Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (Official Audio)
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2016
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan
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Lyrics:
It was then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Came singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Came singing songs of love
#Donovan #HurdyGurdyMan #OfficialAudio 
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Zodiac brought me here. 😀
Donovan kept me here. 😁👍
Still A Killer Song In 2019
With tons of meanings that fit well today too.
Yaaaaas
✌
Are u killer
here
This song alone made the Zodiac Movie go from a 8/10 to a 9/10 for me.
Yep, just like " Sin Is A Good Man's Brother " did for Law Abiding Citizen.
It was in Indy film L.I.E. as well. Most people would not be able to handle that flick.
They should have used the Butthole Surfers version, just to leave things on a happier note
I roll around and notice the lack of lovers....now we have decent evidence he's alive
@@corticallarvae hey atleast there are more dancers now
I’m here again! 69 yrs old. 1955 Remembering this and the day I had a conversation with Donovan 😊
What was that like? Must've been fascinating! Please, elaborate! 🙏🙌
Where were you in 1968-1969?
But this came out in '68 tho...
@@yvonnewilson2242 He was born in 1955, and didn't say when he spoke with Donovan...
@@Thunderhead231 Aaah ok
Literally a KILLER song
Oh yes.
Humanity crying.
Vallejo is not nearly as fun as it used to be.
No willie nellie devil may care places.
Things always change don't they?
However, things never change for the trap door spider.
His web is cozy m.
The Altamont pass breaking station in both directions.
Many gather there unaware.
Then when the greatest game begins.
Those hill create echoes, sound bouncing off deep creekbeds.
Nighttime is much more fun.
Stipulations.
Compilations enhance sensations.
Ring, then when the Roly Poly arrives.
Hurdy Gurdy.
It was never Arthur Lee Allan
DNA sources proved that.
He's not secret.
He's not hidden.
Never.
Oh yes, but if you cheat us.
You and us.
Catch me if you can pig
Zodiac
Fun fact: this wasn't in your recommended...you searched for this
Yeah... but you don’t have to call me out like that... jeeze...
Sometimes good taste requires a search
. . . yeah. . .
. . .huh . . .
. . . wow. . .
You're pretty cool for having said that.
Sincerely.
fun fact: you're wrong, it was in my recommended
I-don't-know-if-this-is-a-fun-fact: *i saw this because of the Zodiac ost i clicked*
Utterly brilliant. I'm sure I'm not the only one glad to have been alive in the 60s. 🤩
I’d love to be 18 again. And if we’re going that far make it the 60s.
I wish I was Im only in my late 20s I was a 2010s teenager it wasn't ideal. Im all old school though.
@@Ninineonangel77 Don’t wish your life away. Enjoy the here and now. There’s plenty going on. I’m 61 now. It sucks.
@@Civil_War_Now I have a child coming any minute so Im gonna enjoy that a lot so I am but the fact is this day and age no one knows how to make good music or has modesty anymore, neither can anyone tell if they are a boy or a girl. The here n now is too confusing. I'll live my life like its the 60s and 70s as much as possible.
@@Ninineonangel77 They we’re saying that about boys and girls back in the 60s - we can’t tell them apart. I was there. There’s a lot of great music out there made by young people. You just have to know where to look. Vampire Weekend is just one. Not even the best. I could go on and on. There here and now is here and it’s here now. Nothing you can do about that.
I love how tight the drums and bass are together. I miss old production styles.
I miss melody. most of all
It's John Bonham and John Paul Jones...lol
@@jamesbargar5952 Clem Cattini and John Paul Jones (Alan Parker on lead guitar)
Man, I'm listen this for the first time and its....amazing from all angles. This song is from 68 and still its sounds so modern, so doomy and/or somewhat alternative metalish. And this is before Sabbath, Purple and Zeppelin.
Considering you’re hearing John Bonham & John Paul Jones, I would contribute the “tightness” of the bass & drums to their individual outstanding talent, rather than to “production styles”.
Ever since I saw the movie Zodiac, I never looked at this song the same again....
"Here comes the roly poly man"
I haven’t been able to get it out of my head.
@@deecammack1452 at least there isn't a bullet in your head.
this song has nothing to do with the movie zodiac,,,its completely the opposite
such a brilliant use of it by David Fincher
“Last time I saw this face, was on July 4th 1969... That was the man who shot me.” Easily, one of the greatest uses of a song at the end of a film.
A saw this movie years ago but forgot most of it. I just saw it again yesterday at a movie screening
Great movie! I just watched it yesterday
Yeah,Zodiac
What's even better is this is the same song that was playing at the start of the movie in the car when he was attacked so it is kind of the Zodiac theme
@@delzerui4975 Zodiac directed by David Fincher
Ethereal, patient and haunting. Unique and original.
a picture of a man playing this wonderful instrument brought me here November 23 2022, a day after my 71st birthday. Memories are flooding my brain-- 🌼✌️💛
@@20.ma-at.t.23 I have not.. 🙂i'd like to
We have the same birthday 🎉 Nov 22nd! ❤
@@feuxyo4859 🙌🥳🎂God bless!💝
As a fellow Scotsman Donovan was very underrated..his later albums were magnificent..
This is so weird, but I could smell freshly laid pavement as I read your words...
I hope Scotland makes it to the World Cup.
You're underrated.
looking back Donovan made some great music...
all of his albums are magnificent
Truly the ultimate psychedelic anthem
Give song of a sinner by top drawer a shot that’s an insane psychedelic song if you like hurdy gurdy man you will absolutely like this because the guitar and creepy ness are the exact same
No, man, get with it !! The ultimate psychedelic anthem is Jimi Hendrix's version of The Star Spangled Banner played at Woodstock in 1969!
@@seangraham9928 agree, love Jimi white strat, even tho im not american but this song also so psychadelic
😐 this isn't "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane though
@@_cloudface_ yes coz this is hurdy gurdy man not 10 feet tall Alice
A brilliant song, still loving it in 2022, it's timeless😍
It is timeless for sure.
🙌💜
Same here man!
60's music will never go away. Timeless and enduring. Best days of my life: coming of age right after the assassination of President Kennedy. Dark cloud on our political system.
I searched, closed my eyes, and away I went for a few wonderful minutes
This is one of the best songs ever made, in my opinion.
Thanks to the brilliant tv-show Britannia I discovered Donovan. And Big Pebble. Brilliant 😂😂
Robert Graysmith: We met at the movies once.
Dave Toschi: I'm sure it was magical.
"Can I buy you lunch?"
"HELLZ YEA GRAYSMITH I NEVER TURN DOWN FOOD"
That line cracks me up every time 🤣
The movies can be fun..
Especially sarcastic comedies.
Some play games while enjoying Hollywood's latest cinematic achievement..
-"Get away from the window!"
-"I'll meet you 'round front!"
-"No you won't!"
The drums are insane!
Randy Irvan great drum fills.
It’s John Bonham. Or Clem Cattini. Or both.
So, I've read that some of these old Donovan tracks were John Bonham AND Jimmy page. Because they were like..
Friends, and they helped Donovan play and record some of his tracks?
Never knew if was true though
@@dustandroktwok1447 ,
it's clem cattini on drums,john paul jones and eddie kramer(the engineer) said that
john bonham wasn't there(it makes sense to be honest,robert plant and john bonham
both said they met john paul jones for the first time during led zeppelin first rehearsal).
It's Keith Moon
Hari gurdi hari gurdi...sigh! Donovan forever❤
Jeez, I get chills hearing this song. Thanks, Zodiac...
Ever since I watched “Zodiac.” I’ve loved this song so much. Also, even though it’s a Lil bit creepy I still love it.
Why creepy?
Listen to the lyrics.
That moan during the chorus.
Listen carefully.
Waiting.
I'll keep time.
Wait..
“I am very sure that’s the man who shot me.”
Chills
whoever mixed this is beyond good.
The drum work alone is insane!
I do not, no.
Now that I think about it, this dudes drum work sounds similar to modern day Tobacco’s drum machine work
Best drums in a song ever. I listen to all music from every genre.
This is the best drums.
This song still holds up after all these years. 👍 . Donovan is a special artist.
100% Genius as well as timeless .
@@manchesterexplorer8519: Great to hear from a fan of Donovan. 🤗 Stay Healthy✌
Still holds up, bababooey!
@@xXGearHeadXx22: Absolutely QUICKS DRAW! ✌️
This song was perfect for the ens credits of the zodiac. This song is just creepy enough to give you chills.
you mean transcendent....
I agree, one of a kind, I also like CCR, Walk on the Water, and Stevie Nicks, Annabelle Lee, and Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue, Where the Wild Roses Grow. And PJ Harvey, Down By the Water.
The ending was so fucked. Probably one of the best movie endings ever
@@VoluntaristJAM people like to ignore lyrics.
Perfect for the end of the movie sure, but I don't find it creepy, just unique and kinda weird in the best possible way.
The guitar playing in this song is phenomenal.
Don't forget the drums
And nobody knows who actually played it because they were all too stoned to remember. But it was somebody good.
It was jimmy page
@@franklinloll2229 Well, the semi-official word from John Paul Jones, who set up the session, is that it's Alan Parker on guitar. But I don't know and it's more exciting to think that it's Jimmy Page; then you've got Led Zep backing Donovan, which is almost as much of a trip as the music itself.
@@soaringvulture page wrote in his autobiography it was Alan holdsworth on guitar. Engineer eddie Kramer said it was Jimmy Page. Numerous sources who were there say different things. On the albums linear ones it credits john Bonham on drums though most agree that's not true. This epitomizes all history and events. Often numerous people at the same moment in time give different interpretations of the same event.
where were you when this song hit the airwaves?I remember it like it was yesterday,when can I go back?
1st time? ...walking down the street listening to A.M. on a transistor radio. Not your typical popcrap
(to be fair Beefheart was played on latenite F.M.)
I was in LA.
I was shittin my diaper but I loved rocking this.
Wasn't alive yet.
One of the most psychedelic songs in all of psychedelia!
Donovan was such a Great Poet.......
is....
“I’m not the zodiac, and if I was I certainly wouldn’t tell you”
"Man you really creeped us out"
Zodiac died in 2003. And was inactive since 84.
Ted Cruz is
@@jeremyhennessee6604 How do people know when he died?
Jeremy Hennessee who was he?
My 15 yr old brain bought me here. I’m 67 now.
Me too
Same here!
Yup...me too! Clearly remember the first time I heard it when I was a teen.
@Donovan Awww sorry you had to delete the other comments! ✨
@Donovan Philly! We had this convo before
First record album I bought. Heard it on the radio and was smitten. I was 15. I have every Donovan album I could find. Because of this song, I’m a diehard Donovan fan. Finally got to see him live in the late 80’s in a huge bar in Toronto, Rock and Roll Heaven … had to be Heaven, after all! It was Donovan! Took several photos during his performance. The best one is framed and hanging in my bedroom. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
"Man, you really creeped us out."
That scene was like a nightmare. One of the most disturbing scenes I’ve seen in a movie and it isn’t even that graphic.
I loved that scene. What a way to start a movie
Enjoyed that part it gave off evil vibes from the time he pulls behind her car the first time and gets really intense when he turns around and this music just helps tie it together.
Bang bang bang bang
Man: Just you wait.....
I love sitting in my car in an empty parking lot in the middle of the night listening to creepy 60s music.
Wait till zodiac’s copycat shoot his .45 through your car window
That's dangerous, people have been killed that way.
Anyone know any similar songs like this? Asking for a friend not me but I still want to know
Red Breaker maybe his season of the witch or the zombies time of the season, they instill similar feelings in me even tho they are totally different
Are you hoping to see the Zodiac killer?
jimmy page on the guitar❤👌🏻💣
Disputes say that Its Holdsworth on electric, Page on acoustic.
@@afxmnstr i heard,that page is playing the solo...but i'm not sure,of course ...i wasn't there:-)
Sounds like Page to me
Page on electric, arranged by John Paul Jones and possibly John Bonham involved as per Donavan himself. .. though he says he doesn't remember Bonham playing but said it's possible... so this could be the first of Led Zep in 68 before the first lp came out...
I met the Hurdy Gurdy Man. It was an experience I will never forget and he did indeed sing songs of love.
Your in luck because here comes the Roly poly man who is also singing songs of lovr
@@michaelcorbett8691 Roly poly roly poly roly poly he sang.
The only source for Mr. Meseeks to exist.
Me too
Hurdy Gurdy is a double entendre... Low low low.
It's such a lovely mystery.
Go, oh no not me I'm a man of excellent reputation.
I'm a karma-mechanic.
I see you.
"You'll catch him"
"Look around you, they're already making films on this guy"
I never drew the connection between Dirty Harry and the Zodiac case till I saw Zodiac lol
@@jonathanree4524 heh, yeah. Towards the end, when Jake Gyllenhaal (Robert) says: Just because you can't prove it doesn't mean it's wrong...
Mark Ruffalo (Toschi) says: Easy dirty Harry.
Subtle or what?!
If I remember correctly toschi walked out of Dirty Harry because of how they portrayed the whole thing that Harry managed to get the guy but toschi didn’t which made him feel guilty
Dissonance is what makes this song memorable. Think about classic rock songs that stay with you till this day; waiting for the dissonant lead guitar riff to resolve--or not--keeps the tune in your head. Makes it interesting. I was in eighth grade when this song broke. Hearing it instantly takes me back fifty years. Excuse me, I'm gonna go light a bowl.
With the way you were rambling I thought you were already blazed
You lived through the best era for music in the history of the human race.
I was grade school age! I loved Donovan and the psychedelic music era. 1966 was my favorite year of music! Donavan was played a lot on AM music stations. I loved that time of music because RR and Motown were played on the same stations.
OMG! I wana be your friend man!! ✌😂😂 haha cheers I hope u see this idk how to tag someone lol. God I'd seriously would like to have a friend that's in the baby boomer born era, and just sit. Listen (I'm a good listener not a very good speaker lol) to all the stories of the good ol dazzze unfold.
Lol 😝
You follow through repentance!!! Amen!!! ✝️🔥❤️🔥⚔️✝️🛐🛐❤🙏🙏🙏
His voice like melted butter
When I was a kid, I had NO IDEA what Donavan was talking about. Hurdy Gurdy Man? Now I absolutely love the Hurdy Gurdy .. an ancient instrument with a hypnotic, haunting, droning sound. Part violin, part keyboard, it can sound almost electronic without amplification or distortion. Like the electric guitar in the rock'n roll era, Hurdy Gurdies were associated in Medieval times with debauchery, such as in Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. There are some amazing Gurdy players on RUclips.
It was a song he wrote when he went to India with the Beatles in January 1968. It was about the Maharishi.
Thank you, Zodiac
Yeh thank for Zodiac
On9 Fung what's zodiac ??
film
zodiac is the worst movie off aşs alsöa s
It's one of Fincher's better films....(whatever your comment was supposed to mean).
The guitar making this psychedelic is Jimmy Page
Amazing timeless... WAS 8 YEARS OLD, 10 Days summer vacation on South Jersey shore... Heard THIS, slayed ME, became lifelong LEAD guitar player Thanx to THIS brilliant SONG
Donovan was one of the most prominent voices of thought and mind expansion for us baby boomers. Gentle, different, unabashed, and beloved to this very moment. Take these songs along with you, great companions.
reading this made me smile for some reason, thanks
I always felt that way myself. Always was a Donovan fan. But a lot of kids around me didn't like him and disparaged him. Pretty stupid and unimaginative.
Neither Led Zeppelin nor Pink Floyd would have been the bands they became without Donovan's influence. He opened the door to that sort of experimentation.
Kid of boomers my parents were not big fan of artists like Donovan, but I always enjoyed the unique sound and out there lyrics.
@@stephensczurek6286 yeah, it didn't help that in a televised interview, when they asked Dylan about certain other musicians, someone asked him about Donovan," he has talked about how much he loves ur music,he's a huge fan"& Dylan got this look like it was totally beneath him & he said something snarky, dismissive, wtf, love Dylan & Donovan, & u know Donovan took the acid
We really went down the rabbit hole on this one
Cheers
Nice
Who knew Fred was an honest to goodness Hurdy Gurdy man? :p
But we must go even further... beyond!
Yes.
Donovan was fantastic in concert; totally hypnotized deeply in 60’s psychedelia 🎉
Anybody still listening to this in 2024 besides me?
Yuuuppp
And my names donnie 2
I am
Better than the rap shit of today
Donovan was cool and there was always something in his songs that hooked me. I guess I'm still hooked.
"The last time I saw this face was July 4, 1969. I am very sure that's the man who shot me."
My favourite ending to a film ever!
Fire
@thatguyovertheretaunt
Yessssss
Tres marquante cette fin.. :)
I'm here because of Donovan
Im here because I want to be a "Hurdy Gurdy" man..thats why were ALL here...(whether we know it or not)!From a 60;s "FLOWER CHILD"....Peace + Love
Donovan was magic!
I just found his music; I am only 20, but I grew up listening to older music.
Finally a man of culture in this comment section.
Baste
Who knew Donovan wrote a song that just might qualify as one of the first heavy metal songs?!?!
His rhythm section was the future Led Zeppelin.
The music died long time ago, man. That's why the Stones are still around workin' magic. Luv Donovan. The scene in DON'T LOOK BACK' docky on Bob Dylan with them sharing a guitair and singing folk songs, is epic. And ofc, all on RUclips. HAIL! to the three young geniuses who invented RUclips - for me the ONLY social media 'thing' to learn of mankind's shared knowledge. I live on RUclips. Peace, love!
One of the best psychedelic songs ever recorded
I was always disappointed that a song about a Hurdy Gurdy man...never actually had a Hurdy Gurdy playing on it.
Try to get over it
It was actually supposed to feature the band, but due to creative differences they split from the contract and it ended up just being Donovon to create the song.
Agreed! It does have a hurry gurdy-esq echo vibe though.
@rob yohn an instrument of some sort???
With that wicked distorted guitar and epic drum rolls, I live somewhat comfortably without a hurdy gurdy.
This song was chosen as theme music for series "Britannia", so brilliant, Donovan a highly under-rated musician, should be rated as great as the Beatles & Stones. His music so ahead of the times. Still relevant today, I have loved & still love your music ❤❤❤
Donovan's good, but sorry, Beatles and Stones are in their own dimension! I see Donavan as somewhere around the level of The Kinks, but less consistently good.
@@thewizardssleeve119 each to his own, my friend, but Donovan's my main man ❤❤❤
@@thewizardssleeve119 besides "Hurdy Gurdy Man" is unique
I loved that series. I've been a Donovan fan since I was 15, I'm 69, now.
So… do we think Donovan thought he was making a delightful song about love? Or do you think it was kinda intentional, how he made one of the coolest yet creepiest sounding songs of all time? There’s something so ominous about it, I can never forget it-what a song.
As a young child in the sixties, I listened to AM radio in bed when I couldn't sleep. The DJs played psychedelic pop after midnight, including "Atlantis," "Mellow Yellow," and "Hurdy Gurdy Man." You don't hear mind expanding music on AM radio anymore.
I did too
You don't hear mind expanding music anywhere anymore.
Nowadays(and the last couple of decades) it's the EXACT opposite. Mind-rotting "talk" radio.
AM radio was outdated technology even for the 1960s tbh
We listen to a late night a.m. station out of Little Rock Arkansas. The DJs name was Clyde, Clifford. I don’t remember the exact station, but they played some of the best music. It would barely come in 4 miles north where I live in the sticks I’m talking sticks.!!!!!!
Not sure why, but this song instills a strange, fearful feeling within me. It's just one of those songs that sound other-worldly. I love it.
It reminds me of the coronavirus pandemic
It reminds me of a serial killer during the late 60’s
Its a lead song for the serial killer movie Zodiac
It was written to awaken the LOVE that lies within all of us...its DEEP....but if your 1 who is ready to hear its message...dive in!
It's nice.
The watchers watch.
It never ends.
He's aware.
Don't waste your time fiddling & farting..
So many emotions after Zodiac movie. What a fantastic choice. I listen to this song and I relive the entire movie in my mind.
It works every time i hear the song. Flash back to the Zodiac movie.
Yes, & no.
Vallejo now lacks authenticity.
Driving around is pointless no more shadowy lonely places.
However new territory offers boundless opportunities to express creative impulses.
It is shining.
It is shining.
You know the old saying Waste not want not.
One man gathers what another man slaughters.
Of the beginning.
Now it's the greatest becoming.
Of the beginning.
You and us.
No matter what song... Donovan was THE singer in my youth
Donovan's daughter, Ione Skye, has a role in the film Zodiac.
No way!!!
@@TysWifeyy Yes, she played Kathleen Johns (lady with baby Zodiac tried to kill) she went uncredited at her request. Not for a bad reason, she admired Fincher, wanted to do it that way.
i don't how you got this info as they didn't list her in the cast(at the movie end)
@@arpitsrivastava9409 she went uncredited. Look up the actress Ione Skye and it will tell you that on IMDB and Wikipedia.
@@arpitsrivastava9409 She is recognizable, I knew who she was immediately. She was in "Say Anything".
"Histories of ages past, unenlightened shadows cast, down through all off eternity, the crying of humanity" Quite possibly the most profound lyric in all of music.
Yes it is! The brutality of pre Christian times where Romans would nail people to a cross to make a public display of their suffering and slow death. Thousands of people hard to believe it happened
that verse "histories of ages past etc:" was supposedly written by george harrison of the beatle....
clearly you have never listened to super bass by nicki minaj
How can it possibly compete with "In the year 2525, if man is still alive"? Ok, well, maybe it does.
He came singing songs of love.
That delightful moaning during the first chorus.
That's what we want to hear.
They're using this song as the opening of the TV show Britannia, amazing.
That lead is so gdmn sweet! The feel, the emotion...it drips emotion and feel. 😍
- Not many people have basements in California
- I DO
Ok Zodiac
That dude was definitely a copy cat or something. Dude was creepy asf
Lol "you lucky bastard"- Bullet Tooth Tony.
Is OP Zodiac?
@@belsnickel9568 what are you talking about?
"Now, on a scale of one to ten, ten being positive...how sure are ya?"
"at least an eight....listen buddy, last time I saw this face was July 4 , 1969. I am very sure that's the man who shot me."
(Following Mike Mageau's identification of Arthur Leigh Allen, authorities scheduled a meeting to discuss charging him
with the murders. Allen suffered a fatal heart attack before this meeting could take place...)
RideMyTruck fantastic movie. beautiful song
movie?
zodiac
The scene in the movie is so cold, chilling, and terrifying. I kid you not, scared me to the bones!
@@lakechocolate9785 its quite funny also that cartoonist XD
What a great song. Brings back many many memories
Absolutely the most popular song about a hurdy-gurdy that doesn't actually include a hurdy-gurdy
God it’s almost like this song was made for the movie “Zodiac” … it’s perfect
if you totally ignore the lyrics.
fool, Donovan wrote about how his trip to India and his experience of their religious music inspired this song. Fool
You are so right about that. Hurdy gurdy man...........
He wasn't talking about the lyrics. I'm sure, fool.
Zodiac and The Conjuring brought me here
“I’m very sure that’s the man who shot me.”
This is pretty hard core stuff, for both today and especially 1968!
Love that searing lead guitar that keeps threatening to pounce all over the song! The best song Donovan ever released. The tremelo in his voice kicks this into another dimension. The guitar solo just before the end lofts it into the stratosphere like a rock ',n roll hurricane. Crazy good!
Well said!
Jimmy Page of Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin fame killing it on the lead guitar.
@@waltertaylor5395 Thanks. I thought it was but I was just about to look it up. Donovan worked with everybody at that time. Jeff Beck was another
The great jimmy page is great on the short riff
Jimmy Page & Alan Holdsworth shredding the hell out of it
I was in High School in 1968 69 when this was released. I love that time
Zodiac killer is you?
Ya, I was in 9th grade when this came out. I didnt smoke reefer till 10thgrade.
Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, Hendrix grew up 35 miles down the road.
i love thinkin about my parents being young in those days. but mannnn, those tumultuous times
durrr... like today is so peaceful 🙄
This is Donovan's best song and is one of my favorites from the 1960s!
yes, Donovan was very underrated. Loved his music. Still relevant today.
Incredible guitar work by Alan Parker, which turns this song into something almost beyond transcendental.
I was told that it’s Jimmy Page on guitar on this track
@@michaelaiello9525 John Paul Jones, who not only arranged and played bass on the track, but also hired the musicians for the session as well, stated it was Alan Parker. That said, the water have been muddied so much over the years that the issue may never be fully resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
It is Jimmy Page with the heavy psychedelic guitar on this track
@@michaelaiello9525 I heard that as well ? Whoever did it knocks our socks off after all these years !
just what I thought, it's Jimmy Page playing, awesome ! 🎸
Truly, one of the best songs ever written
Sometimes music is the only medicine the heart and Soul need.
I like this song
Straight from the 60s AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TIME AND A GREAT TIME, I LOVE IT AND I WAS POOR BUT I GREW TALL AND STRAIGHT
Donovan's voice vibrato is perfectly symetrical to the rhythm of the song. Like an amplifier tremolo
I think he recorded in sub zero temperature to get it right
@@MarcSpraragen sounds like something Donovan would do
Donovan you're great!
No one could cover this amazing song…experience. Timeless.
Well, except these guys. ruclips.net/video/76yWZcsgwF8/видео.html
I like The Butthole Surfers cover of this
@@cmatthew69 on your recommendation I gave it a listen. Crap, absolutely crap. I’ve never heard of these guys, but I don’t wanna hear another song by them. Their name is offensive, their cover of this amazing song is trash.
What a sad existence you must live to never ever come here this original band. I am sorry for you quietly into the night.
Maybe, perhaps imitated never duplicated. I don’t even want to hear their version, their name is offensive enough.
Thrown like a star in my vast sleep
I opened my eyes to take a peek
To find that I was by the sea
Gazing with tranquility
'Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Came singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Came singing songs of love
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
Histories of ages past
Unenlightened shadows cast
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurd
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
Here comes the Roly Poly Man
He's singing songs of love
"Roly poly, roly poly, holy poly poly" he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy" he sang
I always thought it "I opened my eyes to take a pee"
I saw a video once. It referred to Jesus Christ being the hurdy gurdy man
Wonderful lyrics...
Hurdy gang, hurdy gang, hurdy gang, hurdy gang
Gurdy gang, Gurdy gang, Gurdy gang, Gurdy gang
Spent ten pence on a new string
My wench loves to smoke opium
I bed a wench, can't recall her name,
I can't buy no swine a wedding band
Charles E. Darko the guy is on a boat ride
A respect for great music brought me here
Well done.
well done, leigh
I loved the movie. But love it even more that some people come here for the music :-)
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Same here...
His unique brilliance is eternal !!!
I'm here because Killian mentioned this song in You're the Worst. Glad to have heard this!
One of the best forgotten Artists of our day. Hard to believe he is classified as folk music. To anyone not heard of Donovan, many good tracks from him. Definitely a unique sound from this band and very good alternative to the repetitive mainstream sound factory of today. Just as he sings about things you know similar he then takes on an odyssey of the mind and stars. One of the best forgotten bands of yesteryear.**** If your a Tuber go ahead and start with his highly viewed then venture on. He's human so there are some stale stogeys in the box but still very good stuff.
Yes, it's quite wrongly and stupidly classified as "folk music" by someone who doesn't understand the history of the genre.
I guess they think the Rolling Stones and The Beatles were also folk music singers 🤣.
July 4, 2020. 51 yrs ago. Zodiac.
...you must from the past
That wasn’t the date of his first attack but it did get him a lot of attention
People around me don't feel music like I do. I play this and get laughed at. Its a true classic. Last days of music u feel and not just hear.
Oh I’m just special I’m not like everyone else look at my I’m special and different
Old comment, but ya just gotta find your people. They're out there, the comments prove that!
I'm 65...and love this!!!
Gary Poste... You lucky bastard
“Histories of ages past, unenlightened shadows cast. Down through all eternity, the crying of humanity.” (definitely my favorite lyric of the song.)
"Can I help you?"
"No."
Mgmt definitely likes this
Never saw the Zodiac film. Heard this song for the first time on AM radio. Great psychadelic tune as I came of age in the 1960s. Thanks for adding it to my jogging playlist.
Zodiac has all the best songs of 68 and 9
Awesome song from 1968. I remember how talented Donovan was. Hippie days for me
To me the anthem of '68. Would go back in a heartbeat; time of my life
Go back in a heart beat. I am 70 yrs old and absolutely loved the freedom and life of the 60s. Good friends, no real agenda but lots of peace and love. I was a laid back hippie in those days. 6 of us lived in an old farm house and even ground our own corn meal. Loved those days.
[Verse 1]
Thrown like a star in my vast sleep
I open my eyes to take a peep
To find that I was by the sea
Me gazing with tranquility
[Chorus]
It was then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Came singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Came singing songs of love
[Post-Chorus]
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
[Guitar Solo 1]
[Verse 2]
Histories of ages past
Unenlightened shadows cast
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity
[Chorus]
It is then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
[Post-Chorus]
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
[Guitar Solo 2]
[Outro]
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
Here comes the Roly Poly Man and he's singing songs of love
"Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly, poly", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
[In various live appearances]
When truth gets very deep
Beneath a thousand years of sleep
Time demands a turn around
And once again the truth is found
Yeah, George
Awakening the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Who comes singing the songs of love
Beatles were Hurdy Gurdy Men
They came singing you songs of love
I am the Hurdy Gurdy Man
I come singing the songs of love
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
"Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy", he sang
Hey, thanks!
Get a job
@@JamesSmith-kf8cp What made you think I don't earn?
Heltroid Skeltroid
When the truth gets Buried deep..not "very deep "...a George Harrison contribution.
Can't believe this song is 50 years old.....
I can....good acid back than to remember that when you listen to our music of the time
i can't believe i'm 44
I wonder what people born in the 1890's, if they were alive at the time, thought of this song when released?
Randomly heard it last week on an obscure radio station.... . I've listened to it 14,000 times since
so this was slightly before my time.. it hard to remember 50 years ago.. so i heard it a little later as a teen
Following Mike Mageau's identification of Arthur Leigh Allen, authorities scheduled a meeting to discuss charging him with the murders. Allen suffered a fatal heart attack before this meeting could take place.
In 2002, a partial DNA profile, that did not match Allen, was developed from a 33-year old Zodiac envelope. Investigators in San Francisco and Vallejo refused to rule out Allen as a suspect on the basis of this test.
In 2004, the San Francisco Police Department deactivated their Zodiac Investigation.
Today, the case remains open in Napa County, Solano County, and in the city of Vallejo, where Arthur Leigh Allen is still the prime and only suspect.
Inspector David Toschi retired from the San Francisco Police Department in 1989. He was cleared of all charges that he wrote the 1978 Zodiac letter.
Paul Avery passed away on December 10, 2000 of pulmonary emphysema. He was 66. His ashes were scattered by his family in San Francisco Bay.
Robert Graysmith lives in San Francisco and enjoys a healthy relationship with his children. He claims he has not received a single anonymous phone call since Allen's death.