Counting Crows

[justink]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

I guess I'm a hater on this one. I thought it was pretty standard late-career Counting Crows fare.

Palisades Park is them trying to pack all the things they do well into one song and, by virtue of that, not doing any of them particularly well for a sustained amount of time.

Scarecrow might be the worst set of lyrics Adam's ever written.

you need to listen again. the story telling and allusion is outstanding.

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by justink

you need to listen again. the story telling and allusion is outstanding.

The chorus is horrific. I should've specified.

[justink]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

The chorus is horrific. I should've specified.

Yeah. It feels bad from the start for me too. One of those it'll grow on you things.

Like most of Dave's lyrics after btcs.

[coolhotwaves]

Album is only $5.99 on itunes

[BAHHHTIWaC]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

The chorus is horrific. I should've specified.

I feel ya, I heard it on the radio a couple weeks ago and was like "Wow, whoever this is is trying to be a poor man's Counting Crows" then the dj said it was Counting Crows.

"Geronimoooooo"

[Ripcord]

My friend told me about a really good performance of "Round Here," and I found a video of it on YouTube. It really is great... so I decided to check out their website to see if I could purchase the song as I wanted to own a SBD version of it... and of course you can purchase every song individually except for that since it is a 16 minute performance. Does anyone happen by chance to have the show? Or maybe go in and split it or something? I really don't want to spend $13.00 just to get 1 song haha

[dpduke5173]

Like that track Dislocation. Heard it live over the summer in Raleigh.

[bigeyedpigs]

I absolutely love possibility days, it really hits home for me. I honestly think it belongs in the same discussion with some of their best songs. Which is pretty amazing.

[jason41]

Originally Posted by Ripcord

My friend told me about a really good performance of "Round Here," and I found a video of it on YouTube. It really is great... so I decided to check out their website to see if I could purchase the song as I wanted to own a SBD version of it... and of course you can purchase every song individually except for that since it is a 16 minute performance. Does anyone happen by chance to have the show? Or maybe go in and split it or something? I really don't want to spend $13.00 just to get 1 song haha

What's the date?

[Ripcord]

Originally Posted by jason41

What's the date?

It's 08-08-08. haha

Set 1 (Acoustic)
Goodnight LA
Mr. Jones
Richard Manuel Is Dead
Washington Square
Omaha
Four White Stallions
Le Ballet D'or
Raining In Baltimore

Set 2 (Electric)
A Long December
Round Here
Accidentally In Love
Come Around

The whole set looks great, I might just buy the whole show eventually. I just really want to own that Round HEre!

[jason41]

Originally Posted by Ripcord

It's 08-08-08. haha

Set 1 (Acoustic)
Goodnight LA
Mr. Jones
Richard Manuel Is Dead
Washington Square
Omaha
Four White Stallions
Le Ballet D'or
Raining In Baltimore

Set 2 (Electric)
A Long December
Round Here
Accidentally In Love
Come Around

The whole set looks great, I might just buy the whole show eventually. I just really want to own that Round HEre!

Sadly don't have that one, but I agree - solid set

[CrashTheStone41]

big fan of Raining in Baltimore.

[jenhen27]

Originally Posted by bigeyedpigs

I absolutely love possibility days, it really hits home for me. I honestly think it belongs in the same discussion with some of their best songs. Which is pretty amazing.

I completely agree! Possibility Days is right up there with A Horsedreamer's Blues, Chelsea, and A Murder of One. It doesn't really sound like the rest of the album and I'm glad that they didn't just scrap it to have a more cohesive sound.

Some really writing went into the lyrics in Possibility Days:

And the worst part of a good day is the one thing you don’t say
And you don’t know how but you wish there was some way
So you pull down the shades and you shut off the lights
Because somehow we mixed up “Goodbye” and “Goodnight”

[Ripcord]

Originally Posted by jason41

Sadly don't have that one, but I agree - solid set

I think I have someone else who is interested, would you be interested in splitting the show? We could each pay $4 and I'll upload-email you the tracks? Or if anyone else is interested, the cost would drop again!

[Dave&Tim41]

Bumping this thread to celebrate 25 years of the Counting Crows. I grew up listening to them, as my dad has been following them since the beginning.

Throughout my entire life, I have had "phases" of music that I listen to, but the Crows (particularly Mrs. Potter's Lullaby) are a part of every single phase.

[bigeyedpigs]

Always bern one of my favorites.I've seen them maybe a dozen times or so and again last week. Definitely worth checking out this summer and tickets are cheap.

[Dave&Tim41]

Originally Posted by bigeyedpigs

Always bern one of my favorites.I've seen them maybe a dozen times or so and again last week. Definitely worth checking out this summer and tickets are cheap.

I've seen them 3 times, and I think the last show I saw last week was the best one.

[Dave&Tim41]

FYI, they just released August and Everything After (the original song!) on Amazon music. I cannot stop listening. I have loved this tune from the second I found it on YouTube, and this studio version is hauntingly beautiful.

[jason41]

Originally Posted by Dave&Tim41

FYI, they just released August and Everything After (the original song!) on Amazon music. I cannot stop listening. I have loved this tune from the second I found it on YouTube, and this studio version is hauntingly beautiful.

Really good stuff, was thrilled when I saw the announcement today.

[Dave&Tim41]

Originally Posted by jason41

Really good stuff, was thrilled when I saw the announcement today.

I was also thrilled (at work for all of my coworkers to observe.) I wound up buying the track and downloaded Amazon Music to listen... I think it is still #2 in Amazon purchased downloads.

[coolhotwaves]

It’s a good song, would be a classic if it came out in 1994. Adam’s voice sounds good

[shtooper]

New Album - Butter Miracle Suite One coming 5/21/21

[shtooper]

https://gofile.io/d/7GnnIe

Can’t wait for the whole thing

[coolhotwaves]

Nice, thanks

[haiku.warrior]

New single Elevator Boots out now
Presave for the new album https://countingcrows.lnk.to/ButterMiracleSuiteOne

[Whiteyxc514]

I like this new song.

[haiku.warrior]

From the description of a vinyl preorder from my local shop
"After seven years, Adam Duritz and Counting Crows return with their latest record, Butter Miracle, Suite One. Written on a remote farm in the United Kingdom’s countryside in 2019, the four-track, 18-minute suite was artfully composed so that each track flows without interruption from one song to the next. The result, "The Tall Grass," which leads to "Elevator Boots," which segues into "Angel on 14th Street," whose climatic crash is the first power chord to the intro to the final song, "Bobby and the Rat-Kings."

The B side of the vinyl includes August & Everything After for the first time on Vinyl!!!"

[bigeyedpigs]

The new song is good, gives me a high life album vibe. The imagery in his lyrics has always been top notch. I'd love a full album, but im happy for an ep

[shtooper]

Here’s the vinyl rip I found again. Surely someone has the whole thing!! Hook a brother up PLEASE.

https://gofile.io/d/LpvMCT

[UNC41]

Did someone sign up on a DMB forum to post solely about Counting Crows in 2021? I did not see that coming!

Unrelated, Elevator Boots is pretty solid.