Most covers struggle to approach the original. But sometimes, they create unique works of arts of their own, even though they are a "copy" of the original. After all, a painting is a copy of the real thing and we praise that.
So I thought I create a thread and have everyone post the covers they enjoy as much if not more than the original.
To get us started, here is the House of the Rising Sun, sung by Kimberly Nichole in the show, The Voice:
And the "original" as sung by Animals: [yes, I know, they were also doing a cover as this is a much older song than their rendition]
The real hero in The Voice version is the band, holy crap! They made her performance!
http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/about/bio/the-voice-band
The Animals version cant be touched, love the video, Metallica Master of Puppets be damned! I love how they guitar and bass players follow the singer around the stage in a funeral march, wind up at the keyboard for the solo and them complete the laparound the stage. Brilliant early music video. Not a cable to be seen, early Wi-Fi!
I "dig" how Hilton Valentine keeps a stone face till the last verse and then totally hams it up behind Eric.