a_conway
| | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 11:57 | |
Relayer wrote:I just watched a replay of the 2012Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony that included Dovovan. He wrote a really cool poem as his acceptance speech, and that was damn classy. Good job Donovan. Here it is: From my wandering days on lonely sands
where I sang my song to the moon and stars
To the world’s great stage , hounoured am I
to sing my song to a million fans Always my wish to be of service
to ease emotion deep in the heart
Always your poet , a shaman am I
to lead us all to the realm within Yet I was branded for my beauty
yet protected by my art
Many plundered me for booty
only one did steal my heart How she keeps it in her casket
still remains a mystery
Like the moonrise in a sunset
like the silence of the sea Thank you for this bright green laurel
resting now upon my brow
Thank you Goddess , thank you Muses
thank you … Fellow Artists All Donovan Leitch
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Acceptance Poem
Cleveland Ohio
April 14 2012
Copyright: Donovan Leitch : Peer Music Thank you for posting. As you say, good job Donovan. |
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 11:56 | |
Is he singing :
"You can just sh!t there a stinkin' on your porcelain throne"?
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max_p
| | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 08:58 | |
isocky wrote:Am I the only one who thinks this is a really creepy stalker song?
creeped into R&R hall of fame and sang this in Cleveland. replay on HBO last night. Rock Stars come in many forms and he's quite a Survivor. |
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bb_matt
(Hampshire, England) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 08:53 | |
How scary, the year I was born... good song.
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Nissa
| | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 12:04 | |
Somehow annoying after the 20th time...
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Easyrider
| | Posted: Mar 24, 2013 - 00:31 | |
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Sasha2001
| | Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 14:08 | |
To say Donovan shamelessly ripped off Dylan's sound would be an injustice to all the other 60s acts who's sound he stole [borrowed] from.
Still though, god tunes. |
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Relayer
(Gainesville, FL) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 13:27 | |
I just watched a replay of the 2012Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony that included Dovovan. He wrote a really cool poem as his acceptance speech, and that was damn classy. Good job Donovan. Here it is: From my wandering days on lonely sands
where I sang my song to the moon and stars
To the world’s great stage , hounoured am I
to sing my song to a million fans Always my wish to be of service
to ease emotion deep in the heart
Always your poet , a shaman am I
to lead us all to the realm within Yet I was branded for my beauty
yet protected by my art
Many plundered me for booty
only one did steal my heart How she keeps it in her casket
still remains a mystery
Like the moonrise in a sunset
like the silence of the sea Thank you for this bright green laurel
resting now upon my brow
Thank you Goddess , thank you Muses
thank you … Fellow Artists All Donovan Leitch
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Acceptance Poem
Cleveland Ohio
April 14 2012
Copyright: Donovan Leitch : Peer Music |
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isocky
| | Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 17:31 | |
Am I the only one who thinks this is a really creepy stalker song?
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Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 13:07 | |
kingart wrote:Most songs are of their time. Still, for me, this is as classic as it gets. There ought to be some statute that will allow the flogging of those who weren't there or then from dissing a tune such as this that evokes so much for so many. Does that mean that people who are in their 80s and 90s would be allowed to flog people of younger generations for 'dissing' tunes by Rudy Vallée, Nelson Eddy, Bing Crosby, or Fred Astaire? Anyhow, good tune, dated or not. |
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 10:44 | |
Most songs are of their time. Still, for me, this is as classic as it gets. There ought to be some statute that will allow the flogging of those who weren't there or then from dissing a tune such as this that evokes so much for so many.
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bagman
(burnaby) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 12:35 | |
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Easyrider
(Portugal) | | Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 15:49 | |
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aversely
| | Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 17:09 | |
I think this even gets worse over time.........
aversely wrote:instant mute..... |
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terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, TX) | | Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 19:18 | |
". . . I'll blow your little mind." Nothing like talking down to women to get in their pants.
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stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 01:47 | |
Please..... make it stop.  its like someone rubbing the top of a wine glass to make that ringing noise, about 8 hours after you've stopped drinking wine. |
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 06:15 | |
Hard to describe to the young-uns the pleasure of hearing this on a transistor radio at the beach.
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mcdonna
(Corvallis, Oregon) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 13:18 | |
one of my all-time good-feeling favorites ... singin' along ... quietly so I don't get booted out of the office ;)
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meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 21:57 | |
acidreflucks wrote:Good to hear this right after Sugar Magnolias, cos its true (It made me realize) Donovan is more similar to the Dead than to Dylan - tho when he burst on the scene as an alternative folksinger, that's who he was (somewhat derogatorily) compared to. right when Donovan first came to the public notice, he was interviewed on tv, and asked 'aren't you copying Bob Dylan?' or some such and Donovan said in effect, 'Bob who ?' Although he was in fact an early fan in the UK and can be seen on the great movie of Dylan touring in London, Don't Look Back, right alongside his muse.
That's a great little anecdote! Thanks for sharing. I'm sure a lot of us may not have known that. |
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aversely
| | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 13:39 | |
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TerryS
(Another SW) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 19:26 | |
Byronape wrote:
You got your license picture taken shirtless and looking like you swallowed a handful of 'ludes while oogling underage girls?
Oogling? Sounds interesting; I've ogled, canoodled shoogled and boogied sometimes, but even when CCR was at it's peak and everybody kept on shoogling, I must have missed oogling. Serious research is indicated. |
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 19:25 | |
This is not the version on my LP!
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 19:24 | |
shakitten wrote:
Dave, I have a feeling that it would be an awesome experience to look through your collection of vinyl! You've got some great stuff.
Thanks! You are welcome to come see. I've got thousands of them to look through, would keep you busy a while! |
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Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville") | | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 01:20 | |
listen_n_sf wrote:The cover looks like my first drivers license.
You got your license picture taken shirtless and looking like you swallowed a handful of 'ludes while oogling underage girls? |
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shakitten
| | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 19:45 | |
DaveInVA wrote:
Yes, its a model 698 that I bought new in '77. It has the lower mass arm on it and the touch button cuing. I also have the older 598 model with the medium mass arm...
Dave, I have a feeling that it would be an awesome experience to look through your collection of vinyl! You've got some great stuff. |
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apd
(Toronto, On) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 14:29 | |
oh, burn...
lemmoth wrote:
One of Donovan's fellow Englishmen must explain - of all the superheroes to pair with of course the ultimate - Superman - why the Green Lantern?
Donovan doesn't have any fellow Englishmen. He's Scottish. |
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beeblebrocks40
(Jonas Ridge, NC) | | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 12:06 | |
umm, I thnk I hear where Beck gets his inspiration.
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drewd
| | Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 13:45 | |
johnjconn wrote:Donovan kind of resembles Greg Brady
Same timeframe
Nah...More like Peter Brady..... |
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YKV
(Saki, Ukraine or Moscow, Russia) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 23:50 | |
First rainy day in 3 months. Lovely. ))
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gottech
| | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 10:32 | |
My workmate is lucky enough to not know who Donovan was.
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