Oh looky-look! It's yet another music-based word game!

[Vattnisse]

Mexican Radio

this is one of the weirdest things on the Internet - Celtic Frost covering a Wall Of Voodoo song. The mind, it boggles.

[Cr500cricket]

Cleaning out my closet
Eminem

[Readerbreeder]

Empire

Queensryche

[Cr500cricket]

Quest for Fire
Iron Maiden

[Readerbreeder]

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

The New Seekers

[KnightFever]

No Diggity

Chet Faker

[Readerbreeder]

Free Your Mind

En Vogue

[Vattnisse]

Evil Walks
by AC/DC

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

America, F##% Yeah!
Trey Parker

[KnightFever]

Passing Out Pieces

Mac DeMarco

[Readerbreeder]

Dumb Ways to Die

Emily Lubitz

[SnowJade]

Every Little Kiss

Bruce Hornsby

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Hellfire

Tony Jay

[Vattnisse]

Tell Me Why

Bronski Beat

[Readerbreeder]

Born to Run

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

[Vattnisse]

Why, I don't even.... Since off-beat (or, maybe, uncalled-for) cover versions seem to be a trend on this page, I give you:

How You Remind Me

ayup - this is Avril Lavigne covering Nickelback. The mere existence of this song causes hipsters everywhere to spit blood.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

When is a Lich not a Lich? When it's really more of a Death Knight, and suffers the indignity of being one of the easiest bosses in the game, to boot...but what a theme song!

Lich Theme from Gauntlet: Dark Legacy

Joe Lyford

[Readerbreeder]

Here's an interesting one for you, Vatnisse...

Lose Yourself

Serianna

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Savages

Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

[Cr500cricket]

Above the law
Bad meets Evil

[KnightFever]

B-Please

Snoop Dogg

[Readerbreeder]

Silly Love Songs

Paul McCartney and Wings

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Why Have You Brought Me Here

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Question/Comment on Game Rules:

How should we handle things like patronymics, particularly the Scottish "Mc" that would otherwise homogenize a much broader range of letters?

Also, I've always gone by surnames when the "band name" is actually the name of an individual - I notice there's been a lot of not doing that (obvious stage names that are as much the name of their band, such as "Marylin Manson," "Snoop Dogg," and "Weird Al Yankovic," present another wrinkle - in fact, each of those 3 suggest their own). Of course, when it's "This Guy and The Band," like above, one can respond to either individual surname or band name. I'm trying to have a consistent formula here.

[Cr500cricket]

Almost Famous

Eminem

[drunken_nomad]

Eternal World

Crimson Glory

I think its been pretty loose here. Wings as your example above gives you a P M C W to work with if you want. The Animals gives you T A, right? and if someone wrote out Eric Burden and the Animals that would be E B T A to work from? I think theres been some stretches of those rules even. I think there have been numbers used and ? and the Mysterians and !!! add their own craziness.

[Cr500cricket]

Criminal
Eminem

[Readerbreeder]

Every Breath You Take

UB40

Yeah, ? and the Mysterians is a tough gig. I'm just glad Prince changed his name back from that symbol thing he was using for a few years.

[drunken_nomad]

U Got the Look

Prince n Sheena Easton

[Cr500cricket]

Purple pills

D12

[Vattnisse]

Don't Say Goodbye

Rick Astley

He recorded more than one song, unfortunately.

The Lose Yourself cover was interesting - they certainly made the song their own.

[Cr500cricket]

Rap God

Eminem
On the topic of lose yourself the prson who made it

[Readerbreeder]

Evil Ways

Santana

[Vattnisse]

Sing Me A Song

Return

Norwegian 80s hair rock, which should be right up DN's alley. This song is about traffic safety, not a topic one usually covered in the genre.

[Readerbreeder]

Speaking of 80s music...

Rebel Yell

Billy Idol

[drunken_nomad]

thanks for Return..though its a bit like those traveling groups that came to our high school and tried to trick us into following rules with rock band flashiness. Ive been listening to the 'best of' on youtube. They're all ...ummm After-School-Special-ish lyrically. Maybe these guys were supported by a government grant? Anyway, lighters up for em!

Time to wake the neighbors with some different 80s rock
Blessed In Contempt

Testament

[KnightFever]

Take Me To The Mardi Gras

Bob James

[Readerbreeder]

Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody

David Lee Roth

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Dr. Robotnik Theme from Sonic The Hedgehog

Masato Nakamura

[Readerbreeder]

Never Say Goodbye

Bon Jovi

[drunken_nomad]

Book of Heavy Metal

Arch Enemy
(just found this crazy cover, Vattnisse)

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Aquatic Ruin Zone

Masato Nakamura

[Readerbreeder]

Night on Bald Mountain

Leopold Stokowski

[KnightFever]

Sexy Socialite

Chromeo

[Cr500cricket]

Cleaning out my closet

Eminem

[Vattnisse]

Arch Enemy do great covers (though I'm no fan of their versions of The Zoo or Walk In The Shadows). The original version of Book Of Heavy Metal is so cheesy it makes Manowar look like The Clash.

Edge Of Darkness

Carcass

Man, that riff...

[Readerbreeder]

Crawling

Hopeless

Blech...

[Vattnisse]

Head Over Heels

ABBA

[Cr500cricket]

A$$ like that

Eminem

[Vattnisse]

Especially For You

Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, a twofer for the ages. The really, really bad ages, that is.

[Readerbreeder]

Memory

Betty Buckley

You couldn't get away from this song my last year of high school...much as I would've liked to...