L S…..saw them sing it in 1976….Ronnie Van Zant was awesome.
flash
January 14, 2015 6:25 am
suckdown poseurs..phhhtttt…..no contest…Barefoot Ronnie paid his dues thus the passion behind the art.
IndenturedServant
January 14, 2015 6:58 am
Lynyrd Skynyrd wins hands down! I was actually disappointed the other day when I heard the Shinedown version. No one should even attempt to do Skynyrd covers pre 1977. You cannot improve on perfection and from 73-77 these guys were perfect!
Listening to old Skynyrd tunes is the ONLY thing that makes me want to return to the south. Swamp Music, Down South Jukin’, Georgia Peaches, Mr. Banker, Don’t Ask Me No Questions………….these guys captured the very essence of the south in lyrics, music and feeling.
I’d have loved to have seen them live but their plane crashed before I was old enough to attend rock concerts. The re-formed Skynyrd was ok but never the same.
Kyle W.
January 14, 2015 10:28 am
Oh, come on y’all. Shinedown did a pretty damn good cover… with LS still taking the cake. But with everything going on in the world, this is the song to listen to:
I love both. Both bring back certain times in my life. Music has been my personal soundtrack that I can recall.
The LS version reminds me of my factory job (while attending college), and the loss of a great guy to suicide. I have carried the image of him sitting at his machine, oblivious to the fact I was watching, and soulfully singing Simple Man. Sadly he chose to leave us a couple years later.
The Shinedown version was comforting throughout the early aughts, It was part of the soundtrack of my divorce and depression.
While I truly love the song, most of the time when I hear either version it brings me to tears.
Now that is music. Touches the soul.
Neither does it “better,” they both do it their own way, and I like it.
LS all the way.
I like Shinedown for other songs they perform.
Skynyrd.
Is there another choice?
Hard to beat the original.
L S…..saw them sing it in 1976….Ronnie Van Zant was awesome.
suckdown poseurs..phhhtttt…..no contest…Barefoot Ronnie paid his dues thus the passion behind the art.
Lynyrd Skynyrd wins hands down! I was actually disappointed the other day when I heard the Shinedown version. No one should even attempt to do Skynyrd covers pre 1977. You cannot improve on perfection and from 73-77 these guys were perfect!
Listening to old Skynyrd tunes is the ONLY thing that makes me want to return to the south. Swamp Music, Down South Jukin’, Georgia Peaches, Mr. Banker, Don’t Ask Me No Questions………….these guys captured the very essence of the south in lyrics, music and feeling.
I’d have loved to have seen them live but their plane crashed before I was old enough to attend rock concerts. The re-formed Skynyrd was ok but never the same.
Oh, come on y’all. Shinedown did a pretty damn good cover… with LS still taking the cake. But with everything going on in the world, this is the song to listen to:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNbTdLfBwQ&w=420&h=315%5D
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpzNZQN7hwE&w=420&h=315%5D
I love both. Both bring back certain times in my life. Music has been my personal soundtrack that I can recall.
The LS version reminds me of my factory job (while attending college), and the loss of a great guy to suicide. I have carried the image of him sitting at his machine, oblivious to the fact I was watching, and soulfully singing Simple Man. Sadly he chose to leave us a couple years later.
The Shinedown version was comforting throughout the early aughts, It was part of the soundtrack of my divorce and depression.
While I truly love the song, most of the time when I hear either version it brings me to tears.
Now that is music. Touches the soul.
Neither does it “better,” they both do it their own way, and I like it.