Only had 1 listen so far but I thought it was really good, it's clearly about his marriage breakup but surprisingly not as dark as I thought it was going to be, better than his last one
thanks. look forward to hearing it soon. I know I could hear it on the computer but my speakers would never do it justice. got most of his albums so will no doubt get this eventually. his last album (well cover of Taylor swifts album) I never bothered with. the album before wasn't too bad but not to the same standards of his earlier work.
Sand and Foam - Donovan. Yep Donovan, the much maligned, often ridiculed, quintessential hippy. But vastly underrated and with a gift for melody he wrote some beautiful songs. Is there a better ode to a holiday with the one you love than this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1VlYTIy_KA
Cerys Matthews on Radio 6 this morning and The Coral's Dreaming of You which I've played quite a few times today. Sometimes I get a song fixed in my head and I have to play it and play it and play it. Sandy Denny's Who Knows Where the Time Goes, Billy Bragg's Waiting for the Great Leap Forward, and Lesley Gore's You Don't Own Me are others.
I love this (put it up earlier in this very thread). Such a bold statement for a 17 year old girl given the prevalent attitudes of the time. Bizarrely I only got into it comparatively recently, only being familiar with her other 60's classics, the more thematically familiar, self-pitying "It's My Party" and "Maybe I Know" and tragically unhip " Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows". I can't imagine any contemporary British singer daring to tackle "You Don't Own Me" at that time and in fact LG''s version was not a hit in the UK, hence why I didn't hear it until much later. Classic stuff.
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Yep Donovan, the much maligned, often ridiculed, quintessential hippy.
But vastly underrated and with a gift for melody he wrote some beautiful songs.
Is there a better ode to a holiday with the one you love than this?
one of the most prolific songwriters with great albums in each of the last 5 decades.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5VZi4mpVqVE
Such a bold statement for a 17 year old girl given the prevalent attitudes of the time.
Bizarrely I only got into it comparatively recently, only being familiar with her other 60's classics, the more thematically familiar, self-pitying "It's My Party" and "Maybe I Know" and tragically unhip " Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows".
I can't imagine any contemporary British singer daring to tackle "You Don't Own Me" at that time and in fact LG''s version was not a hit in the UK, hence why I didn't hear it until much later.
Classic stuff.
Neil Young/Pearl Jam - Mirror Ball