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Mar 6, 2023 · The story behind Counting Crows' name came from a British divination nursery rhyme called "One for Sorrow" about the superstitious practice of counting magpies (more commonly known as crows in America).
Oct 24, 2013 · New documentary, The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark, tells the fascinating story of one of the founding members of The Byrds. One part hell raiser, one part mystical poet, Gene Clark died in 1991, aged 46, his latter years blighted by illness and drink and drug abuse.
Nov 22, 2020 · One of the original aims of this blog was to spotlight Gene Clark’s lesser-known compositions— especially those written during the tragic third act, or what I like to call the Late Period, encompassing the years 1980-1991. Facts tell us that there were few Gene Clark releases during this time.
Jun 5, 2015 · “3 Feet High and Rising, along with R.E.M.'s Chronic Town and Run-D.M.C's Raising Hell had a lot to do with how I wanted to express myself. It was a period of time when I really worked hard on being a singer and a songwriter, struggling in bands before Counting Crows happened.”
- Elevator Boots
- Come Around
- Dislocation
- Hanginaround
- 1492
- Einstein on The Beach
- Anna Begins
- Goodnight L.A.
- Daylight Fading
- All My Friends
Seven years after the release of 2014’s Somewhere Under Wonderland, Counting Crows returned with the Butter Miracle Suite OneEP. The short release consists of four songs that seamlessly segue into one another to create a full piece that demands to be listened to in sequence. But if there is a song to single out, it’s the sundazed A.M. rock of “Elev...
In over 30 years of releasing music, Counting Crows have penned many songs that have dealt with the loneliness that comes with the transient life of being in a massive touring rock band. But on the Saturday Nights and Sunday Morningscloser “Come Around,” Adam Duritz lets go of the notion of disappointing those loose connections he left behind and e...
On this standout song from 2014’s Somewhere Under Wonderland, Counting Crows strike up a jubilant boogie as Duritz grapples with losing his old self to the fame the band enjoys. (He knows it’s a selfish concern, which is why he lumps in his woes with the likes of a near-extinct dodo bird dying of polio.) In the song’s final verse, Duritz compares t...
This Desert Lifeopens with the Counting Crows’s second greatest opening track, “Hanginaround.” Like a check-in on some of Duritz’s characters who succumbed to their unfortunate townie destinies, the song is a warm embrace of slackers working for the weekend while having no clue what day it is. Duritz and his friends hide inside watching TV, trying ...
After Counting Crows sugar-coated fourth album Hard Candy, their 2008 album Saturday Nights and Sunday Morningskicked off with the energetic drums of Jim Bogios and a return to loud crashing guitars with the raucous “1492.” The song begins with a self-referential joke at Durtiz’ famous dread-locked appearance – “I’m a Russian Jew American/Impersona...
After the success of August and Everything After, Geffen asked the band if they had any b-sides available for their 1994 DGC Rarities Vol. 1 compilation. It’s a fascinating time capsule, listening to songs from Nirvana, Weezer, Hole, Sonic Youth, Beck and Teenage Fanclub alongside the infectiously catchy “Einstein on the Beach (For Eggman).” Atypic...
Out of all the emotional ballads on the Counting Crows debut album, “Anna Begins” catches Duritz at his most conflicted. In the verses, he speaks candidly with a friend who assures him that he has to be “all or nothing” with someone who he just shared a night of intense passion with. He keeps reiterating that he is “not worried” or “overly concerne...
There is a scene in Parks and Recreation where Chris Pratt’s character Andy Dwyer realizes that since all of his favorite foods contain butter, then butter must be his favorite food of all. Durtiz comes to a similar conclusion on the lovelorn ballad “Goodnight L.A.” from the band’s fourth album Hard Candy. After wrestling with the loneliness of bei...
While grunge was taking over rock radio in the early 90s, the alt-country movement was also witnessing some of its biggest acts making their breakthroughs. With “Daylight Fading” off of Recovering the Satellites, Counting Crows wrote a country-rock song that would’ve made Gene Clark proud. (They would later make this influence plain by covering son...
This Desert Lifefound Counting Crows nodding to the big string arrangements of some of their favorite songs from the 70s. The most elegant example is the often-overlooked “All My Friends.” Sounding like a classic Elton John or Harry Nilsson tune, the orchestra swells as Duritz pines about the dreams he had at 17 that haven’t come true at 33. “All m...
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Sep 18, 2019 · Someone had to get people past grunge, and Counting Crows, with their tendency towards emotional processing and pathological over-thinking, ended up being the new era’s perfect shepherd. Hear the album that influenced an entire wing of ‘90s rock.
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Dec 22, 2021 · But he is inexorably pulled back to the Bay Area, and a new band called Counting Crows coalesces around him, featuring various dudes from various bands in his orbit.
