This band got me into rock and roll at age 13 in early 1994. The first three albums from them are all pretty great, since then it's been hit and miss but a lot of truly great songs they are responsible for.
kinda wish he would sing a song sometimes - or at least part of it. the audience hits more of the familiar melody than AD does. if the musicians on stage with him interpreted the song (played solos the whole time) it would be a hot mess.
I get that some people go to a concert just to hear the radio singles played exactly like they sound on the album, but I love this band because they do change up the songs, either with acoustic versions or alternate lyrics. Regarding the drummer, I still consider Steve Bowman (the original drummer) one of the greatest drummers ever. His work on that first album is phenomenal, but unfortunately they fired him shortly after. Ben Mize, and now Jim Bogios, are great too, but Bowman was in a class of his own
@@thomastoal2892 actually most bands try to sound as much as possible as their album version when they are live. I love Counting Crows and Adam but he makes it nearly impossible to sing along sometimes.
I love all the versions. Most songs are devoid of depth and are probably easy to mimic for 30+ years. There is just so much passion in this song. I'm amazed he still tries to inject new passion into it. ❤️
To me their best song but his live performance of it makes me cringe every time. Sing the damn song, stop acting like the 3rd person reading the lyrics off of a piece of paper.
I’ve never seen one performance of any of their song that sounds anything like the record . You can’t even sing along because the vocal placement isn’t even the spots. So I get the impression when he recorded it , was like well just use whatever complete take comes out . 🤷♂️
@@Bobbroberg yeah, he has said that the 'studio version' is just a capture of what he was feeling on that particular day at that particular time. songs are an evolving thing to him.
You should look to his body language more dude. The song is about very heavy stuff, him singing it the way and interpreting it differently everytime makes it alive. My fav is the 97’ version from across a wire.
