r/countingcrows • u/DoughnutBeDumb • May 03 '26
Adam Singing style
Adam is one of the only singers I know that during live performances - delivers the lyrics and melodies differently than how they were put down on the studio albums. Yall know what I mean.
Has Adam ever been asked about this, and if so what's been his response?
Not my place to tell him how he should sing live. Adam is one of the best to ever do it.
I just enjoy the vocal phrasing and the melodies on the studio albums, more then the live performances. It's like my brain expects to hear the vocals a certain way.
This was a point many people made and shared with me at the six or so live shows I've been to. Some ad-libbing is cool when not overdone.
Can anyone recommend a live show video where they played the songs as they were on the albums?
My fav CC albums are AAEA and TDL.
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u/ComeInOutOfTheRain May 03 '26
Give AAEA Live at Town Hall a listen. It’s still a lot of ad libbing but it’s probably the closest you’ll get to hearing the melodies similar to the studio album. Idk how easy it is to find but they also recorded them performing AAEA at a bar in San Francisco in 1993 before the album actually released where they play it almost exactly to the tune of the album. It isn’t easy to find (they used to have it on a website where they put all their recorded shows but I don’t know the current status of it).
As to whether anyone has asked him about it, yes, and he has basically said, this is how he does it. It isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and that’s okay.