Donovan (house, cd, album, myspace)

swim · 06-25-2006, 05:40 PM

Great musician. Check him out.

http://www.myspace.com/ddonovan

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-25-2006, 05:52 PM

Weird

I`m in the middle of downloading his greatest hits album.

Been aware of him for years , he did a duet with Alice Cooper on Billion Dollar Babies.

hookers with machineguns · 06-26-2006, 10:26 PM

Donovan was a legend. The only times I ever seem to listen to him is when I find a compilation album in someone else's cd case and get excited.

Anyone see the Futurama episode with him in it? He sings the Lost City of Atlanta and busts into the Atlantis chorus...oh, and Zoidberg builds a house under the sea.

Queen Boo · 09-27-2010, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by hookers with machineguns

Anyone see the Futurama episode with him in it? He sings the Lost City of Atlanta and busts into the Atlantis chorus...oh, and Zoidberg builds a house under the sea.

That sounds madly awesome. I totally have to watch it.
I love his pop singles but his folk music is crappy. I'd say you're better off with the greatest hits album unless you're into mediocre folk.

Jonny Redshirt · 10-05-2010, 05:57 PM

I'm not a huge Donovan fan, but his album A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, despite being unquestionably the fruitiest album ever made by anybody ever, is actually really good.

Queen Boo · 10-05-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonny Redshirt

I'm not a huge Donovan fan, but his album A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, despite being unquestionably the fruitiest album ever made by anybody ever, is actually really good.

Most accurate description of Donovan's music ever.

jofussunshyne · 10-24-2010, 11:28 AM

Catch The Wind, what a song! He had a lot of great material but it seems like everytime I read about him, someone brings up him & Bob Dylan.

Didn't something happen along the lines of Donavan playing his hero Dylan a song, & Bob just looking at him and saying something like "..I like it, I even wrote it.." or something??

jofussunshyne · 10-24-2010, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jofussunshyne

Catch The Wind, what a song! He had a lot of great material but it seems like everytime I read about him, someone brings up him & Bob Dylan.

Didn't something happen along the lines of Donavan playing his hero Dylan a song, & Bob just looking at him and saying something like "..I like it, I even wrote it.." or something??

Also, isn't Donovan mentioned in a Dylan song??

Nathan1709 · 10-26-2010, 10:28 AM

I quite like his idiosyncratic take on folk music but for what it's worth my favourite song is Hurdy Gurdy man, on which he is backed by Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.

bugsy2301 · 10-26-2010, 12:37 PM

Downloaded the greatest hits a few weeks ago after I saw Sunshine Superman on some BBC4 show about singer-songwriters. I really knew nothing about him, but Hurdy Gurdy Man and Mellow Yellow are lovely.

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swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Donovan Great musician. Check him out. http://www.myspace.com/ddonovan __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Weird I`m in the middle of downloading his greatest hits album. Been aware of him for years , he did a duet with Alice Cooper on Billion Dollar Babies. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

06-26-2006, 10:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	Donovan was a legend. The only times I ever seem to listen to him is when I find a compilation album in someone else's cd case and get excited. Anyone see the Futurama episode with him in it? He sings the Lost City of Atlanta and busts into the Atlantis chorus...oh, and Zoidberg builds a house under the sea. __________________ LASTFM

10-05-2010, 05:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jonny Redshirt Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 64	I'm not a huge Donovan fan, but his album A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, despite being unquestionably the fruitiest album ever made by anybody ever, is actually really good. __________________ "Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges." Last.FM

10-26-2010, 12:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
bugsy2301 Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Torquay, UK Posts: 54	Downloaded the greatest hits a few weeks ago after I saw Sunshine Superman on some BBC4 show about singer-songwriters. I really knew nothing about him, but Hurdy Gurdy Man and Mellow Yellow are lovely. __________________ She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl... Le Last.FM

10-24-2010, 11:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
jofussunshyne Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 15	Catch The Wind, what a song! He had a lot of great material but it seems like everytime I read about him, someone brings up him & Bob Dylan. Didn't something happen along the lines of Donavan playing his hero Dylan a song, & Bob just looking at him and saying something like "..I like it, I even wrote it.." or something??

10-26-2010, 10:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
Nathan1709 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: High Wycombe, UK Posts: 26	I quite like his idiosyncratic take on folk music but for what it's worth my favourite song is Hurdy Gurdy man, on which he is backed by Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.