To Try For The Sun Original Version

chriskisn · #1 04-09-2009, 08:25 PM

I apologise if this has been posted before...

I was listening to a Donovan album of my mother's today, and although I don't particularly like Donovan, I did think that maybe I should share the original 1966 version of To Try For The Sun with anyone on here who hasn't heard it. Very different to the one we know!

http://rapidshare.com/files/21949920...or_The_Sun.mp3

Little Nicki · #2 04-10-2009, 09:15 AM

Ha. That's awful. Kind of amazing how Lindsey found an excellent song in there somewhere and brought it out.

chriskisn · #3 04-10-2009, 09:28 AM

Funny actually how listening to Donovan reminded me how my parents used to play him when I was a kid. I got scared when I realised I actually knew the words to some of the songs. Haven't heard them for maybe 25 years...

England's answer to Dylan? I don't think so...

Peestie · #4 04-10-2009, 01:51 PM

I like the Donovan version. I have his Early Years Greatest Hits and some of it's really good. Check out Goldwatch Blues and Catch the Wind.

The different versions of TTFTS are so different they're almost different songs.

chriskisn · #5 04-10-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Peestie

I like the Donovan version. I have his Early Years Greatest Hits and some of it's really good. Check out Goldwatch Blues and Catch the Wind.

The different versions of TTFTS are so different they're almost different songs.

Actually the only Donovan tracks now I have (other than TTFTS) are Catch the Wind, Josie, Universal Soldier, Donna Donna, Goldwatch Blues (which I remember the words to from my childhood), and Jersey Thursday.

Still isn't the answer to Dylan though...

Funnily enough I think I prefer the Donovan version to the Lindsey version, but then again its generally recognised I'm not a Lindsey solo fan after Out of the Cradle.

Of course Lindsey changes it to "gypsy girl" though...kind of makes the song more relevant to Lindsey doesn't it!

Buddy · #6 04-10-2009, 07:42 PM

Is this the same Donovan who wrote the song Jennifer Juniper about Jenny Boyd before Mick Fleetwood married her? (His first wife)?

michelej1 · #7 04-11-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by chriskisn

Of course Lindsey changes it to "gypsy girl" though...kind of makes the song more relevant to Lindsey doesn't it!

Interesting. I loved comparing Cory Sipper's lyrics to Lindsey's when someone posted them, but I never thought to compare Lindsey's and Donovan's. Obviously "gypsy boy" is "gypsy girl," but there are other changes that I never thought about before.

We made our beds together is Lindsey's.

He eshewed Donovan's "I stand here singing to the flowers," for which I applaud him

. Instead he said, "can you give us a sign where to go."

Michele