20 January Is For Videos: Counting Crows – Catapult

Back when Counting Crows were just coming into their heyday, they released a disc called “Recovering The Satellites.” The best know track “A Long December” was heavily played on top 40 radio and helped sell the album. I hadn’t heard any of the other tracks, but I liked that track, so I bought the album. I took it home, threw it in my CD player (one of the old boombox types that took 30 seconds or so before it would spin up and start playing), and turned around to start cleaning up my messy room. To this day, I can vividly recall the next following few minutes. While walking away from my dresser, where the CD player sat, the music started playing the opening organ riff from the first track “Catapult.” I froze. I turned my head and looked back at the CD player. For the first time ever, I was hearing a sound that somehow connected directly to me. It was as if I had been looking for this music my whole life. Needless to say, I didn’t clean my room. I quickly grabbed the CD case, ripped out the liner notes and laid down on my bed. For the next 59 minutes, I just laid there soaking it in. I cannot describe how deeply I connected with this album. I doubt you will have the same experience either. But it may help you to see into a part of me. As you can tell from Letterman’s long intro and begging, they really connected with him too.