149 on the sales chart, and tentative plans to release “Hallelujah” as a single were abandoned. It didn’t look like there was much danger of Jeff eclipsing his father - not in that moment, anyway. Rolling Stone referred to him as “the young Buckley” in that put-down sentence not because he was 27 at the time but to distinguish him from his famous dad, ’60s folk icon Tim Buckley. “The young Buckley’s vocals don’t always stand up: He doesn’t sound battered or desperate enough to carry off Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah.’” Rolling Stone gave the album just a three-star review, and among the mixed sentiments, critic Stephanie Zacharek was down on the song for which Grace would become best known. Leonard Cohen, who died last November, might also be millions of dollars poorer, since it was the Buckley’s transcendent cover of Cohen’s previously obscure “Hallelujah” that ultimately led to the song being a staple of everything from American Idol showcases to in-memoriam montages.īuckley’s album Grace, on which his cover of “Hallelujah” appears, got off to a modest start, commercially and even critically, when it was released on Aug. It’s safe to say that there would have been a few million less “Hallelujah” choruses if not for Jeff Buckley, one of rock’s greatest all-time vocalists, who died 20 years ago today in a freak drowning accident at age 30. Two Hoffers this week : No Hoffers this week Kicked out this week : Jimmy Eat World / Nina Simone / Aldous Harding / Stevie Wonder Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah takes the top spot this week !ĥ new entries : DJ Shadow / Talking Heads / Elliott Smith / Paul McCartney / Anouar Brahem In case there are less than 20 songs to compete, a randomised song from the 10000 AM songs will be added.Īfter 8 weeks in the top 10, the song will move to the Hall of Fame. The 10 (or less) new nominations will be added to the pool for the next contest.
In case of equal votes and starting weeks, more songs can advance to the next week. The top 10 songs by votes (then by most recent nominations) will move on to the next week. that leaves a minimum of 3 places each week reserved for un-acclaimed songs (if you want more than 3, the fourth + unranked song will take the spot of a second tier one) A maximum of six of the top AM 1001-10000 songs can be nominated each week. only one of the first top 1000 AM songs can be nominated each week. It's time for instalment n☁20 of the Classics Chart, where YOU get to nominate and vote for the best songs ever in a tournament to the death ! Only the cream of the crop will go through the grueling EIGHT weeks of charting.
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