Transformation

This post is simply about a song that gets spread across so many different bands. Examples are Sweet Jane, Hallelujah, Like a Rolling Stone and so many other amazing songs that musicians can't help but make covers of. So I'm going to post every version of a song that I can think of. See if you think its too much, or an amazing transformation. The song is Have Love Will Travel, orginally written by Richard Berry in 1959.

Here's the original.



This is The Sonics version- and possibly the most famous cover.



Here's Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi's take on it.



The Black Keys, of course. I particularly like this version because it's so heavy on the bass.





Paul Revere and the Raiders did a cover too, but there's no YouTube clip, and I'm too lazy to look for another one, but it's pretty cool. Bruce Springsteen preformed it live a couple of times and according to Wikipedia, there are a bunch of other bands, one of which is a Japanese band called The Portugal Japan, I have never heard of them, but I intend to find out more. I am trying to slowly immerse myself in the world of Japanese rock.