Counting Crows as poetry

[sun_set_bravely]

No matter what you think of the Counting Crows' consistent angst, you gotta admit it -- Adam Duritz can write a mean turn of phrase:

"In the middle of the night there's an old man
Threading his toes through a bucket of rain"
-Omaha

Sometimes I forget this and his words catch me off-guard, and I have to doff my cap to this fine wordsmith.


"When I see you, a blanket of stars covers me in my bed"
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"We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of stars"
-Mrs. Potter's Lullaby

"Staring out of his window as the world rushes by
Arthur Robinson closes the glass and replies,
"I dream of ballerinas and I don't know why,
But I see Cadillacs sailing.
I was born on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Maryland and Virginia have faded away
And I keep thinking tomorrow is coming today
so I am endlessly waiting"
-St. Robinson and His Cadillac Dream

"Step out the front door like a ghost
into the fog where no one notices
the contrast of white on white."
-Round Here

"When I think of heaven
deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
in the belly of a black-winged bird."
-Rain King

"And every time she sneezes I believe it's love
and oh lord.... I'm not ready for this sort of thing
She's talking in her sleep-it's keeping me awake
And Anna begins to toss and turn
And every word is nonsense but I understand and
oh lord. I m not ready for this sort of thing"
-Anna Begins

Comments

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

He's a fun lyricist. Good wordplay.

[chaptal.livejournal.com]

Round Here still gives me chills with its relevance.

[freak1c.livejournal.com]

Is it funny that I woke up with them in my head and decided that for my road trip today, they would come along?

Syncronicity like the Police.

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

:) That's pretty cool.

[oceanic.livejournal.com]

And one of my favorites that he improved in concert a few years ago...

She sits and stares at the waves all day
she says she's scared of dying,
and she'd like to keep it that way

[prosicated.livejournal.com]

On account of you, I've been Recovering the Satellites in August and Everything After all day long at work. I shoulda ripped more of their CDs for my work-listening pleasure.

(Thanks. And agreed.)

[dearanxiety.livejournal.com]

he's one of my favorites for that along with billy corgan esp. siamese dream - mellanchollie era.