Different versions do work differently for him. The canonical example is the Simon and Garfunkel version of "Hazy Shade of Winter" vs. the Bangles' version. The first chills the air and puts little patches of snow and ice on the ground around him. The second gives him ice powers.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.