COUNTING CROWS Didn’t Want To Be FAMOUS! Then this HAPPENED…

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

After they got famous, Duritz continued to bartend at the Viper room and just giving his tips to the other bartenders. That's cool.

[@larrymacfarlane1799]

“Round here” goes hard. The ultimate scream at the steering wheel sing along song. Loved this band.

[@curly_wyn]

“rRRRrRRrooooound hhhEEeEeEeEre!!!” I hate it, I hate them.

[@peebers9387]

@@curly_wyn you can go to bed then cuz we stay up very very very late

[@playwithnate3729]

Adam Duritz looks like Adam Richman from Man vs. Food

[@rnrtruestories]

yes! I was thinking the same thing.

[@LostHorizons0]

Same tribe …

[@satansalley6526]

Xlnt😅

[@jesterr7133]

Counting Crows are an interesting band. Adam Duritz is not what anyone would call a traditionally great singer. He kinda goes off key a lot, but he is a great song writer that is very good at getting the most out of what he has to work with, and I always thought that was really cool. I am a huge fan of theirs, and I think Duritz is criminally underrated as a song writer. They were probably one of the most unlikely successes of the 90's, but also one of the biggest ones. I have several thousand albums in my collection, and I would put "August and Everything After" pretty high up on my list, and "Recovering The Satellites" and "This Desert Life" as well.

[@MedalionDS9]

Good solid pop rock band. Always a pleasure to revisit them every once in awhile.

[@adamp2029]

I first heard Omaha on WXPN in Philadelphia while I was driving. I went straight to a record store to buy the CD. They had one copy and the employees hadn’t even heard of them! I still include it among the best debut albums ever.

[@mbrum3230]

Im also in philly. When i heard the beginning of that song i was hooked.

[@Minortough1034]

I know a lot of people are familiar with their hits but this band is the definition of solid. Not a bad record or track in their discography.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

Not any good ones, either.

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

It’s definition of shocking of how a talentless, zero charisma shit band could get airplay with groundbreaking lyrics like sha la la

[@TenFalconsMusic]

@pablodeisgundo9502 😂👍

[@JayJay-xd5lm]

Oñ Pluto ? 😂

[@VicM-xc9zb]

They only have 2 good songs imo. Long December and Mr. Jones.

[@rnrtruestories]

what other bands should I do "how they got popular videos on?"

[@undiscovered9856]

Soul asylum, The lemonheads, spong, Local H, the rentals

[@TenFalconsMusic]

Ace of Base...😂

[@mikewilson3581]

Beach House or Ministry.

[@VicM-xc9zb]

The Curve, Unwritten Law (for sure), MxPx, The Showoffs, and/or Orgy.

[@theseattlegreen1871]

PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

Thank you for the post! I have always liked this band! 🤘🏻😊

[@rnrtruestories]

You’re welcome

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

@@rnrtruestories 👍🏻✌🏼😊

[@whoami7721]

I remember Adam Duritz going on Howard Stern's show and saying he was basically crazy. Howard later was telling a story about how Adam wrote detailed, obsessive songs about young women he hung out with for just a night and he thought it was creepy. It was hilarious but brought a new spin to the songs I never thought of before.

[@joeshoe6184]

If Howard Stern thinks you're creepy... thats saying something!

[@rnrtruestories]

was that when he dressed up in the bunny costume?

[@larrymacfarlane1799]

Stole my comment. I cancelled my sub to Sirius when they were doing the hypnotism bit and Howard started saying “hey little girl” in his creepy voice. Look it up.

[@jaywalshmusicandsong1736]

Stern, eh? Wouldn't take much seriously from that sac o shite.

[@Brett223]

Both wear wigs too

[@delanoarts3703]

All your videos are good I really like this because this band seriously made it on the music alone there was nothing else that really mattered not there looks cloths are image they honestly made from the music alone barely any bands make off strictly there music especially these days gave me a whole mew respect for this band

[@mphillips4324]

They are one of my favorite bands. Thanks for covering them.

[@mrdeatheli]

I was thirteen when they played SNL, and I saw it in real time. I thought the performance was horrible and that this band would never make it. Within no time, they were playing on the radio ad nauseum! My mother saw them live that year when they played in the Cherokee Nation at a small college and got to meet the band. He signed her pocket calendar she kept in her purse in the month of August, writing his name and "...and everything after." He's a nice guy, too bad they went on to make songs like "Accidentally In Love." I hope he retires the dreadlock wig one day.

[@rnrtruestories]

last time I saw him, he shaved his head.

[@mrdeatheli]

​@rnrtruestories He went bald, but has been known to wear a dreadlock wig. I hope that it's gone forever, ha

[@honkytonkinson9787]

To be fair, most bands sounded awful on SNL in the late 90s early 2000s. I would hate it if my bands only exposure in people’s minds was an SNL performance, sounds horrible through the TV

[@leblancexplores]

I grew up listening to August and Everything After on repeat. I never really learned about the history of the band or Adam though, I just loved the songs 🙂

[@42-Donuts]

I love this band... i got to see them in Stockholm about a year ago... first time since '96 .. 🤘 great video.

[@batticusmanacleas510]

August and Everything After is a masterpiece of an album. Nothing they've done in the last 25 years comes even remotely close. Perfect Blue Buildings is one of the best songs Ive ever heard about mental illness

[@rnrtruestories]

I literally saw a rick beato video the other day talking about how he thought recovering the satellites was one of the best records of the decade.

[@batticusmanacleas510]

@@rnrtruestories out of their catalog, I'd definitely put it at least as their second best. For whatever reason, it didn't resonate with me the way August did. Tbh, I haven't listened to it since came out. I'm gonna listen to it at work tonight, though. Let's see if 42 year old me has the same opinion teenage me did.

[@karakillgrave8105]

How bout Driving Blue Cars? Dishwalla!

[@leblancexplores]

@@karakillgrave8105Dishwalla’s a bit of a one hit wonder imho, not a ton of variety in their album. Tonic though I enjoyed, kinda the same era!

[@karakillgrave8105]

@@leblancexplores I was just going with wordplay. And yeah I only know the one Dishwalla song, though I think they had a 2nd on alt rock charts.

[@Actionfiguresinaction]

Never understood the 'WiG' .. But? I cant make to much fun. 'Round Here? so one of my lifes soundtrack songs!❤️😀

[@karakillgrave8105]

"... joined a cult and of course the deal fell through." lmao Also at 9:10 is that hair even real??

[@jamarwashington6419]

Nope, he had fake dreads later in his career & it looks ridiculous lol

[@karakillgrave8105]

@@jamarwashington6419 I know wht ppl had dreads for millennia so I am not on the 'cultural misappropriation' boat, but Jesus grow your own FFS.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I always wondered what happened to the Counting Crows before and after their popularity. Thank you, mrtruestories. :)

[@rnrtruestories]

I'll have to circle around and do their follow up records.

[@buckiemohawk3643]

@@rnrtruestories they are still around and release new records every once in a while. although he really needed to shorten a lot of the latter songs

[@Audfile]

Sure, we'll write songs for a commercial record deal but please oh god no dont make me famous i wont be able to live with myself... the 90s were stupid in a lot of ways.

[@cchavezjr7]

said by Cobain also...

[@VicM-xc9zb]

Then Vedder got shamed by Cobain for it and then acted exactly that way, too... lol

[@Audfile]

@VicM-xc9zb another example. When Nirvana came out and got huge they were suddenly the vision of cool. I mean, I got caught up in it at the time. Solos and intricate music and well engineered, good sounding production was out. Now all of that music exists together at once with no issues.

[@VicM-xc9zb]

@Audfile I never cared at all whether music was simple three chords, or complex, intricate, or any of that. It's what I grew up on. I'm old-fashioned, if it's good it's good. Music doesn't have to be synonyms with a big budget production or exaggerated importance. I was always totally fine with music at that time to be simple in terms of just turning on the car radio and driving and going along to the music of modern times.

[@johnmac4020]

Saw these guys a bunch but in late 00's saw them in Saratoga. About the 2nd song in Adam advises crowd that he and band are bummed out because his friends mom died of cancer that am. Show as a total buzzkill the rest of night. Any positive feelings or vibes went out the window rest of the night. I was really perplexed why he wouldn't do this at end of show. Adam was noticeably upset about this news and was melancholy all night.

[@rnrtruestories]

man that's rough.

[@peachesncream100519]

Adam Durst is a great lyrist. Rain King, Sullivan Street, Mrs Potter, Round Here, etc.. If you don’t like them, it’s your perogavtive; that does not take away their ability to move all the fans that admire them.

[@Surge_LaChance]

"We wanted to be like R.E.M." Me, in 1994: "Gee, I hardly noticed." 🙄

[@CupofCloud]

August And Everything After is very arguably within the top 3 debut albums of all time.

[@dmitriponomarev8002]

I’m arguing

[@TenFalconsMusic]

I'm guessing your favourite pizza topping is pickled pig's feet.

[@marqryan5218]

Hey, dude. Not sure if you realize or it's just me, but your audio and video aren't quite synced up. Loved the video!

[@jaywalshmusicandsong1736]

If they didn't want the album to be a hit, they shouldn't have hired such a sick drummer.

[@charlesoliver]

Finally, someone else that appreciates how good Steve Bowman is

[@UniversalistSon9]

One of my faves❤️

[@RoundSparrow]

Canadian Professor famously said on TV interview that James Joyce's book 'Finnegans Wake" read out-loud is just like an acid trip (back in the 1960's when his students used acid). There are videos of the interview on KZbin.

[@darylmckay]

They always seemed like mediocre wannabes to me. The only reason they moved the dial was when they came on the radio, I changed the station.

[@travzimmerman1340]

And yet you're here😂😂😂😂 What a pathetic loser

[@mbrum3230]

Let me guess u like U2 and dave mathews

[@ActualLiteralKyle]

Lmao bro I’ll never forget when I heard the phrase “C*nting Cows” and I never took them seriously again. I mean, the dreads didn’t help but still.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

I recall my best friend in high school coming up with that on her own when we played our dumb game of rename bands something disparaging. I was so proud of her, never heard her use that word prior to that. 😂😂

[@floydsemlow8253]

Right they are quite "Dreadful" aren't they 😂

[@CriticalEatsJapan]

Damn, those wigs.

[@jaymz010]

I always considered Counting Crows to be “college rock”. Like Spin Doctors or Deep Blue Something 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@brianmaguire6814]

Spin Doctors can jam!!

[@inelhuayocan_aci]

The more I hear Adam Durtz speak, the more I hate his suck band, and (speaking as a Gen Xer) I never liked them.

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

Me niether .. they guy sucked . Boring and zero charisma .. goofy ass look too.

[@cchavezjr7]

same here. I was in college when I saw their Mr Jones video and instantly turned off.

[@travzimmerman1340]

And yet you're here 😂😂😂😂 What an ass clown

[@throwitatthewall6289]

Posers for sure

[@Barely_Out_Of_Tuesday]

And August and everything after, I'm after..... everything.

[@noelstaar]

Saw them open for Maroon 5. They were killer professional sounding when I saw them. They were overplayed to death

[@rnrtruestories]

I saw maroon 5 around a decade ago, man I thought they were awful live.

[@noelstaar]

@@rnrtruestories wow really? I saw the first version of M5 (first two albums) They were amazing. I haven't seen the second version (moves like jagger pop) I respect the new M5 but it wasnt for me

[@guyincognito143]

Two horrible groups

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Such a great band 👏

[@travzimmerman1340]

Albert's alway sincere....................

[@mbrum3230]

He wants to be well liked

[@g1stylempdesign929]

Columbia House gave you 12 CD for a Penny. That’s how

[@TenFalconsMusic]

In that case, Colombia House way overpriced their CD.

[@brutalbasspro]

And $10 for shipping each cd!

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

If you happened to be 13 at the time and had 6 siblings = a whole lot of free music. Then free DVDs after that. Not sure how they stayed in business

[@chicharito229]

Adam Duritz is a great song writer, personally I love all their albums.

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

#1 in Canada, of course it was

[@Thornspyre81]

Rain King is an amazing song.

[@BipTunia_Microtonal_Cats]

Fake dreadlock wig on that guy wouldn't fly now.

[@allanvanuga9196]

Great video.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks

[@cchavezjr7]

First time I saw the video on MTV I instantly hated the band. The dreads, the terrible singing and his flopping up and down while singing just garnered instant disdain...

[@jovanreid6782]

LMFAO flopping up and down while singing hell nah 🤣😂🤣

[@cchavezjr7]

@@jovanreid6782 lol, best description I could come up with. True story though hahaha.

[@glitchtriple7]

Aww, they didn’t like being compared to Van Morrison, poor babies. Get over it.

[@NellieKAdaba]

I love Van Morrison and Counting Crows.

[@jeremywanner4526]

Counting Crows blow,Black Crows rock

[@mrdeatheli]

Neither are good, but Black Crows sounds like if you typed "buttrock" into an AI program.

[@mikewilson3581]

They're actually the Black CROWES. Not a good way to defend your band.

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

I have no idea how they made it big ! their songs sucked, and the singer had ZERO charisma and hardly talent ..

[@theseattlegreen1871]

Can we hear your "good" songs?🙄

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

@@theseattlegreen1871 it ain’t fucking counting crow songs ..

[@theseattlegreen1871]

@@houmandehdashtidmd9078 My question was not rhetorical. Apparently I hit a nerve😆👍

[@theseattlegreen1871]

@@houmandehdashtidmd9078 My question was not rhetorical. Apparently I hit a nerve😆👍

[@vestaxwax]

Imagine selling 10 million records and being bummed some people are comparing you to an icon. Boo f’n hoo.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

. Looks like he wanted to be Tracy Chapman.

[@travzimmerman1340]

So he wanted to be someone that white soccer moms in the suburbs listen to on their way to dance or soccer practice for Kenzie or Caden?!?!?!

[@JWickyJr13]

10:38 his hair looks like a wig??

[@LostHorizons0]

Yeah his hair even facial hair always looks fake he’s a weird lookin guy

[@hangingon]

It is

[@LostHorizons0]

@@hangingon gross

[@mbrum3230]

Yes. He admits mental illness.

[@spencergadoury]

Probably my favourite debut album of all time!

[@Firebrand1967]

LOL!

[@spencergadoury]

@@Firebrand1967 it’s gonna be ok bro , chill, different music has different meaning to different people

[@Mollikar]

I didnt want them to be famous either but execs from their label had Mr. Jones played every 30 minutes every hour of every day for a year then forced them on us on the radio so they could say how "popular" they were and like Alannis Morissette they were overplayed industry plants, he didn't want to be famous is just the nice 90s style PR story he tells people, they all said that.

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

Their debut is probably one of the greatest albums ever produced. Funny you put this out shortly after the Live video. I saw them on a double bill in 00 or 01

[@TenFalconsMusic]

Yep, it was definitely an album that was produced.

[@rnrtruestories]

who'd you think was better live (no pun intended)?

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

@@rnrtruestoriesbelieve it or not, Live IMO. And I love CC but Adam over improvised the melody on every single song and as much as I like a good embellishment, it totally detracted from the being able to follow along.

[@guyincognito143]

Hahahaha. You need to listen to more music. Hahaha.

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

@@guyincognito143I’ll bite troll. To what? You seem to hate everything this channel posts to do shed some wisdom

[@SchizoAction]

1993 was a great year for music. Nirvana put out In Utero Breeders released Last Splash Melvins put out Houdini Babes in Toyland’s Painkillers PJ Harvey blew everyone away with Rid Of Me. And then there was Counting Crows…with that yawn fest. Music that inspired wealthy record executives. Boring!!

[@christopherward6409]

Too bad they didn’t have a talent trip… Such garbage

[@daverichards9141]

Toilet nugget trip down the pipes.

[@fumanpoo4725]

Nothing says Torah like Zep's Black Dog...

[@MrWharfrat05]

Are there any bands that became wildly successful that didn’t start with rich kids being supported by their wealthy family and their rich people connections?

[@cchavezjr7]

Mr BIg? Oh wait...

[@zego2114]

Nirvana

[@bangslamwham88]

August and Everything After is their only good album IMO.

[@leblancexplores]

Recovering then Satellites is good especially the live version “Across a Wire”, Hard Candy not bad either if you skip over that garbage Vanessa Carlton song, “Good Time” especially, give it a listen!

[@bangslamwham88]

@@leblancexplores Gave all those a listen and didn't like them.

[@jomofo42]

I was instantly put off by the singer in their MTV hit video. Then he dissed the entire city of Grand Rapids MI. somehow pissing off all the radio DJs.. Never liked'em. YUCK!

[@rnrtruestories]

oh did he? Didn't come across that story.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

White guy with dred-locks whine singing... Yeah, they were doomed from the start.

[@cchavezjr7]

What did he do? I couldn't stand the dreads and how he just kind of flopped up and down in the Mr Jones video.

[@PaulSmoker420]

I'm STILL put off by him and the rest of Counting Crows! 😝

[@mikeseadorf4952]

I remember something about them , I'm from Jenison 11 miles away from Grand Rapids MI... I agree with you 💯?!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@RanterInShades]

Hot take: Counting Crows version of Big Yellow Taxi > the original

[@daverichards9141]

Acid trips without acid? Did he also go on drunken benders from virgin bloody marys?

[@jovanreid6782]

He was obviously talking about acid flashbacks.

[@NellieKAdaba]

@@jovanreid6782 Interesting.

[@tortillaman2491]

Peace to the Martians on the planet Mars.

[@frodofraggins]

I couldn't stand his whiny voice

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

I just don’t get. Zero appeal and charisma ..no talent ..

[@frodofraggins]

@@houmandehdashtidmd9078 I'm not big into lyrics for the most part so I assume it has to do with that.

[@deadinthewater218]

Agreed

[@TenFalconsMusic]

He always sounded like he needed to go to the bathroom, really bad.

[@theseattlegreen1871]

Millions and millions of people would disagree with yall

[@floydsemlow8253]

Never liked this band or the Fake AF Dreadlocks 😂 ...."Round Here" no chance of that 🎶 happening!

[@daverichards9141]

Total trash.

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@daverichards9141 Agreed 💯

[@deadinthewater218]

Hate this band

[@fearlessfreep]

I've seen them live twice - once as the opener and once as the headliner. They are awful live - their songs intentionally sound nothing like the album versions, which makes it painful to try and sing or even hum along. Look - I get that it may get boring to play the same song over and over, but making your WHOLE CATALOG sound different live is really a big "F-YOU" to your fans.

[@paullamey4101]

just stick listening to the album tracks you plum

[@daverichards9141]

They sound like crap live and recorded.

[@ronarnold1507]

I was shocked, too. I can't stand this band!

[@rubaidaallen2764]

The worst 🙄

[@throwitatthewall6289]

Didn’t want to and definitely ahouldnt have been

[@howardweingard43]

counting crows a bad band name? how about goo goo dolls! 🤔😂

[@losethOS88]

Noice

[@curly_wyn]

GAAAAAARBAAAAAAGE!

[@lukeleonard5329]

Adam D always looks like a sketch comic playing Adam D in an exaggerated wig

[@michaelwills1926]

If you don’t want to get famous that’s easy: if you want to say you don’t want to get famous but still sign the contract and make the videos and do the label tour and dominate the charts and mtv then you’re full of shit, but cool story

[@derekpierkowski7641]

Funny! I didn't think it was a Hit either!!!💀👍🏻

[@forgottengrooves6073]

If the band is tired of Van Morrison comparisons, maybe they should stop writing songs that sound like Van Morrison 🤔

[@odalayme]

At the end of their show when everyone thought they would play their hits, they diid not dn't play them. They stopped the show and had a sit down on the stage and told people how important it was to vote. 👌💨 NEVER AGAIN COUNTING ZROWS 🖕 🤓🖕. Band was a plant anyway, without MTV, they would still be losers.

[@rnrtruestories]

There was one review from 1994 that I read that criticized them for not playing the hits

[@odalayme]

Thank you for all you do. Great content always. Very entertaining going back and remembering the times related to music in my life as the stories relate. Without music i would be totally lost​@@rnrtruestories

[@odalayme]

@@rnrtruestories this was in abq with maroon 5 I think.

[@ravenheart1439]

Only knew of the one song that was on replay on radio which is annoying lol . Mr Jones I guess it was...just another average band IMO, then they was gone like so many radio bands I call em..

[@LostHorizons0]

Long December was a nice song other than that wasn’t a big fan

[@keithmusgrave6983]

He looks very unhappy these days and sick

[@brianbelden2449]

"Omaha" is their best song. Prove me wrong.

[@hangingon]

I remember my friend had a double live cd of theirs he always played and that when I got into them. I couldnt believe how good they were live & how many awesome songs. Anna Begins will always be my favorite for some reason. That ridiculous wig is the only thing bad about this band.

[@ushireborn]

i couldn't stand this band. they were like a precursor to Mad Tv skits ... maybe Mad Tv was influenced by them

[@Malama_Ki]

The rise of the apathy generation……

[@edwardsanchez3708]

A group I couldn't stand and I'm a big big lover of all music

[@sendtodevnull1269]

Great band

[@guyincognito143]

*horrible

[@JayJay-xd5lm]

Why do they give such painful second hand cringe . Like the laughable earnestness of 4 Non Blondes . Or the horror , the horror , The Spin Doctors . Why the dreads ? He must have looked in the mirror And thought I look so cool Real authentic ersatz Grunge . Ya gotta love it . " And ah say Whats a goin ' on ? Ugh ..shudder . 😂

[@roberts1440]

The worst live show I’ve ever seen

[@uphillracer]

Why is the editing so off in this episode? 😄 I love counting crows, especially August and everything after. To me, Steve bowman was the PERFECT drummer for them, and when the got their second guitar player, it got too bluesy for my taste. Adam is a real artist and I miss his podcast.

[@rnrtruestories]

what do you mean the editing is off?

[@uphillracer]

@@rnrtruestories just soundwise in the transitions

[@VDP207]

His hair never really fit his body...

[@Brett223]

Z¡onist

[@daverichards9141]

Doucheb@g

[@Brett223]

@@daverichards9141 your dad's a what

[@daverichards9141]

@brett8402 the guy laying pipe in your mom's nooks and crannys.

[@Brett223]

@@daverichards9141 Dave's mom is his father's sister

[@Brett223]

@@daverichards9141 that definitely not you incel

[@Nut-ml5wc]

Love this band, but don't really care for the last 2 releases from them.

[@alphazero1393]

The band popular by having a j3w lead singer. wow!!

[@Surge_LaChance]

...because there is SOOOOO much great music coming from Muslims. Lol.

[@alphazero1393]

@@Surge_LaChance They actually do and have talent. They don't have to bow to the tiny penis brigade and to the devil while doing it.

[@martist911wasits-not-real4]

They don't own the industry and music is considered haram ​@@Surge_LaChance

[@mojomusica.0169]

David Lee Roth, Chris Cornell, Joey Ramone, and Geddy Lee are all part of the tribe as well. wow !

[@alphazero1393]

@@mojomusica.0169 The nose clan