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Different Drummer

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3. My point exactly regarding "Simple Man."

Reply to Redleg (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 31, 2023, 09:54 PM

Oct 2023

What amuses me is when a group covers a song that sucked in the original. Of course this is highly subjective, but I always laugh when a song I think sucked the first time around gets covered by someone else. The cover usually sucks too.

Exactly my point with "Simple Man." I never liked the Lynyrd Skynyrd original and the Shinedown cover was not an improvement on it, imo.

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Are there any songs for which you like neither the original or any covers? [View all] Different Drummer Oct 2023 OP

Two fairly recent ones TlalocW Oct 2023 #1

I have heard some crappy covers of some "classic rock" songs Redleg Oct 2023 #2

My point exactly regarding "Simple Man." Different Drummer Oct 2023 #3

I'll have to look for this one on Youtube Redleg Oct 2023 #5

I like Shinedown, but covering a song that originally sucked... Different Drummer Nov 2023 #7

Knockin' on heaven's door WestMichRad Oct 2023 #4

I am kind of mixed on this Redleg Oct 2023 #6

Granted, it isn't Dylan's best work. Different Drummer Nov 2023 #8