I'm always curious when someone decides to cover a song that is ubiquitous in popular culture. I can think of very few examples that are better than Whitney Houston's take on "I Will Always Love You." I hope you'll agree with me that her approach is pretty damn awful. In case you weren't aware, that song was penned by and originally recorded by Dolly Parton. I've never been too keen on Dolly's take, either. She sings most of the life out of it.

So the other week I picked up a copy of "Just Because I'm a Woman - The Songs of Dolly Parton." It's a pretty decent tribute album. I bought it for the Shelby Lynne content. It also features Melissa Etheridge covering the aforementioned "I Will Always Love You." I'm not a huge Etheridge fan, I think she's pretty much a one trick artist. However, I have to say that I was actually moved by her cover. It's not brilliant, but it's not as horrible as I would have thought.

So wipe away all your preconceived listenings of Whitney and see how a song can be transformed in the right hands. (right click, save target as)

Oh, that's probably not dial-up friendly. I encoded it really high. It's just over seven meg. Sorry!