This song was used so effectively in the opening scene of "Zodiac" and again at the end of the movie. Just a very creepy kind of vibe to this song that can't be undone once you've seen the film. By itself, it's a gorgeous vocal performance by Donovan.
@DM-hk4cw
Жыл бұрын
Even if you're not cool, just by listening to Donovan automatically makes you cool if only for a few minutes.
@DianaJG8
Жыл бұрын
He was a FAVORITE when I was a kid ('74 Grad). Wish I'd have known how cool 😎 I was!! 😂
@marktait2371
Жыл бұрын
dude i was cool.this morning sunshine sunshine superman came on haha
@lesblatnyak5947
Жыл бұрын
Or a ex hippie
@DianaJG8
Жыл бұрын
@@marktait2371 YEAH! 🤜🤛
@DianaJG8
Жыл бұрын
@@lesblatnyak5947 - IKR! 😁
@batmanforpresident9655
Жыл бұрын
Great choice, guys.... Other hits worth checking out by him are: "Atlantis", " Sunshine Superman", "There Is A Mountain", " Mellow Yellow", "Jennifer Juniper", " Catch The Wind". "Wear Your Love Like Heaven".
@DawnSuttonfabfour
Жыл бұрын
Amen to al of those.
@davidwalsh7128
Жыл бұрын
ATLANTIS....
@dragon-lu3mk
Жыл бұрын
can't forget superlungs my supergirl ...
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
@@SpuzzyLargo "Sunshine Superman" would blow their little minds. Plus, it -- unlike "Hurdy Gurdy Man" -- has an actual guitar solo by Jimmy Page.
@skiprockjr.6881
Жыл бұрын
They've hit 3 Donovan songs without hitting Sunshine Superman. Surprising.
@decatur0967
Жыл бұрын
You got it dead on. Donovan was the epitome of hippie cool, psychedelics rule. Fashion trend leader, Maharishi studying and Hammer Claw guitar player. I still listen to his music and I'm 70 years old.
@bobpat56
Жыл бұрын
"Sunshine Superman", "Mellow Yellow" and "Atlantis" are also great Donovan tunes.
@jeffking4176
Жыл бұрын
Jennifer Juniper- my favorite, and yet , different again. 📻🙂
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
💯
@davidranney8723
Жыл бұрын
Atlantis features probably the only use of the word "antedeluvian" in all of rock music history.
@kirksmith2051
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Those three songs showcase Donovan at his best.
@kirksmith2051
Жыл бұрын
@@davidranney8723 LOL - right.
@DJC-jf7jy
Жыл бұрын
This song was playing while I stood in the draft line 1971 at the Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo NY. When I hear it it brings me right back to that day.
@troilusand
Жыл бұрын
It features an Indian influence with the use of a tambura, a gift to Donovan from George Harrison, who also helped write the lyrics. The tambura creates the drone-like sound. Hurdy gurdys have drone strings.
@SpuzzyLargo
Жыл бұрын
George wrote a third verse that wasn't used on the final recording.
@paulwilson2651
Жыл бұрын
Donovan taught John Lennon his finger picking style.
@barbarabrafford7102
Жыл бұрын
There is a live version of this song. Donovan explains George's 3rd verse and how it never got recorded. He sings it on this version. Cool stuff!
@LivingInTheKaliYogurt
Жыл бұрын
And...guess who's on the electric guitar on this jam: ladies and gentleman, Jimmy Page.
@marvinbone1379
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Andy & Alex ! This song creeps me out, nostalgically. It is the winter of 1969 in rural Wisconsin, and i am 10 years old and home alone. My parents drove into town, to run Saturday errands. But, they are delayed coming home, till late in the night, due to a bad snowstorm. This song is on AM radio and it scared me, for some reason.
@otisdylan9532
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Donovan song is "Sunshine Superman", so I'm strongly in favor of that being your next song from him. You mentioned that each of the Donovan songs you've heard is different from the others, and "Sunshine Superman" is yet another thing entirely.
@timkjazz
Жыл бұрын
Alan Parker on guitar, Clem Cattini on drums, John Paul Jones on bass and was also the musical director, and JPJ has said repeatedly these were the musicians, Allan Holdsworth always said he did not play on this song, Jimmy Page was in Miami, Fl when this was recorded. Alan Parker, folks, Alan Parker.
@michaelcapewell4811
Жыл бұрын
At last! Someone who knows what he’s talking about! 👍
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
Yes, except that you can't forget about Donovan Leitch himself. Donovan not only sang on "Hurdy Gurdy Man", he also played the acoustic guitar and the tambura (the latter instrument being a gift he had received from George Harrison in India).
@mpemberton7760
2 күн бұрын
JPJ, 2005: "I would like to confirm that the musicians on the record were as follows: Donovan, acoustic guitar; John Paul Jones, arrangement/musical director and bass guitar; Alan Parker, lead (electric) guitar; Clem Cattini, drums. No other musicians were involved in this session."
@johnleonard3806
Жыл бұрын
Donovan is all about the lyrical image. He's the best at painting a picture in your mind. Droning guitar strumming keeps it anchored.
@sukie584
Жыл бұрын
What so many who didn’t grow up in this time don’t realize, is how incredible AM radio was in the 60s & 70s ( before FM & album oriented stations took hold) You would hear Frank Sinatra,Cream, The Supremes, The Archies,James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Hendrix, 1910 Fruitgum Co, etc. all one after the other. So at 6 or 7 you would have pop, heavy rock, soul, bubblegum, standards in your 45 singles collection.
@graciesmom1477
Жыл бұрын
That's so true.
@dennislichti6761
Жыл бұрын
Spot on
@thomasstambaugh5181
Жыл бұрын
At 1:05 in the cut, Donovan begins routing his voice through a Leslie (spinning slowly). It's a fabulous touch that I've always loved.
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
Probably my second-favorite instance of someone singing through a Leslie, after John Lennon on "Tomorrow Never Knows".
@FizzFop1
Жыл бұрын
This song was scary as hell in the Zodiac movie. I never thought of it that way before. Another super beautiful sweet Donovan song no one talks about or plays is Jennifer Juniper. I never heard that song before until a few years ago. Excellent.
@ianrobinson4200
Жыл бұрын
They used Jennifer Juniper in the movie Election, check it out - great movie. Agree, was creepy as hell in Zodiac. Feel like I've heard it in some other movie as well but I'd have to look it up
@l.thegirl2581
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a murder. Once you see that scene you'll never unsee it
@kw99190
Жыл бұрын
For pure beauty of songwriting, it's Donovan's "Catch The Wind."
@emilyblinder2557
Жыл бұрын
I always loved “Catch The Wind”. The song shows the folk influence on Donovan and it isn’t trippy but a lovely lyrical song.
@kw99190
Жыл бұрын
Original version please. kzitem.info/news/bejne/q26e0HmPjaKoeG0
@hklinker
Жыл бұрын
Saw Donovan in 1977. By that time, he was an opening act for Yes. I got great value that night.
@loosilu
Жыл бұрын
Donovan was on the famous India trip with the Beatles. His song Jennifer Juniper was written for Pattie Boyd's sister Jennifer, who ended up marrying Mick Fleetwood. While they were in India, Donovan taught Lennon and Harrison how to fingerpick guitar. McCartney watched from afar and then taught himself separately. You can hear John's brand new fingerpicking on the White Album - Julia and Dear Prudence. Then McCartney does a completely different pattern on Blackbird.
@David-iv6je
Жыл бұрын
Mainly Lennon on the basic folk pick, at least as seen in songs (e.g. Dear Prudence...). Off hand I can't think of a Harrison song that uses it.
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
Also on that trip to India, George Harrison gave Donovan the tambura that Donovan played on "Hurdy Gurdy Man". Plus, as Donovan was in the midst of writing "Hurdy Gurdy Man" on that trip (the Hurdy Gurdy Man is supposedly Maharishi Mahesh Yogi), Harrison added his own verse to the song: When the truth gets buried deep Beneath the thousand years asleep Time demands a turnaround And once again the truth is found ... that Donovan didn't end up using in the final cut.
@carolynschmidt5467
Жыл бұрын
I forgot about Jennifer Juniper! Thank you.
@presleycheshire3968
Жыл бұрын
Donovan was a very influentional on 1960's music. He moved effortlessly between bands of all types in his mystical, selfless, way. He was, and still is a proponent for peace and love. His influence in sixties pop culture cannot be understated. ☯️☮️
@chariotdrvr14
Жыл бұрын
One of the most awesome of the 60's. You have got to hit 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven', among others. Dude really had great run during that time.
@TTM9691
Жыл бұрын
Wear Your Love Like Heaven is a GREAT song. It would never win but that's definitely one of his greatest songs. And DEFINITELY psychedelic!
@rickpaul4216
Жыл бұрын
A Hurdy Gurdy is a stringed instrument that looks a bit like a violin with a crank on top of it and keys to make the notes.
@Cheryworld
Жыл бұрын
did they play it on this song?
@cliffhughes6010
Жыл бұрын
Hey Mr Tambourine Man. Everyone knows a tambourine is an orange fruit.
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
@@Cheryworld No, there is no hurdy-gurdy on "Hurdy Gurdy Man". But the hurdy-gurdy does have drone strings (which makes it sound a bit like a dulcimer crossed with a bagpipe), and there is a drone element to this song as well. However, the drone comes from a tambura (an Indian stringed instrument similar to the sitar) rather than a hurdy-gurdy. It was played by Donovan himself, who had received the tambura from George Harrison as a gift. (Harrison wrote a verse for "Hurdy Gurdy Man" that Donovan didn't end up using.) You can clearly hear the tambura at the end of the verses, when Donovan sings "... comes singing songs of love ..." . It's probably one of the two most famous songs in Western popular music that uses a tambura, the other being "Street Fighting Man" by the Rolling Stones (Brian Jones played the tambura on that song).
@marktait2371
Жыл бұрын
yeh i saw a guy in yorkshire had one with a couple of mates busking at a street market
@John_Locke_108
Жыл бұрын
In the movie "The Song Remains The Same" there's a scene of Jimmy Page playing one by the banks of a pond at his home.
@dennispower5362
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for this song . loved it when it came out love it still. . next should be SUNSHINE SUPERMAN.. say no more ☮️
@rockitflash
Жыл бұрын
Donovan was my first concert.1969 in Memphis. I was age 14 with our church youth group. It was just Donovan with his acoustic guitar, sitting cross legged on a goatskin rug in the middle of the stage, accompanied by an Indian tabla player. It was also the first time I smelled the wonderful aroma of the burning of the devil’s lettuce.
@surlechapeau
Жыл бұрын
A&A, you’ll love his “Mellow Yellow" and “Sunshine Superman”!!
@PatrickMersinger
Жыл бұрын
Hurdy Gurdy man was used on the movie soundtrack for ZODIAC in 2007 . I get the feeling that the hurdy gurdy man was someone you didn’t want to meet. It’s a bit creepy and it seemed right at home on the Zodiac soundtrack. Donavan was usually kinda mellow to me but this really rocks.
@paulonius42
Жыл бұрын
The song literally says the hurdy-gurdy man is singing songs of love, so there's no reason you wouldn't want to meet him.
@marcanglin7127
Жыл бұрын
Hurdy-gurdy players were, in most cultures, buskers.
@zitabraun1176
Жыл бұрын
Buskers?
@andreaschmall5560
Жыл бұрын
It's an instrument for god's sake. Google it.
@marcanglin7127
Жыл бұрын
@@zitabraun1176 Musical street performers.
@barblessable
Жыл бұрын
Catch the Wind , his first big hit is beautiful song of unrequited love , Donavan another one of many great Scottish artist .
@db54448
Жыл бұрын
Loved loved Catch the Wind. Its obscure but beautiful
@brucefelger4015
Жыл бұрын
Saw Donovan back in the 70"s he was the oddly unusual opening act for J. Geils, Bob Seeger, and then Yes. extremely eclectic concert.
@jonathanlocke6404
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I had forgotten that I did once see Donovan open for Yes...
@armadillotoe
Жыл бұрын
Music wasn't so pidgeon-holed back then.
@jonathanlocke6404
Жыл бұрын
@@armadillotoe Saw some unusual pairings. I think a lot of promoters were more businessmen than music guys and to them, they were all "rock bands"...Saw Bob Seger open for KISS. He was on the cusp of breaking big time, but he had been around since the late 60's and was a very meat-and-potatoes no frills kind of act. I always wondered if he was thinking: "Why am I opening for these guys?" But I think there was a Detroit connection...
@richarddemeo3451
Жыл бұрын
@@jonathanlocke6404 Me too Boston Garden, not sure of the year
@jonathanlocke6404
Жыл бұрын
@@richarddemeo3451 I wanna say it was, like, 1977? Rick Wakeman was gone by then...
@aBeatleFan4ever
Жыл бұрын
Donovan wrote the song when he was in India with The Beatles. It was recorded in April of 1968 and went to #5 in the US and #4 in the UK. It has been reported that Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones all played on this song... making it a precursor to the formation of Led Zeppelin.
@terryohara2284
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you! I wondered who played the Drums! I knew about Jimmy on Guitar...
@mollymortensen4023
Жыл бұрын
John Paul Jones and Page were involved, Bonham was not however.
@aBeatleFan4ever
Жыл бұрын
@@mollymortensen4023 - Donavan wrote in his autobiography that Bonham did play drums on the song. But others say that Bonham did not. It's one of those things where different people have claimed he was there (or he was not there).
@donnadubyak6504
25 күн бұрын
Alan Parker on guitar, JPJ on bass
@mpemberton7760
2 күн бұрын
Only JPJ on bass...Alan Parker played lead, Clem Cattini on drums...JP and JB not involved.
@mark-be9mq
Жыл бұрын
"Get Thy Bearings" off the same album is a folk - jazz sauce so smooth you'll melt & slip outta your seats.
@jdub9279
Жыл бұрын
Ok…now you need to listen to Intergalactic Laxitive. Donovan even has a sense of humor about interstellar bathroom habits🌚
@tomatoseed1443
Жыл бұрын
Makes me happy when I reflect that these great tunes were just the norm in those days!
@christopherhuot2826
Жыл бұрын
The Pychedelic 60s were some of the most inventive times ever😅
@dopeymark
Жыл бұрын
I met Donovan in a bar in New Jersey about forty years ago. I was surprised to see him, and more surprised that he was super nice.
@tlucas9798
Жыл бұрын
Donovan’s vocals on AliceCoopers “Billion Dollar Babies” are my favorite. One of the coolest songs of all time.❤❤❤❤
@kmorri9
Жыл бұрын
Totally iconic drum intro!
@ed.z.
Жыл бұрын
This was a hit record with heavy rotation. A groundbreaking record with help from Jimmy Page and the advent of the Marshall guitar amplifier. I met Donovan, a very cool guy.
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Page does not play on "Hurdy Gurdy Man". The lead guitar is courtesy of London sessionman Alan Parker.
@edprzydatek8398
Жыл бұрын
I wish I had met Donovan.
@vicprovost2561
Жыл бұрын
Sure sounds like Jimmy Page to me and all the musical people we talked with back then, everyone sure thought it sounded like him, despite any dispute on the the several names being floated about. We may never really know...
@drossword
Жыл бұрын
@@gregsager2062 There are at least three guitarists on this track. Donovan played acoustic, and there is obviously the lead guitar (probably Alan Parker, although Donovan seems to have confused him with Allan Holdsworth), but there is also a rhythm guitar that comes in to accompany the solo. That’s probably Page.
@jonathanlocke6404
Жыл бұрын
We may indeed never know. A Donovan compilation released in 1992 lists Allan Holdsworth and Jimmy Page as the electric guitar players and John Bonham as one of the drummers. John Paul Jones, who arranged, played bass and booked the session musicians, said that Clem Cattini played the drums and Alan Parker played the electric guitar. In 2013, Donovan remembered Cattini playing drums but wasn't sure whether Bonham did. He said Holdsworth played guitar. Jimmy Page's website lists this song as one on which he played. Engineer Eddie Kramer says Jimmy Page was on it but not Bonham. Later, Donovan said that Page not only played guitar, but that this song was a major influence on the sort of sound that Led Zeppelin would work with later on. Heh...Seems like everybody was just sort of focused on finishing a recording, hoped that it would be popular over the summer, and didn't think that people would still be arguing about who played on it sixty years later.
@StatsJedi
Жыл бұрын
You've got to hear "Mellow Yellow" next. Very distinctive artist.
@harriotteworthington3147
Жыл бұрын
Quite rightly…
@margaretanscombe730
Жыл бұрын
And you can hear McCartney doing background vocals during the chorus!
@mikeeckel2807
Жыл бұрын
I always heard that Donovan contributed the line.... "Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye" to The Beatles' "I am the Walrus."
@SpuzzyLargo
Жыл бұрын
Donovan was the very first rock concert I ever attended--1971 in Seattle with my high school girlfriend.
@jameskennedy721
4 ай бұрын
Rumour has it that Jimmy Page played the loud guitar part . Donovan was and is a huge talent .
@mpemberton7760
2 күн бұрын
Rumour was wrong, as usual
@179cpv
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Donovan song is “Catch the Wind,” a very different kind of song from this, more reminiscent of early Dylan.
@gailjohnson5950
Жыл бұрын
When Catch The Wind was first released, I thought it WAS Dylan!
@gailjohnson5950
Жыл бұрын
When Catch the Wind came out, I thought it WAS Dylan!
@BOOMNERD51
Жыл бұрын
Loved Donovan since 11th grade, 72 now. Like how you recognize how all over the place his music is. Great review! ❤
@sherryheim5504
Жыл бұрын
Love this song, it takes me back and drops me off onto that free-ride flashback that my parents always warned me about, and I always waited for. Well, here is all wrapped up nicely with a bow from Donovan. Sunshine Superman is another Donovan song that you have to check out but perhaps on your own time when you can add a little chemical or organic romance to your experience. Donovan enhanced the psychedelic era with his music and his vocal vibrato (tremolo).
@charlestwisted9890
Жыл бұрын
“And he’s looking down to find it!”, was comedy gold.
@christinewaide5249
Жыл бұрын
Sunshine Superman is incredible ❤
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Donovan song!
@donnabruhn6907
Жыл бұрын
What fun the 60's were and such great music like this. A little trippy
@MattJocks
Жыл бұрын
I'm nominating "And he's looking down for it (the moon)" as Alex's best line ever.
@gerrym.9354
Жыл бұрын
Donovan - Catch the Wind --- a gem.
@troilusand
Жыл бұрын
A huge THANK YOU!, that is well overdue/years in the making -- I've extolled your virtues in several comments in the past. A new mention; you've re-introduced me to listening to music with headphones. And even my cheaper ones still make a huge difference. You guys are the only time I listen to music WITHOUT any other distractions. Your mentions of what you hear/appreciate from the left and right made me get some. 50+ years ago I rarely had the option to listen with headphones. Now I do with you guys. So I'm listening with "new ears" to music I've loved forever.
@scooterbaby1
Жыл бұрын
right there with ya ✌
@andyandalex
Жыл бұрын
That’s amazing friend, thanks so much for enjoying great music with us! 🤠
@alrivers2297
Жыл бұрын
As others have said Mellow Yellow and Sunshine Superman are the next ones to do
@colinbenidt9052
Жыл бұрын
All of Donovan’s hits are worth checking out. So his whole Greatest Hits album is definitely worth your time. And yes very often his sound and style changes drastically from track to track. Arguably one of the best songwriters of all time, and was hailed as one of the many “next Bob Dylans” back in the day.
@VulcanDeathGrip44
Жыл бұрын
I never thought of this song as creepy until David Fincher used it in Zodiac and now it gives me chills.
@mr.marcus3123
Жыл бұрын
Great 60's psychedelic songscape guys! And to show yet another side of Mr. Lietch, 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven' should definitely be the next Donovan entry! Ciao!
@alexjbennett1017
Жыл бұрын
This song is 100% 60s. Every element of it oozes 60s. Nothing in it distracts my mind from going back to those times and losing myself in how it felt then (I was 13-14 then).
@davidschecter5247
Жыл бұрын
Donovan is unique. Made some terrific albums in the 1970s and beyond after many people had long forgotten him. Check out 7-TEASE. "Atlantis" is a Donovan classic -- like "Hey Jude," It's an opening followed by a long outro that is one of the all-time greats.
@alienlifeform7490
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to be 65 this year. I remember when he was making his way. It's amazing to come back to him and, yes, it's trippy stuff, but also real, because it is! Great reaction guys. Love your insights.
@NVprods
Жыл бұрын
"Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow" were Donovan's biggest hits in the U.S. Both great.
@LoriCurl
Жыл бұрын
Really happy you guys are doing Donovan today, thx!!
@buzmcg
Жыл бұрын
An often overlooked bit of Donovan brilliance is Sunny Goodge Street. Great 1960’s jazz-influenced trippiness. Some of the best heady lyrics you’ll ever hear.
@davidspalten1304
Жыл бұрын
This was an enormous AM radio hit when it came out - helped define the psychedelic culture of the time. Miss those days.
@auntvesuvi3872
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Andy! Thanks, Alex! 💎 Oh, he's psychedelic, alright. I've always been partial to his "Sunshine Superman". #AndyAndAlex #Donovan #HurdyGurdyMan
@andreaschmall5560
Жыл бұрын
Donovan has an incredible songbook. Saw him in 1972 and handed him a necklace of love beads. The quintessentail hippie vibe.
@emmakaplan7508
Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Page on the guitar!! You guys are in for a treat! Hit Sunshine Superman by him next!
@michaelcapewell4811
Жыл бұрын
No it isn’t! It’s Alan Parker
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelcapewell4811 Correct. Poor Alan Parker, who sometimes gets overlooked by people who think that Page played on "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and sometimes gets crowded out by Allen Holdsworth instead. Some people also state that Page played on "Season of the Witch" as well, which he didn't. Page *did* play on "Sunshine Superman", as one of the two electric guitarists on the song (Eric Ford being the other). If you were to ask Jimmy Page, he'd tell you that he played on at least three-quarters of the songs that were recorded in London during the 1960s. He was a great producer, songwriter, and guitarist, but he's also incredibly self-aggrandizing.
@lizklosowski6487
Жыл бұрын
I've enjoyed every song by Donovan for decades, and just found out that a Hurdy Gurdy is a medieval wheel-string instrument! Donovan is such an underrated talent.
@Ontir
Жыл бұрын
Donovan began as an acoustic, folk artist. When he "went electric," his fans turned on him . Dylan, eventually, came to his defense before he went electric, himself. I've loved this song since I was a small child.
@catleeper
Жыл бұрын
Wear Your Love Like Heaven is another cool song
@tylerhackner9731
Жыл бұрын
Great song!
@WilliamTheMovieFan
Жыл бұрын
I bet their stank face is going to be epic!
@roadrunner3100
Жыл бұрын
Donovan was a good friend of The Beatles and taught guitar picking techniques they used on later albums. One song you should hit, which wasn’t one of his big hits, is The Trip. Excellent song.
@AdamMcGahan
Жыл бұрын
_Hurdy Gurdy Man_ is an A+ for me. Drums like an ocean wave crashing, guitar wailing like a sea monster, folk metal at its finest. My vote for next tune: **Sunshine Superman**
@carolinekennedy3689
Жыл бұрын
Excellent description of the drums! 🌊
@allenlocke1935
Жыл бұрын
Folk Metal? I do believe I like that! I've never heard that one before:) What are some quintessential Folk Metal recommendations besides this one?
@rodjohnson2632
Жыл бұрын
Donovan opened for Yes at a concert I saw in 1977. Although I was familiar with his music, I wasn't expecting much from him live. I was quite surprised at how good he and his band were! They did a great set, and I think I recall a little bit longer version of Hurdy Gurdy Man, which I enjoyed, as I always thought the studio version should have been a bit longer.
@mikeeckel2807
Жыл бұрын
I saw YES and Donovan in St. Louis. He was an exceptional opening act...fit in well with the YES vibe.
@rodjohnson2632
Жыл бұрын
@@mikeeckel2807 I saw them in Oakland. The concert was so good I almost went back for the 2nd show the next day.
@hipsville
Жыл бұрын
Hurdy Gurdy Man is such a great vibe. You can just play this on repeat and let it soak in fully. Also Hurdy Gurdys were smaller hand cranked music boxes on wheels or stands. Think old cartoons with a hurdy gurdy man and a monkey who would collect money from the audience while he played.
@pcjamoke
Жыл бұрын
"Sunny Goodge Street" has always been one of my favorite Donovan songs
@439tab
Жыл бұрын
Sunny Goodge Street is an amazing song. He definitely had his own style.
@shemanic1
Жыл бұрын
Donovan was a folk singer who, like a lot of us, turned on in the 60's & became more psycadelic, his early music is great, some caustic protest songs among them. I may have mentioned before but he is a real troubadour, at many festivals in the U.K. he would step in to fill a gap, if a band was delayed, making an impromptu band out of people he spotted in the audience. A really genuine guy & well loved. For more hippy sounds try " Sunshine Superman" which starts "Sunshine came softly through my window today, could have tripped out easy but, I've changed my ways."
@jasonwales6502
Жыл бұрын
That’s his best album ..as a whole it’s a stunner and a hard psych vibe
@markcorcoran482
Жыл бұрын
Epistle To Dippy is another Donovan goodie. And as for him not trying to be cool, I’ve always enjoyed this lyrical bit as to “whether to be hip, or skip along quite merrily.” “Elevator to the brain hotel,” y’all!
@Flipmignon100
Жыл бұрын
Trippin' out now. Remembering dropping by my older hippie brother's crash pad, and the smells (!) of dope, females, indian food . . . strong sense memories.
@jaycorby
Жыл бұрын
No aroma of patchouli!?
@garylarue3899
Жыл бұрын
Get ready for a banger. The hardest rock tune from this versatile artist. Props also to Jimmy Page on guitar and John Bonham on drums shortly before Led Zeppelin came on the scene.
@nazfrde
Жыл бұрын
John Paul Jones played bass and booked the session, and he says Clem Cattini played drums and Alan Holdsworth played guitar. Donovan said the same thing in his autobiography.
@garylarue3899
Жыл бұрын
Yes they were involved as well. All great musicians.
@avlisk
Жыл бұрын
@@nazfrde If you told me this had Jimmy Page on guitar, I would 100% believe it.
@michaelcapewell4811
Жыл бұрын
@@nazfrde not Alan Holdsworth, it’s top session man and Blue Mink member Alan Parker
@michaelcapewell4811
Жыл бұрын
@@avlisk and you would be misled
@rochlejeune5789
Жыл бұрын
My 4th & last comment. In 1959 I was 14yrs old. To escape the family for some alone time, I used to go to our garage where I had a chair and a small radio. It was there late that summer when I first heard Ray sing What'd I Say Parts 1 and 2. I was blown away and became a devoted from that day til now. There are too many other songs that deserve recommendation by him. So choose from choices listed by other fans. Over and out.
@davidsommerville2213
Жыл бұрын
Lots of cool stuff in his catalog to check out, but Wear Your Love Like Heaven is super cool.
@rundoetx
Жыл бұрын
Hurdy Gurdy man was written in India when Donovan was there with the Beatles. One verse on the song was written by George Harrison, but that verse wasnt on the singles version on the song. More interesting things about this song. John Paul Jones played bass. Jimmy Page, guitar, and John Bonham was credited with percussion.Thats 3/4th of the, first named, New Yardbirds, which then became Led Zeppelin.
@philvallee645
Жыл бұрын
Guys thank you for finally hitting this, I'm fairly sure I was down in the comments requesting this one since the first Donovan song your ever hit! Definitely my favourite of his, with Season of the Witch pulling up not too far behind. Highly recommend you follow that instinct to hit an album one day.
@daviddragavon7555
Жыл бұрын
There is a Donovan spectrum, from folk "try to catch the wind " to this! Thanks to the commenter who pointed out that was Jimmy Paige and Jon Bonham on the track. Should have known. For reasons totally arbitrary, I am a huge fan of "Sunshine Superman", just makes me feel good.
@WilliamTheMovieFan
Жыл бұрын
Nice! One of my favorites from him.
@radar0412
Жыл бұрын
The original first time listener song "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan should be Hit. Sunshine Superman worked for the Kids, as their "first time listener song" from Donovan back in 1966. It still should work for you Boy's today. Cheers from the Rock and Roll Past!
@jorjorbinks8928
Жыл бұрын
My personal favorite Donovan song is Sunshine Superman. Hope you guys get around to it at some point!
@okantichrist
Жыл бұрын
Always gets the goosebumps perking up👍🏻😎
@439tab
Жыл бұрын
Listen to the whole Sunshine Superman album. It is a psychedelic, medieval, jazz, folk rock, album. Different than anything else.
@johntaylor-jp3jy
Жыл бұрын
It’s worth your while to explore the actual album. A great deal of what he did was unintentionally ahead of its time, from the proto Trip Hop of “Get Thy Bearings” with its loping drum beat and looped sax riff, to the almost electronic pulse of “Tangier”. Most of the songs were written during the infamous “Spiritual” retreat in India with the Maharishi, The Beatles, their birds, Mia Farrow and her sister, and Ganesha knows who else, and the influence of traditional Indian music on Donovan’s writing style expresses itself in his use of drones, whether instrumentally or with his voice: the way he almost monosyllabically sings the opening lyrics on “Peregrine” elongating the vowels is a perfect example. You also do get his more Twee, Hippy Dippy side with “Jennifer Juniper” and “Entertaining Of A Shy Girl” but that has its charms too
@BoltManiac
Жыл бұрын
Yes!!! I’ve been requesting this a few years now! Can’t wait to get home tonight to watch! Thanks guys!!
@stevevasell429
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised i haven't seen "First there is a Mountain " mentioned more as it's one of my favorite Donovan tunes.
@kengoodman756
Жыл бұрын
Guitar by Jimmy Page, arranged and bass by John Paul Jones, and probably John Bonham on drums. Pre-Led Zeppelin.
@mpemberton7760
2 күн бұрын
Nope, JP and Bonzo weren't involved in the session. It's been said time and time again.
@joannecoakley6428
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Donovan song is "There is a mountain". What a great sound!
@Flipmignon100
Жыл бұрын
About time you dragged out some psychedelia!
@alrivers2297
Жыл бұрын
Dragged out or drugged out 😁
@RicoBurghFan
Жыл бұрын
Banger supreme! Next Donovan, Atlantis. It will blow your beautiful minds ☮️
@tomrockwood851
Жыл бұрын
Always a pure trip with Donovan. Thick and meaty. Just like I like my shrooms. A rating for sure!!!
@ShibaMomma143
Жыл бұрын
That's what THEY said!! 😃
@billnole2188
Жыл бұрын
Donovan's nephew, Ed Wynne, took after his uncle with an amazing band for many years, Ozric Tentacles. Great stuff guys.
@gliebzeit
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, guys!! Please give a listen to another couple of wonderful Donovan songs: 'First There is a Mountain' and 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven' album tracks. Both are completely different than the ones that you've reacted too already. Enjoy!! ☺
@scottingram7634
Жыл бұрын
And as any good music fan knows "First There Is A Mountain" was turned into the 45 minute live version "Mountain Jam" by the Allman Brothers Band from the Fillmore East days.
@johnhopkins4767
Жыл бұрын
"First there is a mountain then there is no mountain then there is" is a Zen experience. (cue the disappearing mountain in the surreal rangeland series "Outer Range")
@izzywong7027
Жыл бұрын
There’s so much more Donovan you guys should hear. And, yes, you got it right. Thanks for this! ❤
@michaelritter8951
Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Page plays guitar and John Bonham drums on this song. PHENOMENAL!!!
@michaelcapewell4811
Жыл бұрын
Wrong, it’s John Paul Jones, Clem Cattini and Alan Parker
@TTM9691
Жыл бұрын
Wrong, that's a myth. John Paul Jones is on it though (he did the arranging on this whole album) but Page and Bonham are absolutely not on it and it doesn't even sound like either of them. Page was in The Yardbirds at this point, he wasn't doing session work.
@michaelritter8951
Жыл бұрын
No, you're wrong.
@michaelritter8951
Жыл бұрын
@michaelcapewell4811 I have Donovan's Greatest Hits right here. It lists Alan Holdsworth and Jimmy Page on electric guitar, John Paul Jones on bass and John Bonham and Clem Clatini on drums.
@gregsager2062
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelritter8951 The liner notes of that compilation album are incorrect. Page and Bonham did *not* play on "Hurdy Gurdy Man". Jones booked the "Hurdy Gurdy Man" session for producer Mickie Most, which means that he also booked the musicians who played on it. And he categorically denies that any of his future Led Zeppelin bandmates were there.
@rosemarywatson1231
Жыл бұрын
We loved Donovan in the day. Played it all the time.
@Bacchus69
Жыл бұрын
Great song and great reaction. I remember when the Butthole Surfers did a version of this song.
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