Donovan appreciation thread

[gtopa1]

Not one I am familiar with... thanks!

In Oz I'd say Donovan was more popular than Dylan as far as I can tell. He was with me anyway though I quite like Bob also.

Greg

 

[gtopa1]

One of my all time fav songs and movies. Too beautiful to make a comment on really.

brother sun sister moon Donovan 1972 - Search Videos

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Greg

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Donovan got trapped in a hippie esthetic and style that he couldn't or wouldn't get out of.
While he was one of the musicians that came to India to commune with the Maharishi others like
John Lennon were able to grow out of that phase but Donovan largely did not and rightly or wrongly
has was widely identified with it.

While still living in the San Francisco area I watched Donovan come by to play clubs and promote new records
but the music scene just wasn't having any at that point (2004).

His songs like Atlantis and Hurdy Gurdy Man (about the Maharishi) and Season of the Witch were all
brilliant and among my favorites to this day.

 

[whoisit]

He indeed was the real deal. And it cost him.
By the 80s, "hippie shit" wasn't appreciated anymore. Folky music wasn't either.
Donovan refused to change, and had no interest in recording anything else. And he faded fast.

All faded after awhile. Time changes things.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

All faded after awhile. Time changes things.

It does... however, his music is still played everyday on radio/streaming stations.
Songs that are near and over 60 years old.

 

[whoisit]

It does... however, his music is still played everyday on radio/streaming stations.
Songs that are near and over 60 years old.

I was pregnant with my first child when this song came out in 1968.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I was pregnant with my first child when this song came out in 1968.

I was 3 years old

 

[whoisit]

I was 3 years old

Well then you didn't get to see the drastic change Donovan and I did. I wonder if Donovan is singing a different tune now.