Best rock/metal cover of a non-rock song?

Fear Factory/Gary Numan – Cars….

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

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!

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

Surprised this hasn’t been on yet

or how about Metallica doing Dire Straits?

Not strictly in line with the OP, but how about Motorhead covering Metallica?

or how about Metallica doing Dire Straits?

No no no no no no no. Metallica: Please, just stop it! Now! Not only are you dragging your legacy through the mud, you are also ruining other people’s songs.

nazareth doing joni mitchell has always been a fave…

August Burns Red doing Britney Spears is surprisingly good (if you know what I mean)

A topic for another thread (and another season) but their Christmas album is also great

I Prevail – Blank Space (Taylor Swift)

I LOVE this kind of stuff. Who can beat an entire album of German punk/metal bands covering ABBA songs?

I really need to stop now…

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

Yep.

I always thought that Gimmi Gimmi Gimmi by ABBA would make a great metal cover.

maybe one more

If we’re doing mashups. THIS is a mashup.

So is this.

I always thought that Gimmi Gimmi Gimmi by ABBA would make a great metal cover.

Your wish is my command….

I won’t post it because it’s the diametric opposite of the theme of this thread, but while I remember, the Cardigans’ version of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is worth a listen.

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I always thought that Gimmi Gimmi Gimmi by ABBA would make a great metal cover.

Though if I’m posting therapy covers then it’s got to be…

Rammstein Das Model

Banging version of das model!

Can I have Eloise by The Damned?
Not heavy metal but never mind.

If it’s ABBA covers you’re after…

…and Rammstein covering Depeche Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=becWr0vc6cA
Cream doing Crossroad

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
https://youtu.be/C1CrzzgXkLI

Bad Blood
https://youtu.be/jv1cUmpFI2o

Love me some Taylor Swift..

best thread for ages this! loving the Taylor Swift!

On the other side of the coin… Tori Amos covering Slayer:

Stretch Armstrong – get this party started (pink)

Wage of sin – separate ways (journey)

Further Seems Forever – bye bye bye (nsync)

Coheed and Cambria – a rush and a push and the land is our (smiths)

If we’re flipping the coin for Tori Amos then this:

CoF doing heaven 17

CoF doing CLiffs devil woman

@mikey good shout with ignite. You going to see them? Tour (uk but starts tomorrow).

Extreme noise terror coving KLF 3am eternal although it was with Bill Drummond as a last up yours to the music industry before walking away from it all at the brits 92.

Ministry covering Dylan

excellent stuff especially the White Stripes and Jolene

the Pixies from a (mostly) great cover album of Leonard Cohen classics

blasts along

ooh ooh please please, waves hand….I’ve got another….

The Mission covering Neil Young – used to have this on one of my gym tapes – extended version:

If we’re including covers with the original band joining in: