tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629147018460760141.post6499208852292990899..comments2024-01-31T03:36:36.095+07:00Comments on weird brother: For Little Ones - DonovanY Brawdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078908542612545335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629147018460760141.post-8491984132530668762010-09-06T08:05:30.647+07:002010-09-06T08:05:30.647+07:00agreed. must investigate his 70s stuff...kind of l...agreed. must investigate his 70s stuff...kind of lose track after HMS Donovan.Y Brawdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078908542612545335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629147018460760141.post-64819245798610015772010-09-06T07:01:43.562+07:002010-09-06T07:01:43.562+07:00well so much of donovan's music is simply deli...well so much of donovan's music is simply delightful to listen to. the lyrics are lightweight and fluffy, almost nothing more than a soufflé of words, none of the heavy verbal cut-outs of a dylan or the self-important triteness of a jim morrison, not much of the beatles or stoneses effort to achieve some unique expression. and yet, he is totally his own man, and his songs HALF THE TIME are totally wonderful. half the time too they are pretty inane. his 70s output is great -- if you toss some of the stuff to one side. but then even the great dylan produced a score of LPs with nary a single listenable song on each one of them. donovan i never tire of, he is the one true master of british psychedelia along with the beatles, the one whose plagiarism was always eclectic and selective, never just a plain steal. no, a grand master of the art, even if his own opinion of himself appears a little inflated. but he's quite wonderful, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com