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.
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.
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!!!!!
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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..
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.
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!
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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!
This song is the best. My favorite line of any song...”I would buy myself a gray guitar and play”. The way he sings it. My kids even sing it with me now.
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".
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 🇮🇹🤗💗🙏
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.
The coolest thing about this song is that just by creating it, all of his ambitions came to life. The video was played all the time on television, Duritz became a star, and started dating beautiful women like Courtney Cox.
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.
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. “
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.
I'm going watch, but before I do I have to say... and it's a hard thing to say because "Who is your favorite Band" and "What is your favorite Song" are REALLY hard questions to answer... but this is my Favorite Band performing my Favorite Song. Much love to ALL the so many others out there... but I think gun to my head and I gotta choose just one, this is the one. (Father of Mine - Everclear pretty much tells my childhood, so it gets the #2 spot more than likely).
My Gods. It's like I'm hearing this amazing song for the first time. Please more Counting Crow! I've seem them at least a dozen times live and it never gets old.
Your commentary proves the song took you to that place where one doesn't feel secure in one's life(usually as a teenager). I believe their album was, in fact, recorded in one of the Counting Crows member's apartment. They worked like many bands on a low budget, but finally had success. They are, also, constantly recreating versions of their songs in their live performances.
Locked up in an apartment jamming out. A pandemic social distancing performance 27 years before it was the new normal. Love these guys and never get tired of hearing them. Still on every "favorites" playlist I put together. Oddly enough their sound goes really well with Blues Traveler and I always end up putting their tracks next to each other.
I remember back in the day seeing them open for the Rolling Stones at Giants Stadium and they were so good. A young band starting out and being able to hold there own in a setting like that was inspiring. Our Friends were sitting in a different section during the show and when we met up afterwards we couldn't stop talking about how great the Counting Crows were. They held their own that night and really opened my eyes to how good their music is.
"Me and Mr. Jones" This song is a recollection of his diminished sober self and his relationship with his super energized high profile extrovert high self. It's an answer to the question, "Why do you like to get high?" His desire to be loved and "never be alone" is something he doesn't feel he can achieve as his normal self, but for Mr. Jones all these things come naturally. It's very much a Jekyll and Hyde situation.
My impoverished single mother splurged for Christmas and bought me a CD player and three albums: Counting Crows - August and Everything After, Green Day - Dookie, and REM - Out of Time. Mr. Jones resonated in the way you described.. I dreamed of me (and my mother and sister) being out of this situation. I listened to this album the most of the three. Listening brought back good memories, but hearing you talk about your own childhood brought back more. Thank you. I just clicked on this because I hadn’t heard the song in a while. But your reaction isn’t superficial, you shared something real about you and your reaction was as impactful as listening to this song again.That isn’t common. Subscribed.
They used to do a re-worked version of this song that basically told the story of what happened after they got famous. Everything you talked about, is basically what that version of Mr. Jones is. Adam even ended it by saying "Mr. Jones and me, don't see each other much anymore."
This was written by lead singer Adam Duritz and guitarist David Bryson (the other three band members also got composer credits). 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. Those things run from 'all this stuff I have pent up inside of me' to 'I want to meet girls because I'm tired of not being able to.' It is a lot of those things, it's about all those dreams, but it's also kind of cautionary because it's about how misguided you may be about some of those things and how hollow they may be too. Like the character in the song keeps saying, 'When everybody loves me I will never be lonely,' and you're supposed to know that that's not the way it's gonna be. I knew that even then. And this is a song about my dreams."
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The album this song is off of, August and Everything after is one of those rare albums that’s brilliant start to finish. Every. Single. Song!!!
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.
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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 still listen to that album a couple times a year and it doesn’t get old.
Great comment. I feel the same. When people sing from the heart with all their soul, it's magic. A timeless classic album
I wore out that album back in the day myself. It's so so good.
Beautiful album, Ya know that album is about him, the singer, dealing with Depression and his mental disorder. He really shares his demons here.
Totally agree....
Anna Begins is probably one of the most wonderfully heartmoving songs ever written
A long December is an amazing song from them.
yes that is such an emotional song!
YES great song. Here's the link Jamal: th-cam.com/video/1D5PtyrewSs/w-d-xo.html
"It's gonna be a long December, and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last."
Man I hope so. Stay safe, everyone.
The way light attaches to a girl
Yes yes yes
Round Here is an amazing song from them also.
He did it right before this one
@@eleni33koro88 Thank you I didn't see it. 😆
@@IslaSkye123 I will thank you.
Kathy Jam Ure welcome
I’ve always loved the Counting Crows but never thought they did anything better than the first few lines of the first song on their first album.
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.
Anna begins still hurts
@@napoleonwilson6499 i will openly weep listening to that song. It's powerful.
You are absolutely right. This album will change your life. Every song is perfect.
@@timo5838 True Dat! Every song is amazing, if you just listen.
Also, Rain King!
Whole album "August and Everything After" is amazing.
Came here to say that. Not a bad song on the whole album. All killer, no filler. The same way so many albums used to be in the 70s.
WhiteRaven43 It’s brilliant. I have it up there in my top 10 or 20 debut albums of all time.
Yes. Very good stuff.
Every song. Every one.
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!!!!!
The Counting Crows song Anna Begins is one of the most incredible songs. Worth a listen.
One of my favorites!!
^^Yes.
Love that song.
This was one of the first albums I bought as a kid and I love every song, but Anna Begins is by far my favorite. Excellent taste. 💙
I listen and sing along to that song multiple times in a row. That whole album
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.
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.
I LOVE that song!!!
YES!
The song with no point❤️
@@coymurchison5880 but the hook brings you back
Check out their first 2 albums. Soooo good.
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"
Well said!
Hell yeah.
Big socially distant hug from Detroit.
Same!!! I'm an introvert totally, but I daydream about singing or performing in front of tons of people!
Check out The Wallflowers. The singer is Bob Dylan's son.
Yes. Great song is "One Headlight".
@@robinbeers6689 Yes! And "Mourning Train"
Did not know that
@@adamnicol4271 his name is Jakob Dylan. In some songs, he sounds just like him
6th Avenue Heartache and Three Marlenas are some other good tracks from Bringing Diown the Horse. Another forgotten band from the 90s.
Such a great and classic song!!! Love it.
One of my favorite voices ever. !!! This song just makes me feel good !!! Just really always. Liked this guy!!! Takes me away, I need that. 😆🤣😅😆🤣😅🤣😅😆🤣
One of my absolute favorites. If you like this one, check out Rain King by Counting Crows!
Slow country or rocked up version?
Exactly what I said.
Amen...
All songs on this album are breathtaking, but Rain King makes u sing out loud. Also ending the album with Murder of One gives me the chills...
Definitely!
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.
Counting Crows live is a must see. Adam Duritz is deep, puts his whole soul into his performance and never sings the songs the same way twice.
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.
I have seen them a few times live... Amazing!
@@neildavies2276 Please go see them again maybe just a bad night .. I have seen them a few times and never disappointed.
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
Irony: he was a total unknown when he wrote & recorded this song. Then it hit radio & MTV - and suddenly he Was a big star.
"They", not "him".
@@Module79L, I was referring to Adam. He's a 'him'.
@@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.
@@Module79L, I know all that. And it's irrelevant to the point I was making. Enough with the nitpicking.
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.
My late mother and I strangely had the same favorite by this band,Hanginaround. I humbly request that video
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..
Adam mentions how he wants to be Bob Dylan. The name Mr. Jones is a hat tip to Bob Dylan's song Ballad of a Thin Man, which is one of Dylan's best.
I think he says “meet Bob Dylan” but I could be wrong
The Beatles also reference Diary of a Thin Man in the song "Yer Blues" with the lyric "I feel so suicidal, just like Dylan's Mr. Jones."
@@Susana.Ventura I wanna be Bob Dylan
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.
When this song came out, everyone knew the words.
Yes! Classic from my high school years - played at every dance 😂
Still do. And have the cd still.
Check out a song by the "Wallflowers" called "One Headlight"...
6th Avenue heartache is awesome too. And includes Adam on co-vocals too
Ray Cornell *YESSSSSSS*
The entire album. There's not a bad song on it
Great song. If anyone needs more encouragement to listen to it the lead singer is Bob Dylan's son. He's got some talent.
@@Hekkler72 Yeah, I'm surprised Jakob and crew didn't have more hits...It was the 90's though, the one-hit wonder generation...
This is on of my favorite songs. Thank you.
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.
Second Let her Cry!
I also go to Bittersweet by Big Head Todd & the Monsters & some Gin Blossoms 👍
Yes!!!...let her cry!!!
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!
Let her cry
One of my favorite songs is It's A Long December
"Mr Jones strikes up a conversation
With a black-haired flamenco dancer" ... Sí, señor. Thanks Jamal.
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.
@@MarieCarreiro Dios mío, so sorry for her loss at such a young age. Thanks for sharing , Marie...
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.
Watching someone fall in love with a song that means so much to you is the best feeling
I feel like early/mid 90's alternative doesn't get as much love as it really deserves.
So, "Long December" when?
In December would be fitting. Maybe rework the lyrics this year to be "A Long Year".
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
I know this is a quote from the song, but if only it were true.
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
I would but I just don't have those social media. But I second Talking Heads...great band and songs 💗
He sometimes takes requests from here. Just post a link to the video that you want him to watch and cross your fingers.
IslaSkye (EYE-luh • SKY) th-cam.com/video/O52jAYa4Pm8/w-d-xo.html
That’s for psycho killer, it’s a different version though but it’s still great
IslaSkye (EYE-luh • SKY) also this one th-cam.com/video/jShMQw2H2cM/w-d-xo.html
Life during wartime , the live performance
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 song shows how great the band is." They can play " , and the singer fits in like a glove.
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.
Love that line. And Mr. Jones was one of Dylan's signature songs about the music industry
Remember watching these guys on SNL . Song just blew me away. 20 something years later I'm still listening to it.
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.
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!!!
If you’ll be listening to any more Counting Crows, it really needs to be _Sullivan Street._
This is my favorite Counting Crows song.
More like all of Recovering The Satelites
I was never a Counting Crows fan, but this song... man, it's fantastic. I still break it out now and then when singing.
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!
Rain King!
I belong
In the service of the queen
I belong
Anywhere but in between
Duritz is the GOAT... such an underrated writer/musician.
Always been one of my favourite bands.
Paid extra in one concert to see the sound check, briefly meet the band and get a photo. Lifetime memory.
"Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la"
"Oh that's how we're starting? Okay..."
Too funny, lol.
"We all want something beautiful-Man I wish I was beautiful..." Love the raw vulnerable lyrics.
Oh J, that just broke my heart hearing about your dreams when you were a kid. 🥺❤️❤️
Me too, young'un
Tracy Meroney hi Mama! ❤️ Yeah that really got me. 😢
This song is the best. My favorite line of any song...”I would buy myself a gray guitar and play”. The way he sings it. My kids even sing it with me now.
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".
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 🇮🇹🤗💗🙏
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.
Daylight Fading and Have You Seen Me Lately got me through my 90's relationship blues so many times... Songs you just won't hear on the radio anymore.
This guy is awesome! Luv this song, nice beats!
The coolest thing about this song is that just by creating it, all of his ambitions came to life. The video was played all the time on television, Duritz became a star, and started dating beautiful women like Courtney Cox.
I love the Counting Crows and I went out and purchase their debut album back in the day.
Thank this. Counting Crows is my favorite band and very special to me. You must see them live.
You have listened to Van Morrison. This song always made me think of Brown Eyed Girl.
He has done brown eyed girl.
robert cutting Surprised he hasn’t picked up on it.
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.
"Long December," my man. Masterful portrayal of emotional exhaustion and emptiness, and the struggle for hope.
This song was about his friend
ya mr jones.. old man on the stup
His imaginary friend he sees when he's hammered ?
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. “
IMO one of the best songs of the 90s. ❤ you cannot help but nod your head, tap your foot and sing along
i don't want say how much I love this song, but I will tell you that I bought a grey guitar.
What a MONSTER song!!! Takes you right back! Phenomenal voice, tone, melody....LOVE it always!
try the black crows- seeing things, she talks to angels, jealous again, hard to handle, twice as hard
My band!!!! Got me through my first open heart. Dec. 1993. They've been here since then! Front row. center 2016! Adam's boots in my face!!!
Other Counting Crows that are worth a reaction: Long December and Mrs. Potter's Lullaby. IMO
Hanginaround is good, too.
and Hanging Around!
Mrs Potters... is an awesome jam!!!
They are ALL worth listening too. 😉
A friend of mine met the lead singer, Adam Duritz after a show. She said he was absolutely the nicest person in the world.
I highly recommend Dusty Springfield's song " Son of a preacher man"
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.
Reminds me of junior high. Damn, that's been a minute.
I just love that era of music and it will never happen again. I wish I could go back. ✌
Been waiting for this one
My husband’s favorite 90’s band! Hanging around , rain king great songs!
"A Long December" is Peak Counting Crows...you should do it next.
I'm going watch, but before I do I have to say... and it's a hard thing to say because "Who is your favorite Band" and "What is your favorite Song" are REALLY hard questions to answer... but this is my Favorite Band performing my Favorite Song.
Much love to ALL the so many others out there... but I think gun to my head and I gotta choose just one, this is the one. (Father of Mine - Everclear pretty much tells my childhood, so it gets the #2 spot more than likely).
I wish you would do. Helpless by Neil young and Jonie Mitchell you would love it!!
Another song that will make you cry.
My Gods. It's like I'm hearing this amazing song for the first time. Please more Counting Crow! I've seem them at least a dozen times live and it never gets old.
"Surrounded by people... but I'm always alone..."
Your commentary proves the song took you to that place where one doesn't feel secure in one's life(usually as a teenager). I believe their album was, in fact, recorded in one of the Counting Crows member's apartment. They worked like many bands on a low budget, but finally had success. They are, also, constantly recreating versions of their songs in their live performances.
Man, I wish I was beautyful
Huh Lol
Such a good line.
Locked up in an apartment jamming out. A pandemic social distancing performance 27 years before it was the new normal. Love these guys and never get tired of hearing them. Still on every "favorites" playlist I put together. Oddly enough their sound goes really well with Blues Traveler and I always end up putting their tracks next to each other.
The only other song to equal these two, from around the same time would be Hey Jealousy from the Gin Blossoms.
Bringing back memories of friends who brought me a piece of the Berlin wall when it was torn down. Friend was there. Crazy times. Love this song.
Try out Led Zeppelin The CRUNGE. I think you'll like it.
omg yes.
This has always been one of those songs that instantly lifts my mood whenever I hear it.🥰
Black Crowes “Remedy” Or “She talks to Angels”
She talks to angels
That was the biggest song it would be shocking to hear that on the radio today how refreshing was that love you
Now do Me and Mrs. Jones. Billy Paul i believe.
I remember back in the day seeing them open for the Rolling Stones at Giants Stadium and they were so good. A young band starting out and being able to hold there own in a setting like that was inspiring. Our Friends were sitting in a different section during the show and when we met up afterwards we couldn't stop talking about how great the Counting Crows were. They held their own that night and really opened my eyes to how good their music is.
"Me and Mr. Jones" This song is a recollection of his diminished sober self and his relationship with his super energized high profile extrovert high self. It's an answer to the question, "Why do you like to get high?" His desire to be loved and "never be alone" is something he doesn't feel he can achieve as his normal self, but for Mr. Jones all these things come naturally. It's very much a Jekyll and Hyde situation.
Love all their stuff. A whole summer of counting crows I remember.
Suggest you go back to Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man" and his Mr. Jones as the inspiration for this song.
One of my favourites!
They put out two of THE best albums of the 90s
Can You Do Segment artist “Billy Thorpe” Children of The Sun”..it’s an awesome song.
A total classic!!!
This is my favorite song by Counting Crows....awesome song and journey your taking us on 💗
Jamel, you should check out the band 311 and their song "Down". You would love it. They groove, vibe and flow. You def need to hear this band.
Great lyric, great song.🎼🎶🎸🎤🔥😎Love this guys voice, a lot of dexterity for sure.
Since it's October, react to monster mash
wwe666q It was a graveyard smash.
Tat2Dragons it caught on in a flash
My impoverished single mother splurged for Christmas and bought me a CD player and three albums: Counting Crows - August and Everything After, Green Day - Dookie, and REM - Out of Time. Mr. Jones resonated in the way you described.. I dreamed of me (and my mother and sister) being out of this situation. I listened to this album the most of the three. Listening brought back good memories, but hearing you talk about your own childhood brought back more.
Thank you. I just clicked on this because I hadn’t heard the song in a while. But your reaction isn’t superficial, you shared something real about you and your reaction was as impactful as listening to this song again.That isn’t common. Subscribed.
Counting crows are my all time favorite been listening to them since 5th grade and I’m 36 now!
They used to do a re-worked version of this song that basically told the story of what happened after they got famous. Everything you talked about, is basically what that version of Mr. Jones is. Adam even ended it by saying "Mr. Jones and me, don't see each other much anymore."
This was written by lead singer Adam Duritz and guitarist David Bryson (the other three band members also got composer credits). 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. Those things run from 'all this stuff I have pent up inside of me' to 'I want to meet girls because I'm tired of not being able to.' It is a lot of those things, it's about all those dreams, but it's also kind of cautionary because it's about how misguided you may be about some of those things and how hollow they may be too. Like the character in the song keeps saying, 'When everybody loves me I will never be lonely,' and you're supposed to know that that's not the way it's gonna be. I knew that even then. And this is a song about my dreams."
The beauty of this...if you don't feel your music, your listening to the wrong music.