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Donovan — Hurdy Gurdy Man
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LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 21:15
 
 jdjeannelle wrote:
Donovan - Singing
John Bonham - Drums
John Paul Jones - Bass
Jimmy Page - Guitar

 
Jimmy's not on guitar here. It was Jeff beck. JPJ was on bass.




Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 21:15
 
Yes!

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 21:14
 

love this marvelous song...

LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 21:13
 
More cosmic weirdness.

I love it!


Play it John Paul....

crogers
(Sunny California)
Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 14:35
 






                                                                                                 No.








Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 14:34
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

daedalus
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 03:55
 
If there were a sonic representation of the Chinese water torture, I'm certain it a would sound something like this whiney  performance.
I like  some of REM's offerings a lot, but this would also make an effective emetic.
DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 11:00
 
Always makes me think of this:

 

(wonderfully creepy and thought-provoking movie, btw)
 

wrangler
(swamps of jersey)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 10:59
 
the guitar solo is the only element of this song that lifts it from a 1 to a 2 for me.  otherwise, no thanks

cShaggy
(..inna state of being..)
Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 02:03
 
 a_genuine_find wrote:
never 'got' donovan
 



..funny, i always found him hard to miss..

V-bro
(Amsterdam)
Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 08:10
 
Oahh delicious!! The 60ties all alive again!!

mcdonna
(Corvallis, Oregon)
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 18:58
 
 Ericocean wrote:
Demographics are showing this morning - lots of ancient stuff that was never that good getting played
 
This ancient one is appreciating it. :)

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 07:29
 
 a_genuine_find wrote:
never 'got' donovan
 
i just got donovan
only took me 40 years {#Smile} 

Ericocean
(Cumberland, Maryland)
Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 07:28
 
Demographics are showing this morning - lots of ancient stuff that was never that good getting played

fdfanalytics
(Fortine, Montana)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 22:08
 

Good heavy stuff.



Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 22:06
 
If I'm not mistaken Neil from the Young Ones did the "Hurdy Gurdy Mushroom Man"

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 22:06
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
 

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 11:16
 
Very groovy.

michaelgmitchell
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 11:15
 
Woa. Like, wow. That drum lick. Remember as a kid air-drumming that sucker to death.

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 11:12
 
never 'got' donovan

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 03:12
 
I wish he'd stepped off that earthquake simulator before he'd started singing. That tremolo is seriously irritating. Mute and back after making a cuppa.

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 11:07
 
Just the thing for a  rainy Friday afternoon! Man, I'm once again a hi skul junior trying to figure out what it's all about!

naviganter
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 11:06
 
yeah, right, we are trippin' here in Gothenburg, Sweden,,,,,love it :)

sieversfam
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 11:05
 
uh....
Shoot, Bill,  if you are going to present a 60's-70's era song featuring the words "Hurdy Gurdy," why not play "China Doll" by the Dead?

This blows...


neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 11:05
 
oh yeah... Donovan   trip on..

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 17:18
 


We be dancing...  love this song...
 

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 21:10
 
Check out " The Butthole Surfers", version

jdjeannelle
(Boulder)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 10:35
 
Donovan - Singing
John Bonham - Drums
John Paul Jones - Bass
Jimmy Page - Guitar

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 09:20
 
No. Uh.

No.

Dude just got the word stuck in his head and sang a song about it. Yech. Mute Button Engage.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 18:30
 
 LastChance wrote:
Makes me want to slam my head repeatedly into a brick wall.
 
Now how many songs can make a person want to do that?  Quite an accomplishment - especially just for recording some music 40-some-odd years ago.  Perhaps you should discuss this affliction with a mental health specialist...  If I had the ability to write songs that could make people want to slam their heads against walls I would go broke trying to keep up my supplies of pens, paper, and guitar strings.


Roach
(Inside the Beltway)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 18:28
 
Reminded of sublime times

bachbeet
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 18:23
 
Not among his best but still pretty good.

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 07:46
 
 Lrobby99 wrote:
How many people are left who know what a hurdy gurdy even was or is? Cetainly very few under 50.
 
Why do you need to be 50 or older? The hurdy gurdy is an ancient instrument, with its roots in the Byzantine Roman Empire.

I don't know about you, but (being nearly 50 myself) I can't remember that far back. {#Wave}

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 17:29
 
One of my favourite "not on the Sunshine Superman album" songs by Donovan.

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:58
 
Nope.  Not this one by Donovan.  Could never quite like it.

Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:24
 
Oh, man, excelent choice!! What about 'Atlantis'?

LastChance
(13,500 feet up (and falling fast))
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:23
 
Makes me want to slam my head repeatedly into a brick wall.

Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:22
 
How many people are left who know what a hurdy gurdy even was or is? Cetainly very few under 50.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 21:00
 


This is a great classic...  love it...

 

tipper
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 15:46
 
Great, haven't heard this for years.

coccyx
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 15:45
 
you gotta be freeking kidding me

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 15:44
 
{#Music}

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 15:43
 
Just a keeeewwwwwwlllllll song!{#Cool}

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 15:07
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
sometimes that verse just comes to me, sadly, "Histories of ages past unenlightened shadows cast down through all eternity the crying of humanity" —-music has very much been something that helps with the suffering inherent in living.
I read somewhere that Donovan, George Harrison and someone else were hanging out in India around the Maharishi when they came up with these lyrics.
 
Regarding music's healing effect, truer words were never spoken.  And I wouldn't be surprised if this song had been written as you say, Giselle62.

Love some of the other comments here, like Parrothead's and Nagsheadlocal especially.{#Daisy}


LongGoneDaddy
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 08:44
 
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Oh, this has always been a confusing story -  

because they were all heavily dosed! ;)

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 08:29
 
Oh, this has always been a confusing story - there's also a version of the tale that has Beck originally playing the riff, then it was wiped by producer Mickie Most because he didn't like it.

Drummer Clem Cattini says it was Allan Parker (http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/clem_cattini.htm) and has an email from John Paul Jones saying the same.

Allan Parker's wife, Claire, says it was someone named Ollie Halsell (who is, alas, dead, so can't be queried).

According to the always-astounding Led Zep fan boys and their ability to look up anything and everything, Page wasn't in the UK at the time the song was recorded. He was in the US working with Jerry Wexler.

I think the weight of the evidence points to Parker.

Dillinquent
(Hertford, UK)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 08:20
 
Can we have 'Intergalactic Laxative' please Bill?

Anax
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 21:05
 
God, I always thought it was Jeff Beck who played guitar on this. It really rips. I never heard of Alan Parker.



bhallmark
(The Administrative Zone of the District of Columbia)
Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 21:05
 
 The_Enemy wrote:

I tried to find out online who played guitar but there seems to be a lot of debate whether it's Parker or Jimmy Page.  Donovan credits Page, John Paul Jones (who booked the session musicians) says it's Parker.  There's different documentaries crediting one or the other.  There's also an urban legend saying that Led Zeppelin (minus Plant) was formed during the recording.

Cool song all the same. 8.
 
Funny, I never heard debate - thought it was always well-known fact to be Page.  Sure sounds like him to me.

Anyway, I'm with you on the 8.  Always loved this tune. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 21:04
 
 kurtster wrote:
Yes, this is Godlike.
 


You are correct, sir...  love it...