Counting Crows cover The Undertones

As the Counting Crows get ready for their brace of Irish dates, Adam Duritz has been telling Hotpress.com that they’ve been asked by the makers of a new Undertones documentary to cover ‘Teenage Kicks’ .
“My tour manager – Jimmy Doherty, who’s from Cork – wrote me an email yesterday,” he explains. “It’s been 30 years since The Undertones’ first album, and they’re making a documentary film and they want Counting Crows to record a version of ‘Teenage Kicks’, which blew my mind. I couldn’t believe they asked us. I’m totally chuffed, as you guys would say! I’m a little intimidated though, because I have to sing something Feargal Sharkey sang, but I think I’ll get over that and do it our own way. It’s one of the best songs ever. I was a little nervous when I first heard the news, but then I was talking to Gemma Hayes about it and I said ‘I’m not a teenager anymore’ and she said ‘it’s not about being a teenager, man – it’s about life. It’s not like you’ve grown up anyway – just sing the damn song.’”