Yup. It also just sounded like Chapman’s version in a different key. He added nothing to the song. Think about what Johnny Cash did to “Hurt” or Whitney did to “I will always love you,” and Luke’s miss is glaring.
Very good. You gave two excellent examples of taking a cover way past the original. I’ll add two, Jimi’s “All Along The Watchtower” and Manford Manns
“Blinded by the Light”.