edit for headphones... no description needed... the sound of love... ssshhh...
October 2019 I heard this song for the first time of my live, and immediately was very very deeply impressed.
Wikipedia says:.
"Turquoise" is a song written and recorded by British singer-songwriter Donovan. The "Turquoise" single was released in the United Kingdom on October 30, 1965 through Pye Records (Pye 7N 15984) and charted, peaking at No.30. The "Turquoise" single was backed with "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" and only released in the United Kingdom. "Turquoise" was released as the b-side on "To Try for the Sun" in the United States.
"Turquoise" marked a significant drop-off in Donovan's UK chart success compared to the top 10 successes of "Catch the Wind" and "Colours" and the "Universal Soldier" EP. While "Catch the Wind" and "Colours" have appeared in various formats throughout Donovan's catalogue, live versions and re-recordings of "Turquoise" are conspicuously absent.
The relative lack of success in the United Kingdom was most likely the reason leading to Hickory Records selecting "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" as Donovan's next single in the United States. Hickory Records later released "Turquoise" as the b-side to "To Try for the Sun" and made it the opening track to their 1966 compilation The Real Donovan. The 45 was one of the records in John Lennon's jukebox.
The song was written about Donovan's friend Joan Baez, with whom he claimed he was in love.
What I really don't understand is the total lack of musical taste of the 1965 audience... such a stunning song, wow, I can't get enough of it...
Well, no, I'm mistaken, it was not a TOTAL lack of musical taste... it charted #30 in th UK !
A song from the 1965 album "Catch The Wind".
TURQUOISE
(Donovan Leitch)
your smile beams like sunlight on a gull's wing
and the leaves dance and play after you
take my hand and hold it as you would a flower
take care with my heart, oh darling, she's made of glass
your eyes feel like silence resting on me
and the birds cease to sing when you rise
ride easy your fairy stallion you have mounted
take care how you fly, my precious, you might fall down
in the pastel skies' a sunset I have wandered
with my eyes and ears and heart strained to the full
I know I tasted the essence in the few days
take care who you love, my precious, he might not know
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