im a 150 year old man and this music reminds me of the good ole days

@dalehood1846

2 ай бұрын

Don't you wish! Then again, with health care the way it is, maybe not.

@imaledzepfan

Ай бұрын

you're daft , stop it silly old man

It's 2021, I am 14 and I'm a fan girl for this man. I wish I could talk to my friends about him and they'd understand my fascination.

@danielalexandermclachlanga3781

2 жыл бұрын

glad You enjoy Donovan , and that Yer 14 , utterly beautiful ... For Little Ones is an amazing album of Donovan's , blessings Lass

@Mikkibriteside

2 жыл бұрын

Every Generation can enjoy his legacy..it's timeless. I come back to it and enjoy it from time to time. Glad you found it. ♡

@marymiller873

2 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic to hear! I haven't looked him up for years until tonight (because I suddenly remembered "Lalena") but I have always admired him. I went to London with a friend in 1964, we were 14, and we got off a train in Wembley and he was walking towards us. We didn't say anything to him but I think he heard us gasp his name.

@cre8lite11

2 жыл бұрын

That’s fantastic, glad to hear the younger generation can appreciate the 60s music. I saw him once in concert in Santa Barbara many years ago solo acoustic. He’s a Taurus like me. What’s your favorite songs?

@cre8lite11

2 жыл бұрын

I made a comment below. Perhaps you can educate them!

There’s something about Donovan that people who usually don’t listen to folk music usually end up loving the hell out of him

HIS SPEAKING VOICE IS SO HYPNOTIC.

@tariqalkassem1414

3 жыл бұрын

like george harrison tbh

@jamesjackson-df1hi

3 жыл бұрын

@@tariqalkassem1414 YEAH, LOVE GEORGE TOO, THERES QUITE A FEW HYPNOTISING SPEAKING VOICES OUT THERE BUT MY ULTIMATE ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE "ATTENBOROUGH".

@leahflower9924

2 жыл бұрын

@@tariqalkassem1414 he reminds me of marc bolan when he talks its like musical even when they are talking lol

Who says "Youth Is Wasted On The Young"??? Donovans' music is Timeless. I first heard him when I was 13, & Im now 72, & STILL a huge fan. Viva Donovan! ❤

He had a magical 60s sound as i remember. Part medieval part folk part psychedelic, very entrancing.

Donovan kept his youthful appearance for so long. Of course, he lived an honest existence, and that will keep one in their prime for years. Such a great guy. Would have loved to have known him and talked music.

@TaylorStJohn-fp9zs

4 жыл бұрын

@67psych3 Exactly. You're spot on.

@cheeseballthegreat179

3 жыл бұрын

Lol your acting like he’s dead

@TaylorStJohn-fp9zs

3 жыл бұрын

@@cheeseballthegreat179 Lmao. You're right.

@Jay-D92

3 жыл бұрын

You talk as if he's dead

@TaylorStJohn-fp9zs

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jay-D92 I know. It totally sounds that way. Lol. It sounds like a eulogy. You're now the second person who has mentioned it. Now I'm just waiting on Donovan's "ghost" to make reference to it.

At one time it was, who is better, Donovan or Bob Dylan One is a self absorbed egomaniac in love with his legend, and then there's this guy, who actually did some really good material, and with a voice you can listen to

Summer of '68 was the magical year for me. I loved his music!

"Seagulls attacked me when I went on the island. It was lovely. It was beautiful." LOL

I was a a teen in the 80s/90s who had found a few 60s garage bands, VU, Yardbirds, early Stones etc and my beautiful friend Maria who had a 60s look and was soo hip turned me onto Donovan. I can still hear her saying to me "oh I just love Donovan, he's soo Groovy!" Well his music and all the others have stuck on me to this day. Thank You Maria E.

I am a 70 year old Hippy & loved Donovan's music from the 1st. At festivals, if there was a hitch kin the running, some band not turned up, there was Donovan to fill the gap, as he played he pulled others out of the audience to assist. I have seen him play loads of times & each time was a joy. One of the singer/songwriter Troubadours of our times, up there with Bob Dylan & dare I say it Ed Sherrin.

First time I heard Donovan I was 19 and at a friends home, I heard Legend of a Girl Child Linda. I was enthralled by the story and learned all 20 verses. A beautiful song, written without chorus or bridge. Just a poem. Love Donovan since (1966). In Xmas '67 he released Gift From a Flower to a Garden. It's been my favorite album ever since. That was his masterpiece.

@evarobson2973

3 жыл бұрын

i was 19 the first time i heard him too, only it was just a few months ago and i’m still 19 now!! it’s so great to see his lovely music is both held closely to the hearts of older people of the time and also finding its way to young folk today :)

I love how he integrated the old pagan nature vibe roots into his music. His music transports me to another way of viewing the world. He took that old perspective and layered with psychedelica, such beautiful twist of old and new.

@MK-dj5vz

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully said

@willkittwk

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful comment and yes I get exactly what you mean.

@georgetterobin7122

Жыл бұрын

You nailed it!

@nonsensemoniker1

9 ай бұрын

Ancient mystery religions

Love Donovan's knowledge of the history of music!

Just turned 60. Loved this music growing up, happy to hear it being discovered by young artists & them giving their spin on it. 😊❤

i love this man. im 30, and admittedly a bit of a old soul, i love 60s music, and the whole hippie scene, in general. i go walking down the street, playing a gift from a flower to a garden, almost every day. i love that album so much, ots definitely in my top 5.

@axiomist4488

Жыл бұрын

Mine too (see comment above (axiomist). I heard it when it came out in Xmas 1967 and I've always loved it. Still listen often. I'm now 75, Donovan is 76 and the wheel keeps turning .

@richardforschmidt4206

Жыл бұрын

His music is timeless. I had the pleasure of meeting him twice after his concert. A beautiful soul. I guess through if we see it in him we see it in ourselves as well.

@sweetcaroline2060

Жыл бұрын

​@@axiomist4488 I love Donavan. Everything he did. I'm 68 and was enchanted by his music 🎶.

This man is great, deserves a lot credit

Listen to Donovan's lyrics and you understand what a beautiful person that he is. I have adored him the 60's. He was astonishing good looking. He keeps getting better.

My dad is of Scottish descent and enjoyed Donovan in the 60s. I acquired his 45 of Sunshine Superman as a little girl of 5 and played it on my little red record player. When I saw him for visits over the summer he would sing to me "Jennifer, Juniper." I really enjoyed this interview.

Great voice and so cute back then.

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

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@ellenmurphy2150

Жыл бұрын

@@gregnormal55. fuck off Greg Normal Im Queer I'm not interested grandpa.

4 ай бұрын

1982.

I discovered Burt Jancsh only a few years ago. An absolute genius.

An iconic artist whose music has always touched me deeply. Beautiful voice and unique guitar style. I am a classical musician by profession and consider Donovan a HUGE inspiration in my development as a young brat in Boulder!

@lefeuviolet

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, we love Donovan here in Boulder! 🦋

Wow, what a biography. Only the most talented got record contracts and club work. Back in the early 1960s. Here he gives his accounting of his start. Donovan’s style was evocative of that time when artists were appreciative and hung back to see what would have tell. But even after his original hit, Donovan presented some thing nobody else has. I would rank Him as the holy grail of modern Celtic music, which thanks to Van Morrison got he ball rolling. His Celtic attitude got his Celtic rock where are they now.

The very first Donovan song I ever heard was Season Of The Witch when I was around 5, now I’m 13 and listening to his music in math class has become a daily for me

@SAVANNAHEVENTS

5 ай бұрын

Indeed, this is how deep and great music, like Donovan's, gets passed down to a select few in each generation. He truly is a vintage Celtic bard intertwined with The Transcendent cosmos via folk music and storytelling. So it seems to me. JGD, Donovan. And thanks for posting

He’s such a deep and real person wish I was alive to meet him.

@axiomist1076

4 жыл бұрын

Whaaat ? You wish you were ALIVE to meet Donovan ? So, then, youre DEAD ?

@geniecs2

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@asheryusto8902

4 жыл бұрын

worry not, he is still alive! he's 74 years old and still performing, he has a concert in Codogan Hall on October 12th 2020 in fact

@ADAMdinho1

4 жыл бұрын

What's it like on the other side????

@tripullizer3

3 жыл бұрын

Still Can.

Whoa!Beautiful singing AND speaking voice.

I met Donavan big fan at a book storein Boston MA.Loved his music big fan as a preteen. Shame people don’t listen to this kind of music in pop. Music business has changed so much.

I was just out of Puberty ( 🤔) when I heard a Donovan sing 🎶 a good vocal touch l thought ( the songs rose high on the charts ) . When l heard him playing just a minute ago l heard the Irish in there , ( l am American Italian raised in Brooklyn NYC ) , lo and behold he mentions Scottish Irish Roots. It’s obvious he put forth his values with a interesting combination of songs that are mind opening , audience intuitive , and inviting . He wasn’t Dylan , he is Donovan , he is Great 👍🏼, and helps me know , so can others, as well as myself . Thank You Brother Donovan . 🕵🏻‍♂️❤️🙏🏼👍🏼

I have always loved Donovan, used to sit with my dad as he drank cider - wonderful memories

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

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For Little Ones has kindled my childhood for fifty+ years.

Interesting guy. Intelligent and great vibe coming from him. I knew of Donovan and his music but actually never heard him in an interview. This guy is so fun to listen and hear him talk about himself and his knowledge of music. He has a great sense of the poetic of nature and life.

what a treasure.

@gregnormal55.

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Donovan taught John Lennon a finger picking style for the guitar that Lennon used on "Julia" and other songs on The White Album and beyond.

i love him so much

a gentle soul, love Donovan

I love how he talks about the 70s being so "ahead of time". Ohh the good old days. A child of the 90s loves the 70s and the kids of this age like the 90s. I would have never pictured that. But people who like them I hope it's not a fad. That it's truly from the heart. Xx

My first music star when I was age 12 and I still love him. He had a good influence on me and I always discover something new with him.

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

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Possibly the most beautiful Scottish man I have ever seen 😍

@dalehood1846

2 ай бұрын

@lilymadeline,. You might want to check out this video. "Donovan discusses His early years and why his father named him Donovan". The site is "Youghal Online." A lot of information in this interview.

@dalehood1846

2 ай бұрын

In addition, it was filmed in 2022 at Sea Church at County Cork in Ireland.

Delightful guy, a true rarity

He’s so gorgeous 😍😍😍 totally my kind of guy

Good interview. If you want to be in a creative mood listen to any Donovan recording. You can't avoid being inspired.

Wow... what a great interview with a legendary artist!

Donovan even very well spoken in his youth. Very interesting man to listen to.there are a handful of these guys....Iggy pop being another of them

He is a star but his roots are very Celtic, so all of us whatever our background, we can engage in his experience of this life all of us are born into.

Love his accompaniment with the bouzuki.

Donovan is a philosopher

Thank you for your contribution. It's an intimate view from Donavan's perspective of a specific time in music and more so in the UK. It's amazing he basically became a success in such a short time period. Without the "paying one's dues" part. He is a special artist to be sure.

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

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Just as important as Clapton , Jagger , Townsend and others who got more attention . His best work includes several really strong albums .

@SAVANNAHEVENTS

5 ай бұрын

Indeed, though he transcends those names as well when it comes to the bardic tradition of the Celtic lands. Robin Williamson comes to mind but Donovan went to India, learned meditate, how to transcend the surface timelimes and brought it all back to his bardic roots in the end. Yes?

@jameskennedy721

5 ай бұрын

McCartney talked about it in an interview . The ancient roots of the ballads . The wandering singer as the bringer of news to the little towns . The hidden rebellion against cruel kings in songs with a sly message against authority .The Incredible String Band was so deep , I still havent absorbed everything they did . @@SAVANNAHEVENTS

Great interview with Donovan from 1982. I've been a fan since he first appeared in 1965. "Fairytale" and "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" were two of the first three albums I ever bought.

This man has made some beautiful music that has improved my life, but... he is an absolute walloper.

Legend Donovan!

Thanks for this, He seems like a really down to earth and grounded guy. :-)

What a wonderful interview with Donovan. So much information of how he got his start. ~ He mentioned his first record label "Hickory". I was really into his music with those first three singles on "Hickory", and they are still around my house someplace. He is still one of my all time favorites. I just recently found out my DNA shows I'm 29% Scottish, 9% Irish. ~ Maybe that is why I've always liked him so much. Ha !

I just showed this song to my son and he was blown away his name is shaman. He got pumped! I don’t know who wouldn’t feel absolutely inspired by this song but I wish those people all the love that it would take to turn their numbness to feeling . This kind of art is as magical as the Rubiayat of Omar Khayyam. I can’t remember the last time I showed someone a song on KZread and they got goosebumps. If music be the fruit of love please play on don! More magic indeed

@tomcarl8021

11 ай бұрын

You named your son Shaman? How pretentious of you.

I found Donovan recently from a friend in another country who recommended his music to me. Glad I found him! His music is amazing! I went and listened to as many albums as I could and they never disappoint! So unique and beautiful.

Always enjoyed Donovan's music and his sweet soul. I bought his first album when it came out. Lovely man, Donovan.

The real Frodo.

@lefeuviolet

3 жыл бұрын

💜

The "protestant side with the celts and the Hairy Legs!" AHhaha. Just today my mind quoted the "I want you to cheer like protestants" from the Quiet man film, didnt even make sense. I thought ah, a protestant shame I got someones paint bottles on my brothers floor tom he left behind (cautiously) but still. He deserves to be cherished forever. This should have more than 8,600 views undoubtedly. Donovan bought his first guitar for 2.10 pounds pshhh.

@annebarker38

3 жыл бұрын

Kilts

@mickmul4224

3 жыл бұрын

I got mine for 8 quid in Glasgow, a guy that worked for the cleansing department, emptying houses, sold me it, 8 quid gets you a deal of hash :-)

Fantastic interview.

The Smothers Brothers were great fans of Donovan and really brought him out to the American public.

That was great!

Knew Donovan early 60s,St Albans and Hatfield,introduced him to some great blues stuff,like Chevrolet by Eddie and Lonnie Young. Good days.

I just love Donovan songs and they are favorites to my girlfriend when I occasionally hug the guitar.

....did you know this is the guy who tried to teach Paul how to play guitar....but he couldn't because Paul couldn't sit down...but he still wrote blackbird out of gratitude...thanks Donny

Brilliant video

There's a haunting video of Sunny South Kensington with period film clips. I can watch it about everyday.

Fascinating discussion

A lot of people probably dont recognise that the interviewer is B.A Robinson a very funny guy who had hits from 79 to 82 with "Bang bang" "Kool in the kaftan" "to be or not to be" "flight 19" "hold me" with Maggie Bell in the UK Charts and he was from scotland too

donovan is awesome he could rock and do medieval songs just like led zeppelin lol he made billion dollar babies one of alice cooper's best songs

@kencoakley3959

2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Page wanted Donovan to join Led Zeppelin when the lineup was going to be Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck on guitars, John Entwhistle on bass, Keith Moon on drums and Steve Winwood on keyboards,

Very articulate, and knowledgeable man. He looks like my nephew and late brother in law who were of Scottish descent.

It's hard to place Donovan in the sphere of popular music without talking about Bob Dylan. They're both out of the Woody Guthrie school of folk activism. You can include Don MacLean in there if you want. But Donovan had a bit more of the love bead 1960s caste in his style from the others which made him one of the icons of the period.

@timothyw815

4 жыл бұрын

@@dustybroke597 Universal Soldier's a big one though

@alexbowman7582

4 жыл бұрын

Donovan was largely fixed Dylan was a progressive artist.

@david-pb4bi

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexbowman7582 That’s a great explanation, I never thought of it that way. To me Donovan’s songs didn’t have any depth, Dylan is probably bottomless.

@HayyimFeldman

2 жыл бұрын

@@timothyw815 Universal Soldier was a hit for Donovan, but it’s not his song. Written and first recorded by Buffy Sainte Marie - another bright shining star!

4 ай бұрын

@@alexbowman7582 Donovan's music evolved tremendously over his career.

You're not Dylan you're DONAVAN Yeah!!!

"Cool in the Kaftan, love and peace man"

Although I love "Catch The Wind" I am glad he got away from the Dylan sound and developed his own sound and style, Brilliant song writer.

Donovan lived on St Vincent Street at the same time Billy Connolly lived on Dover Street, the two are parallel and it’s possible if they were close together that they knew each other.

Donovan has the ability to peck out the bad notes. He conceptualized trance for all of the beet nicks.

I am Military dependent but I sang Donovan cannot recall I knew a guy that would jump a train from.TX to Cali he got bored

Damn, we was quite the looker 😍

jai guru dev❤️

What a lovely interview. It's actually rare to see Don that relaxed, and talking about such an interesting range of stuff. I've loved his music from the beginning, but, bless him, he can be a bit of a poser and very self-promotional in interviews.

Vegetarian for years , even vegan a true hippie x

@alexbowman7582

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Bridger veganism is entirely conceptual. It’s impossible not to eat insects. There’s a legal allowance in flour.

@Mandrake591

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexbowman7582 There are true vegetarians and vegans. I'm one of them.

1982!

All this time I didn’t know he was Scottish

‘Scotland is the last wilderness of Europe’

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

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I love Donovan he’s a beatnik/hippie legend, pure soul and musical genius overall and completely overlooked. Ignorant fools compare him to Dylan but In my opinion it’s comparing apples to oranges Donovan’s a psychedelic legend where as bob is a folk legend so the comparison wears thin

4 ай бұрын

Overlooked? He was a global superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. He sold millions of records, and sold out concerts all over the world.

@Ghoulikmusik

4 ай бұрын

Yes but compared to his contemporaries his legacy isn’t even close

Another great band from around Hatfield/St Albans - The Zombies

READY STEADY GO

❣

Greetings from Clan Johnston in the USA!

@gregnormal55.

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QUITE AMAZING...INDEED

Who thinks BA Robertson could be Colin Robertson's dad? There are some striking similarities.

@andyallan2909

Жыл бұрын

Who's Colin Robertson?

I just heard Donovan’s song written to David Crosby. When and why was it written.

Such an interesting unrated artist, I wonder where he is in 2020.

@OceanChild75

3 жыл бұрын

He lives in Ireland, I guess he likes having a quite life with his wife and children :)

@mustangmikep51

2 жыл бұрын

@@OceanChild75 tm devotee

@Steevee14

2 жыл бұрын

@@OceanChild75 Quite rightly!

@KenMacGregor

2 жыл бұрын

He lives in Ireland, as does BA, because they don’t have to pay income tax

@Steevee14

2 жыл бұрын

@@KenMacGregor Who is "BA"? Do you mean that Donovan lives in Ireland so that he won't be liable for the payment of income tax?

When was the interview? It certainly wasn't 2017!

@KenMacGregor

4 жыл бұрын

1982

What year was this?

@KenMacGregor

Жыл бұрын

1980ish

@KenMacGregor

Жыл бұрын

Actually 1981

I can’t help thinking he was the very first “woke” person….

@rummy9999

2 жыл бұрын

Gosh... that's a bit of a slander....

bob dylan was in fact the new donovan

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

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@elizabradley4797

Жыл бұрын

No Donovan was not twangy like Dylan ~ mystical Donovan was mystical & Scotch ~ Dylan a troubadour of the drifter. Woody Guthrie type ~ a storyteller but not a beautiful voice like Donovan ~ ~

I like the Scottish accent

@MeTube3

Жыл бұрын

Hatfield, Hertfordshire isn’t very Scottish.

he's glasgewian but he doesn't sound scottish compared to the interviewer, who sounds scottish through and through

@pinar8063

3 жыл бұрын

he moved to England when he's 10

@hudsonrilke

5 ай бұрын

He’s doing his best to sound Scottish in this

@stefano.b65stef77

5 ай бұрын

@@hudsonrilke yes, you're right, he is doing his best, maybe it is because i've got in mind Billy Connolly when I think of someone with a Scottish/ glasgwegian accent!

@hudsonrilke

5 ай бұрын

@@stefano.b65stef77 yes, Glasgow accent is strong like Billy’s but as Donovan moved to south of England when he was 10 it would be unusual for him to sound like him.