This is a song from the newest Counting Crows album "Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings" (released this year). I've had my concerns for Counting Crows over the years. I always liked the emotion that are in the lyrics and especially in their performance. Adam Duritz has a way of injecting true feeling into each word. I grew concerned that they had lost that edge when they released songs such as Accidentally in Love and the like. But this album, which got 10 out of 10 stars from ZME music, turned things around.
The song Cowboys is my current favorite. It is fast-paced and reminiscent of Angels of the Silences from their 1996 album "Recovering the Sattelites." Instrumentally speaking, it is a smorgasbord of colors. The intro is full of guitar that has a nice razor's edge. It is beautifully accompanied by Hamond Organ. The combination is wonderful. The verses and choruses feature a blend of quieter and beefed up moods that are accented with nice repeated piano octaves outlining a chord. The bridge is a nice breakdown with a little bass and piano. The song also features what I consider one of the bands best guitar solos (probably performed by guitarist Dan Vickrey). Although they are not a band known for their guitar solos, the style is definitely unique and the talent abundant.
As for the vocal performance, it is just dripping with feeling. The repeated phrase "this is a list of what I should have been but I'm not" speaks of feelings of regret and disatifaction. I haven't quite discected what the song is really about. With mention of cowboys, presidents, and "Mr. Lincoln" with a bleeding head on the front row haven't quite combined into a concrete picture for me yet. These things take time.
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