.....to me its frightening that Donovan really did sing that way. I thought it was studio trickery. I sorta wish it was studio trickery...but no...he sings like that....But he does a nifty littlen Lennon immitation & he gets George spot on as well.LIVE MUSIC IS BETTER?
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Fans of Donovan will be familiar with his song "Sunny Goodge Street", memorable for the coupletOn the firefly platform on sunny goodge streetViolent hash-smoker shook a chocolate machineThis is where he was singing about.He wrote the song when he was still a folk singer - often described as a sub-Dylan folks singer. Perhaps Dyan's tongue lashing, captured in 'Don't Look Back', caused him to ...
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Donovan Leitch was one of the first of the 'new Dylans' to emerge in the master's wake. His "Catch The Wind" seemed to be a reply to Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind", and his recording of Buffy Ste Marie's "Universal Soldier" further cemented his reputation as a new 'spokesman for a generation'.His sound developed and blossomed in the emerging psychedelic scene, and with Jimmy Page on guitar he...
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As summer in these parts begins to slowly fade, I came across this collection of tunes aptly named "Summer Day Reflection SongsIt is a UK 2-CD compilation from 'the British Invasion's answer to Bob Dylan' and contains all of Donovan's Pye output before he dumped his label and hooked up with Mikey Most.It is certainly worth a trip in the wayback machine
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From the same compilation of Donovan tunes, which MOG does not recognize. Donovan was one of the most popular British recording artists of his day, producing a series of hit albums and singles between 1965 and 1970
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A final tune from the aforementioned compilation.Truth be told, I was a Donovan fan back in the day as were many artists at the time including the Beatles. He influenced both John Lennon and Paul McCartney when he taught them his finger-picking guitar style in 1968.
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Donovan, famous for '60s pop hits such as "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and "Mellow Yellow," has announced plans to open the Invincible Donovan University, where students will adhere to the principles of transcendental meditation."I know it sounds like an airy-fairy hippie dream to go on about '60s peace and love," said the 61-year-old singer, who was born Donovan Leitch in the Maryhill area of Glasgow. "B...
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Nobody to blame but me for this one...i mentioned Donovan by name in the last post, andthis song is now bouncing around in my head. I must now play it and exercise the song from my mind, before I can go on with my night...i am not well.I did just pick up his 'Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976' and I highly recommend it to ANY music lover. He is one of those artists who is so unapp...
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With a few hours to kill in Montreal before a Return to Forever concert (about which more later), I stopped in to the Musee d'Art Contemporain to see the exhibit that gives this post its title (it sounds even artier in French).It's a very cool exhibit, and I wandered around happily, and then spotted three boxes of record albums on the floor. Just boxes of LPs, sitting there, like at a flea mark...
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"*ZODIAC*":http://www.zodiacmovie.com/ is one of those movies which trailers are more exciting. Well, it isn't BAD.. perhaps a bit long.. (and I won't forgive mr. Zodiac for not throwing the baby out the window... c'mon man, YOU'RE A KILLER!!)I must admit the killing scenes, specialy the stabbing one, are amazing!! (although they don't appear that much as expected), and the soundtrack is GREAT ...
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'allo 'allo 'allo. Perhaps you're feeling a bit of a whim for the wicked today? ....a bit of affection for the abominable? ....a desire for the dreadful? ....a craving for the creepy? ....in the mood for the macabre? Well step right up... (and push play)
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it goes all the way back as far as i can remember. it was bob dylan! all his fault, or his credit. without bob, i would have known only woody guthrie as the guy who wrote "this land is your land," which we sang in elementary school... and without its verse about "trespassin'"then there is donovan, wonderfully lampooned and put on the spot in dont look back which influenced my filmmaking as m...
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I've always had a soft spot for Donovan. Maybe it was because his Greatest Hits album was on heavy rotation in my house when I was a kid. I know that Donovan is often dismissed as a hippie dipshit, and when you hear stuff like "First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is," it's hard to argue with that. And yet "Sunshine Superman" is just a fantastic song (with guitar s...
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A song lyric by Donovan that I wanted to share. DONOVAN lyrics
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Clive Davis is a legend in the recording industry. While at CBS, he signed Donovan, Janis Joplin, Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, Billy Joel, Aerosmith and many more. With Arista, he was instrumental in the careers of Barry Manilow, Whitney Houston, Patti Smith and Sean "Puffy/P-Diddy" Combs.Davis used his musical knowledge and business savvy to guide some of the great careers in popular...
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