marmalade mayhem

Day 4: A song so perfect that no one should ever cover

Follow by Richie Havens (written by Jerry Merrick)

Album: Mixed Bag, 1967

There’s no official video and I can’t find a live version but luckily there’s this random montage that somebody created. And, really, this song paints such a picture that you don’t really need visuals. Just listen. 

I first heard this song in the 1994 movie The War (Emily and I are *huge* Elijah Wood fans)

::swoon::

But I digress….Follow is brilliant. It’s consistently been in my “top 10” since I first heard it. I just don’t think anybody could come close to evoking the emotion of the song as Richie Havens does. I’m just saying.