Donovan - Mellow Yellow

[muldoonmax]

This man's music pulled me out of the depth of unhappiness a few hrs ago

[patioM]

dear kitty..wrong.

[Joowannurthong2]

Man i wish i wish i was back in the 60's not here with thus fake ass music they call electro

[blount47]

that chick who does the lipstick thing is really sexy..i hope that wasn't my mom!

[Alikah1]

@blount47 I almost don't want to ask, but why would you think it MIGHT be?

[Tan78able]

cult hall of fame.... i.e live on forever

[MrJonesstones]

how could safron be mad about him?

[Roflcopter4b]

@MrJonesstones It's the name of some hippie chick, not the spice.

[zetziiii]

<3.<3

[zetziiii]

<3 .<3

[zetziiii]

<3 . <3

[DANACABANA]

i love the sixsties

[FUCKALLNIGGAHATER]

Who gives a shit about being in the shity as hall of fame shit. Just put him in the special hall of fame place, such as ur heart.

[FUCKALLNIGGAHATER]

Who gives a shit about being in the shity as hall of fame shit. Just put him in the special hall of fame place, such as ur hear.

[taildragger53]

Smoking banana skins was a known practice in the 1960s.

It was' supposed' to create an LSD effect.

[TheNestling]

@taildragger53 I know, I tried to smoke them. It didn't work.

[xmusicxaddictionx]

@taildragger53

Hahahaha...you best be trollin'

[rob99rst]

snappy tune

[koakrew23]

Is it just me or was everybody more handsum in the 60's?

[jwalshson08]

@koakrew23 black and white makes everyone look better it takes away a lot of the flaws

[geminirat60]

@koakrew23 it's just you lol

[koakrew23]

@geminirat60 Fuck off!

[koakrew23]

@geminirat60 Fuck off!

[geminirat60]

@koakrew23 right back at cha!!

[cookmoore]

@koakrew23 Yes!

[NYerintransit]

@koakrew23 It was only white people, so yeah.

[guardianofhell]

8 ppl aint mellow and need to free there minds

[Planktontwo]

@guardianofhell more like 8 people are losers. Donovan should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Hopefully next year!!

[solarni1]

thas good man

[StinkyPubicFatPad]

disgusting! Donovan dry humps the arm of his sofa while he sniffs a pair of Tiny Tim's soiled plastic pants. All Donovan songs are buttbutt songs. I know of this truth as he came to my village and wanted all to smell his "Mr. Stinky" which he told us made a "special stinky cheese" Could this be the message he is trying to convey in his crotch sniffing songs??? Good day fart friends!!

[kflashman33]

@StinkyPubicFatPad wtf??? lmfao. you have a bunghole fetish culito



[saltcitysuesey]

cannabis is an herb, not a drug, but i would not know exactly what they were shooting up in the 60's as I wasn't around until the 80's. I heard they were shorting out their brains on lsd, No drugs needed here thanks. gee monty, don't get your frilly nylon panties in a bunch!

[saltcitysuesey]

you go smoke your weed, you go shoot up your drugs, me, I'm on a natural high.

The lyrics say Electica Banana is bound to be the very next phase, (then), they call it mellow yellow, they call me mellow yellow. Donovan is proclaiming that he is the electrica banana. he's just clownin with words and a catchy tune. nothing more

[monteoner]

@saltcitysuesey yeah, nobody did drugs in the 60s

[dogstar7]

I melt a little 02:31

[musiclovinlady1]

Is there 1960's footage of him singing this?

[Planktontwo]

I see Donovan is up as a nominee for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. He, like many others from the 60s are so very deserving of this.

[bwanna23]

@Planktontwo I'm shocked that he hasn't already been inducted. By the way , it's a great place to visit for a couple days.

[Planktontwo]

@bwanna23 I have no doubt it is interesting. I have problems with the committee inducting the likes of Run DMC which are not even true rock. The 60s like the 50s brought the best of the next generations. Unfortunately. We really have not seen much improvement yet.

[CaptainDuke71]

saffron is so much like the little lips of oreganoe

[Cramondorf]

Bright light sleep! =^Þ

[txmomoftwo1]

i was so born in the wrong era. i woke up with this song in my head. and yes i wish i had some weed right now.i dont need a pipe, just fix up a pepsi can. i will be happy.

[mrsteezydude]

Is weed a drug in the eyes of an american?

[ryan23791]

sixSties????????

[frenchfrey65]

idk about any of the drugs XD but i love the soda! AND THIS SONG :D

[SCOTCHSOLACE]

@nonfictionstory - O.K., I support everyone's right to use heroin. Not my cup of tea so to speak - but to each his or her own. I like the music nonetheless.

[coldgears]

@SCOTCHSOLACE

Heroin destroys lives. Nobody should have a right to use it, this is marijuana, it isn't cigerattes, what heroin is is more comparable to alchohol.

[skkiittllezz]

i wish i grew up in the 60's and 70's

[chasr82]

all's I wanna know is..how many o you people hocked up bloody lougies outta yer lungs fer a week after lightin up dried banana peels in yer bongs ?!?!

[Jenlovesboys13]

I LOOOOVE THIS SONG! :) i would sing it all the time when i was little:)

[crushkill]

i love how the video quality sucks

[maryeulua]

Antigão, muito legal!

[ther51]

Great loved it then !!! and still do thanks...

[SCOTCHSOLACE]

skyheath - I would if I knew how to obtain it. Sad to say, I do not where to get it.

[TheMustangsally75]

let us smoke!!!

[kevlar21059]

Electrical banana its gonna be a sudden rage.

[roiblop]

ho god 7 persons mised the "i like" button

[sidplicity]

Superman and green latern dont have a thing on me

[tequilacoyote]

I think it is so ironic that the quintessential flower-child sang background vocals on Alice Coopers Billion dollar Babies. "I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands."

[novi0974]

eeelectrical banana !!!

[ourorboros2]

danger! your local police are armed and dangerous!

[crazyozzyking]

mellow yellow is a drug

[ADDIDASSSSSSSSSSSSSS]

Hey man, is that Freedom Rock? Yeah man. Well turn it up man!

[sworly01]

The electical banana is going to be the very next phase

Indeed.

[justaman6972]

The issue over weeds legality has nothing to do with health ok ,it has everything to do with taxation,anyone can grow it ,its a weed after all. So the gubmint makes it illegal and gets an infusion in two ways .1. the black market value is much higher than it would be were it legal. 2. the gubmint chunks folks into jails and prisons where they make huge profits by taxing you,the workin stiff and the inmate upon release via parole and probation.2million ppl in prison n the US

[thethreemitosketeers]

it's not "sixsties", there's only one s -- hopefully you can figure out where it goes ;)

love donovan!

[TP4Bnghole]

@thethreemitosketeers

Would it not actually be 2 s's including the one at the end?

[thethreemitosketeers]

@TP4Bnghole excellent point. lol

[60scrazedbabe]

he is just burting with cool

i love it

[60scrazedbabe]

bursting*

[JvivaBlaBraza]

I just love this song

[Planktontwo]

love this song!  thanks for the posting

[Riannaellen]

me likey

[freklfacejpgr]

Sitting on a cornflake eating an electrical banana, dancing beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free...

[RocketThrower]

@freklfacejpgr beatles, much?

[freklfacejpgr]

@RocketThrower It's actually Beatles, Donovan, and Dylan.

[RocketThrower]

@freklfacejpgr awesome

[bray12do]

@freklfacejpgr ...sillouhetted by words flying out like endless rain that upon us all, a little must fall, while flying mother nature's silver seed to our new home in the sun...

[LynseyWells83]

Google "Donovan Unofficial"

What a great site!

[staggiboy]

Man this is annoying with cans on

[Doofenshmertz360]

all STONED ouut of their minds!

[akinakyelinskater]

electrical bannanas a vibrator

[mistofoles]

What the hell's "Electrical Banana"??

[angel4everable]

mistofoles, "electrical banana' is a reference to getting high by smoking dried banana peels, just in case you don't have the money for weed.

[mistofoles]

Ah, I see, thanks! Was there any song from the 60s that DIDN'T contain a veiled reference to drugs?? :D

[angel4everable]

Probably not, mistofoles. For example, any song with "Mary" in the title was suspected of being a reference to marijuana, e.g., CCR's "Proud Mary", Tommy James's "Chrystal Blue Persuasion" is allegedly about speed, etc.

By the Seventies in the US you could explictly refer to drugs; see the Stones "Sister Morphine", "Torn and Frayed"(codeine), "Let it Bleed (cocaine)".

On the other side of the pond, however, the BBC banned McCartney's "Hi, Hi, Hi" (just for the title.)

[sdgakatbk]

Yeah there were a bunch. There were also some that were banned by the FCC because of aleged drug reference which were not.  In particular, Rocky Mountain High by John Denver (1973) that had NOTHING to do with drugs. John testified along with Frank Zappa and I think Dee Schneider of Twisted Sister about censorship.

[minkymott]

White Rabbit.

Wait.

That DIDN'T reference drugs?

Uh....

....

No.

:)

[kittyprydekissme]

@mistofoles 'Electrical Banana' actually referred to a vibrator. However, about the same time this song was recorded, an amateur magazine printed a story about getting high from a chemical in banana peels. It was intended as a joke, inspired by a pun about 'tripping on a banana peel'. But the story soon spread and was believed by many, and led to a huge panic among anti-drug organisations. Since the song appeared around the same time, many people assumed that was what the line was about.

[messrs95]

im mellow yellow at the moment

[dirtyhippie127]

The chorus is just so catchy, "they call me mellow yellow" : )

[MUSlCFAVORITES]

he reminds me of dylan alot

[uttfan]

they call me mellow yellow.....

"DDD

[TheRunningManDM]

Chill

What a song

[Louuu77]

Trop bon

[666OrWhat]

I think those days were just mellow in general.

[fxbat02]

I remember the 50's and 60's. Very different time.....

[peachesbaby09]

Ahhhhhh i love this song

the song really is about me :D

saffron's my name :D

[lindsayluvsyou]

i dont understand why weed is ilegal. tobacco is legal and that does way more damage to you.

[SawyerLittleton]

:D :D THIS!

[kwizatch]

its because marijuana is a cash product the government just wants more money they get the money through tobacco.

[SCOTCHSOLACE]

God, I do love the 60's!!!!!!!! I do not smoke weed but I fully support everyone's right to do so!!!!!!!!!

[NEXUS1A]

@SCOTCHSOLACE this song is not a bout weed it is about a vibator lol

[skyheath]

@SCOTCHSOLACE

Then start.

For your own peace of mind.

[nonfictionstory]

@SCOTCHSOLACE mellow yellow is heroin.

[theWorldofWolseley]

@nonfictionstory

No it is not.

In the 60's there was a rumour that if you smoked banana peels it would make you high. That is what the song is about.

[mirna1683]

@theWorldofWolseley actually the song is about masturbating, and the mellow yellow he is referring to a vibrator, that's why he says something about electrical bananas...is a cool song, but kinda weird...

[RedEyePergo]

@SCOTCHSOLACE weed is alright . it's very overrated though you just feel mellow and giggle at dumb shit.

[MrGramparules]

@RedEyePergo Yes but you know what is really overrated? Cowboy bebop

[RedEyePergo]

@MrGramparules blasphamy

[overlord1294]

LOL chair over his head. Yep this song is about smoking drugs

[johnnyjerk]

It's about sleeping around and getting Hepatitis. One of the symptoms of Hepatitis is jaundice, which is the yellowing of the skin. Hence mellow yellow.

[patfatenough]

this song is brilliant ur all a bunch o dry shites go smoke sum weed

[EmCamDav]

Donovan is a hot. Love his hair :-)

[dewbunny110362]

he was a cutie

[Anae420]

yeaaa this song is awesome <33

[suplay555]

this song is so boss

[mbjita]

Best/First coffeeshop in Amsterdam!!!

any links to the song???

[kristeenloveset]

rad

[theprofane]

if you think about it who is they?

[Mindfire333]

this video is groovy as kickass man

[starwarsman101]

nice comment stimpp

[lennyrickenbacker]

Try the Incredible String Band or Tyrannosaurus Rex , The Pretty Things, The Creation or The small Faces.

Best wishes.

Lenny

[stimpp]

whoa - why is everything moving back and forth and in and out???!!?!???

[Probiscuit]

Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Early Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin III in particular), Simon and Garfunkel. I know they're all obvious, but, if you see past the overplayed/commercial stuff which is still undoubtedly brilliant, to the lesser known songs you'll appreciate this comment. . !

[CHIbears15]

haha at 2:00 it looks like that guy just did a huge line of coc

[trubarbie]

thats one of my freinds ringtones!

[applejackblack84]

Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead (though the 70's were the Dead's best years), the Beatles, New Riders of the Purple Sage (another 70's band). . . um, I could go on for a while. lol.

[4darin5]

Tangerine Dream

[Xeniusonarthas]

Look at the description of the song....

'Sixsties...'

OMG RETARD....

[archerrobinhood]

hahaha i was abt to comment abt that but then i saw yours

[JohnLennonLover9]

L-O-V-E this song!!!!! X3

i'm a new fan to and im ABSOLUTLY HOOKED FOR LIFE!!!!

Donovan is AWSOME (and kinda cute) ;)

[nCLooos]

enepnefse ton kitrino tipo

[xojbabyxo]

i love his style...he is so cute!!!!!!!

[sexydropis]

fuk u bug

[Electronicmeds]

Oh man, I had never heard this guy before tonight, but I must say I am a new fan........ He is fantastic

[bugp3o]

i am the one who made everyones comment a thumbs up i like he back then now he looks odd creepy and ugly

[1stlagitana]

Love this track Mellow Yellow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[josephwhite1234]

that acoustic guitar is awesome sounding

[monkeyallien55551010]

how old was he when this was filmed?

[Wellveryinteresting]

sgheppa,

Is there anyway you can present Donovan's promotional video for "Mellow Yellow" in glorious stereo or at least HQ? Right now it's only in mono. I'd love to be able to hear it in stereo as it was meant to be heard. As Donovan himself told the audience I was in at his concert at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, FL back in July 1986.

[LTDAN5]

It means exactly what sudden sparkles thinks...haha

[24cf48]

love that pop

[kitt360]

there talking about a type of scratching

[SuddenSparkles]

I don't know about others but I'm really interested in the part about the electrical banana... ha ha ha, I'm thinking it means something other than what I'm thinking...

[Austin24468]

Electrical bananas refers to vibrators. You were on the right wavelength!

[doobs102]

LOLZ Right so that would mean Nirvana is the greatest band if drugs helped musicians write songs.and The faggotry of Grunge/Reggae would be the best, look up a real musician like Yngiwe J Malmsteen Or somone who can actually play music not just strum 3-4 chords and have sloppy solos

[yunikage]

As a musician, let me tell you...most drugs don't help you write songs. Certainly not weed.

Weed makes you THINK you've written the greatest song ever. Hallucinagens make it pretty much impossible. Heroin, same.

Uppers can be helpful, but let's face it, speed makes you better at EVERYTHING.

The correlation between music and drugs is propagated by a bunch of stoners who like to jam and think their shit sounds "so much better stoned, maaaan"

[pedrodemeurte]

lies

stop lying you STUDPI LIARARRA

[jheklll]

it's all just a matter of opinion, just about everybody in "oldies" times were on some sort of drug either the drugs really did help them or artists nowdays just suck, but I do agree that weed doesn't help you do anything but devour food in unnatural quantities

[joelman69]

Another ignornant statement brought to you by yunikage.

 You may have a few experiences that made you determine that point of view but you cant criticise what you cant understand.

To say something is true just because you think it is true has to be the worst human trait. Just like forcing religion upon society.

[StoneChild9]

drugs + music = heaven

[xopowo69]

They need to play this song on Al Jazeera and end all of these stupid f-ing wars.

[edkev94]

Don't you mean CNN?

[1Brian94Connolly5]

it's sooo my styl :D

[greenedeyedblonde]

Drugs are F^%$#*ing-great.......try some...

[greenedeyedblonde]

drugs are F$%#@!&()ING GREAT MAN....

[nawmeann69]

stoners make the best songs.

[waxthatshit122334]

stonners make the best people haha

[BeanalovesJB]

hehe;

this is my best friend's great uncle.

he's in hiding now..somewhere in england.

he was SUPERR STONED when he wrote this.

i love it, haha!

[timebombx27]

...and drugs are bad

[YannisNeos82]

Bad for who?

Most great songs were written by stoned people :)

[timebombx27]

i was saying people say drugs are bad , but they inspire you to write good songs

[momothebeatlette]

this song is amazin!

:O

[reaperforestol]

best song i've heard in my 3000+ music library

[johns99vxz]

Timeless

[yourmybestfriend101]

i love donovan so much!

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

i made this sort of infamous. I perform for my friends parties, they love this song, along with tiny tim... i forgot the other song...