10 Greatest Posthumous Rock Songs

6. Vancouver - Jeff Buckley

Whenever you're talking about the greatest voices of the '90s, there's no way you can sidestep Jeff Buckley. Even though we were only able to get one album from him before his accidental drowning in 1997, his mix of rock, soul, and genuine heartache was nothing short of angelic whenever you put on his songs. Though there have been many speculations as to where Buckley could have gone after his debut, we got a pretty good idea on Sketches for My Sweetheart...

For much of the album, you feel like you're in the studio with Jeff as he's cutting his demos, but there's always been something special about the song Vancouver. With a weird droning kind of atmosphere to it, this song is one of the most moody songs Buckley had ever penned, as the melody graces across your eardrums like a calming breeze.

Even with all of the more atmospheric noodlings, Buckley also knew how to balance his styles, as the rest of the song gives way to a mammoth bridge complete with changing time signatures and high falsetto notes that predicts where bands like Muse would go in the early '00s. While Jeff Buckley remains one of the biggest untold stories in rock and roll, it's a testament to his talent when even scraps like this could be considered a masterpiece.

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