Way back in 1993 there was a song on the radio that sounded different from the rest and heralded the arrival of a new sound. It wasn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam or Soundgarden, each of whom went on to enjoy massive amounts of fame and glory, some crumbling under all the weight. It was a little outfit called Counting Crows and the song was Mr. Jones. In the video a chubby guy bounces up and down in a faux San Francisco apartment and sings about Dylan:

The Counting Crows followed that single with the uber-depressing Round Here. That bizarre video has a lady walking around with a suitcase and a guy sitting in a Persistence of Memory-ripping-off desert scene with a raccoon head placed for maximum effect:

Strangely, this one-two punch rocketed the Counting Crows to a kind of mini-stardom, tour dates, over 20 million albums sold, sleeping with Jennifer Aniston and most recently a song on the Shrek soundtrack. Now this little band that was some sort of anomaly on the pop landscape is in a holding pattern while lead singer Adam Duritz deals with underlying mental problems that were apparent in his lyrics and glorified during the Counting Crows unlikely rise to fame.

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Counting Crows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Counting Crows is an Academy Award nominated American alternative rock band originating from Berkeley, California. They became highly popular in 1994 ...

Counting Crows
The Counting Crows's official web site and fan club, featuring news, photos, concert tickets, merchandise, and more.

Lisa's Counting Crows Shrine
Archive of live and cover tunes in RealAudio format, as well as pictures, lyrics, tablatures, news, and videos.

Counting Crows – Music at Last.fm
Listen to Counting Crows (Mr. Jones, Colorblind & more). Tagged as: rock, alternative, alternative rock. People who like Counting Crows also like Goo Goo ...

Counting Crows - Colorblind – Music at Last.fm
Listen to Counting Crows – Colorblind. Colorblind appears on the album This Desert Life and has been tagged as: alternative, rock, 90s.