Counting Crows: Round Here

I’m not sure why, but rather suddenly – I started to think about Counting Crows. There are only a few songs I know of theirs (the super popular ones). But for some reason, the song “Round Here” came to mind. And I started looping it a bit.

I had it playing on repeat, when I was running in Whitehall (which, I’ll be honest, is a super weird song to have playing while you’re running). But here we are.

There’s a strong sense of nostalgia with this song. Hearing it takes me back to college – I have an image of a house I lived in off-campus, a large U-shaped couch in the living room, and a very old television with MTV videos on the screen.

A lot of the words evoke a sense of place, of that particular place and time. My roommates all had wildly different tastes in music. But I recall listening (watching) the more popular songs on the television… and this one was from that era.

The weird thing for me? This video doesn’t quite click with what I have in my memory. I have visions of the lead singer in a city setting, but I have zero recollection of this guy in the desert with clocks.

I’m fairly certain I watched this video a lot when I was younger, but almost 80% of it feels alien to me. The song though, I do remember.

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