Round 1: "I Will Always..." vs "Stairway To Heaven" *CLOSED*

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Round 1: Best Covered Song?

Poll ended at February 3 17, 9:06 pm

"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, originally performed by Dolly Parton
13
54%
"Stairway To Heaven" by Heart, originally performed by Led Zeppelin
11
46%
 
Total votes: 24

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Round 1: "I Will Always..." vs "Stairway To Heaven" *CLOSED*

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http://challonge.com/grb_cover_tourney has all the tourney info.

Round 1:

tothebeach08's "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston


wart57's "Stairway To Heaven" by Heart
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Whitney sure had some pipes.

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Man, two powerhouse songs here.

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Seriously tough call here. Both are so well done.

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It's really hard to go against Whitney, but Heart seriously just blew my mind. That was phenomenal.

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That was a pretty rad cover of Stairway. I had to go with it.

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Radbird wrote:It's really hard to go against Whitney, but Heart seriously just blew my mind. That was phenomenal.
same here.

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Heart brought tears to the eyes of Page and Plant. How can you not vote for that?? Just sayin.

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GeddyWrox wrote:Heart brought tears to the eyes of Page and Plant. How can you not vote for that?? Just sayin.
Yep. Almost verbatim what I said on FB when posting this after seeing it for the first time a year or two ago. Whitney had the pipes, and it's definitely the best selling cover ever. But Ann. My gosh, Ann.

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