"....with your days of misery and your nights of revelry....", this is the only instance, out of many other videos and lyric's sites , that that line shows up in Donovan's lovely "Lalena" song.
Donovan revealed that the song was inspired by the actress Lotte Lenya and that the song's lyrics, addressed to a societally marginalized woman, were Donovan's reaction to Lenya's character in the film version of The Threepenny Opera: She's a streetwalker, but in the history of the world, in all nations, women have taken on various roles from priestess to whore to mother to maiden to wife. This guise of sexual power is very prominent, and therein I saw the plight of the character. Women have roles thrust upon them and make the best they can out of them, so I'm describing the character Lotte Lenya is playing, and a few other women I've seen during my life, but it's a composite character of women who are outcasts on the edge of society.
I have never seen him with a moustache before....stunned....
Deep Purple's version is much better
I love this song!❤️ thanks for sharing!
Stunning performance Donovan has always something left to be discovered
Nailed it, JR. Nothing more.
Simply perfect. Saw it for the first time on a BBC4 show and found myself in tears. Very touching.
agree. just killing. so sweet.
"....with your days of misery and your nights of revelry....", this is the only instance, out of many other videos and lyric's sites , that that line shows up in Donovan's lovely "Lalena" song.
Não conhecia esta música...acabei de escutá-la na rádio da Sky...adorei a melodia e vim conferir. Fantástica!!!
Super! Donovan- the best!!!
An amazing performance for one of the best songs ever....
Beautiful face and beautiful voice 😭❤🥰
so beautiful but look at the view count :( that brings tears to my eyes
Beautiful ~♡
too good. just beautiful.
Nice song, that's my name so weird to hear it in a song but pretty cool
Donovan star super
Epic.....
Oh damn donovan, the moustache
L'ho conosciuta grazie ai deep purple ❤
👍🏻✊🏻👏
moustache like an arab ????
What does lalena mean
...name of the girl in the song..
Donovan revealed that the song was inspired by the actress Lotte Lenya and that the song's lyrics, addressed to a societally marginalized woman, were Donovan's reaction to Lenya's character in the film version of The Threepenny Opera:
She's a streetwalker, but in the history of the world, in all nations, women have taken on various roles from priestess to whore to mother to maiden to wife. This guise of sexual power is very prominent, and therein I saw the plight of the character. Women have roles thrust upon them and make the best they can out of them, so I'm describing the character Lotte Lenya is playing, and a few other women I've seen during my life, but it's a composite character of women who are outcasts on the edge of society.
@@TheJackjr спасибо 🌹
deep purple version is better. just my opinion dont take it so seriously
I take it seriously, it IS better because of Jon Lord.
@@windyhead7960 and Rod Evans.
L'ho conosciuta grazie ai Deep Purple ❤
@@Mr01081960 Ho trovato questa canzone anche grazie a DP