Danny Gokey vs. Lys Agnes - Which "Dream On" version was worse?

• Lys Agnes' version was worse! (44%, 8 Votes)
• Danny Gokey's version was worse! (33%, 6 Votes)
• All three versions are so bad, I'm now deaf! (22%, 4 Votes)
• Michael Johns' version was worse! (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 18

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It’s an inescapable fact when watching singers perform on the various competition shows on television: Sooner or later, a singer will sing a song that the audience clearly remembers another singer performing. Normally, it’s a song that was done so well, it defined the first singer who sang it. And normally, the comparison is limited to the same show.

But not this time.

Last night’s performance of Aerosmith’s “Dream On” by Lys Agnes on America’s Got Talent invoked many a memory of someone who had sang that song before. Unfortunately for us, the memory was of Danny Gokey, who butchered murdered slaughtered disfigured performed the same song two years ago on American Idol.

So it seems only appropriate that we have a vote to see which version of “Dream On” was worse. And just to be thorough, I thought I would throw in Michael Johns’ version of the song from American Idol as well.

To watch Danny Gokey’s “Dream On” performance from 2009, click here.
To watch Lys Anges’ “Dream On” performance from last night, click here.
To watch Michael Johns’ “Dream On” performance from 2008, click here.

After you’ve watched all three performances, vote in the poll at the top of this blog entry and leave your thoughts in the comments below.

And for the record, THIS is how that song should be sung.

Now THAT’S music.