Counting Crows

            I choose to do Counting Crows for my CD project, because I did not know much about them, and they wrote my favorite song, “Accidentally In Love.”  After researching them, and learning all about their lives, I feel that they mostly represent the values of my generation.  They are a Folk and Alternative Rock group, creating fun, easy to understand lyrics and beats.  Many of their heritage artists are very popular groups, like R.E.M., Nirvana, Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, and The Beatles.  Counting Crows has been able to appeal to this generation by creating songs that discuss relationships and love lives.  Everyone is able to relate to them, because they are broad popular topics.  For Example, in their song “American Girls” the lyrics are all about finding love, and the different parts of relationships. 

To go along with their crowd-pleasing songs, Counting Crows developed a laid back image.  Though this fits the group of people that are chill, and into emotional music, it does not fit my generation in the sense that people have become so obsessed with looking good and specifying a look.  For example, there are artists like Rihanna and Mariah Carey who are all about looking glamorous, and on the other side there are artists like Eminem and 50 cent, who are all about looking like the classic rappers. Though Counting Crows does not exactly fit into these standards, there are similar groups like Green Day, and Maroon 5 that have gained popularity in such a closed music society.  Counting Crows is a fun, energetic, and talented group of performers that will definitely stick around for a while.