Honestly now, as I have stated before, you can't and/or won't judge a cover as its own piece or work if you know the original, and especially if you know the original well. And as proof, most of the people here who criticize Here Comes the Sun bring up the original and how it is very different from it brilliance, therefore must pale in comparison. Mentions of his "butchering" of Harrison's are quite common. Maybe the point of doing a cover isn't to judge it on its own (although in Lindsey's case it most always seems to be) but you can't argue that it is so much different and worse than his other solo acoustic stuff, can you? It is very much similar to Red Rover and Big Love and Say Goodbye, Shut Us Down, etc. Me, who is for all practical purposes completely unfamiliar with the original Here Comes the Sun, rate it as some of Lindsey's very best music. If you actually think it is that much different than the aformentioned acoustic songs, don't be shy.
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