Title: one misfire
Review: I object not to bands who change arrangments or words in their songs when performing live--it often energizes the shows and electrifies the audience. Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen have been wildly successful at showing us the multifacetedness of their songs by doing just that. Unfortunately, the Crows take aim at doing it and end up with an endless, tiring bore. They can be a searing live band, but here the seriousness and earnestness bog the entire thing down, as the Crows destroy the likes of "Mr. Jones" and "Anna Begins" by stretching, bending, and remolding them until they break. All things in moderation, it is said. The Counting Crows missed that when they took a ball-peen hammer to their songs and let Adam Duritz run wild with his wounded-lover musings. One day they'll figure out that seriousness and artistry are not always the same thing.
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