Finally someone likes Counting Crows here.
If I had to pick one I'd pick them as my second favourite band.
A friend of mine used to play & sing Mr Jones and I kinda liked it and then he dragged me to a concert in Las Vegas at the House of Blues (which is really cool by the way). The first song they played was Mr Jones and I was a little pissed off that the only song I knew was already gone and there were only songs to come I didn't know. But I liked every single one and I think that was the day I fell in love with Counting Crows. But when I look back now I don't remember many details because I had the worst hangover in my life and was hardly able to stand straight since I crawled out of bed only 30 minutes before the show started. Anyone knows that white bridge between the New York New York and the Excalibur? I kinda painted it... but that's a different story and I'm not proud of it...
Every time I see Las Vegas on the TV now I get an instant headache.
I saw them again in Berkeley (sober) and I still liked them.
My favourite record - even though it's not a studio album - is Across A Wire (Storytellers). I totally love the "Have you seen me lately" accoustic version.