Whoever sings this it’s absolutely beautiful…one of the best songs ever..

I actually have now listened to this alot. Loved Linda's but now love this. His voice is really great - didn't appreciate at first. Great that song can have different approaches - this is more mournful, which also works, at least with me. If you hate this, love Linda's, fine. Just appreciate that its subjective. People, thank God, are different and listen to different drums.

I like this version. December 10, 2021. GodSpeed Michael

Thank you Logo, awfully sad to see you go. May you shine where it matters the most.

I appreciate this song, and I thank them for recording it....cuz without this recording then Linda and the ponys would have never heard it and covered this song from an unknown songwriter. So love it or hate it if you appreciate Linda's career this is the first step into the record selling limelight. Linda does do the song some serious justice, but then again she did almost every song she covered better then the original. We love you Linda.

I never knew this version existed until today. Thanks for the music Mike.

So many different versions of this great song and each of them has its merits. This is a good version too.

Saw them in Philadelphia in 1967 Great show

out standing. johnny hearld had the finest voice in bluegrass, city or country bluegrass

Real folksy sound. I remember folk music was big during that era. ie. Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, etc.

I’ve always kinda liked to read Linda’s articles and interviews. She talked about being a fan John herald’s vocal style, seeming Cajun? I dig She’s showed me so many artists 🤍

Wow! This is how it should be done! I'll never listen to the Stone Poneys version again.

This was composed by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees in 1964.

Saw them in 1966 at the second frat in Philadelphia

I like this a lot, along with Linda's, Mike's, and Maya Burns versions.

I loved the Greenbrier Boys. In the 60's I played this song over and over. Some of the comments here say this song is terrible. But to those folks I say you are not a fan of early bluegrass music. Bluegrass music has changed a lot in the last 50 years. I'm guessing that if Alison Krauss recorded Different Drum, everyone would love her version. Mike Nesmith, who wrote the song, is closer to the Greenbrier Boys version than Linda Ronstadt s version. BTW, Linda hated her version of the song. Regardless, Nesmith's song lives in history. RIP Michael Nesmith.

I have really got to like this version. It is very much how Mike did it himself.

Thank God for Ronstadt version.

Três versões fantásticas: Mike Nesmith, Greenbriar Boys e a imbatível com Stone Poneys.

I think to say that Linda improved this song is the UNDERSTATEMENT of the year!!

RIP Nez

This is actually the definitive arrangement, which Linda followed, rather than the original

In bluegrass circles these guys were quite the innovators for their time. Before bluegrass crossover and Pete Wernick's ululating became a thing, these guys were digging up young Texas songwriters. And Frank Wakefield's mandolin improvisations were getting jazzy. We used to here them in upstate New York. They sounded better live or on LP better than streaming on a smartphone.

The great John Herald singing lead. I like Mike's version and Linda's version, too.

Good Lord....leave this one for Linda. 😏

This is more like the way Nez sang it.

Listening to this is like that dream where you are trying to run away from a monster-but can't run fast enough!

Nez's version is the best

The “Greenies” were great musicians; Linda or no. You can’t see the forest for the trees, Dan Phillips, which is a real shame.

Mike wrote this in 1965 and couldn't seem to get anyone to record him performing it. It was then placed with the Greenbriar Boys and as we know later with Linda Ronstadt et. al. Mike tried to get the Monkee's producers interested in it, but they said "it's not a Monkees' song." Mike replied "But *I* am a Monkee." Mike did a few one-off shows on the Left Coast back in 68-69 when not engaged with the band and he was great singing songs that others made memorable for him.

The male version makes the line "I ain't sayin' you ain't pretty" more believable. Her version also disdains "a boy who wants to love only me." Women endorsing infidelity! Exceedingly before her time!

Like it but love Linda better.

Dude on the right looks like he could be Brad Pitts father.

OMG IF THERE WAS AN EMOGI FOR A DOG 🐕 HOWLING THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO USE IT... THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT AN ENORMOUS TALENT LINDA RONSTADT IS... IF MISS RONSTADT DIDNT REDO THIS SONG IN HER OWN TREMENDOUS TALENTED WAY DIFFERENT DRUM WOULD BE THROWN TO SCRAP HEAP OF SONGS FORGOTTEN.

SO inferior is this version! maybe Hank would've made this work.

Nope 🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄

Horrific

Not very good. Even if I try to forget the Stone Pony version, it just doesn't sound very good on its own merit. It's not terrible and he's not a bad singer, but this song is just not very good.