Post subject: [2014-09-02] Counting Crows "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (Capitol)
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Post subject: [2014-09-02] Counting Crows "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (Capitol)
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:28 pm
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Surprised they signed with a major, rather than a smaller label that might give them a bigger slice of the pie.
I was wondering if they'd transferred from Geffen to Capitol as part of the EMI/Universal buyout, but I see that their last album was on Cooking Vinyl.
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Post subject: [2014-09-02] Counting Crows "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (Capitol)
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:51 pm
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Weird Based on 1 listen, my initial thought was that it was there best in several years. Like the recent Suzanne Vega where I also I appeared to be in the minority for liking it; it may be partially because I've heard several of these songs live.
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Post subject: [2014-09-02] Counting Crows "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (Capitol)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:48 am
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Geff, I may need to spend more time with it. Maybe it will grow on me. Wouldn't be the first time an album took a few plays before I started to enjoy it.
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Post subject: [2014-09-02] Counting Crows "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (Capitol)
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:02 pm
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Even though I spoke negatively about the sound quality (as regards hi-res); folks might want to consider buying one of the recent CC shows from Nugs to make these songs come alive for you. They also offer 44/16 & mp3 dl's at lower prices if you don't want to pay $18 for the hi-res versions. For 44/16 (cd) the sound is fine.
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Post subject: [2014-09-02] Counting Crows "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (Capitol)
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:44 pm
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Jay wrote:
I like pretty much everything they've done, this included. I do agree that demos don't add much to the deluxe edition.
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me too, i just couldn't get into this, seemed almost forced, like they were trying to squeeze too much into every song. their first 2 are just so damned good.
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Post subject: [2014-09-02] Counting Crows "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (Capitol)
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:48 pm
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I think the 1st 2 were largely dealing with a failed relationship that Durvitz was in. Painful romantic relationships tend to make for great pop/rock song writing!
Best exampe I can think of is Dan Fogelberg; boy did his music go downhill after he fell in love with his wife!
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