Let's talk about Donovan

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The '68 version is on the old/original (80s?) cd of Greatest hits.

Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 July 2011 13:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

you've got to pick up every stitch..

steady yachting (Pillbox), Friday, 15 July 2011 13:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

not trying very hard? i googled the hell out of it! anyhoo, clemenza hooked me up! yayyyy!

tylerw, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

THIS RECORD IS AWESOME. The Music Makers is screaming for dance floore treatment.

puerile fantasies (Matt P), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

Man, it had better rule with a bitchin cover like that!

50000000 elves (blank), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 00:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

One of the sun city girl dudes recorded Donavan's incoherent ramblings at a club a few years ago and was talking about putting it out on a 7" but i dunno if it ever happened.

50000000 elves (blank), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Oh yeah Cosmic Wheels is cool!

The actor that played Jesus made some odd choices. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 04:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

beatniks are out to make it rich

picture jean rollin (Pillbox), Sunday, 15 April 2012 05:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

Creepy Donovan is the best Donovan. Covered by King Crimson too:

B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Sunday, 15 April 2012 11:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

ROFL. We sang "Get Thy Bearings" in church if you can believe it! It is seriously funky with a spiritual theme. I play it all the time now.

โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Sunday, 15 April 2012 13:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

He was inducted into the HoF last night by John Mellencamp. Struck me as pretty random, but apparently John's a massive Donovan fan.

Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 15 April 2012 13:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

One of the sun city girl dudes recorded Donavan's incoherent ramblings at a club a few years ago and was talking about putting it out on a 7" but i dunno if it ever happened.

oh man I'd like to hear this

I try to avoid telling my donovan story online because I'm a nice fucking guy but he's a piece of fucking work imo

same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 April 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh go on

Number None, Sunday, 15 April 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, come on man.

BTW Donovan is so awesome on "Billion Dollar Babies." Kinda wish he and Alice had recorded a whole album.

nobody gives a shit about the githzerai (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 16 April 2012 03:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

it is very easy to imagine donovan being a complete dipshit irl
he did make some amazing music for a brief period of time

buzza, Monday, 16 April 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bass on "Get Thy Bearings" is one of Danny Thompson's finest moments. As is "Sunny Goodge St"

bham, Monday, 16 April 2012 08:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

it is very easy to imagine donovan being a complete dipshit irl

In fact he's a monumental egomaniac who claims to have invented and inspired every musical genre from 1965 onwards

Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Monday, 16 April 2012 11:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

HMS Donovan is a great album. I'd put it up there with the best of ISB.

I don't understand any comparison of the two Ds. It always comes up due to that movie but come on... Apples and oranges. Both have their merits and both have put some dreary shit on tape too.

Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Monday, 16 April 2012 12:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

agree that they're very different animals.

Dylan is the highly superior animal tho lol

Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 April 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

SO good.

"Open Road" fans out there? Has a fun ramshackle live feel to it, which is super cool after all the fussy (but brilliant) Mickie Most stuff.
Find that I go back to this one even more than the rest.

mr.raffles, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:06 (7 months ago) Permalink

I don't remember that one - Cosmic Wheels is the cutoff point with him for me

Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:10 (6 months ago) Permalink


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