Sometimes there’s just a song that seems just right for a summer…a pop song…catchy with a great rocking beat, but yet intelligent enough that you want to listen to it over and over. For me this summer’s song is Counting Crows’ Hard Candy – a GREAT tune, reminiscent of Van Morrison, the Byrds, and the Buffalo Springfield and other great rootsy bands of summers past, with just the right touch of melancholy embedded in the groove, sweet background vocals, twelve string and all. Highly recommended. The rest of the album is ok, but not anywhere near as compelling as this one tune.
Archive for July 25th, 2003
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