@@marksinger3067 I prefer hep, as in Donovan is a real hep cat! #MellowYellow ⚡🍌⚡ "Believe it or not, bananas do contain a small quantity of Musa Sapientum bananadine, which is a mild, short-lasting psychedelic." William Powell 🌻 Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with Joy, hope, happiness, intellect, energy and optimism. “The colors red, blue and green are real. The color yellow is a mystical experience shared by everybody.” Tom Stoppard
I met Donovan in Florida ~2007? I can't recall. My Mom came down from New York. Life long dream for her to meet him. He gave her a sweet hug and signed a photo saying happy birthday. Really nice dude.
A friend of mine and I saw Donovan in concert in Sacramento, CA (in 1971 or '72). As the concert went along some guy in the audience kept yelling "Do Mellow Yellow!" after every song. Finally, Donovan smiled and said "Well, I guess we'd better do this one" and launched into it.
Saw Steppenwolf in 1968 and a guy kept yelling for them to do "The Pusher." Then after they did it he hollered " Do it again" The whole place cracked up laughing
I love anything Donovan did. I liked his style and the trippy lyrics. What more could you ask for?? I never saw him as under rated. He was extremely popular in the 60's and 70's. Everyone liked Donovan.
@Breezybartrading9508 don't think so. It's Mello Yello and this is creeping me out because we're trying to find it. I believe they stopped carrying it just 2 months ago in Massachusetts
@Watts I wasn't born in the 60s but of course i loved his music especially They call me Mellow yellow 💛 because it has my name Saffron in it...Saffron is a cheap herb 🌿 from the Bible. It's also a yellow and orange color! I'm still listening too his music too this day! It makes me Happy He has some cool unique music out. I'm listening in 2022
Still listening in 2023 & hopefully for many more decades. Donovan introduced me to the pleasures of Jazz through his arrangements. Continues to be “blissful” sounds. “Hurdy Gurdy Man” in a genre of its own. ❤
I think hippies name their Daughters Saffron that's just what I've heard 🤔 I really don't know but it's a Beautiful unique name for any little baby Girl, I'm proud 👏 of it so I know my parents gave me the right name Saffron because a lot of people don't like unique names they refer common taste me I love anything unique Common to much, a little unique helps, Here in America 🇺🇸 We can stand more of the unique names and styles ✨️ People say you need to be careful what you name your kids because you have to send them to school I had know problems with my name Saffron I was known as one of the most popular girl in school so it's not your name it's who you are as a person, I hope you agree 👍 God bless 🙌
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The only reason I remember this song is because my junior high typing teacher had the class do the keyboard strokes in tempo with this iconic Donovan song. Love that electric banana.
My family used to play this frequently as I was a toddler, I haven't heard the song since, and yet I knew it nearly beat for beat. I remember fondly, the long winding summer roads, driving to my aunt's job as a mascot for children's parties... ah, it's something I hold fondly. The emotions from that time hurt me just right. I apologize for the wasting of time, just needed to express the pure emotion I feel.
Crazy how you can remember every word of a song you haven't heard since you were a toddler, isn't it? Happens to me all the time. Brings back memories of dancing with my mom in the living room as a very little girl, no older than 5, because my brother was a baby in the memories.
Happy Birthday Donovan Leitch born on May 10, 1946. He is known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world music (notably calypso). - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan
*LYRICS* I'm just mad about Saffron Saffron's mad about me I'm just mad about Saffron She's just mad about me They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow I'm just mad about Fourteen Fourteen's mad about me I'm just mad about Fourteen She's just mad about me They call me mellow yellow They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow Born high forever to fly Wind velocity nil Wanna high forever to fly If you want your cup our fill They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow Electrical banana Is gonna be a sudden craze Electrical banana Is bound to be the very next phase They call it mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow Saffron, yeah I'm just mad about her I'm just mad about Saffron She's just mad about me They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow
I’m 42yrs old and this was before my time , but love this song. When I bought my yellow Jeep I named it Mellow Yellow. Younger people don’t get it but the older generation does 😊
I'm still a fan of Donovan's. I got to see him perform in Kansas City MO. He was wonderful, filled the concert Hall. In the middle of his performance he got up, turned himself around and sang the next few songs to the people who got the behind row seating! He was my hero at that very moment, love everything about him
I was a teen when this hit the charts. Yep, I was right up in the middle of all of it. We have been called the luckiest generation ever. I would say most unique!
I can remember when this song was released in 1966. I was about to begin 6th grade and getting interested in music. Even though this song is 56 years old-it is, was, and will be timeless! Long live Donovan and his music…
1966 ? This song like many others were far ahead of anything The Beatles knew at the time. Can't understand the fanboyism they were and still are to some this day.
The name Saffron is a Beautiful unique fun name like the song. My name is Saffron and I love it. It's not a Devils name. Read Songs of Solomon chapter 5 verse 14 that's where my parents got my name from. My name is not in the baby book. The names in the baby book is a list of names from the Social Security office. And it's been that way as long as the world's been here...Thats why everyone has the same name the year they were born...all the ladies my age has the same names.. Happy new year 🎉 2022
"My name is "Saffron" and they call me "Mellow Yellow" my parents got my name Saffron out of the Bible, 73 years ago! Song of Salomon Chapter 14 verse 4 it's a cool name cool song!
One of the most incredibly beautiful poet songwriter story tellers of all time,none of his other work even comes close, no one was listening then,and they aren't listening now, the beautiful statements he was making at the time,being young war drugs sex etc.A real effin shame.
I've tried to figure out these lyrics for years. I think it's all about the color yellow and it's importance in Hinduism which was the rage in the 60's. The saffron flower is yellow and its the main color on the flag. Hippies were well known to use yellow when painting flowers on the VW vans too. It has nothing to do with smoking banana peels ( no idea how that got started)
Donovan Leach a true classic from a time long ago in a galaxy far away. I miss those days. I want out of this current dystopia. It does not look like it will improve.
@@squamish4244 true but were not talking best decade to be alive were talking best decade of music, he'll ya 70s we all know it unless you enjoy music with no instruments and fake singers.
@@cathyfisher7894 lmao ok boomer please explain how the 1970s were a better time to be aliv[[Content maximum reached! Please subscribe to RUclips premium to finish reading this troll's bait, first month free then $6.66 every day for the rest of eternity unless you opt out or unsubscribe, offer ends 4/20/69, not available in AK or HI, some assembly required]]
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My mother friend sadly passed away a few years ago, he had a big record collection,this is one of the records he ha.s I am quite blessed to have this now
It's hard to believe so many people still think this song was about getting high on banana's.Donovan said in an interview that the "electrical banana" mentioned in the song was a ladies vibrator that he saw in a magazine or newspaper.He said the mellow aspect of the song was to do with meditation which was the new in thing for him but really it could be anything.
I knew it! I thought I was being a perv, but I was sure electrical banana had to be a dildo... 60's seems the right age for that to come in! Oh the dirty mind ;)
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My name is Saffron! It's a spice name! That my parents got out of the Bible 73 years ago! I love ❤ this song 🎵 This is twice I've came here in 2022 for the same reason!!
It may sound like a throwaway pop song at first listen, especially because of the lyrics and since it's been used so many times in commercials. But this is not a throwaway song, but a really damn good pop song with one hell of a melody and it has endured.
"Mellow Yellow" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. In the US it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. (Both "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys and "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band kept it from hitting #1)
And here in New Zealand it reached #2 for one week, and 'Good Vibrations' kept it from hitting #1. Winchester cathedral had peaked at an earlier date at #3.
Me too. Same thing. I'm guessing that neither of us are now retired accountants nor plastic surgeons or dentists. Instead, we lived full and eventful lives ✌️
Steve, agree. I was 19 then, worried about the draft. Been reviewing my old music, before I'm dead. Was just listening to Sunshine Superman album - not a single track that I don't like, but I kept expecting Mellow Yellow, not remembering it's on a different album. Sucks being old. 6/16/2019
@@zoeyrose2905 It would be a long list. Off the top of my head: Bob Dylan Hwy 61, Bringing It All back Home, Blonde on Blonde, Neil Young After the Gold Rush, leon Russell Will O the Wisp, Country Joe and the Fish Porpoise Mouth, Buffalo Springfield, Rolling Stones 12X5, Them, The Yardbirds, Buddy Holly. And on and on. Here is a link where you put in the year and a bunch of songs come up. thenostalgiamachine.com/ Good hunting. If you want more, contact me again and I will overload you.
The second album I bought. The first was the soundtrack to "Our Man Flint" (Later that became too embarrassing to admit to. Much later I had to get it on CD.) The third was Julian Bream's "Lute Music From The Royal Courts Of Europe". The fourth and fifth were "Surrealistic Pillow" and "Sunshine Superman".
It's a cool name! And a cool song! "Yes my real name is "Saffron" "No I wasn't named after his song! My parents got my name from the king James Bible, Song of Salomon Chapter 14 verse 4 73 years ago! I'm still listening in 2022
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Anyone listening to this banger in 2024?
me
Yessir
Yep
Yup
People will be listening to this song until the end of days.
I'm 74 and so happy to hear that song 🥰
I'm 74 also and this was very hip indeed..or hep if you prefer..
@@marksinger3067 I prefer hep, as in Donovan is a real hep cat!
#MellowYellow ⚡🍌⚡
"Believe it or not, bananas do contain a small quantity of Musa Sapientum bananadine, which is a mild, short-lasting psychedelic."
William Powell
🌻
Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with Joy, hope, happiness, intellect, energy and optimism.
“The colors red, blue and green are real. The color yellow is a mystical experience shared by everybody.”
Tom Stoppard
Keep on truckin'
That's because it was new when you were 24
73 and I feel the same
Every song from the 60's whose artist you don't remember was Donovan.
Exactly my case with this song lol
Hey I'm not forgetable
Bahaha
No
His real name is Philip Donovan Lietch. Look it up!
I met Donovan in Florida ~2007? I can't recall. My Mom came down from New York. Life long dream for her to meet him. He gave her a sweet hug and signed a photo saying happy birthday. Really nice dude.
WoW!!!
A friend of mine and I saw Donovan in concert in Sacramento, CA (in 1971 or '72). As the concert went along some guy in the audience kept yelling "Do Mellow Yellow!" after every song. Finally, Donovan smiled and said "Well, I guess we'd better do this one" and launched into it.
I don't remember that I'm from Sacramento, did he play at the Memorial Auditorium
Sounds like the guy in the audience could have been more mellow...
@@MXB2001 Quite rightly
Saw Steppenwolf in 1968 and a guy kept yelling for them to do "The Pusher." Then after they did it he hollered " Do it again" The whole place cracked up laughing
I saw Donovan in concert and i kept yelling, "Do Mountain Dew!" I was escorted out of that concert.
That flatpicking bass you hear is from John Paul Jones, later of Led Zeppelin. He also was the arranger/producer of this track.
also jimmy page
lovely news
Dwayne Wladyka Wow!
And Jimmy Page, also both were on Sunshine Superman
Wasn’t Paul McCartney on this track too?
Used to trip out on his music in the 60s! I'm 75 and still dig it!
groovy
How long has it been since you listened to Summer Day Reflection Song( not the album, the single)?
Are you single?
Assuming you are a guy. Lol
Bro I forgot how HEAT this song was anyone still listening 2021?
yea yea
Fuck yes!
Yep. And do u know pumped up kicks and all Star there pretty good. ^^
Yup
Heck yeah
I love anything Donovan did. I liked his style and the trippy lyrics. What more could you ask for?? I never saw him as under rated. He was extremely popular in the 60's and 70's. Everyone liked Donovan.
Why thank you
he sounds like Popeye....ackackackack
Dylan on acid
@@donovanroundtree524 yes
Peter max
I'm 71yrs and my Grandchildren sings this song 😊
👍👍👍
I'm 68 now. I remember when this came out.
I a bit younger but my parents played it Ton. Which was also lol because it was played with "Come baby, light my fire" 😂
Was Mellow Yellow a drink product at the time yet or no?
@Breezybartrading9508 don't think so. It's Mello Yello and this is creeping me out because we're trying to find it. I believe they stopped carrying it just 2 months ago in Massachusetts
A fun, groovy, and happy song. A little reminder of what the 60s were like at times.
My mom was cool. Took us to see Donavan in Oakland around 70. Never forget stage, all flowers. He was all in white.
A memory forever.
Donovan was the guy in the 60's; I'm glad I'm old - I heard these as they were released! We were all Mellow Yellow!
Cool! :D
@Watts
I wasn't born in the 60s but of course i loved his music especially They call me Mellow yellow 💛 because it has my name Saffron in it...Saffron is a cheap herb 🌿 from the Bible. It's also a yellow and orange color! I'm still listening too his music too this day!
It makes me Happy
He has some cool unique music out.
I'm listening in 2022
My parents tell me this song was EVERYWHERE when it came out. And so were all of Donovan's hits.
Groovy!
Yes!!!
Still listening in 2023 & hopefully for many more decades. Donovan introduced me to the pleasures of Jazz through his arrangements. Continues to be “blissful” sounds. “Hurdy Gurdy Man” in a genre of its own. ❤
Still listening as well
@@loriskillman2580I
Approaching my 8th decade on this poor benighted planet, and yeah... I know JUST where you're coming from! More power to us BOTH! 😁
I😊@@theseustoo
'24 and counting! 😉
Wow live these 60 and 70's music never get tired of it 🎶🎵✌️✌️I'm 65 we used to play this song when we would go to beach
Just an old hippie here, peace everybody!
I think hippies name their Daughters Saffron that's just what I've heard 🤔 I really don't know but it's a Beautiful unique name for any little baby Girl,
I'm proud 👏 of it so I know my parents gave me the right name Saffron because a lot of people don't like unique names they refer common taste me I love anything unique Common to much, a little unique helps,
Here in America 🇺🇸
We can stand more of the unique names and styles ✨️
People say you need to be careful what you name your kids because you have to send them to school I had know problems with my name Saffron I was known as one of the most popular girl in school so it's not your name it's who you are as a person,
I hope you agree 👍
God bless 🙌
Thanks for destroying the world for us younger generations!
@@gospatrick
How is the song Mellow Yellow Destroying the young generation 🤔
It's just a fun
Song a blast from the past,
For many of us,
still listening in 2024.
Ditto! 😂🎉😂
Me tooo
OMG I'm enjoying this music so much. It's like visiting an old friend.
Don't be surprised ok, it's true I don't usually do this. But the pandemic has really tore everything apart leaving lots of people depressed. That's why am pasting my personal email address here via: donovan00125@gmail.com to enable you share your opinions about my songs or send personal message you wish to share with me. I can't still appreciate everyone of you enough for the unconditional love and massive supports ❤️ it's because of you am here today. I hope you won't stop listening and supporting my songs.
This song is so friggin' smooth. I _envy_ how smooth this song is!
thats awesome
I love it, always have!!!!
Slay pookie me too 🤞🥺👖🗣️
Remind me of my 1967 Mustang and drive in movies.💝The back seat was kind of small but served the purpose (Know what I mean?)
Back when music was FUN
Back when music was GREAT
2021... is anyone else still mad about Mellow Yellow?? 🎶😍🎶
Count me in 🙋
I am! Quite rightly
About safron
She still mad about me
I heard it on goodwill
The only reason I remember this song is because my junior high typing teacher had the class do the keyboard strokes in tempo with this iconic Donovan song. Love that electric banana.
My family used to play this frequently as I was a toddler, I haven't heard the song since, and yet I knew it nearly beat for beat. I remember fondly, the long winding summer roads, driving to my aunt's job as a mascot for children's parties... ah, it's something I hold fondly. The emotions from that time hurt me just right. I apologize for the wasting of time, just needed to express the pure emotion I feel.
...Never associated with getting high....just loved the beat....I play drums...
I love hearing things like " hurts just right" and "pure emotion"...
Im sure that you are just as awesome as your words are..
Peace.
His songs reflect beautiful atmospheres and realities only a good song can do.
Crazy how you can remember every word of a song you haven't heard since you were a toddler, isn't it? Happens to me all the time. Brings back memories of dancing with my mom in the living room as a very little girl, no older than 5, because my brother was a baby in the memories.
The coolest song ever. As cool now as when it was released.
A cool song a cool name!
My name is Saffron and I love ❤ it,
shit take
Donovan was waaaay ahead of his time
Atlantis…
I bet looking at your hard drive is a federal crime!
He was a head
Of his own time and I was a head at that time.
Happy Birthday Donovan Leitch born on May 10, 1946. He is known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world music (notably calypso). - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan
Great Comment! Thanks!
I'm so glad I found Donovan as a 14 year old starting highschool, now as an 18 year old I hear this, look back and feel good
I still listen to my Donovan albums in2020,and probably for sometime in the future,60's and70',s rock is still the best 🤩
I lived for listening to Donovan, locked my bedroom, usually trying to get away from my abusive father. Had to buy my own headset.
*LYRICS*
I'm just mad about Saffron
Saffron's mad about me
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
I'm just mad about Fourteen
Fourteen's mad about me
I'm just mad about Fourteen
She's just mad about me
They call me mellow yellow
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
Born high forever to fly
Wind velocity nil
Wanna high forever to fly
If you want your cup our fill
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase
They call it mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
Saffron, yeah
I'm just mad about her
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
azu db huge props for you
PERFECTION.
I thought it was (quite right slick)
Nice lyrics, Azu! I remember them now
Thanks for the lyrics...easier to sing along. BTW, the repeat is "Born-a high forever to fly," rather than "Wanna."
One of my favorite songs! Quite rightly
I’m 42yrs old and this was before my time , but love this song. When I bought my yellow Jeep I named it Mellow Yellow. Younger people don’t get it but the older generation does 😊
Same here but i love this song todays musics suck
Nothing but shitty led lights and shitty computer sounds
i grew up with this as a fun song when i was little
I'm 61 years old and I remember when this song came out nobody did it better than Donovan.
Gentle Donovan: wonderful music.
I realized at the end of minions I heard this
2024. This song just popped into my head for no reason, And I find out that everybody's listening to it, apparently!
I'm still a fan of Donovan's. I got to see him perform in Kansas City MO. He was wonderful, filled the concert Hall. In the middle of his performance he got up, turned himself around and sang the next few songs to the people who got the behind row seating! He was my hero at that very moment, love everything about him
Hello
@Donovan you other Best!!!
Such a good guy.
I was a teen when this hit the charts. Yep, I was right up in the middle of all of it. We have been called the luckiest generation ever. I would say most unique!
luckiest is right
Everybody thinks their generation is the best, luckiest, greatest, ...and in this case most unique! ....hehehe, it's hilarious!
so timeless and nostalgic song ... sixties the golden age of music !!!
I feel like donovan were way ahead of their time
such a happy song yet so haunting
It's about using bananas as drugs
th3 Joker
zena
th3 Joker that
Savron it would have to have entered they'll call me Mello yellow
QUITE RIGHT, SLICK!!!
It's about a dildo!
I can remember when this song was released in 1966. I was about to begin 6th grade and getting interested in music. Even though this song is 56 years old-it is, was, and will be timeless! Long live Donovan and his music…
POV:this song is from minions
Them hydrogen kx500 2 strokes just keep going dont they
1966 ? This song like many others were far ahead of anything The Beatles knew at the time. Can't understand the fanboyism they were and still are to some this day.
Wow! Welcome back to 1966! What a song!
I love Donovan, his Micky Most albums are all amazing. My chill out music
Absolutely Beautiful Legendary Masterpiece
The name Saffron is a Beautiful unique fun name like the song.
My name is Saffron and I love it.
It's not a Devils name. Read Songs of Solomon chapter 5 verse 14 that's where my parents got my name from.
My name is not in the baby book.
The names in the baby book is a list of names from the Social Security office. And it's been that way as long as the world's been here...Thats why everyone has the same name the year they were born...all the ladies my age has the same names..
Happy new year 🎉
2022
@@saffronwetter7944 very nice name Saffron, thank you for the information, Happy New Year and God Bless
The 'Scottish Dylan,' a remarkable musical man a bard poet and good rock and roll yea
🤓
I found this vinyl album for 50cents at an thrift store and I love this so much
My first 45! Still digging Donovan in 2021 ♪♫♪♫♪♫
Another classic by Donovan!!! 💪💪💪
His songs were so simple and outstanding.
not really
PS-this tune’s SO nice-I had to listen TWICE!👍👍👌😇🎺
Simply a classic. Heard it the radio yesterday. I haven't heard this song since I was a kid.
this song is actually really heavy
This man was cool, very cool...kept Dylan and other folk rockers on their toes, from across the pond. Wait did I hear witches?
My names Saffron and I'm a cool unique person 😎
Happy 2022
I catch myself whistling this song every now and then.
John Paul Jones arranging the horns that no one in the room liked till Paul McCartney said they were good.
I've always heard
"They call me Mellow Yellow"
"I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!"
my entire life.
"My name is "Saffron" and they call me "Mellow Yellow" my parents got my name Saffron out of the Bible, 73 years ago! Song of Salomon Chapter 14 verse 4 it's a cool name cool song!
Quite right slick
hahah same!
One of the most incredibly beautiful poet songwriter story tellers of all time,none of his other work even comes close, no one was listening then,and they aren't listening now, the beautiful statements he was making at the time,being young war drugs sex etc.A real effin shame.
I was listening. Worried about being drafted. I remember more from then than from last month.
I've tried to figure out these lyrics for years. I think it's all about the color yellow and it's importance in Hinduism which was the rage in the 60's. The saffron flower is yellow and its the main color on the flag. Hippies were well known to use yellow when painting flowers on the VW vans too. It has nothing to do with smoking banana peels ( no idea how that got started)
Fun Fact : There were two Påul McCartney's in the Original recording background sounds on this sonng
Both Paul and Beatle Bill!
@@wildannie6788 Very Astute Fren, I see you've studied your Memoirs thoroughly
Donovan Leach a true classic from a time long ago in a galaxy far away. I miss those days. I want out of this current dystopia. It does not look like it will improve.
And today's music is crap
You were younger. When asked to choose 'the best decade to be alive', most people choose the decade of their adolescence :)
@@squamish4244 true but were not talking best decade to be alive were talking best decade of music, he'll ya 70s we all know it unless you enjoy music with no instruments and fake singers.
@@cathyfisher7894 lmao ok boomer please explain how the 1970s were a better time to be aliv[[Content maximum reached! Please subscribe to RUclips premium to finish reading this troll's bait, first month free then $6.66 every day for the rest of eternity unless you opt out or unsubscribe, offer ends 4/20/69, not available in AK or HI, some assembly required]]
@Xx-raZ0r_pup-xX true I always liked Indie music buts been years since I looked into it
I’m still listening! I was 9 years old when this song was released. Mellow Yellow. A 1966 classic
Wow you're older than my dad
No offense m8 I'm sure you're cool as fuck
As long as they aren't mean to me older people are really cool and know a lot about cars
Don't be surprised ok, it's true I don't usually do this. But the pandemic has really tore everything apart leaving lots of people depressed and sad. That's why am pasting my personal email address here via: donovan00125@gmail.com to enable you share your opinions about my songs or send personal message you wish to share with me. I can't still appreciate everyone of you enough for the unconditional love and massive supports ❤️ it's because of you am here today. I hope you won't stop listening and supporting my songs.
My real name is Saffron and I love it I've had good luck with my name all my life. Happy 2022
My mother friend sadly passed away a few years ago, he had a big record collection,this is one of the records he ha.s I am quite blessed to have this now
Thank you Donovan for not blocking the comment section. I've been a big fan of yours since the beginning. Take care.
It's hard to believe so many people still think this song was about getting high on banana's.Donovan said in an interview that the "electrical banana" mentioned in the song was a ladies vibrator that he saw in a magazine or newspaper.He said the mellow aspect of the song was to do with meditation which was the new in thing for him but really it could be anything.
I knew it! I thought I was being a perv, but I was sure electrical banana had to be a dildo... 60's seems the right age for that to come in! Oh the dirty mind ;)
I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if Mellow Yellow was just a rhyme.
@Alina McPherson when was he caught with a 14 year old??? care to back that up with a source?
@Alina McPherson what if he was 14 at the time too and singing about his crush??
Oh to be young and dumb again. It brings back memories of smoking banana peels and snorting nutmeg!
This Song takes me away from All the Bullsh*t😆💯❣
Don't be surprised ok, it's true I don't usually do this. But the pandemic has really tore everything apart leaving lots of people depressed and sad. That's why am pasting my personal email address here via: donovan00125@gmail.com to enable you share your opinions about my songs or send personal message you wish to share with me. I can't still appreciate everyone of you enough for the unconditional love and massive supports ❤️ it's because of you am here today. I hope you won't stop listening and supporting my songs.
My name is Saffron! It's a spice name!
That my parents got out of the Bible 73 years ago! I love ❤ this song 🎵
This is twice I've came here in 2022 for the same reason!!
How could anyone not like Donovan,especially if you're from the 60s ,you aren't smoking enough!
this song randomly popped into my head so I'm here now lmao
Weird, me too. I even got my trumpet out and played. Haven't played this in 40 years!
Lol same 🌼 so random [:
Same lol
Same
Absolutely I listen to this all the time! It's great!
One of the sexiest songs ever
Keeping it simple, yet complicated...that was Donovan! Cool dude! Love him!
Donovan was on another planet when he wrote this. Outstanding!!!
Yeah, I think him and Harry Nilsson shared that planet, Put the lime in the coconut.... They're both great.
Physcodelic
Still a banger in April 2023!
And so it is in January 2024!
It may sound like a throwaway pop song at first listen, especially because of the lyrics and since it's been used so many times in commercials. But this is not a throwaway song, but a really damn good pop song with one hell of a melody and it has endured.
Damn good listening!
Everytime i leave the store after buying a Mellow Yellow soda, I sing this song in my head.
Me too
"Mellow Yellow" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. In the US it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. (Both "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys and "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band kept it from hitting #1)
My real name is Saffron and they call me Mellow yellow 💛
Happy 2022
And here in New Zealand it reached #2 for one week, and 'Good Vibrations' kept it from hitting #1. Winchester cathedral had peaked at an earlier date at #3.
For years instead of "quite rightly ", my wife thought he said, "that's right slick".lol
Bob Hume I thought so too
Me too.
Same here
I thought it was quite right slick🤣
That's how I heard it too! Almost: I heard "quite right slick."
Родившись в СССР как много мы пропустили в плане западной музыки. Как же много хорошей музыки и великолепных исполнителей нам не дано было услышать.
U would be 81 today, WOW, TIME FLYS BY JOHN, GOD BESS U , THE ONE WHO WAS SO FAR AHEAD OF MOST
Gotta love the 60's horns! Where is Herp when you need him?
Me, eating saffron rice.
"I think I'll listen to the song that mentions saffron."
(listens to this)
Haha, yes. I am amused.
Stale Cracker Jack Box
Yah.. just made Briyani.
I sing this when I see someone drinking Mello Yello soda.
Columbian Gold
😁LOL
@@nina1522 see people drinking Mello Yello much these days?
I was six. This came on the radio instead of Del Shannon. What's a guy supposed to think...?
Me too. Same thing. I'm guessing that neither of us are now retired accountants nor plastic surgeons or dentists. Instead, we lived full and eventful lives ✌️
TIL the brass was almost excluded til Paul McCartney walked in and said it was fantastic. Good call
I was just laying in bed and this song blasted into my head.
This is heavy metal for aristocrats, love this song tho.
How so?
If you don’t mind me asking.
Silly me. It’s a joke. Sorry.
🐯
The Queen of England
sipping tea
dressed in yellow.
He Was A Good Trip !! In The Old Days !!! 5/30 2019
Steve, agree. I was 19 then, worried about the draft. Been reviewing my old music, before I'm dead. Was just listening to Sunshine Superman album - not a single track that I don't like, but I kept expecting Mellow Yellow, not remembering it's on a different album. Sucks being old. 6/16/2019
@@bogieviews Do you recommend any music from your younger years if you can remember, some of this new stuff doesn't cut it nowadays.
@@zoeyrose2905 It would be a long list. Off the top of my head: Bob Dylan Hwy 61, Bringing It All back Home, Blonde on Blonde, Neil Young After the Gold Rush, leon Russell Will O the Wisp, Country Joe and the Fish Porpoise Mouth, Buffalo Springfield, Rolling Stones 12X5, Them, The Yardbirds, Buddy Holly. And on and on. Here is a link where you put in the year and a bunch of songs come up. thenostalgiamachine.com/
Good hunting. If you want more, contact me again and I will overload you.
Thank you Donovan, You are so loved!
Donovan was genius.
I like album Yellow Mellow
and album Sunshine Superman. Talent and high style!
Many of Donavan's songs would work from their inception to the present day.
shit take
What an odd way of saying, "His music is still great today!"
The second album I bought.
The first was the soundtrack to "Our Man Flint" (Later that became too embarrassing to admit to. Much later I had to get it on CD.) The third was Julian Bream's "Lute Music From The Royal Courts Of Europe". The fourth and fifth were "Surrealistic Pillow" and "Sunshine Superman".
Boy this brings memories of my dad he always played this 😊 🎶 👏
Um still diggin' this jam 50 yrs later bruh. Dude Donovan still got it! U feel me?
John Paul Jones' contribution to this track cannot be overstated.
he played bass in this studio version?
@@marklawless8829 wrote the horn part
Lol thanks mom I miss you so much. Rip.
This song randomly gives me nostalgia. So good❤
Thank you, Donovan. 🎵💓🎵
Definitely not the music to listen to when you are just quitting substances. Am nevertheless always happy to come back here -
Uhh.. the mellow yellow was an “adult toy”..
this has to be one of the best songs of all time
It's a cool name! And a cool song!
"Yes my real name is "Saffron"
"No I wasn't named after his song!
My parents got my name from the king James Bible,
Song of Salomon Chapter 14 verse 4
73 years ago!
I'm still listening in 2022
down bad horrendous take
@@joeswanson4811 k
Great Don Donovan song from, 67. Love the high hat at the beginning!
I grew up listening to Donavan. Made an impression.
Mee too.