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Old 12-22-2008, 05:16 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by right-track View Post
She sounds nothing like Carey.

Cohen sings it with feeling.
Buckley barely sings it with any feeling whatsoever.
Burke sings it with heart and soul. And vocally this is the best version there is.

Now I hate myself.
What I mean is the style in which she sings it. It just sounds far too big and too powerful. X factor bias aside for a moment it is the opposite of the reason I like the song to begin with. It always sounded best when done in a very intimate way to me. The smaller the better.
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