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Donovan — Barabajagal
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joelbb
Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:26
 
For a guy with the original New Age Rep, this cut smokes.  Of course, it's Jeff Beck that makes it cook.  "Love is hot, Beck is molten!"

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 22:07
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
I never even knew how to spell this in print until recently! Duh.
 


paraclete
(Citrus Heights, CA)
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 11:39
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
I never even knew how to spell this in print until recently! Duh.
 
How do you pronounce it?! 

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 11:38
 
Wow. And here I always thought he was saying "Barabajagal"  {#Eyes}

bc
(It's everything. Location, Location, Location.)
Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 19:53
 
As Austin Powers would say...
Grooooooovy, Baby! 

djaychicago
(In a far, far better place)
Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 19:48
 
Donovan could have such fun, but the best part of this song has always been Beck's guitar.

michaelgmitchell
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 19:46
 
I never even knew how to spell this in print until recently! Duh.

kurtster
(sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon)
Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 20:13
 
 Hannio wrote:

...
 but a great part of musical enjoyment is when a song settles into a nice groove without needing to hurry off somewhere.

 
That is the best expression of why I truly love any song.  My lament was always that many songs were not long enough, not too short.


dcjohnson77
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 15:05
 
Dear Ziggytrix:  Yeah, that would have been either "window pane" or "orange double barrel" not commercially available at this time

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 14:59
 
 fingerpin wrote:
I do believe that's Robert Plant singing in the background. You can hear him especially at the end.   {#Music}
 

I thought I heard Plant too but Wikipedia makes no mention of him on this song... however, "The instrumentation is provided by the Jeff Beck Group"... i can't imagine that Beck and Plant were doing much work together in 1969... I think that was the begininng of Beck's bitter period


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 13:55
 
 ziggytrix wrote:

I'd imagine anyone on LSD of any quality listening to this song would likely freak the !@#$ out.

 
Which isn't to say I don't enjoy the song!


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 13:54
 
 jhorton wrote:
Apparently, the LSD quality necessary to make this sound good, is no longer available.
 
I'd imagine anyone on LSD of any quality listening to this song would likely freak the !@#$ out.


listen_n_sf
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 13:51
 
And I thought New Pornographers were annoying.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 05:22
 
Fun, funky and not so serious - great antidote for the preachy barking of the Midnight Oil sermon previous.
Stop trying to raise my consciousness, it took decades to have it just the way I like it

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 05:18
 
Oh! So that's how you spell it! Donovan rocks!

natanz
(washington, DC)
Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 13:18
 
this is just awful.

jhorton
Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 18:59
 
Apparently, the LSD quality necessary to make this sound good, is no longer available.

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Jul 29, 2010 - 06:27
 


I really like this Barabajagal! {#Mrgreen}

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 13:22
 
Always liked Donovan back in the day, need to hike over to iTunes or Amazon and see what's available.

gdignard
(North of the 49th)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 13:21
 
Gogol Bordellojagal?

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 13:21
 
{#Roflol}{#Dancingbanana}{#Roflol}{#Dancingbanana}

fingerpin
(OhiO)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 06:02
 
I do believe that's Robert Plant singing in the background. You can hear him especially at the end.   {#Music}

plaice3
Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 20:15
 
Love is hot!  {#Sunny}

Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 21:27
 
jimshome wrote:
'Twas Brillo, and the G.E. Stoves,
Did Procter-Gamble in the Glade;
All Pillsbury were the Taystee loaves
And in a Minute Maid.

Is that from JabberMOCKy? {#Lol}{#Roflol}

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 21:11
 
Rick Fragazies basement straining Grandma Frags' home made wine with our teeth. Ah.... to be 14 again!!


crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 21:08
 
Annoying.

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 05:21
 
 rickhoran wrote:
we need a bong smiley. It would be appropriate here.
 
    {#Lol}

pdjpirate
(Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!)
Posted: Dec 19, 2009 - 20:43
 
Psychedelijagal man!

pdjpirate
(Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!)
Posted: Dec 19, 2009 - 19:22
 
Psychedelijagal man!

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 13:29
 
 WhiteWater wrote:

 I've been rethinking my opinion of Donovan with the tracks I keep hearing on RP.

 
me too


leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 09:30
 
stupid and repetitive.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 09:28
 
 AdyMiles wrote:
bizarre song. too repetitive at end
 

That seems to be a favorite criticism for you.  I find it odd to criticize music as too repetitive.  I guess it can be in the extreme, but a great part of musical enjoyment is when a song settles into a nice groove without needing to hurry off somewhere.


slicka1
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 04:11
 
Nice toones! Like sooo much!

EchoWars
(Kansas City, just east of Oz)
Posted: Oct 17, 2009 - 23:49
 
 WhiteWater wrote:

Perhaps that was a Yes concert. I recall having 4th row seats to Yes back in the 70s and thinking it was bizarre that Donovan was touring with them. I didn't boo, but I've never been a fan. But that's just based on the tracks of his that got commercial airplay. I've been rethinking my opinion of Donovan with the tracks I keep hearing on RP. I still don't get the Donovan / Yes connection, however...
 

In the early 80's ('81 perhaps? Sometime around there...) Donovan toured with Yes and opened for them. I was less than enthusiastic about having to 'suffer' through his performace to hear my blessed 'Yes', but the crowd and myself were blown away by a great performance. Again and again, life seems to have to remind you that preconceived notions are BS. {#Foot-in-mouth}


WhiteWater
(right where you are sitting now)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 14:51
 
 gilesclone wrote:
Some time in the seventies, several years after Donovan's heyday I saw him as a lead-in act for somebody (don't even remember).  Some of the crowd booed (because he was nothing musically related to the main act).  But I was blown away.  To this day I've never seen a better stage performance.

 
Perhaps that was a Yes concert. I recall having 4th row seats to Yes back in the 70s and thinking it was bizarre that Donovan was touring with them. I didn't boo, but I've never been a fan. But that's just based on the tracks of his that got commercial airplay. I've been rethinking my opinion of Donovan with the tracks I keep hearing on RP. I still don't get the Donovan / Yes connection, however...



sdn
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 09:00
 
Sooooooo groovy.

AdyMiles
(Wolverhampton, UK)
Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 08:59
 
bizarre song. too repetitive at end

gilesclone
Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 21:29
 
Some time in the seventies, several years after Donovan's heyday I saw him as a lead-in act for somebody (don't even remember).  Some of the crowd booed (because he was nothing musically related to the main act).  But I was blown away.  To this day I've never seen a better stage performance.


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 13:53
 
 nagsheadlocal wrote:

Wow, that's JB? Then I would guess that's Nicky Hopkins on the keyboard. Excellent trivia!

 
I think the whole Jeff Beck Group is on this track, including Ronnie Wood (though I don't think it's Aynsley Dunbar on drums).
It's unexpected to hear 2 Donovan tunes in the same day here.



jim1964
(british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work)
Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 13:53
 
The first big concert that I ever went to was Donovan at Madison Sq Garden and this was the song that was getting airplay, boy that was along time ago.

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 13:48
 
 jagdriver wrote:
After all these years, I had no idea that Jeff Beck was on this track.... not something the AM radio DJs ever cared to mention.
 
Wow, that's JB? Then I would guess that's Nicky Hopkins on the keyboard. Excellent trivia!


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 08:17
 
After all these years, I had no idea that Jeff Beck was on this track.... not something the AM radio DJs ever cared to mention.

Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m)
Posted: Jun 30, 2008 - 21:40
 
NeilBlanchard wrote:
Hello,



Sounds fine on my AKG K24P headphones on the 192kb stream -- are you referring to the symbol hits, maybe?

Sincerely, Neil


Man, sounds like you folks are hearing more then what I hear on these two little Dell speakers.
NeilBlanchard
(Greater Boston area, Massachusetts)
Posted: May 30, 2008 - 10:54
 
Hello,

ce wrote:
Nice ssssssssssssssssong, but quite a lot of hisssssssss in the background.
Ripped from Vinyl?


Sounds fine on my AKG K24P headphones on the 192kb stream -- are you referring to the symbol hits, maybe?

Sincerely, Neil
sutcliff
(Saint Louis)
Posted: May 30, 2008 - 10:53
 
rickhoran wrote:
we need a bong smiley. It would be appropriate here.



rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: May 30, 2008 - 10:51
 
we need a bong smiley. It would be appropriate here.
tonton7
Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 11:01
 
It's great to hear something like this on radio. I've got it on LP long time ago.
BluEyes
Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 10:55
 
Wow, this brings back some memories!
Inamorato
Posted: Nov 23, 2007 - 16:10
 
Diamond_Dog wrote:
Lucky you!
I have always had the highest admiration for him and now, yes, Astrella Celeste , lovely girl!

Here is another of Mr. Leitch's daughters, Ione Skye:



I don't recall hearing this tune before but I like it quite well.

Diamond_Dog
(Round Equatorial Pound)
Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 06:28
 
crinky wrote:
Just saw Donovan playing live on stage with his daughter on PBS last night. He can still play the guitar well but his singing has suffered with age.
Lucky you!
I have always had the highest admiration for him and now, yes, Astrella Celeste , lovely girl!