What is the story behind Einstein on the Beach?
Einstein on the Beach was a song from the original Counting Crows demo. The song ended up being released on a CD entitled, DGC Rarities Volume 1 which can be found in most record stores. Adam Duritz writes — “Dave Bryson and I wrote the song a couple of years ago in a hotel room in Los Angeles. I was trying to sleep, but I kept humming guitar parts in my head and then making David get up to play them. Then David kept hearing melodies in his head, and waking me up to sing them. We finally finished the song at 4 a.m. and recorded it on the answering machine in the hotel room. I always loved the song, but it didn’t seem to belong on August and Everything After. Not mopey enough.” (source – Liner notes of DGC Rarities Vol. 1 – supplied by Tom Williams) Adam, however, now regards the release of this song as the biggest mistake he ever made. At a time when he wanted the hype from August and Everything After to wind down, the rarities album came out. He stated that it “was annoying to hear t
