"the song sounded less cheesy when Kris sang it"Yes! That. I don't know how or why but it sounded less wrong coming from Kris. I heard it like this: Kris probably looked at it and tried to equate it with something that he feels. "This song is crap. Let me make it mean this instead of just a bunch of fluffy words oddly arranged." Adam probably looked at it and tried to figure out how to Adamize it with vocal gymnastics... which I obviously appreciate coming from him. "This song is crap. These words mean nothing. Let me sing it so well that nobody even cares about the words."
And that also sums up why I know I will buy a Kris album and why I will probably have to listen to Adam's first.
So, yes. Less cheesy is a perfect way to describe it. I'll happily sit with you.