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| The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A. [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Donovan |
első megjelenés éve: 2008
60 perc |
| Pop / Rock |
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DVD video |
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| 1. | There is a Mountain
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| 2. | Catch The Wind
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| 3. | Colours
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| 4. | Try for the Sun
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| 5. | Universal Soldier
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| 6. | Happiness Runs
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| 7. | Jennifer Juniper
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| 8. | Dream
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| 9. | Sunshine Superman
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| 10. | Young Girl Blues
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| 11. | Season of the Witch
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| 12. | Hurdy Gurdy Man
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| 13. | Mellow Yellow
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| 14. | La Lena *
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| 15. | Mexico *
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| 16. | There is An Ocean *
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A spectacular performance at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood from January 21, 2007.
Donovan - The Donovan Concert: Live in L.A.
This incredible performance DVD was recorded in front of a packed house of adoring fans at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on January 21, 2007. On this, his first Music DVD, Donovan performed all his legendary hits and cult classics. Master filmmaker David Lynch introduced the concert held to benefit the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace; a program which funds in-school Transcendental Meditation programs for at-risk youth. Mike Love of the Beach Boys made a surprise appearance, and Donovan's daughter Astrella Celeste performed alongside her father. It was truly a magical night!
After a four-year hiatus, 1960s singer/songwriter Donovan Leitch (guitar/harmonica/vocals) -- aka Donovan -- returned to center stage on January 21, 2007 for a sold-out concert at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. The proceeds benefit the Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, which was instituted by none other than filmmaker/musician David Lynch. This DVD -- issued exactly a year and a day later -- packs in the hour-long main program -- as aired on PBS -- with nearly 20 additional minutes of material, including the otherwise unavailable "The Illusionist." While the "unplugged" arena may seem like a somewhat obvious choice, it also lends to the intimacy of the performance. Unlike the TV version, consumers with the ability to take full advantage of the detailed 5.1 audio option and hi-def video format can create a virtually tangible experience in their own surroundings. The auspicious occasion commences with a heartfelt introduction by Lynch -- in which he describes Donovan as "A great poet, songwriter and singer..." -- prior to a brief prepared audio/visual bio. Flanked by Icebreakers' leader Tom Mansi (bass) and Stewart Lawrence (percussion), Donovan weaves ripping yarns about the inspiration behind a fairly wide selection of his hits and even a few lesser-known deep LP sides, kicking off with a short-but-sweet revival of "There Is a Mountain" as the audience is encouraged to (and do) sing along. "Catch the Wind" and "Colours" reach to Donovan's folkie roots. They likewise bear closer resemblances to their respective 1965 incarnations -- à la pre-electric Bob Dylan -- than the comparatively psychedelic redux circa late 1968 supported by John Paul Jones (keyboards) and Big Jim Sullivan (guitar). A sign of how the times have changed can be heard in the album cut "Happiness Runs" -- which had been part of an advertisement campaign by a North American airline. As Donovan splits up the audience in a good ol'-fashioned Pete Seeger-style singalong, the attendees demonstrate their obvious familiarity and affinity for the quaint ballad. "Universal Soldier," on the other hand, is a message as relevant in the 21st century as it was in the latter half of the 20th. Donovan's updates of "Sunshine Superman," "Jennifer Juniper," "Hurdy Gurdy Man," and "Season of the Witch" are excellent. All the more engaging, however, are the Mellow Yellow (1968) sides "Young Girl Blues," "Sand and Foam (Mexico)," and -- at the behest of his daughter Astrella Celeste, who singes her own "Dream" -- the Essence to Essence (1973) tune "There Is an Ocean." Another treat during the "bonus songs" is "The Illusion," which will undoubtedly be a component of a future Donovan project. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide
Donovan
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: May 10, 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland
Genre: Rock
Styles: Singer/Songwriter, British Invasion, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, British Folk, Psychedelic Pop, British Psychedelia
Upon his emergence during the mid-'60s, Donovan was anointed "Britain's answer to Bob Dylan," a facile but largely unfounded comparison which compromised the Scottish folk-pop troubadour's own unique vision. Where the thrust of Dylan's music remains its bleak introspection and bitter realism, Donovan fully embraced the wide-eyed optimism of the flower power movement, his ethereal, ornate songs radiating a mystical beauty and childlike wonder; for better or worse, his recordings remain quintessential artifacts of the psychedelic era, capturing the peace and love idealism of their time to perfection. Donovan Leitch was born May 10, 1946 in Glasgow and raised outside of London; at 18 he recorded his first demo, and in 1965 was tapped as a regular on the television pop showcase Ready, Steady, Go! He soon issued his debut single "Catch the Wind," earning the first round of Dylan comparisons with his ramshackle folk sound and ragamuffin look; the single nevertheless reached the U.K. Top Five, with a subsequent meeting between the two singer/songwriters captured in the classic D.A. Pennebaker documentary Don't Look Back.
Donovan's follow-up single, "Colours," was also a hit, and after making his American debut at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, he issued Fairytale, his second and last LP for the Hickory label. Signing with Epic in 1966, he released his breakthrough album, Sunshine Superman, which in its exotic arrangements and pointedly psychedelic lyrical outlook heralded a major shift from his previous work; the title track topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, with the enigmatic "Mellow Yellow" reaching the number two spot a few months later. Donovan remained a chart fixture throughout 1967, generating a series of hits including "Epistle to Dippy," "There Is a Mountain," and "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"; that year he traveled to India alongside the Beatles to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a journey which inspired him to renounce drug use and encourage his listeners to turn to meditation. The ambitious double album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden followed, and in 1968 Donovan resurfaced with The Hurdy Gurdy Man, scoring a Top Five smash with the hallucinatory title cut; the record also yielded the hit "Jennifer Juniper."
Barabajagal from 1969 generated Donovan's final Top 40 hit, "Atlantis"; for the title track, he collaborated with the Jeff Beck Group, with whom he also worked on 1970s Open Road. He then retreated to Ireland, emerging from a period of seclusion by starring in and scoring the 1972 film The Pied Piper; a pair of new LPs, Cosmic Wheels and Essence to Essence, appeared the following year to disappointing reviews and little commercial interest. Following 1974's 7-Tease, he spent the next years living quietly in California's Joshua Tree desert, mounting only a small club tour to promote 1976's Slow Down; a self-titled LP appeared a year later, and in the wake of 1983's Jerry Wexler-produced Lady of the Stars, he essentially retired from writing and recording altogether. The Donovan revival began in earnest in 1991 when Happy Mondays titled a song in his honor for their groundbreaking Pills 'n' Thrills & Bellyaches; he later toured with the group as well. Five years later, Donovan released his comeback LP, Sutras, helmed by producer du jour Rick Rubin. (The album had the misfortune to be released after Rubin's landmark Johnny Cash record, American Recordings and was virtually ignored or misunderstood by critics.) Donovan toured briefly to support Sutras and then went missing once again, playing out only sporadically. In 2004, however, he reappeared with the intimate and stylish Beat Cafe, a collection of nearly all-original songs produced by keyboardist John Chelew. Donovan also enlisted bassist Danny Thompson and drummer Jim Keltner to round out his quartet. The album featured a pair of covers, a spoken word rendition of poet Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle," and a startling rendition of the traditional tune "The Cuckoo."
--- Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide |
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