newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
I don't know about the key point - in this case I think making Karen sing higher on this was to give a more fragile touch to the vocal, which had a purpose for this song. The VOTH vocal is richer for sure, but in this case I don't think that would have been appropriate for what this song needed.
I get that and it does make her vocal a tad more fragile-sounding but will only have added to the argument at the time that the songs were in too high a key. Richard placing her in a lower key almost seems like a dig at the original version.