Obviously this was recorded in Adams apartment in NYC through the pandemic. Imagine being the neighbours and hearing this coming through the walls. Incredible!!!
This song takes me back to 6th grade when I first got really into music and listening to all the CDs my brother. I would just lay in my bed with my first dog, for hours finding joy in amazing music I was hearing for the first time. I can’t believe that was 17 years ago. I miss those days and I miss my childhood dog.
My wife took her own life on December 22nd. I have always enjoyed Counting Crows. This song has helped me through. I suppose that’s what art does. I think there is reason to believe that this year will be better than the last
I’m very sorry. I hope you find peace in the music and that it helps you hold memories close. This year will be better than the last. Sending love to you.
I was born in the 70’s and grew up in the 80’s which made me a teen in the 90’s. I don’t thinks there was a better scenario out there. Fortunately I dismissed Counter Crows and background noise. Now late in my 40’s I revisit A long December as it was always my favorite. It transcends time and space to place in smack in the middle of my hopes and dreams Unpacking this band beyond that makes me wonder how jealous Counting Crows fans are that I am just hearing some of their songs for the first time and discovering them. This man is so clean and earthy that I fell a resonating to his persona. As an artist myself, I feel like I wish I lived in a community of artists that resembles the era of Picasso, Dali, Pollock, and Freida. that this group could be found on a beach somewhere as one paints, one writes and one plays the music at the sun in to dusk. That something of a camaraderie rather than a fanboy I would be. Should this ever become I know I would fit in with my collapsible easel and a box of cheap wine. I live in SoCal so I am close enough to to have this become. Let the universe deliver it. Even if I have to wait until the nurse wheels me out on one of those chairs built for sand.
I miss Adam's dreads. But DAMN... How we've grown! I LOVE this version of the song. I hope Adam is happy and doing well. Thanks for the sound track to my life Adam. 💚🙏
What a beautiful performance by a very talented artist. I like how he so easily conveys the emotion of the song to the listener. Some songs just grab you, and wrap you up in them. This is one of them. Well done!👏👍
Counting crow's and I go way back and with the aid of RU-vid I'm reliving my babysitters and my lessons of her teaching me how to do serten adult activities in my bedroom
A long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving Now the days go by so fast And it's one more day up in the canyons And it's one more night in Hollywood If you think that I could be forgiven I wish you would The smell of hospitals in winter And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters But no pearls All at once you look across a crowded room To see the way that light attaches to a girl And it's one more day up in the canyons And it's one more night in Hollywood If you think you might come to California I think you should Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m. And talked a little while about the year I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself To hold on to these moments as they pass And it's one more day up in the canyon And it's one more night in Hollywood It's been so long since I've seen the ocean I guess I should Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah
Well played Mr Duritz. Nostalgic of my teenage years, listening to this on “Across a Wire”. Thank you for allowing me to momentarily re-live those cherished years. 😊👍🏻
@@SummerDream3r I absolutely agree 100%! That album holds a memory from every season of my life. It is who I was and who I am and who I will be. Absolutely timeless and lovely. Adam Duritz singing 'Rain King" acoustically will forever be the balm to my heart. 🖤
@@SummerDream3r There just wasn't a miss on that entire album. It is one that can be played from start to finish without feeling the desire to skip a single song. I didn't know Rain King was based on a piece of literature. I'm definitely going to have to find my own copy. I love those little opportunities that allow you to get a glimpse of an artist's inspiration. Also, any excuse to buy more books is a good excuse, imo. ;) Thank you!
@@SummerDream3r Oh, yeah! Maria McKee’s voice is in there. You know...Show Me Heaven from Days of Thunder. A stunning artist in her own right, and another firm favourite. I love Counting Crows.
Adam Duritz is one of the best song writers to happen in the world. My favorite song is still Petfect Blue Buildings. It reminds me of getting easy from it all on vacation at the Outer Banks of NC. That place is my Oblivion from the re DDT t of the world.
"I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself, to hold on to these moments as they pass." That line gets more and more profound and true the older I get. Such a wonderful song.
Anyone notice something that makes his performance even more nostalgic? Adam is wearing the exact same jacket he wears in the music video for Mr. Jones. Pretty awesome nod to the 90's.
The lyrics, the music, the soul behind Adam and the Counting Crows has resonated with me since I heard them debut on the radio. Their lyrics got me through some tough times back then and I've taken every opportunity to see them perform. It makes me so happy to say that their music invokes the same feeling and response now as it did then. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the music.
I hear this song every night lay down on my bed looking up to the roof and just thinking on the things. Thanks man, i appreciate so much... (Actually the whole album)
Small town Texas girl here,still waiting for December to end, nearly 30 years later. The whole album has been my go to comfort spot throughout all the changes
