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Can you guys and ladies tell me which version You like more?

I personally like the original. NO one can sing it like the original!!!

What do you you guys think?

Mutts

muttley said:

Ooh...I'll have to go with the original but I cant get enough of Hudson's either!!!!

peace

I still love the emotion of Holliday's performance. When I first heard it, I thought she had gotten dumped by her boyfriend or something ! I had no idea that it was from a play!

I was only 12 though...

Mutts

Definitely Jennifer Holliday

Holliday. You can't recreate that. Hudson gives it a good shot tho.

Holiday, to listen to...Hudson, to watch...

I'll go with the original. Like Sade said, "Its never as good as the first time".

Holiday....


I made my daughter go on youtube so she could see Jennifer Holidays version. She was like...OMGOSH!

The young J.H does the song well though.....definitely.

Holliday over Hudson, although I have to admit I prefer Tamyra Gray's cover most of all

Jennifer Holliday

I saw the YouTube clip and the song just touched me.....I almost started crying. I wish I was old enough to have seen the play on Broadway.

sosgemini said:

co-sign

holliday's vocals are amazing and hudson's performance was incredible. i'd still have to go with jennifer holliday, though.

sallysassalot said:

She's a literal monster with that song.

SHE

IS

FEELIN

IT

BIG

TIME!



My vote goes to Holiday as well and thank god Beyonce didn't get to sing that song

Hudson's is very cool,
but no way does it compare to Holliday's.

Illustrator said:

It would be a duplicate compared to how Bouncy would have fucked it up

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It's funny,
cuz I always thought this was one song that no one could ever match so why even try?
Hudson's version only works when viewed in the context of the film.
Whenever I hear the song on the radio,
I don't think it's bad,
but I do think to myself,
if I'm going to listen to it,
I wanna hear the amazing/Holliday version of it.

I think I was the only one in the theater when I saw Dreamgirls who had NEVER heard the Jennifer Holliday song before. I didn't even know Dreamgirls was old material, heh. I had never heard of it before. I thought it was all knew.

So I loved Jennifer Hudson in the film, and heard the original after the fact.

Comparing the two, I have to say Jennifer Holliday's is better... there is just something astonishing about it. Great heart and soul.

But Jennifer Hudson's is amazing as well... she MADE the movie.

I love both Hoillday and Hudson's version of the song but my vote for for Holliday.
[Edited 1/18/07 17:46pm]

Jennifer Hudson did it beautifully, but Jennifer Holliday's performance of that song is legend. Who said they prefer Tamyra Gray's cover over all others?

And it's HoLLiday. Two LL's

Holliday.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I said it, so put your hammer away (Maxwell?)! First of all, I'm in love with Tamyra, so that explains a lot of it. She also did it extremely well. Finally, while I think all three versions are great, I have to admit I've never been that fond of the song. IMO, it's always been more of a great performance or vocal showcase than a great song.


You'll notice I had it right.

Actually I like this dudes.http://www.youtube.com/wa...W898PqcTTE

RipHer2Shreds said:

i bet you five bucks, its probably really with one L and it was changed in her 'stardom'.

AlexdeParis said:

I was too lazy to scroll back up and see who it was. I shoulda known cuz we disagree often. I like Tamyra. I even bought her album. I just thought her version of this song was okay. Yes, I noticed your spelling.

Hudson. She now OWNS that song. Incredible performance.

Oh, you're talking about the song "And I'm Telling You, I'm Not Going". Jennifer Holliday by FAR. Jennifer does some screaming on that song and it sounds natural and unstaged. This new heffer sounds like she's singing in a white church.

vainandy said:

I have to wonder if she intentionally toned it down out of respect? This girl can blow down, not quite like Jennifer but she blows Bouncy out of the water.

All these wenches sing that way these days....in those damn amateur "American Idol" sounding voices. There's no good screamers these days.