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Isn't that like saying music by a boygroup is by default better than that of a singer-songwriter, because while the latter is just one person singing with one guitar, the former covers more aspects (singing, dancing, costumes, make up, many instruments, many songwriters, many producers, maybe even acting, visual concert gimmicks (laser, fire, fog, etc), marketing, merchandise, etc) ?

George Mason University Green Machine plays Rage

No "The", just "Ramones" sorry, pet peeve of mine

Wow... just yesterday I actually listened to JBO's a cappella version of this song for the first time in years! ...coincidence?

either Platinum Blonde are the only ones from Canada or Judas Priest are the only ones from the UK?

oh... I need a hint then

Platinum Blonde wasn't a heavy metal band?

Is that a rework of "Everybody wants to rule the world"? Baggy Trousers ~ Madness Name a song about old age.

insects: Bugs ~ Pearl Jam baseball Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Jack Norworth Name a song about running

Gloria ~ Patti Smith Name a depressing song.

here's a hilarious performance by Nine Inch Nails at some 80s dance music show

What's "Take On Me" by a-ha?

Damon Albarn wrote a new opera called Dr Dee, listen to The Marvelous Dream

PJ Harvey ~ The Colour of the Earth Louis was my dearest friend Fighting in the ANZAC trench Louis ran forward from the line I never saw him again Later in the dark I thought I heard Louis' voice Calling for his mother, then me But I couldn't get to him He's still up on that hill 20 years on that hill Nothing more than a pile of bones But I think of him still If I was asked I'd tell The colour of the earth that day It was dull and browny red The colour of blood, I'd say

New Sigur Rós track Ekki múkk, new album Valtari will be released May 28th

(I know this would be too obvious, but) Ricky van Shelton is not a band?

Babylon's Burning ~ The Ruts Name a song about a city in the US of A.

Welcome to Paradise is correct, but the reason is a different one: that song is the only one of the five that is about an actual place (Oakland), but I guess that was a bit too obscure, so I'll just accept your explanation

Can it be called a "cover" if the whole lyrics are different? And Paradise Circus features a female vocalist too (okay, she's credited though) Either way, both are not what I was looking for.

damn, I'm good Paradise Circus ~ Massive Attack Another Day in Paradise ~ Phil Collins Welcome to Paradise ~ Green Day Gangsta's Paradise ~ Coolio Paradise By the Dashboard Light ~ Meat Loaf

I'll take an educated guess: BSSM, Licensed to Ill and Raising Hell are all Rick Rubin productions, even if I don't know it for the other three I guess that that's the common theme. And as the oldest album of the remaining three is Dream Police, I'd say that that's the odd one out? tl;dr Dream Police by Cheap Trick is the only album not produced by Rick Rubin

Leonard Cohen has a songwriting credit on R.E.M.'s "Hope" because of the similarities to "Suzanne".

The 5 Craziest War Stories (All Happened on the Same Ship) hilarious

Depends on the target audience of course, but his last album (in 2010) was #1 and the ones before that didn't do too bad either (see German wikipedia for numbers)