Counting Crows

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ForBetterOrForWorse
ForBetterOrForWorse Posts: 52
edited July 2006 in Other Music
Man, what an amazing band. I've had August and Everything After for awhile and I just picked up Recovering the Sattelites and This Desert Life. All three albums are the shit. Highly recommended.

Who else loves Counting Crows???
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  • prljam85
    prljam85 Posts: 227
    I agree, Counting Crows are an amazing band. I dont have all three of their albums yet but i def. enjoy their music and hope to get them all soon
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    I saw them live for the first time last night. Damn if I didn't have a great time. I wasn't really expecting to like them as much as I did. They hit hard off the August disc, which is definitely their best which made me happy.

    John Hickman (Cracker) was there last night and Counting Crows put up a very nice version of Low.
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    I so now what you mean! I got August and Everything after through columbia House catalog when my Dad and I were longtime members. Phenominal Record. In my honest opinion, some of the best songs on that record should have been radio hits (IE: Anna Begins, Sullivan Street, Murder of one, Omaha). I was privilaged to see the band do a co headlining tour with the Wallflowers in 1997, and bought Recovering the Satelites the day after the show! Again, this is a phenominal record. I really enjoyed that live show too, it appears that it was rehearsal for an MTV special that aired that November. I love the song Recovering the satelites, and Goodnight Elizabeth (though very sad). Is Good night Elizabeth about a girl that broke up with him, or a girlfriend that died? the lyrics are so heartfelt and personal, I can't tell the difference, but have always been curious about the story behind it?
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    I think they are highly underrated songwriters.
    I didn't get into them until about 2 years ago when I met a guy who is a Crows fanatic (much in the same way I'm a PJ nut), and he gave me a cd of CC covers he did.
    I haveto say, I think I love his versions (solo acoustic mixes - very passionate) almost more than CC's versions :p But I think the lyrics and music are beautiful and poetic.
    Anna, Omaha, Time and Time Again, Rain King, and Round Here are my faves. :)
  • PearlJamminJason
    PearlJamminJason Posts: 106
    there pretty good
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  • mrwalkerb
    mrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    honestly I used to love them and I still adore those initial three records but the fourth one (hard candy) is really disappointing. stick with the first three and the double live in NYC that was released after recovering the satellites and they'll remain one of your favorites
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  • Othersider
    Othersider Posts: 19
    I like them a lot.

    My personal favorite song of theirs is "Einstein on the Beach", so I consider it a shame that it wasn't selected for one of their albums. I also read somewhere that Adam got tired of it after it became a radio hit, which suggests that they probably don't play it live.

    Yup, I just checked setlist.com, who have a myriad of setlists, some dating back as far as '94. Doesn't appear on one of them. :(

    Oh, well, they're still a good band, and I like their stuff lots.
  • Pearl_Jam_Necklace
    Pearl_Jam_Necklace Posts: 501
    transplant wrote:
    I saw them live for the first time last night. Damn if I didn't have a great time. I wasn't really expecting to like them as much as I did. They hit hard off the August disc, which is definitely their best which made me happy.

    John Hickman (Cracker) was there last night and Counting Crows put up a very nice version of Low.


    wow thought i read on the Friends of Live music board that they broke up last winter...thats good to know they are back together
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Long December is a really pretty song.

    haven't heard much else other than the old hits but i hear good things...
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I love Counting Crows, and am one of the few who thought Hard Candy was one of their best, especially Holiday in Spain and Black and Blue, both classic songs.

    To each his own.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • Pearl_Jam_Necklace
    Pearl_Jam_Necklace Posts: 501
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I love Counting Crows, and am one of the few who thought Hard Candy was one of their best, especially Holiday in Spain and Black and Blue, both classic songs.

    To each his own.

    do you like the band LIVE? man, the people there are all counting crowsfans bigtime.!! Pearl jam fans too
    ...It's only after disaster that we can be resurrected...
    it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)

    ... I'll ride the wave...where it takes me....
  • melodyman22
    melodyman22 Posts: 326
    Yes what a good band they are.
  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    mr. jones and me

    we're gonna be

    big stars
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • merlyn
    merlyn Posts: 179
    there an amazing band adam duritz is an awesome singer n brilliant live just very very very boring. they were at leeds in the 90's anyway
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    brain of c wrote:
    mr. jones and me

    we're gonna be

    big stars

    we don't see each other much

    anymore
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I love Counting Crows, and am one of the few who thought Hard Candy was one of their best, especially Holiday in Spain and Black and Blue, both classic songs.

    To each his own.
    they played both of them the other night. those 2 plus Big Yellow Taxi *shudders* may have been the only 3 outside their first couple discs.
  • JasonVaritek
    JasonVaritek Posts: 94
    transplant wrote:
    they played both of them the other night. those 2 plus Big Yellow Taxi *shudders* may have been the only 3 outside their first couple discs.

    Miami is one of the best Crows songs ever!
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I love Counting Crows, and am one of the few who thought Hard Candy was one of their best, especially Holiday in Spain and Black and Blue, both classic songs.

    To each his own.

    i think 'up all night' is one of my favorite songs ever. i like hard candy.

    im going to see them in one week with the goo goo dolls (not so keen on seeing them). i also saw them with cracker back in hs and had a fantastic time. im pretty excited.
  • JasonVaritek
    JasonVaritek Posts: 94
    soulsinging wrote:
    i think 'up all night' is one of my favorite songs ever. i like hard candy.

    im going to see them in one week with the goo goo dolls (not so keen on seeing them). i also saw them with cracker back in hs and had a fantastic time. im pretty excited.

    Saw them in San Diego and Phoenix. Short set..only 13 songs but it was ok. Worth it.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    soulsinging wrote:
    i think 'up all night' is one of my favorite songs ever. i like hard candy.

    im going to see them in one week with the goo goo dolls (not so keen on seeing them). i also saw them with cracker back in hs and had a fantastic time. im pretty excited.

    Yeah I really like them a lot. I have all their albums except the new live one which I will get soon. From what I have heard of it on the radio it sounds great, I love the version of Goodnight Elisabeth on there.

    I would like to see them live but all my money is tied up in 3 Pearl Jam shows in SF!!!
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