well...i was sitting with these 2 other local muscians i knew from open mics over dinner...and we're just chattin abt the local bands...then out of the blue mentioned that there're these 2 bands...Midnight Special and Lame As Me that actually do a cover of the same song in the same show...and apparently the song is called 'Dark Side of the Road'!!! i was like 'Wat the Hell'! first of all i have never heard of these 2 bands thou i suspect i might know one of their guitarist...and i certainly had never heard of them askin me for permission to play my song...i mean, on one hand it's really flattering...but on the other hand i feel taken advantage of...if they were to ask me i'd most probably say yes...it's just tat the fact tat i'm kept in shadow tat realli bothers me...anyway...wat's done cant be undone...i really wish one of these days i'd have the determination to actually record a serious full album...before i find my own songs appearin in other bands album (which has already occurred for one of them apparently)...
anyway, i wonder if the bands are a big fan of Bob Dylan...cos 'Dark side of the road' sounds realli familiar to Dylan's 'Don't think twice it's alrite'...i will say i definitely have no intention of copyin dylan when i wrote 'dark side'...but subsconsciously i might have done just tat...since i was listenin to Dylan practcally everyday durin tat period when i wrote it...i guess the most impt thing is sincerity..and i realli meant and felt the way the lyrics go at the moment when i wrote the song...i wonder wat if Dylan would think if he were to hear my song...he'd probably feel cheated, more so than the way i'm feelin a while ago...
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