I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful Grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play ——Counting Crows, Mr. Jones 1993 年的 8 月，我在舊書攤找到吳濁流的《南京雜感》、賴和的《一桿秤仔》以及紀德的《浪子回家》；在誠品書店則是買了 TASCHEN 出版的幾本畫冊，包含 Paul Klee、Pablo Picasso 以及Salvador Dali... 然而，我怎麼可能會想起 1993 年，將近20 年前的夏天在做什麼？ 其實或許從這些書本扉頁的購書日期，就可以如此輕易的推測吧！
那麼，現在從電台播放出來的這首 "Mr. Jones"，是否真的曾經在 1993 年的夏天出現在我平淡無奇、蒼白慘澹的青春年少嗎？如同歌詞裡頭和哥兒們不停地假想自嗨並訕笑自己感情世界貧乏的那一種窘境？ Mr. Jones and me look into the future Stare at the beautiful women "She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me." Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely Counting Crows 最初成軍於1991 年，團名的靈感是主唱 Adam Duritz 從一部電影Signs of Life而來，像是英國占卜的韻文，在他們的作品中也曾出現以下有趣的歌詞： One for sorrow, two for joy / Three for girls and four for boys / Five for silver, six for gold / Seven for a secret never to be told. 1993 年，Counting Crows 推出首張專輯August And Everything After，成績相當亮眼，其它部份的資料就由維基百科來補充吧！至於我，還得繼續回想那一年我到底數到第幾隻烏鴉了…而我究竟是歡樂、抑或憂傷？ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_Crows Counting Crows is an American rock band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1991. The band consists of Adam Duritz (lead vocals, piano), David Bryson (guitar), Charlie Gillingham (accordion, keyboards), Dan Vickrey (lead guitar), David Immergluck (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Jim Bogios (drums) and Millard Powers (bass). Counting Crows gained popularity following the release of its debut album, August and Everything After (1993), which featured the hit single "Mr. Jones". They have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song "Accidentally in Love", which was included in the film Shrek 2. The band's influences include Van Morrison, R.E.M., Mike + The Mechanics, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, and The Band http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_and_Everything_After August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen Records. The album cover depicts handwritten lyrics to a song called "August and Everything After", but the band decided against featuring the song on the album of the same name; it was not until over a decade later that it was played as part of one of their live concerts.
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