Counting Crows - Mr. Jones - Cover

150/366 - I've been putting off doing "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows because there are just so many damn words... I'm still not 100% but it's close enough.
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The 366 Project is a personal challenge to post a different song to KZbin every single day in 2016, a leap year. The goal of the Project is to better myself by learning and performing music of many different genres, using the videos to hold myself accountable.
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Lyrics
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la
Mmm
Uh huh
I was down at the New Amsterdam
Staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr Jones strikes up a conversation
With a black-haired flamenco dancer
You know, she dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
Man, I wish I was beautiful
So come dance the silence down through the morning
Sha la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Yeah
Uh huh
Yeah
Cut up, Maria!
Show me some of that Spanish dancin'
Pass me a bottle, Mr Jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
'Cause I want to be someone who believes
Yeah
Mr Jones and me
Tell each other fairy tales
And we stare at the beautiful women
She's looking at you
Ah, no, no, she's looking at me
Smilin' in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you
You can never be lonely
Well, I'm gonna paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
Yeah, well, you know gray is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If I knew Picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
Mr Jones and me
Look into the future
Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women
She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking at me
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me
I will never be lonely
I will never be lonely
Said I'm never gonna be
Lonely
I wanna be a lion
Yeah, everybody wants to pass as cats
We all wanna be big, big stars
Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
Believe in me
'Cause I don't believe in anything
And I wanna be someone to believe, to believe, to believe
Yeah!
Mr Jones and me
Stumbling through the Barrio
Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women
She's perfect for you
Man, there's got to be somebody for me
I wanna be Bob Dylan
Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody love you
Oh! Son, that's just about as funky as you can be
Mr Jones and me
Starin' at the video
When I look at the television, I wanna see me
Staring right back at me
We all wanna be big stars
But we don't know why, and we don't know how
But when everybody loves me
I'm wanna be just about as happy as I can be
Mr Jones and me
We're gonna be big stars

[@AmusedSunset-ub8zy]

Definitely awesome go boyyyyyyyy

[@dfautomaton]

Fucking nailed it! Owe you a round for that performance man

[@maltarollo]

The best cover of mr. jones I saw here on the internet. I'm studying this song and it, although it seems easy, is complex for the vocals. Congratulations!!!

[@PLURer]

Adriano Maltarollo very complex! U are right bro!

[@MaxGyn2023]

Adrianao are u from Brazil?

[@GroovesAndLands]

I agree this was excellent! Another great cover of this tune: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZmsd4B6nJyZi9k

[@DarkOrbChoir]

Cough... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZmsd4B6nJyZi9k cough

[@Jeff-wl9xb]

A dislike on this really, I think somebody was jealous and wished that they could do this! Good job!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Haha yeah well, you can't please everyone I guess...

[@akashbadola2092]

He makes the song alive once again..

[@herrwedding]

This is awesome!

[@shoozymusic]

Man that falsetto on the "jOnes" is killer. Im always nervous about covering this tune because of that one note 😂😂.

[@MrJones-hn4zw]

Still waiting to hear from you. Its a shame you might not see this. Huge career chance here

[@brandonrush970]

Mr. Jones 😂😂 omg

[@MrJones-hn4zw]

Brandon Rush I believe we received your email. It was a toss up between you and Elle King. We are going with you. You seem more photogenic than she. We will need to fly you out for a screen test. Understand, this isn't an audition... You already nailed that. Check your email for details....Congratulations!!!!

[@marcelojoseprazeres7235]

Curtindo aqui do Brazil, excelente performance!!!

[@NotAzoo]

Excellent playing and singing. Very tough song to do incredible timing lyrics and intonation. Kudos!

[@alexsteelerealtor]

dude this is awesomeeeeeeee. Helped me learn the song very easily and I thank you ! :))))

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Right on man! I'm glad I could help!

[@TheMirlo1971]

Great cover!! 10 points for you... Great job and great talent!! Thanks for your music from Spain!!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks, Pepe!

[@robw1138]

Very nice. Great cover. I was able to sing along perfectly. Timing was perfect and your vocal inflections are real close to the original.

[@MCbarry4]

Nice. Talent and especialy hard work. Wish i could simg too

[@greysantacruzsanchez7766]

Great cover Justin. Vocals is very good. Thank you man. =)

[@ivanherrera7930]

I like your cover a lot man!, I’m learning to play guitar and I picked this song to be one of my first proyects to do and now that I watched you play it seems like I can do it too, thanks, greetings from México 🇲🇽

[@OmarHuertaDown2Ryse]

Man ! I'm a huge huge fan of this song . As growing up. And you nailed it ! I'm actually learning this song- 2:42AM and I'm determined to learn it . I'm watching your video well learning. Thank you for your upload. It's a huge help.

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

I'm so glad it helped!

[@tyewarren5712]

beautiful job, brother. very nice.

[@inputtech5946]

it looks like you're part of the band ... Perfect

[@Felipe153350]

Top, um abraço direto do Brasil, você canta demais 🤝

[@SLOW6]

Cant believe anyone gave this a thumb down. Great cover mate! Id love to learn to play this

[@IDAHOJAKE]

Jump around get into it like Adam. Amazing though

[@jan-luisb6712]

You nailed it veryyy impressive

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thank you!

[@mattmclean4478]

Very talented. Amazing job!

[@rottrotten]

Amazing

[@fredericbertran266]

Merci l ami from France🍀

[@laurennicole8647]

What a gem

[@0oMag]

Yesss

[@podge507]

very solid performance, nice

[@greatwall2003]

Great 🖤

[@webadinc]

Didn’t expect this. Made my morning

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

And you made mine! Thank you!

[@stone5against1]

fucking good job wow! EDIT: just saw the project 366 description.. now I have to watch the other ones, dammit! EDIT #2: last video was 7 years ago.. whyyyyy

[@gggusc11]

You are fantastic!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks dude!

[@northerncowpoke7020]

Best cover no cap.

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks dad!

[@potatopoison1130]

this song is extremely hard to sing i commend you mister Justin. great cover

[@mattwallick1166]

Good job my dude! Great cover 🙏

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks brother!

[@jakehart-kirby5401]

You've got a great voice mate

[@KINGOZYMANDIAS]

Amazing performance Justin!

[@Xeyedjohn]

Perfect

[@bigcountrytruckingextraord3548]

Good job!!

[@ListenWell]

Not to shabby!

[@davehugheswithmmaweekly4400]

Good job. Really enjoyed great cover

[@rpena62]

Damn ! that was awesome bro !

[@Al-gq8bp]

Amazing job, brother! Congrats.

[@athanasioslianoudakis9119]

very nice jastin!...really!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks!

[@mattbaker777]

Powerful Justin!!!

[@Welt22]

Killed it brother. Amazing.

[@kaprenzEsguerra]

Nice cover

[@ryandimock8760]

Great job

[@igorholanda1444]

what a great cover

[@OscarAstorga94]

Nice job

[@francoatiradordequintal5070]

Caralho... o moleque é brabo! O mais fiel ao original!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Obrigado!

[@ricardoaugusto4821]

Well done man!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks, Ricardo!

[@josevargasjr90]

Nailed it.

[@mrfixit80]

Good job

[@urbangorilla33]

Great job! Very hard song to do IMO.

[@MrJasonbushey]

Nailed it bri

[@ccastro306]

those up and down vocal inflections are quite difficult, sometimes even Adam misses a few in live performances.... nice job !

[@buzzardscry1383]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@benyf3752]

Nice Bro... it's the best cover I've ever heard.

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks man

[@SANGETSU90]

great cover bro and don´t forget use palm mute.

[@yellowjackets8395]

That’s pretty good but if you wanna play along with the album In the intro they actually use a variation of the F chord

[@stefanozuccala8743]

Great!!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks!

[@LivingEnglishL]

best cover ever!!! }

[@benjaminmagno9762]

Mandou bem mano!!!

[@cooltunesmadeeasy]

good job

[@Djmichelremix]

Congratulations mate!

[@nataliamarinho3146]

Fera demais. Melhor q o original!!!

[@guilhermepantalhao8482]

congratilations!

[@cecidantass]

Do you have Instagram or something else active which we can follow you?

[@agustinedelcopp3299]

epico

[@jordanjohnson186]

Goodshit bro!!!!!!

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks dude!

[@simonmarchetti8196]

You killed it

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks Simon!

[@simonmarchetti8196]

🤘

[@themischeifguide]

Great job Cap'n, I love this song.

[@markwinters5408]

Fkin brilliant mate..thsts not an essy song to sing..great to play on guitar though...great job fella

[@IlliterateSage]

Are you a baritone or a bass? You remind me of me struggling to hit those high notes. Still, awesome job! I couldn't have done better.

[@DjPeterB24]

The chords are more complicated than the tab said they were

[@samuelcf97]

Just am f dm g and c on the chorus

[@DjPeterB24]

It goes am g f sometimes

[@sirshanksalot1]

Great job bro.

[@justinarmstrongmusic]

Thanks, Randy!

[@maltersers]

hard to sing this song, what kind of martin do?

[@spider-manlynch7257]

chords?

[@iasbhz123]

are u blind?

[@DjPeterB24]

Its goes am f dm g. But then it goes am f g

[@angelp1609]

Excelente interpretacion de este chico, porque al cantante original le sale pesimo en vivo.

[@leonardofontanesi6245]

Slow down!!!!!

[@julioanselmo5656]

Batida ta atropelando td cortando socorro

[@Ndfourlife]

Wrong rhythm

[@fernando7517]

First of all you need more hours of practise with the right hand.

[@designwithdaniel]

Great!