Moonshadow
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Post by Moonshadow on Nov 2, 2005 1:42:09 GMT -5
So in the coffee shop in the my college's library, where I work, we're very fond of making shift playlists. Recently, Dishwalla's "Counting Blue Cars" appeared on such a playlist of a friend and co-worker, and instantly I found myself fighting the urge to cry/ask my seventh grade teacher to coffee.
I'm not sure if this song is really just great, overplayed, hackneyed and immature, or is one of those songs that gets into your consciouness at some seemingly pivotal point in life and freezes time.
At any rate, I've got good memories.
Billboard Hot 100: 15
Modern Rock Tracks: 1
Mainstream Rock Tracks: 2
Z100 Top 100 of 1996: 4
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billcs
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Post by billcs on Nov 2, 2005 19:09:05 GMT -5
Billboard's #1 Modern Rock song of 1996. Yes it has that nasty habit of sticking in your head, but I like the vocals and the songwriting. It was also one of two songs within a year to describe God in a female form - the other being Joan Osborne's "One Of Us".
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SyrupBoy
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Post by SyrupBoy on Nov 3, 2005 8:18:39 GMT -5
One of the most overplayed songs of the decade?
It's great, but 'Charlie Brown's Parents' and 'Give' are better.
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BillboardBoy
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Post by BillboardBoy on Mar 11, 2006 16:50:58 GMT -5
I like the acoustic version better.
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Post by tico on Mar 11, 2006 23:56:22 GMT -5
I bought this on cassette single back in '96. I don't know where it is now. While the acoustic version is OK, I prefer the original.
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bamafan2102
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Post by bamafan2102 on Mar 12, 2006 10:35:40 GMT -5
Great song. It does have some gerat memories attached to it as well. :'(
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SPaCeMaN SPiFF
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GIMME SOME GUM!
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Mar 12, 2006 11:51:29 GMT -5
i like it... how clever for the song to refer to GOD as "She". ;)
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JCMF3
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Post by JCMF3 on Mar 12, 2006 21:47:20 GMT -5
I love this song!!! Great memories from 1996!
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Chato
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Post by Chato on Mar 13, 2006 9:23:22 GMT -5
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Post by tico on Mar 14, 2006 15:52:16 GMT -5
I heard this this morning during my commute to work.
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Krypton46
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Post by Krypton46 on Mar 20, 2006 2:23:55 GMT -5
It didn't do much for me when it was big but I grew to like it later on so this is one of those songs that I regret not charting at the time.
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Post by countrychick on Mar 21, 2006 15:26:42 GMT -5
I still love it!
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iceman
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Post by iceman on Mar 24, 2006 1:15:52 GMT -5
It's a decent song but I prefer all of their other singles to this.
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shocker
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Post by shocker on Aug 28, 2007 1:38:24 GMT -5
I like the acoustic version better. I also like the acoustic version better because it sounded more appropriate for the song's lyrics. When I heard the original version, I thought it was a little too hard-sounding for the nature of this song. |
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WotUNeed
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Post by WotUNeed on Aug 28, 2007 14:21:02 GMT -5
I like it better now than I did then.
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Post by unicorns on Oct 12, 2008 16:15:03 GMT -5
LOVE this! <3
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johnnywest
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Post by johnnywest on Oct 3, 2014 15:15:05 GMT -5
I like the acoustic version better. Agreed. Great song! |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 12, 2022 15:03:16 GMT -5
Pretty random for A&M to be certifying this in 2022:
DISHWALLA
Title: COUNTING BLUE CARS
Certification Date: March 10, 2022
Label: A&M
Format: SINGLE
Gold
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