PASS

wow it is very warm music

Pretty chaotic, with a very characteristic voice. Not all is truly for me, but I recognize a masterpiece, Phantasmagoria in Two is one of the best gems I discovered through the list.

craziest back to back in all of 1001 history so far

my favourite medieval bard

I really enjoyed listening