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Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine (4:32)

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Lilac Wine is a song with words & music by James Shelton (Lilac Wine, 1950) - introduced by Hope Foye (“Lilac Wine”, in the short-lived theatre musical revue, “Dance Me a Song”). It was covered by: Eartha Kitt (Lilac Wine, 1953), Helen Merrill (Lilac Wine, on “Helen Merrill With Strings”, 1955), Judy Henske (“Lilac Wine”, on her eponymous début LP, 1963), Nina Simone (“Lilac Wine”, on “Wild Is The Wind”, 1966), Elkie Brooks (Lilac Wine, on “Pearls”, 1978 - to date, the biggest hit rendition & the song remains closely associated with her … , especially in the UK), Jeff Buckley (Lilac Wine, on his “Grace” début, 1994 - used, least once, as background music in the French film “Tell No One”), Sarah Slean (“Lilac Wine”, live, 1997), Katie Melua (“Lilac Wine”, on her “Call Off The Search” début, 2003), The Cinematic Orchestra (“Lilac Wine”, on 50 Years of Dr. Martens, 2010) & Lizz Wright (“Lilac Wine”, aka “Lilac Wine (Live in Warsaw)”, 2010 - in tribute to Nina Simone).

The lyrics form a narrative, in which experiences with the lilac tree are recounted - lilac wine made from it, & a loved one. It evokes his feelings of love, loss, pleasure & confusion - in the lyrics - that are, arguably, subject to broad interpretation.
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  • Live at L'Olympia
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  • fifimarysmart

    There's something so genuine about the emotion he puts into the tremors of his voice that is so rare to find. Love Jeff!

    last month

  • santizo

    Beautiful

    March 2012

  • MFMammoth

    I can't believ I didn't listen to this song for a long time because I didn't like the beginning. Ha, why is it that the best things are those that you don't like at first?

    February 2012

  • Lancegoride

    call me musicly challanged but to me his versions are the orginals!!!! why mess with perfection

    February 2012

  • MFMammoth

    His voiiiice

    February 2012

  • loveontheground

    he likes lilac a lot

    February 2012

  • RocketmanPaul

    Knew how to make a great song even better

    January 2012

  • Benrachmian

    His covers are always far better than the originals [2]

    January 2012

  • findingthenow

    first time i've heard this in ages. great cover. one day i sent a couple of pages of guitar tab of this song to someone i hardly knew. somehow it brought us together and eleven years later we're still an item. love last.fm.

    December 2011

  • PearlJuniper

    His covers are always far better than the originals

    November 2011

  • elliempire

    <3 just wonderful

    October 2011

  • darrenglasper1

    cried on first listen

    October 2011

  • escalonab

    I've had some of that good wine.

    October 2011

  • andymadden

    tragically a genius

    October 2011

  • NitaD1

    Lovely song and singer...So sad he died so young :-(

    October 2011

  • wanmatta

    Phenomenal cover, beautifully delivered.

    September 2011

  • SAAT4NA

    The beginning reminds me of the movie Kill Bill and the song which goes like "I shoot my gun.. bangbang". Amazing music.

    September 2011

  • Nakkinak

    he had the perfect voice for this song, smooth but also powerful

    August 2011

  • viriatomata

    Sentimos muito a tua falta!

    July 2011
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