Defending the Indefensible -- Adam Duritz of The Counting Crows

Unfortunately, this tune was a gateway to his melodic gifts, which are considerable. I broke down and ended up with all of the Counting Crows records, loving most of them. I even think Hard Candy is great. The title track is one hell of a Byrds/Springsteen tune.

I still hate him.

I guess this is the end of my short stay on ILM :).

Oh, except for that Big Yellow Taxi Cover. Bad bad bad.

Why the fuck does everybody cover that song? It's terrible!

2. Round Here (Bryson/Duritz/Janusko/Jewitt/Roldan) - 5:32
4. A Long December (Duritz) - 4:59
5. Hanginaround (Bryson/Duritz/Mize/Vickey) - 4:16
6. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby (Duritz) - 7:46
7. Mr. Jones (Bryson/Duritz) - 4:33
11. Omaha (Duritz) - 3:41
12. Friend of the Devil (Dawson/Garcia/Hunter) - 4:37
13. Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman) (Bryson/Duritz) - 3:53
15. Holiday in Spain (Duritz) - 3:50

"A Long December" is my favorite, and then "Mr. Jones."

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9944/kominiarek.php

(the "bop bop bop" on that Joni cover is like the Decline and Fall of Western Civilization)

I ran into him on the street in Berkeley right after the first record came out and said congratulations and he turned away without speaking. Jackass.

"To get rid of the alien sucking our energy from the SOL, I've got to turn into the most horrifying, disgusting creature ever!"

"He's done it! ADAM DURITZ OF COUNTING CROWS!"

*cue Mike with that simpering Duritz smile under a wig of dreads and a bad goatee flailing around and whining while the bots retch and gag*

(In an on-line chat with some of the cast later that year, the sketch was revealed to be Mike's and he has a thorough hatred of Counting Crows. Well done.)

Mike Lupica (sports writer for NY Daily News) has some kind of fixation with them; it makes me question his wisdom

nicking van morrison: blame the producer

"A Long December": a song anyone should be damn proud to have written and sung

working at the Viper Club as a bartender: cloying but better than whoring himself to PETA or the GAP.

Ultimate mitigating factor: sleeping with Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston

"LAY OFF, HATAZ!!!"

OMG, Adam Duritz = Heavy D!

Not even on the level of "ke$HA likes Void."

A ROCKER WHO REFERENCED DYLAN IN HIS FIRST HIT LIKES THE BEATLES' REVOLVER STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES

OR RUBBER SOUL IT'S 6:30 AM WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

yeah this is completely stupid. real fucking punk rock to police who's cool enough to wear a Ramones shirt.

I'm not doubting that Adam Duritz likes these (and countless other) bands, I just wish he'd cut it out, as I find him to be something of a lamentable clown. It's not a declaration of war, it's just my own observation. Being "punk rock," some dude, has nothing to do with it.

Moreover, some might find ME to be something of a lamentable clown. Fair enough. It's a silly post. Let's all not take life so dead seriously, shall we?

For Adam Duritz, the perfect summer song is "Save It For Later" by the English Beat. For me, the perfect summer song is the NPR segment where Adam Duritz describes his special summer memories of the English Beat. I remember where I was when I heard it, just driving down the road, the sun was going down. Then I heard it again an hour or so later on the 6:00 repeat of All Things Considered. And then the weird realization right afterwards that that was it. That was the end of the segment. That was the last show it was ever played.
http://m.npr.org/story/111495148

Adam duritz must be stopped from shopping at urban outfitters.

I even think Hard Candy is great. The title track is one hell of a Byrds/Springsteen tune.

I still hate him.

otm southern lights

i think "adam duritz should stop wearing devo shirts with cargo shorts" is an entirely defensible position.

http://media.heavy.com/post_assets/2009/12/1516/1260913457_adam-duritz.jpg

i saw that pic yesterday. its a cracker

Kevin smith w dreds

his hair was v influential on The Weeknd

we're sure the tattoo is not supposed to be the guy in the lower right?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/GordonBarenakedLadies.jpg

pretty sure its a tat of this
http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2007/02/27/previews/Adam%20Duritz-SGG-045918.jpg

at least he got the goatee beard bit right hahaha

this is like when louis sees billy ray valentine driving around in his mercedes in trading places and the thing that sticks in his craw the most is that billy ray's wearing his harvard repp tie, as if.

band t shirts as emblems of tribal affiliation or whatnot that you have to earn, as opposed to saying "i like this or that cool thing."

also reiterate my "walking t shirt" concept. duritz himself is a permanent artifact of a particular scene with all its associated vibes and the only way he can jam the "pick-up hacky sack circle" emanations is through some other cultural signifier that transmits contradictory information. but as long as he's recognizable as adam duritz he can't be anything else. like if it were just some random wite dreads guy in a ramones shirt i'd just think "ok, sometimes you like other things besides marley or widespread panic" but with duritz or similar it's "no, you can't be just some dude anymore."

ty

i demand the right of some dude to stay some dude and never to be anything other than some dude!

nope, too late

http://95.211.1.197/~rons/image.php/photo.jpg?width=633&height=570&cropratio=7:5&image=/pics_upload/BDRoM9ACAAAE5s4.jpg

"pick-up hacky sack circle" emanations

my guess is you've never hacked.

didn't mean to disparage hacking. it's just one of the things i loosely associate with wite dready guys. here is a picture of a hacky sack that looks like adam duritz:

http://westcoastjuggling.net/store/images/hacky.jpg

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1jct61/i_am_musician_adam_duritz_from_counting_crows_ask/

the duritz dread-perhaps-wig situation is real fascinating to me

i for one appreciate some shirt policing

no kidding, does he own any t-shirts that aren't in the white rock dude canon? it's like he found a list in rolling stone or something and used it to buy t-shirts

yeah, it's just a moderately varied assortment of regular guy stuff, like he's blending in instead of standing out. i figure it's a way of remembering who he was before he became that counting crows guy, like the way guy pierce's tattoos function in memento.

no, an assortment of regular guy stuff would include shirts of bands that aren't in the canon, or some local bands, or even (god forbid) unpopular bands

I can't identify the shirt between Joy Div and T. Rex...anyone?

It's the Cars logo (as I pointed out).

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ORqUb3hDIU/UF-9eG1hm0I/AAAAAAAACNY/Rx0L3zdCC0M/s1600/The-Cars-logo.jpg

Ah, didn't notice you labeled 'em, thanks.

Dunno if I've ever seen that shiny logo before! Maybe on some belt buckle back in 1980 or something, can't remember.

no, an assortment of regular guy stuff would include shirts of bands that aren't in the canon, or some local bands, or even (god forbid) unpopular bands

― carlos danger zone (mh), Thursday, August 1, 2013 3:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is true but in my formulation duritz already continuously represents a non-canonical, unpopular band; he's a walking counting crows t shirt. if he wants to overwhelm those vibes and point back to an idea a person that's any different then any shirt he wears has to be pretty heavyweight and broadcast a broadly received signal. he might like miracle legion as much as rem as far as i know but that t shirt would be inscrutable to most.

http://500px.com/photo/73929667/counting-crows-by-tucker-joenz?utm_campaign=photo_upload&utm_content=web&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=500px

the dread wig is so off the chain

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Why is he punching his guitarist in the face

#Amphlitheatre #Beach #Concerts #Counting Crows #Daniel #Daniel and the Lion #Flordia #Lion #Music #Saint Augustine #St Augustine Amphlitheatre #St Augustine Beach #Toad and the Wet Sprocket

http://gawker.com/happy-50th-birthday-adam-duritz-from-gawker-and-aarp-1614526160/all

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt9TT8vIYAAFR9o.jpg

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dave pirner turned 50 in april where's his cover

vedder joins the club right before xmas!

Cover headline for him will be STILL ALIVE

elderly cob nobbler swingin' on the flippity flop behind a counter in a small town

lol

Lol Duritz, courtesy of my friend Caryn Rose on Twitter:

Caryn Rose ‏@carynrose 6m6 minutes ago
Adam duritz is at my gate to Chicago, talking about Bob Dylan really loudly

Caryn Rose ‏@carynrose 3m3 minutes ago
Now Adam is talking about U2 and the show last night and acting like he and Bono are BFFs.

Caryn Rose ‏@carynrose 3m3 minutes ago
He is also getting everything wrong about the concert last night. JUST WAITING

Caryn Rose ‏@carynrose 2m2 minutes ago
Now he's talking about Bruce and it's better that I can't really hear him

https://images.bwwstatic.com/upload10/435585/tn-500_goldboywm10168396.jpg

http://www.forcesofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/tumblr_ltvg1h8bH31qemxfbo1_500.jpg

He razed the parking lot and put up a loft more like.