Hi, Marty!
I think the artist's original vocal is better than someone else's, too,...and then I go do this! There are some songs where I think a great job was done by both artists: Neil Young and Nicolette Larson on "Lotta Love," Todd Rundgren and England Dan & John Ford Coley on "Love is the Answer." I never did hear Willis Alan Ramsey on "Muskrat Candlelight" (changed to "Muskrat Love" which America did okay with but The Captain & Toenail butchered). Nancy Griffith was undeniably best on her own song, "Love at the Five and Dime." I preferred Bob Dylan to the Byrds on "Tambourine Man" as he had the grit and feeling the song deserved. Paul Simon had the everyman vocals that worked so well for his songs. And Neil Diamond should apologize for recording songs by Joni Mitchell! I never thought of my own vocals as good but there are a few songs I have that I can carry. I'm usually a melody person and I usually write conversational words instead of lyrics but when I come up with a good story it somehow stuns me. A melody has to feel like the story.
Thank you for listening and your comments! I very much like that you dig it!
John