apart from the debut album itself, one of the finest recordings of jeff buckley has to be the 1993 EP called live at sin-e’ — it is also teasingly brief, weighing in at only four tracks. but those tracks are simply amazing. the opening guitar riff to “eternal life” is so spare, so matter-of-fact, it barely betrays the impending rhythm that soon surrounds you, traps you and gives you no choice but to listen absolutely to jeff’s strangely prophetic tale of loss and possibility, of things unanswered.
And as your fantasies are broken in two
did you really think this bloody road
would pave the way for you?
You better turn around
and blow your kiss hello to life eternal…
i’ve made no secret of my admiration for the late dream brother, and so i am very happy to hear news of a live at sin-e’ re-release. and this time, we get more than four tracks. far more. actually, we get 33 tracks spread across two CDs. 21 songs, including covers of “calling you” and “i shall be released” — this just might be the CD that breaks my multi-month new purchase hiatus…
(release date: september 2, 2003)
