BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) YOU PICK…
I wanted to be a dick and make this entire column blank. I don’t hate the Counting Crows or anything, but I just can’t think of anything all that awesome to say about them. I suppose they were consistent and they do seem to have some substance in their music. It’s just not for me. In fact, outside of Courtney Cox I can’t think of anyone who’d like them. I couldn’t think of four songs by this band. I have a top three, so in this case I’m letting you mentally decide if there even is a forth.
(THREE) “BIG YELLOW TAXI”
I know this is blasphemous to say, but I think I probably like their version of this song more than the original Joni Mitchell. It’s a fun song. I don’t know the words. Something about a parking lot? I don’t know. But yeah, this song doesn’t suck at all.
(TWO) “MR. JONES”
I think this was the first song that many of us heard by this band. It’s not a bad song. It’s got a good melody and just a good groove. It has that early 90’s peppiness in there similar to a Blues Traveler and other bands like this. Not quite grunge, not quite “light rock”, not quite bluesy… not quite awesome…
(ONE) “A LONG DECEMBER”
All kidding aside, I did enjoy this song. This was the first song that came to mind. It was a more down tempo soulful ballad. I never owned the CD or even the mp3 of this. I don’t want it. But every like two years I’ll be half awake and hear this song. At that one point I’ll enjoy the hell out of it. It’s kind of like a lunar eclipse.
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