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| name = Eternal Life
| name = Eternal Life
| cover = Jeff_Buckley_-_Eternal_Life.jpg
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| album = [[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]
| album = [[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]
| released = August 1995
| released = August 1995
| format = [[Compact disc|CD]]
| recorded = Bearsville Recording Studio, Woodstock, NY (Fall 1993)
| recorded = Bearsville Recording Studio, Woodstock, NY (Fall 1993)
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = * [[Hard rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=DeGroot|first=Joey|date=August 23, 2014|title=Jeff Buckley's 'Grace': 10 Songs Ranked For Its 20th Anniversary|url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/9122/20140823/jeff-buckley-grace-10-songs-ranked-for-its-20th-anniversary.htm|access-date=July 9, 2021|website=Music Times}}</ref>
| genre = [[Hard rock]]
* [[grunge]]<ref>{{cite web|last=DiBlasi|first=Lucas|date=February 21, 2021|title=Of Sound Mind {{!}} Jeff Buckley's "Grace"|url=https://pittnews.com/article/163636/blogs/of-sound-mind-jeff-buckleys-grace/|access-date=July 9, 2021|website=[[The Pitt News]]}}</ref>
| length = 4:52
| length = 4:52
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer = [[Jeff Buckley]]
| writer = [[Jeff Buckley]]
| producer = {{flatlist|
| producer = [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]]
* [[Jeff Buckley]]
* [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]]
}}
| prev_title = [[So Real (Jeff Buckley song)|So Real]]
| prev_title = [[So Real (Jeff Buckley song)|So Real]]
| prev_year = 1995
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[Everybody Here Wants You]]
| next_title = [[Everybody Here Wants You]]
| next_year = 1998
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Extra track listing
| misc =
| album = [[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]
| type = single
}}
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"'''Eternal Life'''" is a song composed by [[Jeff Buckley]] and is track #9 on his album ''[[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]''. It also has a video. It is believed to have been influenced by a long-time love for [[Led Zeppelin]]'s music and a wish to emulate them in this song. The track is something of an exception on the album, featuring aggressive, overdriven guitar and bass riffs that contrast with the more intimate, melodic format that otherwise characterizes the album. "Eternal Life" can also be found on his 1993 EP ''[[Live at Sin-é]]''.
"'''Eternal Life'''" is a song composed by [[Jeff Buckley]], released as the fourth and final single from his album ''[[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]''. It is believed to have been influenced by a long-time love for [[Led Zeppelin]]'s music and a wish to emulate them in this song. The track is something of an exception on the album, featuring aggressive, overdriven guitar and bass riffs that contrast with the more intimate, melodic format that otherwise characterizes the album. "Eternal Life" can also be found on his 1993 EP ''[[Live at Sin-é]]''.


Captured on the ''[[Live at Sin-é]]'' release, is an explanation as to the meaning of this song:
Captured on the ''[[Live at Sin-é]]'' release, is an explanation as to the meaning of this song:


{{cquote|This is a song about... it's an angry song. Life's too short and too complicated for people behind desks and people behind masks to be ruining other people's lives, initiating force against other people's lives, on the basis of their income, their color, their class, their religious beliefs, their whatever...}}
{{cquote|This is a song about... it's an angry song. Life's too short and too complicated for people behind desks and people behind masks to be ruining other people's lives, initiating force against other people's lives, on the basis of their income, their color, their class, their religious beliefs, their whatever...}}


In Buckley's own words, "''Eternal Life''" was inspired by anger over "the man that shot [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King]], [[World War II]], [[Jonestown|slaughter in Guyana]] and the [[Charles Manson|Manson murders]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kane|first=Rebecca|title=The Kingdom For A Kiss Jeff Buckley F.A.Q.|date=1999|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/13grace.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508002054/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/13grace.html|archive-date=8 May 2006|access-date=5 March 2017 }}</ref>
In Buckley's own words, "Eternal Life" was inspired by anger over "the man that [[Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.|shot Martin Luther King]], [[World War II]], [[Jonestown|slaughter in Guyana]] and the [[Charles Manson|Manson murders]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kane|first=Rebecca|title=The Kingdom For A Kiss Jeff Buckley F.A.Q.|date=1999|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/13grace.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508002054/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/13grace.html|archive-date=May 8, 2006|access-date=March 5, 2017 }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"[[Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley song)|Last Goodbye]]" (live and acoustic in Japan)
#"[[Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley song)|Last Goodbye]]" (live and acoustic in Japan)
#"[[Lover, You Should've Come Over]]" (live and acoustic in Japan)
#"[[Lover, You Should've Come Over]]" (live and acoustic in Japan)

==Notes==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 12 August 2024

"Eternal Life"
Single by Jeff Buckley
from the album Grace
ReleasedAugust 1995
RecordedBearsville Recording Studio, Woodstock, NY (Fall 1993)
Genre
Length4:52
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jeff Buckley
Producer(s)Andy Wallace
Jeff Buckley singles chronology
"So Real"
(1995) 		"Eternal Life"
(1995) 		"Everybody Here Wants You"
(1998)

"Eternal Life" is a song composed by Jeff Buckley, released as the fourth and final single from his album Grace. It is believed to have been influenced by a long-time love for Led Zeppelin's music and a wish to emulate them in this song. The track is something of an exception on the album, featuring aggressive, overdriven guitar and bass riffs that contrast with the more intimate, melodic format that otherwise characterizes the album. "Eternal Life" can also be found on his 1993 EP Live at Sin-é.

Captured on the Live at Sin-é release, is an explanation as to the meaning of this song:

This is a song about... it's an angry song. Life's too short and too complicated for people behind desks and people behind masks to be ruining other people's lives, initiating force against other people's lives, on the basis of their income, their color, their class, their religious beliefs, their whatever...

In Buckley's own words, "Eternal Life" was inspired by anger over "the man that shot Martin Luther King, World War II, slaughter in Guyana and the Manson murders."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Eternal Life"
  2. "Eternal Life" (road version)
  3. "Last Goodbye" (live and acoustic in Japan)
  4. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" (live and acoustic in Japan)

References

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  1. ^ DeGroot, Joey (August 23, 2014). "Jeff Buckley's 'Grace': 10 Songs Ranked For Its 20th Anniversary". Music Times. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  2. ^ DiBlasi, Lucas (February 21, 2021). "Of Sound Mind | Jeff Buckley's "Grace"". The Pitt News. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Kane, Rebecca (1999). "The Kingdom For A Kiss Jeff Buckley F.A.Q." Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2017.


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