Boogie on Reggae Women

Phish cover:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdWKAayH2eI

Original:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDxRTITqEvU

One of my favorite songs from the band Phish is the funky, heavy on the base version of Boogie on Reggae Women, a classic that Stevie Wonder made popular in the 70's.  To be honest I did not know that this song was a cover for a long time after listening to it for the first time.  After hearing both versions I see that they are both just as good as the other.  Both versions of the song use the same lyrics and have the same general meaning, however when Phish plays the song it is more of a joking around type of attitude as apposed to Stevie Wonder who seems to put soul into the music (not to say that Phish doesn't bring something cool to the song that wasn't there before). This song is most definitely a tribute to Stevie Wonders original and is played respectfully, yet there is some sort of irony that its about a reggae women who has soul and the men who make up Phish are all middle aged white men.  But you know what they say..you can never judge a book by its cover.