ohsherrie wrote:Allison Krauss's voice is incredibly beautiful and Asshole Waite should feel privileged to have her sing with a voice as mediocre as his.

Surprising coming from someone who values feeling and passionate vocals more than a pure voice angelic voice...or does that just apply to Perry, in regards to his lexcusing his later voice...Waite sings with more angst and desperation and woe is me than even Perry, I've always thought his Masterpiece of Loneliness could apply as much to Perry as to himself, what with the loss of everyone close to him that we've ever heard about. Waite never had the ability of a Perry but his phrasing and feeling are second to none in my opinion. As for the asshole comment, he has been as hard or harder than Perry for the J guys to work with, and seems to have a chip on his shoulder regarding the way his career has gone.
I pretty much agree with your assessment of When I See You Smile though, hard to believe he wanted that song to be recorded by BE, #1 not withstanding, as he didn't seem as sincere in that one as usual, shouldn't have been done and really stuck in Jon and Neal's craw.