This song takes me back to a momentous time of change in my life. I woke up one morning and my wife and kids were just gone. I decided my best avenue of revenge against her was success. And i achieved it. I guess.I wound up in this mansion that was built in 1831. It was so amazing. And I'd wake up in that huge old house and start this album over again, always listening to this song first every morning. And it would echo through every corner of that big, old house. Every morning I would stand there and memories of the night before would flash by in my head, the house filled with strangers and the "friends" who had brought them. And I'd stand there and listen, more alone than I have ever been in my life or even knew you could be. Such a crazy time. I still don't know how I'm not locked up or dead. So many Counting Crows songs are stories of my memories. Im so thankful for their music.
I was 15 in the 60's and was always surrounded by the great music of that era. By the 80's, I was getting disappointed in rock and other genres and started to get stuck in the past. But every once in awhile, particularly in the 90's, something as good as my musical memories would come along. Counting Crows was at the top of that list.
This song came out 17 years ago. You were 22 at the youngest. Sorry for being pedantic, but it struck me because I liked this song as a teen and I'm about 10 years younger than you.
My story is similar I too got stuck in the past and just over the last few years have I begun to discover the great music that is still being made. Sometimes I feel sad about the things I have missed. Being late to the party isn't always a good thing THANK YOU MY SON, I INTRODUCED YOU TO THE MUSIC OF MY TIME AND YOU HAVE RETURNED THE FAVOR
"if dreams are like movies Then memories are films about ghosts" Im having this line along with 2 other tattoos from 2 of their other songs... I love their music
"If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame... And though I'll never forget your face sometimes I can't remember my name..." LOVE IT. Counting Crows is, in my opinion, one of the best bands of the last few decades!
I’m almost 60 and have loved this group and their thinking man’s lyrics since I first heard them in 1994. It’s was a true connection with the lyrics. Counting Crows, Warren Zevon, The Doors, and U2, are the soundtrack of my life. ☮️💟
This song is literally the theme song of my childhood. I remember my mom playing this CD while she would clean the house, and this song always got my imagination working. I would always listen to it while she cleaned, and I'd imagine a party, with a confused host who didn't know anyone, a beautiful woman named Mrs. Potter that the host loved, a circus, and a desert with a beautiful night sky above it. Even now, twelve years later, this song is still one of my all time favorites
"The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings", "We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of stars", "So I throw my hand into the air and it swims in the beams". If this isn't one of our greatest songwriters then there I'm at a total loss. WTF?? Duritz is a musical genius, he can turn a R&R phrase like no one else!!!!!!!
Sounds like your dad was a good man! You cannot love Counting Crows and not be a good person! Welcome to an amazing group of musicians! If you haven't heard it yet, check out Possibility Days. One of their best!
touching to see that you would seek out the music your father loved........Adam is poet, no doubt.....Bet your old man is in heaven listen to this album and having a drink, happy that you listened to your old mans favorite tunes :)
sorry about your Dad, been a follower of the Counting Crows since 94 and probably still listen to a few songs a day. Try to crab a few of Adams concert playlists, and just listen to the songs you DONT recognize. you will be amazed at the lyrics and music. the man is a lyrical genus
Counting Crows have been my favourite band since I was 13 (now 35). One of my favourite lines is "If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame".
Adrienne Hammond , exactly the same with me...been my favorite since like 13, now 37...I get goosebumps every time I listen to ANY of their songs... absolutely gorgeous music
i've straight worn out countless overpriced concert T-shirts from wearing them to threads in pride filled support of my roots. ages 14- 35. looking forward to another 21 years. Adam will only be 70.
My favorite line from Cover up the Sun is "you can't get your shit together when God is at your side, what chance to you have when hes not around?" Love Adam and the boys.
So many lines in the lyrics of this song could have an entire, individual song built around them. Instead, they are all packed into one, poetic space. I love this song for all I'm worth. I can see a million miles tonight, but I can't get very far.
There are a thousand comments and countless other replies. I wish in this lifetime I had gotten to know you all, and be able to hang out and listen to great music.🤘🤘
Not sure if this will make much sense but it does to me. I hadn't heard this song in years and back in 2010 I was going through really bad withdrawals from prescribed 20mg oxycodone . if anyone has gone through this they may be able to relate. after a couple days of suffering, puking, shitting, hot/cold flashes, I found an old cd, this song was on it and the minute i t started playing I felt this sense of nostalgia and as crappy as I felt, I felt this weird sense of euphoria and a feeling like everything was going to ok. I still get that feeling every time I hear it. it's amazing how a song can stir up so many strong emotions. To this day, I hear this song and I am transported back to that hot sunny day and that feeling of sadness mixed with euphoria sweep over me.
Adam should be in the list of greatest lyricists/singer/songwriters discussion. They don't make it like this anymore, and few before him, and when I first heard August and Everything After when it first came out I was completely hooked. A poet that can sing
Maybe no song changed my life more than Mrs. Potters Lullaby A shy college kid in January of 2000 who felt like he had to face the world to find his place. I felt like nothing had really worked out how it was supposed and I was nervous about a promise I'd recently made to myself about always being myself no matter what. I played this for the first time and they sang all the words I needed to hear that night. I replayed that album repeatedly (and louder each time until the campus could probably hear). I shouted these songs against the clang of electric guitars. I probably looked like a maniac but I truly needed it. I love the verse: "When the last King of Hollywood shatters his glass on the floor and orders another I'll wonder what he did that for, that's when I know that I have to get out b/c I have been there before. That's when I gave up my seat at the bar and head for the door." Looking back now, for me the song meant moving on from my reasons for so much self doubt. I'd been stuck long enough and although it wasn't going to be pretty, I had to get out no matter what! Despite many numerous attempts in the past, my life changed for the best from that night. I play it all the time when I need to remind myself that I have to get out because I have been there before.
Cause you have no clue what it means. Even when he says he gave up his seed you still rocking along like a brainless twat never questioning a word cause your world makes sense. Cant have anyone rocking your stupid fake world
I cannot express how much this band has got me through... such an underestimated band! The talent this group of incredible musicians has is just incredible! Thank you for such amazing music!
This song allows me to believe that my life wasn't wasted. All my memories could be combined to make a magnificent song like this, so I'm good. Thank you Adam and Counting Crows.
My sweet Maria is my sweet Colie!!! There is a piece of her in every song I sing!!!! Thank You 🙏 for always being there when life cut a little too deep for both of us! We survived but only together❤️ sadness and strength collided and carried us through!!! I will forever be thankful and always love you! ❤️ “If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame” “The price of a memory is the sorrow it brings’
This song holds more intrinsic value to me than anyone could ever know. Every verse hits my soul with a memory and a feeling from the past. When I hear this song I couldn't be any happier or feel any more pain, as it reminds me of the most amazing relationship I've known, that crashed and burned in flames that would make hell envious lol. But its a beautiful piece, and she was a beautiful girl inside and out... Every verse is like a razor perception that cuts just a little too deep.
This song will always be one of if not the most important songs in my life's soundtrack. "..and the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings" ..that lyric has followed me ever since it's 1999 release.
My 6 year old says this is a long song, but I haven't stopped dancing since it started. Dancing through the Covid-19. Thank you, Counting Crows, for the joy
Wow, I knew it was a bit longer than average, but hadn't noticed how long it was til I read your comment and looked up at the track length-! It never seemed that long in all 16+ years of listening 😂
Our Drummer, Moses, was a big Fan of them. We often listened to "Hard Candy", on our way to Gigs or rehearsels. We had the same taste in pop music stuff. Unfortunately Moses died, only 51 years old. Miss you, man. Hope to meet you again, in any way ...
Most of us have it on CD or have it downloaded on Spotify. This is one of those albums you listen through from end to end when you go to sleep, rather than stumbling through TH-cam for.
Love this era of Counting Crows. Their music is almost country-ish but in a way that feels really familiar and comfortable coming from an alt-rock background. This whole album is great
"If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts". Such a great line. Love this song. Coming to Glasgow again soon and a gig not to be missed.
@@Dhal-SimMusic he's just saying dreams are like movies because they're made up/fictional storylines, so our memories are like movies about ghosts. because those moments were real, but they're dead and still haunt us
I moved to Portland Maine and lived by the ocean for 3 years, heard this song one of the first weekends I lived there. Somehow it perfectly summed up moving out of my home state a year after my dad died. absolutely brilliant song I video that takes me a to a precise moment in my life like no other tune can. crazy how that works...
Someone explain to me how this never made it to radio? This is a badass tune...what a feel good song! I never owned this particular album so I'm sort of embarrassed to say I have never heard this song...but man I love it. Glad I stumbled on this...
I remember it getting fairly decent airplay on the radio when This Desert Life came out. Released between Hangingaround and All My Friends, it was the second radio single off the album. Spring of 2000, I think.
2022 and still here to be amazed by this masterpiece. Memories, emotions and pieces of life gone. A bitter sweet moment and thank you for this . Thank you, from the bottom of my soul
Just like with all of their songs, there has got to be an incredibly intense back-story here. I don't think anyone could ever know it, we can just know that Duritz has got one heck of a head for turning personal life into beautiful poetry we can all appriciate.
He had a crush in or brief romance with actress Monica Potter. It's about her wish I knew more details, this song is incredible and lyrics are next level.
it just hits the right notes doesn't it. Everything in it seems right. The lyrics are brilliant. It just is a good song and it's so rare to find a song which is so simple and where nothing really stands out, but it fits so well together that it's great
I can't believe I never gave the Counting Crows the time of day! It's never too late to discover great music! I've been a huge fan of The Band and Dylan my whole life and had no idea we shared the same influences. After all these years, it was the song, "If I Could Give all My Love" that finally caught my attention and what a beautiful song about one of the most dedicated musicians to ever live. Awesome band, awesome song writing, thank you so much!
Live in London......they were brilliant and even autographed their song sheet for my daughter. Lovely people....but musically.....incredibly good....hadn't seen them since Glastonbury.......? year at least 18...think.
Bob Dylan just won the pulitzer prize for his lyrics, Counting Crows lyrics are right on par with Dylan, better in my opinion. Unless you are a Crows fan you don't know this song but it is one of their best, along with about 20 more.
If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame. Though I'll never forget your face sometimes I can't remember my name.
really? feel bad that you will probably never be able to just kick back and enjoy a good song. cause what i get from this is a slight grin and a good feeling.
This song stirs up so many emotions in me because of the time of my life when this album was released...being away at college and feeling so alone and homesick. Both lyrically and sonically, he paints this dreamscape of a place and people Im not sure exists but when I hear this song, I turn it up, close my eyes and feels like I’m being transported right there.
Just saw them lst week here in Las Vegas.. it is 2022 and thy rocked it. Adam Duritz still rocks the house. I rediscovered songs I have not listened to in decades. Thanks for blessing the world with your great music and yes.. the bands today don't make music like this anymore. let alone focus on the lyrics like the CC's did.
This is one of those songs that can take you into "dreamland". It is a wonderful journey through the mystical thoughts that are sometime found in your mind if you take the time to just sit and listen. Have a groovy 2022!
I had always loved the Counting Crows growing up, but some how had always missed this song. It was the last song of theirs that I 'found'... out in Iraq in 2008. Blew my mind. Simple amazing. I copied the lyrics from the audio I had down loaded and started leaning the song, I'd sing it on my night shift at the Warehouse to pass time. A great song, full of emotion and meaning.
The part about the Elephants forgetting is why I admire this guy's words more than is usual (My way of saying getting older and wiser only helps me appreciate this genius more).
This masterpiece truly has no ending. Adam Duritz really explained the way his brain works in this piece. From the beginning where he says, "I dream I never know anyone at the party, and I'm always the host". That's his reality. It's difficult to separate what relationships are real and what relationships are dreamed or imagined. I think even back then, he was trying to explain what dissociative identity disorder was like, through his amazingly gifted talent! The lyrics and vibe of this track resonates with so many generations! His words are poetic and paints imagery that plays through your mind like a film as the song moves along. This song is timeless. I just found it again on a 2021 series. Sung and danced to, by Teenagers. So yeah...Awesomeness!
Same. I’ve listened since I had a Sony sport Walkman. The tape and player were both yellow the difference the tape was clear. August and Everything After is classic. But this song may be the most brilliant beautiful song ever written and sung.
Seen over 400 bands live. And they're the hands down most talented group I've ever seen. Worth the 5hr drive both times I was lucky enough to experience their talent. Gladly drive that far again.
No one could ever hate it. But, this song is a time. This song definitely made a generation. And, this lovely world is most officially dead. (If I could erect a time machine and go back to the 90s, I would.)
Listened to this song for the the first time when I was 21 we were driving up the Coast headed to Mardi Gras. My buddy and I must of played it 30 times. It’s such a great driving song.....
I love this song. After all these years! My grandson was offended by the "then your life is shame". He was very young. 22 now! The best walking song. Got that rolling rhythm. I am 65. Almost.
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One of the best lines in any song “The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings.”
Your right.... I just caught up
Agreed fully!
Definitely
So true.
“ If dreams are like movies / then memories are films about ghosts “…sublime !, as is Adam D’s writing won’t to be .
This song takes me back to a momentous time of change in my life. I woke up one morning and my wife and kids were just gone. I decided my best avenue of revenge against her was success. And i achieved it. I guess.I wound up in this mansion that was built in 1831. It was so amazing. And I'd wake up in that huge old house and start this album over again, always listening to this song first every morning. And it would echo through every corner of that big, old house. Every morning I would stand there and memories of the night before would flash by in my head, the house filled with strangers and the "friends" who had brought them. And I'd stand there and listen, more alone than I have ever been in my life or even knew you could be. Such a crazy time. I still don't know how I'm not locked up or dead.
So many Counting Crows songs are stories of my memories. Im so thankful for their music.
❤️💔
One of those rare masterpieces you can listen to over and over again and it will never get tiresome.
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Seriously! I've probably listened to this every month since it came out. I've even just put it on repeat for an hour. So great
You are absolutely correct
It reminds me of the last time I got drunk watching TH-cam.... then I watch it again a week or so later
If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame... I love this!!
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Cause he is telling you this reality is false and run by the imposter mother.
I love the lyrics of this song.
Liking a song at 15 and getting at at 39 is art. I. Had. No. Idea. Amazing lyricist, thinker...poet. Line after line after line.
I was 15 in the 60's and was always surrounded by the great music of that era. By the 80's, I was getting disappointed in rock and other genres and started to get stuck in the past. But every once in awhile, particularly in the 90's, something as good as my musical memories would come along. Counting Crows was at the top of that list.
This song came out 17 years ago. You were 22 at the youngest. Sorry for being pedantic, but it struck me because I liked this song as a teen and I'm about 10 years younger than you.
This song came out 20 years ago tho lol
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My story is similar I too got stuck in the past and just over the last few years have I begun to discover the great music that is still being made. Sometimes I feel sad about the things I have missed. Being late to the party isn't always a good thing
THANK YOU MY SON, I INTRODUCED YOU TO THE MUSIC OF MY TIME AND YOU HAVE RETURNED THE FAVOR
One of the greatest songwriters of all time. No doubt about it.
Top personal 4 for me... alongside Roger Waters, Matt Berninger and Grzegorz Ciechowski (of Polish band Republika).
one of a very few for me
Brilliant songwriter. Nothing on the radio today is comparable to these lyrics.
Amber R ye like Oasis :)
Amen
Still true
Amber R amen
It's a rip-off of journey's song: Just the same way....
"Well I woke up in mid-afternoon, 'cause that's when it all hurts the most."
Fucking love Counting Crows.
I'm a bartender of thirty plus years. Both this line and the following one sums up my life.
We spent all day getting sober..... just hiding from daylight, watching tv.
Amanda Taylor reminds me of "Perfect Blue Buildings" : "it's 4:30 am on a Tuesday and it doesn't get much worse than this."
I love when the next generation discovers the brilliance ofAdams sheer poetry.
Giada ?!?!
"if dreams are like movies
Then memories are films about ghosts"
Im having this line along with 2 other tattoos from 2 of their other songs... I love their music
You can love their music without defacing your body. I've been doing it for years.
"If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame...
And though I'll never forget your face sometimes I can't remember my name..."
LOVE IT.
Counting Crows is, in my opinion, one of the best bands of the last few decades!
I totally agree with you love this band their music and the artistry is freaking amazing
I’m almost 60 and have loved this group and their thinking man’s lyrics since I first heard them in 1994. It’s was a true connection with the lyrics. Counting Crows, Warren Zevon, The Doors, and U2, are the soundtrack of my life. ☮️💟
Me too
Wow! I thought I wrote this comment!! Lol.... yup, ALL of those acts, soundtracks of my life as well..... mostly U2... 👍
@@rickytpb6146 lots of U2.
So you agree with this demonic bastard and reject Jesus?
This song is literally the theme song of my childhood. I remember my mom playing this CD while she would clean the house, and this song always got my imagination working. I would always listen to it while she cleaned, and I'd imagine a party, with a confused host who didn't know anyone, a beautiful woman named Mrs. Potter that the host loved, a circus, and a desert with a beautiful night sky above it. Even now, twelve years later, this song is still one of my all time favorites
this is beautiful. thanks for sharing.
I love this post 👍
We have robots cleaning now while we listen and imagine!
This is exactly how I remember August and everything after too! My mom cleaning the house.
How is it 22 years later?
..."last one out of the circus has to lock up evreything...." that was our saying when leaving the house... hahah
"The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings", "We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of stars", "So I throw my hand into the air and it swims in the beams". If this isn't one of our greatest songwriters then there I'm at a total loss. WTF?? Duritz is a musical genius, he can turn a R&R phrase like no one else!!!!!!!
damnit, man.. My dad loved Counting Crow's, he's passed on now, & I've never heard this until now! Killer man!
Sounds like your dad was a good man! You cannot love Counting Crows and not be a good person! Welcome to an amazing group of musicians! If you haven't heard it yet, check out Possibility Days. One of their best!
touching to see that you would seek out the music your father loved........Adam is poet, no doubt.....Bet your old man is in heaven listen to this album and having a drink, happy that you listened to your old mans favorite tunes :)
Your dad was a legend. Best band ever. Listen Mr Jones live in new york. Stunning
sorry about your Dad, been a follower of the Counting Crows since 94 and probably still listen to a few songs a day. Try to crab a few of Adams concert playlists, and just listen to the songs you DONT recognize. you will be amazed at the lyrics and music. the man is a lyrical genus
It is a great one.
I am so glad that Adam Duritz exists at all to write songs like this.
He shares home recipes now.
Counting Crows have been my favourite band since I was 13 (now 35). One of my favourite lines is "If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame".
I agree...always been a fan great writing and always gives my heart something as well as my mind..that's what music is about.
Adrienne Hammond , exactly the same with me...been my favorite since like 13, now 37...I get goosebumps every time I listen to ANY of their songs... absolutely gorgeous music
i've straight worn out countless overpriced concert T-shirts from wearing them to threads in pride filled support of my roots. ages 14- 35. looking forward to another 21 years. Adam will only be 70.
I am currently 14 but my mom listens to them all the time so I fell in love with them and listen to them almost everyday!
My favorite line from Cover up the Sun is "you can't get your shit together when God is at your side, what chance to you have when hes not around?" Love Adam and the boys.
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing / but the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings
Ain't that the truth
We all have a Maria
Goddamn I haven't heard this song in 15 years and that line still makes me tear up
Jordan White ❤❤
Yeeeeeah the boy could write, couldn't he?
So many lines in the lyrics of this song could have an entire, individual song built around them. Instead, they are all packed into one, poetic space. I love this song for all I'm worth. I can see a million miles tonight, but I can't get very far.
There are a thousand comments and countless other replies. I wish in this lifetime I had gotten to know you all, and be able to hang out and listen to great music.🤘🤘
Amen brother
Not sure if this will make much sense but it does to me. I hadn't heard this song in years and back in 2010 I was going through really bad withdrawals from prescribed 20mg oxycodone . if anyone has gone through this they may be able to relate. after a couple days of suffering, puking, shitting, hot/cold flashes, I found an old cd, this song was on it and the minute i t started playing I felt this sense of nostalgia and as crappy as I felt, I felt this weird sense of euphoria and a feeling like everything was going to ok. I still get that feeling every time I hear it. it's amazing how a song can stir up so many strong emotions. To this day, I hear this song and I am transported back to that hot sunny day and that feeling of sadness mixed with euphoria sweep over me.
"The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings." YES.
Amanda - So true! 12:43 am 5/31/19
That line is so true! The 1st time I heard it on the radio 19yrs. ago while going through my divorce and has been one of my favorite songs ever since!
my fav for sure
But we need those memories
We don’t alway need those memories
One of the best songs ever written cudos adam.
Adam is a creative genius. Such a talented storyteller with an amazing band. I'll never grow tired of these guys.
Mrs. Potter. Another day approaches and still is the night elsewhere in this vast world is still.
That makes no sense. Hey I did not write the song. I wrote absolutely nothing. Proofreading is essential in this vast world.
Adam should be in the list of greatest lyricists/singer/songwriters discussion. They don't make it like this anymore, and few before him, and when I first heard August and Everything After when it first came out I was completely hooked. A poet that can sing
I love his writing style. I feel like i find different meanings in the lyrics/metaphors every time i listen
100% AGREE!!!
@@alexlink5163he’s the only person I know who can sing the same song and it tell two different stories
Moody … ❤🫠
Love ❤ you for sharing this Dustin..... Me too
Maybe no song changed my life more than Mrs. Potters Lullaby
A shy college kid in January of 2000 who felt like he had to face the world to find his place. I felt like nothing had really worked out how it was supposed and I was nervous about a promise I'd recently made to myself about always being myself no matter what. I played this for the first time and they sang all the words I needed to hear that night. I replayed that album repeatedly (and louder each time until the campus could probably hear). I shouted these songs against the clang of electric guitars. I probably looked like a maniac but I truly needed it.
I love the verse: "When the last King of Hollywood shatters his glass on the floor and orders another I'll wonder what he did that for, that's when I know that I have to get out b/c I have been there before. That's when I gave up my seat at the bar and head for the door."
Looking back now, for me the song meant moving on from my reasons for so much self doubt. I'd been stuck long enough and although it wasn't going to be pretty, I had to get out no matter what! Despite many numerous attempts in the past, my life changed for the best from that night. I play it all the time when I need to remind myself that I have to get out because I have been there before.
Dude go to a shrink
That's such a beautiful thing to share and I wish you all the best. Music is the greatest medicine. Rock on!
One of the most well written songs I've ever. I wake up repeating these kyrics
Cause you have no clue what it means. Even when he says he gave up his seed you still rocking along like a brainless twat never questioning a word cause your world makes sense. Cant have anyone rocking your stupid fake world
I cannot express how much this band has got me through... such an underestimated band! The talent this group of incredible musicians has is just incredible! Thank you for such amazing music!
yes...........
In total agreeance here in Scotland. Counting Crows are supreme.
Amy love em too
Amen! Could not have said it better....
Amytha
Well said......
This song has gotten me through some really messed up shit. I'm sure others feel the same...?
Thankyou, counting crows.
Thankyou.🌍🇦🇺😭❤✊
Yup me too!!!
So many of their songs have
Music can do that for us. I was working in a shelter when Eagles came over and took me back to a happier time. Help is where we find it.
one the most underrated bands of all time
This song allows me to believe that my life wasn't wasted. All my memories could be combined to make a magnificent song like this, so I'm good. Thank you Adam and Counting Crows.
The song is talking about the fact we are stupid, fooled and deceived.
IMHO these guys were WAY underrated.
naaahhh.. we're all here, bud!
@@ranchdressing1037 EXACTLY CASUALS ALWAYS THAT
This man is a true talent.
Such an underrated song writer!!!
forget to remember what you said too lol
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My sweet Maria is my sweet Colie!!! There is a piece of her in every song I sing!!!! Thank You 🙏 for always being there when life cut a little too deep for both of us! We survived but only together❤️ sadness and strength collided and carried us through!!! I will forever be thankful and always love you! ❤️
“If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame”
“The price of a memory is the sorrow it brings’
I love you so much!!!!
This song holds more intrinsic value to me than anyone could ever know. Every verse hits my soul with a memory and a feeling from the past. When I hear this song I couldn't be any happier or feel any more pain, as it reminds me of the most amazing relationship I've known, that crashed and burned in flames that would make hell envious lol. But its a beautiful piece, and she was a beautiful girl inside and out... Every verse is like a razor perception that cuts just a little too deep.
This Desert Life is such a killer album.
Totally underrated.
Their second best after August.
Hard Candy was just as good
Totally, the guitars sizzle and pierce and Adam has written one for the ages.
Hard Candy is my favorite with AAEA
Not by us who know though.
Can’t believe I slept on this band for so long. I’d heard a few songs over the years but I’m only just discovering how amazing they are! Pure art.
Ditto. He is amazing!
The songwriting is off the rails! Enjoy!
no doubt one of the great lyrical bands of all time in American rock music ... incredible song writing
Yep
I used to put this on repeat for days and days...I'll never get tied of it.
Still do
@@kellylepsig9689same
This song will always be one of if not the most important songs in my life's soundtrack. "..and the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings" ..that lyric has followed me ever since it's 1999 release.
..."there's a piece of Maria, in every song that I sing.."
I always said I’d love to hang out with these guys. The artistic poetry in his lyrics were, are, and always will be close to my heart
Same. I have it tattoo'd on my arm (minus the 'and'). Along with 'If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts' on the other side.
Absolutely...if this song doesn't move you, I just don't know what does.
I just wiped tears from my eyes . I never thought the Counting Crows would make feel alive even though they always have.
My 6 year old says this is a long song, but I haven't stopped dancing since it started. Dancing through the Covid-19. Thank you, Counting Crows, for the joy
That is very good that you have been moving to a song that has a strong element of melancholy. It is a testament to the band.
Wow, I knew it was a bit longer than average, but hadn't noticed how long it was til I read your comment and looked up at the track length-! It never seemed that long in all 16+ years of listening 😂
@@charlisparkles time flies when you enjoy something. The song is a great case study in perception of time.
@@herbertrichard614 I think the beauty of it is the contrast of the upbeat music and down beat lyrics.
Our Drummer, Moses, was a big Fan of them. We often listened to "Hard Candy", on our way to Gigs or rehearsels. We had the same taste in pop music stuff. Unfortunately Moses died, only 51 years old. Miss you, man. Hope to meet you again, in any way ...
Sorry you lost your friend ❤️
@@geetarbube thx
This song will always remind me of my childhood… I’m grateful now that my parents had such good taste in music.
I can't believe this song only as 1 million views. These guys are totally underrated
Don't Touch!
You must be young and don’t much about the 90’s.............. look them up and enjoy
I can't believe I only sold 9 pictures. Adam is Jesus.
Most of us have it on CD or have it downloaded on Spotify. This is one of those albums you listen through from end to end when you go to sleep, rather than stumbling through TH-cam for.
Love this era of Counting Crows. Their music is almost country-ish but in a way that feels really familiar and comfortable coming from an alt-rock background. This whole album is great
Like pure Americana... with a beat. This Desert Life is definitely my favorite Crows album :-)
Alt-country-folk-pop-rock. Adam Horwitz is Jesus.
@@herbertrichard614 His name is Adam Duritz... unless you're talking about Ad-Rock, from the Beastie Boys, who is also a bad mofo.
@@RraMakutsi Duritz, got it. He's still like Jesus. What a songwriter!
August and Everything After had a few songs that were Jazz. Not arguing with you.. Also a bit folky, which is similar to old country.
this is like Bob Dylan but BETTER .... love this..... SO MUCH
"the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings" mmm,mmm,mmm,sweeet!one of the best and truest lyrics ever recorded.
My favorite counting crows song from my favorite counting crows album
And I'm a huge counting crows fan so this is saying somthing this album Is a masterpiece
If I was a TH-camr and did a counting crows tier list, almost all their songs and albums would get a or s . Such great content
Thanks adam.
"If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts". Such a great line. Love this song. Coming to Glasgow again soon and a gig not to be missed.
Shakespeare could not have written a better line.
What is your interpretation of these lyrics?
@@Dhal-SimMusic Someone on drugs when writing them? LOL
@@Dhal-SimMusic he's just saying dreams are like movies because they're made up/fictional storylines, so our memories are like movies about ghosts. because those moments were real, but they're dead and still haunt us
this song just aches and reverberates....
more a story than a song. Class.
I moved to Portland Maine and lived by the ocean for 3 years, heard this song one of the first weekends I lived there. Somehow it perfectly summed up moving out of my home state a year after my dad died. absolutely brilliant song I video that takes me a to a precise moment in my life like no other tune can. crazy how that works...
I’m Sorry for your loss. From one Mainer to the Next
This album came out when I was in college. It was so different than their first two releases…so good..
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.
What an incredible lyric.
man,this song is hella deep in so many ways...i love it
Someone explain to me how this never made it to radio? This is a badass tune...what a feel good song!
I never owned this particular album so I'm sort of embarrassed to say I have never heard this song...but man I love it. Glad I stumbled on this...
1st guess - Too great.
2nd guess - Too long.
I remember it getting fairly decent airplay on the radio when This Desert Life came out. Released between Hangingaround and All My Friends, it was the second radio single off the album. Spring of 2000, I think.
My all time favorite band. Most underrated band. Really their music is just amazing.
2022 and still seeking the comfort and company of this song.
2022 and still here to be amazed by this masterpiece. Memories, emotions and pieces of life gone. A bitter sweet moment and thank you for this . Thank you, from the bottom of my soul
Awesome.... simply.... awesome... X
As good and mind boggling as any song ever produced!
As i re-explore the 90's to early 2000's or my 20's, I realize that I missed some good ones. This is a good one.
You and me both
90s music was the best 😉 i grew up in that era. Cellphones killed us!
Just like with all of their songs, there has got to be an incredibly intense back-story here. I don't think anyone could ever know it, we can just know that Duritz has got one heck of a head for turning personal life into beautiful poetry we can all appriciate.
He had a crush in or brief romance with actress Monica Potter. It's about her wish I knew more details, this song is incredible and lyrics are next level.
He saw her in a movie and wrote the song. Not sure if they even met each other
Medicine. While appreciating the songwiting and lyrical art, I don't think I'd wanna be in his head...personally.
Very eloquently stated...sublimely artfelt
Marvelous Californian band. Their seminal album "August and Everything After" was a flawless masterpiece.
Good night Susanne.
listen to somewhere under wonderland or recovering the satellites genus
It was the first CD I bought. Amazing still.
for some reason this song makes me tear up - the music is just so excellent and emotional
it just hits the right notes doesn't it. Everything in it seems right. The lyrics are brilliant. It just is a good song and it's so rare to find a song which is so simple and where nothing really stands out, but it fits so well together that it's great
One of the only couple bands that can bring tears to my eyes
It's the angst man. This song destroys me every time I hear it. I only watch this about once a year. Reminds me I'm human.
Me too
I can't believe I never gave the Counting Crows the time of day! It's never too late to discover great music! I've been a huge fan of The Band and Dylan my whole life and had no idea we shared the same influences. After all these years, it was the song, "If I Could Give all My Love" that finally caught my attention and what a beautiful song about one of the most dedicated musicians to ever live. Awesome band, awesome song writing, thank you so much!
I'm in love with this beautifull song😍😍😍😍
Straight masterpiece.
Perhaps the greatest song i've ever heard.
These lyrics are brilliant , I wish I could write a story like this in musical form...
+Dewayne C ../U can do whatever you put your energy into/////
You and me both.
svagrod I like your chi my brother
deadbutdreaming
All this time I thought it was about Monica Potter, oh was I ever so wrong.
Try.
My favorite Crows song. Very Bob Dylan like, especially the lyrics.
Live in London......they were brilliant and even autographed their song sheet for my daughter. Lovely people....but musically.....incredibly good....hadn't seen them since Glastonbury.......? year at least 18...think.
This is more art than music...absolutely fascinating!!
Bob Dylan just won the pulitzer prize for his lyrics, Counting Crows lyrics are right on par with Dylan, better in my opinion. Unless you are a Crows fan you don't know this song but it is one of their best, along with about 20 more.
If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame. Though I'll never forget your face sometimes I can't remember my name.
I agree
really? feel bad that you will probably never be able to just kick back and enjoy a good song. cause what i get from this is a slight grin and a good feeling.
Dragan Bozilov 💙
Masterpiece
This song stirs up so many emotions in me because of the time of my life when this album was released...being away at college and feeling so alone and homesick. Both lyrically and sonically, he paints this dreamscape of a place and people Im not sure exists but when I hear this song, I turn it up, close my eyes and feels like I’m being transported right there.
You are so right!
Che belle parole...
Anche a me provoca un sacco di emozioni è una canzone meravigliosa
@counting crows
Please please please play this one in your Wellington N.Z show this month
For their genre, this song has an unusual length. One of the reasons why I like it. Stands out on the album.
So many of their songs are poems set to music . Just can't get tired of listening.
One of the best from one of the most underrated bands ever.
your lost brings tears to my eyes. I pray for peace & a thankful heart even when my heart is aching so bad
❤️🙏
Just saw them lst week here in Las Vegas.. it is 2022 and thy rocked it. Adam Duritz still rocks the house. I rediscovered songs I have not listened to in decades. Thanks for blessing the world with your great music and yes.. the bands today don't make music like this anymore. let alone focus on the lyrics like the CC's did.
Did they play anything from August and Everything After
This is one of those songs that can take you into "dreamland". It is a wonderful journey through the mystical thoughts that are sometime found in your mind if you take the time to just sit and listen. Have a groovy 2022!
Thank the universe for the power of beautiful melodies.
So high right now this song is the absolute jam
I had always loved the Counting Crows growing up, but some how had always missed this song. It was the last song of theirs that I 'found'... out in Iraq in 2008. Blew my mind. Simple amazing. I copied the lyrics from the audio I had down loaded and started leaning the song, I'd sing it on my night shift at the Warehouse to pass time. A great song, full of emotion and meaning.
Thank you for your selfless service
when they open with this song, Sydney Aust, 9/4/2023. Melts my heart and brings tears to my eyes, thank you CC
This man is a true artist! I've been in love with Adam since 1994! It's the eyebrows and the dark eyes...very deep, you just fall right in!
Saw them last night at the O2, they opened with this; just brilliant! ❤
Opened with it? Love it!
@@grantbarry4085 yeah, it was just fab! He needs to talk to me 😊
I'm jealous
@@johnensey8068 I totally get that! Lol
The part about the Elephants forgetting is why I admire this guy's words more than is usual (My way of saying getting older and wiser only helps me appreciate this genius more).
FANTASTIC
This masterpiece truly has no ending. Adam Duritz really explained the way his brain works in this piece. From the beginning where he says, "I dream I never know anyone at the party, and I'm always the host". That's his reality. It's difficult to separate what relationships are real and what relationships are dreamed or imagined. I think even back then, he was trying to explain what dissociative identity disorder was like, through his amazingly gifted talent! The lyrics and vibe of this track resonates with so many generations! His words are poetic and paints imagery that plays through your mind like a film as the song moves along. This song is timeless. I just found it again on a 2021 series. Sung and danced to, by Teenagers. So yeah...Awesomeness!
Although august and everything after was an epic masterpiece of the 90's, this song is possibly my favorite by CC.
patty109109 What this guy said!!!!
Same. I’ve listened since I had a Sony sport Walkman. The tape and player were both yellow the difference the tape was clear. August and Everything After is classic. But this song may be the most brilliant beautiful song ever written and sung.
Seen over 400 bands live. And they're the hands down most talented group I've ever seen. Worth the 5hr drive both times I was lucky enough to experience their talent. Gladly drive that far again.
No one could ever hate it. But, this song is a time. This song definitely made a generation. And, this lovely world is most officially dead. (If I could erect a time machine and go back to the 90s, I would.)
Listened to this song for the the first time when I was 21 we were driving up the Coast headed to Mardi Gras. My buddy and I must of played it 30 times. It’s such a great driving song.....
I love this song. After all these years! My grandson was offended by the "then your life is shame". He was very young. 22 now! The best walking song. Got that rolling rhythm.
I am 65. Almost.