Sorry but i have to bring this up again, but Helen Reddy (I Am Woman, Delta Dawn ) has passed away at age 78. It seems to have been ignored, in all the political news.
DUDE....Just saw a song I hadnt heard in years. 1975. Jefferson Starship(during the 60s they were Jefferson Airplane)....."Miracles"...its a slow song, about love....but its a classic, I know you would dig the tune and the lyrics. and the song strikes such emotion....much like Mr Jones here today.... Enjoy!
This whole album "August and Everything After" is very special to me. One of my top albums of all time. It's a perfect record. It got me through some hard times in college and holds a special place for me. The song "Anna Begins" will still make me weep 25 years later. Everything on this album is amazing. The hits, the deep cuts, everything is so good.
I couldn't disagree more - elsewhere I've explained that when I saw them promoting this album, they messed with the songs so much that they were unrecognisable. I was expecting so much and they delivered so little.
Blues Traveler’s “Hook” is a song you should check out. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I can’t imagine a world where you don’t fall in love with the band.
One of my wife's Favorites she passed into Heaven March 10th 2018. The day my heart severely broke she could Dance Flamenco like anything she was from Madrid Spain
One great album, every song is superb!!!! Play on a Sunday morning driving home from a trip...especially if the clouds are gray. Love every album from these guys! Another great...This Desert Life...secret track...Kid Things..."I am leaving the Lunar Module...This is your 5:30 wake up call...have a great day in Nashville!!!" Vocals are go for recording...hilarious!!! Well kept secret!!!!!
I've consider this my theme song for years. Most people don't understand it, because I'm an introvert. But I've always dreamed of being well known and well loved. As the song says, "We all want to be big, big stars, yeah But we got different reasons for that" Mine is "When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely"
Interesting enough In the early '90s, Hootie and the Blowfish did a nod to Bob with "I only want to be with you" he even said " Ain't Bobby so cool" . Yeah Bob sued them. But on Bob's side, Hootie used a whole verse from Idiot Wind without permission. Hootie also said it was unlikely Bob new about the suit. Bob gets money everytime that song is played.
Fun fact: Adam Duritz says the lyrics were originally “I wanna be Alex Chilton” (from The Box Tops and... Big Star) but didn’t think enough people would recognize the name (for shame!) so he changed it to Bob Dylan.
Holy shit Jamaal when you said your dream about the shoes, I legitimately started to cry. Those kind of realistic point of views from average people you look up to really hit hard, because it makes it more relatable. When I was a kid I legitimately dreamed of having a bunch of friends because I really didn't have any. Thank you for your channel and words of wisdom, Jamaal.
Seriously, do yourself a favor, listen to this album, start to finish. Omaha, Anna Begins, Perfect Blue Buildings, A Murder of One. Every single track is great.
Such a fantastic song!... I especially love how it flows into Mrs Potter's Lullaby. "This Desert Life" is my favorite Crows album, for sure. Glad you could enjoy such wonderful music with your mother :-)
The song is about a night out he had with marty jones and jones dad who was a flamenco singer.. they joked that if they were famous they could get the girls..
25 year later, this song still puts tears of joy to my eyes. In several shots of this video, Adam Duritz is wearing a t-shirt for fellow Bay Area band Jellyfish. You should have a listen to their songs "New Mistake" or "Baby's Coming Back."
@@kellylaflash1016 - Yeah but Counting Crows is a band, not an individual, so "they" were a total unknown band when "they" recorded this song. Then it hit radio & MTV - and suddenly "they" were big stars.
Adam did end up in more of the spotlight due to his dating life...yeah, the band was famous but Adam was a bigger draw combined as front man & who he dated.
This song recounts a night where “Mr Jones” & Adam Duritz (the singer) were hanging out at a bar (New Amsterdam) where Mr Jones’ father was playing flamenco & that Spanish dancer Maria was performing with him. Adam & Mr Jones noticed that the drummer in Chris Isaak’s band was in another part of the room surrounded by women, & they began to fantasize about how cool it would be to break into the rock scene & be popular & surrounded by groupies…it’s basically a recounting of that night, of the dreams of hitting it big….very ironic that a song about making the big time actually became the Counting Crows big breakout hit.
It's always great to hear the background to some really great music, so many thanks. Now, the lyrics make perfect sense. Love this track and always have done.
that flamenco dancer was my niece, unfortunately who passed away at a very young age. she lives on forever in this song. Miss you Angela Yadira Garcia, my sister forever broken by her passing.
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@@MarieCarreiro Dios mío, so sorry for her loss at such a young age. Thanks for sharing , Marie...
Best band I’ve ever listened to. They never get the credit they deserve. Check out the acoustic of “Mr Jones” “Omaha” and “Rain King”. When I was 13 I was in Arkansas working construction and my cousin was 17 and we would blast Counting Crows on the way to work and on the way back. Just brings me much to see you cover this! Much love and keep the vids coming!
I still think 'August and Everything After' is the best alternative album from the 90s. Every song a gem, the writing is amazing. The storytelling, the arrangements, and the instrumentation are all fantastic.
Oh Jamel, I love this song!!! So glad you like this singer! His voice is amazing!! Absolutely love this song!! So great! Enjoyed the video Jamel!! Much love to my brother from another mother! ❤️💜💚
Whenever I listen to this then I always listen to this next- Let her cry, by Hootie and the Blowfish! I'd like to see you do That one. Let her cry- Hootie in the Blowfish.
Suzette Sanborn he has to react to hootie and the blowfish...Cracked in the rear view mirror is A GREAT ALBUM! Please jamel! Let her cry I only wanna be with you I’m goin home Time Then there’s Hold my hand Drowning.. Damn I love them!
Sound of greatness right here. This song was an intro for me to the Counting Crows...been a fan ever since. 4:35 "I will never be lonely" that hits right there then the imagery of that silhouette
I needed this brother. Good choice after a long week of work. Back in the 90’s. I drove from Indiana to Alaska and listened to this album almost the entire time. It would be well worth your time to listen to the entire album. It’s like you read two chapters of a multi-chapter book.
I relate to this song so much. Mr.Jones is that alter ego everyone has. That side of you that is energetic, confident and willing to take a chance. Maybe even more when a brother has a couple drinks. And the other personality being a little more timid and reserved. Just a good song about him telling a story about himself and his alter ego "Mr.Jones".
So glad you’re doing Counting Crows. Adam Duritz such a phenomenal lyricist. My fav songs by them are Murder of One and Rain King. Also lyrical masterpieces! Love you!
It just transports you back to the fucking 90s and makes me nostalgic for a time and place I wasn’t even really a part of. Born in 1990, but it feels like I lived my 20s/30s through the 90s when I listen to this.
Great reaction to a band who is under appreciated. This whole album is incredible, and they have some songs off other albums which are great too. When he sings: “I want to be Bob Dylan“ , it’s significant because their lyrics are really poetry- much better poetry than most bands.
Thanks for sharing this famous Counting Crows song! I'd heard Mr. Jones a lot back in the day, but today I actually Listened to this popular song. Excellent! First time for me seeing the video too.
Love them the vocals are awesome. . A Long December is one of my favs of theirs. Wow your dream about the shoes reminds me of dreaming I could have store bought dresses. My mom made all my clothes until I was 11. Now I appreciate how great a seamstress she was.
I remember the first time I heard this song on the radio, I said to myself, This is the best new song Van Morrison has released in years. Then I find out it's the Counting Crows.
My husband brought home this cd when our girls were young. We all loved this one and would dance together in the family room! I had never seen the video....thanks for that! It's timeless really, as all good music is. Thanks for sharing! 😺💘
Brother this song hits me hard. I was in a band that played bar gigs/nightclubs in the early 1990s, and I wanted to be famous so badly. That dream ended around August 1994.
I just can never get over the picture this song paints, that even references itself with the lines about colors and Picasso, here are these two guys, drinking in a bar after a long day, getting so lost in how great it would be to be a star that they are debating the relative funkiness of Bob Dylan...
Let me just say, that you are a kind soul. I have seen so many reactions from you. No matter what race, what genre, you are real. You are an amazing human being. We need more people like you.
Love this song and when I first heard it and saw them perform it .....I fall in Love with this group because they and led singer sounded like Van Morrison...and I love that sound!!! Glad you like them!!!
This song exploded on the scene at the time...Counting Crows plus Big Head Todd & the Monsters plus Hootie & the Blowfish Plus Gin Blossoms plus Spin Doctors....so many awesome groups at that time!
Jamel, your childhood was tough, I'm sorry. It has undoubtedly made you resourceful, imaginative, sensitive and the all-around beautiful man that you are. Sending a big, big hug from Italy 🇮🇹🤗💗🙏
Loved that you listened to this band! If you have a minute, check out how Adam Duritz turns the Car's "You Might Think" on its ears - from funky and upbeat to tender and wistful. It's riveting.
Dave Bentley no, Marty Jones is a real person and a friend of Duritz. Whole song is based on an actual event. “On an episode of VH1's Storytellers, Adam explained: "It's really a song about my friend Marty and I. We went out one night to watch his dad play, his dad was a Flamenco guitar player who lived in Spain (David Serva), and he was in San Francisco in the mission playing with his old Flamenco troupe. And after the gig we all went to this bar called the New Amsterdam in San Francisco on Columbus and we got completely drunk. And Marty and I sat at the bar staring at these two girls, wishing there was some way we could go talk to them, but we were too shy. We kept joking with each other that if we were big rock stars instead of such loser, low-budget musicians, this would be easy. I went home that night and I wrote a song about it. I joke about what it's about, that story. But it's really a song about all the dreams and all the things that make you want to go into doing whatever it is that seizes your heart, whether it's being a rock star or being a doctor or whatever. “
Hey can someone message Jamel about Talking Heads? I don’t have IG so I can’t send him a formal request. Quite a few of us have been requesting some Talking Heads such as “Psycho Killer, “Life during wartime” etc... I’m hoping someone with an IG account can send him a request
IslaSkye (EYE-luh • SKY) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O52jAYa4Pm8.html That’s for psycho killer, it’s a different version though but it’s still great
What’s an IG Account? I didn’t know there was a way to get in touch with him! 🎶I recently discovered talking heads “Houses in motion”. I can’t remember how, but I love it love it love it.
This is probably the only song I know by Counting Crows. I have heard this song many times but never listened to it. After watching this video I have a better appreciation for the song. I will put this on my playlist now. The video was pretty cool, watching the singer getting into the song was captivating. Thanks Jamel for keeping great music alive.
Listen to the entire August and Everything After album from start to finish. You will not be disappointed. Not a bad song on it. This is my favorite band of all time, so I’m bias, but They’ve only ever written one song I don’t like.
