"Mr. Jones" Backlash Made Adam Duritz Self Conscious

Taken from JRE #1656 w/Adam Duritz:
open.spotify.com/episode/1PqO...

[@Wolves1967]

I remember standing in a bar in 1994, last year of college, Mr. Jones blasting from the speakers and I remember just thinking, life doesn't get any better. That song just travels right through you!

[@lukealadeen7836]

Sounds like a great moment. A great song

[@steelearmstrong9616]

That’s awesome. Great times

[@moogs05]

Then we blinked and we’re in our 50’s now .

[@PtotheMtotheK]

And you were right. I miss my younger days tremendously.

[@corylampe5171]

Have kids brotha it gets way better

[@allthebass]

I’m not a huge Counting Crows fans but this dude wrote the lyrics “Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white. And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.”. Beautiful. August is a brilliant album.

[@triggerwarning5911]

What song is that

[@joshbox52]

Round here

[@mingus4932]

Bars.

[@jcb9342]

The acoustic version of that song 🥺❤️🥺❤️🥺❤️

[@7treeparanormalsociety941]

He is a great lyricist. I wonder if he ghost writes for studios.

[@jacksmith5045]

My mom died last year middle of COVID of cancer and every time I hear “Long December” I always think of her. The lyrics “ I can’t remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving, and the days go by so fast” always makes me cry

[@Alanaran9]

Really sad to hear about your loss bro. wish the best for you

[@shelbyprice7790]

Sorry about your loss. We do have hope in death and that is in Jesus christ.

[@Alanaran9]

@@shelbyprice7790 that's right

[@mattolds9068]

Never forget but don't hold the pain

[@gnagdogg21]

I sing that song when I need to cry

[@morelhunter3966]

August and Everything After is one of the great albums of the 90s. Man thats an incredible album.

[@idriscahill9414]

Underrated eternally

[@OmegaScorpio96]

One of the best albums of all times man

[@morelhunter3966]

@@OmegaScorpio96 I agree

[@gary94h]

Probably my favorite band of all time. The wife just asked me 3 months ago who I would like to see in concert, Counting Crows! 1st 2 albums, every song is good! Adam's vocals are so unique!

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

"I wish I could be that free again." I like this guy, what an honest person.

[@bradleylovej]

I come back and watch this video sometimes just to hear him say that.

[@hybridh9702]

wooo freedom!! so dumb

[@SillyGoose2024]

He clearly dyes his hair

[@TheRissaRN]

For the record, Mr.Jones is one of those songs that I don’t get sick of. “Believe in me. Help me believe in anything cause I want to be someone who believes” -classic, unforgettable lyrics

[@stephengrahn9361]

I agree I am not a big fan of their's but Mr Jones,Long Dec,and Hangin' Around are great and I still listen to them after all these yrs.

[@AtomMoon]

We will record that and put it in your biography in the “meaningless tattoos” chapter

[@kylegrossi8175]

Dude has all kinds of really great lyrics. In some way i feel that August and everything after is still a underrated album even though it sold millions.

[@hhhh-sg8mq]

I feel the same way exact! That is very rare for any music to last like that and not be played out.

[@theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909]

“I wanna be Bob Dylan...”

[@TheCorrectAnswer56]

This man wrote what I consider one of the greatest albums ever “August and Everything After.” He’s a pure poet and amazing songwriter.

[@mattvanemden7573]

Agreed. One of the best albums ever made.

[@jimsonjohnson3761]

That's absolutely positively wrong even if it's an opinion

[@FLYNNER.]

Love 💕 Love 💕 Love 💕 THIS

[@vickielawson3114]

Then why did he end the title on a preposition (a grammatical no-no)?

[@Noticerofthings]

Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand and said she like to meet a boy who looks like elvis

[@sensualchocolate4928]

Mr. Adam Duritz I truly hope you see this. I have been a fan of Counting Crows since I first heard Mr. Jones all those years ago. I do not remember now if I saw the video first or heard it on the radio first but what I do know is immediately it changed me for the better. I cannot overstate the power this song holds for me. I very literally became a better person because of Mr. Jones. I became more empathetic, more open. I wanted to be as funky as I could be. Apologies, I'm really having a moment. I have no idea what my life would have been had you never made that tune but I truly believe I would not be the person I am today. I have tried to live up to this amazing song every day. What is most interesting to me is no other tune has ever grabbed a hold of me the way your song did. I have lived a life of kindness and generosity thankfully because of your song. I have been open and free because of your song. I have impacted in many positive ways many lives all because of your song. It would take pages and pages to truly show or try to explain but please know Adam Duritz that for the absolute better your song truly influenced someone's life who then tried to pay it forward throughout their life. And I have been loved by many and for that I will never be able to express my absolute gratitude too you. Thank you for showing me a good path, this was never your intent of course but I am and will always be grateful to you good sir. This will most likely be the only chance I will ever have to express to you how this song influenced my life and to this day I have no idea why it affects me so much but it really is for me one of the all time greatest songs. I feel like Joe Rogan says it right, I saw the video and really I had that feeling, I want to be that....that free, that happy, that loved, that funky, lol and I can honestly say with your song as inspiration it is how I have tried to live every day. Thank you Adam Duritz. May you have many blessings and much good fortune.

[@Teexcup]

Damn sensual chocolate, right in the feels.

[@tonyr.3435]

I wanna be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was something just a little more fun-ky when everybody loves you aw son, that's just about as funky as you can be.

[@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078]

Can we just take a moment and recognize just how lucky anyone whose teenage years were in the 90s was in terms of music?

[@spareparts1017]

HELL YEAH! I’m 47, a musician for 35 years and I’m still locked in an 89-94 time capsule music wise. That just stuck.

[@ryanduray1]

Born in '81. I'm definitely still stuck in the 90's, musically speaking.

[@harlanmcdiarmid]

@Vjecan Vracanje I bought the pulp fiction sound track whenninwas 7 years old...was not allowed to watch the movie but the sound track was great haha

[@cheffy101]

Amen to that!

[@bmanrandom893]

Yes 👍😎

[@drlarrymitchell]

“People ask me if I have stage fright. I say, God, no, I’m completely comfortable there. I have rest-of-the-day fright.” -Adam Duritz

[@palecurve]

Hell yes, awesome profile picture. I too enjoy DrukQs and lick windows.

[@mr.sandwichesreviews5900]

OMG Thanks for this comment!! LoL

[@jdmac44]

Love their music, but he could use a little stage fright. Saw them live a couple of years ago and he slept walked through the show, it was more like story telling time, really. Lots of stories. Hate to be down on people, but damn.

[@fmbighair]

Did he really say that? Brilliant.

[@ericphantoms4359]

Adam is one of the most underrated vocalists ever, is song writing, poetry, singing voice, personality, etc is so beautiful and genuine, he's in a league of his own

[@quinniebones]

I took my mom to see CC this year in commemoration of my dad. Their team is so awesome and helped me get sold out VIP tickets for her and I. Miss my dad and listening to all their albums together, A Long December last year as our first without him (passed end of Nov).

[@andreazauli2883]

A big hug from Italy.

[@seanstours3913]

My dad passed away tragically 5 years ago, and he absolutely loved this this song Mr Jones, every time it plays anywhere I think of my dad, rip, thank you for creating this incredible memorable song!

[@catebartley9865]

@I only use this account when I get put in time out omg my fave song!!!!

[@seanstours3913]

ya music is powerful like that, just takes you back to certain times/events/memories in a split second @I only use this account when I get put in time out

[@connormccafferty5288]

My Dad died in 2018, he loved this song as well.

[@seanstours3913]

@@connormccafferty5288 Beautiful, ya gives us goosebumps whenever it plays

[@S5King7]

Great song, glad it gives you those memories.

[@jopo7996]

I get the impression that when Joe interviews musicians, he wishes he was someone just a little more funky.

[@snazzletruthtooth]

Lmao nice reference

[@mrc6993]

Lol I see what you did there

[@Bcasey11]

he should learn guitar he could do it with his money and discipline

[@thespian44]

I wish I could give this comment a triple thumbs up

[@nickslade7635]

This is quality

[@davidl570]

Adam's really aged well--even if it's kind of a shock to see him without the dreadlocks and goatee! What a nice, humble guy.

[@gregoryporch8395]

It was like looking at Eddie Vedder when he got my dad's haircut, took me a minute to recognize the guy.

[@darabennett4316]

Lolz, I told my husband, that I thought all along he was mixed. Cause of the dreadlocks and gotee. I watch this, and I'm like, "holy shit, he's a white guy?!" 😂

[@saltyandthebeefcracker4863]

​@@darabennett4316The Dreadlocks were fake.

[@chrism8234]

I think he looks like Patton Oswald lol

[@robreeto]

​@@darabennett4316I'm pretty sure he's jewish

[@d3po455]

I was in college when August and Everything After came out. Every song takes me back to that time. My roommate from college just turned 50. I bought him that CD for his birthday. When he saw the CD, it was as if he had just seen an old friend. You only discover a few albums in your life like that - where every song resignations on a deep personal level cementing that period of time in your mind. August and Everything After was one of those albums for me.

[@Paineinyourblank]

"Round here" still brings tears to my eyes when i hear it

[@andreavaldez8104]

It was my son’s lullaby.

[@jameshudson169]

it's been a long december.

[@mattgrant5341]

Shitty song

[@jameshudson169]

@@mattgrant5341 bathroom song - granger smith. is a great song for when you got a lot of shitting to do.

[@Sweetdrownsoda]

The guitar at the beginning…and the first ‘round here’ gets me every time!

[@oregonsbragia]

I was working at my first job at the Target electronics department. They had Mr. Jones playing on all 30 TVs literally every 10 minutes for 6 months and I still love that song.

[@jdraven0890]

I worked at a factory and heard it a lot when it came out -- gotta agree, still a great song.

[@garybeltrand5802]

Target Video Network, lol. I remember that. I think that was the first place I saw/heard of Pearl Jam and Cyprus Hill. They were playing "Alive" and "The Phunky Feel One" before those bands really blew up.

[@ebbiketrip2497]

Just saw them Friday night. This dude is authentic as it gets. Love them! They still are incredible live.

[@ScottMcChicken]

How was Mr Jones live? I've seen a live performance and he sings it so differently.

[@evansmoak7182]

I remember back in '94 a coworker telling me about a Counting Crows album (tape) being great w/every song. I bought it and still love singing along. Recently I've gotten to listen to Adam on the History Channel doc about "The Viper Room (or Club)" and now this. If by any chance you read these comments...Adam, I love you more than before through getting to hear you talk about those times. What a real person with a brilliantly creative mind struggling to navigate this difficult world. Hope you are well.

[@datman3416]

Man I miss the 90s, all the music from the 90s is just a vibe that can’t be matched. My childhood had a lot of bad shit in it but the happiest most comfortable times I remember was driving in the car with my mom and brother listening to Nirvana, Oasis, Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms, what a time to be alive

[@JuggaloCollectibles]

Should’ve seen the 80’s

[@muccisebastian9300]

Music basically died in 2010s with the DJ and electronic invasion

[@datman3416]

@@muccisebastian9300 I hear ya, i can sort of agree but really its just the mainstream music that sucks. Theres still some real music being mad out there ya just gotta find it lol

[@SillyGoose2024]

all those bands are gay

[@datman3416]

@@SillyGoose2024 to each their own buddy, im sure alot of the music you like is trash too

[@thomasking4791]

I never would have guessed that the Counting Crows Guy looks like a cross between John Goodman and Patton Oswalt. OT. My fave song in their entire repertoire is 'Kid Things' the secret track from This Desert Life. What a freakin voice. Also no song on earth transports me back to my teens like 'Round Here'.

[@Superciliouscomics1]

Spot on.

[@joshuamartin2858]

Adam richman and Patton Oswald

[@thomasking4791]

@@joshuamartin2858 Oh man you're right. He for sure looks like Adam Richman too.

[@WanderlustmanC]

Nailed it with Patton Oswalt.

[@CG-jo6oc]

That man dated Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox. WTF

[@kostaburgess4373]

This is a genuinely underrated band. Most people forgot about them after August (which for me remains their best album and my favourite ever) but they don’t know about the experimentation the crows went for later on… country, punk rock, old-school folk - with the one thing in common being Duritz’s truly awesome lyricism

[@chillingguy8386]

I will admit I always kinda laughed at them and found them corny you know of if imagine then years later I really dug into their music and found it’s good

[@epicstacker413]

Recovering the Satellites is an amazing album as well!

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

Step out the front door like a ghost into a fog where no one notices the contrast between white on white. In between the moon and you, angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right. With lyrics like these, it was impossible for me not to LOVE these guys.

[@johnd3124]

Underrated?? They were one of the biggest bands in the 90s and 2000s 😂😂

[@user-uj3zk2cx8t]

Cue the "underrated band" comments

[@danwalters8355]

Adam is such an intelligent and cool dude, the world would truly benefit from having more people ( men and women ) like him.

[@PaRiaH-YT]

Round Here is one of my ultimate classics and always will remain.

[@RealLaurenLive]

A definite classic.

[@brianm.80]

Brings me to tears every time.

[@Dunkdamonk]

Round here from off the 'live across a wire' cd is probably the best version out there if you haven't heard it

[@paulholmes8398]

Theres a live version from Paris in 94 kicking around. Just agonisingly beautiful. Adam at his best and the band is so tight around his adlibbing. Just incredible

[@ih7729]

That's possible I suppose, technically.

[@TheFairyintheFishBowl]

I watched Counting Crowes live at Sun City in South Africa. They were phenomenal. Adam was a really wonderful surprise, so charismatic and a great performer. He engaged so nicely with the audience. I remember them adding a whole new verse to Round Here. It was a moment in time where everyone was transfixed in the moment. No one moved or spoke. It was like that - magical.

[@javiantuna6436]

That song, all over the place in the 90's, and I loved it. I didn't wanna be him, I couldn't fully understand the lyrics. But I'm a painter and the poetry included me, the colors, the Picasso, the beautiful women. I just played it again after watching this video, after so many, many years. and that is the magic musicians and artists bring to our lives. This timeless experiences...thank you Adam and Joe.

[@oldmanballer5088]

I still listen to these guys almost every single day! Love the Counting crow’s

[@braedenh6858]

Adam is an amazing songwriter. Omaha is still a favorite of mine. Counting Crows has several songs that still evoke very strong memories when I hear it. Just a unique and amazing band. Crazy to hear that Adam had insecurities while he was putting out such fantastic work

[@badnewskellyleak5974]

RAIN KING!! LOVE the counting crows!!

[@Sweetdrownsoda]

The entire August and Everything After album is pure genius and sooOooOo nostalgic of summer ‘94. It’ll always take me back to summer vacation ♥️♥️♥️

[@BeeKay4444]

Totally agree

[@righty-o3585]

August and Everything After is an AMAZING album from beginning to end. One of my all time favorite albums, easily in my top 5

[@Noir0rioN]

Omaha is the JAM

[@YatrikShahisAwesome]

What a genuinely decent and humble guy. He's actually defending the people who hate his music for no reason other than the fact that everyone else likes it.

[@hannahanderson4305]

How can people "hate" his music or him, he's a musical poet, so good in concert and humble.

[@Gir-Riff-raffe]

The reason people hate mrs Jones is because drunk ladies are like THIS MAH SONG! And don’t know the lyrics when they go to sing along.

[@danielboom72]

I hate the County Crows, for NO other reason than, I just don't like their music. It just doesn't appeal to me. He seems like a nice guy, but imo, his music is just not good. Every song ends with an annoying l, shrieking....YEEEAAHHH!

[@kalcongdon17]

​@@danielboom72that's just one song bro😂

[@strumminfuel4625]

I know those haters, I think you're right

[@jasonnewby]

that song holds memories for nearly every person who was a teen or in their 20's when it came out. it makes me happy to this day.

[@KurtisC93]

"We literally wear it on our shirts!" And it was then that I noticed he was wearing a Forever Changes shirt, by the band Love. That's a masterpiece of an album that not everyone has heard of, but that deserves so much more love an attention. 👍🏻

[@ceciliacorson1804]

Thanks for this.

[@joshchapman4753]

Rain King, perfect blue buildings, Omaha. When I was a kid we would listen to all these on family road trips. My dad died when I was 16, and in the years after that I spent many a night drinking in a park listening to these songs, looking up at the stars feeling that nostalgia

[@breakfastatepiphanies]

Conspiracy theory: he is secretly also Adam Richman from Man Vs Food.

[@RonSteinroth]

I literally thought that was what I was watching!

[@RockNRollJeezus]

And the comedian dude who did a Covid show in his front yard "So....Covid 19 huh? How did I miss Covid 1 thru 18?" Know who I'm talking about? 🤣

[@geverniveup]

@@RockNRollJeezus i thought the exact same thing....Patton Oswalt

[@mikemountan6976]

Hahah YESSSS

[@blaine4973]

I also came here to say this lol

[@MuzzikLvr]

I miss the good old days of the AOL music boards. I made a lot of like-minded friends and was turned onto a lot of great music. I also was able to sell a lot of my music collectibles pre-eBay. It was always a bonus when a member of the band participated too.

[@LP3me]

The dance moves in that song are mesmerizing, can’t stop watching him move lol

[@morganghetti]

August and Everything After is an incredible album from start to finish.

[@paulthompkins4150]

One of the best albums of all times. "Anna Begins" and "Time and Time Again" are wonderful songs.

[@littleteethkeith]

I love that album. I’m 44 years old. I’ve been listening to that album since I was 17.

[@hiiichristinaa371]

Agree 100%

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

I keep the cassette in my trucks deck and push it in when theres nothing on the radio! That album is so nostalgic. If you want to know a deep cut that is amazing by that era of counting crows look up Mean Jumper Blues, i believe it was a song cut from August And Everything After. They should've left it in.

[@calihevey5987]

I loved this band growing up, that one song. Wonder where they went.

[@highheartwellness]

This man has written many beautiful songs. August and Everything After is a top album

[@righty-o3585]

Absolutely, easily in my top 5

[@aegisraven1284]

This band sucked ass. Soft rock for wannabe grungers.

[@aegisraven1284]

@@dropbearchupacabra7683 I am an elitist yes. Was that not clear to you that you had to figure it out somehow? Lol

[@kbmahf]

August was amazing. Adam is great. Thanks Adam for giving us a whole new view on lyricism. I love all your stuff.

[@thomasstengel7356]

Their first album was absolutely brilliant. One of the best of the decade. I still listen to it from time to time on purpose and I still hear it on the radio. Yes, I still listen to the radio. And, it's still great. I'll listen to it for the rest of my life and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. If they had never done another thing, that's a pretty amazing thing to have put into the world.

[@TheMacroPerspective]

It’s really been the soundtrack to my life. Got AAEA for my bat mitzvah in 1993.

[@1stMarDiv4341]

Never realized how much he looks like Patton Oswalt. Especially when he scrunches his face at certain points while speaking.

[@Fractal_Farms]

Without reading the title, that's who I thought it was.

[@bonkyabeans]

Don't do that to the man

[@michaelmiller4568]

Could do a remake of chips and be punch a rillo.

[@orionalexander2918]

Having a hard time unseeing this now.

[@matthewchunk3689]

@Paul Sansonetti patton oswalt is pretty average looking dude, not really an insult

[@fuzywuzyboomboom1549]

The first verse to Round Here is some of the best lyricism I've ever heard hands down.

[@snoutyman]

Check out the version on Howard Stern from a bunch of yrs ago

[@fuzywuzyboomboom1549]

@@snoutyman Yeah I've seen it. It's good but it doesn't hit that magical performance. Didn't think they were feeling it.

[@bloodgain]

@@fuzywuzyboomboom1549 They've always "jammed" on that song a bit. Sometimes it makes it hit great, sometimes it just comes off as a lot less polished than the studio cut. Even when I'm singing along now, though, I'll throw in some of the live version riffs because I like them.

[@Ye4rZero]

I'm a huge metal fan but Mr Jones is by far my favourite song. You can't make a song like that without being out there, it's a compliment

[@Triptweeze]

Across A Wire (Live in New York) Tragically underrated album. There is sooooo much poured into this album that gives each song a new feeling. Especially Mr. Jones. It's turned into a far less poppy version that definitely wouldn't have fit into the 90's asthetic. My absolute favorite album.

[@littleteethkeith]

August & Everything After is in my top 10 records of all time.

[@joeyripswell]

ive seen them once. he performed as if we weren’t even there. sooo good. then maroon 5 came on and we left.

[@aznsketcher]

hahahaha🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tonyattardo9350]

Lmao

[@joelm6631]

Half of what he sings he changes live often...and I don't dig it at all.

[@MiguelDurazo]

You guys are limited

[@Nick.random]

Raised correctly!

[@brianboyle5934]

I saw the Crows in a small club soon after August first broke. Adam was in the audience watching the warm up act. Nobody recognized him. I did, so I just said how much I loved the album. He was real shy saying he appreciated the compliment. After the show we saw the band outside. I told them it was my wife's birthday, and they surrounded her and sang Happy Bday to her. Six months or so later the Crows are on the cover of Rolling Stone Mag! A helluva band and a great bunch of guys! ✌🏻

[@Clodrock]

Saw them live a couple of weeks ago. They still sound great, know how to get the crowd going, his band mates are all master musicians, and they seem like humble guys!

[@bluoval3481]

100%

[@mrbuttons1243]

I saw them open for the Who 20 years ago. I had always made fun of them but they were awesome.

[@TheVictorio]

"And in between the moon and you, the angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right" This guy writes some of the most beautiful lyrics

[@kevindube7096]

😂 the fuck is that supposed to mean

[@factsdontlie4342]

@@kevindube7096 Because when you are looking at an object that has the moon behind it, you see a silhouette. If you put your back to the moon, and look out towards the same object you can see clearly around it. I think he was trying to find a fancy sexy way to say life isn't black and white. That seemed to be a common theme in the 90s.

[@kevindube7096]

@@factsdontlie4342 wouldn’t “Angels” exist higher up, beyond the moon though? How would they see our silhouette, unless they were beneath us? Ohh! Was he saying angels are actually from Hell? Whoaaaaaa dude that’s deep

[@luciusmirkwood1634]

Look them up on Howard stern show in 2008

[@shaunsteele6926]

@@kevindube7096 nah man he's telling us the Earth is flat

[@makenziekoon8007]

“The smell of hospitals in winter and the feeling that it’s all a lot of oysters, but no pearls” hits DEEP.

[@SisyphusJones]

One of my favorite rock n roll couplets of all time. I also love - "I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass."

[@jacksmith5045]

@@SisyphusJones a long December is one of my favorites from counting crows.

[@jonnyleighmusic7568]

Great lyric. The first time I heard Long December was the Live Forever/Long December (Oasis cover mashup) and I heard it as “the smell of hospitals in winter and the feeling that is all a lot of whispers and no words.” Which I actually really love as a lyric as well, even though it’s wrong!

[@jasonfure8867]

I saw them live once when John Mayer was opening for them! Awesome concert in total! Counting crows have amazing musicians and Adam is an excellent poet!

[@mitchellwilson5370]

Such a great writer. Seems humble too.

[@jeremyedwards1093]

I always liked his backup vocals he did on , “Sixth Avenue Heartache,” by The Wallflowers.

[@spindillio]

I didn’t know he sang backup on that tune!!!!

[@jeremyedwards1093]

Another fact about that song is Mike Campbell, who played in Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers , plays slide guitar on that track!

[@spindillio]

@@jeremyedwards1093 Usually I know these things!?? Thanks! What an incredible era for music. I was a junior in college in 1996 and I always tell people what amazing music was around that year. Dave Matthews. Wallflowers. Weezer. Better Than Ezra. Classic bands!

[@mysteryjesus]

I think that was the best song The Wallflowers ever did.

[@wcstrawberryfields8011]

Huh... Thanks I still remember the moment when I learned that Vince Gill sang backup on Dire Straits' last album.

[@StillTheVoid]

*August and Everything After is a fucking masterpiece.* A pure bliss and sublime album that I always come back to get my sanity in balance. Damn 1993 was a good year!

[@jamiejosh96]

Have you heard the song august and everything after? Only been performed a couple times

[@jamiejosh96]

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[@LisaSmith-yb2uz]

I SO Fucking Agree. That Year, something fucking powerful was going celestial in rock that year ... 🙌👽🤷🏻‍♀️🎶💖✨

[@StillTheVoid]

@@LisaSmith-yb2uz From movies, tv shows, games, and music...yes. 1993 felt right...like we were headed to a second age of innocence. Of course, the entertainment industry did a fantastic job convincing this to us that time. Oh...and Bill Clinton. Yea...that guy.

[@michele36618]

I said that to a friend the other day. Listening to satellite radio 90s on 9, every awesome song love, I notice is 1993. I asked her, is it just me or was 1993 the most awesome year for music ! I turned 16 that year and I remember riding around in my car, listening to the radio and loving it all. Great year !! I also wrecked my car that year, blasting my Pearl Jam cd 😂

[@paulschlimmer5687]

My dad introduced me to counting crows and now every time I hear adams great voice I think of him 🙏

[@stevekempsyninja3292]

I got their first album after watch Mr Jones music video and loved the whole album, still to this day, one of my favorite albums. I wish I could see a concert of theirs but just never have. Infact they toured with the first band I saw in concert which was "Live" and that would had been a badass show to go to!

[@censoreverything8072]

It’s weird because I don’t normally think of Counting Crows as one of my top bands, but a couple of their songs hit me so deeply in my core in a way that is so rare. It feels like they both shatter me and empower me by feeling understood at the same time. And “Anna Begins” was so central to one of the most beautiful, painful, and important chapters of my life. They are so good and a band I wish I could thank for having existed.

[@justinbenoit1820]

They’re one of my favorite bands, Top 5 for sure. And Anna Begins is probably my favorite song. Amazing song for sure...

[@wcstrawberryfields8011]

"Shatter and empower at the same time" You nailed it 👍

[@ReadRightHand]

Anna Begins has been my all-time favorite song since I first heard it. I've never heard anyone else say this and you describe it so perfectly.

[@robisbell3468]

Anna begins and Time and time again were instant classics. I will be listening to those songs for the rest of my life and find new meanings as the years pass

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

Same. Perfectly said.

[@jaybee6318]

That album helped get me through a rough time. In the moment I didn't realize it but looking back it was the music I enveloped myself in that helped me navigate a dark chapter. When I revisit those albums I can't help but relive the memories. They are forever intertwined.

[@alanbodell2050]

Perfect Blue Buildings, that Everything After album was a masterpiece, what a voice this guy has, his whole body told a story in every song they played.

[@geckowithcamo]

Wow I haven't heard that song in years. Used to love it. Thanks for the reminder!

[@alanbodell2050]

@@geckowithcamo This podcast bought me back to that album, every song was outstanding.

[@poppycock31185]

Adam is morphing slowly into John Goodman. I have never been a fan of Counting Crows but he seems like a good guy. And the article probably said podgy as a fishmongers cat because poncy doesn't really make sense. Unless they were implying that he was full of himself and egotistical/pretentious.🤔

[@Anarchy421]

I think he said paunchy which means to have a pot belly

[@Inhumed]

It was exactly that - poncy as a fishmongers cat. I never got that vibe from him but I kind of get how he can come across that way.

[@NikkiStCustalow]

"And we all want something beautiful. Man, I wish I was beautiful."

[@AlphaNews101]

Anyone else had to pause that video to go watch Mr. Jones videoclip ? Man that was a great song !

[@BeeKay4444]

Adam is the epitome of naturally smooth and cool. His lyrics resonate deeply for me. I have the lyrics to most, if not all of his songs burned into brain. He reached my heart when it was literally buried in sorrow. His words reached me. Such a talented man. I hope he feels how cool he really is. Gray is my favourite colour.

[@sharonflynn7357]

I absolutely love that line too.

[@BrutusMayhem567]

Mr Jones is one of my favorite songs of the 90's. And the album August and everything after is so fkn good. Very special to me, I love the whole thing front to back.

[@e-rockmixtapes4073]

"August and Everything After" is in my personal top 10 for sure. I love the lyrics and could probably sing (terribly) the who album without missing too many words from memory.

[@BoomerMcBoom]

One of those desert island albums.

[@davidmatthews1710]

A long December will always be one of my favorites songs………the first few notes of the piano starting off always gets me………. Take me back to the 90’s

[@themacocko6311]

I listen to Long December every New Years Eve. Been doing so since 2001.

[@JS-jf7gv]

Yes!

[@jacksmith5045]

Absolutely man, it’s a very reflective song and one that just envelops a certain time frame

[@mauriciocalderon8641]

People often hurts. This guy is an example on how you get bullied somehow and you keep going. So sad he went through such awful adjectives while he has given his heart and music to humanity, Pura Vida, regards from Costa Rica

[@brewer9565]

Counting Crows. Great songwriting, musicianship, record production, and authenticity. Adam Duritz is gifted.

[@SRZ418]

“If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.” Such a brilliant songwriter.

[@rambomoore381]

Nah. Not really

[@ryan-wj4gp]

Was this written by a teenage trying to be deep?

[@makenziekoon8007]

@@levi5459 haters gonna hate

[@makenziekoon8007]

@@ryan-wj4gp haters gonna hate

[@makenziekoon8007]

@@rambomoore381 haters gonna hate.

[@korey1576]

Glad to be a 90’s kid. The best music generation. Adam proved it.

[@nickpruett8022]

Sure and then we became adults and our generation raised the worst, most entitled generation ever or at least since the days of Noah. The world has suffered from our leadership and now the 90’s seem so great…..

[@jugglinglivebabies]

This dude ignited my love for good lyrics. I wore out their first cd when it came out. Whenever I hear the first notes of Round Here, I’m instantly transported back to being 17 and walking down the road to my crush’s house, hoping maybe this time she’ll see me the same way I saw her.

[@angelnblue2151]

Love Mr. Jones video. He’s dancing like nobody is watching! What I got out of this video when it was first being aired. 💃 Life is short, dance like nobody is watching. 💃 Thank you for the lesson and the music. 🙏🌎☮️♥️

[@Stranger_In_The_Alps]

If you grew up in the 90s it’s impossible not to have an emotional reaction to Mr Jones and Long December

[@Guffman843]

Grew up in 90s and have no emotion to shitty music. They weren’t good, unless you like Dave Matthews type shit

[@OhDearAudrey]

I always was like yeah mr jones, one hit wonder kinda catchy, but circling back to counting crows in my 30s was like, holy shit

[@Stranger_In_The_Alps]

@@Guffman843 I didn’t say if the reaction was good or bad. I’m still right because you obviously still have an emotional reaction. Let it go, it’s just a song, champ

[@richardcarte139]

Amen brotha :) :)

[@richardcarte139]

@@Guffman843 To each their own brotha :) :)

[@chillhard430]

Long December, Round Here and Linger by the Cranberries are my favorite melancholy songs of the 90s

[@ceciliabrowndog7412]

Long December was definitely on my Covid playlist in December 2020.

[@bryanbentley6254]

It appears that this year will be better than the last.

[@lapinchiloca]

oh and 1979-Smashing pumpkins 😏

[@bluestrife28]

Yeah Dolores’ voice sounds even more melancholy since her death :( but it’s still a beautiful one

[@zachrizzo6525]

Lightning Crashes falls into that category

[@bryanfouts287]

Mr Jones came out right after I got my drivers license. It’s literally my soundtrack to learning to drive a stick shift lol. Great tune

[@Insulinjunkie]

I still love that song till this day. One of my favorites. You still rock 💪🏽

[@logicalrationalfishing7481]

Their album name "August and Everything After" is more creative than entire songs are now.

[@jamiejosh96]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6SylWN4r8-kntE . Not many people know it was also a song, only performed it a coulple times

[@proxy369]

So so true my friend..

[@aplus1080]

Apparently the band Between the Buried and Me got their name from a CC song.

[@chriszsnow86]

Damn I remember it had to be over 10 years ago seeing the Counting Crows somewhere down the jersey shore... A close friend of the band had just died and instead of cancelling Adam went on and did August and Everything After from start to finish, ALL acoustic!! I remember being so disappointed that night, I was looking for a diff vibe and I would have preferred that he rescheduled. But now years later I know that was such a distinct performance that I was lucky to be a part of. I mean as a day 1 Crow head What could have been better? Maybe if I got to hear Another Horsedreamer’s Blues just once ✌🏼💙

[@richardpotter6313]

@Vlad the Inhaler Best!

[@alecchase2000]

August and Everything After was a fucking masterpiece.

[@seanmcmeown1992]

Best thing they ever did

[@stephenwinchester6668]

Very true!

[@jeffreyyoungblood7438]

Meh. It has some good songs.

[@Zerostar369]

One part of the puzzle that made 90's alternative the greatest music ever.

[@TrevorParsnips]

Nah, yer very wrong

[@user-qz7nq3ts8z]

Had a reunion with my old school mates from Nairobi after the first covid lockdown break … there was guy taking requests with his guitar at the pub! We all yelled Mr Jones .. the pub went nuts all races were singing along drunk as sailors! Forever in my memory till i die!!

[@liz090833]

saw him last night at the Hard Rock live and it was so awesome! I saw him a couple years ago at the Pilgrimage Festival, but the crowd was so massive, I had to fight to get close enough for pics but this was so much more intimate. Adam and the band are showman and it's so awesome to have brought my daughter, named Anna after Anna Begins. It was incredible! ❤️

[@dhjallumni]

Man, I never realized Patton Oswalt sang Mr. Jones.

[@mattlandonmusic]

I can’t unsee that now

[@KelleyGrl5758]

That's exactly what I thought. He's changed a lot; I would never know it was him

[@zerocool5395]

And the dude from "Man vs Food"

[@catbreath8361]

@@zerocool5395 that's what i thought too

[@facelessandnameless]

I was thinking the same thing 😂😂

[@richarddukard8989]

It's crazy, I've listen to counting crows for almost 30 years, have a dozen of their songs memorized, and I've never heard this guy talk, until now.

[@brianharris2813]

Me neither. And every article I read about them back in those days claimed he was a douche. I hear this interview and I think what the fuck were those reporters talking about. Dude seems self aware and as normal as can be considering.

[@jjthehowlingwolf288]

Ha! Same here! I never even thought about it. Also, he looks weird without the dreads

[@factsdontlie4342]

@@brianharris2813 Makes you wonder who else they lied about to sell more copies.

[@canyonproductions7683]

I love Adams humble nature here. God bless brother.

[@pigasus1663]

Met Adam at one of his concerts during the first album. He just walked around and talked with everyone afterwards. Damn nice guy, regular dude.

[@luludi3]

@pigasus I did too! Just the same. At their concert in Kansas City and was waiting for my ride afterwards and he just came outside and talked to us.

[@LithaMoonSong]

He is such an amazing talent. Now I have even more reason to like him, so genuine.

[@silv4135]

The first time I heard Colorblind, it gave me chills. The piano is absolutely amazing, this is by far my favorite song!

[@danieljs125]

You should check out Between the Buried and Me. They did an awesome cover of Colorblind and it sounds really good.

[@jaaydeedubyaa]

Me too I love that song

[@raqbraz2549]

Mr Jones is the vector my dead mom sends me 'it's gonna be ok' signs. It's been more than 20 years now. Everytime I need to feel her beside me this song just finds a way for me to listen. It's really amazing.

[@The_Gallowglass]

That's one of my favorite songs of all time. I never knew it was my late uncle's favorite song til my dad told me it when it came on in the car this year.

[@Squatch34]

Just rewatched that video what a classic.... and I love how he dances in it....no f***’s given man I miss the 90s

[@FinalSentinel]

You might say these two really struck up a conversation

[@ThereandBackFilms]

😂😂😂

[@OctoberHourglass]

Lol respect

[@Brokefootchuck]

With a bald head, mma announcer.

[@mattyjay8896]

😂🤣

[@Xplicid]

Ha. I geddit

[@jameshogue123]

Had not seen that video since the 90’s until a few weeks ago. Forgot how much I loved your music.

[@robinmarie8213]

This guy and his band wrote the soundtrack to my 20's. I don't care what anybody says, Counting Crows will always be one of my favorite bands of all time.

[@stanley-fghijk441]

The Rain King was their masterpiece.

[@litedawg]

My favorite by them too

[@AH-tx1nj]

Amazing song

[@sspbrazil]

He’s wearing a LOVE “Forever Changes” t-shirt. Great album and great band.

[@x-man5056]

Mr. Jones is a great song, awesome music. When you dance like nobody's watching, it is pure joy.

[@xCOOLYWOOLYx]

Love this song! Reminds me of traveling to Panama City FL spring break ‘94, played this song over and over again in the car

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

Dude, i still have Counting Crows August and Everything After on cassette and push it in when nothing is on the radio. That album is nostalgic as fuck.

[@360.Tapestry]

counting crows has an endless list of classic tracks so many musicians aspire to be the kind of storyteller that adam is even his speaking voice contains the same expressiveness that shows through his singing

[@joshwhite5407]

Totally agree, pure authenticity and enthusiasm

[@GaryStockton]

He writes amazing songs. Loved everything on “Recovering The Satellites”, especially “A Long December” amazing. First album got me hooked.

[@drearynightwritings]

The guy has one of those unique voices that you immediately know who it is. Great voice, great band.