[James]

Originally posted by Red Moon

It isn't Davids version though so i dont see the difference between that any other arrangement?

Until David sung the song it was a little know version of the Billie Jean and then suddenly it was known to millions of Americans and people around the world that watched American Idol. So in away he did make it his own. He brought it to mass attention. What helped make it sound distinctive when David sang it was the type of voice he has which was perfectly suited to that version of the song.

Austin's version was no more than a good karaoke copy of the song. He didn't make it his own and he doesn't have the right type of voice to pull it off. His voice is too pure.

So it was okay, maybe good, but it wasn't the best version of the song or the best song of the night. [/quote]

Yeah, when I watched the American Idol version of Chris Cornell's arrangement of the original I thought... a lot better.

This X Factor performance was a copy of a copy of a copy.