Counting Crows - Rain King/Thunder Road (face the promised land)

[zazubombay]

Wow. Words can't describe how awesome this is. I agree with holychild2006: 8 minutes of pure joy. The two songs go together perfectly -- they come from the same feeling place deep down in the soul. And it's a place only rock and roll can speak to in a certain way. Bravo, Adam, bravo, bravo.

[OllamhDrab]

This hurt me in the soul. Two favorite songs utterly mangled by one of the original artists. Tell me that was a nightmare.  :)

[holyChild2006]

Best Song Ever...8 minutes of pure joy....



[ElGoodo]

Love this version of Rain King, think the one of the iTunes live at Soho might be a little better (at least the Thunder Road part). People complain this version is too slow and depressing compared to the original but I love it, this version has so much more depth musically.

[greyeyed123]

@ElGoodo I like it as well, but I like the original too. More than anyone else, I think Counting Crows are genuine musicians (which is why they've lasted so long). Very rarely to they tweak a song where I dislike EITHER version. It's just nice to fall in love with a song all over again. (It's sort of like a solid cover version, but it's the same band, so it's even better, if not equal, to the original.)