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boysetsfire - 'rocket man' (elton john)

casiotone for the painfully alone - 'when you were mine' (prince) and 'streets of philadelphia' (bruce springsteen)

atom and his package - 'going to georgia' (the mountain goats)

the mountain goats - 'this magic moment' (the drifters)

bonnie 'prince' billy - 'the world's greatest' (r. kelly) and 'can't take that away' (mariah carey) and 'am i demon' (danzig)

johnny cash - 'i see a darkness' (bonnie 'prince' billy) and 'thirteen' (danzig) and 'the mercy seat' (nick cave)

marilyn manson - 'personal jesus' (depeche mode)

tortoise and bonnie 'prince' billy - 'daniel' (elton john)

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i forgot

bayside - 'megan' (the smoking popes)

dashboard confessional - 'pretty pathetic' (the smoking popes)

the arcade fire - 'born on a train' (the magnetic fields)

sun kil moon - 'neverending math equation' (modest mouse)

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A few more I thought of:

A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)

Sepultura - War (Bob Marley)

Metallica - Turn The Page (Bob Seger)

TOOL - Demoncleaner (Kyuss)

Endpoint - Jessie's Girl (Rick Springfield)

Split Lip - Unity (Operation Ivy)

Zombie Apocalypse - Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N' Roses)

AFI - My Michelle (Guns N' Roses)

Nailbomb - Police Truck (Dead Kennedys)

Deadguy - Horror Business (The Misfits)

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i feel like i might catch hell from.....3 of you, but i like the cover cradle of filth does of hallowed be thy name.

I am about to put on for the first time the Mastodon Lp where they cover Thin Lizzy, Melvins and Metallica.

I also agree with the above mentioned Melvins cover of Goin' Blind and dont forget they also covered the MC5 on that record too. Rocket Reducer #62 is at the end of my LP

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The Menzingers are playing a kick ass cover of The Clash's Straight to Hell live. So good.

But as for all time? Snuff covering Wannabe. Maybe.

I've been enjoying The Menzingers cover. Wish I would have seen it live this past weekend.

Andrew Jackson Jihad "Two Headed Boy" (Neutral Milk Hotel)

Being from Louisiana, I feel like I should love NMH, but I don't. Now I like the original, but that's about it from Aeroplane.

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dashboard confessional - 'pretty pathetic' (the smoking popes)

This is a joke, right?

To contribute:

Vanilla Fudge - Ticket to Ride (The Beatles)

not a joke. the wire tapes vol. 1 has some really good covers that dashboard has done, 'a year in the past, forever in the future' (grade) is really good too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_Tapes_Vol._1

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Johnny Cash: Hurt (NIN) (and the video, I get choked up every time)

The video is pretty intense.

Reznor has never been keen on other bands or musicians covering his songs. Rick Rubin asked him if it was ok for Cash to do it and Reznor was indifferent about it. Reznor said in an interview that after watching the video, he was blown away and felt that Cash brought a new life to the song.

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Johnny Cash: Hurt (NIN) (and the video, I get choked up every time)

The video is pretty intense.

Reznor has never been keen on other bands or musicians covering his songs. Rick Rubin asked him if it was ok for Cash to do it and Reznor was indifferent about it. Reznor said in an interview that after watching the video, he was blown away and felt that Cash brought a new life to the song.

I would be shocked if Reznor felt otherwise. Cash really owns that song.

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The video is pretty intense.

Reznor has never been keen on other bands or musicians covering his songs. Rick Rubin asked him if it was ok for Cash to do it and Reznor was indifferent about it. Reznor said in an interview that after watching the video, he was blown away and felt that Cash brought a new life to the song.

I would be shocked if Reznor felt otherwise. Cash really owns that song.

I heard in a Greg Kot/Sound Opinions radio show NIN show review a few years back that before they played Hurt in Chicago, Reznor stated to the crowd, "this song doesn't belong to me anymore, it belongs to Johnny Cash" which is a pretty classy way of stating it IMO.

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Ok, I'll bite, here's my faves (not including anything by MFATGG):

Get-Up Kids - Close to Me (Cure)

NOFX - Vincent (Don McLean) (Specifically the B-sides album version with Spike doing Harmonies)

Hot Water Music - Radio (Alkaline Trio) (ditto to those who said they like a better than the original)

Dresden Dolls - War Pigs (Black Sabbath)

A Perfect Circle - The Nurse Who Loved Me (Failure)

Iron and Wine - Such Great Heights (Postal Service)

Mutato Muzika Orchestra - Hey Jude (Beatles)

The Vines - Ms. Jackson (Outkast)

Grade - Panama (Van Halen)

H2O - It was a Good Day (Ice Cube)

Lifetime - New England (Billy Bragg)

Affinity - My Name is Jonas (Weezer)

Bad Astronaut - Linoleum (NOFX)

Reggie and the Full Effect - Reign in Blood (Slayer)

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