tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4753790335631663214..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Donovan DayNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-77114028044006570502013-12-09T23:28:15.521+00:002013-12-09T23:28:15.521+00:00The second record of "Gift" is also an a...The second record of "Gift" is also an acoustic children's record, so designated. Sold seperately as "For Little Ones." Even better than "HMS Donovan," though both are stellar. The first record of "Gift" is what has now become referred to as "sunshine pop" or heaven rock, and it was very original at the time. If you were of a certain age and weren't in Vietnam or near the racial-social-class turmoil, it could almost make you believe inevitable peace was around the corner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-45880893711166573602013-12-09T23:26:39.284+00:002013-12-09T23:26:39.284+00:00The second record of "Gift" is also an a...The second record of "Gift" is also an acoustic children's record, so designated. Sold seperately as "For Little Ones." Even better than "HMS Donovan," though both are stellar. The first record of "Gift" is what has now become referred to as "sunshine pop" or heaven rock, and it was very original at the time. If you were of a certain age and weren't in Vietnam or near the racial-social-class turmoil, it could almost make you believe inevitable peace was around the corner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60834696208099019042013-05-14T16:52:49.842+01:002013-05-14T16:52:49.842+01:00Tangerine eyes? So she's a ring-tailed lemur??...Tangerine eyes? So she's a ring-tailed lemur??Jeff Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556922556611887235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-62405386268858623922013-05-13T13:51:08.139+01:002013-05-13T13:51:08.139+01:00"Hey, darling Tangerine Eyes, please don'..."Hey, darling Tangerine Eyes, please don't cry for me/ but if you must, jus' cry into my cocktail, dear.."<br />Phew, it's harder than it looks...well done Donovan!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-90272887517749121442013-05-13T11:40:37.991+01:002013-05-13T11:40:37.991+01:00Or rather 'Ah doot it!'
Hey darling tange...Or rather 'Ah doot it!'<br /><br />Hey darling tangerine eyes, <br />Throw your peel at me.<br />I'm not fussy and I've really got the munchies....<br /> Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-72933597959645719282013-05-13T00:17:05.900+01:002013-05-13T00:17:05.900+01:00"I doubt it....", said the carpenter."I doubt it....", said the carpenter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-8280999171104832122013-05-12T22:54:55.716+01:002013-05-12T22:54:55.716+01:00thank you Anon, i didn't know!. Maybe Nige'...thank you Anon, i didn't know!. Maybe Nige's blush was a modest blush, did he also write the stuff on H.M.S. Donovan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-78910452748732102492013-05-11T20:33:07.660+01:002013-05-11T20:33:07.660+01:00Leave it Anon, he ain't worth it, he gets like...Leave it Anon, he ain't worth it, he gets like this....but H.M.S Donovan? Why blush? An album for children, perfect in concept and execution, with a lovely sleeve, ( keep it for the grandkids). and remember Donovan's superb "b" sides? Teen Angel (hurdy), Poor Cow (juniper)....did you know that Nige wrote them both?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-33908817626198678972013-05-11T09:57:14.661+01:002013-05-11T09:57:14.661+01:00Funny you should ask, Anon - me and Donovan. So ma...Funny you should ask, Anon - me and Donovan. So many tales, so many years - taught that boy everything he knows - just ask him, he'll tell you... Don't mention the toaster though.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-74168919467972287602013-05-11T01:13:40.187+01:002013-05-11T01:13:40.187+01:00I don't get angry nowadays, but if i did i wou...I don't get angry nowadays, but if i did i would...what's Donovan ever done to you? Just produce amongst the most beguiling pop singles ever heard....and just what have you ever done for Donovan? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-59067463085621829892013-05-10T16:59:50.539+01:002013-05-10T16:59:50.539+01:00Perhaps you're thinking of that ear-bleeding J...Perhaps you're thinking of that ear-bleeding Johnny Winter album, Bryan? Or my comprehensive Fugs collection? Mind you, that interminable Live Dead double album was, I believe, yours...<br /><br />Hey Joey - you've given me an idea for a Nigeness competition: Write a stanza/chorus of the legendary 'lost' Donovan song, My Darling Tangerine Eyes, remembering that it must fit the melody of Tambourine Man. Anyone...?<br /><br />Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-76874196157693330812013-05-10T16:18:01.088+01:002013-05-10T16:18:01.088+01:00That was not the most worrying thing you played.That was not the most worrying thing you played.Bryan Appleyardhttp://www.bryanappleyard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-21480249428995494182013-05-10T16:13:05.616+01:002013-05-10T16:13:05.616+01:00Brilliant stuff Nige, although I'm going to st...Brilliant stuff Nige, although I'm going to struggle to listen to Tambourine Man in the future without singing the words 'my darling tangerine eyes' instead. I can only hope that out there, somewhere, a record exists of the rest of the lyrics - or even a recording!Joey Joe Joe Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-89712410860219495332013-05-10T15:08:54.743+01:002013-05-10T15:08:54.743+01:00Lord - how could I have forgotten that?! I believe...Lord - how could I have forgotten that?! I believe he invented them both on the same afternoon, and thereby hangs a tale... <br />So easy to underestimate his many achievements I find.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-55188953284179636852013-05-10T13:53:40.616+01:002013-05-10T13:53:40.616+01:00As well as the Beatles, don't forget that he i...As well as the Beatles, don't forget that he invented <a href="http://thedabbler.co.uk/2010/09/donovan-how-i-invented-the-beatles/" rel="nofollow">the toaster and sex.</a>Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com