The Taste Police does not seem to have a cohesive position on Counting Crows (the lack of a “the” in their name is an irritant). But the groundswell seems to suggest that “loathsome” is an adjective which would accurately capture the mood in some platoons.The notion of Counting Crows being the subject with which I aim to piss off the Taste Police will have tipped off the attentive reader that I do not share that sentiment. In fact, I am very sorry that I missed their concert in my hometown a couple of months ago, and I am very jealous of my Kevin Pietersen-fancying friend in London, who will see her favourite band and the deifiable Ben Folds on one bill in December (at this point, you may construct your own gag involving the timing of the gig and the word “long”).
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How long did it take you to come up with all the puns?
Trust me, I had to restrain myself from ODing on puns.
Counting Crows has been a victim of the Extraordinarily Popular Debut Song syndrome, and they've been tagged as the "Mr. Jones" band. And that's sad, because I thought that song was even worse than "Ghost Train." It didn't help that they did a "Shrek" song, either.
But August and Everything After is close to perfect; all of their follow-ups have been poor copies, with the exception of Hard Candy, which was pretty strong.
Love these guys. I have to agree about the New Amsterdam album, but I throw Hazy into alot of mixes. I also doing digging online about the band have come across so many rare covers of theirs that I find amazing (Aimee, Blues Run the Game, Carmelita, Four White Stallions, You Ain't Going Nowhere) that I now listen to these more often than their official albums. I'm a sucker for lyricists and Adam is up there in my book.
Wednesday evening I'm walking past the Delacourte Theater in Central Park and there's a big crowd of folks congregating before the night's show goes on. And I swear, who do I see sitting on a park bench in front but Adam from the CCs, and that same annoying hairstyle. And the name of the show playing in Central Park? "Hair". I cannot make this up.
Well, thanks for another POTTP, you're spot-on again.
I was buying for a large record store when the first album came out and I must have received a dozen advance copies. It struck me as a pleasant record, but I largely ignored it. Paloma pushed me to give it another listen.
I still love "Round Here" and through the years I've liked songs here and there ("Daylight Breaking" was one that really caught my ear). I tend to agree with My Hmphs. I watched the hip folks in our market embrace August & Everything After early, but, once "Mr. Jones" blew up, it seemed like all of the early supporters of the band couldn't ditch them fast enough.
What is your problem with definite articles? What addition sense do you glean from 'The' Counting Crows? It takes all the pleasure, mystery and action from the name. Besides, put a 'the' in front of Ramones and someone is gonna kick your butt over your ears.
Actually, I sort of respect acts that dispense with the definite article, but it's a bitch to write about them without using one. The Ramones would know what I mean...
Stephen, I think CC's cover of Van Morrison's Caravan is quite excellent. And there's a live version that works Springsteen's Thunder Road into Rain King, and it works very well.
'Accidentally In Love' was a classic. I can't work out if they recorded that just for a Shrek soundtrack, or if it ever appeared on an album too.
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