![]() The Scottish singer-songwriter and Rock Hall inductee examines. That was before the hippie scene in San Francisco went bad because of the money everyone was making off drugs, et cetera. FEATURES: Interviews Donovan Interview: His Greatest Hits. The REAL lyric : I like treacle banana The mishering of this. We stuck out like sore thumbs, but everyone was really cool and it didn't seem to matter that we weren't dressed like all of them. I spoke to Donovan just 3 years ago and he loves to tell the story of his banana reference. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Mellow Yellow First release by Donovan (November 1966) sort by date sort by language Adaptations An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work. ![]() When this song came out in 1966, there was a widespread rumor that it was about getting high on banana skins. ![]() Just remembered that we even went to the extent of making our own peace sign pendants from thin copper rods and solder in Metal Shop so we might fit in to the crowd. Donovan had recently helped out McCartney on another 'Yellow' song: He provided the 'sky of blue, sea of green' line in ' Yellow Submarine. What a fantastic period to have lived in. Quite an eye bulging experience for 3 - 17 year-old guys at the time! Sure wish someone would organize one more love-in just to have the chance to relive that day. Some of them were so high on other drugs they never realized it when the sheets fell off. Will never forget the beautiful girls walking around with nothing but a white sheet wrapped around them. Well, besides rasping our lungs out, it didn't do a thing, but we sure had a great time. So we thought, "What the Heck! Let's try it!". Alla fine del 1966 arrivò in seconda posizione nella classifica statunitense di Billboard e allinizio del 1967 alla numero 8 in Gran Bretagna. When we arrived at Golden Gate Park sure enough, all of the hippies were smoking what they called "Mellow Yellow"! We asked one guy what the high was like and he said it just mellowed you out and it was perfectly legal to smoke it. Mellow Yellow è un singolo del cantautore britannico Donovan, pubblicato nel 1967 come estratto dall album omonimo. So one day we loaded up one of our buddy's cars and headed out for San Francisco from LA during the Easter Break. When this song first came out we thought it was about smoking the white stuff scraped from the inside of banana peels, too. G G7 A Born high forever to fly, if you want your cup I will fill Chorus A7 D G A7 D G They call me Mellow Yellow, they call me Mellow Yellow, A7 D G A7 They call me Mellow Yellow (Instrumental) Verse 4 D G D A7 A Ab Electrical banana, is gonna be a sudden craze, G G7 A Electrical banana, is bound to be the very next phase.
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