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Hangin Around (Part 2) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Counting Crows
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music
Buy Used: $45.02
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 348957
Format: Single, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 606949718428
EAN: 0606949718428
ASIN: B000034CTY
Release Date: December 7, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Hangin Around | | • | Baby, I'm A Big Star Now | | • | Omaha (live) |
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Album Description
1999 single from the hit American alternative rock/ pop group, the first from their 1999 album 'This Desert Life'. Pt.2 is backed with two previously unreleased non-album tracks, 'Baby, I'm A Big Star Now' and a live version of 'Omaha' recorded on August 17th, 1999 at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. Slimline jewel case. 1999 release.
Album Details
Includes Exclusive Tracks: 'I'M A Big Star Now' & 'Omaha (Live)'.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Reality, people June 15, 2002
Ben (Nashville, TN United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It seems weird to me that so many people bought this (or claimed to) expecting it to blow them away because it was expensive. It is an IMPORT!! That means it is going to cost more. It is rare. The band didn't even play Omaha live after the August tour for years, and I hadn't heard it live until this May--except on this CD. Baby I'm a Big Star Now should have been on TDL, but it wasn't, and the only reason that it got released on this single is so that people would start circulating that version on the file-sharing programs, because the available version was horrid quality-wise, and there wasn't anything better to stick on a 2nd single. It's a great song, however, and this recording actually does it justice. All imports are [expensive], anyway
Great if you're a fan... May 23, 2001
Me
The Counting Crows have never been known for putting out new songs as B-Sides to their singles, but this one is obviously an exception. Baby, I'm A Big Star Now is indeed a brand new non-album track, and it is actually quite good. If you found yourself disappointed by the lack of upbeat material on This Desert Life, this is the exact song for you... and if you're a fan, you will not be disappointed. The live version of Omaha, however, is nothing to write home about, just a nice little live song that was previously available on August And Everything After, and thus makes this single less attractive to me. In the end, you should get this single only if you already own and love This Desert Life (and if you don't own it yet, I highly advise that you pick it up). If you're looking for great live songs, however, you'll probably do better with Hanginaround pt.1
2 super songs and a fabulous live performance... December 21, 1999
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recommande all people to buy this cd. My beautiful brother helped me to buy it. I 'm reconnaissant envers him
 Where's the new music? (Pig in a Poke, pt 2) November 30, 1999
Coco Pazzo
Like Hanging Around Pt 1 (IMPORT), Pt.2 asks a lot of CountingCrows fans-- namely fork over [the money] for a CD that contains only three tracks, and only one of them is previously unavailable. You get all of three tracks--the title song, "Baby I'm a Big Star," and "Omaha." Are these great songs, you go around hummmin' (like Mr. Jones, Einstein on the Beach, etc.) or filler? Well, let's put it this way-- can you recite the lyrics or melodies to any of them? If you can, and you want yet another version, step right up. But if you want something new, different, exciting-- even if it reminds you a great deal of stuff you've heard before BUT even better-- then look elsewhere. This is more than a sophomore slump-- this is recycling stuff you've done before and attempting to pass it off as deserving. Call this (and Import #1) "Outtakes and C Sides for the True Fanatics" and it would be okay. To sell it for this price-- well, as they used to say on American Bandstand, "The lyrics were so-so, and the music didn't knock me out. The kids looked like they were going through the motions. I'd give it a 75." Maybe next time the Crows will try to be Big Stars.
 For Serious Fans ONLY November 25, 1999
If you gotta have everything ever recorded by the Crows, andyou don't mind paying bucks for three songs, none not available elsewhere, then buddy, they saw you coming a mile away. But nothing here equals August & Everything or the hard to find Einstein on the Beach. Downhill since stardom? Some call it essential, others call it a ripoff. Maybe if it were packaged WITH #2, it might be worth it. But it's a yawner.
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