Sunday Music: Donovan's Greatest Hits

Album Title: Donovan's Greatest Hits

Why I Bought It: On impulse. I knew him as the singer of "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow", but when I saw "Hurdy-Gurdy Man" and "Jennifer Juniper" on this album, I had to buy it.

What I Like (Sweet): "Jennifer Juniper". A very pretty description of the beloved, soft and gentle. Honorable Mention: "Lalena".

What I Like (Joyous): "Wear Your Love Like Heaven". I particularly like the rhythm-shift between the rapid verse ("Kiss me once more / Fill me with song") and the slow chorus. I'm not entirely sure what it's about, but that's usually the case with Donovan, isn't it?

What I Like (Weird): "Sunshine Superman". I prefer this bit of psychedelia by a hair over "Mellow Yellow".

Overall: Mostly, this is a fun album. I mentioned "Hurdy Gurdy Man" above, but you can throw the strangeness of "Epistle to Dippy" and "There Is A Mountain" and the pensiveness of "Colours" and "Catch the Wind" into the pot as well. About the only song on the album that doesn't do much for me is "Season of the Witch" - as incomprehensible as the rest, but not as pleasant to the ear.

Inevitable

This evening, as I was getting ready for bed, I began looking for the book (well, actually, one of the books) I'd been reading. I could not find it. I spent five or ten minutes wandering around the house, looking in all the usual places I put books down; no dice. Finally, having nearly given up, I looked under something (not in one of the usual places) and found it. I clutched it to me and started for the bedroom.

Gracie interrupted. She wanted something, something that needed two hands. I set the book down to attend to her needs.

You know what happened next.

I did, eventually, find it again, and am about to go to bed. I just looked over to make sure the book was where I just put it, and it is.

G'night, all.