TGIF Rock-n-Roll Oldies: Donovan 1966

Reaganite Republican ^ | February 18, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[MeganC]

‘Mellow Yellow’ is such a cool song!

[al44]

Never forget the unforgettable “Intergalactic Laxative”, it’ll get you from here to Mars!

[kbennkc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leI7sfmipuI

Hail Atlantis!

[ozark hilljilly]

“Jennifer Jupiter”,
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I always thought it was titled “Jenifer Juniper”. I actually liked that song...now, I don’t know, ain’t the same.
: (

[skeeter]

My personal favorite was his duet with Alice Cooper in ‘Billion Dollar Babies’.

[InvisibleChurch]

from Rikki Tikki Tavi

(Every)body who read the Jungle Book knows that Riki tiki tavi's a mongoose who kills snakes

(Well) when I was a young man I was led to believe there were organisations to kill my snakes for me

(ie the) church ie the government ie the school

(but when I got a little older) I learned I had to kill them myself

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It sounds like he knew from an early age to depend on one's self to find an answer to problems as opposed to the govt and other agencies

[Frantzie]

Martin Socrsese had Atlantis playing just before Billy Batts got his beaten by Joe Pesci and DeNiro. aka go home and get you ****** shinebox.

Donovan “though Gods they were....” fades a little.

Billy Batts “ I done my ******* time...”

At the end of the beating a crazed and apologetic Joe says to a mortified and dazed Ray Liotta - “I didn’t want to get blood on your floor.”

[Jim Noble]

Take the elevator in the brain hotel...

[corkoman]

Donovan was a pioneer in recording techniques - very much under appreciated for a lot of processing that others used extensively. Hail Atlantis!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

His kids will be familiar to 80s movie fans, Ione Skye and Donovan Leitch Jr. His son didn't have a big name in movies but still made a minor splash in a couple of films. His 1988, “The In Crowd” is still one of the most underrated 80s movies of all times.

[musicman]

I liked “Catch The Wind”.

(Was a GREAT Steven Bishop on the stairs playing guitar in Animal House kinda song....).

[kbennkc]

I liked “Catch The Wind”.

You can almost smell the reefer when a lyrisist runs out of ideas and writes: deedee dadee da da dee dee da da dee

[Reaganite Republican]

He’s awesome, and obviously I’m a fan

His stuff ages well, too- been listening to him for over forty years and still enjoy every tune he ever did!

[BlueMondaySkipper]

LOL As soon as i saw this thread I thought of Intergalactic Laxative. I was thinking that no one else would have heard it yet here you are.

Bravo

[musicman]

[Flycatcher]

Wow.

I had no idea that was Donovan singing with Alice. I always thought it was a redub of Alice sounding prissy...

[skeeter]

It always cracked me up, the mellow Mr Leach singing that demented song.

[Flycatcher]

Too bad Alice couldn't get Donovan to sing with him on the last song of that album: the wonderfully demented (but groundbreaking) "I Love the Dead."

Lol!

[j-damn]

When Donovan was firing on all cylinders he wrote &/or recorded some classics:

Catch The Wind
Wear Your Love Like Heaven
Season Of The Witch
The Trip
Hurdy Gurdy Man
Mellow Yellow
Sunshine Superman
Epistle To Dippy
Colours
The Fat Angel is even a great tune.