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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

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Counting Crows. Vannesa Carlton, Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlton, Counting Crows f. Vanessa Carlton, Counting Crow

Music Quotes:

Suck Less.
- Adam Duritz - on performance goals.

Submitted by: LucidLupin

Band Name Origins:

As much as I believe the story about Counting Crows, I'd like to dispell the myth about Counting Crows. One for sorry is when we count magpies, not crows. I am British born and lived in England for my entire life and have never heard the "divination" thing either and doubt if it is true, it may have been just put in the movie for effect (like the royale with cheese thing in "Pulp Fiction"...not true but makes the movie look good.) Submitted by: No, One Nose!
Adam Duritz mentioned in one interview that "It just refers to this rhyme wherein you count crows and you can tell your fortune by that: "One for sorrow, two for joy. Three for girls, four for boys."" It actually comes from a movie one of his best friends was in called Signs of Life. He was watching it while compiling a list of names for the band. There's this scene where these two guys are standing on a hillside trying to decide what to do with their lives, and a flock of crows flies by, and one of the guys said, "What was that line that your grandmother used to tell us about counting crows?" Submitted by: beankurdt

Why the Name is Stupid:

Hmmm. Nothing to do here but smoke my joint and count all these crows in my yard. Hey, I got it! Lets call our manager dude....... Submitted by: Christopher Dumas

New Band Names:

New Name	Why It's Better	Submitter Name
Counting Change	Let's hope they have enough coins to last until their next album.	newschool

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"Sick, Fellow, Sexy"	"Big Yellow Taxi"	Andrew Darwitan

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"1,2,3,4"	"You Can't Count On Me," Counting Crows	How ironic given the band's name. - Brian Kelly
"Where's The Party?"	"Round Here," Counting Crows	Brian Kelly
"Who's Got My Back?"	"Mr. Jones," Counting Crows	Let's hope it works out... - BulldozerBegins

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Ground Here" originally "Round Here"

Theme song of baristas everywhere?

Peter

"Army Hit The Atmosphere" originally "Amy Hit The Atmosphere"

Melanie Bianca Green

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Mr. Jonas" originally "Mr. Jones"

Might refer to any member of the Jonas Brothers?

Ferragamo

"Mr. Jokes" originally "Mr. Jones"

a comedian, perhaps?

Ferragamo

"Mr. Bones" originally "Mr. Jones"

Ferragamo

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"American Girls"	"That Damn Flying Squirrel"	Paul Robinson
"Accidentally in Love"	"Accidentally Evil"	I Fake It
"Accidentally In Love"	"Accidentally Shot Dove"	Matthias
"A Long December"	"Election 2004- A Long November"	Syncronos
"Round Here"	"I Found Beer"	Bad puppy
"Round Here"	"Brown Rear"	Jeff Reuben
"Big Yellow Taxi"	"We Played a Pair of Dice and Put Up With Barking Dogs"	Michael McVey
"Mrs. Potter's Lullabye"	"Harry Potter's Lullabye"	Agrimorfee
"Big Yellow Taxi"	"Another Poor Cover"	Album Cornix
"American Girls"	"Mr Baa"	bubblegum_superstar
There are additional song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name	Product	Submittor
Ghost Train	Amtrak Trains	An obsessive guy
Big Yellow Taxi	Taxi Cab Service	Lydia

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Big Yellow Taxi	Forest Preservation	Ka
I'm Not Sleeping	Insomniacs Helpline	SisterGirl
Raining In Baltimore	Baltimore Tourist Agency	SisterGirl
Have You Seen Me Lately?	Missing Child Hotline	SisterGirl

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
My Name Is... Eminem	Mr. Jones Counting Crows	My Name Is Mr. Jones Don't call me 'Boy'!	rap
Wise Up Aimie Mann	Einstein At The Beach Counting Crows	Wise Up, Einstein At The Beach Don't wear that Speedo!	sherock
Me And Mrs. Jones Billy Paul	Mr. Jones Counting Crows	Me And Mr. & Mrs. Jones	Rapahel
My Name Is Eminem	Mr. Jones Counting Crows	My Name Is Mr. Jones	rocky
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Chasing Crows or Counting Cars

Chasing Cars combined with Counting Crows

Submitted By: Chobits100

Black Counting Crows

Black Crowes combined with Counting Crows

...or Black Counting Crowes, whether or not you want to include the "E".

Submitted By: Blue Ant

The Counting Beatles

The Counting Crows combined with The Beatles

Submitted By: Jasmine

Misheard Lyrics:

"Big Yellow Taxi" Misheard Lyrics: Big paradise, put up a f***ing lot. Original Lyrics: They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.	"Mr. Jones" Misheard Lyrics: But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as Huckabee Original Lyrics: But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be
"Mr. Jones" Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be godzilla Original Lyrics: I wanna be Bob Dylan.	"Round here" Misheard Lyrics: 'Round here we never sense a bad omen Original Lyrics: 'Round here we're never sent to bed early
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Big Yellow Taxi"

Misheard Lyrics:

Great big paradise and put up a f***ing love.

Original Lyrics:

They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Sophie

I always wondered why my friend's mom liked playing this song for her daughter and me (We were 9) so much when there was clearly a swear word in it.

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"A Long December"

Better Lyrics:

La de da da La de da de da de da da da La de da da...yeah

Original Lyrics:

Na na na na Na na na na na na na na na Na na na na...yeah

Submitted by: Mike Hack

Funny Lyrics:

"Holiday In Spain"

The Funny Lyrics:

Someone stole my shoes but there's a couple of bananas and a bottle of boose.

Why They're Funny:

bananas, boose, bare feet. enough said.

Submitted by: allison

"St. Robinson And His Cadillac Dream"

The Funny Lyrics:

'i was born on the shores of the chesapeake bay maryland and virginia have faded away...'

Why They're Funny:

a lot of you might not understand or believe this, but i found out somewhere that 'on the shores of the chesapeake bay' is a reference to some beer or drink like that. 'brewed on the shores of the chesapeake bay'

Submitted by: hi im dum

There are additional Funny lyrics available.

Repetitive Lyrics:

"Accidentally In Love" The Repetitive Lyrics: Think about it Every time I think about it Can't stop thinkin' 'bout it... Why They're Repetitive: You think? Submitted by: Michael S.	"Big Yellow Taxi" The Repetitive Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Why They're Repetitive: O.K., we get the point, they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, you don't have to say it on half of the lines unless there are only 2. I can't believe this song isn't called 'They paved paradise'. I'm blaming this on Joni Mitchell. Submitted by: my name is none of your business
There are additional repetitive lyrics available.

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"Accidently In Love" The Nonsensical Lyrics: We're accidently in love accidently Why They're Nonsensical: um...Accidently? What does that mean? Did you fall in love with a girl who used to think was ugly? Submitted by: Fat Louie	"A Long December" The Nonsensical Lyrics: And it's one more day up in the canyon Why They're Nonsensical: I have a strong feeling that this was actually intended to be ironic, especially since it's in the chorus and repeated about ten times. But still...up in the canyon? Submitted by: kelpylion
There are additional nonsensical lyrics available.

Insulting Lyrics:

"St. Robinson In His Cadillac Dream"

The Insulting Lyrics:

I may not go to heaven
I hope you go to h*ll

Why They're Insulting:

Well, that's not very nice. Good song though, and it's quite funny where it's placed.

Submitted by: Amanda

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"Mr Jones"

The Lyrics:

I wanna be Bob Dylan

Who They Mention:

Bob Dylan

Submitted by: oldschool

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"She Don't Want Nobody Near"

Opening Lines:

She don't want nobody near, but you can't get away from that.

Comments:

Submitted by: Brian Kelly

"Long December"

Opening Lines:

A long December and there's reason to belive.

Comments:

Submitted by: Brian Kelly

Song Title Space Change:

"Along December" originally "A Long December"

I used to think THIS was the actual song title!

Submitted by: Ferragamo

Band Name Anagrams:

Trouncing Cows Submitted by: Franka

..sounds scary

Song Title Acrostics:

AIL: "Accidentally In Love"

Submitted by: Edyth Bowen

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Hound Rear" originally "Round Here"

Submitted by: Peter

Hidden Tracks:

"Big Yellow Taxi"

After the last track on 'Hard Candy', there's a short silence, and the hidden track "Big Yellow Taxi" comes on. It's stupid how the secret track on the album is their most famous single, it's like Mika hiding "Grace Kelly" or Rihanna hiding "Umbrella"..........

Submitted by: rock music