Simon & Garfunkel/YMMV

Adaptation Displacement: "Richard Cory" (the song) is much more well-known these days than "Richard Cory" (the poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that the song is based on).
Covered Up: "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", which is just Simon's lyrics sung over the Los Incas version of the famous Peruvian folk song "El Condor Pasa" by Daniel Alom Ãa Robles. Similarly, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" adds new lyrics sung in counterpoint to the original folk ballad.
Crowning Music of Awesome: "The Boxer", "Cecilia"... Heck, let's just include most of their catalog.
Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: Tons of interpretations of "The Boxer" say that its refrain of "Lie la lie" means something significant (e.g.: that the singer is actually lying about his whole tale). Paul Simon has gone on record as saying that he just couldn't think of any words to sing there.
High Octane Nightmare Fuel - "The Sun is Burning"
Soundtrack Dissonance - "Seven O'Clock News/Silent Night". Big time.

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