Cover Clash: Which "Umbrella" works for you?

Come on!! It's not even a competiton if you include there two..

I love how their voices complement.. and their accents!!

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theres one that plays on a local radio station here in Dallas Texas. Some girl on youtube recorded her own version of it in a kind of a unplug/mix it's really cool.

Can't recall her name at this time though...sorry. :edit: Oh snap it is Tegan and Sara.

Mandy Moore needs to lose some weight get a girlfriend and get her butt back into acting.

-Nathiest

sounds eerily like Dar Williams here.

Re: celebrity competitions, I miss the comptetitions of my childhood -- Battle of the Network Stars and the Laff-a-lympics.

I vote Tegan & Sara. Cuz its the cutest version of all three!

Rihanna is a good dancer, though. And Mandy is awfully cute . . .

I want to commit road side suicide whenever that god awful song comes on the radio while I am trapped inside a moving vehicle.

One version of the song that I can actually listen to (not on repeat for sure) is Marie Digby's version)

I saw Mandy Moore do this cover live a few weeks ago in the city, and it was AMAZING. not necessarily the most "fun" but definitely a great romantic interpretation. And to the person who made the comment about losing weight, going back to acting, and getting a girlfriend, all i can say is no, no, and okay fine. 1/3.

I don't really like Tegan and Sara's version, though I'm sure they'll win, because they're a lesbian favorite. It's like putting Angelina Jolie up against Ann Coulter. (though I'm not a fan of either, but I'll let that die here)

And I do think Rihanna totally owns this song. It might overstay its welcome if you're Z100 glued, but I avoid that, so I still dig it. Though it's totally a catchy thing, as opposed to "sweet" song because of how fast it goes.

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I like the original. But Mandy does a very nice version too.Voice wise, I may actually prefer Mandy.

My ears are bleeding due to the recording quality of the Tegan and Sara clip...

This is much better (though not at full length...).

Anyway, just knew about the MM cover but T & S top it all! Can't bear Rihanna's version either!

SingleBeefy and fabulous!

I never knew they did this!!!! And really Mandy Moore in comparison to Tegan and Sara. No competition.

I can't wait to see them in November!!

Mandy Moore

Hands down the best version of the bunch that I have  heard.

Any votes on Fergie vs. Alanis on "My Humps"?

I think I might go for Alanis on that one.

Tegan and Sara.

Totally the easiest question I've had to answer all day.

I love how Mandy actually says umbrella right, instead of that funky umbarella thingy that Rhianna uses. I don't know each version has it's own qualities...

And Can I just be honest and praise the original song, I love it. I actually had that experience of someone offering me a place under their umbrella using the song. It was awsome! And I don't know if its just us crazy danes, but people are bringing umbrellas to the dancefloor. It's dangerous, but crazy funny.

Snap! I can't decide so I'll just say ALL of them...

I find Mandy Moore's too slow and depressing and kind of boring. maybe she's coming at it from a more romantic angle, if by romantic you mean your lover just broke up with you and you're trying to get her/him/it/whatever back and will follow her/him/it/whatever around with an umbrella when it is raining no matter what.

I could never stand Rihanna's voice. cuz it's all.. I mean I think it's okay for faster club banger songs but when she sings slower songs... bleh. can't explain. :)

Tegan and Sara's is all rock and roll-y and yes, more somber than Rihanna's, yet they still have a sense of fun with it, unlike Mandy Moore's version!

omg, inbd

i'm a huge tegan and sara fan but i have to say i vote mandy moore. I don't quite no why either, i think maybe it's the emotion she puts into the song, sure tegan and sara's version is more rocky and fun but i like the simplicity of mandy moore's version, damn i'm kinda mad at myself for not chosing tegan and sara!!!!

On a side note I've never paid much attention to mandy before but does that woman have amazing eyes or is it just me???

I have a bit of bias, being a Canadian and a total Tegan and Sara fan, but I really do like the rock version best.

I will admit, however, that I was surprised at how much I liked Mandy Moore's version.

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Of course.

I actually hated the song when I first heard it on the radio, but it really got to me over time. And it was the most fitting song for the rainy summer here in Germany.

Overall I prefer to listen to Mandy Moore's version of it. But if you want to dance the original version rules.

Mandy Moore, her voice touches my heart and make it warm!

I absolutely love the original song; after "Pon de Replay" and "S.O.S." I wasn't really expecting Rihanna to have yet another huge summer single, but she really outdid herself with this song. It's catchy, it's fun, and it's the perfect pop song for carefree summer nights. And the way she says "umbrella" quite literally makes me swoon.

As for the covers, of these two, I prefer Tegan and Sara's because of the rock-ish tone, but I absolutely loved it when Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance inexplicably started singing "Umbrella" during the band's set at Projekt Revolution. Although it was completely out of place during the concert, everyone in the crowd was still singing along and knew all the words, thereby affirming just how genre-crossing the song has become (though I hated the Fall Out Boy version).

You can watch Gerard singing "Umbrella" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6wWoKd60Qc

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Two good covers, but Mandy's version really pulls you in. She forgot the words at one point though.

this 1 is way better

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