I’ve been a fan of CC since I was 11-now I’m 38. The band’s music has helped me survive and recover from many broken relationships with women, morbid depression, alcohol, and be able to appreciate a the small things that make life beautiful. I’m an artist too-published writer. Adam Duritz and the boys made me thank God (or chance, stars...whatever) for the gifts that hurt your soul. Like Adam, if I didn’t have them and experienced pain, would I be able to create art that touches people’s hearts? Same thing with Adam, his music, tied together by his dissociative disorder. I’m a crows fan for life. Love you guys so much and thank you for bringing out the very best in me.
I'm sure there have been many times that he wished he didn't have that disorder but in the end it has helped him write some of the most beautiful songs ever.
G0ddamn this is phenomenal so songwriting. The callbacks to past songs, and lyrical threads are incredible. What a payoff for people who've been listening since the beginning. This is magical lightning of 'Round Here, but written by a wiser and weathered Adam. Absolutely stunning. Took my breath away.
I was sincerely afraid of listening to this after all these years of anguish, shame, and heartache. My Gawwd..now I know. This is truly how those that who are oppressed feel..
Someday I'm going to get past "There are some of us get broken when we're children , and you never get it back once that is gone" without crying, but not today.
One of my favorite bands ever. And yet I just found out about this very recently. Love this song the most It's different and unique and as always amazing lyrics from Adam. 💖
Omg I love this song... can’t stop listening!! ♥️ That voice Adam!!!! YOU are So Blessed. You continue to live in my heart and soul FOR ALL OF TIME!! From idk your very first song - my 30 something year old kids listened to CC their entire childhood. All their friends say now anything CC they think of ME. ♥️ Hard core FAN here! They’d hear me jamming out constantly to your beautiful voice!! You’re August 1 1964. I’m October 5 1964. Born only 2 moths apart, 🙌 YET TOGETHER FOREVER ♥️♥️
Good Mama! My kids are 29 and 30 and they're both big fans! They grew up on CC. And they are our annual concert together, as long as they come to town.
The sum is better than the parts and damn those parts are good. Played The Butter Miracle on repeat on a 5 hour drive today. Took me back to 94. Pure genius
"Come outside," she said to me As if I knew just what she'd say "Come outside, we'll watch tomorrow Pull the curtain on today" "Come outside into the tall grass And the old corn and the shit Come outside, oh child Into the wild and weep for it" And all along I know I don't know the why And it takes me through the meadows And I have got a rifle on my arm And the rabbit won't stop shaking but the life is gone And there is blood upon the clover Oh god, his eyes are open wide Staring up at me and infinity And the shrinking English sky And all along I tell myself I don't know thе why And as the idea ossifies I can't bеlieve it's mine I make a change He is wordless and silent And he says, "Just close my eyes" I have one eye open to the rain And one pressed to the ground again And I don't know why And I don't know why And I don't know why No, they don't know why No, they don't know why No, they don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know, know Oh, she takes a train to Paris For a weekend with a friend They take you places, trains and summers At 200 miles an hour That you've never been Did I ever say The way your breath Takes mine away? As I stare out at the grassland Past the living and the dead Matter forming and decaying A perpetual uprising Let there be a revolution And a light to lead us on Just a ball of souls revolving Spinning circles 'round the sun For the infinite and ageless For the meaningless and painless For the times we shook like rabbits, felt like children Made us ask this Can you see me? Can you see me? Oh, can you see me? Can you see me? Can you see me? Hey, can you see me? For I am changing But all the same things just come back to haunt me There are trains that can take a girl to Paris There are planes that could bring you home There are some of us get broken when we're children And you never get it back once that is gone And I don't know why No, I don't know why No, I don't know why No, I don't know why No, I don't know why
@@HardPass you thought they were great? If you combined the best songs off of This Desert Life and Hard Candy, you'd have a stellar album. After Hard Candy, all their music is trash.
@@bernietremblay right on. If you’re old like me (41), nothing will ever compare to august and everything after...every song was good. I’m just happy cc wrote these tracks.
@@Drew79 ahhh yes, I am old like you indeed, also 41! August and Everything After was the first album I ever bought, if truth be told. And it turned out to be one of my favourites of all time too, if not the favourite. The band always seems to drop a new song just at the right time in my life for me to fully enjoy 🎶
What I want is them go be nominated and when Adam gets on stage, simply says "while we appreciate the nomination... nah, we're good...." followed by a mic drop n quick stage exit
Thank you...thank you for breathing a bit more life into my spirit. I've needed something to give me a little shake. Peace and love to you dear souls ❤
What a great surprise. Long time listener and just learned of the new album! You guys are absolutely legendary. Such familiarity.. goose bumps the whole way through. Many thanks for sharing music
I'm pissed off. I've only been buying CDs since the end of the '80s, I have over 10,000 at home, all made in the USA and Canada even though I'm Italian, and of course I own the entire Counting Crows discography on compact. In 2021 the band releases this beautiful Butter Miracle Suite One only in LP version and does not release the CD version. This is, in my opinion, extremely rude towards one's fans who no longer have a turntable for vinyl at home. At this point my question is simple: when will the compact disc version be released for us fans of the magical disk? I think it's a necessary solution to make peace with the band
Love how this song changes through out. I keep getting a Mannhiem Steamroller vibe musically with this EP. One song leading directly into each other is something you hear alot if on Fresh Aire 1 through 4.
I love the song although, as an animal lover, the lyrics in the first half aren't my kind of thing. But musically, and vocally, it's another cracking song. I just about prefer Bobby and the Rat Kings and Elevator Boots, but this is great as well.
