Sunny Goodge Street a Donovan song

[Jean Pierre]

I am happy to have found at the bottom of a computer drawer the version of this song that I had presented on SC...in 2015!

as I like this song a lot I decided to remix and remaster it (if there is one area where I made progress since 2015 it's in audio processing) and to republish it...and probably many of the new SC members didn't hear it

I used plug ins that I didn't have at the time such as the CLA Vocal, the l1 Ultramaximiser (from Waves) and the voxformer (from voxengo) for the voice

and the SSL compressor and the RS 56 (from Waves) for mastering

I added a little Melodica in intro and outro, for the rest the instruments (cello, double bass, piano drums are from BIAB, that I used a lot at the time)

For the story Goodge Street Station is a subway station in the Fitzrovia district of London where Donovan used to get hashish. The song takes us on a journey where he composes the score, smokes it and goes on a psychedelic journey where in the end there is love.

The song is one of the first to explicitly mention the drug, as Donovan sings, "Violent hash-smoker shook a chocolate machine."
Even casual marijuana use was considered dangerous and harmful by much of the British population in 1965, when the Dangerous Drugs Act was passed, encouraging police to prosecute offenders. Thanks in part to the song, Donovan became a target, and in 1966 he was the first rocker to fall in a series of raids that also caught members of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.


For those who would have trouble with my French accent here are the lyrics
I am happy to have found at the bottom of a computer drawer the version of this song that I had presented on SC...in 2015!

as I like this song a lot I decided to remix and remaster it (if there is one area where I made progress since 2015 it's in audio processing) and to republish it...and probably many of the new SC members didn't hear it

I used plug ins that I didn't have at the time such as the CLA Vocal, the l1 Ultramaximiser (from Waves) and the voxformer (from voxengo) for the voice

and the SSL compressor and the RS 56 (from Waves) for mastering

I added a little Melodica in intro and outro, for the rest the instruments (cello, double bass, piano drums are from BIAB, that I used a lot at the time)

For the story Goodge Street Station is a subway station in the Fitzrovia district of London where Donovan used to get hashish. The song takes us on a journey where he composes the score, smokes it and goes on a psychedelic journey where in the end there is love.

The song is one of the first to explicitly mention the drug, as Donovan sings, "Violent hash-smoker shook a chocolate machine."
Even casual marijuana use was considered dangerous and harmful by much of the British population in 1965, when the Dangerous Drugs Act was passed, encouraging police to prosecute offenders. Thanks in part to the song, Donovan became a target, and in 1966 he was the first rocker to fall in a series of raids that also caught members of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.


For those who would have trouble with my French accent here are the lyrics

On the firefly platform on sunny Goodge Street
Violent hash-smoker shook a chocolate machine
Involved in an eating scene
Smashing into neon streets in their stillness
Smearing their eyes on the crazy-colored goddess
Listenin' to sounds of Mingus Mellow Fantastic
"My, my, " they sigh
"My, my, " they sigh
In doll house rooms with colored lights swingin'
Strange music boxes sadly tinklin'
Drinkin' the sun, shining all around you
"My, my, " they sigh
"My, my, " they sigh
"My, my, " they sigh
"My, my, " they sigh
The magician, he sparkles in satin and velvet
You gaze at his splendour with eyes you've not used yet
I tell you his name is Love, Love, Love
"My, my, " they sigh
"My, my, " they sigh
"My, my, " they sigh

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[Bluesberry]

Fabulous....it really sounds great

[Mike_S]

Yeah lovely, perfect late night listening. Your production skills really shine on this one too. Really enjoyed that JP.

Mike

[Jean Pierre]

Merci Bb et Mike

Mike what is the animal that looks at the pedal of effect with a pensive air on your avatar..it seems to me that it is a cat ? Jahia my dog loooooves cats ,  but cats don't like her