A Hazy Shade of Winter song as "one of [Simon and Garfunkel's] best songs, and certainly one of the toughest and more rock-oriented". In 1987, the Bangles were approached to record a song for the soundtrack of the film "Less Than Zero". They chose to record a cover of "A Hazy Shade of Winter", which they had been performing live since at least as far back as March 1983. Their cover, simply titled "Hazy Shade of Winter", was a harder-edged rock song that removed most of the bridge section. The record, like the rest of the soundtrack album, was produced by Rick Rubin. After a
Made in the Shade (song) Made in the Shade (song) "Made in the Shade" is a song by southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was recorded in 1974 and was released on the band's third album, "Nuthin' Fancy". It was written by Ronnie Van Zant. The song starts with Ronnie Van Zant saying "Well when I was a young-un they used to teach me to play music like this here..." The song then begins with a classic blues sound, and the lyrics refer to an ungrateful girl in a relationship. A notable cover of this song was released by Hank Williams, Jr., in February,