![]() Mickie Most, my producer, asked, “What do you want on it?” I said, “Harpsichord. What do you remember about recording “Sunshine Superman” and being in the studio with Jimmy Page? “Sunshine Superman” marks the beginning of a really true love story that works out in the end. So Linda and I had a break from ’66 to ’69, when we met again. We’ll do it in style.” There was going to be a time of parting and that parting, by the way, saved our relationship, because through super-fame, none of my brothers or my sisters in the fraternity of music in the ’60s, their relationships never survived it. The lyric says “It will take time, I know it. That song was really kind of a plea for her to marry me at that time. Linda and I were destined for each other. Brian Jones and Linda had a child and were about to marry almost when Brian had to make an extraordinary decision whether he wanted fame or love with Linda. Why? Because Linda and I were destined not to marry at that point. It would have been Santa Monica beach, or maybe even Malibu, but the ideas came then. “We stood on a beach at sunset” means Sunset Blvd. “We stood on a beach at sunset” is the line in the song, and the sun was going down, but it’s a double meaning. Southern California is a major player in “Sunshine Superman” since it was written here, right? It’s very possible that you could describe “hopeful melancholy” as the magic ingredient in Donovan’s work that will appeal to all ages and all time. Someone described my music as “hopeful melancholy.” The melancholy in my music has within it a secret ingredient, and it’s called hope. My work is not frozen in a time called the 1960s. ![]() When you look at it closely, it’s very clear that what a Donovan song has, it appeals still to all ages because I sing about the human condition, and the human condition doesn’t really change. ![]() But it seems to be very clear that each new generation that comes - not only audiences, but young bands as well - are very encouraged and enthused and inspired by my work. That’s usually a question to be answered by someone else other than me - for guys and gals like you journalists. Why did “Sunshine Superman” strike such a chord with people and still does with younger generations? In addition to discussing his new album, Donovan took a look backward at the song that became synonymous with the psychedelic era, time spent with his buddies in The Beatles, and the enduring love story he and his wife, Linda, have shared for more a half-century. “You could say it’s a return to the Donovan vocal and the Donovan guitar being very vocal in the track, and the lyrics will surprise everybody,” he coyly teases. Long a practitioner of transcendental meditation, Donovan will donate a portion of the proceeds of his entire fall tour to Donovan’s Children’s Fund, his charity housed within the David Lynch Foundation, which brings transcendental meditation to at-risk students throughout the country.ĭonovan is at work on a new album, his first since 2010’s Ritual Groove, that he hopes to release early next year. Tickets go on sale to the general public Sept. Proceeds from the show will go to the Grammy Museum’s music education initiatives. As part of the two-month tour, in addition to two concerts in the Los Angeles area, Donovan - who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 - will appear at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theater on Oct.
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