Donovan - Barabajagal (Love is Hot)

[eebeelive]

his name is excellence!

[kenkram1]

I have a much better understanding after listening to Donovan over the last little while than I did in the 60s. To hazed back then I guess. Not hazed enough now I guess.

[waterman9465]

3:20 of garbage... just like it was when it came out.

[HonestGabeLincoln]

@waterman9465 I feel like if you don't like this song, you don't like the sound of the 60's in general. Donovan is way underrated and I prefer him to The Beatles and Dylan.

[LogicSchmogic]

@waterman9465 You must be a miserable person.

[EyMeng]

i like how no one knows how to drum correctly for this song

[ninodelobos]

I must retract y previous Assertion:

This was NOT Page/Plant.

I accepted "The popular Myth" among my Peers.

This was a Compilation 'twixt Rod Stewart (Background Vocals) and Ron Wood (Of The Stones).

I have researched this, and bfish89ryuhayabus is correct...Zep was already busy, with a Tour.

A Challenge is a GOOD Thing....We have an Obligation to check our Facts.

...I checked, and I didn't have the Facts.

(IF Plant added to the Vocals, then it is NOT "Where he met Page".)

NDL

[AndyYankee17]

This was recorded and released in 1969. Joe Cocker recorded "The Letter" in 1970. Is it just me or does it sound like Cocker drew his influence from more than The Box Tops?

[egronk56]

One of the first albums I ever bought and it still kicks ass.

Brilliant.

em

[JuilliardReject]

Sheesh ........ I've got this on a 45 record. Bought at some record shop around Eros Square..... Picadilly in 69. Yikes!

[Ricardo96092]

So elegant rock, so prog nd dandy.

[vivemaker]

All these great men together with one song! Woooh!! Then you just know it's going to be good.

[white543211]

not only does this song have donovan, jeff beck and ronnie wood, but robert plant singing background vocas too....this may have just become my favorite song

[rubbersole79]

See: Tommy Bolin

[spyguys]

Kind of sounds like Robert Plant at 2:56

[ninodelobos]

@spyguys

Yes, that's Plant singing "Back-up".

Jimmy Page was a Studio Guitarist for Jeff Beck when he worked on this Song with Donovan, and Plant was One of the Donovan's Back-ups.

This is where Plant and Page met.

....Without this Song by Donovan, it is almost Possible that Zep would never have been the Zep that we know, but Plant and Page met during Barabajagal, and NOW, we have the Legacy of Zep

NDL

[CHUCKLOVES1969]

@ninodelobos ,,that is incredible knowledge. tell me..i was looking for another really weird titled song like this one.that had beck doing the lead on it.. i thought it was a donovan song,, and i get this..but am i thinking of another one (hurdy gurdy too right?) but it's a..three weird word title like,,,ana-jupe-nik...somethin­g weird like that..done by someone else?..damn i can't remember what im thinking about. do u know another title other than those two... hurdy, n this..that beck was on? 

[CHUCKLOVES1969]

@ninodelobos ..what a minute...PAGE was on this?....me stupid..ok..ok..then is there another one with a weird title,,,,beck did?....or was it page too?..drugs did ruin me mind. i did see both the Yardbirds and Zep's 1st tour in 1969.....so i'm that stupid. help me.?

[ninodelobos]

@CHUCKLOVES1969

Page was One of Jeff Beck's Studio Players. Just like Plant is a Back Up Singer in the Song....he isn't the Lead, but he is still there.

At this Point in their Carreers, these Guys (Page/Plant) worked for other Folk like Donovan and Beck, since they weren't yet "Headliners", themselves...THAT came later.

Donovan and Beck collaborated on this, and they brought their "Underlings" with them, which included Plant and Page, respectively.

NDL

[CHUCKLOVES1969]

@ninodelobos maybe i've just lost to many brain cells..n this IS the song i was thinking of.

so it's Page..on the break..i was thinking it was Beck. see let me tell ya this..Beck was superior to Page.

Beck was the brave one to create NOISE..we all LOVED Beck..and the time i saw the yardbirds with Page..he was not that good..trust me..we were pissed Beck had left. i did see beck do the truth tour..and again,,he amazed us. obviously too i saw Zeppelin in 69..an i was incredible. thx for ur input.

[bfish89ryuhayabusa]

@ninodelobos There is no way Page or Plant were on this; by the time this was recorded, they were busy with Zeppelin, having already released the first album. When Donovan came in to record this, the Jeff Beck Group was in the middle of recording Beck-ola. So it's Donovan, the Jeff Beck Group, and some female backing singers. Also, Page was never a studio player for Beck. They learned guitar together when they were younger, and later played together in the Yardbirds.

[chuckdee121]

dis is a dope jam. jeff beck is tasty!

[philipaliscious]

This song is so catchy! I LOVE IT!!!

[littlebd7]

I like that this video has no dislikes.

[PAULLONDEN]

@littlebd7 Although we shouldn't care if there were,it is remarkable...;]

[AmberJean94]

what's mahh name noww? o.o

[dexydonovanroger]

WHATS MY NAME NOW......

[liketammysaids]

Goo goo barabajagal! :D

[TaylorWarhol]

Donovan .Tonight,6th October, Dublin Ireland

Shine on .

[jimmatera]

what a sight- i know that guys he is singing about--he is slick he beats up punks.

like clint did--cum dig it. koo cool babahackel is his name or what skin he got on today.

[rolchan]

That's the first Beat-/Pop-Single I received. The cadre of my collection. I still love this song. "Goo-goo-barabajagal, what's his name now?""

[LASOTOLONGO]

@rolchan i sincerely believe that this is where the phrase'"whose your daddy?" comes from...what's my name???? so on and so forth................! cheers, p.

[hydraIX]

true artist songwriting at its best !!!

[fekkinusername]

Jeff Beck must have been SOOO wasted when he recorded this with Donovan

[daddyoj]

Love is HOT ! The Guru is LOVE !

[tommyrotter]

What was B side?

[00scaryrich00]

@tommyrotter b side was 'bed with me'  v good

[muhrvis]

Somehow Donovan manages to be funky... !

[LASOTOLONGO]

@muhrvis incorrectness. manages.. Re: sand and foam superlungs my supergirl sunny south kensington cuttin' out...etc., etc., etc. check don't wreck. xo

[kemicon]

the back up singer kind of sounds like Ramp

[LASOTOLONGO]

@kemicon Miss Madeline Bell, gospel singer extraordinaire

[rowdymax1]

Love is hottt!!!! love is hott!!!! truth is molten!!!!!!..love that line

[LASOTOLONGO]

@rowdymax1 right on....

[LASOTOLONGO]

@LASOTOLONGO  yay-us!!!true, so true

[LASOTOLONGO]

@rowdymax1 ain't it groovy, man

[LASOTOLONGO]

@LASOTOLONGO  jah, ya, si, oui, and yes say you and me

[PAULLONDEN]

Jeff Beck in excelcis HERE!

[magicalmysterygirl]

Love it.

[loveee2010]

It just works!

[pyenapple]

I get freakin' chills everytime that bassline rolls in at the 1:56 mark. This song is an amazing collaboration.

[LASOTOLONGO]

@pyenapple right on...stellar artistry all the best of the best i like the intro by theBeckster and Mr Hopkins on keyboards as well.I could listen to this song forever and a day.......

[frjdoasis2]

è fantastica!

[totem63]

concordo

[richardjamesuk]

I love this song and heard it on Nip/Tuck the other week in a sex scene and it really worked-strange! Donovan is very underrated, people should check out his work, as he has an excellent back catalog.

[TiscanBoy]

Yeah that is how I heard the song! It did work really well!

[richardjamesuk]

Nip/Tuck has a great music selector-kudos to them, some really interesting songs have been found, also check out wikipedia for the songs in the episodes.

[worldsno1drwhofan]

is paul mccartney singing on here? only coz there is someone on the backing who sounds alot like him, and i did read somewhere that he provided backing vocals/bass guitar on some of Donovan's songs.

[richardjamesuk]

Donovan taught Paul McCartney how to fingerpick on the guitar and other music techniques, then with that Paul wrote Blackbird, Donovan got the Beatles into the whole indian experience, he is a very silent influence in George Harrison's career too.

[layde1]

Crazy hippy kids! Love groovin' to this one.

[BLANKBREAKER]

Jeff Beck...Donovan...who woulda thought? Nice combo, tho!

[ikurz2]

Moc pěkné!

[lennonfan93]

this now my second favorite donovan song

[mckinsie1995]

check out sunshine superman by donavan

[dragonzep]

Not many people know this,,but its very clear at the end,Robert Plant is heard on this song,kinda cool since zeppelin comes from when jimmy page was in the yardbirds,as was jeff beck,even at the same time at one point.and both the jeff beck group and led zeppelin did versions of willie dixons you shook me on their first albums,beck in 68 and zep in 69

[DarthKrattus]

It's not. Plant was on tour when the song was recorded.

[Nussekudden]

I LOVE this song, but would really like to se a live version from the time it was recorded.

[jarvisl8]

good riff from jeff beck there

[Patty456love]

This song rocks!!!!

It was on Nip/Tuck and now I'm addicted to this song.

[zetsusama23]

What, it was on Nip/Tuck? And yeah. This song tends to be addicting...Lol.

[Willywaw]

Coucou...Barabajagal ...crazy song, crazy, but stunning good !

[guadelupe]

This came out when I was about 15, and I thought it was one of the coolest songs he ever did.

[dbd1353]

@guadelupe

I was 16 and thought the same thing..

[FranceNY09]

Merci

[ilurzyn]

Kocham ten utwór od lat Amoje dziecko też jest pod wrażeniem. elka

[toxicjimmy]

In love pool eyes float feathers after the stuggle the hopes burst and shot joy all through the mind. Sorrow more distant then a star mult-color run down over you body then the liquid passing all into all. Love is hot, love is hot. Truth is molten!

[Erniethecatisawesom]

@toxicjimmy Amen to that!

[hippojuice23]

@toxicjimmy Wow!

[Mojave888]

Love is hot!!

[cowboxe]

TRUTH IS MOLTEN!

[tony0000]

Thanks for posting. Great song. Love is hot!

[Veralucy]

Muito grata por esta música do Donovan!