Yeah, Nilsson's "Ken Lee" will always be <span style="font-style: italic">the</span> definitive version for me too.
But I have to say that Ann Wilson also does a fine job with it.
Carey? Well, I think her voice is nice. But I never care for her interpretations.
Michelangelo said that his job as a sculptor was not to create something from stone, but to reveal what was held within it. I think a lot of today's artists feel their job is to show off their hammer and how hard they can whack everything with it.
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