"So Real" is the third single from
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...
's 1994 album ''
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'', and also had an accompanying video.
Michael Tighe, a guitarist who joined Buckley late in the recording of ''Grace'', brought with him what was to become the main riff on "So Real" that is played during the verses.
"Forget Her" was originally on the album track list, but Buckley subsequently replaced it with "So Real". The former, while not appearing on the album, was subsequently released on the second disc of the 10th anniversary Legacy Edition of ''Grace'' and is also on the official Jeff Buckley site, with a recent video made of existing footage of Buckley while alive. This video is also found on the DVD that comes with the aforementioned Legacy Edition.
"''I love "So Real" because it's the actual quartet that you see in that picture right there that you have on the wall, on the album. And that one I produced live all one moment, the vocal is the first take, all one take. It was three o'clock in the morning."
">Kingdom For A Kiss - Jeff Buckley in Words: Interviews: "Grace Under Fire"
Track listing
#"So Real"
#"Lost Highway"
#"Tongue"
Notes
1995 singles
Jeff Buckley songs
Music videos directed by Sophie Muller
1994 songs
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Jeff Buckley
Songs written by Michael Tighe
Art rock songs
American psychedelic rock songs
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