Exactly this. It also lacks the gravity of an entire concept album preceding it and two minutes of static death sounds at the end. It's a sanitized cover of a song that shouldn't be sanitized.

I think it's similar, I think the thorns are the pain of regret that he wears for all that he has done. The crown of shit is similar in that it's worthless, he's a king of nothing.

He absolutely did and it's an unpopular opinion because you're positing that a song man who'd been in the business for 50 years couldn't understand the meaning.

He changed the line because of his faith, mostly.

As a bonus, his version is way easier to play on guitar.

Don't look up something like all along the watch tower...

Written by Dylan and performed by Hendrix.

Narrator: it was not.

Said this before on this platform, opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. It's your opinion that you think Johnny's version is better.

I like both versions of the song. They have a different delivery.

I still prefer Kermit's version.

That’s only because the US version of Further Down does not contain the live version, which is the best version.

There's a lot of those. Patti Smith's "Because the Night" is better than Bruce Springsteen's performance of the same. Leonard Cohen has a voice that's something of an acquired taste, so most people prefer Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah".

Patti Smith also had an excellent version of "Teen Spirit", but it's more of a different take than better, I'd say.