Donovan was very influential. Some other tunes he had hits with were “Hurdy Gurdy Man”, “Sunshine Superman”, “There is a Mountain “, and a handful more. Definitely one of many artists that didn’t just produce hits, but entire albums you could enjoy. Keep up your good work. You’re helping to change the world, even if it’s not immediately apparent.
Donovan wrote and performed WAY more than a handful more. "Mellow Yellow" "Atlantis" and "Catch the Wind" are a couple my favorites. No one ever came close to sounding like Donovan. The entire album "A Gift From a Flower to a Garden" is one of the most unique album sets ever, IMO. Saw him at Madison Square Garden in 1970...unforgettable! And he has that beautiful Scottish accent.
That's Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on Bass and Organ....On other Donovan tracks you'll find Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Donovan is an important figure in 60s music
I grew up in the 70’s with Donovan in the background at my house. This song and others bring back a lot of memories. Hurdy Gurdy Man is another great with Jimmy Page on guitar.
You are turning into a real rock historian! Seriously, you can tell you are not faking it. You are a deep dude and really understand and appreciate the art! My fav reaction channel! That word you are looking for is vibrato keep it up man much success! ✌🏼
I got to see Donovan live, about 15 years ago. He's an incredible storyteller, as well as an amazing vocalist. "Hurdy-Gurdy Man" is a great example of the vibrato in his voice
@@abracadabra3033 looking forward to it, thanks for responding! And thanks for your reactions, I sense that you pick up on the deeper vibes & meanings in a lot of the old school classic psychedelic rock. That's one thing I got from listening to Donovan, he seems to have his finger on the pulse of the mystic, it comes through in a lot of what he plays. A vibe not easily defined by words, but more by a transcendental feeling. Peace to you & yours~ 🎶✌
Imagine sitting with a group of people late 60’s early 70’s when all the psychedelic bands were at their top, passing a joint around listening to Donovan and so many many others. I was in that group and it was so bitchin’.
Such a cool song. In 2019, singer Lana Del Rey covered this in the movie "Scary stories to tell in the dark". Donavans 1966 version appears in the beginning of the movie. It was a big hit for Donavin off his album Sunshine. Cool vibes.
Donovan has a wealth of excellent material: Atlantis Wear Your Love Like Heaven Colors Universal Soldier ( very powerful!) Catch the Wind Jennifer Juniper Sunshine Superman
Donovan has so many great songs. I'm sure you would love Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gordy Man, Atlantis, Mellow Yellow, Lalena, Catch the Wind, There is a Mountain, and others. I saw him live in Portland, Maine in the mid 70's, and it was a great show!
So glad that someone is playing Donovan. He's one of my favorite singers and very underrated. On the Mellow Yellow album, the song called "Sand and Foam" is really wonderful. His lyrics are so visible.
Donovan is a great songwriter. A true original artist.. A style all his own. Did so much great music in the 60s and early 70s. He spent time with The Beatles in India in 1967..taught John Lennon a different type of finger picking on guitar while there. 🎼🎶🎶🇨🇦
A great song with that catchy slow-burner groove... There's something about Donovan that catches the whole British hippy vibe of the late 1960s. "Sunny South Kensington", "Sunshine Superman", "Hurdy Gurdy Man", "Colours", "Catch the Wind"... a lot of great songs. PS - the word you're looking for for that wavering at the end of words is vibrato. And yup, 1966.
well at the end there you were mostly right in that everyone had their unique sound but everyone in the UK was mimicking the sound of the blues...every kid growing up in England wanted to sound like Ray Charles or a blues man and you can hear it in the music of the British invasion...it changed the world when blues and black gospel singers found their way to England.
You seem to have a "nose for cool"....all you hit falls into my cool but haven't heard it in years category...this was soooo cool..the sound the voice....sunshine superman is similar
British Bob Dylan. The Hammond organ was an integral instrument of the era. It quickly faded away as the electronic keyboards and synthesizers came into vogue. You are right though, it does date the era. Great sound.
Donovan, singer and songwriter, was a friend of all of the Beatles, traveling to India with them on their spiritual pilgrimage and even helping each other write songs. “We were part of that same scene,” says Donovan, 69. “We sang songs of peace and brotherhood. We were all interested in the music that came from India, that sound that inspired the White Album and so many of my records. John, George and Paul all asked me to teach them how to play the sitar because I had one in London when no-one else had seen one before. “We’d sit together and meditate, then we’d write songs. It was a great time.” The use of the song, "Season Of The Witch," was in part used as a very subtle hint in the movie "Dark Shadows." It was a very hidden hint about Eva Green/Angelique Bouchard (the witch) having sent a werewolf to bite Chloë Grace Moretz/Carolyn Stoddard when she was a baby turning her into a werewolf, which was seen near the end of the movie when she turned under a full moon.
You are thinking about the Johnny Depp vampire remake of "Dark Shadows". A couple of great tunes by Donovan that nobody here has mentioned is "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" and "The Song of Wandering Aengus" which was a famous poem by Irish wizard/poet W.B. Yeats.
Great song. Another forgotten poem-to-music by him is Universal Soldier. Sunshine Superman is another favorite, but I'm sure when it starts, you will recognize. Thank you for your output. When I check and see you have another video, I know it's gonna be a good day!
Oh......gotta love Donovan! Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man and so much more. But don't forget Super Session!! You Don't Love Me Baby...my very favorite is a short instrumental called Harvey's Tune. I still listen to it when I need a soul drink of water. Dark Shadows 😽🖤
You're right! I have the DVD of the remake of Dark Shadows. Jonny Depp played Barnabas Collins, the vampire from the 17th century came back in the year 1972. The teenager in the film played this while they were starting dinner. 💙🎼✌️
You hear this song on classic rock stations a lot and I always listen to it it's a favorite and I'll listen to it again watching your reaction it was great I enjoyed your take on things keep up the great work. Glad you love the organs they really do add a lot the accompany electric guitars so perfectly people forget about that. keep up the great journey
The first seasons of Britannia used Donavan tracks as their theme music. This for season 2 and Hurdy Gurdy Man season 1. Atlantis was used for Casino . I looked him up off the back of watching Britannia, glad I did.
Donovan used some of the very best studio musicians, including a few who would become much more than studio musicians, like Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds) and Jeff Beck (also from the Yardbirds). He was a fine musician in his own right, even having taught guitar techniques to George Harrison (of the Beatles). "Barabajagal" is one of my favorites, though not one of his better-known. A lot of others have already been suggested, but I haven't seen "Mellow Yellow" yet. He definitely defined the sound of the era.
I slow danced to this number many times, back in the day. This is the kind of song that one can take up the whole dance floor! I did the same with "Never Been To Spain" by Three Dog Night. Of course, one has to be careful not to knock any other dancers over. :-)
When I was 9 or 10 (1969ish) I would race home from school so I could watch Dark Shadows. I loved Barnabas! Yes, I like the dark, literal and metaphorical.
you got the feel man. Early late sixties they put gospel rock country blues every thing in the same tunes. British music of the 60s 70s is fire. A twist on American influences
I’ve said it you before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again....I was born in 55 and I grew up with the best music ever made... and bring the organ back! Nice reaction
Cannot listen to this without seeing the final credits of the movie "To Die For" (Matt Dillon. Nicole Kidman, Joachim Phoenix). Excellent dark comedy movie and the use of this song during the ending was perfect
This movie made me take Nicole Kidman serious as an actress. She was so good. I saw this in the theater when it came out....wow. Nicole's face about 20 feet tall.
Ah man, that made me laugh so hard: "When I look out my window..." "Whaddya see?" "What do you think I see?" 🙂 Down to earth and feelin' it, but with so much knowledge. Thank you for sharing it and I love the channel so keep em coming brother.
I have very appreciate your reaction. (I am a french man from Québec, so excuse my simple english). Through your image of though guy, it is was cool when your exprime by your Wow, that the expression of your soul have been exprimed how the song have reach his goal, so to touch your sense and feeling for the music and the real expression of what it is nice from a man, his soul. From that stage a man live in the satisfaction for what is born. Loving the beauty of the spirit artistic and the need of every people, so exchange between each other humain been and in the creation of the best He can produce and exchange between each of them. Bonne chance à toi cher ami et longue vie et bonheur. Daniel, et merci
Another fine review. Great ear! The old Hammond B3 organ. Don't hear this one too often anymore. I remember sleeping on the floor on a mattress with a pretty blonde as this song played over and over and over, all night long, all those years ago..
Donavan such a cool gentle soul. I love his song Atlantis. He does a crazy duet with Alice Cooper / Billion Dollar Babies. If you like that trippy organ sound Iron Butterfly / In A Gadda Da Vida. Its 18 minutes of hippie heaven
Nice choice on the 'vibration" of his singing. That warble in pitch is called "vibrato". David Bowie did this really well when he wanted to. Same with Robert Plant. and others....
You’re hitting on some really cool late 60s material, Abra. Nice selections. I agree about that organ and it’s just a cool song. My favorite song by Donovan, though it’s very different from this, is named “Atlantis”. At some point, (this is also from 1970), you should give Deep Purple, “Child in Time” a shot. Organ in that one too, a lot of very good elements, vocals a highlight.
I know that there are tons of great songs by great artists waiting to be discovered, but. A giant BUT. Vanilla Fudge made a cover of this song in 1968 and stretched it to 9 minutes. That was what they did: Take a song, stretch it to its limits and transform it to something completely new. I don't know any other group who did covers like they did. The rhythm group was known as the hottest rhythm group in the business what often is just an undeserved hype but Jeff Beck wanted them for good reasons and he got them. A heavy organ, a strong voice and a hot guitar completed the setup. Deep Purple started to become Deep Purple because they took Vanilla Fudge as a rolemodel to cover songs in their extended way. John Bonham from Led Zeppelin copied some parts on drums. On their first album they stretched their probably best known song "Keep me hanging On" by the Supremes and two Beatles songs and George Harrison loved the album. Vanilla Fudge was one of the few groups able to create a style of their own and is actually one of the most influential but too unknown groups. Adventurous music. It is said that Keith Moon from The Who was the rolemodel for the Muppets' Animal. I prefer the idea that it was Carmine Appice from Vanilla Fudge.
Don´t just fall for the Hits........much more to explore .......concerning Donovan.....Sunny Godge Street, Donna Donna and Ballad of a Tin Soldier......Peace!
I love the groove on this track. I was lucky enough to be a kid & have this LP in my life as it was in my parents vinyl collection. They encouraged me to play their records & weren’t over precious over them like other parents. They were Soul, Rock, Jazz, Reggae, Folk, fans...so I was a lucky boy. I used to make mix tapes back when I was 7 back in the 80s & this track always made it’s way on the tape. I didn’t know it, but I was getting a first class education in music by them. Just throwing it in. Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon. Live Version ua-cam.com/video/hiu_zXqgsyE/v-deo.html
The album Cosmic Wheels has this on was bought for me by my parents for my 18th birthday with a cassette player (very new then) still have the cassette play it regularly lovely number on it only what the lonely call the blues plus all the tracks are great. Have loved Donovan since I first heard Try and catch the wind.
Great reaction, I always thought Donovan was very talented. I was just a little kid in the sixties. But I remember an awful lot of the music. Thank you Abracadabra, greetings from New Jersey
I believe this cut - a pioneering precursor of psychedelic rock- to be the first recording in which Donovan plays electric (rhythm) guitar, as opposed to the acoustic stuff he was known for, while the lead part is supposed to be played by Jimmy Page. Check out the Butthole Surfers' cover of Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man - it blew my mind when I first heard that back in the day. Loving the channel.
As much as I love and grew up on rock, you should also react to classical music. Would recommend Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, Brahms Symphony #1, Mahler Symphony #5, Richard Strauss "Death and Transfiguration" as a few to start with. Yes they are longer than typical pop songs, but I think you would like them. They open the mind and spirit in different ways.... Oh and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of the best ( best brass section) Berlin Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestra are good too (and others)...
Actually I thank you for the suggestions because I do want to expand and grasp all the musical Art Forms , you have just helped and motivated me , and again thank you for those particular suggestions
@@abracadabra3033 Or any of the Gregorian Chants... I love the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur. Might be something to explore on your own...
At the time of him writing this tune, many other artists were being busted for weed, and this was his warning to other counterculture British artists to be careful, "pick up every stitch " because the witch is coming for you.
Great song , I also came across this song from the movie , can't remember the movies name also,, can remember the girl dancing to it Chloe Grace Moretz , I'll never forget her , oh baby !!
This song was originally in the 1973 movie "season of the witch" by George Romero which was released in America under the name "Hungry Wives".... Very strange movie.
Donovan was very influential. Some other tunes he had hits with were “Hurdy Gurdy Man”, “Sunshine Superman”, “There is a Mountain “, and a handful more. Definitely one of many artists that didn’t just produce hits, but entire albums you could enjoy. Keep up your good work. You’re helping to change the world, even if it’s not immediately apparent.
Thank you 🙏, I truly appreciate that
👆👆👆👆👆 This.
Yes these and many others. :)
Donovan wrote and performed WAY more than a handful more. "Mellow Yellow" "Atlantis" and "Catch the Wind" are a couple my favorites. No one ever came close to sounding like Donovan. The entire album "A Gift From a Flower to a Garden" is one of the most unique album sets ever, IMO. Saw him at Madison Square Garden in 1970...unforgettable! And he has that beautiful Scottish accent.
Artists used to make whole albums and arranged the songs to listen to whole album, not just a single like today
That's Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on Bass and Organ....On other Donovan tracks you'll find Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Donovan is an important figure in 60s music
I think Jimmy plays lead guitar on Hurdy Gurdy Man.
I grew up in the 70’s with Donovan in the background at my house. This song and others bring back a lot of memories. Hurdy Gurdy Man is another great with Jimmy Page on guitar.
And John Paul Jones on Bass and John Bonham on drums. Listen to it again and pay attention to the drums. That's Bonham.
And I think it's Jeff Beck on this
More songs by Donovan that you might recognize:
Atlantis, Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow, Hurry Gurdy Man.
I th the Gordy song was suggested, but Atlantis sounds interesting, I got to do that one
Hurdy Gurdy Man, or Sunshine Superman would be my next choice. Atlantis is cool but repetitious.
and Barabajagel is another top Donovan recommendation.
Cosmic Wheels - a groovy tune!
Catch the Wind another great one!
♥️♥️♥️♥️ Donovan was my favourite growing up, his music helped me through many difficult times. Thanks
I understand that, because I definitely have songs that do that for me as well , thank you
You are turning into a real rock historian! Seriously, you can tell you are not faking it. You are a deep dude and really understand and appreciate the art! My fav reaction channel! That word you are looking for is vibrato keep it up man much success! ✌🏼
I got to see Donovan live, about 15 years ago. He's an incredible storyteller, as well as an amazing vocalist.
"Hurdy-Gurdy Man" is a great example of the vibrato in his voice
Will be reacting to that as well
@@abracadabra3033 looking forward to it, thanks for responding!
And thanks for your reactions, I sense that you pick up on the deeper vibes & meanings in a lot of the old school classic psychedelic rock.
That's one thing I got from listening to Donovan, he seems to have his finger on the pulse of the mystic, it comes through in a lot of what he plays. A vibe not easily defined by words, but more by a transcendental feeling.
Peace to you & yours~ 🎶✌
Donovan was great at changing up his musical style from record to record. A true musician.
This song has been on my playlist for years...never get tired of it! 🔥🎶🔥
Imagine sitting with a group of people late 60’s early 70’s when all the psychedelic bands were at their top, passing a joint around listening to Donovan and so many many others. I was in that group and it was so bitchin’.
Such a cool song. In 2019, singer Lana Del Rey covered this in the movie "Scary stories to tell in the dark". Donavans 1966 version appears in the beginning of the movie. It was a big hit for Donavin off his album Sunshine. Cool vibes.
loved her version n the video
Donovan was great. Lots of very cool songs. Great reaction.
Donovan has a wealth of excellent material:
Atlantis
Wear Your Love Like Heaven
Colors
Universal Soldier ( very powerful!)
Catch the Wind
Jennifer Juniper
Sunshine Superman
Donovan was dubbed the UK's answer to Dylan.
Very psychedelic. Enjoy your reactions! So chill! And trippy. 🤪
I am truly grateful for growing up in the 70s .. Listen, Learn, Live..
Such a wonderfully evocative, cinematic, moody song. No wonder it was used so well in the Nicole Kidman film "To Die For."
Donovan has so many great songs. I'm sure you would love Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gordy Man, Atlantis, Mellow Yellow, Lalena, Catch the Wind, There is a Mountain, and others. I saw him live in Portland, Maine in the mid 70's, and it was a great show!
Watching your videos makes me feel like I'm listening to albums and talking with a friend. Thanks man, keep up the great work
Great reaction. Donovan was uniquely talented even in an era where we had so many great artists. He fit the times perfectly
So glad that someone is playing Donovan. He's one of my favorite singers and very underrated.
On the Mellow Yellow album, the song called "Sand and Foam" is really wonderful. His lyrics are so visible.
I love this track. Supra dope. I've tried to get people to react to this song. Nobody reacted to this but you. That's why you are the best.
Donovan is a great songwriter. A true original artist.. A style all his own. Did so much great music in the 60s and early 70s. He spent time with The Beatles in India in 1967..taught John Lennon a different type of finger picking on guitar while there. 🎼🎶🎶🇨🇦
Definitely look more into his music. Atlantis , Barabajagal, Sunshine Superman etc, etc xxx
BTW, he is still going strong
Yes! Barabajagal!
Donavan is really cool. Lots of excellent songs. Hurdy Gurdy Man and Wear your love like heaven two of my favs. ✌ 🍁🇨🇦
A great song with that catchy slow-burner groove... There's something about Donovan that catches the whole British hippy vibe of the late 1960s. "Sunny South Kensington", "Sunshine Superman", "Hurdy Gurdy Man", "Colours", "Catch the Wind"... a lot of great songs. PS - the word you're looking for for that wavering at the end of words is vibrato. And yup, 1966.
There's a Donovan track called "Get Thy Bearings" that was sampled in the '90s. It has a cool sound and style worth investigating.
well at the end there you were mostly right in that everyone had their unique sound but everyone in the UK was mimicking the sound of the blues...every kid growing up in England wanted to sound like Ray Charles or a blues man and you can hear it in the music of the British invasion...it changed the world when blues and black gospel singers found their way to England.
You seem to have a "nose for cool"....all you hit falls into my cool but haven't heard it in years category...this was soooo cool..the sound the voice....sunshine superman is similar
I will react o it as well , the sound and voice was unique and just cool
Yeah, music was different. It came from the heart and everything was played by someone and there were no computers, etc. It was real.
Indeed I see that it was
British Bob Dylan. The Hammond organ was an integral instrument of the era. It quickly faded away as the electronic keyboards and synthesizers came into vogue. You are right though, it does date the era. Great sound.
Donovan, singer and songwriter, was a friend of all of the Beatles, traveling to India with them on their spiritual pilgrimage and even helping each other write songs.
“We were part of that same scene,” says Donovan, 69. “We sang songs of peace and brotherhood. We were all interested in the music that came from India, that sound that inspired the White Album and so many of my records. John, George and Paul all asked me to teach them how to play the sitar because I had one in London when no-one else had seen one before.
“We’d sit together and meditate, then we’d write songs. It was a great time.”
The use of the song, "Season Of The Witch," was in part used as a very subtle hint in the movie "Dark Shadows." It was a very hidden hint about Eva Green/Angelique Bouchard (the witch) having sent a werewolf to bite Chloë Grace Moretz/Carolyn Stoddard when she was a baby turning her into a werewolf, which was seen near the end of the movie when she turned under a full moon.
You are thinking about the Johnny Depp vampire remake of "Dark Shadows". A couple of great tunes by Donovan that nobody here has mentioned is "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" and "The Song of Wandering Aengus" which was a famous poem by Irish wizard/poet W.B. Yeats.
Donovan was my first musical love!
Me too!
Great song.
Another forgotten poem-to-music by him is Universal Soldier.
Sunshine Superman is another favorite, but I'm sure when it starts, you will recognize.
Thank you for your output. When I check and see you have another video, I know it's gonna be a good day!
Oh......gotta love Donovan! Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man and so much more. But don't forget Super Session!! You Don't Love Me Baby...my very favorite is a short instrumental called Harvey's Tune. I still listen to it when I need a soul drink of water.
Dark Shadows 😽🖤
You're right! I have the DVD of the remake of Dark Shadows. Jonny Depp played Barnabas Collins, the vampire from the 17th century came back in the year 1972. The teenager in the film played this while they were starting dinner. 💙🎼✌️
You hear this song on classic rock stations a lot and I always listen to it it's a favorite and I'll listen to it again watching your reaction it was great I enjoyed your take on things keep up the great work. Glad you love the organs they really do add a lot the accompany electric guitars so perfectly people forget about that. keep up the great journey
The first seasons of Britannia used Donavan tracks as their theme music. This for season 2 and Hurdy Gurdy Man season 1. Atlantis was used for Casino . I looked him up off the back of watching Britannia, glad I did.
Love Donovan songs. Love this song also. So smooooth.
Donovan used some of the very best studio musicians, including a few who would become much more than studio musicians, like Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds) and Jeff Beck (also from the Yardbirds). He was a fine musician in his own right, even having taught guitar techniques to George Harrison (of the Beatles). "Barabajagal" is one of my favorites, though not one of his better-known. A lot of others have already been suggested, but I haven't seen "Mellow Yellow" yet. He definitely defined the sound of the era.
I slow danced to this number many times, back in the day. This is the kind of song that one can take up the whole dance floor! I did the same with "Never Been To Spain" by Three Dog Night. Of course, one has to be careful not to knock any other dancers over. :-)
THANK YOU! Donovan needs more folks reacting to his master works. hes a fucking legend.
Check out Get thy Bearings. its sampled in some popular hip hop
I loved Donovan when I was was little😍😍😍
When I was 9 or 10 (1969ish) I would race home from school so I could watch Dark Shadows. I loved Barnabas! Yes, I like the dark, literal and metaphorical.
Music was different but amazing!! Love this song and Donovan.
you got the feel man. Early late sixties they put gospel rock country blues every thing in the same tunes. British music of the 60s 70s is fire. A twist on American influences
I was a teenager in the 60's living just south of San Francisco. This song takes me right back to that time. Still love it!
I LOVE that you listen to all these old 60’s and 70’s songs!!! Thank you!
Great Art , and thank you ✌
Great reaction! Love that song. You'll enjoy exploring Donovan. ♡
I’ve said it you before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again....I was born in 55 and I grew up with the best music ever made...
and bring the organ back!
Nice reaction
Haven't heard this one in many years! Great song!
one of my favourites, when i was young.
I love the organs of the 60ies and early 70ies too!!!
Cannot listen to this without seeing the final credits of the movie "To Die For" (Matt Dillon. Nicole Kidman, Joachim Phoenix). Excellent dark comedy movie and the use of this song during the ending was perfect
I will be looking for that movie , I love Dark Comedy
@@abracadabra3033 It is Gus Van Sant's take on the Susan Smart murder case. Kidman is really funny in it. You can watch it free on Pluto
This movie made me take Nicole Kidman serious as an actress. She was so good. I saw this in the theater when it came out....wow. Nicole's face about 20 feet tall.
My man love these reactions you gotta do the pusher by Stepinwolf hard song tuff 💪
Donovan was a funky ass dude. Soooo smooth. Thanks dude!
I seen Donovan live in the seventies and again a few years ago, a storyteller and unique artist. His work deserves to be heard...
stephen stills version with al kooper and mike bloomfield!
Excellent vers3. Have you heard Richard thompson's version, well worth a listen
Also vanilla fudge does a cool version
@Uncle Phil most definitely.great song
The first version I heard was by Lou Rawls back in in 69!
Ah man, that made me laugh so hard: "When I look out my window..." "Whaddya see?" "What do you think I see?" 🙂 Down to earth and feelin' it, but with so much knowledge. Thank you for sharing it and I love the channel so keep em coming brother.
I have very appreciate your reaction. (I am a french man from Québec, so excuse my simple english). Through your image of though guy, it is was cool when your exprime by your Wow, that the expression of your soul have been exprimed how the song have reach his goal, so to touch your sense and feeling for the music and the real expression of what it is nice from a man, his soul. From that stage a man live in the satisfaction for what is born. Loving the beauty of the spirit artistic and the need of every people, so exchange between each other humain been and in the creation of the best He can produce and exchange between each of them. Bonne chance à toi cher ami et longue vie et bonheur. Daniel, et merci
Another fine review. Great ear! The old Hammond B3 organ. Don't hear this one too often anymore. I remember sleeping on the floor on a mattress with a pretty blonde as this song played over and over and over, all night long, all those years ago..
1966 0n this song brother. He was a very popular artist in this era.
Donavan such a cool gentle soul. I love his song Atlantis. He does a crazy duet with Alice Cooper / Billion Dollar Babies. If you like that trippy organ sound Iron Butterfly / In A Gadda Da Vida. Its 18 minutes of hippie heaven
I like how you just reach across the decades. And I believe I might have heard a snippet on Supernatural, my favorite show.
Season of the witch is 🔥🔥🔥👵🏼☮️🧙🏻♀️💙🙏🏼
Donovan Is amazing! You should check out Bob Dylan too, amazing lyricist!
Catch the wind and colours great songs I think you would dig them.
Probably my favorite Donovan tune, this and Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Love Donovan... "Barabajagal" has an epic groove to it! You'd love it.
Jeff Beck is on this cut
@@andyo3689 well that explains that guitar riff!! :)
Nice choice on the 'vibration" of his singing. That warble in pitch is called "vibrato". David Bowie did this really well when he wanted to. Same with Robert Plant. and others....
You’re hitting on some really cool late 60s material, Abra. Nice selections. I agree about that organ and it’s just a cool song. My favorite song by Donovan, though it’s very different from this, is named “Atlantis”.
At some point, (this is also from 1970), you should give Deep Purple, “Child in Time” a shot. Organ in that one too, a lot of very good elements, vocals a highlight.
He has so many great songs
I know that there are tons of great songs by great artists waiting to be discovered, but. A giant BUT. Vanilla Fudge made a cover of this song in 1968 and stretched it to 9 minutes. That was what they did: Take a song, stretch it to its limits and transform it to something completely new. I don't know any other group who did covers like they did. The rhythm group was known as the hottest rhythm group in the business what often is just an undeserved hype but Jeff Beck wanted them for good reasons and he got them. A heavy organ, a strong voice and a hot guitar completed the setup. Deep Purple started to become Deep Purple because they took Vanilla Fudge as a rolemodel to cover songs in their extended way. John Bonham from Led Zeppelin copied some parts on drums. On their first album they stretched their probably best known song "Keep me hanging On" by the Supremes and two Beatles songs and George Harrison loved the album. Vanilla Fudge was one of the few groups able to create a style of their own and is actually one of the most influential but too unknown groups. Adventurous music.
It is said that Keith Moon from The Who was the rolemodel for the Muppets' Animal. I prefer the idea that it was Carmine Appice from Vanilla Fudge.
You know it's the season of the witch🌜⛦✌
It is 😀✌🏾
Don´t just fall for the Hits........much more to explore .......concerning Donovan.....Sunny Godge Street, Donna Donna and Ballad of a Tin Soldier......Peace!
Gotcha and trust me , I end up loving the songs least popular , thank you will check those out for sure ✌🏾
I love the groove on this track. I was lucky enough to be a kid & have this LP in my life as it was in my parents vinyl collection. They encouraged me to play their records & weren’t over precious over them like other parents.
They were Soul, Rock, Jazz, Reggae, Folk, fans...so I was a lucky boy. I used to make mix tapes back when I was 7 back in the 80s & this track always made it’s way on the tape. I didn’t know it, but I was getting a first class education in music by them. Just throwing it in. Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon. Live Version ua-cam.com/video/hiu_zXqgsyE/v-deo.html
Got it ,thanks for the link
Donovan grooves out HARD, man!!!
The album Cosmic Wheels has this on was bought for me by my parents for my 18th birthday with a cassette player (very new then) still have the cassette play it regularly lovely number on it only what the lonely call the blues plus all the tracks are great. Have loved Donovan since I first heard Try and catch the wind.
Jimmy Page on the guitar. He played studio on Hurdy Gurdy Man, Sunshine Superman, also.
Great reaction, I always thought Donovan was very talented. I was just a little kid in the sixties. But I remember an awful lot of the music. Thank you Abracadabra, greetings from New Jersey
You may like his "Atlantis", too? It's a groove, also! "Sunshine Superman" is his #1 fast song.
Such a shame ya only really hear this song in October lol because this is one of my favorites ❤
This album came out in 66 I believe. A great year for music imo.
I believe this cut - a pioneering precursor of psychedelic rock- to be the first recording in which Donovan plays electric (rhythm) guitar, as opposed to the acoustic stuff he was known for, while the lead part is supposed to be played by Jimmy Page. Check out the Butthole Surfers' cover of Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man - it blew my mind when I first heard that back in the day. Loving the channel.
In the 60s there was a lot of VOX organs and a few Farfisas. In the 70s Hammond B-3 predominated
Trippy hippy dippy days. Woodstock era.
Peace & love, etc. Super strange and wonderful days they were. IMO
The piano you heard is a hammond b3. Staple of most bands in 60s and early 70s it was not easily taken on road gigs..
The 60’s was the shit!
As much as I love and grew up on rock, you should also react to classical music. Would recommend Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, Brahms Symphony #1, Mahler Symphony #5, Richard Strauss "Death and Transfiguration" as a few to start with. Yes they are longer than typical pop songs, but I think you would like them. They open the mind and spirit in different ways.... Oh and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of the best ( best brass section) Berlin Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestra are good too (and others)...
Actually I thank you for the suggestions because I do want to expand and grasp all the musical Art Forms , you have just helped and motivated me , and again thank you for those particular suggestions
@@abracadabra3033 if you love organ music (like I do!) try out “Symphony No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1 played by Peter Hurford. 🎹🔥🎶🔥
@@abracadabra3033 Or any of the Gregorian Chants... I love the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur. Might be something to explore on your own...
At the time of him writing this tune, many other artists were being busted for weed, and this was his warning to other counterculture British artists to be careful, "pick up every stitch " because the witch is coming for you.
Great review. I didn't know anything about Donovan either. Love to learn about new things.
The movie was Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp as as the vampire Barnabus Collins
This genre was called acid rock.. I believe he was an Irishman. Mad respect.
Hurdy Gurdy Man and Get Thy Bearings are great tracks by Donovan
Sunshine Superman. It has a great mellow groove.
Great song , I also came across this song from the movie , can't remember the movies name also,, can remember the girl dancing to it Chloe Grace Moretz , I'll never forget her , oh baby !!
😁, indeed
You can hear the 60s all through this. Head music. :)
This song was originally in the 1973 movie "season of the witch" by George Romero which was released in America under the name "Hungry Wives".... Very strange movie.
You’ve peeped my interest in that movie , I will find it now
@@abracadabra3033 ... It's very strange... Not sure even how to describe it. Except that it definitely has an early 1970's vibe.
Love me some Donovan. :)