FIRST TIME 🎵 Counting Crows - Mr. Jones REACTION

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@DocRobert 2 года назад

“I will never be lonely” is some of the loneliest shit anybody’s ever written. I love this song. Peace y’all.

@DavidSmith-pg1ob 2 года назад

Or "believe in me, 'cause I don't believe in anything...", kinda the same vibe.

@TAYLORFAN50 2 года назад

Ever written? Yeah, right. 🙄

@TexasGreed 2 года назад

Smashing Pumpkins vibe for sure. Sounds like some Corgan would say.

@march950 Год назад

Lmao

@SuzanneDeniseB Год назад

Right?

@Chevy11 2 года назад

“Round Here”, “Long December”, “Hangin Around”. All very good songs by them! Duritz is a great song writer.

@fts8076 2 года назад

Long December. Definitely!!

@fakebrake 2 года назад

Rain king gets me.

@Zacksleeps 2 года назад

american girls!

@NoName-fc3xe 2 года назад

Anna Begins

@Nightcrawlerfive 2 года назад

I'd vote for "A Long December", but all 3 you mentioned are great.

@1717jbs 10 месяцев назад

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.

@M.Hvistendal 2 года назад

Damn... I haven't heard that song in ages... Funny how time changes the meaning of a song. When I was younger, all I heard was a upbeat song, almost to dance to. Now when I'm older, this song hits home on a different level...

@sattymike0155 2 года назад

At least for me, I didn't understand real loneliness until I was older. You can really hear that undertone in this song. Nice storytelling in this tune though for sure.

@buckmusky2201 2 года назад

It hits in way that makes me realize I was in the good ol' days and didn't even know it. Bitter sweet.

@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 Год назад

yeah, this song hurts.

@Remedy462 Год назад

When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely....but will you love yourself?

@libbylivingston8873 Год назад

You know Mr Jones is heroin? Right?

@TrisTT-qe4em 2 года назад

The greatest band nobody ever talks about.

@joecal2360 2 года назад

Brad, don't feel bad for the singer, he ended up hooking up with Winona Ryder, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Christina Applegate, Emmy Rossum, among many other famous actresses. Ol' boy did pretty okay for himself lmao

@jimlthor 7 месяцев назад

Doesn't mean he's happy... but I see what you mean

@EyedOmally 4 месяца назад

But did he ever find the one who was perfect for him?

@xerxes9929 4 месяца назад

How did this dude hook up with every women I found attractive growing up? Even Emmy Rossum? My ghad.

@Zeb-gb2uk 3 месяца назад

How did he miss Lisa Kudrow 😮😅

@Seanriver316 2 года назад

One of Picassos more famous paintings was done in 1914 and called "Guitar". The guy playing the guitar is grey.

@xerxes9929 3 месяца назад

The painting titled “guitar” is accurate but the reference tot he color “gray” doesn’t have to do with the painting. Just because gray is his favorite color.

@jazzzman8050 2 года назад

As a lot of folks here have said, this was one great album. “‘Round Here” will break your heart

@johningram5186 2 года назад

The album “August and everything after’ has that track on its a fantastic deep album you should listen too at least once in your life. I’ve listen to it hundreds of times it’s that good.

@shaunamusser7198 2 года назад

I have listened to it that many times, too. It is probably my favorite album of all time.

@TheJustinLarson 2 года назад

One of my favorite albums!

@DizJakeOG 2 года назад

It's absolutely incredible!

@richardahern1244 2 года назад

One of the greatest albums of all time. Front to back.

@ronparsons8786 2 года назад

Not a bad song on the album. Still in heavy rotation for me

@heazheaz6105 2 года назад

I concur with listening to the album "August and Everything After". That whole album is great. As a guy who REALLY loves Cake, this is another band with its own sound and fantastic vibes. It was so popular, it almost got OVERplayed to some extent. I still love it. It's an album that is GREAT road tripping music.

@mrbaddog4749 2 года назад

Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View is another great album for the road trip.

@terryvansickle6846 2 года назад

Agree with the overplayed part.

@tonyberezowski7859 2 года назад

So true. The worst songs on AaEA or still good. Round Here, Rain King and A Murder of One are absolute musts!

@chrisofnottingham 2 года назад

You mentioned the C word, now I have to check out the album - I only know this song :-)

@goatbrother8718 2 года назад

Can’t believe this is nearly 30 years old. And this is a fantastic band

@estranhokonsta 2 года назад

Brad did a great interpretation of the song this time. Maybe because it is about a shared experience that duds all have? About Picasso, my take follows closely Brads idea about guys bragging with "fairy tales" to each others. To understand it, one must go back to the whole verse. "... Well, I'm gon' paint my picture". Posing and bragging. Creating another "fairy tale" for others and for oneself. "... Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray". The fairy tale of the star/artist (leadsinger in the Counting Crows band in his case), but he is painting himself. So in the end he is being narcissistic. He begins with vibrant colours, then goes to black and end in gray. Like if he looking at a mirror and changing his mood. "... All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful". Being derogatory about the artificially created meaning of colors that he just created in his mind. "... Yeah, well, you know gray is my favorite color". Yeah. Addressing the people that are hearing him. He is showing you that he is not in a good spot. To note that in this line he may be comparing the listeners of the song with Mr Jones. So Mr Jones are all of us. Now we transition to the Picasso part. "... I felt so symbolic yesterday". Self critic. "... If I knew Picasso". If he knew one of those "stars" and was by association looked by everyone. "... I would buy myself a gray guitar and play".That is exactly what he is doing as a known artist/star. A gray guitar doesn't play happy songs.

@jerryarcher1923 2 года назад

Watching you two smile while listening to this song just brings a huge smile to my face.

@deadpolymers3416 2 года назад

"that was a beautiful piece of music... it was simple and complex" - Lex She pretty much summed up my thoughts of the Counting Crows in one sentence. They are easily in my Top 5 all time. I've got all of their albums, and there's not a bad one in the bunch. 30 years of music, and they're still going strong.

@iamtheking9418 2 года назад

I loved this first album for sure. I didn’t get into those other albums much…I will say I went to a concert where they put on arguably the worst performance of any band I’ve ever seen. It was absolutely terrible…

@deadpolymers3416 2 года назад

@@iamtheking9418 Counting Crows are notorious for being either hot or cold on stage. Some nights the show is amazing, some nights it's bad. If you like the first album, and want a good live album, then I suggest the double album "Across a Wire". One disc is an live unplugged set, and the other is a live electric set... both on good nights. But pretty much every studio album is good. Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is one of my favorite albums.

@utgardloki5214 2 года назад

Round here by counting crows is by far their best song. AMAZING.

@darrenmichon92 2 года назад

The line " all the colors are very meaningful " As a person that paints .... the colors Picasso used were meaningful.... I'm fascinated by his self portraits .. all laid our in series is a great understanding of his use of color.

@michaeltveten8458 2 года назад

His “blue” period…..

@nostradumbass7959 2 года назад

i'm no expert on Picasso, just a fan. i can't remember seeing grey in a Picasso. i haven't seen them all however.

@toriboy25 2 года назад

@@nostradumbass7959 I think maybe it refers to Picasso and his blue period and his painting The Old Guitarist (One of my favs) but Adam's favorite color is grey so that is why he bought a grey one?

@personnanewell3412 4 месяца назад

One of (if not "the" for some) the best voices in music. They have a LOT of great songs.

@mikethomas2191 2 года назад

best band of the 90s

@stevegirardmedia2255 2 года назад

Yeah, one of Picasso’s best-known works - in his early, less impressionistic phase - was “The Old Guitarist”. And you see musical elements throughout his art… even women drawn is guitar shapes, etc… Counting Crows were this super -popular 90’s band that were so heavily melancholy that people got burned out on them, and the band broke up. But they had 2 tremendous albums - August & Everything After & Recovering the Satellites. Very worthwhile.

@Erock-bs9ur 2 года назад

They never broke up. They're still releasing music.

@stevegirard-voiceaudiopodcasts 2 года назад

@@Erock-bs9ur You're correct... I thought there was a time where they broke up for a bit. I should have said that they fell out of the public consciousness after 2002. I know they've released a full album about 8 years ago... and I've heard about some EPs here and there.

@glenobrien894 2 года назад

To My Best friend soulmate love of my life . beautiful Wife who passed into heaven March 10th 2018 .she loved this song . She was born in Madrid España she could dance flamenco like you wouldn't Believe .

@grvtian 2 года назад

there is a no better music than 90’s alternative. so good.

@stlmopoet 2 года назад

This is one of my favorite songs, brilliantly written. You had really good insights. Someone else mentioned Picasso's blue phase. And he did have a famous painting with a guitar in it. Picasso's work became more and more abstract. The song IS very catchy. I could listen to this over and over.

@calebclunie4001 2 года назад

I've seen "The Gray/Grey Guitar".

@libbylivingston8873 Год назад

You know Mr Jones means heroin? Right?

@libbylivingston8873 Год назад

As some one 30 years clean and knew the band, yeah it’s true.

@libbylivingston8873 Год назад

I will never be lonely. Because he has MR Jones with him now. The fact this singer oded should have been a big clue. By the way Mr Brownestone in a famous genre is also heroin. The 80’s and 90’s use to make a lot of music that were dog whistles to heavy drug use.

@stlmopoet Год назад

@@libbylivingston8873 I've heard of Jonesing as a general reference to wanting a fix. Didn't know for sure the song was about that or not. The Dylan reference to Mr Jones is also to heroin then, I assume.

@tommymclaughlin-artist 2 года назад

This was the first CD I ever bought in 1993 and it is still in my regular rotation nearly 30 years later. Literally every track on this album is amazing, S-Tier stuff. Strongly recommend that you check out the album in its entirety, "August and Everything After".

@ianbirtles6507 2 года назад

i did the same and its still great everytime i hear it

@barryevans791 2 года назад

My first record (I'm that old) was "Snooker Loopy" by Chas n Dave, which I think is infinately more embarrasing than your first CD.

@user-tg8xx1qw6h 3 месяца назад

YES! It's interesting reading these comments because for years I've thought this was one of the best albums I'd ever heard. So many others feel the same. It's cool to know I'm not the only one. This and Cracked Rear View were my first Alt Rock CDs that I ever bought. I was lucky that both ended up being all time greats.

@miked473 2 года назад

This has been one of my favorite bands for many years. Adam Duritz is one of those rare singer/songwriters who sing with feeling and emotion. Check out other tracks like “Rain King” or “I wish I was a girl “, “Raining in Baltimore” is another gut wrenching song

@judithrunyon186 2 года назад

Raining in Baltimore is so great.....90s moodiness in a nutshell lol

@scottNNJ 2 года назад

I love Raining in Baltimore. Haven’t quite figured out the meaning entirely, but it really sets a mood.

@johnward43 2 года назад

This song was a hit my first year of college. I remember moving into the dorms and hearing this on radio the same day. Damn, I'm old...

@toriboy25 2 года назад

LOL I feel ya it came out my 2nd year of college

@leogothisoscar271 2 года назад

Counting Crows had some great songs: A Long December, Round Here, Big Yellow Taxi (it's a cover, but personally I prefer it to the original), and their cover of the Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil is fantastic.

@EGGTESTTUBE 2 года назад

So many good songs from this band. The whole albums are enjoyable.

@3DJapan 2 года назад

I like the cover better than the original too.

@Chatta-Ortega 2 года назад

I love Joni Mitchell but I have to agree Counting Crows version of Big Yellow Taxi is my favorite.

@allendixon7700 2 года назад

My girlfriend in the seventh grade her nickname was Bubbles and she had bubbles front and back brother hello everyday is what I say I ride now I right

@allendixon7700 2 года назад

@@Chatta-Ortega I never ever had a girl that I didn't have a nickname before but I guess bubbles was probably my favorite hoping I can give my girls at nickname you know what I say bro everyday I right now alright bro

@horuslux8441 2 года назад

As controversial as this position might be, with all the excellent music that came out of the 90s, I still think this album "August And Everything After" is the best single album of the 90s.

@ShaunHensley 2 года назад

It’s definitely worthy of consideration for that spot.

@iamtheking9418 2 года назад

There’s no bad song on it. One of my “island” albums for sure…

@markgregory983 2 года назад

Its up there. But the 90s added soooo many new genres and music trends that its hard to pick just one for me. It was such an incredible decade of music variety

@beverly.alford 2 года назад

So I *adore* y’all. I stumbled across your channel last week (I was under the weather) and binge watched hours of your content. You have a new fan and friend in Texas. Don’t go changin’ 🥰.

@steviekc9057 2 года назад

Counting Crows got a bit oversaturated for a few years and became one of those love them/hate them bands. It's lovely to rediscover this song after shelving it for so long. "Long December" and "Round Here" are examples of lyrical poetry at some of it's finest. Thanks for the reaction!

@Markyajv 2 года назад

I was in an Urban Outfitters in Georgetown, DC and while checking out there were free CDs on the counter and one of them was the Counting Crows, Mr Jones, so I took that. Had never heard the song ever in my life but I'm all about learning new music and I played this song and it was a love affair ever since. Bought all their albums, saw em a bunch of times live. Great band Adam Duritz has got a great voice.

@DocRobert 2 года назад

This song came out when I was in junior high and I remember getting chills the first time I heard it. I loved it instantly, and then this friend of mine made some wise ass comment about Adam Duritz’s voice and it made me like my friend less. It was just so cynical and critical and I was like, something is wrong with your soul. I shouldn’t judge people based on their thoughts about music but I do and I like it and I don’t wanna change.

@mokumboi19 2 года назад

Nearly every song on that debut Counting Crows album is great. Probably also check out Round Here, Perfect Blue Buildings, Sullivan Street, Omaha and Anna Begins.

@callum4450 2 года назад

Rain King is the best song on that album hands down

@patches6309 2 года назад

Agreed! Total album became an instant classic. They are amazing in Live performances as well.

@mokumboi19 2 года назад

@@callum4450 Agree to disagree. That would only be my 6th or 7th favorite song on the album. But yeah, it's good, too.

@callum4450 2 года назад

@@mokumboi19 dont care

@user-tg8xx1qw6h 3 месяца назад

Guys, this album is called AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER. This is one of the best albums of the 90s. It is so well written. Adam Duritz is the lead singer. This group was really popular in the 90s. There is some of the most well written songs you'll ever hear on this album. This band hits in a different place. It is well worth a purchase. One of my favorites of all time.

@joea7293 2 года назад

Just the smile on your faces while that song was playing, and thats what music does to us all . Gives us a reason to listen, and move. Loved the reaction guys. Hope your music journey continues. Stay safe and much Love to you both.

@jeffreekoch9298 2 года назад

😊 I remember them! HS years. Great band. Their videos are cool, too. This is alternative or college rock. Jangle pop. Like R.E.M , Gin Blossoms , The Smithereens, Hootie and the Blowfish, and others. Became popular in mainstream during the '90s.

@brunisamuelsson8964 2 года назад

Brad, I genuinely feel like you and Lex compliment eachother well. She is the one who seems to have such a strong emotional connection to the music, and you tend to come off as the analyst type. Sometimes it comes off a little cold and uninterested, and I feel bad even saying that. But this reaction was great--from you. I could see your thoughts turning while you were hyper-analyzing, but watching the smiles crack through, Lex's emotional energy seems to have rubbed off on you. I felt like you really felt the song, and imagined the story so well, and it was really cool to see that side of you in this reaction. 10/10 reaction.

@DreAdeDcoRpSE 2 года назад

My first song that introduced this band to me was "Hanginaround" off the "This Desert Life" album, which to this day is still my favorite song by them, but they do have a ton of great songs.

@scottvanhille5688 2 года назад

My brother really liked listening to this band when they hit the stage. Good song.

@XavierCoolDude 3 месяца назад

I’m a 46 white guy who loved hip hop and rnb starting in the late 80s. When this came out in 94, I was 16. Although I loved hip hop, alternative was really starting to take over (Cranberries, Counting Crows, etc) and this was undoubtedly new fresh sounds. They have other great songs “Round Here”, “Einstein on the Beach”, etc. Really cool video of you guys

@BestofItMoviedoc 2 года назад

Great band. Iconic song that I heard many times with a happy buzz playing in a bar. Lead singer Adam Duritz wrote the song after his friend Marty Jones but it’s actually about him.

@alltogetherfitandproper4252 2 года назад

Interesting. Given the ‘I wanna be Bob Dylan’ line, I often associate Mr Jones from Dylan’s song Ballad of a Thin Man, where chorus is ‘Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?’

@BestofItMoviedoc 2 года назад

@@alltogetherfitandproper4252 I believe your correct, Dylan inspired parts of the song. I just know his friend Jones created the base and the hook. This from a 2013 Rolling Stones interview: The inspiration for the song came as Duritz and Jones were drunk at a bar after watching Jones' father perform, when they saw Kenney Dale Johnson, longtime drummer for the musician Chris Isaak, sitting with three women. "It just seemed like, you know, we couldn't even manage to talk to girls, ... we were just thinking if we were rock stars, it'd be easier. I went home and wrote the song," Jones’ dad is a Flamenco guitar player and his dad’s band had played at a bar called the New Amsterdam in San Francisco on Columbus

@tonyberezowski7859 2 года назад

Classic comment, Brad!! Adam Duritz (the singer) definitely does not stop. Ever. So many of their songs, once he starts singing, there is no break until he is done.

@callumnolan 2 года назад

Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston agree.

@Sweep_The_Leg_Johnny 2 года назад

I'm flashing back to college! I gotta say, this group live is a wonder to behold. My favorite by them is "Omaha" off this album. Great tune! Adam is a GREAT lyricist. "Stumble 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 & you, angels get a better view of the crumbling indifference between wrong & right." (Opening lines from Round Here) The Picasso reference is to Picasso's "Blue" period. He painted a work of art of a man w/ a grey guitar.

@MustLoveDogsSA 2 года назад

You quoted Round Here - I know all the words too, what a beautiful, descriptive story he paints with words. I love that! ❤️

@liizzset Год назад

Love Omaha as one of the best ones from Counting Crows. Round here was a good one too.

@ginalolajupiter2942 2 года назад

This whole album is great. I still listen to it regularly.

@rohinaiqbal7109 2 года назад

Highly recommend Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby. Beautiful lyrics and moody sound.

@GinaGeeILuvu 2 года назад

This is a great alt-rock band and this song is amazing!❤️❤️

@auralfixxation6702 2 года назад

What I love is how the singer sounds like he's drunk and telling a friend this story from the bar but, he's making it up as he goes.

@Ohio44Jim 2 года назад

Watch the live/official version of "Mr. Jones". You can SEE him sing the words.

@promontorium 2 года назад

People say your nostalgia for old music you loved is more about missing the era and life. But the mid 90s were absolutely shit in my life, like nothing good, abuse alcoholics, loneliness, depression, death, etc. but damn I loved the music. I still get a comfort and pleasure from 90s music. It was a vibe as they say. Not the only music I like. It just seems disproportionate mid 90s. Like 93-98. In nearly 40 years of life that's not a big period.

@mikesmelon5714 2 года назад

The lead singer was the bartender at the ViperRoom in LA in the early 90's and was pouring drinks for DiCaprio and Keanu. He finally made it big with this song on the radio when they played it over and over and over. He was one who moved to LA to make it.

@UMfan21 2 года назад

The other day Brad said a song was in his opinion what the 90s were all about. For me, this song is one of the "most 90s" songs that always takes me back to high school.

@Filbi 2 года назад

I feel like this is a song about loneliness, and finding comfort with a friend.

@robbob5302 2 года назад

Nobody can describe this song. Counting Crows was the band that defied classification.

@jamesloughran7278 2 года назад

The word melancholly always cones to mind when I listen to the Counting Crows .

@nodaysback8390 2 года назад

Another great song from back in the early '90s .. *Make Rock Great Again!*

@pathoffools1874 2 года назад

Something you gotta know about Adam Duritz's lyrics. Some of them are literal and others are just feeling. After 26 years I am still finding new ways to interpret the lyrics. Truly gifted singer and lyricist.

@87ventus 2 года назад

Hi loved ur reaction, love this song. Yes .. Picasso has a famous painting called 'THE OLD Guitarist' the guitarist is painted all in blue & black & grey but the guitar is in a bright brown color( so it stands out in the painting & becomes the focal point) So Adam Duritz (the singer) wants to paint himself in those dark (depressing)colors but he wants his guitar to be grey (his favorite color) plus very symbolic of Picasso who had what was called 'The Blue Period' when he was sad & lonely & painted using blue & black & grey with occasional red & brown. Don't want to ramble but it's always good to know stuff & apparently that's what Adam was referring to.✌

@dmgallibond469 2 года назад

I have always enjoyed this song, and I love hearing it through your ears. As others have said this is an autobiographical sketch of a time when the singer was in a garage band and he and a friend were dreaming of what life would be like when they were big stars. As Brad says, there's a lot of emotion in the delivery of these lyrics, and it paints the picture of someone who can find himself "lonely in a crowd" if you will. There's both a hopefulness and a sadness to this song, and it's mixed with a tune that just makes me smile whenever I hear it.

@buggydes 2 года назад

This is fun one. Adam Duritz is a fantastic lyricist and singer. A true storyteller. His other songs can get pretty pondering. Would love to hear more counting crows reactions!

@ZoilStar 2 года назад

Counting Crows is my favorite band ever. Most of their songs tell a story.

@shawnr4124 2 года назад

Just so you know Counting Crows will be in concert at Hard Rock Tampa April 26! Worth checking them out live.

@bminturn 2 года назад

I forgot how little space dude leaves in his vocals. Other than the middle-8, it's like one long rambling monologue lol. I still like these guys though, even though they fell out of fashion pretty quickly. Picasso had a famous "blue phase". Everything he painted was basically some shade of blue. The singer is playing on that in the lyrics about buying a gray guitar. Which says something. Not something happy, but it says something.

@jamo12z10 Год назад

The song is him singing about how his life would be so much better if he became famous. Ironically when he became famous (largely due to this song), he grew to despise fame, and in turn this song.

@paulfleming2008 2 года назад

You Guys are Funky and bring me smiles, Thank you!!

@sammyholloway334 2 года назад

This band,,i know nothing about,,but I loved this song from the time it first got airplay. When you have yellow,,or red hair,,you hear it all the time,as people refer to you, by your color.

@wadsworthaaron 2 года назад

I saw Counting Crows in summer '97 when they were at the peak of their powers... and they were even better live than in the recordings (with "studio magic" to cover up/polish mistakes). Great show!

@gunnarjinx 2 года назад

OH THAT VIDEO IS SOOOOOO BRILLIANT..... wish u seen it .... CAUSE than u wouldn't sit so still ..... that singer doesn't stop moving and LOVING THIS himself..... what an enjoy to watch.....

@JoeyRagolia 2 года назад

this song reminds me of my childhood. I would play it over and over again on my yellow Sony Walkman. 😌

@braxtonagee412 2 года назад

The picasso grey guitar references a famous painting associated with depression and Picassos 'blue phase'.

@michaeljones2687 2 года назад

My favorite line... "I wanna be Bob Dylan, Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky".

@amitychief3061 2 года назад

Love this song. I don't know how many times I sat in a bar and thought of that line: "We tell each other fairy tales and we stare at the beautiful women. She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me". Sadly, she's probably not looking at either of you.

@cesarnarro6013 2 года назад

That part always reminds me of a dude i worked with at a fbo at the airport, that's where the private planes parked. Used to see so many beautiful women getting of the jets and this dude would always say " did you see her looking at me " wow it would crack me up. I'd always have to tell him " dude you're standing right in front of her panting with your tongue hanging out " of course she's going to look at you thinking wtf

@jessicanowakowski8475 2 года назад

“Color Blind” and “Rain King” are also great songs by Counting Crows.

@phillipradcliffe8037 2 года назад

I like the line “We want to be big stars, but we don’t know why and we don’t know how.” That seems to sum it up for a lot of people in this age.

@ktkungfutaichi 4 месяца назад

I remember my self listening to this song and dancing my heart out in a "Rockeria" (Rock discotheque) on the early 90's, but never really payed attention to the lyrics. Today 30 years later I realize the funny, crative and deep lyrics that this song has. Thank you guys! Cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷

@jfroysaa 2 года назад

"By the end of the song I’m glad he has Mr. Jones" Perfect

@Skunz 2 года назад

Counting Crows - A Murder of One Counting Crows - Rain King Actually just the whole album August and Everything After

@marcwright8395 2 года назад

I had no idea, listened to them for months before I realized he was African American singer, so good

@robbob5302 2 года назад

?! Never knew that. Maybe that explains why Hootie jumped ship, for Country/Western.

@GangstaSpanksta 2 года назад

The Song is really Simple. The song is basically about him and his friend Mary Jones dreaming about being big stars someday when they were first starting out. Not really in a bad spot, moreso that he hasn't made it yet but both have big dreams. That's what makes the song so great, the perspective of someone just starting out, and the simplistic honesty of it

@steveramsey5391 2 года назад

I was fortunate enough to see counting crowes in ATL opening for the cranberries in early 90’s, We didn’t even know

@JBAKER97 2 года назад

Their music brings back lots of memories for me. They have lots of great songs. I feel really lucky to grow up in the 90’s.

@richard_n 2 года назад

This band has several great songs. Some trivia, the lead singer dated both Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox from Friends.

@bloodybutunbowed291 2 года назад

The lead singer was a bartender at The Viper Room (the nightclub where River Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix's brother ODd outside the door) when they became famous, now years later, he went back to tending bar there.

@MickeyValenz 2 года назад

When I was younger this was a fun song I'd jam to. As I get older the sad, lonely part of the song hits harder. I love their song "Long December"

@pleutron 2 года назад

man i love this 90's vibe. this song never gets old.

@masterofsparkshwy6974 2 года назад

One of those songs I just want everyone to hear, and everyone like.

@kateandgeraldsmith2711 2 года назад

Oh you have to check out more Counting Crows guys! My personal favorite is Round Here but they have a great catalog!

@michaelgalok2426 2 года назад

"What if Mr. Jones was the guitar?" - Mind Blown

@Vmole1 2 года назад

Blockbuster Rockfest '97, they covered Tears of a Clown and had a great set. Their signature was groovy + longing; always felt like autumn.

@MrSchism 2 года назад

My Favorite 90's pop-rock act. When you feel down and just want someone to relate, Counting Crows is there. Their new album is great. "When everybody loves me, then I'll be just about as happy as I can be" drives home that even at best, he's down.

@safespacebear 2 года назад

Gosh, I remember being 15 years old and this song blowing up the alternative charts. One night me and my friend (who was in love with this track too) called the nearest radio station and begged them to play "Mr Jones". We waited up like three hours for them to play it and when they did we danced and acted like fools. I'm not sure "Mr Jones" will ever crossover to be a timeless classic like some music does but it really ought to. The 90s or even the early 90s wasn't just grunge..the alternative rock was amazing in that era too

@MustLoveDogsSA 2 года назад

I saw them live in 2000! So, so good live! They were a big part of my teen years! They were bloody special! Try “Round Here” next! I’m glad you loved this, it was HUGE!!! It was a good time to be alive!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@douglasfrantzen3011 2 года назад

I saw them in 1993 with Midnight Oil, was really a fantastic concert.

@Nickel138 2 года назад

This song is a true story. It’s about him and a bass player/friend (Mr. Jones) from another band. They went to a club to watch Mr. Jones’ father play flamenco guitar. They were talking and drinking and this song came out of that night.

@jackstraw6859 2 года назад

I was in my late 20's when this album came out. I was at the lowest point in my life. This album kinda saved me. Rain King was the song that helped me stand up for myself again. Please give Rain King a listen. Love you guys.

@mamb70 2 года назад

Music has subliminal messages included, glad it helped you. I'm listening to music over 60 years and doubt I'll ever stop.

@MisterDarkfall Год назад

Mr Jones and me, we don't see each other much anymore..... This shit is LIFELONG legendary. I adore this band. You need to do more. Saint Robinson!!

@solitude7566 Год назад

I love the reactions when the can't wait to talk as soon as the music stops. Basically when they really like a song.

@eilamlam 2 года назад

First of all, one of the greatest songs of the 90s. I could listen to it everyday and never get tired of it. This album is amazing in general. And about the Picasso line, from Genius: A reference to Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist.” The painting is famously monochrome (shades of grey) except for the sole focus of the guitar which symbolises the life and vibrancy of the music compared with the dark and lonely existence of an artist. Conversely, here the man already feels so bright, so he feels his painting would be drawn with him in the vibrant colours and the guitar would be grey in contrast.

@skinmeister1 2 года назад

One of my all time favorite bands, thanks for finding them finally! Check out “Round Here” from them next! The name of their singer is Adam Duritz, extremely talented!

@gregp4735 2 года назад

The song is even more enjoyable while watching the video. His energy is very real.

@FizzFop1 2 года назад

I'm sure someone already said about the Picasso reference...he went through a period where he mostly blue and gray in his paintings...one of his masterpieces is "The Old Guitarist." It's a painting of an elderly man near death who is struggling to play his guitar.

@TomGorham 2 года назад

We all love to be loved. I remember as a singer in my band, I would look out at the girls looking up at me from below the stage. It was a fantastic feeling but you always wanted more. We would argue, "she was looking at you, now she was looking at me." Spot on. It's something you can never forget, but what does it mean?

@Captainpigraven 2 года назад

Quick thoughts: 1. With how much emphasis Brad puts into feeling out the lyrics, he will definitely appreciate this band. Adam Duritz is a really good songwriter. 2. Like most people are saying, this entire album is great from start to finish. 3. I recommend fast tracking any reactions you do for this band, then watch as much of their live stuff as possible. Because… 4. Brad immediately latched onto the emotion in the song. He puts all he has into every live performance. One show might not match the next in overall emotion, but you’ll be getting everything he’s got for that night. 5. Part of that is routinely changing up how they play music, and what he sings. Expect lots of lyrical interpolations from other tunes, or even new stuff he’s been riffing on often unique to the tour. 6. There are times when he’ll sing in and out of tune. It’s not on purpose, but he can often get caught up in that emotion, and the result isn’t always “pretty.” But frankly that is part of what makes it so genuine in my opinion. 7. This dude dated a ton of popular women in his day, including Courtney Cox, Jennifer Anniston, and Emmy Rossi. 8. His lyrics can often be brutally honest about him being a real dick to people.

@JKforUA 10 месяцев назад

Adam Duritz (the singer) said that he finds it strange that people connect with his lyrics because his lyrics are very specific to him. I just watched an interview with him where he tells the story of this song. There was literally a Mr. Jones and they were at a bar checking women out wanting to be famous. Almost every line in the song literally happened. Then when the song blew up, he got his wish about being famous and everybody knowing his name and it freaked him out and he moved to a different city and bar tended, where nobody knew who he was.