OK, so we haven’t been very good with keeping up with our blog for this we apologize. I wanted share something very important to me and it may be boring to some but to me it is extremely important… what’s new in music.
I have been waiting a long time for the release of the new Counting Crows album. I know many of you may not be familiar so I probably wont receive many comments to this blog but I feel you need to know greatness. The new album Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings is AMAZING! I once heard someone say that when they heard Charlie Parker play they vowed never to play again because they knew they could never be that good. When I hear Adam Duritz lyrics I feel the same, I should never be allowed to write lyrics. He can put poetry to music like no one I have ever heard. The new album is truly their best in a decade.
The album begins with what Adam describes as the “Saturday night” if this was a record it would be the “A” side. Full of beautiful rock reminiscent of their work on Recovering the Satellites. The “B” side full of lamenting broken-down acoustic tracks that bring you back to August and Everything After days. Haunted by regrets and glittered with hopes of love this album sucks you into to the brutal honesty of a tortured soul. I hope even the new listener will pick it up and get their life changed by the raw transparency of one of the best song-writers of our time.
Goodnight and listen to good music.
Christopher
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Chris & Hunter ~ They played you on the Christian station here in DFW! It was so familiar I didn’t even consider that it was the first time I’d heard them play you. I’m surprised I didn’t drive off the road or cause a wreck when I realized it was on the radio all the way in Texas. Congrats!!!! You are doing great.
Thanks for the comment on Counting Crows, Chris. You’ve really got me interested in listening to them and letting it sink in.
Take care, brothers.
Thanks Chris, for sharing I will for sure get this album. I haven’t heard Counting Crows, but am looking forward to hearing some greatness besides Connersvine!! See ya all this eve. yeah!!!
Chris, you are right about this CD. I got it for my birthday but would not have ever thought to purchase it on my own. It has made me want to go out and by more of their music!
I agree. Adam Duritz is one of the best lyricists in music. My wife and I have always been fans of Counting Crows. We haven’t heard the new album yet, but it’s certainly on the list to get.
I was a huge Counting Crows fan when August & Everything After came out and played it nonstop. Unfortunately, the melancholy nature (combined with my own melancholy tendencies) would result in serious bouts of depression. So I had to stop listening, and I’ve been hesitant to buy another album….
years later, listening to even the first couple of songs is a surefire way to push me into depression. My husband isn’t at all melancholy, but the album has a similar effect on him too.
Is this album going to do the same?