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James & I went to see Counting Crows last week at the Birmingham NIA, on Wednesday 13th. As per usual, they were absolutely fantastic.
It was a brilliant set list, a really nice mixture of their old & newer songs (full list at the end of this post). We arrived early enough to see the support acts, Blind Pilot and The Hold Steady. Both were enjoyable, and they warmed the crowd up nicely for the main attraction! I actually preferred Blind Pilot who came on first, and will probably be buying their CD as soon as a few pennies hit our bank account!
Blind Pilot
I’ve managed to get a bootleg recording of the show from CrowsTown (if you want a copy of this, let me know), so I can listen over and over and over to the beautiful arrangements of the songs they played. There is something quite special about having a recording from the night we were there.
Counting Crows
After all, there is nothing quite like being at a Counting Crows gig where the music just flows and they just do whatever the hell they feel like. Adam conducts the rest of the bad with hand gestures that he weaves into his surreal dancing & the whole thing just works together perfectly somehow. With every live band it’s true that no two live performances of the same song are ever the same, but this is especially true with Counting Crows – their songs have evolved and grown over the years until they are almost unrecognisable compared to the original studio versions. They continually experiment and grow as a band, and it’s fantastic to see them continually breathing new life into their oldest tracks.
Colorblind (video improves as it goes on!)
Adam was (as ever) completely nuts – you only have to listen to his chatty ramble to work that out! This was the third time I’ve seen them live & I will continue to jump at every opportunity to see them again. I love their studio albums, but their live stuff just completely surpasses it – they are simply amazing live.
The night was a great way to celebrate 10 years of Counting Crows being my favourite band – I’m very pleased with my Christmas present from James – I loved every second!
Setlist
- Intro (Lean On Me)
- Hard Candy
- Mrs Potters Lullaby
- New Frontier
- Rain King (Get Out of Bed/Wake up/Small White Box alt)
- Colorblind
- Adam Chat (losing his mind! & having a conversation)
- Omaha
- Richard Manuel Is Dead
- Mr Jones
- On Almost Any Sunday Morning
- Children In Bloom
- Black & Blue
- Daylight Fading
- Miami (Murder Of One/Hanginaround/What Would You Do alts)
- Hanginaround
- Encore
- A Long December
- Washington Square
- Come Around
- Outro
