Whitney Vs Dolly

It's been a week, to be sure.
Whitney Houston is still dead, and likely will remain that way while the media fawns over her memory and final rites.
I was never a Whitney fan. She came about in the 80's, when my mind was elsewhere and though I have heard many of her songs it just wasn't my 'stuff', ya know what I'm saying?
That... and anything I was listening to never made it to the Grammys anyway. "Grammy Winner" as a title/descriptive has always been a non-starter for me. Irrelevant. That leaves Whitney and I miles apart as far as appreciation goes.
I'm not saying she didn't have obvious talent. I'm just that saying whatever she had didn't matter as far as I am concerned.
That said...
It's no secret that our national anthem has got to be the biggest bitch of a song to sing, yet she delivered like nobody else can.
Check it: anybody who could sing The Star Spangled Banner like she did deserves a place in American history. Maybe even her face on a postage stamp.

Hell, forget the fucking stamp. Toss that Indian girl and put Whitney's mug on the next Dollar coin.
You got my vote.
Can I get a "Hell yeah!" for that? (if not yer a racist, so fuck off.)

So what's the burr in my saddle? I'm gonna tell ya.
Throughout the 'Whitney' tributes I keep hearing the same damned song. It's not even her song. It's a frickin cover.
Sure, give Whitney her props and all that.... But let us not forget, that song that it appears she is most famous for was first written and sung by a far greater talent than Whitney.
And the original still kicks ass:

No blatant disrespect to Whitney, but face it folks... Dolly is The Shit.
Don't you ever forget it.

Dolly: Singer, songwriter, composer, businessman, gay icon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, still contributing...

Whitney: Singer. Dead.

Add it up.