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Donovan — Sunshine Superman
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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.

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"?

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. 

bb_matt
(Hampshire, England)
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 08:53
 
How scary, the year I was born... good song.

Nissa
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 12:04
 
Somehow annoying after the 20th time...

Easyrider
Posted: Mar 24, 2013 - 00:31
 
Irritating 
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 from.

Still though, god tunes. 
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



isocky
Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 17:31
 
Am I the only one who thinks this is a really creepy stalker song?

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.

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.  

bagman
(burnaby)
Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 12:35
 
Super groovy

Easyrider
(Portugal)
Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 15:49
 
Instant turn off!

aversely
Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 17:09
 
 I think this even gets worse over time.........

aversely wrote:
instant mute.....
 



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.

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 01:47
 
Please..... make it stop.     {#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.

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.

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 ;)

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.

aversely
Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 13:39
 
instant mute.....

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.


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 19:25
 
This is not the version on my LP!

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!


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?


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.

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.


beeblebrocks40
(Jonas Ridge, NC)
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 12:06
 
umm, I thnk I hear where Beck gets his inspiration.


drewd
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 13:45
 
 johnjconn wrote:
Donovan kind of resembles Greg Brady

Same timeframe
 

Nah...More like Peter Brady.....

YKV
(Saki, Ukraine or Moscow, Russia)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 23:50
 
First rainy day in 3 months. Lovely. ))

gottech
Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 10:32
 
My workmate is lucky enough to not know who Donovan was.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 13:59
 
Donovan kind of resembles Greg Brady

Same timeframe

kcar
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 20:09
 
 Proclivities wrote:

I imagine it was just because of the syllable count and/or meter - plus Donovan often seemed to favor mentioning colors in his lyrics.  Green Lantern has been around since the early 1940's; maybe he was popular in the UK.
 

Yes. There's very likely no  deep meaning behind the pairing, at least not one that occurs on a very muggy summer evening. Absolutely love this song, always have. 

Rozsa
(Züri Oberland)
Posted: Jun 20, 2011 - 09:41
 
Just saw him 3rd of June at Royal Albert Hall in London doing his Sunshine Superman Concert with Shawn Phillips and surprise guest was Jimmy Page who played on this tune. Was fun.

madaxeman
(Scottish west coast)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 13:33
 
 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.


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 09:36
 
 mgoldman wrote:
 An Empire turntable?  Looks like one that I used to have.

DaveInVA wrote:


The correct artwork...Great song!
 
 
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...



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 17:52
 
 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?
 
I imagine it was just because of the syllable count and/or meter - plus Donovan often seemed to favor mentioning colors in his lyrics.  Green Lantern has been around since the early 1940's; maybe he was popular in the UK.



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 11:09
 
 gatorade wrote:
Superman and Green Lantern. Nuff said.
 

One of Donovan's fellow Englishmen must explain - of all the superheroes to pair with of course the ultimate - Superman - why the Green Lantern?

listen_n_sf
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 11:09
 
Hippie bravado?

I'm thinking of the lyrics done in a hardcore rap style.

I think it works. 

BTW

The cover looks like my first drivers license. 

mgoldman
(Wherever you Go, There You Are)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 21:59
 
 An Empire turntable?  Looks like one that I used to have.

DaveInVA wrote:


The correct artwork...Great song!

 



Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 09:02
 
you creep out easily.

Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 11:25
 
I clearly missed out on something...  that picture of Donovan creeps me out.

acidreflucks
(Media PA)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 13:27
 
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.


oldviolin
(Esse quam videri)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 13:22
 
 gatorade wrote:
Superman and Green Lantern. Nuff said.
 

Don't forget Herman Munster...


gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 22:02
 
Superman and Green Lantern. Nuff said.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 17:40
 
This, after Josh Rouse's "Sunshine" and Richie Havens's "Here Comes the Sun"... I seriously need to be someplace warm and balmy. And I need a new MP3 player so I can load all this stuff onto it and then I need to win the lottery so I can afford to go to that white sandy beach place and disappear with all this great music... {#Meditate}{#Sunny}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 17:03
 
 tkay73 wrote:
Just recently discovered that Donovan is my guilty pleasure. My Hippie Parents listened to him when I was little so his music is deep down in my soul and I love it!
 
This just made me grin from ear to ear.  SO glad you had hippie parents. You were probably hearing his music before you were even born, and I bet your mom and dad danced to it with flowers in their hair.  That's great.  Lucky you!!!! {#Sunny}{#Daisy}

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Aug 08, 2010 - 09:37
 


The correct artwork...Great song!


meadowwoods
(Madison environs)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 16:36
 
{#Sunny}

tompoll
(Seattle WA USA)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 16:34
 
 SmilinJimmy wrote:
Shnikies!  It's Phil Mickelson at a California beach around 1984!
 
Hahaha. Good one. One of the more scary covers.

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 05:47
 
 jagdriver wrote:


From left: George, Paul, John, Donovan, Pattie (or Jane) at the Maharishi's ashram.

(Ringo had probably had enough baked beans and already returned home.)

  {#Whisper} He has been seen with a camera in hand !
And boy,if I'v ever seen a stoned face ! (Paul) {#Smile}