For some people it seems living an ordinary life wrought with slow decay is not a possibility. For some, a life packed with explosive creativity ending in a bang seems the only solution. When these people also happen to be extremely beautiful and charismatic - legends are made - and remain ever young.
I am thinking right now of Jeff Buckley - talk about good looking guy, and the songs he wrote, and his voice. It is a crying shame that he was taken from us at such an early age - I cannot help but wonder what he would have done had he been allowed to live out his life.
One of the utmost tests of a singer songwriter, other than writing good stuff yourself, is taking on Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah (everybody does it). Probably one of the best tunes ever written, gripping, gut wrenching and totally over exploited. Taking on that song, and making you hear it - it is a feat in its own right. And when Jeff Buckley does it - he makes me feel like, like a transcendent being.
But then again, maybe he got what everybody gets - a lifetime. Whatever it was, he spent it well.
Also check out: Jeff Buckley - Grace and Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
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