Simple Man

pj_zombie

I realize there are some Shinedown haters out there so if that's you please don't reply to this topic. I know all your complaints like how he loves the sound of his own voice so we don't need to hear them again. Hell, I love the sound of his voice too and will be seeing them in a week and a half. Anyways, I'm posting this for those that may like his voice or maybe do not know how they sound live. It's from their Live DVD and personally one of my favorite live performances because there's so much passion. He's my second favorite vocalist behind only Eddie Vedder and half of that is because he is passionate about music. I also know they aren't like all those other post-grunge bands out there as they took some risks on their second album, which was my favorite album of last year. Making a 7+ minute song filled with an awesome guitar solo doesn't happen often in today's music. Everything is a typical structure and time, or at least on the radio. Anyways, he dedicates this performance of Simple Man to Dimebag Darrell, who was a good friend of the band's. If you don't want to hear him talking then skip ahead to the 2:00 mark where it begins. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2l8O1JUrRo

pj_zombie

Bump.

applenut

Wow that sucked.

Leave the simple man covers to Gov't Mule.

This band blows on the other hand.

pjalive21

EDIT::::thanks for the youtube of this song!!!


Shinedown is a HELL OF A BAND...

i saw them live for the first time in the Northeast last year and here in St. Louis a few weeks back and any haters to this band need to get their hearing checked

this guy has a great voice and the band is tight....granted they overplayed Simple Man on the radio, but i thought his version was just as good, if not better than Skynards

45 is a hell of a song!! IMO there wasnt one bad song on the first album and ive only heard a few songs on the new one so i cant say too much

if you havent checked them out you should do so

i am a poon

i love this song, 45 is also good

Jellyrolls

The deftones have a better version of simple man

i am a poon

that wasnt that great sounding, but when was the last time eddie put that much emotion into a song

pj_zombie

i am a poon wrote:

that wasnt that great sounding, but when was the last time eddie put that much emotion into a song

Anytime he sings Black. Maybe not as much as with Brent here but he does have a lot of passion, no denying that. Another song off that DVD where Brent really sings with passion is Burning Bright(great song). I'll see if I can find a youtube of it.

pjalive21: Get Us And Them quickly. I thought it was the best album of last year. The lead guitarist just broke loose and they really have some amazing songs on it. I think it blows away their first CD.

Echoes

their acoustic version was pretty good but I still think they are a pretty shitty band

AxlUlrich

Jellyrolls wrote:

The deftones have a better version of simple man

yes!
you're absolutely right!
that cover on the b-sides and rarities album was the stand out track for me

spat

wow that was amazing. that guy has a set of vocals on him, i don't see how anyone can say it sucks. i'll have to check out the deftones version but i can't picture them doing it better, i love the deftones but with all due respect i dont picture chino as a "singer", i mean he either does the heavy whisper thing or screams. anyway i'll still have to check it out.

AxlUlrich

spat wrote:

i'll have to check out the deftones version but i can't picture them doing it better, i love the deftones but with all due respect i dont picture chino as a "singer", i mean he either does the heavy whisper thing or screams. anyway i'll still have to check it out.

I'm not a fan of Chino's vocals too but the Deftones version is really good..do check it out

thecrackedjack

Jellyrolls wrote:

The deftones have a better version of simple man

I disagree, I like the Deftones but really Chino doesn't the the right type of voice to sing something like that. I thought it was pretty awful personally.

pjalive21

pj_zombie wrote:

pjalive21: Get Us And Them quickly. I thought it was the best album of last year. The lead guitarist just broke loose and they really have some amazing songs on it. I think it blows away their first CD.

yeah im going to have to do that for sure...thanks


deftones version is good for sure but Brent is more fit for singing that song, but a kudos to Chino...

Collin

He looks like my uncle.

If you want to see some emotional singing, check out NIN; hurt, any live version.

pj_zombie

I think Brent is fit for this type of song because he's voice has a southern rock/classic rock type feel to it. I hope to see them continue to mature for whenever the third album comes about and in particular I want to see them do more material like Lady So Devine. That is, breaking from the mold of the industry more and create unique songs with no formula. If they do that Brent's voice and Jasin's guitar work can carry them far.