If you don't know who Donovan is, some of his most famous works are: Atlantis, Season of the witch, Turquoise, Mellow Yellow, Universal Soldier and many more. When he entered the stage to accept his induction the crowd really did roar and i was like,"so people really do love donovan? like alott..." haha, his voice has barely changed though! when you compare Bob Dylan's voice from when he was a young man and now-in his 60's-well theres a huge difference. But perhaps Donovan was as rough with smoking as Bob. Like constant cigerettes.
Donovan was one of the originals, or so "they" say.(who the fuck is they?) He taught the beatles how to handpick those india gutairs that always sound so trippy and odd in some later works. The beatles also looked up to donovan. Well some of them.
It was a huge hit in europe++this is an idealistic song about the mythological atlantis. It's probably my favorite Donovan song, Atlantis. Obviously not very radio friendly because he used alot of hidden symbolism through out the song that suggest particular ideas about our society, the way it works, politcal workings and so forth. Which is alot of the reason i love it. Donovan's voice just sounds magestic itself. Then hearing him talk in person or on stage is absolutley thrilling to me.
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And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind, Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new, Hail Atlantis!
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind, Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new, Hail Atlantis!
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