flyboy
(Sarah Palin's Hometown) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 12:05 | |
Ah. Memories of college come flooding back. Couldn't walk out of the dorm without hearing this album being played in someone's room somewhere.
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bam23
(Berkeley) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:47 | |
zigzag wrote:Whiny, insipid claptrap.
Seriously, when a band like this listens to playback, do they think they've created something new and interesting?
Or just rehashed some leftovers?
Badly. I agree with all this, but seemingly this is a minority opinion. This band has always grated for me and time has not softened any of it. |
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:46 | |
Cynaera wrote:I'm not paying any attention to the comparisons and arty-farty criticisms of this band. I don't care about Adam Duritz's personal anguishes. All I know is that when I hear pretty much any Counting Crows song, I start to smile, drive a little faster, maybe even sing.
I can't fault a band that elicits that reaction for me, since I'm one step away from total despair most of the time. Oh - and I've discovered that I still have my voice, so singing isn't an excruciatingly-horrific experience anymore - at least, to my ears.
And I just love this song.
Miss you so much, Cynaera...love this song... |
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Segue
(Almost Paradise) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:45 | |
Florence must have listened to a lot of this.
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coachc
(Madison, WI) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:41 | |
My experience exactly.
lemonfergie wrote:Love this album. Their later albums made me grow super sick of his whiny voice to the point of making feel angry and nauseated (irrational I know but it happens!), but this one holds a dear little peice of my heart. Thanks RP! |
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zigzag
| | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 19:36 | |
Whiny, insipid claptrap.
Seriously, when a band like this listens to playback, do they think they've created something new and interesting?
Or just rehashed some leftovers?
Badly.
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valerie
(Chile) | | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 10:41 | |
Why do I have such a soft spot for this whiny, melodramatic band?
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stevendejong
| | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 02:06 | |
joelbb wrote:Why would a vocalist with any choice at all come so close to emulating the execrable voice of Neil Young? Speaking of wasting your life... No, he improves on Neil Young, actually. In the self-important whiney delivery department. |
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stevendejong
| | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 02:05 | |
copymonkey wrote:The 'it can't be cool if it's commercial' vibe is one of the only things I don't like about the RP comment board. I don't like that, too. I love quite a lot of music from bands that were/are commercially successful. And I don't bash everything from Dave Matthews, even though one seems to have to here on RP. Having said that, I really dislike almost everything this band ever produced. The singer is an intolerable whiner. |
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joelbb
| | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 02:01 | |
Why would a vocalist with any choice at all come so close to emulating the execrable voice of Neil Young? Speaking of wasting your life...
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 14:26 | |
 Open up your eyes and see the flames You don't wanta waste your life |
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lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny) | | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 14:26 | |
Grits teeth and raises...to...8
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia) | | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 09:59 | |
lemonfergie wrote:Love this album. Their later albums made me grow super sick of his whiny voice to the point of making feel angry and nauseated (irrational I know but it happens!), but this one holds a dear little peice of my heart. Thanks RP! Kept me sane when things were frenetic a while back (despite the clever self reference within the lyric) |
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lemonfergie
(Troll Capital of the World) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 16:36 | |
Love this album. Their later albums made me grow super sick of his whiny voice to the point of making feel angry and nauseated (irrational I know but it happens!), but this one holds a dear little peice of my heart. Thanks RP!
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 16:35 | |
treatment_bound wrote:
I think this was their best song, but for some reason, it doesn't get played here in Chi. on 'XRT anymore. But
Round Here, Mr.Jones & Rain King still get trotted out regularly...what's up with that?
I remember listening to Durtz crow on XRT for many years. Ah, the memories. |
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skyguy
(CO) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 16:33 | |
shellbella wrote:Black Crowes? Yes. Counting Crows... No counting black sheryl crows |
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mrselfdestruct
(Alberta) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 16:32 | |
Nice song, but I always find it lame when bands say their name in a song.
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 18:45 | |
HazzeSwede wrote:Now this crow-song I like.  I think this was their best song, but for some reason, it doesn't get played here in Chi. on 'XRT anymore. But Round Here, Mr.Jones & Rain King still get trotted out regularly...what's up with that? |
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HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 05:50 | |
Now this crow-song I like. |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 05:47 | |
sandpebble wrote:I Love this whole album but the first time i heard their "Big Yellow Taxi", I was done with the CCs
That is one of the worst cover versions of any song that I have ever heard. This album wasn't bad - they even have a crow reference in this song title. |
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Marzz_13
(Cape Fear Coast) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 05:47 | |
Alexandra wrote: CC songs always make me think of a really great phase of my life in the 90s. Always. X2! |
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shellbella
(so california) | | Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 12:00 | |
Black Crowes? Yes. Counting Crows... No
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hencini
| | Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 12:00 | |
sandpebble wrote:I Love this whole album but the first time i heard their "Big Yellow Taxi", I was done with the CCs Lolz... Indeed... Duritz is such a tool. But this was a great album. |
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sandpebble
(near Paradise) | | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 12:37 | |
I Love this whole album but the first time i heard their "Big Yellow Taxi", I was done with the CCs
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 12:33 | |
sronis wrote:true, but what a great songwriter, and what a great song!
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Alexandra
(Here and Now) | | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 12:32 | |
CC songs always make me think of a really great phase of my life in the 90s. Always. |
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Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 06:33 | |
one of my personal favs by these guys,
Like the music or not you have to wonder if anyone was able to pull down the ladies like Adam could...whipped threw the Friends cast in their prime. Monica Potter, and now Emmy Rossum.
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 06:32 | |
Does Adam have a self important, hipster, tacky quality about him and probably thinks he is far deeper and important than he actually is? Sure, but the Crows have produced some very toe tappin' tunes and they are fine with me.
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 06:31 | |
Ever walk by a Yankee Candle store unexpectedly? Some people love it, but the blast of artificial stink trying to mimic natural scents causes an immediate toxic reaction and headache for me.
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sronis
| | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 06:28 | |
true, but what a great songwriter, and what a great song!
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