Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com » Donovan http://idolator.com Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://idolator.com/5135312/5135312 http://idolator.com/5135312/5135312#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:30:00 +0000 Maura ef85137483512896ed5eb838bb798d91 More »]]> Donovan: “I’m not afraid of the Internet because it’s the dream we had. The Internet is the new ’60s as far as I’m concerned.” Just in case you were wondering, as far as I can tell, this is not a less-pithy rewrite of something Bob Dylan once said. [Hypebot]

]]> 3 http://idolator.com/5156762/5156762 http://idolator.com/5156762/5156762#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:30:00 +0000 Maura ef85137483512896ed5eb838bb798d91 More »]]> Donovan: “I’m not afraid of the Internet because it’s the dream we had. The Internet is the new ’60s as far as I’m concerned.” Just in case you were wondering, as far as I can tell, this is not a less-pithy rewrite of something Bob Dylan once said. [Hypebot]

]]> 3 You Know Who Doesn’t Suck? The Vines! http://idolator.com/389625/you-know-who-doesnt-suck-the-vines http://idolator.com/389625/you-know-who-doesnt-suck-the-vines#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 06:30:00 +0000 anthonyjmiccio 7e126808eef3d24480767a309aceff9c Poor Vines. All they wanted to do was entertain the good people with some nonsensical rockers and dreamy psychedelic bubblegum, and all they got was shit because Asperger's poster boy Craig Nicholls wasn't the new Kurt Cobain. This article uses them as the prime example of how excessive hype can crush a perfectly charming band (or Gay Dad) almost before they're out of the gate. In a last-ditch attempt to gain some sympathy for the Australian mushmouths, I'm going to compare their plight to a musician who suffered a similar excess of expectation before people wised up to his sillier, but still genuine pleasures: Donovan!

More »]]> vines.jpgPoor Vines. All they wanted to do was entertain the good people with some nonsensical rockers and dreamy psychedelic bubblegum, and all they got was shit because Asperger’s poster boy Craig Nicholls wasn’t the new Kurt Cobain. This article uses them as the prime example of how excessive hype can crush a perfectly charming band (or Gay Dad) almost before they’re out of the gate. In a last-ditch attempt to gain some sympathy for the Australian mushmouths, I’m going to compare their plight to a musician who suffered a similar excess of expectation before people wised up to his sillier, but still genuine pleasures: Donovan!

How could anybody who’s seen Don’t Look Back not remember when “New Dylan” Donovan suffers the Worst Sonning Ever at the original’s hands?

It’s an awesome moment of hype-inspired homicide, but imagine if we’d left Donovan’s corpse catching the wind? Then we wouldn’t have such awesome lightweight incantations as “There Is A Mountain,” “Rikki-Tikki Tavi” and “Sunshine Superman.” Maybe you don’t need every album, but the guy’s got a great best-of.

Likewise, surely we can find something to enjoy about the Vines’ finer slack-jawed shenanigans.

Ride with me, people!

Next big heroes to nigh-on zeros. Where did it all go wrong? [Guardian]
Bob Dylan and Donovan [YouTube]
Donovan – Sunshine Superman [YouTube]
The Vines – Ride [YouTube]

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