# Counting Crows released a new single! Yay! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823 "2003-05-08T03:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823/1 "2003-05-08T03:12:02Z")
I’m not the only one looking forward to not having to listen to their version of Yellow Taxi anymore, am I? And the new song doesn’t suck! Bonus! ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823/2 "2003-05-08T05:00:03Z")
Yup. What’s the new song called? I’ll have to listen to it when it comes on. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mr.Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Hand)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823/3 "2003-05-08T05:51:12Z")
Am I alone in thinking that the quality of their albums has steadily decreased from their first release, August and Everything After? ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823/4 "2003-05-08T09:45:03Z")
Not that it hasn’t been severely overplayed, but I really like the CC version of Big Yellow Taxi. As to August and Everything After, Recovering the Satellites is actually my favorite CC CD. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823/5 "2003-05-08T11:04:18Z")
You’re not alone, **Mr. Hand**. I loved August and everything after, but find at least half of the stuff on ‘Satellites’ unimpressive, bordering on obnoxious. Haven’t even bothered since and am not going to, unless someone talks me over. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823/6 "2003-05-08T12:00:42Z")
Sacrilege of the worst order! I’m a big fan, you know 😉 All their albums have included great songs. The album _“This Desert Life”_ was superb. Check out _Colourblind_ and _I wish I was a girl_ are particularly moving (to me). I’ll agree that the most recent ones don’t catch you as quickly as _August & Everything After_ did, but are certainly worth giving the time to and listening to a few more times until they really do mean something to you. IMHO, of course. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-crows-released-a-new-single-yay/173823/7 "2003-05-08T13:19:45Z")
Oh man, I’m really feeling Anna Begins these days. It is in constant rotation on my iPod. Also feeling a little bit of Hard Candy love too. Just dropped $55 on the Mayer/Crows tour. I’m going to watch the Crows and then leave before Mayer takes the stage.