this afternoon i’ve been running errands, straightening up my apartment, doing laundry, and other similar lazy sunday activities. for background music, i pulled out a cd i haven’t listened to in a long time…the counting crows, august and everything after. now, i listen to counting crows a lot. but it’s always either 1) their newer stuff or 2) their old stuff, but live versions like the vh1 and mtv cds, or various mp3 versions. but i haven’t actually listened to the original studio album in ages.
it was sort of strange to put in the original, and remember how the “official” versions of the songs sound. it took me back to music theory class in 10th grade. nick van wie brought in the cd one day and was playing it before class started. laura and i sat as “mr. jones” played in the background and then looked at each other with a “who is this band?” look on our faces. so i bought the cd.
i listened to it a lot, putting the cd into permanent rotation alongside u2, the wallflowers, dave matthews, rem, and sarah mclachlan. i graduated high school, went to college, and met two counting crows fanatics. and the rest is history.
only the crows and u2 remain in my permanent rotation today. i tired of the others, as i am wont to do. i doubt i’ll ever tire of those two.
leila bought our tickets to the counting crows and john mayer concert yesterday. july 25th. wahoo.
10th grade. geez. as i shake my head to send the memories of that year back into the depths of my head…
i’ve seen many questions in various places along the lines of “if your life had a soundtrack, what songs would be on it?” well… i guess for me it’s less about the song itself, and more about the memory i associate with it. counting crows, “have you seen me lately” (the acoustic version on the vh1 storytellers cd), because it got me through a rough time. james taylor, “carolina on my mind” for obvious reasons. sarah mclachlan, “angel” because after i was forced to sing it once, a boy told me i had a nice voice, and he wasn’t teasing. eve 6, “open road song” because of harris. a song by u2, though i’m torn between “mysterious ways” and “i still haven’t found what i’m looking for.”
anwyay.
