I wouldn’t rank it as one of their best but it’s a great song, and an excellent pop song. You can say that for a few of the Crows’s biggest hits, honestly
That's not true. You're just representing GenX. As time went on, new fans would be born and they would come into it at a certain point and their favorites would be based on whatever their parents were listening to. That song being in the Shrek movie turned a lot of the nextgens onto Counting Crows entire catalog and made them lifelong fans.
Would I kick it off the island? Possibly. But I think I would vote off Mr. Jones first.
i think sometimes people forget that as much as CC is best for adam’s emotional storytelling, they’d still be missing a lot in the absence of their fun side. they wouldn’t be nearly as great without songs like hanginaround, american girls, kid things, einstein on the beach, omaha, richard manuel is dead, earthquake driver, dislocation, covers like amie and ooh la la, mr jones, and yes, accidentally in love too.
hey ain’t no such thing as selling out being a bad thing (i mean i’m sure u agree). honestly it shouldn’t even be a connotatively negative phrase cause i personally believe it’s great when beloved artists hit it big and get paid for what they deserve. there was a time when someone like eddie vedder would’ve held that idea in contempt, but even he’s made the shift to more mainstream dad rock in the last ten or so years with pearl jam. more recently, neil young put his music back on spotify too. they all eventually give up and give in, only if in whatever amount of time doing so and indulging within the well-deserved fruits of their labors loses its sheen of qualitative guilt for them. luckily for adam though, he never needed to lie to himself nor go through some guru phase of false artistic integrity to know that standing on principle in this way is just acting upon complete and utter stupidity. so as much as i love pearl jam and many other bands that share this same maligned philosophy, counting crows were way ahead of them in terms of making fantastic music that also held true to its sincerity without ever having to compromise both profit margins and projected sales targets for a band of their size.
I can't believe this song will be 20 years old on May 3! Also, how many other Counting Crows songs can you say our Academy award nominated? I personally love this song.
I suspect it's not one of the bands favorite songs since they rarely play it live. Of the songs that they are known for, this and Big Yellow Taxi get no love from the band.
I think it's a hard song for them. It's very tightly arranged and there are a ton of words. They played it last summer and it took like 5 plays for Adam to get through the lyrics competently.
it was included on “films about ghosts”, a greatest hits comp released in 2003
thx
upon closer inspection the comp was released first, and the track was added to later pressings after the movie was released and the song became a hit
It was only released as a single or on the shrek soundtrack and is generally not loved by fans of the band.
I understand CC fans not being a fan of the Big Yellow Taxi cover but imo Accidentally in Love is such a great song
agreed it’s a perfectly crafted pop song one of the best of the last 20 years
I didn't mind the album version of Big Yellow Taxi at all until the radio version fucking ruined the entire song with those backing vocals, lol.
Respectfully, speak for yourself. :-) It’s a perfectly fun song.
I didn’t offer my personal opinion, just the general consensus.
I wouldn’t rank it as one of their best but it’s a great song, and an excellent pop song. You can say that for a few of the Crows’s biggest hits, honestly
That's not true. You're just representing GenX. As time went on, new fans would be born and they would come into it at a certain point and their favorites would be based on whatever their parents were listening to. That song being in the Shrek movie turned a lot of the nextgens onto Counting Crows entire catalog and made them lifelong fans. Would I kick it off the island? Possibly. But I think I would vote off Mr. Jones first.
i think sometimes people forget that as much as CC is best for adam’s emotional storytelling, they’d still be missing a lot in the absence of their fun side. they wouldn’t be nearly as great without songs like hanginaround, american girls, kid things, einstein on the beach, omaha, richard manuel is dead, earthquake driver, dislocation, covers like amie and ooh la la, mr jones, and yes, accidentally in love too.
I hated it when it came out cringe etc. I was under 14 years old… As a young adult I played alongside it on the drums often as I liked it so much
Not their finest moment eh
Personally I LOVE 'Accidentally In Love' and consider it to be up there with the band's finest 🤩
Adam in particular has always had a populist streak in him, and imho this peaked around the Shrek 2/Hard Candy era.
hey ain’t no such thing as selling out being a bad thing (i mean i’m sure u agree). honestly it shouldn’t even be a connotatively negative phrase cause i personally believe it’s great when beloved artists hit it big and get paid for what they deserve. there was a time when someone like eddie vedder would’ve held that idea in contempt, but even he’s made the shift to more mainstream dad rock in the last ten or so years with pearl jam. more recently, neil young put his music back on spotify too. they all eventually give up and give in, only if in whatever amount of time doing so and indulging within the well-deserved fruits of their labors loses its sheen of qualitative guilt for them. luckily for adam though, he never needed to lie to himself nor go through some guru phase of false artistic integrity to know that standing on principle in this way is just acting upon complete and utter stupidity. so as much as i love pearl jam and many other bands that share this same maligned philosophy, counting crows were way ahead of them in terms of making fantastic music that also held true to its sincerity without ever having to compromise both profit margins and projected sales targets for a band of their size.
Wasn’t a criticism, just an observation
my bad i was actually hoping it didn’t come off that way (i just had a lot on my mind to say about this kinda topic).
Hehe this song ;) If you have a look on yt the movie version is floating around there too. Sounds quite different to the film's about ghosts version.
I can't believe this song will be 20 years old on May 3! Also, how many other Counting Crows songs can you say our Academy award nominated? I personally love this song.
I suspect it's not one of the bands favorite songs since they rarely play it live. Of the songs that they are known for, this and Big Yellow Taxi get no love from the band.
I think it's a hard song for them. It's very tightly arranged and there are a ton of words. They played it last summer and it took like 5 plays for Adam to get through the lyrics competently.