Which one?

A strange thought crossed my mind the other day. Why do I not have John Owen Jones' CD in my library? Well, he is on the CD with the touring cast of Les Miserables, as Valjean. You can buy it on iTunes, which I do recommend you do. http://itunes.apple.com/no/artist/les-miserables-live-cast/id390322614. Therefore it was about time to buy his solo album, where he sings a lot of different songs. One song is of course Music of the Night, since he has played in Phantom and is currently in that show. There is another singer, Colm Wilkinson, that has been in the role of the Phantom and released a CD. He too has Music of the Night on his CD. Wilkinson his regarded as one of the best and would have been the first to play in Phantom if he did not play in Les Miserables at the time Phantom had its premiere. It is impossible to choose one or the other as the favorite since "Jojo" and Colm sing the song so differently. Where as Colm sounds a bit rough, ruthless and violent, Jones sings the song as the Phantom would be a romantic and misunderstood person. So who do you favor?



I could not find Colm's CD version, so this will have to do:


Wilkinson's CD: http://itunes.apple.com/no/album/broadway-and-beyond-the-concert/id353808313
Jones' CD: http://itunes.apple.com/no/album/john-owen-jones/id343389277