The Syndicate

Kind of apropos the Main Job #2 just now, my current favorite cover.

Original



Cover



Parody (via S~V~S)

Goodness, I didn't know either and loved them both! *votes Massive*

Returning to my Fleetwood-Mac-covered-by-an-Irish-band theme...


Original:




Cover:

Maybe it's just that the original is so well played, but I'll opt for the cover because it's kind of peppy.

Original, The Police; the Cover, from the film Moulin Rouge.

The cover, while well performed, is so similar to the original I'm going to go with the original. Speaking of Pink Floyd, the only song I learned to play on the guitar...

Original, Pink Floyd




Cover, Radiohead

MovingPictures07 wrote:You saw The Residents perform that one live? I am all kinds of jealous right now.\

I saw the Residents, but they didn't perform Satisfaction. Not that I can recall anyway... It was the Wormwood tour; I'll post my favorite number in the what are you listening to now thread.


See, now this is a tough one for me. Can't go wrong either way. I'm going to give the nod to the man in black I guess.


Original, Bee Gees




Cover, Fugees

Going to go Residents here, if only because I saw them perform and not the Stones or DEVO. I will admit, though, that when I was a sprout I thought the DEVO version to be the original.

The original, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory




The cover, Cibo Matto

Good example of a cover that isn't mere derivation. I loved Tears for Fears in my undergraduate days, but I'm going to have to go Jules here. Or Indi vis-a-vis Jules.

Man, I could play this game all day long!


Original; Fleetwood Mac




Cover; The Corrs