Why don Counting Crows play Mr. Jones in concert the way it is on the CD?
It has less to do with Mr. Jones being a hit, than what it is about. Adam said that it’s hard to say some of those lines, like “we all wanna be big stars” because those lines just aren’t true anymore. Especially Adam doesn’t want to see his face on the television one more time. If they do play it, they like to play it in a stripped down acoustic manner.
