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Counting Crows — Time And Time Again
Album: August and Everything After
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5.7

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Total ratings: 952









Released: 1993
Length: 5:06
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I wanted so badly,
Somebody other than me,
Staring back at me,
But you were gone, gone, gone.

I wanted to see you walking backwards,
And get the sensation of you coming home,
I wanted to see you walking away from me,
Without the sensation of you leaving me alone.

Time and time again,
Time and time again,
Time and time again,
I can't please myself.

I wanted the ocean to cover over me,
I wanna sink slowly without getting wet,
Maybe someday I won't be so lonely,
And I'll walk on water every chance I get.

Time and time again,
Time and time again,
Time and time again,
I can't please myself.

So when are you coming home, sweet Angel?
You leaving me alone? all alone?
Well, well if I'm drowning darling,
You'll come down this way on your own.

I wish I was travelling on a freeway,
Beneath this graveyard western sky,
Gonna set fire to this city,
And out into the desert,
Yeah we're gonna ride.

Time and time again,
Time and time again,
Time and time and time again,
I can't please myself.

I can't please myself, and I,
I can't please nobody else and time again,
Time and time again,
Time and time and time and time again,
I can't please myself, no, no, no, no.
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 ace-marc wrote:

Absolutely Horrible!
Bill, put this band out to pasture.
Along with John Cougar and the Cranberries to keep them company.



Bill, if they're going out to the pasture can I go out as well, please!
Posted 2 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:

Their record company were feeling hugely charitable when they signed this band.



"Counting Crows' debut album "August and Everything After" was an instant success on its release in late 1993 and went on to sell over 7 million copies in America. In the UK it charted at No. 16" Not sure I'd call that charity.
Posted 2 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
Horrid.
Posted 2 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
 MathewWinsor wrote:
God this guy is the worst singer I've ever heard... Always has been... always will be. Please no more torture for us!!!!!!!!!{#Razz}

Mr. David Byrne would like a word with you.
Posted 2 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
I think this album needs to be put in the Smithsonian or on another space probe heading to other worlds. Classic as classic gets from the 90's. 
Posted 4 years ago by DanielHLloyd    [ Reply ]
I've heard better caterwauling.
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Counting Crows.  Probably the only time I wish RP played more Bob Dylan. 
Posted 4 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
 meatmike wrote:

And comments by ace-marc, get rid of them too...
 

Bill, Let's make a Deal!
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:
whiner rock
like nails on chalkboard
gimmicky and affected
yes, I rated it sucko-barfo
 
The scale should include 11 - "Better than Beatles" (although Beethoven scores higher)
And it should include 0 - "Crappier than Counting Crows"
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
I get the mental picture of a gamekeeper's fence with the dead crows hanging from it. Caw...
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
Stones Clones
Posted 4 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
whiner rock
like nails on chalkboard
gimmicky and affected
yes, I rated it sucko-barfo
Posted 4 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
 kretinburger wrote:
Would like to give it a One but not good enough.
 
How about a BIG FAT Zero?
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Hideous.
Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Would like to give it a One but not good enough.
Posted 4 years ago by kretinburger    [ Reply ]
Their record company were feeling hugely charitable when they signed this band.
Posted 4 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Horribly whiny. Please make it stop.
Posted 5 years ago by Chimpmeister    [ Reply ]
The sound of my heartbreak, to this day.
Posted 5 years ago by ruthyc    [ Reply ]
 ace-marc wrote:
Absolutely Horrible!
Bill, put this band out to pasture.
Along with John Cougar and the Cranberries to keep them company.
 
And comments by ace-marc, get rid of them too...
Posted 5 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
Pathetic.
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Alexa, stop. Please.
Posted 5 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
I really tried to like County Crows but it's not working for me.  Same with John Mellencamp.  Something about them that doesn't do it for me.  
Posted 5 years ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
Sorry.. I really love this track and all the Crows
Posted 5 years ago by DrMAD    [ Reply ]
Absolutely Horrible!
Bill, put this band out to pasture.
Along with John Cougar and the Cranberries to keep them company.
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Totally awesome.  Maybe it's the time, or even the girl?  Time and time again.  As for the Crows...used to be my favorite band.  Something happened after Hard Candy.  They got lazy or uninspired or something.  Out of favor now, but this album is a great one.
Posted 5 years ago by echoes    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
they stink they rot they smell they're putrid they're gross they suck they're pathetic and icky too
 
Please, we don't need to hear about your gonads.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Adam Duritz does indeed have a polarising voice... very nasal and with a distinct whine. I see why people really hate it, but I have an odd early 90s soft spot for Counting Crows, and kind of enjoy how overblown his vocal style is!
Posted 5 years ago by Vespertine82    [ Reply ]
Radio Paradise is super awesome! 
And Counting Crows is super lame.
So what we got here is oil and water.
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 MathewWinsor wrote:
God this guy is the worst singer I've ever heard... Always has been... always will be. Please no more torture for us!!!!!!!!!{#Razz}
 

I really like them, but at the same time I can totally understand how you feel.  His voice has a very distinct sound that you either love or hate.
Posted 5 years ago by DaMoGan    [ Reply ]
Gross.
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
The whiniest shit I’ve heard in a long time.
Posted 6 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Another interesting example of what I call the music herd review.  This album was generally praised when it was released.  Praise I agree with, BTW.  Since then, the album has become continually worse, because the herd has decided (some years ago) that the band (and/or frontman suck)
Posted 6 years ago by dsd    [ Reply ]
seriously...please stop with this band. Blecccchhhh.
Posted 6 years ago by bbunyard    [ Reply ]
I just can't get beyond his whiney voice.
 
Posted 6 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
Haven't listened to this album for a decade or more and this isn't one of the tracks that I've heard in that time. I don't mind this one bit. Great track from a time when people were, perhaps, overly earnest, but in a way that it's possible to feel nostalgia for... occasionally.
Posted 6 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
scared
"Gracious, where is that dreadful screeching coming from?"

 
Hahahahahahah Perfect. Although I might ask about that dreadful mewling.
Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
scared
"Gracious, where is that dreadful screeching coming from?"
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Sucko barfo.
Posted 7 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 jbuhl wrote:

Stop doing that and listen to the song.

 
Listened...Still sucks.
Posted 7 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
Please stop.
Posted 7 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
I like the Crows, but this, meh ...
Posted 7 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
horrible
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
STOP THAT!
Posted 7 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
What caused the 12 year hiatus?...;-)

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 18:36
 
 AuralSects wrote:
One of the best albums of whatever decade this was. T-Bone Burnett produced.
  
Um, the '90s, and I agree. Terrific album.

ZugZug
(Alameda, NM)
Posted: Jul 02, 2003 - 08:40
 
Love the Crows but not this one 
Posted 7 years ago by chamrousse1450    [ Reply ]
 volnomad wrote:
Nails on a chalk board. Ouch.{#Beat}

 
Stop doing that and listen to the song.
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Nails on a chalk board. Ouch.{#Beat}
Posted 8 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]
Can we have the instrumental please? This singer is an ear assault.
Posted 8 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
This guy has to use some other singing styles just too much the same sound 
 
Posted 8 years ago by Garsh    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
they stink they rot they smell they're putrid they're gross they suck they're pathetic and icky too

 
...but what do you think of this song?
{#Wink} 
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Seriously?  Playing this again when the rating is 5.3? 
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
they stink they rot they smell they're putrid they're gross they suck they're pathetic and icky too
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
God this guy is the worst singer I've ever heard... Always has been... always will be. Please no more torture for us!!!!!!!!!{#Razz}
Posted 8 years ago by MathewWinsor    [ Reply ]
All right Bill Ye got us; ye've had yer laff. Now please take off this infernal WHINGING!!!!!

(A mashup of this guy and Florence and her machine comes to mind .......) 
Posted 8 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:
Extraordinary how this guy's voice ever made it into the studio. Fingers on the chalkboard.

 
he sounds so phony
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]

{#Music}Very clean segue from The National - Fake Empire to Counting Crows - Time And Time Again


Posted 9 years ago by bemcdowell    [ Reply ]
Extraordinary how this guy's voice ever made it into the studio. Fingers on the chalkboard.
Posted 9 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
The 1st cousin to the Dave Matthews Band, both of which seem to enjoy expressing Chaos Theory via musical expression.  I do not share their enthusiasm in doing so.
Posted 9 years ago by Slipstream    [ Reply ]
 ruby2sday67 wrote:
Something Blows? Yeah, it's Counting Crows!
It's like putting a cheese grater to my ears everytime I hear this horrible song. Why is this group popular? There may be a cool song with great lyrics underneath all that catter-walling, but I'll never know 'cause I just can't stand that guy's voice. Ugh!
 

Ha ha.  You said it much better than I ever could have.  Thanks for making me laugh through my misery.
Posted 9 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 zerosomething wrote:
Nope Dick I'll give it a 1 you just can't dance to it.
 
Guess you had to watch the film  "They Shoot Horses, Don't they?"
You can dance to anything........if you have to. 
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Nope Dick I'll give it a 1 you just can't dance to it.
Posted 9 years ago by zerosomething    [ Reply ]
sounds like he's sharing his misery, no thanks
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 AuralSects wrote:
One of the best albums of whatever decade this was. T-Bone Burnett produced.
 
Um, the '90s, and I agree. Terrific album.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Love the Crows but not this one
Posted 21 years ago by ZugZug    [ Reply ]
One of the best albums of whatever decade this was. T-Bone Burnett produced.
Posted 21 years ago by AuralSects    [ Reply ]
originally posted by lbrc: these guys are aweful!
so is your spelling! ;) but i don't think they are awful at all! edited by gypsy222 at 2:46 pm on 5/22/2003
Posted 21 years ago by gypsy222    [ Reply ]
the guy sounds like he\'s mentally deficient or something.
Posted 21 years ago by downbylaw    [ Reply ]
i love it - those last two comments must be what i sound like when i\'m bitching and moaning about Midnight Oil, Moby, et al...
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Something Blows? Yeah, it\'s Counting Crows! It\'s like putting a cheese grater to my ears everytime I hear this horrible song. Why is this group popular? There may be a cool song with great lyrics underneath all that catter-walling, but I\'ll never know \'cause I just can\'t stand that guy\'s voice. Ugh!
Posted 21 years ago by ruby2sday67    [ Reply ]
ARRRGGGGHHHH!!! Will someone please stop swinging that cat around by it's tail. This man has the WORST voice in the history of music.... he's so.... AAARRRGGG!!!
Posted 21 years ago by Heathen    [ Reply ]
Really like almost everything on this album. Would love to hear Perfect Blue Buildings.
Posted 22 years ago by splendy    [ Reply ]
\"So when are you coming home Sweet angel? You leaving me alone? All alone? Well if I\'m drowning darling, you\'ll come down this way on your own I wish I was traveling on a freeway Beneath this graveyard western sky I\'m gonna set fire to this city And out into the desert we\'re gonna ride\" Gets me every time. :)
Posted 22 years ago by gypsy222    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by omboy: Counting Crows? This band should be called Counting Z's!
heheh. thats kinda what I like about them. extremely laid back and relaxing. beautiful music.
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Counting Crows? This band should be called Counting Z\'s!
Posted 22 years ago by omboy    [ Reply ]
Wake me when it\'s over!!
Posted 22 years ago by polecat    [ Reply ]
Every song on this album is excellent and most of their other music is too. However, I have to agree that Adam whines a little bit too much on this song but that\'s just his style, like or not. There are some great versions of these songs on the VH1 Storytellers CD.
Posted 22 years ago by skinnyo    [ Reply ]
This guy just always sounds completely exasperated. The tunes aren\'t bad - he\'s just only got one way to sing \'em.
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]
All good - love the Crows
Posted 22 years ago by gypsy222    [ Reply ]