"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" was a big hit for Donovon and is a beautiful song. It received a boost while being used by Yardley for a perfume commercial and also Kohl's Department store used it for commercial purposes. "Hurry Gurdy Man" and "Sunshine Superman" were also big hits featuring a psychedelic folksy blend. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
It's sad that he's not more popular these days. I stumbled into his and Nick Drake's music in the late 90's pretty much by accident and they're so good that I'm honestly surprised they're not more famous.
@@jmhaces Maybe because of the influx of absolute fabulous new bands in the 60's and 70's. I mean monthly we were being hit by new groups and artists. Not sure, but we were fortunate to see some of Donovon's great potential.👍✌️🇨🇦
i second that (hurdy gurdy man). but my #1 fav donovan song is Lalena. awesome song, but too bad i like Deep Purples version just a bit better. both coool!
I forgot about this song of Donovan's & also how it was used for Yardley's soap commercials. Yet I still use Yardley's Lavender Soap all these years later...thanks for reminding me!
Epistle to Dippy, Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, There is a Mountain, Colours, and Catch the Wind (I grew up with the 5 min 2 sec long version that was on the vinyl LP of Donovan's Greatest Hits, & think the single ver. isn't as soulful) are all up there for me.
This is totally a guess, but in knitting if you drop a stitch, it will throw off your whole project. Maybe he is suggesting that if you don't pick up your "dropped stitches" in life, it will throw everything off balance and cause problems. This is a song I've never heard before, so thanks for sharing!
That's exactly what it means. Leave no stone unturned, nothing unfinished, and be sure to do it right, whatever "it" may be. If it ain't worth doing right etc etc etc. There are no real shortcuts.
Right. If you ignore the fact that you dropped a stitch, everything will unravel. But the question is, who is the one who drops the stitches in the song?
"pick up every stitch" is a knitting term. If you drop a stitch it messes up the weaving of the yarn., so picking up the stitch is going back and correcting the problem. 😃
Donovan was into the psychedelic, poetic, and mundane types of subject matter, including songs about Atlantis, Superman, nonsense words, a color, an old musical instrument, and one of his shirts. A friend of the Beatles, he contributed a line to their novelty song "Yellow Submarine." In a documentary of Bob Dylan, Donovan was humorously depicted as a musical rival of Dylan's.
Love that scene with Donovan and Dylan in “Don’t Look Back” that whole doc is so great, Rob and Amber definitely worth watching. Love when Bob is pissed inside the hotel room and says “Be Groovy or leave, man! ♥️♥️
Everytime you hear Donovan, you close your eyes and imagine a room with a little (umm) smoke in the room and everyone is chilling out. This is the essence of late 60's psychedelia music.
Now that you've done this one u need to lend an ear to psychedelic Iron Butterfly doin "In a Gadda da vida"...Donovan never dissapoints! Great reaction!
Lana Del Rey did a cover of this song that’s good. Donovan is great. He went with The Beatles to India where he taught John and Paul a special kind of finger picking that lead McCartney to write Blackbird. Donovan was in the studio when McCartney recorded it.
One of the best shows that I looked at on Ytube awhile back was him and Bobbie Gentry performing together on a British TV show that was from 1968 or a bit later maybe 1970 .. It is so obscure that no one much knows about it but it is well worth a look ...
"Catch the Wind" 2nd version "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" next. Donavan is amazing!! Love the line "Beatniks out to make it rich," they were predicesors to the Hippies & starting to sell out with doing anything for $ in corporate America. Also, please check out Melanie (Shafka). She was discovered at Woodstock, youngest performer.
Thank you, Cathy, great picks, I agree, Donovan is amazing. Melanie, is that the one with "I've Got A Brand New Pair of Roller Skates, You've Got A Brand New Key"? Funny, I just got that on my mind out of nowhere the other day! Well, anyway, "Beatnicks are out to make it rich" always made me wonder, I didn't know about the selling out aspect of them, or that the hippies were doing that, too. A bit disappointing.
@@adrianstevens2146 Yes, Melanie did that song too. My least favorite but one of her more popular songs. :Tuning My Guitar, "Lay Down/Candles in the Rain " "Leftover Wine" are some of my favorites. Beatniks actually called themselves simply "The Beats," but everyone else called them Beatniks. Wore black, into poetry, folk music & avant-garde art. A predicesor of Hippies & some became Hippies. Some of both groups "sold out" to mainstream society to make $ and move to the suburbs. Although, to be fair, most who were really into the political/social movements went into the social work, teaching, counseling, etc. Stuff to help people & the arts. It's the one's who only did & wore certain clothes just to be "trendy" went more corporate & became very Yuppie. Although, that was the younger generation aftertl the Hippies. Hated them. I was on the cusp. I remember my HS Civics teacher asking us as a Senior who knew what the Vietnam War was about. Only me & one other guy raised our hands. He said, "We'll, I guess this is the 1st year I have to really teach it." I used to watch the news w my dad & marched for Civil Rights in the Streets w my dad who was the 1st Mexican-American to become a Methodist Minister. 1st time I saw him cry was after MLK Jr was shot. So I used to get along w "the big kids" (teens) more than kids my age & listed to the radio all the time too.
A few people have covered this song, but Joan Jett did a killer hard rock version of this. It gained a lot of popularity over the last few years because it was used as the intro song for a Netflix documentary on the Son of Sam killer.
Vanilla Fudge does a great cover of this BUT if you going to do Vanilla Fudge you really should do: You Keep Me Hanging On. The cover of the Supremes hit (It a total re-invention) I consider it 2nd best all time cover (recreations) only topped by Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's. All Along the Watch Tower ..... PS love Donovan as well
In the spirit of the season, your next song can be "SPOOKY" by The Classics Four!!! SO MUCH MUSIC SO LITTLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem didn't seem to be the audio they were listening to. I followed the link in their description box & the source was fine. Problem was in their upload.
My favorite Donovan song was the first I heard from him, Catch the Wind. As noted below others to hear: Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, and Wear Your Love Like Heaven. Great great stuff!
Donovan, he was huge. As I recall he hung out with the Beatles a lot. I all ways loves this tune. Hurd y Buddy Man, Sunshine Superman. Cool song for this time of year. Thanks again for this memory.
Another great song of Donovan in 1968 is 'Jennifer, Juniper' - also his song 'Jabberwocky', singing a poem of Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland in medieval style - I also recommend Donovan's peace-song 'Universal Soldier' . or 'To Susan On The West Coast Waiting' ..
I see Amber was getting her psychedelic groove on with this one 😊. Love this song. Don’t forget to watch the movie “To Die For”…they play this during the final scene.
Years ago I heard that the line about "pick up every stitch" means to be careful and not leave anything (a fingernail, a hair, a thread from your clothes, etc.) for a witch to take, because the witch can use it to put a curse on you. For example, in the film and book Rosemary's Baby, the witches need an item of clothing from the human target of the curse in order to cast the spell. When Donovan talks about all the people he sees, the idea is that any one of them could be a witch, because witches can shape-shift into innocent creatures, like the rabbits in the ditch. I hope this is helpful! I LOVE your videos!!!!!
"Catch the Wind" , "There is a Mountain", "Sunshine Superman", "Hurdy Gurdy Man", "Wear Your Love Like Heaven". Best to listen to it with some Orange Sunshine, Purple Micro Dot, or Window Pane.
We always shied away from the window panes. Lots of speed and strychnine and not much LSD. Also, if you bought it from a stranger you'd likely never see again, there was a good chance it was only cellophane tape.
@@andyfletcher3561 Mellow Yellow was a type of LSD, a name that should have been mentioned above for obvious reasons. Stanley Owlsley had an interesting life. At one point he became a major producer/supplier of Owsley acid before it was made illegal. He made 500 million doses. He became sound engineer for the Grateful Dead. He gave acid to the Beatles. Steely Dan’s song Kid Charlemagne is about Stanley.
@@andyfletcher3561 So true about the speed. That became more and more of a problem as time went on. It always amazed me how well you can focus. Can't really imagine anyone jumping off a building. But I guess it amplified the mental baggage you brought with you. Only saw colors once and that was with the Orange Sunshine. Sitting in a car watching the colored raindrops splash on the windshield. Too cool. Plenty of trails though. Leary was right about how it would intensify your senses. What a great time.
@@OldPapaBear I loved micro-dots and other barrel acids. One of the strangest nights of my life was behind 7 or 8 yellow barrels circa 1978. I could focus intently but only for very short times. For example sex for me just wasn't happening when I was tripping. I tripped with a LOT of people, and never saw a "bad trip". Yes, some got caught up in their baggage, including myself on occasion, but not jump off a building kind of thing, and they always seemed to seek someone to talk to. Which lasted a minute or two and someone would say something stupid and the laughter would start, or something we felt was profound then the "Ohhh, I knowwwwwws" come out. The folks that jumped out of buildings generally had no idea they had ingested LSD.
"Sunshine Superman" is probably the best of this "trippy" period of Donovan's music. For me, as a 50's kid, the 60's was a revelation, & Donovan a big part of it, he was a troubadour in every sense, at many festivals in the late 60's he would be in the audience & would jump on stage to fill in if the band was delayed, often pulling other musicians on stage to form an impromptu band.
"Pick up every stitch" was a phrase my grandma used similar to "mind your p's and q's" and those kinds of sayings trying to inspire you to be thorough and competent in what you do.
"PICK UP EVERY STITCH" IS "PAY ATTENTION" in 60s syntax and terminology it could also be classed as being "MINDFUL" or" AWARE" of things in modern syntax "you miss a stitch it unravels". great reactions guys. ; )
If you want some cool psychedelic sounds, definitely check out “Incense and Peppermints” by the Strawberry Alarm Clock. And for more trippy folk vocals and deep lyrics, check out Nick Drake, especially “One Of These Things First,” “Pink Moon,” “Northern Sky,” and “Place To Be.”
As you may or may not glean from my first name... mom liked the song "Jennifer Juniper". I love the clip of Donovan, The Smothers Brothers and Peter, Paul and Mary doing a musical round on the Smothers Brothers show... so much talent on that stage.
Somebody recommended Iron Butterfly , In A Gadda Da Vida. I agree a lot. Little back story. Band went in to record and had to done by a certain hour , but one showed up still too buzzed from what ever he took and thats how they decided to keep the change from In The Garden Of Eden to In A Gadda Da Vida. From an interview video of a couple of band members I saw myself somewhere more than 10 years ago.
You know there's a lot of people here on RUclips doing the same thing y'all do but they don't hold a candle to you... love the reactions... you act like y'all really would have loved to experience those decades when songs were awesome and groups were actually groups!! Keep up the great work you two!! Hey Jay did you see the Alabama Tennessee game... I live here in Georgia I guess you could say I'm a middleman. Good to see Tennessee take one finally from Bama!! Love peace and chicken grease.🙉🙈🙊
Several people have suggested Atlantis, as well as Hurdy Gurdy Man. Also check out Sunshine Superman, Colours, Catch The Wind, Wear Your Love Like Heaven, Jennifer Juniper, Teen Angel and Turquoise (the latter being a favourite of John Lennon's).
I think I commented on this before but... I grew up with Donovan's music in the 1960s. This song, "Season of the Witch", was used to great effect as the closing soundtrack for the film "To Die For": (The significance of ice skating is quite clear if you have seen this film!) ruclips.net/video/iSgU48YASEk/видео.html Donovan's song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" also served as a soundtrack for the opening (and somewhat creepy) scenes of the film "Zodiac": (Along with Three Dog Night's "Easy to be Hard", a song from the musical "Hair".) ruclips.net/video/Ub6wGZu5Xng/видео.html But really the first song I heard by Donovan was his cover of "Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie - an Indigenous woman of the Cree Nation in Canada. At 81 years old, she still makes music that moves and inspires: ruclips.net/video/fOuZwpGHJ7E/видео.html This is Donovan's version from way back when: ruclips.net/video/UC9pc4U40sI/видео.html
He was the hippie generation right before me but it was definitely on the radio a lot when I was a little kid in the early seventies and later when I started buying records I acquired his Greatest Hits and once I played them three or four times? I quit thinking about it as this weird hippy dippy music from before me a little bit, and started to really feel the rhythm of it and the quality of his voice and just the attitude and the music at the time. He really was quite gifted. And of course as the years go by I appreciate him even more.
Thanks a lot! Donovan is one of my fav artists. This track is so nicely psychedelic. But love also his numerous romantic tracks such like "Laléna", "Jennifer Juniper", " Colours", "Catch the wind", "Celia of the Seals", "Turquoise", "The tanker and the crab", "Hampsted incident" and especially the so mellow and silky: "Legend of a young girl Linda", "Writer in the sun", "Sadness" , and "Sailing homeward", "Teen angel", and of course many others.
I got to see Donovan in concert at the Sacramento Auditorium in Sacramento California when I was 13 years old I am 70 years old now. I have always enjoyed Donovan's music.
Donovan was HUGE in the 60's. I saw him live in Toronto when Sunshine Superman was a big hit. he hung out with the Beatles in India. Yes October is the season of the Witch. Love it also check out JULIE DRISCOLL's version of this on your female Friday's she was an amazing British singer in the 60's and beautiful
There's a documentary out when Donovan went back to ( INDIA) where he was on a retreat with the BEATLES very INLIGHTNING worth having a look out for, VERY SPIRITUAL ✨️🙏✨️🙏✨️🙏✨️🙏✨️
Donavon was one of the artists riding the wave of change that was just starting to engulf the western world. "Pick up every stitch" means pay attention, the season of the witch is all the changes coming to the world. Great song. There is a reason he is known as Britain's Dylan.
That electric guitar is Jimmy Page, who is also featured on “Sunshine Superman.” This might be my favorite Donovan song, though it’s hard not to list dozens. You might try “Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness),” “Sunny Goodge Street,” Barabajagal,” “Colours,” “Catch the Wind,” “Happiness Runs”… Oh, and your kids would likely really enjoy his song, “I Love My Shirt.” “Barabajagal” features Jeff Beck on guitar, Ron Wood from The Rolling Stones on bass, and one of the backing vocalists is Suzy Quatro. Jay mentioned the poetry: “Catch the Wind” is one of his best. In 9th grade (1968-69), we studied it in English class.
I saw Donovan live in the early 90s. My friend was the youngest person there at 17, I was second being 19. The club was 21+, but it was -20 in January, so they thought a lot of people might not show up. The place was packed, the show was great.
Just a suggestion that there is plenty more great Halloween music on VoicePlay's channel (such as their cover of "Oogie Boogie Man" and other Nightmare Before Christmas covers, and their most recent "Hide and Seek"), as well as Geoff Castellucci's solo songs "Monster Mash" and "Ghost Riders in the Sky"!
DONOVAN (UK-Scottish) had a great hit with "Universal Soldier" written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, an Indigenous Canadian song-writer It could fit a FOCUS DAY of three songs of the same topic / theme, with "Eve of Destruction" and "Black Day in July" ALL three songs from the sixties and deserve a listen of lyrics, + message and hope. From the American , Scottish and Canadian artist of great music. cheers ! The current world should have a think now !
Buffy was born in Saskatchewan and Gordon Lightfoot in Ontario...so I guess whoever wrote "Eve of Destruction" is Scottish-American? But I take your point...a great musical trilogy! Here is a fairly recent live version of Buffy singing "Universal Soldier": ruclips.net/video/fOuZwpGHJ7E/видео.html
Loved this one. And(mentioned already) "Atlantis". October=witch= Halloween. Continue with The Classics 4, "Spooky" and Jim Stafford, "Swamp Witch". Almost forgot, Redbone, "Witch Queen of New Orleans"
Donovan was born in the bombed-out ruins of Glasgow; he walks with a slight limp a reminder of the Polio he had as a child, left home at 15 to travel the open road when he was " discovered" he was sleeping on the beach of St. Ives with other lost kids. 1) there was a shop in town well known for their fresh baked daily Saffron rolls before they opened the owner would open the back door and hand the day-old rolls to the kids and Bums. As per his autobiography, these Rolls were " Mellow Yellow" 2) Metallica always perform " Season of the witch" at their soundcheck before their concerts
Hurdy Gurdy Man was essentially him being the lead singer of Led Zeppelin before the group existed as all three other members are on the recording. On the other end, the original version of Catch the Wind (without the backing string arrangement) is one of the most beautiful folk songs I've ever heard.
You guys should do a reaction to: Mary Hopkin - "Goodbye". Donovan worked with Mary on some of her songs and he wrote one or two that Mary recorded. Mary is a Welsh singer. She was produced by Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Apple Label. McCartney wrote this song "Goodbye" for Mary to record. There is a great studio video of her singing it with McCartney appearing in the video. Check it out.
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Many people don't like it, but I absolutely love Donovan's "Atlantis".
I love "Atlantis" too, but Donovan is an acquired taste, and you have to like Donovan to like "Atlantis"
Love it
I like it too
@@rubroken So true.....and I'm happy to be in that group :) Peace & Love
@@Newfie-zc7ug Back at you!!!
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" was a big hit for Donovon and is a beautiful song. It received a boost while being used by Yardley for a perfume commercial and also Kohl's Department store used it for commercial purposes.
"Hurry Gurdy Man" and "Sunshine Superman" were also big hits featuring a psychedelic folksy blend. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
It's sad that he's not more popular these days. I stumbled into his and Nick Drake's music in the late 90's pretty much by accident and they're so good that I'm honestly surprised they're not more famous.
@@jmhaces Maybe because of the influx of absolute fabulous new bands in the 60's and 70's. I mean monthly we were being hit by new groups and artists.
Not sure, but we were fortunate to see some of Donovon's great potential.👍✌️🇨🇦
i second that (hurdy gurdy man). but my #1 fav donovan song is Lalena. awesome song, but too bad i like Deep Purples version just a bit better. both coool!
I forgot about this song of Donovan's & also how it was used for Yardley's soap commercials. Yet I still use Yardley's Lavender Soap all these years later...thanks for reminding me!
@@jailaye6929 Yes. Such a beautiful song. Love his beautiful vocals and the orchestral backing in Lelana. Thanks for reminding me. 😊👍✌️🇨🇦
One of the best examples of psychedelic folk rock ever. So many artists have covered this song because it’s just so darn COOL. Glad you enjoyed it!
Jay & Amber, you'll love his "Sunshine Superman" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man"!!
I had Sunshine Superman on a 45 when I was a kid
Eartha Kitt does a good cover of Hurdy Gurdy Man
@@razor6552 I love Earth Kitt. Hurdy Gurdy man was used in Zodiac one of my daughter's fave films by director David Fincher.
Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham were the sessions musicians on Hurdy Gurdy Man!
Epistle to Dippy, Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, There is a Mountain, Colours, and Catch the Wind (I grew up with the 5 min 2 sec long version that was on the vinyl LP of Donovan's Greatest Hits, & think the single ver. isn't as soulful) are all up there for me.
This is totally a guess, but in knitting if you drop a stitch, it will throw off your whole project. Maybe he is suggesting that if you don't pick up your "dropped stitches" in life, it will throw everything off balance and cause problems. This is a song I've never heard before, so thanks for sharing!
That's exactly what it means. Leave no stone unturned, nothing unfinished, and be sure to do it right, whatever "it" may be. If it ain't worth doing right etc etc etc. There are no real shortcuts.
Totally agree.
Right. If you ignore the fact that you dropped a stitch, everything will unravel. But the question is, who is the one who drops the stitches in the song?
Exactly right!
That’s what I was guessing (and yes, I was knitting earlier) but it never occurred to me till Amber wondered about
He had a perfect mix of folk and psychedelic ✌️😌
“Sunshine Superman...” Absolutely one of my all time favorites!! 🎶❤️
"superman and green lantern aint got nothin' on me". a bold statement...but true!
His other songs to check out are "Jennifer Juniper," "Catch the Wind," "Lalena," "There is a Mountain" & "Sunshine Superman."
Lalena, a classic.
I can't think about "Jennifer Juniper" without "Susan" by the Buckinghams also coming to mind. Love them both.
Melow yellow and of course THE HURDY GURDY MAN.
You have to feature his Hurdy Gurdy Man. Very psychedelic.
Great songs but I have to add Wear Your Love Like Heaven.
Wear Your Love Like Heaven, Sunshine Superman, Atlantis, Hurdy Gurdy Man.......so many hits!😎😎😎😎
Donovan’s music was unique. And a lot of us back then loved it. I had actually forgotten about this song, and memories of the 60 Love it
"pick up every stitch" is a knitting term. If you drop a stitch it messes up the weaving of the yarn., so picking up the stitch is going back and correcting the problem. 😃
yes
His voice can put you in a trance, just sit back and enjoy how your feeling 🌞
Listening to Donovan requires the proper state of mind!
Donovan was into the psychedelic, poetic, and mundane types of subject matter, including songs about Atlantis, Superman, nonsense words, a color, an old musical instrument, and one of his shirts. A friend of the Beatles, he contributed a line to their novelty song "Yellow Submarine." In a documentary of Bob Dylan, Donovan was humorously depicted as a musical rival of Dylan's.
Dylan and Donovan were mates, how stoned they 2 must have been together back in the day?
Love that scene with Donovan and Dylan in “Don’t Look Back” that whole doc is so great, Rob and Amber definitely worth watching.
Love when Bob is pissed inside the hotel room and says “Be Groovy or leave, man! ♥️♥️
Into the same kind of subjects you listed as was Syd Barrett. A very productive time musically, with great visionaries like Donovan and Syd.
Everytime you hear Donovan, you close your eyes and imagine a room with a little (umm) smoke in the room and everyone is chilling out. This is the essence of late 60's psychedelia music.
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Now that you've done this one u need to lend an ear to psychedelic Iron Butterfly doin "In a Gadda da vida"...Donovan never dissapoints! Great reaction!
Oh yes … a definite must
17 minute version of In a Gadda Da Vida!!!
There is a great Iron Butterfly Video doing In a gadda da vida very trippy.
@@jskit92380 I totally agree! The long version, point! 😄
Could they be also ready for "9 feet under" by Caravan or "Lady Fantasy" by Camel??
Lana Del Rey did a cover of this song that’s good. Donovan is great. He went with The Beatles to India where he taught John and Paul a special kind of finger picking that lead McCartney to write Blackbird. Donovan was in the studio when McCartney recorded it.
Terry Reid also does a great versiion
One of the best shows that I looked at on Ytube awhile back was him and Bobbie Gentry performing together on a British TV show that was from 1968 or a bit later maybe 1970 .. It is so obscure that no one much knows about it but it is well worth a look ...
I am a huge Donovan fan- from gorgeous Celtic style tunes to psychedelic blues. So many great songs. Hurdy Gurdy Man!
"Catch the Wind" 2nd version "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" next. Donavan is amazing!! Love the line "Beatniks out to make it rich," they were predicesors to the Hippies & starting to sell out with doing anything for $ in corporate America. Also, please check out Melanie (Shafka). She was discovered at Woodstock, youngest performer.
Thank you, Cathy, great picks, I agree, Donovan is amazing. Melanie, is that the one with "I've Got A Brand New Pair of Roller Skates, You've Got A Brand New Key"? Funny, I just got that on my mind out of nowhere the other day! Well, anyway, "Beatnicks are out to make it rich" always made me wonder, I didn't know about the selling out aspect of them, or that the hippies were doing that, too. A bit disappointing.
@@adrianstevens2146 Yes, Melanie did that song too. My least favorite but one of her more popular songs. :Tuning My Guitar, "Lay Down/Candles in the Rain " "Leftover Wine" are some of my favorites. Beatniks actually called themselves simply "The Beats," but everyone else called them Beatniks. Wore black, into poetry, folk music & avant-garde art. A predicesor of Hippies & some became Hippies. Some of both groups "sold out" to mainstream society to make $ and move to the suburbs. Although, to be fair, most who were really into the political/social movements went into the social work, teaching, counseling, etc. Stuff to help people & the arts. It's the one's who only did & wore certain clothes just to be "trendy" went more corporate & became very Yuppie. Although, that was the younger generation aftertl the Hippies. Hated them. I was on the cusp. I remember my HS Civics teacher asking us as a Senior who knew what the Vietnam War was about. Only me & one other guy raised our hands. He said, "We'll, I guess this is the 1st year I have to really teach it." I used to watch the news w my dad & marched for Civil Rights in the Streets w my dad who was the 1st Mexican-American to become a Methodist Minister. 1st time I saw him cry was after MLK Jr was shot. So I used to get along w "the big kids" (teens) more than kids my age & listed to the radio all the time too.
'Catch the wind' is a timeless classic folk/love song.
Really glad you did the reupload. This sounds so much better than the other one. Thank you!
A few people have covered this song, but Joan Jett did a killer hard rock version of this. It gained a lot of popularity over the last few years because it was used as the intro song for a Netflix documentary on the Son of Sam killer.
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger did a fine 8:00 version of this in '68. ☮
You fixed the audio yay! "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan is a super Psycadelic song from this era 😸
"Hurdy Gurdy Man" is the tune you should be reacting to.
Vanilla Fudge does a great cover of this BUT if you going to do Vanilla Fudge you really should do: You Keep Me Hanging On. The cover of the Supremes hit (It a total re-invention) I consider it 2nd best all time cover (recreations) only topped by Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's. All Along the Watch Tower ..... PS love Donovan as well
Hurdy Gurdy Man, Atlantis, Sunshine Superman...you will love them all.
Love love love it. Next Donovan song please do Atlantis
In the spirit of the season, your next song can be "SPOOKY" by The Classics Four!!! SO MUCH MUSIC SO LITTLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was just about to recommend this, too!!
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So glad y'all revisited this song with a better recording...one of my favorite spooky songs. Now please, please, please do some Dr. John.
The problem didn't seem to be the audio they were listening to. I followed the link in their description box & the source was fine. Problem was in their upload.
Walk on Gilded Splinters would be an excellent Halloween song.
My favorite Donovan song was the first I heard from him, Catch the Wind. As noted below others to hear: Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, and Wear Your Love Like Heaven. Great great stuff!
This song and "Catch the Wind" are my favorites from Donavan..
You should check out "Atlantis", "Catch The Wind", "Hurdy Hurdy Man", and "To Susan On The West Coast Waiting". All these songs are fantastic.
True hippie! 😊
Donovan, he was huge. As I recall he hung out with the Beatles a lot. I all ways loves this tune. Hurd y Buddy Man, Sunshine Superman. Cool song for this time of year. Thanks again for this memory.
Another great song of Donovan in 1968 is 'Jennifer, Juniper' - also his song 'Jabberwocky', singing a poem of Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland in medieval style - I also recommend Donovan's peace-song 'Universal Soldier' . or 'To Susan On The West Coast Waiting' ..
I see Amber was getting her psychedelic groove on with this one 😊. Love this song. Don’t forget to watch the movie “To Die For”…they play this during the final scene.
Donovan did a nice cover of "Universal Soldier" written by the brilliant Oscar-winning Cree singer/songwriter/teacher/activist Buffy Sainte-Marie.
'Pick up every stitch' is a sewing/darning expression. Missing a stitch causes imperfections in the work. So you've got to pick up every stitch.
Years ago I heard that the line about "pick up every stitch" means to be careful and not leave anything (a fingernail, a hair, a thread from your clothes, etc.) for a witch to take, because the witch can use it to put a curse on you. For example, in the film and book Rosemary's Baby, the witches need an item of clothing from the human target of the curse in order to cast the spell. When Donovan talks about all the people he sees, the idea is that any one of them could be a witch, because witches can shape-shift into innocent creatures, like the rabbits in the ditch. I hope this is helpful! I LOVE your videos!!!!!
"Catch the Wind" , "There is a Mountain", "Sunshine Superman", "Hurdy Gurdy Man", "Wear Your Love Like Heaven". Best to listen to it with some Orange Sunshine, Purple Micro Dot, or Window Pane.
I don’t think those brands exist anymore. But when they did….😻
We always shied away from the window panes. Lots of speed and strychnine and not much LSD. Also, if you bought it from a stranger you'd likely never see again, there was a good chance it was only cellophane tape.
@@andyfletcher3561 Mellow Yellow was a type of LSD, a name that should have been mentioned above for obvious reasons.
Stanley Owlsley had an interesting life. At one point he became a major producer/supplier of Owsley acid before it was made illegal. He made 500 million doses. He became sound engineer for the Grateful Dead. He gave acid to the Beatles.
Steely Dan’s song Kid Charlemagne is about Stanley.
@@andyfletcher3561 So true about the speed. That became more and more of a problem as time went on. It always amazed me how well you can focus. Can't really imagine anyone jumping off a building. But I guess it amplified the mental baggage you brought with you. Only saw colors once and that was with the Orange Sunshine. Sitting in a car watching the colored raindrops splash on the windshield. Too cool. Plenty of trails though. Leary was right about how it would intensify your senses. What a great time.
@@OldPapaBear I loved micro-dots and other barrel acids. One of the strangest nights of my life was behind 7 or 8 yellow barrels circa 1978. I could focus intently but only for very short times. For example sex for me just wasn't happening when I was tripping.
I tripped with a LOT of people, and never saw a "bad trip". Yes, some got caught up in their baggage, including myself on occasion, but not jump off a building kind of thing, and they always seemed to seek someone to talk to. Which lasted a minute or two and someone would say something stupid and the laughter would start, or something we felt was profound then the "Ohhh, I knowwwwwws" come out. The folks that jumped out of buildings generally had no idea they had ingested LSD.
"Sunshine Superman" is probably the best of this "trippy" period of Donovan's music. For me, as a 50's kid, the 60's was a revelation, & Donovan a big part of it, he was a troubadour in every sense, at many festivals in the late 60's he would be in the audience & would jump on stage to fill in if the band was delayed, often pulling other musicians on stage to form an impromptu band.
"Pick up every stitch" was a phrase my grandma used similar to "mind your p's and q's" and those kinds of sayings trying to inspire you to be thorough and competent in what you do.
So GLAD this is unblocked FINALLY! I was halfway through watching this the first-time when it suddenly disappeared! What a heartbreak!!
Such a great song, so glad you've hit Donovan again, a couple of other banged from Donovan, Sunshine Superman and Hurdy Gurdy Man.
"PICK UP EVERY STITCH" IS "PAY ATTENTION" in 60s syntax and terminology it could also be classed as being "MINDFUL" or" AWARE" of things in modern syntax "you miss a stitch it unravels". great reactions guys. ; )
Mellow Yellow, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Wear Your Love Like Heaven and Sunshine Superman also played on the radio frequently when I was growing up in NYC...
Sweet voice of Donovan! You should listen to the beautiful songs he sang for the movie Brother Sun Sister Moon
If you want some cool psychedelic sounds, definitely check out “Incense and Peppermints” by the Strawberry Alarm Clock. And for more trippy folk vocals and deep lyrics, check out Nick Drake, especially “One Of These Things First,” “Pink Moon,” “Northern Sky,” and “Place To Be.”
As you may or may not glean from my first name... mom liked the song "Jennifer Juniper". I love the clip of Donovan, The Smothers Brothers and Peter, Paul and Mary doing a musical round on the Smothers Brothers show... so much talent on that stage.
Somebody recommended Iron Butterfly , In A Gadda Da Vida. I agree a lot. Little back story. Band went in to record and had to done by a certain hour , but one showed up still too buzzed from what ever he took and thats how they decided to keep the change from In The Garden Of Eden to In A Gadda Da Vida. From an interview video of a couple of band members I saw myself somewhere more than 10 years ago.
Fantastically hippy, psychadelic vibes. Love this song
Amber I could see you at Woodstock. The way you let the music of the 60's take you over is amazing.
I love Donovan’s music. My favorite is Hurdy Gurdy Man. But he has so many great songs.
Hurdy Gurdy Man, Atlantis, Wear Your Love (Like Heaven), Colours....Donovan is a deep rabbit hole to go down....!!!
Since you like his voice and talking in a song, then you must check out the song Atlantis...💙
I love hearing Donovan’s “Atlantis.” And Hurdy Gurdy Man….hypnotic groove song!
You know there's a lot of people here on RUclips doing the same thing y'all do but they don't hold a candle to you... love the reactions... you act like y'all really would have loved to experience those decades when songs were awesome and groups were actually groups!! Keep up the great work you two!! Hey Jay did you see the Alabama Tennessee game... I live here in Georgia I guess you could say I'm a middleman. Good to see Tennessee take one finally from Bama!! Love peace and chicken grease.🙉🙈🙊
Some more October "Witch" songs for you guys.
1. Stan Rogers: Witch of the Westmoreland
2. Steeleye Span: Alison Gross
3. Fairport Convention: Tam Lin
Second your motion on “Tam Lin” though I prefer the live version on BBC Radio.
I'll add Marianne Faithfull - "WITCHES' SONG" to the list
@@aarongoldstein7614 Would love anything off Leige and Leif by Farport, or the Sailors Song and Where the time Goes from Unhalfbricking
Don't forget "Marie LeVeau" by Bobby Bare.
Witches Song from Flying Teapot by Gong...
HE'S STILL GREAT. IVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN SINCE THE FIRST TIME I HEARD HIM AND IM 73. HES MORE INTO BLUES NOW
i love Donovan. his EP, Hurdey Gurdey Man, was the second record i ever bought
Several people have suggested Atlantis, as well as Hurdy Gurdy Man. Also check out Sunshine Superman, Colours, Catch The Wind, Wear Your Love Like Heaven, Jennifer Juniper, Teen Angel and Turquoise (the latter being a favourite of John Lennon's).
Next Donovan: Hurdy Gurdy Man. There will be no going back after that!
ooo old school ... good call!
I think I commented on this before but...
I grew up with Donovan's music in the 1960s. This song, "Season of the Witch", was used to great effect as the closing soundtrack for the film "To Die For":
(The significance of ice skating is quite clear if you have seen this film!)
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Donovan's song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" also served as a soundtrack for the opening (and somewhat creepy) scenes of the film "Zodiac":
(Along with Three Dog Night's "Easy to be Hard", a song from the musical "Hair".)
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But really the first song I heard by Donovan was his cover of "Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie - an Indigenous woman of the Cree Nation in Canada. At 81 years old, she still makes music that moves and inspires:
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This is Donovan's version from way back when:
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You should listen to the version of this song by Al Cooper, Mike Bloomfield and Steven Stills ib the Super Sessions album.
There is a live recording of Donovan singing 'Catch The Wind' with Crystal Gayle. Amazing performance from both and well worth watching.
The best version of the song, hands down.
I love, love this Donovan song. Very hippie, peace, love, dove vibes. Amber, you are so into this one!!
He was the hippie generation right before me but it was definitely on the radio a lot when I was a little kid in the early seventies and later when I started buying records I acquired his Greatest Hits and once I played them three or four times? I quit thinking about it as this weird hippy dippy music from before me a little bit, and started to really feel the rhythm of it and the quality of his voice and just the attitude and the music at the time. He really was quite gifted. And of course as the years go by I appreciate him even more.
Thanks a lot! Donovan is one of my fav artists. This track is so nicely psychedelic. But love also his numerous romantic tracks such like "Laléna", "Jennifer Juniper", " Colours", "Catch the wind", "Celia of the Seals", "Turquoise", "The tanker and the crab", "Hampsted incident" and especially the so mellow and silky: "Legend of a young girl Linda", "Writer in the sun", "Sadness" , and "Sailing homeward", "Teen angel", and of course many others.
Three words: "Hurdy Gurdy Man."
I got to see Donovan in concert at the Sacramento Auditorium in Sacramento California when I was 13 years old I am 70 years old now. I have always enjoyed Donovan's music.
Saw him at the family dog in San Francisco, 1970 across from Ocean Beach
"I'm Moving On" - Steppenwolf Hard rocking classic John Kay Vocals. Really need to hear this!
You haven't heard Toad the Wet Sprocket (Fall Down) or Seven Mary Three (Cumbersome). Two very underrated 90s bands.
Donovan was HUGE in the 60's. I saw him live in Toronto when Sunshine Superman was a big hit. he hung out with the Beatles in India. Yes October is the season of the Witch. Love it also check out JULIE DRISCOLL's version of this on your female Friday's she was an amazing British singer in the 60's and beautiful
There's a documentary out when Donovan went back to ( INDIA) where he was on a retreat with the BEATLES very INLIGHTNING worth having a look out for, VERY SPIRITUAL ✨️🙏✨️🙏✨️🙏✨️🙏✨️
Thx! My Donavan favorite is “Try and catch the wind!”
"Sunshine Superman" is another great song by Donovan and one of my favorite songs is called "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
This is my favorite Donovan song.❤
Y'all need to review Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man" too.
Donavon was one of the artists riding the wave of change that was just starting to engulf the western world. "Pick up every stitch" means pay attention, the season of the witch is all the changes coming to the world. Great song. There is a reason he is known as Britain's Dylan.
That electric guitar is Jimmy Page, who is also featured on “Sunshine Superman.” This might be my favorite Donovan song, though it’s hard not to list dozens. You might try “Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness),” “Sunny Goodge Street,” Barabajagal,” “Colours,” “Catch the Wind,” “Happiness Runs”… Oh, and your kids would likely really enjoy his song, “I Love My Shirt.”
“Barabajagal” features Jeff Beck on guitar, Ron Wood from The Rolling Stones on bass, and one of the backing vocalists is Suzy Quatro.
Jay mentioned the poetry: “Catch the Wind” is one of his best. In 9th grade (1968-69), we studied it in English class.
I saw Donovan live in the early 90s. My friend was the youngest person there at 17, I was second being 19. The club was 21+, but it was -20 in January, so they thought a lot of people might not show up. The place was packed, the show was great.
Donovan's appearance's in the movie "Don't Look Back", about Bob Dylan's early European Tour, are hilarious.
"Catch the wind" & "Colours" are my favourite Donovan tunes! 😍👍🇬🇧
Just a suggestion that there is plenty more great Halloween music on VoicePlay's channel (such as their cover of "Oogie Boogie Man" and other Nightmare Before Christmas covers, and their most recent "Hide and Seek"), as well as Geoff Castellucci's solo songs "Monster Mash" and "Ghost Riders in the Sky"!
Oooo, a fun blast from the past...This is one u just close ur eyes and let the body move freely with the sound, SO GROOVY...Thanx so much, Peace
DONOVAN (UK-Scottish) had a great hit with "Universal Soldier" written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, an Indigenous Canadian song-writer It could fit a FOCUS DAY of three songs of the same topic / theme, with "Eve of Destruction" and "Black Day in July" ALL three songs from the sixties and deserve a listen of lyrics, + message and hope. From the American , Scottish and Canadian artist of great music. cheers ! The current world should have a think now !
Buffy was born in Saskatchewan and Gordon Lightfoot in Ontario...so I guess whoever wrote "Eve of Destruction" is Scottish-American?
But I take your point...a great musical trilogy!
Here is a fairly recent live version of Buffy singing "Universal Soldier":
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Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, and I'd even say Atlantis, which is an acquired taste.
OMG, loved Donovon. What a talented Icon. 💗
Loved this one. And(mentioned already) "Atlantis".
October=witch= Halloween. Continue with The Classics 4, "Spooky" and Jim Stafford, "Swamp Witch". Almost forgot, Redbone, "Witch Queen of New Orleans"
Donovan was born in the bombed-out ruins of Glasgow; he walks with a slight limp a reminder of the Polio he had as a child, left home at 15 to travel the open road when he was " discovered" he was sleeping on the beach of St. Ives with other lost kids. 1) there was a shop in town well known for their fresh baked daily Saffron rolls before they opened the owner would open the back door and hand the day-old rolls to the kids and Bums. As per his autobiography, these Rolls were " Mellow Yellow" 2) Metallica always perform " Season of the witch" at their soundcheck before their concerts
Barabajagel ! It has a jazzy Latin groove.
This was the JAM when this came out. (And "Atlantis" was bumpin', too)Yes, this was the 'psychedelic era'.
Love Donovan’s vibe. Hurdy Gurdy man is good. Like all his songs
His daughter Ione Sky is an actress in a major 80s film Say Anything. Her bro Donovan Leitch was in a band, acted and produces now.
They could riff on this song for 45 minutes live..."Hurdygurdy Man" is my favorite Donovan tune..
He had so many big hits. I woke up thinking about ‘there is a mountain’ happy song hard to sit still
Hurdy Gurdy Man was essentially him being the lead singer of Led Zeppelin before the group existed as all three other members are on the recording. On the other end, the original version of Catch the Wind (without the backing string arrangement) is one of the most beautiful folk songs I've ever heard.
Killer bass line!!👍
You guys should do a reaction to: Mary Hopkin - "Goodbye". Donovan worked with Mary on some of her songs and he wrote one or two that Mary recorded. Mary is a Welsh singer. She was produced by Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Apple Label. McCartney wrote this song "Goodbye" for Mary to record. There is a great studio video of her singing it with McCartney appearing in the video. Check it out.