They're Back!!!

Well folks, the last time I posted, it was Christmas, so I hope you all had a great New Year and things are going well. There has been alot of things happening in and around my little existence, but I decided to post about something fun and meaningless. Well, not meaningless to me!! As many of you know, Counting Crows has probably been the biggest influence in my life, musically. Now, I know it sounds weird considering I didn't care for their last album all that much and I don't listen to them half as much as I do Damien Rice. But the fact remains that if it hadn't been for this band, my musical interests and influences would probably be much different than they are today. They changed my life. Call it corny or gay or cliche or all three if you want. It is what it is! Their first two albums made the biggest impact on me. I was blown away with August and Everything after and Recovering The Sattelites. It amazed me how different each album was and yet how creative and passionate they both were. I was hooked. Their next album, This Desert Life, was another step in the "original" direction. It was so different from anything they had done, but they made it work. Unfortunately, it wasn't as successful as their previous two. So, then came Hard Candy. I think this album was a forced attempt to try and pull in the masses again. Their are those who disaggree, but I believe they really wanted to just make more money again. Too many of the songs are trendy pop hooks with cheesy lyrics. It just didn't feel like the real Counting Crows. Now before I go bashing the record completely, I will say that I do like a number of songs on it. Black and Blue, Goodnight L.A., and Carriage are beautifully written tracks. I even like some of the poppy ones like Up all Night, and Butterfly in Reverse. But overall, it was a disapointment. So now we've been waiting... waiting to see if Adam is lost to the industry or if he will return to his original "bare your soul" self that was so powerful. Well, we won't have to wait much longer. The new album "Saturday nights and Sunday mornings" comes out 3/25/08. Their are two songs out to listen to on their myspace page, both of which I have only listened to once. But I am optimistic. One is a rock song that resembles the days of Recovering the Sattelites and the other

is more of a folk-rock tune similiar to August and Everything After. I can't say yet what I think, but it does seem promising. Of course, I will always give them an endless number of chances. I just hope it brings me back. Afterall, this band helped to shape me, musically, into what I am today. You can't just walk away from that. Anyway, I was really excited when I say it was finally coming out, I almost pissed my pants. Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. I got home from school and had to go really bad, but I decided to check the blogs first. When I say Adam's blog, I could hardly contain it. It was close, my friends. See ya around.