- Today, we are debating which one's better...
- The cover or the original? - On React Channel! Whoop-wa!
- Wa-wa-wa! Pew pew pew pew! - Pew pew pew!
- 'Splosh. No. - (chuckles)
- This is the original. - This is a hard one, though.
- I was about to say, this is hard to cover.
- Yeah. - (sings along) ♪ Mamaaaaa, oooh ♪
- We did this actually at my school, and we arranged all, like, what?
32 background vocals of it or whatever. - Wow.
- (sings along) ♪ Never been born at all ♪
- 'Cause I'm sorry, this is one of those
where it's like, "This is a song you can't touch."
- Yup. - ♪ See a little ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Silhouetto of a man ♪
♪ Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango?! ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Thunderbolts and lightning ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Very, very frightening me ♪
- I am a...slut for Freddie Mercury. - Ooh, that's hot. Yeah.
- Thank you. - Wayne's World.
- (React) Oh, duh. - Yeah.
- And the Muppets also did one. - You don't touch Whitney Houston.
You don't touch Michael Jackson. - No.
- These legend stuff, it's really hard to outdo.
- ♪ I don't wanna die ♪ - Oh! Brendon Urie!
- (React) Yeah.
- Is this Panic? - That's Panic. That's Panic.
- I've seen so many clips of him performing this
and going ♪ Never been born ahHhH ♪
- I remember hearing about this. - ♪ Silhouetto of a man ♪
♪ Scaramouch, Scaramouch ♪ - I like his tone on this song too.
- He has a very high range too. Wait.
- ♪ Very, very frightening me ♪ - ♪ Galileo ♪
- Oh yeah. - I think he probably thought
he ate because he does kind of have that Freddie Mercury-esque to him
with the falsettos and stuff, but he did not eat.
- We had some vibrato in that. - I would've loved being there
at the that concert, being like, "Oh, hell yes."
- Honestly. Iconic. - But, like...
- But to say which is better, there's a simple answer.
- Original. - (React) Okay. Jillian?
- Yeah, i would say original. - It should be illegal
to cover this song. And also, Brendon Urie
just needs to go to the retirement home already.
- Woo-hoo! Snap! - Would you have lost your mind more
if you watched Queen do it live?
- Well, that would be pretty spooky, because Freddie Mercury...
- Not-- I mean... - ...is dead. Um...
- ...at the ti-- - (laughs)
- Ooh, some Frank Ocean up in this bitch.
- ♪ (hums) ♪ - (both sing along) ♪ Glory
from above ♪ - Awesome.
- I don't know if I'm familiar with this.
- I don't know this one. - (sings along) ♪ It's all
downhill from here ♪ - It's just such
a groovy little... - I really like it.
- Yeah! - I can hear you covering this.
- Oh, I would love this. - Yeah. (laughs)
- Wanna do a duet? - I can't sing.
- You can dance. - I can dance.
- (Jillian) Yeah. - It's a song that you would
be, like, driving down PCH, just looking up at the stars.
- Yeah, windows down. - Just driving-- yes.
- (React) Do you think you're leaning towards the original?
- Yes. - (React) And why is that?
- Because you showed it to us first, and I like the song a lot.
- Oh my gosh, Remi Wolf! - Oh my god, Remi! She's IT!
- I don't wanna hate on it yet. I feel bad, but it's just
not what I was expecting. - We knew it. We knew it!
- So fire! It's that female riffing. - Come on, Ms. Wolf!
- Yup. - The vocals!
- Wow, I have chills! - (React) Yeah.
- Oh, get it. Woo! - It's different.
- It is, but that's what makes it okay. - It's different enough. Yeah.
- It's so interesting to me when I hear covers like this,
and I'm like, "Where did you find that original?"
- Oh my gosh! See? The things she does with it!
- The color! The color of her voice! - Yeah, the cover--
the cover of-- the color in the cover.
- (React) So, that was also a live recording
of her just... - That's wild. Going ham.
- ...going ham. - Yeah.
- He was singing this in sunset. She was singing this night.
- I gotta go with the cover. - Oh my god. Good job, Remi Wolf!
- I'm voting for Remi, but all respect to Frank.
- Definitely all respect to Frank, but I'd go with Remi.
- Remi Wolf. - (React) Yeah.
- For sure. - Both.
- (React laughs) - Both. Sorry.
- Both. - Sorry.
- (React) Your graphic is just gonna be you splitting in half.
- (laughs) - ♪ Hey hey hey ♪
- Okay, so this is the original, and then...
- I should know who this is. - Ohhhh, yes.
This is "Respect," R-E-S-P-E-C-T. - Wait!
- Mm-hmm. - No way.
- Yeah. - And there's a reason why
we know Aretha's. - I love this era of music, though.
- I didn't know that Aretha covered "Respect."
- Yup. - Otis has such a bright
and aggressive, but not in an overpowering, like,
presence on the mic that is so vivacious.
- Basically like two sides of a relationship.
And especially at this time, the relationship between
a man and a woman. - ♪ Do it for me ♪
- Ohhh! - ♪ Give it to me ♪
- (sings along) ♪ When you get home ♪
- (both sing along) ♪ Re, re, re ♪
- I mean, honestly, I might have to go this way
just because of the background. - Yes! I was gonna say,
Otis didn't have the background singers.
- Oh yeah. - (sings along) ♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ♪
Ooh, it's just so good. - Awww. Ow!
- (sings along) ♪ Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me ♪ - Yes!
- ♪ Just a little bit ♪ - ♪ A little respect ♪
- ♪ Just a little bit ♪ - Ah, yes!
- (React) Come on. So, Aretha Franklin released
her version of "Respect" in 1967, and not many people
know it's a cover! - No idea.
- I'ma give it to Aretha. - Yeah, I have to give it to Aretha.
- Ms. Franklin, you ate. - I like the cover just because--
it's just way more poppy and way more up,
and everyone's just like-- and there's a rhythm
to the extra stuff that she put in.
- I agree. I just think that it's like-- there are songs
that are going to blow up because they're made for the radio.
- I gotta go cover. - It's in my bones.
- It's gotta be Aretha. The way that that song hits
in your headphones, you can't help it.
- ♪ He wear no shoe shine ♪ - Okay.
- Ohhh. ♪ (hums along) ♪ - Right.
(sings along) ♪ Football ♪ ♪ He got ♪
- (both sing along) ♪ Monkey finger ♪
♪ He shoot ♪ - I'm interested to see
which cover it is that you picked. - (both sing along) ♪ I know you,
you know me ♪ - This is also a very hard song
to cover 'cause it's the Beatles. - (both sing along) ♪ You've
got to be free ♪ ♪ Come together ♪
- (both sing along) ♪ Right now ♪ ♪ Over me ♪
- I would like to hear a modern take on it.
I don't know if that's what we're hearing,
but I feel like-- - A modern or maybe a soul,
like R&B take. - What if it's someone really random,
like...Bieber? - (React laughs)
- Please no. (laughs) - ♪ He wear no shoe shine ♪
- Arctic Monkeys. - Okay.
- (gasps) The Arctic Monkeys?! - I've definitely heard this cover.
- This is one of those covers where they're doing
the same exact song. - Okay, this is actually pretty good
with, like-- - Yeah.
- And is this live or is this...?
- (React) I think this is live. - Okay.
- They definitely added a little bit extra on it.
- Mm-hmm. - They added a little stank,
a little spice on it. - Yeah.
- ♪ Come together right now ♪ - ♪ Ovaltine ♪
- Did you just say Ovaltine? (chuckles)
- (React) They covered "Come Together" at the 2012 London Olympics
during the opening ceremony. - I gotta go back
to the original on that one. - I love the original.
BUT... - Ooh.
- I got the chills from the Arctic Monkeys.
- Okay. - So, I think, by my chill meter,
I gotta go with the Arctic Monkeys. (scale sliding)
- Okay. - I like the original better.
- I do also like the original more.
- Yeah. - Just for nostalgia purposes,
I'm gonna have to go with the Beatles. - I would say the original.
But if I were to hear the Arctic Monkeys,
I would keep listening. - Yeah, I wouldn't comp-- yeah.
- (both) I wouldn't complain. - Yeah.
- (both laugh) - ♪ Nobody move ♪
♪ There's blood ♪ - (sings along) ♪ On the floor ♪
Yes! - I don't know how you gonna
cover this! - (laughs)
- See, I love a funky bass line, and this has the funkiest bass line.
- You got funky bass lines and samurai?!
- Oh my gosh, it's so good, though. Wow.
- (React) I know. - It's all the noises in the back!
- I've never seen the video, and oh my god.
- This video is crazy. - Ooh.
- His arms were cut off! - We're getting some Kill Bill
in this bitch. - His legs were cut off!
- ♪ Deep in the cut ♪ ♪ Drowning ♪
- (sings along) ♪ In pain ♪ - This is gonna sound so gross.
I have no other way to explain it other than
I love when a bass line sounds wet. - Same!
- Thank you. - Same!
- Thank you. - I absolutely agree with you on that.
♪ (imitates bass) ♪ - Yeah, it's just there's no other way
to explain it! - ♪ But nobody move ♪
- Oh, Ariana? Ah! - (gasps)
- Sorry, I'm not laughing. - All right.
- No one kill me. - Ariana Grande.
- This is a choice. - Look at everyone else but her
and look at them vibing. - I feel like they muted
everything else so that her voice could come forward.
- Mm-hmm. - And that's not what
the song is about. - It's not a funky bass anymore.
- It sounds really good, but I'm waiting
for something to happen. - Yeah.
- I like this because it doesn't feel like it's a different song.
It's just another artist bringing it to a different audience.
You know what I mean? - (laughs)
- (React) The faces you guys made, you were trying to be nice.
- I'm so afraid of Ariana Grande stans. - I'm gonna have to go
with the original. - I could see Ariana
having a verse on the song. - Yeah!
- You know, being a feature. - Literally.
- At the end of the day... - (both) It's Thundercat.
(both laugh)
- The original! Thundercat. - Original. Yup.
- I'm gonna go original. - I'm gonna take cover just because
I honestly don't feel any difference between the two.
So, if she picks one and I pick the other, we've got it.
- (Anthony) Ohhh! - Oh. I know what song.
- Yeah. - I'm sorry. I already know
where I'm going on this one. - Oh my-- this is going to be
maybe the hardest decision for me. - ♪ Rollin' ♪
- There we go. - There.
- (both sing along) ♪ Rollin' ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Rollin'
on the river ♪ - I feel like they covered this
on Glee. - (sings along) ♪ Rollin' ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Rollin' ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Rollin' ♪
- (both sing along) ♪ Rollin' ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Rollin'
on a river ♪ Okay, cute. Yeah.
- I feel like I grew up listening to both of them.
- (React) John Fogerty's distinctive voice in the band's
swamp rock sound helped make this song...
- Ayyy. - Swamp rock.
- (React) ...a hit. - Swamp rock.
- Swamp dad. - Woo!
- (React, amused) Swamp dad. - Swamp dad. No,
that's my drag name. - (laughs)
- (Brian) Here she goes. - Oh. Oh!
- She 'bout to go off. - Woo!
- Go off!
- Oh, snap! - Ohhh. Yeah.
- It captures you more. It's crazy what like a key
and what tempo will do. - And tempo! Every time.
- Changes so much. Ooh.
- ♪ Working for the man every night and day ♪
♪ I never lost one minute of sleepin' ♪
♪ Worrying about the way things
might have been ♪ - Oh, yes!
- Ah! - ♪ Proud Mary, keep on burnin' ♪
- Oh my god! - ♪ Rollin' ♪
♪ Rollin' ♪ - Wooo!
- (sings along) ♪ Rollin' on a river ♪
♪ Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm ♪ - ♪ Rollin' ♪
♪ Rollin' ♪ - See, I like this pace more.
- ♪ Rollin' on a river ♪ - So...
- (sings along) ♪ Doo doo doo doo doo ♪
♪ Doo doo doo doo ♪ - Oh, god!
- I'm sweating. - I LOVE that cover.
- Every time! - (React) Which is better,
the cover or the original? - (exhales shakily) That's so hard.
- Nope. Tina! - (all laugh)
- You put it on, and you're singing and you're dancing to it.
- There's definitely value in what the original did.
- Mm-hmm. - But there's greater value
on what Ms. Tina delivered. - Right.
- Different strokes for different folks, you know?
(laughs) - (React) And which folk are you?
- Right now, I'm Tina Turner. - I'm leaning towards Tina Turner.
- God, Tina. I'm gonna go Credence. - Thank you, Tina.
- Thank you, Tina. Mwah. - (React) Tina, rest in peace, babe.
- Rest in peace. Rest in power, Tina.
- (React) For real. - (Cassie gasps)
- Oh! - Oh, no! Oh, no!
- (sings along) ♪ B-B-B-B-B- Bennie and... ♪
- (both sing along) ♪ The Jets ♪ - I'm trying to figure out
which cover. - I'm-- am I excited?
I'm excited to see who the cover is.
- (both snap) - ♪ She's got electric boots ♪
♪ A mohair suit ♪ ♪ You know I read it
in a magazine ♪ - ♪ (both vocalize) ♪
- (both sing along) ♪ B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets ♪
- It's impossible to be angry when you listen to this song.
- Mad respect to Elton. - Top three of my favorite artists
in the entire world ever. - ♪ They're so spaced out ♪
♪ B-B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets ♪ - Biz Markie?!
- I don't know if we're-- is this a bit?
- Choices were made. - ♪ She got electric boots ♪
♪ A mohair suit ♪ ♪ You know I read it
in a magazine ♪ - Wait.
- ♪ Eeeh, heh-heh ♪ - No. (laughs)
- Where are the Beastie Boys in that? - (React) I don't know.
- I'm surprised that it wasn't ♪ B-B-B-B-Bennie and the JETS! ♪
- (React chuckles) - Sir Elton.
- I'm still with Sir Elton John. But I really, really like that cover
in that style as, like, a very deliberate choice that they made.
- It's live, so props to them. But I still think the original--
it's just-- you can't beat it. - It felt to me like they were
shooting for the stars while looking at the ground.
You're not gonna get very far. - (laughs)
- No shade! No shade! No shade! - No shade!
- We gotta do the original. - It's the original.
- But honestly, that made me laugh real hard.
- Hey, five stars to that cover, though,
because that took gumption, Biz.
- ♪ Monday, you can... ♪ - Oh.
- Oh, this is a good one. - ♪ Tuesday ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Wednesday, stay in bed ♪
- I don't remember the lyrics. - (both sing along) ♪ Thursday ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Watch the walls instead ♪
- (both sing along) ♪ It's Friday ♪ - (both sing along) ♪ I'm in love ♪
- (chuckles) - Great song.
- Okay, but Phoebe Bridgers did a cover of this.
Ohhh. - Compared to their other songs,
it's definitely more bubblegum pop. - I love The Cure too.
I'm going through it right now. - ♪ Monday, you can fall apart ♪
- It's Biz Markie again. - ♪ Tuesday ♪
- Ah! - ♪ Wednesday, break ♪
- (sings along) ♪ My heart ♪ - Oh, she changed it.
- Just the delivery... - Yeah, the delivery.
- ♪ Breaks my heart ♪ That broke my heart
when she sang that. - ♪ I'm in love ♪
- Hey, this is the guy from Little Women...
- ♪ Saturday, wait ♪
- ...in the picture. - I mean...
- I really like this cover. - Yes, it's--
- It's way sadder. - She's low.
- She has a deeper tone. Yeah. - Yeah.
- It's beautiful. - ♪ I don't care if Monday's black ♪
- Whoa! Harmony, baby! - God!
- (React) This is Phoebe Bridgers. - I don't know who that is.
- The final boss of sad women! Just saddest women. (laughs)
- I feel like this cover has a time and a place.
But I'm with the original. - I can give The Cure this.
And she has her own good songs. - Mine's The Cure.
- I'm gonna have to go with Phoebe. - Yeah.
- I'm choosing the cover 'cause I'm a sad bitch!
- ♪ Keep on pushing ♪ - I mean, it's...
- Oh yeah! - It's Madonna.
- (sings along) ♪ Over the borderline ♪
- Sing it! - So, Madonna.
- Who's coverin' this? - Someone with a lot of confidence.
- ♪ Going to lose my mind ♪ - I don't know the lyrics
to this, but I still vibe to this. - Loving her hairdo right now.
- Oh my god. Look at the music videos
and the hairstyles at the time. - I know! The hair! (squeals)
- This is crazy. - I mean...
- I love a good black and white and color music video.
- Right. - Can we bring back leather jackets?
- They're already back, my guy. - They are? Where have I been living?
- The Flaming Lips?! - Okay.
Yeah, freakin' instrumental is... - Yeah, rocky. Completely.
- Yeah! - Oh, I'm gonna get hate for this.
- Uh-huh. - 'Cause I'm kind of vibing with this.
- Huh. - I am more familiar
with this version. - (React gasps)
- It's kind of giving Tame Impala a little bit.
- It's giving Tame Impala.
- Giving Tame Impala for sure. - And it's also giving Pink Floyd.
- It's very psychedelia rock. - This is also very cinematic,
I would say too. - Yes!
- Definitely, that was for a movie, right?
- Yeah. It feels like a movie. - Was that in a movie or...?
- Oh, you cut it at the best part.
That was getting funky! - (React) I know.
- I'm picking the cover. - (React gasps) Wow.
- I love The Flaming Lips. - I love Madonna.
I'm going with the original. - I might be Flaming Lips here.
As much as I love Madonna. I didn't even know this existed!
- Well, I'm okay with saying that The Flaming Lips won.
- I'm really not either. I just love Madonna.
- Yeah. - If you can't successfully do
base level Madonna, babes... - Right!
- I don't wanna see you do any other Madonna.
- Yeah. I would definitely go with Madonna.
- ♪ Comes in ♪ ♪ Just tell 'em we're survivors ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Life is a highway ♪ - (both sing along) ♪ I wanna
ride it all night long ♪ - Oh!
Oh, shoot. And then Rascal Flatts. - ♪ (hums along) ♪
- And the next one's gonna
be Disney! No. (laughs) - (sings along) ♪ All night long ♪
- ♪ (hums along) ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Life is
a highway ♪ - I love this old guy.
Just like, "Ah, yes! Wiping the windshield. Wah-ah!"
- It's from Cars, you know? And you just have that
scene in your head. - Just in your mind.
- Yeah. - (React) You do.
- ♪ I wanna ride it ♪ - (gasps) I got it right.
- Cars. - Ah! Literally Cars in the back!
Oh my god. They're in Cars too. That's crazy.
- I got my friend to-- she's gonna put this
on her playlist for her wedding 'cause this is my song.
- Oh my god. - I love this ride at Disney's
California Adventure. - (React) It's so fun.
- It's amazing. - That's cute.
Route 66! - I also love that movie!
I love that movie! - I was obsessed with this movie
as a child. - Wait, watch how cute they are.
- Rascal Flatts. - (React) That's your choice?
- It's just a cleaner mix overall. - (React) Getting technical on me.
- Oh yeah, I will. - Rascal Flatts version is better.
- I'm going original. - (React gasps)
- It's so iconic. - Hands down, the cover.
- Hands are on the floor. - Hands are on the floor!
The cover! - Sorry, I gotta go with Rascal.
- Oh my god! Really? - Yes.
- I worked for Disney. - (React) Ohhh.
- Oh, okay. That makes sense. - (React) You have an allegiance.
- Yeah. - (React) If there's Disney,
you signed a paper that said, "I have to pick Disney
any time Disney is available." - Yeah, exactly.
You didn't hear it, but they just sent me a text message.
So, I have to make sure-- - But what you don't know is that
I worked for the highway patrol. And--
- Wait, what?! - Yeah.
No, I didn't. - Oh my god.
- (laughs)
- (all reactors) ♪ Life is a highway ♪
- (both) ♪ I wanna ride it ♪ - (both) ♪ All night long ♪
- ♪ (both imitate instrumentals) ♪
- (both) ♪ Going my way ♪ - Do I not know-- I'm so sorry.
- Yeah! - Woo!
- Your apology now! - Oh my god.
- (both) Bye! - (React) Nice!