Mad World Mesmerizes - Times Three!

Everybody's talking about Adam Lambert's amazing performance on last night's American Idol of "Mad World" attributed to both Tears for Fears (original) and Gary Jules (cover more closely resembling Adam's take). To save you a little footwork, here are those videos to compare.

Original by Tears for Fears

The Gary Jules arrangement used in Donnie Darko.

And finally, Adam's awesome performance (not seen by many, thanks to Idol running late and the magic and frustration of DVR recording). Pardon the whole intro but it's the only version that hasn't been removed by FOX from YouTube yet - see it while you can! Quickly!!

Which do you like best? I have to say as a Tears for Fears fan myself, I really didn't remember this song by them. And I even possess a best of CD but it wasn't included. Interesting.