From: "Ernie Valenzuela" <erniev@2...>
From: "Ernie Valenzuela" <erniev@2...>
To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
> Well then, if "everyone else you've ever met" can help me out...
> ...what in blazes is Donovan (the Scot poet, troubadour)
> saying in "Mellow Yellow"? Aside from "it's got a good beat &
> easy to dance to"!
Hi Ernie and List,
I believe that 'Mellow Yellow' refers to the rumour, prevalent at the time,
that banana skins were hallucinogenic. I think you were supposed to bake
them very gently, for a long time in a low heat, until they crumbled to a
powder and then smoke that.
Can't vouch for its effectiveness; I was one of those sad people who was
there in the sixties and can actually remember, to my undying embarrassment,
most of what I did. The people I knew who said it worked were fairly
strange, but I don't think they limited their hallucinogenic experiments to
banana skins.
Government health warning: of course, smoking anything is vocal suicide!
Regards to all,
Sheila
Sheila Graham
Mezzo-Soprano, Edinburgh, Scotland
www.sheilagraham.demon.co.uk
'She is a singer, and therefore capable of anything' (Bellini)
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