Best Track On Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello

I feel I have to vote Pleasant Street but I honestly love all the tracks.

I was *that* close to voting Phantasmagoria in Two though.

Maybe I should've picked Starsailor as a poll

Best Track On Tim Buckley - Starsailor

'morning glory' for me, though that stupid choir almost tanks it. almost. i mean, shit, you've got tim freaking buckley, and you need backup singers??

I once heard a really bad version on Radio 1 of Pleasant Street by some crappy english band, must've been about 5 years ago or more. Probably on the evening session.

fantastic set of songs on this one

'carnival song' is creepy and otherworldly. 'pleasant street' is beautiful. but i think i'm going to have to go for 'phantasmagoria in two', which is achingly sad and brilliantly sung

phantasmagoria in two

He sounds really like Micky Dolenz on "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain"

He sounds really like Micky Dolenz on "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain"

OTM Tom D - I have been saying this for years, normally in a spirited "defend the Monkees" argument coupled with he appeared on the last ever Monkees episode.

Oh and I'll vote for the "...Mountain" as well.

I used to watch "The Monkees" quite frequently (practically every weekday) back around 1976-77-78, and never once saw that episode - or the one with Zappa, for that matter. Wonder if they're out of circulation/syndication for some reason...anyways, "Hallucinations" for me.

I used to watch "The Monkees" quite frequently (practically every weekday) back around 1976-77-78, and never once saw that episode - or the one with Zappa, for that matter

Same here... could The Evil Herb Cohen be behind this?

It's the very last Monkees episode, and I managed to get this on "The Monkees' Favourite Episode" DVD. And the kids love it.

Not seen it. I used to watch them as a kid on tv (repeats late 70s early 80s obviously)

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so we're looking at about 8 votes total then...

Even Geir hasn't posted. I thought this would be the one Tim Buckley album he might like.

Well I'm going for "Morning glory", because I love that choir.

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haha, nah, i'm not mad. it's a wonderful song.

It is. Even split of votes, eh? It is a strong album but I thought Pleasant Street would've done better.

There isn't a bad track on this album is there?

nope, not a bad track.
'i never asked to be your mountain' is perhaps my least favourite, but even that's a really potent, heart-wrenching song that addresses tim's anguish and despair at his collapsed marriage and estrangement from his child.

though 'dream letter' is even more powerful in that respect

I've recently got the beautiful compilation of acoustic demos from this time period 'Lady, Give Me Your Key'. It includes demos of 6 of the Goodbye and Hello tracks. Funnily enough, I thought of the four songs which are not included as my favourites on this album: Phantasmagoria In Two, Hallucinations, G&H, Morning Glory. But all of those other songs are amazing too and I keep being impressed hearing them on this demo compilation.
So as others said in the past on this thread & I feel the need to repost ten years later: there's really no bad song on this album!

Thinking especially highly of Once I Was now.
And sometimes I wonder
Just for a while
Will you ever remember me
Intensely beautiful.

cf. "The Dolphins" (released earlier that same year, and eventually covered by Tim) by kindred spirit Fred Neil:

And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me