Universal Soldier - Donovan Cover Acoustic

[thomassneade]

nice cover!

[boliboy2299]

which fret is your capo?

[Laehea]

J'AIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMME :)

[KMatteKudasaiC]

Is there a name for that style of picking? Alternate picking on the A string then strumming the chords? Sorry for that lame description of it lol

[freshflapjax]

Nice cover! Actually, Donovan covered Buffy Sainte-Marie's original version of this song. So this is a cover of a cover lol!

[savanaudis]

Great, the best cover of this song I have found so far :)

[lavenderjane1967]

You've got a great voice. I'd love to hear you do Phil Ochs' "I Ain't Marching Anymore".

[wolfhybred]

Nice!

[coolanddark]

Fine job with this classic Donovan song!!!

[freshflapjax]

@coolanddark It is a nice cover! Actually, Donovan covered Buffy Sainte-Marie's original version of this song. So this is a cover of a cover lol!

[clairebobsquarepants]

Really nice cover! Your voice and playing are simply beautiful :o)

[blooeye]

thank you. i appreciate it.

[Canstey84]

Beautiful version, you've got the fellow voice for donovans stuff.. Great stuff.. Check out my version if you want. Just click my username or paste: watch?v=x6nKyOaa428

[blooeye]

cheers dude. i'll go and check it out.

[WhiteLagomorph]

Beautiful cover.

where is your nose?..just kiding!  :)

[blooeye]

haha. cheers. glad you liked it, (even though my nose is missing.)

[onkelbuke]

wow, fantastic brilliant cover.

cheers CHris, keep on playing and singing, sounds Great.

[thewindmillhut]

tabs? i've been looking but i can't seem to find any and yours sound accurate. great vid by the way.

[blooeye]

cheers dude

[EastBankThom]

I was turned on to this song by a fellow activist/demonstrator who remembers it being big in the '60s... The times aren't a'changin that much. :( Excellent cover B.

[blooeye]

Thank you. i appreciate it. :-)

[folkman123]

nice work you play it and sing slightly different which makes it sound unique

[blooeye]

cheers man. i appreciate it. :-)

[Ashdonis]

Really nice Version of the song,blooeye. Good guitar playing. Well done.

Ashdonis

[blooeye]

Thank you Ashdonis. I appreciate it. :-)

[chirogirl67550]

Okay, we're loving this...Great job Guy!!!! 5 stars

Yvonne,Bob and Kazandra

Ava,Illinois USA

[blooeye]

Thanx a lot. glad u liked it. :-(

[killar77]

It was written by Donovan not Buffy the songslayer.

[blooeye]

I am pretty sure it was written by buffy.

[killar77]

Just looked it up on wiki it seems to agree with you.

[Tcheuchter1]

Big Ups Blooeye, I seen some of your other stuff and your good at what you do. Respect

[KDANTEATER]

Britain's Got Talent?

[blooeye]

I'd say so, not so much me, but there are many out there.

[ZachTFLd]

This is pretty good, your voice is very similar to Donovan's, you should do some more of his stuff.

[paisleypower30]

Super cover!

[blooeye]

thanx you. much appreciated. :-)

[adimg21]

Great cover of a great tune! Adi

[blooeye]

thanx man, i'll go and check out your version.

[odovicor]

Young Sir, You do a lovely version of this song. I first heard Buffy Sainte-Marie sing this when I was a teen, in the 1970s. You render high service to the song.

[blooeye]

thanx you for you nice compliment, i'm glad u liked it. :-)

[Sepelator]

What a great performance of a great song!

Do you have the Tabs for it? I would love to play it and share it with other people, though I know it would never sound that good.

[psychedelicyogi]

you have a beautiful voice

[XAVIERKAKY]

5 stars

amazing.

[blooeye]

thanx man. it's a great song.

[Djarnes]

Glen Campbell also did a great cover of this song in 1965 reaching #45 on the Billboard top 100

[blooeye]

thanx man i did'nt know that. i just checked it out on yt. its really good.

[Djarnes]

Glad to provide the info. I concur with other comments on your talents. Initially I thought this was a video of Donovan,but you actually sound better.BTW Buffie St.Marie is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.

[blooeye]

thank you. i appreciate it. :-)

[MsMadeleine]

You do a great rendition of this fantastic song :)

[blooeye]

Thank you. i'm happy you enjoyed it. :-)

[KrisShred]

Yeah, a great tune. Very well done mate :)

Kris

[blooeye]

Thanx man. yeah its a great song. glad u liked it. :-)

[DOWDLE]

Not bad Dude,Not bad at all....Buffy would be Proud....Stay Groovie.....Jimi...

[blooeye]

Thanx jimi..i'll try. :-)

[Christine66]

Very nice vocals and cover

[blooeye]

Thanx Christine. glad u liked it. :-)

michael

[jacobehrlich]

Oh my lord, your voice is so close to Donovan's!

[blooeye]

thanx man, what a nice comment.

[deaddogrob]

great stuff,

[blooeye]

thanx again man. :-)

[Ukuleleric]

Nice one son!! Eric.

[blooeye]

thanx eric.

[REDNECKPEPI64]

this is a great job,yeah,super video!

favorite

[blooeye]

thanx pepi, glad u like it bro.

[raymondcrooke]

I'm a big fan of Buffy Sainte-Marie, so thanks for this. A very impressive performance.

[blooeye]

Thanx man, I'm just glad i could do it justice.

[KGeert]

Thanks Michael, that would be great and I'm sure it will go in my favorites :-)))

[KGeert]

OH I looove DONOVAN!!!

You have a GREAT voice for this kind of music..

I would love to hear you sing "JOSIE" or "CATCH THE WIND" by DONOVAN too :-)

[blooeye]

Thanx, yeah i will probably cover another Donovan song soon, so i'll try and make it one of those.

thanx for watchin. :-)

[adelfred]

Thank you for this cover, It has always been one of my favorite song. Will you make other Donovan covers?

***** favorite

[blooeye]

Thanx man, yeah i will prob do other donovan covers, he has many great songs to choose from. Thanx for watchin. :-)

[Ottawarocket]

One of my favorite songs Michael. Great job on it bro, Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote the song and does a great version of it also : )

Rocket

[blooeye]

Thanx rocket, one of my favoourites too. :-)

[SigugudPui]

Great job ! You have a very good voice and you nailed the guitar playing - Excellent cover of a frist-rate song.

-Al

[blooeye]

thanx bro. yeah this is a great song.

[strat2caster]

great job on this awesome song bro ! *****

[blooeye]

Thanx strat. glad u liked it bro.

[LeopardJoy]

You're awesome, Michael! This is sooo gorgeous...sad, but still gorgeously done. Thank you, :) Joy

[blooeye]

Thanx Joy.....not the happiest of songs, but sadly relevant. thanx for watching. :-)

[MKIIITrbo89]

Very well done! I'm a Dylan fan and enjoy your other videos as well. Keep up the great work. By the way you ever covered My My Hey Hey?

[blooeye]

Thanx man. ain't covered it yet, but might do in the future.

thanx for watchin :-)