In reply to Princess Jasmine (The Real Jasmine).

@JOHNVIDAL I looked up that Celine Dion cover of "Natural Woman" you label as "UNBELIEVABLE". Sorry but I respectfully disagree with you here. This is simply a matter of personal taste but to me Celine's voice lacks natural SOUL. Yes, she can sing loud and carry rifts but there is a natural soulful sound that oozes out of people like Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, Patti Labelle, Luther Vandross, Fantasia, etc that Celine never had. I just finished listening to Celine's version of the song and then I listened to Aretha Franklin's original version of the song and there is no way in hell that Celine "outperformed and outwon" Aretha Franklin's original version:

Celine's version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcJ9_KuIIz8

Aretha's 1967 original version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEWuAcMWDLY

Aretha and Celine singing the song live in 1997 when Celine was in her prime and Aretha was already towards the end of her long career:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lstk0Xe8sdg

The video evidence clearly shows Aretha's version is better both in the studio and live. Aretha made Celine sound like a background singer on the live version.

Similarly, Luther Vandross made 98 Degrees and Usher sound like background singers on a live tribute to Michael Jackson. When you have natural soul that oozes out of you that is what SOUL music means to me and really what soul music is all about. If the SOUL is not oozing out of your naturally then you are just making manufactored soul music (Celine).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKyqvJq6uo