I can listen to this song over and over again. So much emotion, its one of their best songs. I can't wait to see them perform this live. I miss watching live performances so much. Counting the days until this pandemic is done. Cheers!
Amazing song. My mother (Maria) passed on labor day last year from Alzheimer's. Due to covid, I saw her at the end of August for the first time. The first verse hits so hard.
A year later, and having listened to this song 1000 times more, it still takes me away to a place filled with beautiful memories, like the first time I heard it.
One of my favourite albums. Never heard any artist put over the emotion in a song that Adam does, his voice is true nectar. Love this band I would love to see them perform in the UK sometime I will be on the front row!
5:10 - 5:34 is the best part of the song to me. That level of uncomfortable honesty is what elevates it from what was already an incredibly fantastic song to what I consider genuine art. Rather than compromise his song and his authenticity as a writer, Duritz chose to release this 20 years later than what may have been intended instead of filtering the song to a point where it was more palatable to the listener. I hope he has managed to fix this issue by now, and as an active listener and participant of his work, I am humbled to know that music still exists with this level of reality.
i agree, wat about the part were he talks about looking at little girls right before that? i love counting crows, check out there new song and EP! i did a review on it if you want to go check it out.
that line in question is cringe inducing, and I wish it wasn't in the song. Honesty is one thing, but think about this from that little girls perspective.
@@sotampacane I agree that the line is weird. I think it's more weird because it's "little" girls rather than just girls. It could be interpreted as pedophilic but it could also just be used to build a kind of childish, immature atmosphere. If he is just talking about looking at women his age, it seems that his self-judgment of his "nasty little habit" is that he is immature and childish for doing this. Therefore it makes sense that he would project this onto others, thus calling them "the little girls" rather than just "girls". I don't know, it's definitely still a weird line but I choose to interpret it more as projection and self-judgment than anything more sinister.
this song would not have made any sense on the first album. it has an emotional maturity and a sense of resolution/acceptance that does not fit with the raw energy and emotional turmoil of those first songs.
@@talldan645 Mmmm funny how it was written for the first album.... it's just that Adam couldn't figure out the pacing and how to put this poem to music like the others. Even this new version done with the orchestra sounds awkward in its pacing. Also considering alot of the lyrics adorn the album cover. DOD you see the interview where Adam said if they had finally figured it out they were going to put it on Recoving the Satellites. Then make it a gimmick that the song Recovering the Satellites would then go on the next album. But then Adam did say he was glad that didn't happen because unlike August and Everything After. Recovering the Satellites was a really good song.
@@paulbackhard6315 I've seen many interviews and the ones I've seen. He has always said he just couldn't get the song right. Why it was left off the first album. Then Adam went on to say if he got it worked out he was going to put it on Recovering the Satalites. And he spike that it would have been funny then to put the song Recovering the satalites on the 3rd album. But then he said he was glad he didnt do that because Recovering the Satatlites was a great song.
@@SchardtCinematic I'm happy with the wait and the final musical experience. Though it was not originally released with the first album, it surely brings it all full circle.
R I LOVE Waking up with You and Thank You for this Genius Masterpiece of Music and Lyrics R I Accept Your Apology Thank You I Am Sorry 🎁 just for You I Agree with You and Am Wanting Everything I can See with Us I LOVE Your Big Smile Am LOVING You 💋💋💋💋 I LOVE You Your Girlfriend
I codici si modificheranno automaticamente il primo settembre... secondo uno schema di algoritmi che solo mr b conosce.... ma questo nn costituisce nella maniera più assoluta un un'invito a prendere decisioni che qualunque esse siano nessuno avrà il diritto quindi il permesso col senno di poi di giudicare avventate.
First heard it when they were touring with The Wallflowers & Graham Colton. Floored me! A few days later I found a bootleg of it from another show on the same tour, and forced everyone I knew to listen!
Drop that one line (you all know which one I mean) and put this song at the end of the album. Drop the pointless Ghost Train and you have somehow managed to improve an already incredible album
Ghost Train is my favourite song on that album! I would like to hear this song on AAEA though… maybe on a second disc, or maybe something like the Eels With Strings album would be great… play all the songs on the AAEA album plus all the B-sides plus this title track, a few other favorites from the Crows repertoire, then a few covers in the encore… could be a storming double live album!
We ignored R kelly singing bout young girls too. Genuinely asking what it's supposed to mean so i can go back to listening to one of my fav bands without feeling sick- not picking it apart, just not ignoring blatant shady stuff just because they are good.
It could just be an awkward way of saying they're seen as less than him. The verse is about having made it, having a ton of money, but still being bad inside. He's made it big and they are all little. He has a partner so he's never alone, but still wants what he doesn't have. OR it could be a metaphor for the power imbalance inherent to the groupie/famous musician dynamic on top of the aforementioned "not satisfied, always wants what he shouldn't". Either makes sense here to me tbh
“It’s midnight in San Francisco and I am waiting here for Jesus on my knees.” Best part of the song. Such a powerful thing to say out loud
Amen.
There are indeed pieces of Maria in every song that he sings
I can listen to this song over and over again. So much emotion, its one of their best songs. I can't wait to see them perform this live. I miss watching live performances so much. Counting the days until this pandemic is done. Cheers!
You should count crows not days
I cry
What’s this song about?
@@LOLRabbleRouser Fried Chicken
@@shredthegnar26I've seen many beautiful, brave Crows, count yours for me...
This is unquestionably one of duritz's best works
Amazing song. My mother (Maria) passed on labor day last year from Alzheimer's. Due to covid, I saw her at the end of August for the first time. The first verse hits so hard.
One day your daddy's little angel,, the next your everything he wanted you to be. I cried instantly 😢
One of the most beautiful songs I've heard.
Indeed hes an angel voice lol which is why hes one of my favorite artists
It doesn't get better than this. Absolute masterpiece
A year later, and having listened to this song 1000 times more, it still takes me away to a place filled with beautiful memories, like the first time I heard it.
a perfect mix of emotion, music & storytelling. A wonderful performance by all.
😱😱 Just heard this for the first time today... Absolutely beautiful. Thank you 🌻
This has been my favorite Counting Crows song since I learned to love them. So glad we have this recording.
A real masterpiece. Directly from Heaven
One of my favourite albums. Never heard any artist put over the emotion in a song that Adam does, his voice is true nectar. Love this band I would love to see them perform in the UK sometime I will be on the front row!
What a beautiful way to come full circle. Thank you for posting this.
Beyond Beautiful 💙💫💟☮️☯️
This song is so beautiful, I cry every time I listen to it!💕
😢 me too
5:10 - 5:34 is the best part of the song to me. That level of uncomfortable honesty is what elevates it from what was already an incredibly fantastic song to what I consider genuine art. Rather than compromise his song and his authenticity as a writer, Duritz chose to release this 20 years later than what may have been intended instead of filtering the song to a point where it was more palatable to the listener. I hope he has managed to fix this issue by now, and as an active listener and participant of his work, I am humbled to know that music still exists with this level of reality.
i agree, wat about the part were he talks about looking at little girls right before that? i love counting crows, check out there new song and EP! i did a review on it if you want to go check it out.
that line in question is cringe inducing, and I wish it wasn't in the song. Honesty is one thing, but think about this from that little girls perspective.
@@sotampacane I agree that the line is weird. I think it's more weird because it's "little" girls rather than just girls.
It could be interpreted as pedophilic but it could also just be used to build a kind of childish, immature atmosphere.
If he is just talking about looking at women his age, it seems that his self-judgment of his "nasty little habit" is that he is immature and childish for doing this.
Therefore it makes sense that he would project this onto others, thus calling them "the little girls" rather than just "girls".
I don't know, it's definitely still a weird line but I choose to interpret it more as projection and self-judgment than anything more sinister.
I was a little unnerved by that line I must admit
The treasure of Counting Crows, has been buried for too long
Adam didn't remember the words for many years...finally someone showed up with them scribbled on a napkin from a bar!
The lyrics ate all over the Album cover to August and Everything After.
Masterpiece....
Shit punched me right in my feelings
Brilliant,I have just ordered their new vinyl ep, this is real quality music.john.c.
Love this song. To bad couldn't get it figured out to actually put it on the first Album.
this song would not have made any sense on the first album. it has an emotional maturity and a sense of resolution/acceptance that does not fit with the raw energy and emotional turmoil of those first songs.
@@talldan645 Mmmm funny how it was written for the first album.... it's just that Adam couldn't figure out the pacing and how to put this poem to music like the others. Even this new version done with the orchestra sounds awkward in its pacing. Also considering alot of the lyrics adorn the album cover. DOD you see the interview where Adam said if they had finally figured it out they were going to put it on Recoving the Satellites. Then make it a gimmick that the song Recovering the Satellites would then go on the next album. But then Adam did say he was glad that didn't happen because unlike August and Everything After. Recovering the Satellites was a really good song.
He did that on purpose. There is a video of him talking about him purposely making rock and roll mystery
@@paulbackhard6315 I've seen many interviews and the ones I've seen. He has always said he just couldn't get the song right. Why it was left off the first album. Then Adam went on to say if he got it worked out he was going to put it on Recovering the Satalites. And he spike that it would have been funny then to put the song Recovering the satalites on the 3rd album. But then he said he was glad he didnt do that because Recovering the Satatlites was a great song.
@@SchardtCinematic I'm happy with the wait and the final musical experience. Though it was not originally released with the first album, it surely brings it all full circle.
MAGISTRAL!!!!
I'm speechless .
Mi ritengo fortunato ad averli sentiti dal vivo a Roma qualche anno fa al Parco della Musica
Anyone dislike this song must go and see a phycologist
Masterpiece
How have so few people seen this video? I know for sure that more than 168 people read the lyrics on the album cover and wondered "what song is this"?
It's a mirror of the original video, which seems to have disappeared again
Yeah this isnt the original upload. The original had thousands if not over a million views.
I got myself a 7 million dollar home
(Adjusted for inflation)
WTF.. this is unreal.. Well done
Chills!
I wake My five-year-old up every morning and say can you call minutes more
Just wow....
*Shivers*
wow
This song reminds me of Bright Eyes ....
R I LOVE Waking up with You and Thank You for this Genius Masterpiece of Music and Lyrics R I Accept Your Apology Thank You I Am Sorry 🎁 just for You I Agree with You and Am Wanting Everything I can See with Us I LOVE Your Big Smile Am LOVING You 💋💋💋💋 I LOVE You Your Girlfriend
Don’t you get bored of this!?!
Adams story 🖤
These kind of arrangements almost never work
I really want to love this song but the little girls part is disturbing and not sure what he is trying to do there.
I codici si modificheranno automaticamente il primo settembre... secondo uno schema di algoritmi che solo mr b conosce.... ma questo nn costituisce nella maniera più assoluta un un'invito a prendere decisioni che qualunque esse siano nessuno avrà il diritto quindi il permesso col senno di poi di giudicare avventate.
I dunno. I liked the first release done in concert
First heard it when they were touring with The Wallflowers & Graham Colton. Floored me! A few days later I found a bootleg of it from another show on the same tour, and forced everyone I knew to listen!
Drop that one line (you all know which one I mean) and put this song at the end of the album. Drop the pointless Ghost Train and you have somehow managed to improve an already incredible album
Ghost Train is my favourite song on that album! I would like to hear this song on AAEA though… maybe on a second disc, or maybe something like the Eels With Strings album would be great… play all the songs on the AAEA album plus all the B-sides plus this title track, a few other favorites from the Crows repertoire, then a few covers in the encore… could be a storming double live album!
Live version is much better.
Wee may bago haha
If only this had been ok the album instead of Night Train 😔
Ghost train *
Get the name of the song right smh 😂
But why is he talking about peeking down the shirts of all the little girls?
Cuz he wrote this song in like 1990? lol
which would have made him about 26 years old... or do you mean it was more acceptable in the nineties?
We ignored R kelly singing bout young girls too. Genuinely asking what it's supposed to mean so i can go back to listening to one of my fav bands without feeling sick- not picking it apart, just not ignoring blatant shady stuff just because they are good.
It could just be an awkward way of saying they're seen as less than him. The verse is about having made it, having a ton of money, but still being bad inside. He's made it big and they are all little. He has a partner so he's never alone, but still wants what he doesn't have.
OR it could be a metaphor for the power imbalance inherent to the groupie/famous musician dynamic on top of the aforementioned "not satisfied, always wants what he shouldn't". Either makes sense here to me tbh
@@charlotte-hanson Let's hope that's it. Ima go with that so I can still listen guilt free. Thanks x