# Song ID

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 14, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384 "2004-06-14T23:20:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384/1 "2004-06-14T23:20:13Z")

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Here is the refrain, or at least as much as I can remember.

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> So son just be a simple kind of man  
> The kind you can love and understand

That’s all I can remember. It was just a guy singing over an acoustic guitar, and it was on one of those stations that plays classic and modern rock, so I have no idea if it’s new or really old. Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384/2 "2004-06-14T23:22:08Z")

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That would be “Simple Kind of Man” by Lynnard Skynnard. One of my faves.

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**Author:** ![arachnidlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arachnidlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arachnidlove)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384/3 "2004-06-14T23:24:56Z")

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Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

A band called Shine Down recently did a cover of it recently.  
Its just the singer and his guitar during that version.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384/4 "2004-06-15T01:52:54Z")

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Thanks to both of you. The cover might be what I heard, but I’ll definately have to check out the original as well.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384/5 "2004-06-15T03:30:27Z")

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> [@Lord Ashtar](#):
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> Thanks to both of you. The cover might be what I heard, but I’ll definately have to check out the original as well.

If you’re a casual Skynyrd fan, [this collection](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000ADJX/qid=1087270058/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/102-1615585-6783344?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) is well worth picking up.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id/250384/6 "2004-06-15T14:45:29Z")

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Thanks, **ultrafilter**. That collection looks promising.