Helen, I'm with you. In the case of Bobby the Zee, I do like many of his songs done by other people - my current favourite is the Clements Brothers’ version of ‘You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go’ (from ‘Blood on the Tracks’), which I’ve learnt and added to my own repertoire recently.

The Clements Brothers, ‘You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go’.

Dylan’s own versions of his songs seldom do anything for me, but his talent as a songwriter amazes me.

And I’m probably setting myself up for lynching here, but I dislike everything of Leonard Cohen’s intensely - both the songs themselves (boring, or miserable, or both) and every version of them I’ve ever heard, especially LC’s own tuneless droning. But hey, it’s ‘to each, his (or her) own’ and, if others enjoy his stuff, that’s fine - just don’t ask me to join you!

And I still love The Platters!