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This strange... and COOL!

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Not sure if it tops it, but I love this cover.

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And, of course, there's this.

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Three very different versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Patti Smith

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Tori Amos

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Paul Anka

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And this one's bizarre, but I actually kind of like it.

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I can't find a YouTube clip, but there's a cover of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by Lesley "It's My Party" Gore that's pretty awesome in a "crap, that's horrible" kind of way.

A cover/parody of Barbie Girl by Ome Henk:
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and Dragostea din tei (the Numa Numa song)
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Interesting...

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Presenting the singular talents of Klaus Nomi (song originally by Lou Christie, for those too young to remember).

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And this one, originally by Leslie Gore.

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I think I like this version better than either Dylan's or Hendrix's.

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KLAUS!!

The wind began to howl, and me along with it....

The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall

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I guess anything by Richard Cheese.Although I actually had his version of "R*** Me" in my head for a couple of days.

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Godhead - Eleanor Rigby

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Ben Folds' cover of Dr. Dre's "B****es ain't S**t"-

PARENTAL ADVISORY - EXPLICIT LYRICAL CONTENT

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I don't know if there are any video clips available, but I own three of the GOLDEN THROATS cds that were released by Rhino Records (I skipped the Beatles Butchered due to several songs being on the other discs). Here's a link to the GOLDEN THROATS cds.

http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Throats-%28Rhino-Series%29/artist/B000APJFOM/105-2980370-1835653

(MODS: feel free to change it to a amazWAN link)

I also have PAT BOONE: IN A METAL MOOD which is quite bizarre. Pat sings songs like "Enter Sandman", "No More Mister Nice Guy", and "Crazy Train".

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Thanks for those.

Patti Smith's was awesome, would have been more awesome if she hadn't put her other stuff in there, at least for me that is.

Tori Amos' and Paul Anka's didn't do much for me, but I love the ukulele one.

Thanks, Jacob. I love Patti Smith's version, even with the additions, and I'm such a fan of Tori Amos that it didn't bother me that she basically turned it into a Tori song.

Paul Anka's, I honestly can't even make it more than 30 seconds through that one.

I hated the ukulele version for about the first minute I heard it, but then i got into it, and I like it more every time I hear it.

I liked that weird cover of "I Will Survive" that Cake did. Everybody was buying that album for "Going the Distance," but kept playing "I Will Survive."

Here's a live version I found:

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