his music isn't actually like OMG SO CATCHY if i made it sound like that. he's a pretty garde dude. his first album is more or less pure English folk. he sounds like a 15th century minstrel singing in our presents Tims. but then he grew from there.
I'll give you a brief rundown:
Tim Buckley - minstrel folk
Goodbye and Hello - minstrel folk but with increasingly epic leanings and psychedelic influences
Happy Sad - Jazz/Folk basically. less reliance on verse/chorus structure and more...well kind of Astral Weeks like, only not so rural and pastoral
Blue Afternoon - same basic style as Happy/Sad only shoehorned into a pop format. pretty great stuff but it trails off in the second half. sort of the Moondance to Happy/Sad's Astral Weeks
Lorca - the title track is insanely avant-garde, all vague and formless and shit. i'm not even sure if i like it. the other four songs basically try to be as stripped down and intimate as acoustic songs have ever been. basically Tim singing directly in your ear with occasional acoustic guitar and no production embellishments. kind of like Times They Are A-Changin' only good
Starsailor - his masterpiece, avant-garde jazz folk rock. the melodies and structures on this one are actually based more in the realm of musical theater/opera arias. either that or crazy beatnik jazz shit, it varies.
Greetings from LA - minimalist blues/funk with some sax and whatnot. sort of a concept album about UNFing fat chicks
I remember i quoted some Cohen song to a girl and she had heard it and said "I know that song, it's <whatever the name of the song was>. Very pretty!" and i flipped out on her because for some reason her being familiar with the song i was quoting was threatening to my position of dominance in the realm of music
I'd check out some compilations, like the 2 Automating albums and Sugar Fish Drink. Also, Angry Eelectric Finger and Man With The Woman Face for good more recent stuff.
I'm not a big fan of Jeff, he just kinds of whines. Tim's music was much less grandiose but much more memorable.
I'll give you a brief rundown:
Tim Buckley - minstrel folk
Goodbye and Hello - minstrel folk but with increasingly epic leanings and psychedelic influences
Happy Sad - Jazz/Folk basically. less reliance on verse/chorus structure and more...well kind of Astral Weeks like, only not so rural and pastoral
Blue Afternoon - same basic style as Happy/Sad only shoehorned into a pop format. pretty great stuff but it trails off in the second half. sort of the Moondance to Happy/Sad's Astral Weeks
Lorca - the title track is insanely avant-garde, all vague and formless and shit. i'm not even sure if i like it. the other four songs basically try to be as stripped down and intimate as acoustic songs have ever been. basically Tim singing directly in your ear with occasional acoustic guitar and no production embellishments. kind of like Times They Are A-Changin' only good
Starsailor - his masterpiece, avant-garde jazz folk rock. the melodies and structures on this one are actually based more in the realm of musical theater/opera arias. either that or crazy beatnik jazz shit, it varies.
Greetings from LA - minimalist blues/funk with some sax and whatnot. sort of a concept album about UNFing fat chicks