I talked to people afterwards, and the only person who raised anything along these lines said something like “I could tell that you’d changed some things, but didn’t have trouble singing it”.
I suspect we didn’t actually have anyone in our group of 35 or so at the event in the category you’re describing, people who really thoroughly knew the original song. My guess, however, is that if we did have someone like that they would likely also be musically talented enough that they would be able to pick the adapted version up.
I talked to people afterwards, and the only person who raised anything along these lines said something like “I could tell that you’d changed some things, but didn’t have trouble singing it”.
I suspect we didn’t actually have anyone in our group of 35 or so at the event in the category you’re describing, people who really thoroughly knew the original song. My guess, however, is that if we did have someone like that they would likely also be musically talented enough that they would be able to pick the adapted version up.