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We all like a good music thread and it's Friday....

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Guns n' Roses: Live and Let Die


 
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Gun - Word Up


 
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Anything by Vanilla Fudge


 
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Saxon - Ride like the wind.


 
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Ozzy did a version of Stayin' Alive, with Dweezil Zappa I think. It was fun.

Nuclear Assault had a crack at Ballroom Blitz. It wasn't terrific.

I quite like this:


 
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This subject is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me..



I await new additions to add to my collection!

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Actually, sorry if this prematurely closes a promising thread (because I can't see anything coming close to this), but here's Lemmy showing you who's the boss:


 
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Thread finished ๐Ÿ™‚


 
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Does punk qualify (not really wanting to open the punk / rock / metal worm can though)?

If so, the Clash's version of "I Fought the Law" isn't bad..


 
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Walking in the sand - Aerosmith


 
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Sisters of Mercy - Emma


 
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As above, Gun.

Or, ZZ Top doing Jailhouse Rock.


 
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Snuff, the shack and vac song, and tiffanys I think we're along now


 
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Paradise City, Fergie with Cypress Hill. And maybe some Slash.


 
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Someone's bound to post this in the thread, might as well be me

"metal covers" is really hard to google effectively for, all you get is fat dudes doing terrible guitar covers of crazy train in their bedroom


 
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This is a pretty faithful cover of a non-rock song by a rock band, so it has to count:

Same band, different, easy-listening song:


 
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*Plants tongue firmly in cheek*

*Removes tongue from cheek*


 
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Ha, Flashy: two minds with a single thought! ๐Ÿ˜€


 
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Muse, feeling good.


 
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Disturbed - Land of Confusion


 
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Turned up to 11:


 
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There's really no way I can get through this without admitting to liking Limp Bizkit, might as well get it over with. This is ace


 
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what about the opposite concept...

I give you Richard Cheese's work including


 
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Cheers for that Teenrat, I'd not heard that... Love a bit of [s]dubwar[/s] skindred


 
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Gun and Word Up for me.

Going the other way, I once heard an awesome dance version of Ace of Spades.


 
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Plants tongue firmly in cheek

Its just a great cover. Plus Pete has a Paradise Lost hoody on.


 
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Korn vs Taylor Swift


 
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House of the rising Sun by Five Finger Death Punch (Skip to 1:45 for the song start)

Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams


 
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Does this count? Awesome version:


 
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Saxon - Ride like the wind.

Was that Lysette Anthony in the video? (childhood crush..)


 
Posted : 07/08/2015 9:54 pm
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Love the Motorhead video - what were they thinking?

Also Limp Bizkit and Faith? That's so bad its great!


 
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Balaam & the angel did a version of I Feel Love which I loved when i was a boy.


 
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Fear Factory/Gary Numan - Cars....


 
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OK...now spent half the evening listening to these....and then I found this


 
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Actually, sorry if this prematurely closes a promising thread (because I can't see anything coming close to this), but here's Lemmy showing you who's the boss:

In work so flying blind. Please tell me thats a link to Louie Louie!


 
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This is a thread winner.
Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was.


 
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Surprised this hasn't been on yet


 
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