More Adam

Adam Duritz's online journal is really pretty neat. I don't know any other bigtime rock stars who have any similar connection with their fans. Then again, the Counting Crows have always had a big connection with their fans. But still, this sort of conversation strikes me as unusual, in a really pleasant way:

I gotta admit, you make me smile.

Thank god we accidentally make music you love because you all agree on my favorite songs being your least favorite. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby", "Perfect Blue Buildings", "Ghost Train", "Four Days", and "Children in Bloom". Don't think I'm upset either. I'm really not. We're all friends here. We've got to be able to talk about this sort of thing. Most musicians never get to talk about this sort of thing with their fans and most fans never get to have a discussion like this with the musicians they love. So this is cool. Think about it. We have this mutual connection between us but we love different parts of it.

It seems like there is a tendency for you not to like the darker songs. "Ghost Train", Perfect Blue Buildings", and "I'm Not Sleeping" certainly fit that bill, but the others don't.

What do you guys think of this? I'm interested to know. Don't turn this into a "let's make Adam feel better" thing either because I'm fine. Tell me more about the ones you don't like and why and I'll try to tell you what I like about them. Maybe you can go back and listen to them again. Maybe you'll feel what I feel. Hopefully I won't feel what you feel cause that would really screw me up but hopefully you won't mind if this is a little one-sided.

[Posted at 19:54 CST on 06/30/02] [Link]