DONOVAN- Epistle To Dippy

[badskroy71]

Who plays the big lady in the fur coat with the dogs?

[Planktontwo]

Indeed this is a lost treasure. Thank you for the positng.

[hilaritarious]

elevator in the grain hotel - I've heard of grain elevators. Also, he does say girl at one point in the song, so I always thought it was to a girl.

[rich4828]

dam i smoked a lot of pot and hash while listening to donovan

[lordsonny789]

This song is based on my grandad 100% and i aint even lying coz there were best m8s his name was :( ron gale

[lcozzarelli]

@lordsonny789 Yep, you're not lying--it's confirmed in his autobiography. Sorry to hear of his passing :(

[scragger07]

Speculating to be a Hip or float along quite merrily

[Planktontwo]

they don't make songs like this anymore. Great posting

[inkey2]

I think the chicks in fur coats was cool back then. They could wear a fur coat and no nutcase was going to throw a bucket of paint on them and scream "you killed fluffy....minks have rights"

[skovie23232]

@inkey2 More Like a bucket of blood man.

[Adam19822000]

Can I have some more shrooms?

[goldcoastdippy]

one of the coolest people I ever met, I would bug him , its just more bunky on his already laurel canyon black pearl , we love you donovan, take care man

[SandozSaxonWilliams]

elevator in the brain hotel...

[deansusky]

GREAT FOOTAGE

[TaylorWarhol]

Crystal Speck Tickles

[tshot56]

dono was a very nice fellow! I read his biography last week. I appreciate his lyrics and his kindness in a carreer filled with arrogant, egotistical sex maniacs!

Go on D!

[zephyrquartz]

tshot56 - Donovan IS a very nice fellow - and kind too - still! He is very much alive.

[dddproject]

except when they start walking backwards at the very end.

[dddproject]

the tune is better than the stupid video

[endless66]

donovan

still massages

my feelings

back to the 60's

angst filled fun

[Planktontwo]

looking through all kinds of windows, I can see you had your fun. What a song, ONLY the great Donovan could conjure.

[czekehazi]

Love this song! Never understood all the lyrics, though. But it didn't matter; the song was that great.

[nedirien]

Very funny, odd and 60'SH video I'd say! :) My favourite Donovan's song. Thank you very much!

[briancatanzaro]

Lots of fun!

and Donovan too.

[send2meez]

The doctor bit was so far out

[loneotaku]

whoa, bad trip, bad trip!!!

[ottowes]

The doctor bit was so far out.

[nitanovidiu]

WTH?!?

[hombrepajaro16]

wtf is this?

[johnsonkatt]

A great, great song, two phenomenal melody lines that ultimately converge! Had forgotten it until about 12 years ago: there were Donovan tunes on the American Airlines headphones, and I'd had just enough Afrin and decongestant to where this song got drilled into me head. ::))

As soon as I landed, I called a buddy who, I felt certain, knew the tune and had it...sure enough!! One of our greatest songwriters ever, much more accessible than Dylan (with all due respect) while being just as smart.

[Karmakanuck]

A horse in a human costume at 2:06

[dnggitg]

The elevator in the Brain Hotel is a paddock for horse-headed humans.

[doowop909]

im sort of new to donovan. i read somewhere that "Troubador: The Definitive Collection, 1964-1976" has all his best stuff on. can anyone else recommend it?

[thejuggernaut648]

there are other good songs, that manly has the most recognizable

[knownonsense99]

My fav. album is Mellow Yellow, can't stand that song due to constant overplay back when it was released but the rest of the stuff is so creative. He is one of a kind.

[MrBertstown]

Jimmy Page plays the guitar in this song.

[shitzulovey]

This song was in my head all night at work, thank you for posting this , I hurried home after my shift so I could hear it . Do the dogs represent anything???

Donovan is great, O love him.

[dickdaring]

The best song of Donovan

[badskroy71]

who is the woman with the sunglasses? how tall is she?

[languagedancer]

Elevator in the brain hotel

Broken down but just as well

the cream of cool!

[dasmikey1964]

"Looking thru crystal spectacles, aah, I can see you had your fun..."

[luker223]

yeh its to an old friend of his, those were there nick names they called each other not sure which ones donovans is, but his friend was in the army and donovan offered to pay for him to get out and he did. read the hurdy gurdy man auto bio last month.

[Stillshakin]

The epistle to Dippy was a message to an old friend of Donovan's whose path had diverged and who went on to medical school ("the doctor bit..."). Or so Little Steven explained it.

[SLACKER614]

i love woman in furs..

[SLACKER614]

rare find..great job..

[lusl1094]

Far out man.

[ideamonster]

love this song, to bad there isnt any new stuff as good as this

[ProTwoAm]

Interesting! "Doing us paperback reader, made the teacher suspicious.." I recall this song's lyrics printed in the Chicago Sun Times back then, and the original line said something about "Doing all this book by Criter (Crieter?)". I wonder which lyric is the real one?

[blastocyst]

what the hell does "the doctor bit was so far out" mean

[trixiepepper7]

Dunno...what the hell does any of it mean? It sounds like he meant it to be open to interpretation..

FYI that's Jimmy Page on electric guitar!

[BagofSunshine1001]

no way

[trixiepepper7]

way

[BagofSunshine1001]

where did you obtain such knowledge....

cuz i heard that jpj played bass on mellow yellow i find it hard 2 believe

[mikeg888]

Classic Donovan and 60's Hippie Days. Terrific! Genius at work and nicely done here too! Possibly his best work!

[underwhiteclouds]

High Art. Donovan at his best. Amazing how much he influenced including The Beatles and The Stones and very rarely got the credit for it.

[p717]

Thank you thank you thank you. This one is so little known by folks today and the only version I have is vinyl.

[ewr2112]

OOOh i like to spend money!!! Money & shopping buy me hapiness !! such a feeling of accomplishment!! OOOOH i spend spend spend Money is love dont'cha know!

[tapeduk]

the doctor bit was so far out

[ProTwoAm]

P.S. The sound quality here could be better - the bass is too heavy. And I don't appreciate the irritating "What the hell is this?" bit. Fortunately I still possess the original 45 rpm recording of this number, plus a CD reissue (the 45 is better!).

[masterspud777]

Dude. you must know your shit. you inspire me. you're god-like. you are the only reason I choose to live. for people like you who know so much about donovan.

[ProTwoAm]

The video, while vague, still basically expresses the anti-establishment theme of this song. A very delightful, uplifting tune - my favorite of Donovan's compositions.

[edude203]

Inspired By LSD in the 60's . One of Donovans,many Great hits.

[adam03]

im filming a skate vid soon and i think i may use this song

[M4gical]

You should.

[mickmcknicknik]

Great tune!!!!

[dufusbug]

yea! I enjoyed this video thoroughly...the only thing missing is a pooper scooper!

[dallas413]

How is the name of the song?

[pataphysician66]

suuuspicious about in-san-ity- a tribute to masturbation

[gary52car]

remember this on epic record label in 1967 in chicago growing up classic donovan

[BeatnikManfred]

The Video affects me like a bad Trip.like a Nightmare.

Donovan is the Greatest...Hail Atlantis

[beefheart67]

hey dude where is don?

[ralle49]

Zur Zeit hat sie 5.127 Zuschauer, dank Donovan-Musik.

[moun10sun]

Nice. I came away feeling like I was there. The ending was great!

[shitzulovey]

I love the dogs !!!!

[RossiePamina]

Cool. Love this song!

[phollap]

If you view some of the other vidoeo on YouTube with Donovan/Dylan in private sessions, you will see this girl in one of them, along with a young Joan Baez...Peace.

[jeffkahl]

hmm not quite sure about this apart from the music...

[spudwas]

Yeah....uh....interesting. This would have been a great promo film...if Donovan was involved. oh well.