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  • “Round Here” (Counting Crows Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions

    Saturday, April 5th, 2008

    Happy Saturday to you! Welcome to your Saturday installment of The Laptop Sessions. We’re doing a sort of “twin spin” as WCJM.com Free Internet Radio likes to call it, as I bring you another tune by The Counting Crows, which were featured yesterday by Chris as well (and quite awesomely at that).

    One of their most popular songs is today’s performance – “Round Here” from their album August and Everything After. While being one of their best, it is also one of the most difficult to sing and play. My voice still feels it a bit from singing the song.

    Lead singer Adam Duritz always has an affinity for improvising a lot of lyrics, and changing singing styles frequently, so I wasn’t too worried about singing on time. I also wanted to combine the electric guitar riff, with the background chords, so I used a capo (although the song by no means requires one) and melded the two riffs so the bass note was hit on each chord, as well as the main riff. While the idea works in this performance, you can see it is quite difficult to sing the song and play this riff simultaneously. However, you’ll see this is quite effective, and I feel you will enjoy this quite a bit.

    Just like Chris mentioned, I have also been listening to their new album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings and I LOVE the new single. Hopefully later this year we’ll do some songs from that album.

    Also, be sure to check out the Youtube channel moumusic at http://www.youtube.com/user/moumusic, as videos from our performance at SCSU have been posted. You can see Masters of the Universe plus myself rocking the house!

    I hope you check back tomorrow for another wonderful session from Jim, and I hope you enjoy today’s installment!

     



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  • “A Long December” (Counting Crows Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions

    Friday, April 4th, 2008

    By Chris Moore:

    I’ve been listening to the Counting Crows’ new album Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings all week now (up until MoU’s new album, Homestead’s Revenge, came out! — You can buy the high quality mp3s or the CD version. Here’s the web address: http://moumusic.com ).

    I’ve really enjoyed listening to the Counting Crows, and it reminded me of my favorite songs of theirs from years past. Thus, I decided to record “A Long December.” Although it’s a piano-based song, I think it translates well to acoustic. If I was smart, though, I would have waited until the end of the year to record it…

    This song was one of their biggest hits, but that’s not why I love it. I love the lyrics and the tune, and it’s one of those songs that will forever be etched in my memory, synonymous with my youth. I remember my seventh grade science teacher, Mr. Olayos, playing the radio during a quiz, and this song was on. This song really triggers a lot of happy — and, of course — not so happy memories from my past.

    I hope you enjoy today’s Laptop Session and decide to comment or rate it!

    And don’t forget to check back at http://LaptopSessions.com tomorrow for an all-new Counting Crows cover from Jeff!

    Download a FREE mp3 of this song at the Fusco-Moore Store by
    Clicking HERE! It’s on “The Laptop Sessions, Vol. 6″:

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Counting Crows Acoustic Rock Cover Songs and Free mp3 Downloads

The Counting Crows have released an impressive number of successful new music – three top 5 singles on the modern rock charts from their debut album alone – for having released only five albums – one of which was a #1 and three others of which were top 5. Since 1991, there have been fourteen members, quite a large number for a standard band that plays new rock music. The alternative music recorded by the Counting Crows has consistently demonstrated the range and talent of lead singer and songwriter Adam Duritz – songs like “Mr. Jones,” “Round Here,” and the piano-based “A Long December.” Their 2008 release, Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings, is an interesting effort in terms of songwriting, as the new music chronicles the experiences of a raucous Saturday evening, followed by the realizations and reflections of the following Sunday morning. The Counting Crows’ YouTube video for “You Can’t Count on Me” expresses a relevant scene from the album visually through a video blog entry of sorts, as Duritz struggles with the realities of both a relationship and his own shortcomings. The Laptop Sessions acoustic cover version has already been posted as one of many free videos.