Mellow Yellow by Donovan

[mikedelgado8888]

They call me Mellow Yellow.

[BabyBoomr]

Great sound and song! Thanks for sharing! :o)

[Yacob258]

Scrubs brought me here.

[expertwithexplosives]

@finchster121 daily smoker got me here to dude sweet

[finchster121]

daily smoker got me here :D

[thenannyfan1436]

i looked this up because of the nanny :) its pretty good.

[nestoras777]

They Call Mellow Yellow!!!!! oh yeah!!!=D

[DustinMulligan]

Alright everyone... The fucking song is not about Banana peels, duh. And only the "electrical banana" Donovan said he was refering to a vibrator.,

What the song is actually about, as stated by Donovan himself, is his bout with Hepatitis. Mellow yellow refers to Jaundice (medical condition causing your skin to appear yellow) which is caused by hepatitis.

You can all believe wtf you wanna believe, this is what the song was about.

[DrinkinHawtTea]

@DustinMulligan ^guy fuckin knows everything ever so dont fuckin question his shit got it?!

[cujo503]

who the fuck cares what the song is about just smoke a joint nd enjoy

[tninbredretard]

LISTENING TO THIS SONG MAKES YOU MELLOW

[BaronM]

Thumbs up if you actually tried smoking banana peels just to say you did.

[divisorplot]

helium spectrum yellow/pink!

[robnhurley]

Purple haze was a form of LSD in the 60's before Jimi came up with the song. It came on what was considered the first micro dot tablet. A narc is a narcotics agent. how old are you people? do you believe everything you read? I was 16 when I saw Hendrix play at Montarey pop fest. I believe in Jesus, and I believe that Chas Chandler, the song writer was having a bad trip when he was saved. Listen to the lyrics. this man is frying on A, not dreaming! If you have dropped acid before you would know.

[WeTiedTheGame]

I am proud to say that I am the 2,522nd person to like this song :)

They call me "Mellow Yellow"

[CougarSolid]

I have this song stuck in my head

[jonnymicjohnjohn]

good song!

[brookerocks121]

I thought it was spelled Nark. narcs? meh. you guys and your spelling.

[Donovon01]

they call me mellow jello

[shrewskater]

wtf is a narc? lol

[nothingsafe84]

So I was trying to read my book and my mother had the radio blaring about while gardening. Of course, I pulled the door shut to bury my nose in my book and here comes a couple of songs that got me back and forth and eventually settling outside pinning myself next to the radio. When this song came, my eyebrows furrowed, nostril flared, I smiled and my hip bone was moving left to right. Ah if only I had someone to twirl about with ha or shake shake in a sleepy stupor while drooling away..Fun

[830JJ]

@nothingsafe84  Ha! I like this description...+2 for you ^_^

[shewaslostatsea]

I listen to this when I drink Mello Yello.

[Nikola1996ish]

bananadine :DDD

[foostergreg]

i don't know about the vibrator thing, but at one time donovan said it was just a nonsensical conglomeration of meaningless words. but that was a long time ago in the day where the beatles sang about L ucy in the S ky with D iamonds. and peter paul and mary sang about "Puff, the magic dragon". in their song "i dig rock and roll music" the lyrics state "and if i really say it, the radio won't play it, unless i lay it between the lines"

[AmaNandHiSSquid]

@777RainingBlood

So what you're saying..is that you know what Donovan's inspiration for this song was..better than himself? He said it was about a Vibrator..so are you saying he's a liar? Take it for what the ARTIST makes it. Just drop this "I smoke shit so I instantly know everything about every artist who smokes weed." mindset AND JUST PLUG THE HEADPHONES IN AND LISTEN!

[AManDefined]

im high, nuff said

[lordbngle]

Purple Haze was about Jesus, the Original unpublished lyric was Purple Haze Jesus Saves.

[lordbngle]

Purple Haze was about Jesus, the Original unpublish lyric was Purple Haze Jesus Saves.

[keefyd5]

glad that i was naive and just enjoyed the music,not like some folk who tried to bring sex n drugs into nursery ryhms even!

[Kevin8942]

I'm drinking a Mellow Yellow right now :)

[Kevin8942]

I'm drinking a Mellow Yellow right now

[anitarevolution]

take a chill pill

[cookcookish]

E lect trickle Bonana ksheesh

[clutterbells]

Timeless Scottish music. 

[virtualmaui]

Cobble hall Detroit 1962 got mellow yellowed

[ChadTheWrestleManiac]

thumbs up if my nme i earl sent u here!

[PinkFloydrulez]

big yella joint, the big yella joint

i'll meet ya down at the big yella joint

[VastHobbes]

This song always got me to thinking, what about the other colors?

They call me . . .

Red, the guy who can get you things

Orange, the guy who gets shot

Green, Mr. Cleans gay brother . . . . well gay(er)

Blue, an imaginary friend

Purple, some kid obsessed with crayons

[InSpateleTau]

WATCHING HIM ON TV RIGHT NOW BBC FOUR! HE'S GREAT :x:x::d:dd

[drumaster24]

Great song

[Curunwe]

41 people were so high, they thought the dislike button means dis-i-like

[MajorRugburn]

it's about smoking banana peels man, yeah, banana peels man. not just any banana peels man, DOLE banana peels man!

[awsom7]

WEED BROUGHT ME HEARE BTW THIS SONG IS ABOUT WEED ANY ONE ELS STONED?

[awsom7]

anyone els stoned?

[zimmcat]

ewww he likes 14 yeard olds what a perv

[LennonMoonPlant]

Typing "Donovan Mellow Yellow" in the search bar brought me here.

[myk602010]

KNOW WHAT FRIGGING MEANS? KNOW WHY WE SAY FREAKING? CUZ FRIGGING IS EUROPIAN FOR FUCKING YOUR SELF WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT SOME OF YOU DO HERE.LOL LOL LOL.

AND DOES DYLAN SOUND LIKE DONOVAN?

[myk602010]

KNOW WHAT FRIGGING MEANS? KNOW WHY WE SAY FREAKING? CUZ FRIGGING IS EUROPIAN FOR FUCKING YOUR SELF WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT SOME OF YOU DO HERE.LOL LOL LOL.

AND WHO SAYS DYLAN SOUNDS LIKE DONOVAN?

[13testdummie]

40 people are gonna feel stupid when electrical banana becomes the very next craze

[korkiwi]

Just sitting here at my computer drinking a mello yello while listening to this song. ;)

[maryprelle]

mY theme song..love it...I am mellow...always

[nightcrawler511]

they call me mellow yellow

[Ferrum2004]

Why not just cut the BULL and listen to the music????

[DaveWollenberg]

Donovan Leitch hit #2 in Billboard, 12-10-66. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a great weekend!

[ciddler]

Now I know what my dad was on about..

[777RainingBlood]

I'm going to smoke my pot in peace now...lol

[777RainingBlood]

@paulmccartneyrocks, if Donovon said it was about vibrators in the media it's because he didn't want to have narcs looking in to his business. But if you want to believe it was actually about vibrators then that's your perogative. Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix was really about a certain type of flower too!!!

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@777RainingBlood Obviously Purple Haze and Mellow Yellow weren't on the same page. I'm not that stupid. I know what Purple Haze is about. Why does it make me so naive to believe it was about vibrators? It's not like I think Donovan didn't smoke his flipping brains out. I know he did.

[FetaCheese222]

@paulmccartneyrocks Fyi, Purple Haze was about a dream Jimi had where he was walking underwater.

[wendyspwnsu]

@paulmccartneyrocks all the best artists smoked weed.... weed is amazing :D

[PrisimAlarmCock]

@paulmccartneyrocks purple haze was not written about drugs Hendrix himself denied the drug relation of the song claiming it to be merely another love song. He said that the line "What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me" is the key line to the lyrics, i read some were and i recall it being the little book inside of the CD case, ( i know i dont have it on vinyl well, i wish it did) it explained that hendrix wrote much about his dreams.

[redmeph10]

@777RainingBlood Dude, its not like he'd be bothered to lie about something that was 40 years ago.He wont get collared now. It was about banana skins and vibratorors, live with it.

[DarkEgg5]

@777RainingBlood WHY THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER?!Q!?Q?Q?Q

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[LeFruFru]

@777RainingBlood YOU CANNOT GET HIGH FROM SMOKING BANANAS IF THAT WAS THE CASE I WOULD BE SMOKING A BANANA YOU FUCK

[SomethingInTheWay200]

@777RainingBlood I'm not trying to start an argument or anything man, but Purple Haze is not about a flower. Hendrix claimed that he had a dream where a "Purple Haze" engulfed him, and he was saved by Jesus. Some also choose to believe that it was a reference to the smoke flairs of Vietnam. And Mellow Yellow is about a ficticious hallucinogen said to have been in banana peels. This was Donovan's attempt to legalize acid, saying you could get just as high of of banana peels as LSD.

[low72]

@777RainingBlood Hendrix claimed Purple Haze was inspired by a dream where he was walking under the sea. In the dream, he said a purple haze surrounded him, engulfed him and got him lost. It was a traumatic experience, but in his dream his faith in Jesus saved him.

[Hitparadelover]

@777RainingBlood I don't know what the fuss is all about.  Last Sunday, I happenned to sing it at a Karaoke and, believe me all, it was my greatest success. People were feeling so good and had so much fun. Thank you, Donovan.

[drdilbert1111]

@777RainingBlood, your wrong purple haze is about weed and this song is about smoking banana peels which was a rumor back then that it made u hallucinate dilbert

[777RainingBlood]

@paulmccartneyrocks...whatever man. If he actually said it was about vibrators it was more because he didn't want narcs trailing his ass. But if you want to sincerely believe it was about vibrators...lol, that's your perogative. The song about bringing in a couple of keys from los angeles was about house keys too?

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@777RainingBlood I doubt any narcs would have come after him for singing about smoking banana peels or anything else. I mean half of the musicians in the 60s sang about doing worse drugs than that. Whatever, it really doesn't matter anyway, just enjoy the music.

[TomSummercat60]

@paulmccartneyrocks right, just listen to the music -besides, when I was young, and the song was a hit, very few outside UK ,USA, Canada etc, could speak English that good (myself included) as to understand the lyrics!!

[gillyssquashball]

@777RainingBlood yea fucken narcs are everywhere.

[DarkEgg5]

@777RainingBlood Your a fucking dumb ass.

[bjble]

and to the uploader i was a hippie and i smoked pot but i dont do it now. so suck an egg man we are good people

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@bjble No one ever said you weren't good people. And there's nothing wrong with smoking pot, man. Heck, at one point I considered myself a "hippie". I have most of the same beliefs as they did and do now but I don't see any point in labeling myself as one. Labels are pretty damn stupid and lead to prejudice, in any case. But anyway I was just annoyed because there were idiots who thought this song was about smoking banana peels and kept arguing about it when Donovan said himself it wasn't.

[bibi5767]

Young-gaughters told me to find this. Not my fave Donovan song though.

[TheDidiFerr]

Adorable

[cricrieslaneta]

My son is 3 years old and loooves this song. Brilliant!

[nyc4044]

He looks like a church lady in this pic! lol

[55sunde]

I'm just mad about Donovan. Well, I just to.

[redhairedstallion]

I think they call him mellow yellow.

[777RainingBlood]

@ paulmccartneyrocks, Either you are trolling or failing miserably. It wasn't about vibrators fool! He's singing about a type of LSD called Mellow Yellow. Maybe if you were around back then you'd have a slight clue.

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@777RainingBlood He said himself it was about vibrators. Direct quote from Donovan: "So it's about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene - which were ladies vibrators." You're just basing that assumption off of either urban legend or the fact it was called Mellow Yellow. I could say it was about the fucking soda brand based off of that logic.

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@paulmccartneyrocks Also, this: Donovan claimed it was Joe MacDonald [Country Joe and the Fish] that started the rumor about smoking banana peels in reference to the song. He intended it as a joke. Thanks @deimos540

[TheMellowFella]

first time i heard this song was when it was the background music to a video on how to roll a blunt

[3Jgibson74]

@TheMellowFella same dude haha

[The5howMustGoOn]

@TheMellowFella Think thats how everyone heard this Song :P

[irealydodominate]

@TheMellowFella hahaha same here you little stoner hahaha

[worldsendmusic]

@TheMellowFella Same here!! Haha XD

[lipidzkikka]

@TheMellowFella lol dailysmoker i think

[thenobs123]

@TheMellowFella me too, lol.

[slueth8]

Me and the lads have ,ade this the official stoner track of the year....

[AllenandHammond]

I've died and gone to heaven...it's just amazing.for my 15Th birthday, I would really like every Donovan album on record, love ya man :)

[AllenandHammond]

I've died and gone to heaven...it's just amazing.for my 15Th birthday, I would really like every Donovan album on record, love ya man :)

[1xXxEMOBOYxXx4]

skin up<3

[immabehere101]

the electrical banana part is about vibrators Im 12 and I know that

[sammarch24]

im so high

[RSFever07]

get high to this song :p

[nellgwen48]

What no talk about how John Paul Jones worked with Donovan? What's wrong with you people?

[mouthfarterteehee]

im so stoned right now and this song is great and im gonna blaze another bowl to this tune.

[deimos540]

Donovan claimed it was Joe MacDonald [Country Joe and the Fish] that started the rumor about smoking banana peels in reference to the song. He intended it as a joke.

[JohnPaulSaylor]

Great song. Btw- uploader, your name rocks. lol

[BingerSpice]

@JohnPaulSaylor So thought myself!

[ronkujawa]

Man!....Those were the good old days!, smoking banana peels and vibrating bongs!

[MrDan6779]

Why only the choice of 'Like', this song needs a 'Love' choice.

[Gusdocs1]

wish we could turn back time this music is pleasure to the soul not this modern day crap.

[11mact]

34 ppl r not called mellow yellow :)

[MrDontwork]

they call it YELLOW SNOW CONE!!

[LORNASAND]

wow don't care what this song was about just a childhood song...damn brothers lol

[pageplant7t7]

The Simpsons :)

[meeaanna]

this song soo stupid lol i bet they dont call him mellow yellow ... -__- it sounds like he was high making this song lol

[dps2027]

i shit teddy grams

[paulmccartneyrocks]

And to clear up the argument I'll say this; the electrical banana part is about vibrators, not smoking fucking banana peels. That's a load of crap. Donovan said so himself. So no more effing arguments about this, okay? Who even gives a crap? Go smoke your pot in peace, hippies.

[TheRangererer]

@paulmccartneyrocks Also, in addition this song was released in like '66. The Anarchist Cookbook, which is largely responsible for spreading the thing about banadine, was released in like' 71.

[WeedyWoodyPicker]

@paulmccartneyrocks What I know is that it's indeed about a yellow vibrator, but more detailed: A fourteen year old with her yellow vibrator! Thanks for clearing it up man, I agree, also, go to holland where I live, go to the coffeeshop get some good 'ol dutch weed and listen to this track. Peace

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@WeedyWoodyPicker One day, man, one day, I will go to Holland and smoke some Dutch weed. Fucking dream of mine.

[MrDontwork]

@paulmccartneyrocks

do you use vibrators then?

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@MrDontwork No I don't, haha.

[33ReapeR33]

@paulmccartneyrocks actually if you do your research you will find out that he wrote the song because of the "smoking bananadine" and for every one else its not the peels that get you high its the stuff scraped off the inside of the peel and it does give the same effects as smoking marijuana but not to such a high level... the government wont admit this because if banana was found to be a drug, they would have to legalise other drugs.

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@33ReapeR33 "Also, in addition this song was released in like '66. The Anarchist Cookbook, which is largely responsible for spreading the thing about banadine, was released in like' 71." Thanks @TheRangererer

[killthetorment]

@paulmccartneyrocks dude banana peels get ya high!

[sumlunatiksmom]

@paulmccartneyrocks Did you grow up in California?

[eedobee]

@paulmccartneyrocks Just because he said it doesn't make it true. You are naive.

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@eedobee Lol. Yup I'm naive because I don't think banana peels can get you high. And even if they can, it probably isn't much at all. The whole banana thing started because of this: "Also, in addition this song was released in like '66. The Anarchist Cookbook, which is largely responsible for spreading the thing about banadine, was released in like '71." (from @TheRangererer) He said it was about vibrators, which seems more likely than banana peels ("electrical banana"...)

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@paulmccartneyrocks Also, this: Donovan claimed it was Joe MacDonald [Country Joe and the Fish] that started the rumor about smoking banana peels in reference to the song. He intended it as a joke. Thanks @deimos540

[wendyspwnsu]

@paulmccartneyrocks Donovan WAS a fucking hippy you stupid piece of shit.... if you don't like weed or hippys, don't fuckin listen to a weed smoking hippy's music (Donovan)

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@wendyspwnsu Wow. You are a fucking idiot. Did I say I hated hippies or weed? No. In fact, in another comment I explicitly said that I used to consider myself a hippie and I have no problem with weed. When I said, "Go smoke your pot in peace, hippies", I meant it as a joke, not a derogatory statement. Geez, people get way too worked up about YouTube comments.

[wendyspwnsu]

@paulmccartneyrocks well then i apoligize... sorry my bad

[TrandomnesstwO]

Yum. The inexplicipal experienced in within one exists does not overturn the conclusion of our recreational activities, herein.

[leeleechristmaslover]

My cats name is Safron hehe :)

[mlautaret]

I do love this song so much better than anything put out today

[GodImHideous]

did he say he's mad about farting?

[EspeoniaManga]

my dad used to always sing the "they call me mellow yellow" part all the time. Never knew it was from an actual song, lol

[kraftdinner2468]

@EspeoniaManga me too :O i just typed it in for fun one day to find out it was an actual song :P and a pretty good one at that !

[carpeidiem]

yes <3

[federricoilgrande]

Classe :)

[themikedexperience1]

honostly i don't like this. but i have so much respect for it.

[vvumbo]

I'm the 1900th like! :D

[Zimplony]

Simpson's brought me here!

[Mastecon21]

lol Homer Simpson

[DJMdalia]

I heard Fran from the Nanny sing this lol.

[senationalliv]

lol just saw this on the Nanny



[Aloves0strong]

lol the nanny brought me here

[sphuith]

@Aloves0strong me too!!!!

[amcfan84]

@Aloves0strong omg me too lol

[amcfan84]

@amcfan84 and I really don't like this song

[LennonMoonPlant]

@Aloves0strong Donovan brought me to The Nanny.

[Moonshinedistiller]

hello mellow yellow

[Bluebonnett52]

Back when this tune came out, I couldn't stand it....

WHAT was I thinking?!?

[ToscaG]

When I'm stressed, I only listen to this song .. and I can go back quite mellow yellow

[rsohlich1]

Oh yea!!!!!!!!

[CattVonD33]

I heard this song on the way to books amillion...yeah the people were like "we can drink mellow yellow while listening to mellow yellow."... so then i was like i wanna hear the mellow yellow song...idk if i actually like it yet...lol

[hevyonez97]

quite right, slick!!!!



[aweosmesauce]

jee i wonder what people call him

[Lifesallgoood]

they call me melloooow yellooooow!!!!!

[38Lasalle5019]

Thank goodness someone put this up on YouTube. My copy is on a 10.5" reel of tape that's getting very brittle.

[mrblondes]

34 people are not called mellow yellow

[spiff195]

i love how some people thought the banana peel thing was real when it first came around! hilarious!

[randyinredmond]

Quite lightly,Quite rightly! Yeah, Baby Shagadellic!!

[dannyparent]

what kind of douche would dislike this?

[adinda51]

I still love Donovan

[adinda51]

I loved Donovan....

[kmishka1]

i am jealous of jealous

[kmishka1]

fanks

[EHSounds]

love this song

[MizzSunzhine12]

@sullivan884 Hihi. ;D

[CallofDutyBlackOps28]

@TheElMastero your opinion means NOTHING!

[MizzSunzhine12]

Ah, this song makes me giggle xD...

[1995YeahBoy]

Man,just appreciate it.

[dolphinluv2413]

They call me Mellow Yellow, Quite rightly. This Fellow never Bellows, Quite rightly.



[ComexUndone]

Those trumpets are epic.

[SuddenSparkles]

My all-time favorite Donovan song. and Saffron... best in paella.

[PrescottValleyMan]

I have had this song stuck in my head for awhile now....thanks for uploading...

[MrLucyindeSky]

This song is about 1 hour to short! 

[Jessiegurl77]

They call me Caramellloooo

(koala)

[Neensscene]

lol  lllllllllllloooooooooooovvvvvv­vvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeee <3

[Airiesmarie2011]

FUNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYY :D

[BaronM]

@EdwardNygma1

TRied it as a kid, doesn't work. Nada.