Sort of Haunted House [Brown Derbies / Too Much Joy]

Long before Glee made school related singing groups in vogue, there was an entire musical universe consisting of college a cappella groups. One of my personal favorites is the Brown Derbies. From their website : 
"The Brown Derbies is [sic] an all-male a cappella group from Brown University. The group was founded in 1982 and has since become one of the most well-known collegiate a cappella groups in the country. We sing a large range of styles, from Barbershop to Rock to R&B. We've released 10 studio albums which have all received critical acclaim (they may be lame a cappella organizations, but they're still critics) and we've performed all across the United States and in few other countries as well."


When you love cover songs like I do, sometimes you stumble across a cover without ever having heard the original and you think to yourself, "Man if the cover is this good, then how awesome must the original?" Then you go track down the original and it's like, "Wow, this totally was NOT worth it." This was one of those songs for me. Not that the original Too Much Joy version is bad, it's not. It's just not the emotional power house the Brown Derbies version is. The Derbies don't have too much in the way of digital downloads, but I would recommend the CD's, as much as it pains me to say that.