Dylan Meets Donovan

[@malooch]

It’s 2023 and both Bob and Donovan still walk the Earth. Bless them.

[@wobblybobengland]

They don't just walk the Earth, they both are still touring!

[@theoneandonly770]

Same Thing i think omg ❤

[@sterloincee]

holy shit yes.

[@Joanafandrade]

Yes what a blessing.

[@blancolangfranska3904]

Damn, that’s poetry

[@TrulyNowhereMan]

"Hey that's a good song man!" would have stuck with me forever. I Used to think Bob Was showing him up in this bit of the movie, when I rewatched it I noticed Donovan handing Dylan the guitar and timidly saying please play it's all over now baby blue. what legends. This affected me more than I realised So i'm coming back to it now

[@KOACAINE]

Well it’s actually Dylan’s guitar

[@Thomas-nu1tj]

He wasn't showing him up, Dylan knew Donovan was gifted and could write, but also knew he could never have written a song of the calibre of Mr Tambourine Man or Baby Blue.

[@Mortimore008]

Just hearing Bob say "That's a good song man" must have been life changing for Donovan. I love this clip, so much raw passion for music in one room.

[@wiseoldfool101]

Cause he knew what he had in his back pocket. It's like he was setting him up to crush him. .Donovan song was a campfire cute tune .Dylan was just a magic brew that took you somewhere but still allowed you be in aww of him while doing it. I'll give Donovan his dew that was a hit to the ego, and he took it well

[@mumsow]

🔥💜☀️​@@wiseoldfool101

[@david-pb4bi]

He died inside a few minutes later.

[@chrishopkins8540]

@@wiseoldfool101 He does ask Dylan to play the song, so I think he already knew it was great song.

[@margaretoneill3570]

Please take me back there……

[@coreywiley3981]

I feel bad for Donovan in this because people for the past 50 years have watched this and have warped it into this silly competitive contest thing where Donovan is somehow humiliated for all time but if you pay attention it was friendly and they were just sharing. Donovan was like 5 years younger than Dylan and seemed to have admiration for Dylan. In this clip he even asks Bob to play "Baby Blue", so it wasn't like Bob was trying to put Donovan in his place or something like that. Donovan just started singing a song, maybe to ease tension or to share his song, he was not initiating some kind of challenge. I wonder why people often see this situation in a way that casts Donovan and Dylan in such an adversarial light? As for the songs, though not the masterpiece that "It's All Over Baby Blue" is, Donovan's song is still good, especially considering he was only 18/19 years old when he wrote it. I wish people wouldn't look at things in such invidious, ruthless, and rivalrous way, but I guess because it is an unfortunate aspect of human nature they probably likely always will. Donovan is awesome and Bob Dylan is awesome! "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"!

[@yellowfolder]

gie yersel peace ya tube, smh

[@howardacquistapace5084]

corey wiley beautiful comment and the human nature part seems a current realistic view of us continuing on the earth(spaceship) as humans. i'm now 67 years old and still waiting/watching for the transition you refer to. What to do?

[@lewisb9226]

Well said

[@lobsterworldwide]

Folk music is about sharing. I’m sure they both felt this way and that’s why they were together in the first place.

[@hunglikeahamster3248]

You wonder why we're so adversarial these days? On KZbin? Lol Social media has turned us into a bunch of haters, and I think it's cuz there's no risk, coupled with our apparently innate desire to be haters. It's not like a bar where you might actually get your face plowed... You can be as belligerent as you want here. And I guess we want. Look at Donald Trump... :( Yeah, it's cowardice in full bloom... On the other hand, better to get cyber-plowed than really plowed. Maybe this just eases human aggression? Nah. That was a dumb postulation... Lol

[@KawakebAstra]

Donovan sweet & spins a dream .. Dylan cool & cutting sharp . . Both great Bards .

[@jerrymammoser1509]

Kawakeb Astra ...now, that’s concise.

[@lordtremendo5848]

It's like two demi-gods meeting.

[@alexandriaisokay964]

When I hear bard I can't not think of Skyrim for some reason and I rarely play it.

[@patrickstar1815]

@@alexandriaisokay964 lol i think of fable

[@grimdarkwrld]

I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but I saw this comment a couple years ago and it just stuck with me. You have a beautiful way with words.

[@johnr8820]

Donovan is so badass for this...who has the balls to play his heart out in front of Dylan. He was so young but he’s a legend. Dylan wasn’t being facetious here in my opinion. I think he really saw a talented young song writer in front of him.

[@FelixFontana]

I totally agree, he really does think 'To sing for you' is a good song. I don't sense any sarcasm. Also as the film progresses you can see he asks about Donovan, like was he at his show. He respects Donovan in this film, I don't understand the view that he is mocking him at any point.

[@EPA18]

@@FelixFontana The general take on this scene is that Dylan blew Donovan out of the water by playing "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," after Donovan's mediocre "Song For You".

[@FelixFontana]

@@EPA18 Donovan asked Dylan to play that song, he knows Dylan is the master songwriter. My point is, I don't think Dylan is mocking Donovan in this documentary, I think he respects Donovan.

[@fightclubdurden]

I agree. Love Donovan for this. Amazing finger picking artist as well

[@oinkooink]

@@FelixFontana He asked so utterly sheepishly and timidly. Dylan goes 'you wanna hear that song' or something like that. Just lazer beam eye contact that Donovan can't reciprocate. Dylan standing over the shrinking Donovan. To his credit, Donovan didn't die then and there in that room but went on to do some interesting stuff in a pop music career.

[@jaredstowe4759]

"Listen man, why don't we get together and I'll turn you on to some things" "...... OK" The timing of that was perfect!

[@bnap3221]

Haha I laughed at that many times

[@johnnymcauley6216]

I didn't really notice that till I watched it back. It's pure diffident

[@JoelQuinnPhotography]

Who was the guy that said that?

[@smoothbeak]

If someone ever said that to me I'd be like "Hmm I don't know" haha

[@astragreen]

Shows they were all chancers watched an influenced by the 'young' fools!

[@evancodsworth2]

Imagine singing your song to the greatest songwriter of all time. That must be crazy intimidating.

[@vampyros1]

Intimidating, yes, but at least give Dylan credit for trying…

[@evancodsworth2]

@@vampyros1 lol

[@marcinb4647]

Yeah, it must've been intimidating for everyone who sang their song to Leonard Cohen.

[@justicegusting2476]

Donovan was an artist. Dylan, just a counterculture punk with an attitude. Dylan plays the washboard. Donovan plays guitar.

[@richarddewilde8555]

@@justicegusting2476 I guess Bob must have banged your wife 3 months ago?

[@0tto9]

It would take guts to sing in that room.

[@beckm9421]

Thank you. Yes Donovan was nervous as hell. But it took balls to the sing there..... period.

[@lordtremendo5848]

@@beckm9421 And he does a beautiful job. His performance I like a bit more..a bit more melancholy and serious. But Bob's Baby Blue is cool, too. I feel like Donovan earned his stripes here, for sure.

[@HomeAtLast501]

I can sing better than either one of them --- I'd be up for it.

[@coopercullen2421]

@@HomeAtLast501 doubt

[@HomeAtLast501]

@@coopercullen2421 Dude, Dylan can't sing --- period. He sucks. I actually can do very good imitations, and I can imitate both of them. Donovan can sing, but he is not uniquely talented at singing. I could best them for sure.

[@ItaliaVin]

Donovan has a beautiful singing voice. He didn't use it to its fullness here. They were both very cute here and impressed with eachother.

[@neilpiper9889]

Great observation of the situation by the brilliant camera operator

[@beyondalpha1072]

Kill a commie for Christ 1

[@kevanbrown7620]

Donovan done really well to sing in front of Dylan and his entourage. At the time Dylan was a huge inspiration for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. It doesn't come much bigger than Dylan, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Donovan's songlist from 1965 is incredible. Catch The Wind, Colours, Turquoise, Universal Soldier, Summer Day Reflection Song, Candy Man, Jersey Thursday, Ballad Of A Crystal Man, Josie, War Drags On, Ballad Of Geraldine, Try For The Sun, Belated Forgiveness Plea. Go listen to some of those amazing songs. He went on to make Sunshine Superman album, which included The Trip, Season Of The Witch, Celeste and the title track was a US number 1. He made Mellow Yellow, There is a Mountain, Sand and Foam, Jennifer Juniper, Atlantis, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Love is Hot. He went to India with the Beatles and taught John Lennon his fingerpicking style, which Lennon used on track's like Dear Prudence and Julia for the White album. Donovan is definitely underrated in my opinion. He was a great Artist in the 1960s. Check out his cd Donovan 1965 and Donovan Sunshine Superman the best of compilation. These 2 cds will show you what a great songwriter and Acoustic guitarist he was, especially in the 1960s.

[@carl_anderson9315]

I don't see competition. Just talent from both.

[@Zimium]

You are blind and deaf

[@nicholaswindolf6923]

Zimium you're an idiot.

[@Zimium]

At least I am not deaf and I appreciate the real talent of a Nobel prize winner. Your loss if you don't

[@nicholaswindolf6923]

Dude you're so full of shit in this comments section. I think Dylan is better but in this clip both their performances are good, and besides, Donovan has great folk records and excellent rock records too. And also, plenty of idiots have won the Nobel. I think Dylan deserved it, I've read his books and listened to practically his whole catalogue, but I don't go bragging on his behalf on youtube. Why are you touting someone else's accomplishment. And you write like an idiot -- "At least I am not deaf" fuck outta here.

[@Zimium]

You ask why I am touting someone else's accomplishment, but that is exactly what you are doing. My point is in this video as in their global carreers there is simply no comparison. The mouse can't be compared to the lion and Donovan is just basic commercial crap folk music and Dylan is the greatest songwriter of all time, by a landslide. Mount Everest. Donovan is not even in the same ballpark. Talk about Prine, Cohen, Morrison, Simon, Merchant, Young, Springsteen, Mitchell, Lightfoot, Berry, Jagger-Richards, Lennon-McCartney, Bono and you have contenders to 2nd best, down to 16th, plus the french like Brassens, Charlebois, Brel and more... And Donovan still not in the picture. He is so far down the talent ladder, he will soon be totally forgotten. In 2067, these good songwriters will still be covered, not as much as Dylan, but their contribution will not be forgotten as for a few dozen more. Your little folk singer will be totally gone and forgotten. A few cute tubes like sunshine whatever mellow yellow will get a few rare plays for a few more years and then bye bye... You want folk talent? Listen to Frazey Ford or Catherine McLlelan or even her late dad... Forget this minor folk groupie. He never wrote a single meaningful song. All commercial crap.

[@DesmoDreams]

2:11 That's me ol' mucker Brian Pendelton from the Pretty Things leaning against the door. I didn't know him then; I wasn't even born, but in the mid 1990s we lived on the same street in Maidstone and became drinking buddies. After the pubs had chucked out, we'd got back to my basement room and listen to old vinyl. I left Maidstone in '97 and went traveling for a few years. When I returned in 2001, I learnt he'd passed away. RIP Brian, I'll always have fond memories of our times together, and your stories of hanging with the great and the good of the 60s music scene.

[@jones9066]

"Listen man. Why dont we get together and ill turn you onto things"... "ok"😂

[@lordtremendo5848]

LSD

[@Uplike747]

Lmaoooo

[@MrThermostatic]

At the very end when Bob says "you want to hear another song" got a huge laugh in the theater.

[@JoelQuinnPhotography]

In the theatre?

[@MrThermostatic]

@@JoelQuinnPhotography Yes, it had a minor release in small artsy theaters in 1967.

[@Awesomebaconman123]

@@MrThermostatic what was the perception of Dylan in the 60s? As a young adult who lobes Dylan and his entire discography his life interests me.

[@elfboy29]

What was the song?!

[@svnsnt]

obviously two talents would naturally share. the nerves from playing in someone who’s a celebrity to this day and one who’s already recognized and an upcoming superstar. all i see is admirable comradeship. as is the world needs to hear what we have to give

[@ijw2009]

I love Baby Blue so much. Can't blame Donovan for picking that tune out as the one he wanted to hear.

[@DavidMoviez]

WHO THREW THE GLASS ON THE STREET!

[@amaltaha9465]

I don't care who did it I just wanna know

[@jessica_jam4386]

David Eranosian I just don’t want anyone to get hurt with that glass man😎

[@jitsroller]

@@amaltaha9465 Now bring em here...ten seconds!

[@shuax]

Flying Up do you have a link to this by any chance?

[@ericolvera6345]

Flying Up I think you’re full of it

[@MsKraftee]

Donovan was only about 19 years old in this clip. Wow! But two amazingly talented songwriters. Dylan is, of course, more edgy and can tap into the core of our souls with his lyrics. Donovan was always kind d of a feel good songwriter - and I've always enjoyed his music. The song "Sand and Foam" is one of my favorites.

[@ConquerorWorm2012]

So cool to see musicians at their peek sharing their tunes. This is one of those rare "fly on the wall" moments in musical history that we actually get to see. If only there were some footage of the Beatles meeting Elvis and rocking out....

[@tomwilson8607]

only non musician's use a term like that ,, its meaningless,, rocking out,,? ffs

[@mattiassvanberg8292]

Or Dylan meeting Beatles 1964 on the Beatles first US tour. Beatles had taken drugs before. Playing in Hamburg sometimes three sets a night, they needed something to keep them alert and that was an amphetamine pill they ate, especially John. He took loads of them. No wonder he became a junkie (he took heroin for a time, or a couple of periods), he just loved drugs more than the rest. anyway, Dylan and Beatles 1964. They hang out quite a bit, but what Id like to see ia when Dylan gave them their first taste of real weed. Ringo was up on ceiling. Paul thought of something that meant reakly much to him and wrote it down. It just said something random, norhing that meant anything, at least nothing he could remember. They all loved it. What an important event in musical history. Hadn't the Beatles med Bob Dylan on the 64 tour, and never got that first positive effect on marijuana, music history mifgt have looked different. Beatles had of course come across the weed at some point. But right after the meetings with Dylan thwy started to experiment qnd the next album was "Rubber Soul".

[@evad520]

To this day Donovan still hasn't exhaled that smoke.

[@wandanowicki2267]

HIGH larious -Wall StretcherJPSC!

[@michaelwertzy9808]

I have crap for grammar too.

[@parislane43]

i was waiting for him to and then he never did

[@tuffgonggbUNCTION]

TOOT & CALM MON

[@jamesonjames8610]

I had wondered about this. Thx

[@laketownriots]

They both did great here! Imagine being at this gathering!

[@lukegill5558]

Agreed and if you listen closely Donavan appears to even be asking Bob Dylan to sing 'It's all over now baby blue'. Musicians always appreciate others talents. I just wish there was more of this footage.

[@gijsbertuslaurensvandevooren]

There is. It's from the movie "Don't look Back"

[@joebradbury4960]

I've been studying and learning from this clip for years. The difference between Donovan's and Dylan's performance here is the intensity. Watch their eyes. Dylan engages everyone in the room and looks into their eyes, making them feel like the song is being sung to them. He even laughs and smiles with them in parts. The eye contact includes everyone into the performance; a warm welcome! When Donovan plays, he looks into space in the room - stuck in his own head. Bundle of nerves. He sits facing away from Dylan, embarrassed. He already thinks he can't outplay Dylan, and therefore can't. The inner critic sees to it. When Dylan plays, Donovan leans in to hear and feel every word. He is a man in awe, unburdened by pride and keen to learn. Bob Dylan is a fountain of knowledge, passed down from Woody. His intensity as a performer burns bright like a shining beacon and draws people in. He is an incredible song and dance man and thank fuck he shared his magic. Now the next in line needs to learn the secrets!

[@jones9066]

Joe Bradbury I dig your writing, man.

[@scottm8579]

What you wrote explains it well. Yes, I agree with it all. Donovan wasn't there to compete, but to learn from Dylan.

[@applescause3021]

Amazingly said

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Donovan knew Dylan was more talented and looked up to him. Bob looked at him as completion and had to show he was the man. Kind of sad on Dylan's part

[@DRubin10]

great points! do you see any resemblance between bob Dylan and kendrick Lamar?

[@Harvardfacebook]

The way how Dylan talks is just such poetry within itself.

[@marcinb4647]

no it's not it's pretentious posing

[@astragreen]

Doesn't everyone talk special, that's what people say, when someone dies especially if it's a young person !

[@roycepavich2441]

@@marcinb4647wtf are you on about you absolute idiot

[@rhinestcowby]

@@marcinb4647Dylan is many things, and pretentious is not one of them.

[@TheGaryRz]

So glad I found this. These two guys along with Simon and Garfunkel were my idols back then. Great stuff.

[@astragreen]

Your easy influenced young man, I don't doubt your one of those climate doomsday followers attached almost hypnotised by these fraudulent jokers, wake up pal smell the coffee. change your close friends!..

[@c-alvarez315]

"I dont want to hear anyone like dominic" "hey dominic is a friend of mine" lmao like that was going to change Dylans mind.

[@arvidsmith1038]

Dominic Behan was in conflict with Dylan.over the issue of Dylan previously lifting some of Behan's material for himself. great video clip...

[@maxhammer4067]

Lol bob robbed Dominics song lyrics and idea 💡

[@rosshewage6893]

@@maxhammer4067 Please elaborate?

[@maxhammer4067]

@@rosshewage6893 OK Dominic borrowed/ stole the melody from the song The Merry Month of May. Cool. But he wrote his own song the patriot game. It was a song about not being blinded by patriotism for war. Then dylan lifts the concept and lyrical style for with God on are side. In today's copyright laws Dominic would have won a plagiarism law suit. The line would have been. My name is O'Hanlon, I've just gone sixteen My home is in Monaghan and where I was weaned I've been told all my life cruel England's to blame So I am part of the patriot's game It may still not have been strong enough for a copyright claim. But dylan was clearly inspired by Dominic aswel as the old folk song. Never forget all dylans melodies borrowed/ stol3 old folk melody's. Fine then but today it would be like someone robbing all beatles stones melody's. But dylan made them all in to his own masterpieces. Hence dylan is my favourite songwriter. But yea in my opinion Dominic was right on this one. But it was no led zeppelin situation lol

[@rosshewage6893]

@@maxhammer4067 Thanks - I'll look that one up. Agreed, Dylan lifted a lot of old melodies, tho that is kind of a tradition in the folk genre - they love to recycle. Fortunately, as you say, the brilliance of his lyrics assured a net gain for all of us.

[@Joseph70663]

What a couple of extraordinary songs!!!

[@RepeatQuotations]

"The vagabond who's rapping at your door. Is standing in the clothes that you once wore..." Oh, hey Donovan!

[@scottlee1481]

Repeat Quotations hell yea

[@jerryhilli4039]

Undoubtedly hilarious! But we must take Donovan's perspective in account; this was right before he found his own style and went his own way. Very funny, nonetheless. Made my evening! Cheers to life and everything inside!

[@lukef3559]

so brutal 'I understand your...' etc.

[@mickeypang]

The last track, folk track, of that Dylan era, before he goes on to electric, maybe unintentional but a strong metaphor for leaving folk with singers like Donovan (and the entire sea of fans who were still stuck in it) in the dust and move onto new inventions like blond on blonde and highway 51 rev. Suppose the dust from all that movement made it hard to ' see ' when all the past booed him in the Montreal festival

[@ChewingToons]

Spot om!

[@TheAthletics.BroghanFoster]

3:16 you've been blessed with that smile

[@chrismartin1231]

3:19 to be precise

[@CV-ej5cu]

True musicians don’t compete, they share. That’s exactly what’s going on in this masterpiece

[@alanoneill3065]

Zimmerman stole Like Behan, Bob Dylan used the melody of "The Merry Month of May" for his own song "With God on Our Side". Behan criticised Dylan publicly by claiming the melody as an original composition.[7] He was annoyed because the first two verses of Dylan's song were a parody of his own song. Behan took the view that the provenance of Dylan's entire body of work must be questioned. Mike Evans writes that "legend has it" that, during an early tour of the UK by Bob Dylan, Behan rang him at his hotel room with an uncompromising tirade. When Bob Dylan suggested that "My lawyers can speak with your lawyers", Behan replied, "I've got two lawyers, and they're on the end of my wrists."

[@Sumotori.]

Both are great songs from great singers and song writers! Thanks for sharing Dennis!👍

[@Oceanblues0101]

This is a gem. What a conversation in 2 songs, so different. Still listening to both songs together here, so beautiful and intense. Dylan meant what he said and what he brought shows it. Mutual respect. stars aligned.

[@MonotoneCreeper]

The guy who Bob is talking to at the start is Derroll Adams, and the 'Jack' that he is talking about is Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Both legends and well worth listening to if you're a Dylan fan.

[@bnap3221]

Thanks, I've seen this so many times and never known who they were

[@mitchgawlik1175]

Thanks for that bit of info. I've wondered.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

I thought he was talking about jack Kerouac

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Jack Kerouac? Ramblin jack is good musician. Kerouac the poet

[@zimzimma5688]

@Hot Wings Dominic Behan, a great poet and songwriter in his own right, but somewhat overshadowed by being the brother of non other than the great Brendan Behan, one of the most important writers (all forms) of the 20th century.

[@fhellmin]

It was Donovan who threw that glass

[@andrewjohnson6301]

I think another glass did it.lol

[@beckm9421]

I forgive it tho.

[@Zappaiti]

was it half empty or half full?

[@FuzzyDancingBear]

@Anon yMous really? Where did you find this out at

[@FuzzyDancingBear]

@Anon yMous I dig it

[@macymojo1401]

i don’t get why everyone is dogging on donovan in the comments. bob and he are both great in their own ways.

[@maddymud]

They way Donovan pronounces “for” is very Dylan

[@lordtremendo5848]

I dig Donovan's performance more here, actually.

[@HomeAtLast501]

Yeah, Donovan can do what is commonly referred to in musical circles as "sing" --- something Bob knew very little about.

[@rosshewage6893]

@@HomeAtLast501 Which is why Donovan is celebrated as a cultural icon, whereas Dylan is merely a footnote

[@HomeAtLast501]

@@rosshewage6893 Oh, Christ, I'm not going to debate with someone brainless enough to base their judgments of someone's talents upon how popular they are. Just listen to "We Are The World", and listen to Dylan's cracking goose noises, and compare it to the phenomenal voices that come before and after his, and that will disabuse you of your delusion.

[@MrSteveog]

Wow . Great video. I love their enthusiam for guitar and poetry. At the end of the video Bob says, 'wanna here another song?'. Yes Bob, i wanna here another song.

[@jones9066]

This is such an amazing video. You can tell at first there is some hesitancy to the situation. And with dylan encouraging the obviously enthralled yet nervous donovan saying "hey thats a good song man" . Then there is a cut in the scene and something happens in dylan. You can see the donovan's song taking him to another world in deep thought. What a shift in attitudes. At the end bob says "do you want to hear another song?" I wish the video kept going

[@rosshewage6893]

Did you switch Dylan and Dononvan after the cut?

[@NoNameEst1992]

I saw this exactly she same as you did, he seems to compliment him and put him at ease a little, then you can see dylan watch and listen intently when the songs gets a hold of him and he enjoys it

[@1cryogen]

@@NoNameEst1992 I'm not sure. Usually you wait until someone is done playing to compliment them. I thought it was an uncomfortable moment. I thought Donovan handled it well.

[@NoNameEst1992]

@@1cryogen Not necessarily, in a room full of hard stares and listening ears, when all the attention is on you it's nice to get a compliment whilst singing your song because it eases your tension... Notice how dylan said it at the moment Donovan had a repetetive line and says "that's what I'll do I'll sing a song for you" and people have a little chuckle.. Dylan says it at that moment to ease tension and basically say don't worry we ain't laughing at you or anything the song is good

[@larky3487]

In the film Dont Look Back is where this clip comes from. What looks like Donovan hesitating, is really a nervousness from a situation prior to when this clip starts...someone earlier threw a glass out the window, they are in a hotel. Dylan chewed out Donovan, not because he thought Donovan did it, but Dylan did assume it was someone in Donovan's entourage....now some back story, the hotel was already fed up with Dylan's group...noise complaints and when confronted Dylans manager was a jerk to hotel manager. So Dylan freaked over a glass being thrown out the window because he didn't need more heat from the hotel and he didn't want someone on the street getting hurt :20 you see Dylan apologize to Donovan saying "hey, I just didn't want anyone to be hurt". " I just didn't want the glass to hurt anybody."

[@joemoonblue]

thanks i have loved this film for 20 yres

[@vincentdegrasio2879]

Ziimerman in the throes of an amphetamine run.

[@sonnyboyterry]

I was gonna say Dylan was really buzzed

[@serotoninsyndrome]

Look at him vibrating and fidgeting while Donovan sings

[@ChewingToons]

Both him and Bob liked a few dexys/purple hearts.

[@thispotatohasriddims]

There are people who get excited / inspired by things other than drugs.. you put a group of people who are that passionate about music and human energy in a small room with a guitar and u prob wouldnt need any drug to feel high. The drugs arent necessary, in fact, theyre a distraction from the true inspiration... but thats not to say there werent any drugs in that room! I couldnt say for sure.

[@HomeAtLast501]

The wife of one of the cameramen for the making of "We Are The World" said Dylan was nervous beyond belief (most likely because he was in the presence of REAL vocalists), and he was gonzo on coke and wine.

[@leebenson3278]

Love these old vids of Dylan

[@manco828]

Donovan's Catch the Wind was already high on the UK charts at that moment. Dylan had to know.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Wonderful scene from Don’t Look Back. Donovan’s guitar playing is superb!

[@EmeryIsland]

Man, I would love to be hanging with these guys back then! Too Cool!

[@chrisbarnette7137]

I see two men sharing a wonderful moment in time. No animosity like most think or feel..

[@billymjr]

In the early days of folk I played guitar behind "Baby Blue'' who was David (Cohen) Blue from Rhode Island. Dylan called him that after Erik Anderson told David to change his name to something catchy and Dylan said "it's all over now "Baby Blue"; happened one night in the Village in a coffee house.

[@DannyRoseOfficial]

Two talents brightening the room ❤️🥂

[@New_Zealand_Music]

I don't know if this is true but I remember reading somewhere once that Dylan hated Donovan but obviously that's not true. This is super cool! Thank you very much. Two of my favourite artists. Legends. Bob totally digging Donovan's music, that's great. He wouldn't hurt his foot to music he doesn't like. Absolutely not

[@TheRandevu]

This is just amazing! Two geniuses!

[@nlkasman3347]

One of these rare moments Bob played a song by request.

[@J.D.M.476]

This is a great piece of history. Thank the inventors for the moving cameras and audio recording.

[@migzz7976]

Donovan was blessed... George Harrison gave him a visit as well...

[@kendylan1021]

He was good friends with the Beatles and was in India with them . He even taught John and Paul some guitar techniques .

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

‘ Are there any poets like Alan Ginsberg around?! ‘

[@maddymud]

Subversive 4U - he said Behan, but it wasn’t Brendan

[@rogermurray8553]

Sure. Better than AG. John Cooper Clarke's the name. Although he'd have only been a lanky waif of an off-kilter lad at the time of this bit of repartee.

[@MrJadePinwheel]

I bet Bob didn't know Ginsburg was a proud pedophile back then

[@andrewmartin6445]

@@maddymud Dominic Behan, Brendan's brother.

[@zaproodas9626]

Donovan is so humble accepting Bobs greatness. It’s a beautiful moment. ❤❤

[@oinkooink]

It's one of the earliest moments of cringe caught on camera.

[@SarahWells777]

Love!! Both those cats..

[@cactuseli]

Thanks for posting this gem.

[@sarabridgman9445]

A Master piece, Lordy, Lordy whAt pleasure. my smaller brother was so obsessed with donoven that he would have flowery shirts made with huge fluuffy flower arms and sat on a thrown and I was forced from the other room to listen to a sickening voice,That god Benjamin from Donoven went straight into miles davis.I thank God. . I would sneak my older brothers high way 61 and loudly play it in my mother's hide away studio till she caught me in the act and told me do never listen to that voice ever again for now if she were to return from the dead and hear''September of my years'' she would drop.

[@gratefuldad64]

This is a great clip, but a couple of observations: First, imagine how Donovan must feel, being asked to perform in the presence of the great Bob Dylan, who was light years ahead in terms of popularity and even talent. But why are people so intent on comparing the two? I love both artists. Dylan seems a bit cocky here. He gives a wry smile as he sings, as if to say, yeah, I know I'm good. But I would recommend you listen to the interview he did decades later with Ed Bradley, in which he admits he can no longer write songs like he did as a young man. It's a pretty remarkable admission. Also, in defense of Donovan, he wrote some of the seminal songs of the 60s-70s - songs like Hurdy-Gurdy Man, Season of the Witch, Sunshine Superman, Atlantis, etc. Really not accurate to say he wasn't an influential and great artist in his own right. All you're seeing in this clip is two artists at different phases of their creative arc. I'm sure Lennon and McCartney weren't as confident about their abilities in 1960 as they were in 1968.

[@shelleylyme6402]

Don't be silly. Donovan did not write "seminal songs" in the 60s. He was just a bit player here in the UK.

[@dontaylor7315]

@@shelleylyme6402 The UK is entitled to its opinion but he was a lot more than a bit player here in America.

[@shelleylyme6402]

@@dontaylor7315 Fair enough, Don. I've also heard that both The Dave Clarke Five and Herman's Hermits were huge in the USA in the 1960s, although I think it's reasonable to say that after a few lightweight pop hits here in the UK they were both only marginal acts back home. Best Regards.

[@dontaylor7315]

@@shelleylyme6402 the DC5 and HH sort of rode in on the coattails of the British Invasion and had their 20 minutes of fame here but Donovan's effect has been longer lasting. The UK and US music scenes have different aspects and trend in different and equally valid directions. I do respect your opinions. Cheers!

[@domesticmanhub]

I love watching Dylan the poet/musician just 100% focused on Donovan playing. Taking it all in with pure focus

[@alrightbymondaymusic7441]

I love this song and video so much that I included it in my top 10 Bob Dylan song series circa 1963-1966, which is on the channel if anyone is interested in watching. Its hilarious how confident Dylan is in his abilities at this point and how quiet Donovan is

[@astragreen]

Rubbish!

[@garykuhlmann8149]

Watching this again after watching it a few times over the years, the same thing hits me every time... the same thing that hits me whenever I see or read any interview with him... Bob Dylan is a wholy unfeeling and self-centered egomaniac.

[@TigerDriver66]

Almost certainly true. He’s also a genius. Joan Baez does a tremendous job sort of explaining who he is, and while he’s pretty much as you describe him, something seems to continually draw people to his music and personality.

[@humandroid53]

But fucking brilliant! He was and is a very unusual person.

[@bnap3221]

Silky smooth rhyming cats

[@JRobertOppenheimerVideos]

This is one of the most amazing moments in history. There is nothing like Bob Dylan and Donovan wasn't bad.

[@marcinb4647]

@@ultrapolitanrecords Ok calm down u silly Dylan fanboi xD

[@Goomer]

They are both so good, oh to be in that room.

[@written12]

Donovan was a beautiful man. What a face. And let’s remember the great songs he went on to write.

[@capoeirastronaut]

"They are spoon feeding Casanova to get him to feel more assured Then they'll kill him with self-confidence after poisoning him with words And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls, 'Get outta here if you don't know' Casanova is just being punished for going to Desolation Row"

[@imjohnm1]

No one would have guessed this vagabond would win a Nobel Prize, yet his words survive eternity. He even added two more amazing verses. I'm surprised he never replaced the empty-handed painter or empty-handed army in the final with another adverb, but then why did Picasso never paint the faces of his famed "lovers"? Its art.

[@jon4139]

Dylan of course trumps Donovan's early acoustic singer-songwriter stuff if it has to be a friendly competition (though I love the work of both) but Donovan branched out later in his career, albums like Sunshine Superman and Barabajagal are incredible and very different from anything Bob would ever go on to do. To even make a direct comparison between them to see "who's better" on the whole is pretty apples and oranges. That said, I know if I was in this room I wouldn't help but feel more deeply moved by Dylan's otherwordly sound, though I would no doubt have a wide grin on my face for Donovan's bit too.

[@augustberglund9968]

It’s 2024 and both Bob and Donovan still walk the Earth. Bless them.

[@ciaran6309]

Love how Dylan made that change on guitar with a smile.

[@wonkywaddlingwaterwingedwriter]

It's weird when the comments seem to see something completely different than from what I saw. Like, perhaps it's because I got to this video after watching a Donovan interview where he explains how growing up in a big Irish/Scottish family led to many nights of singing uncles and aunts and how it just takes one to start the party... that's what I see here. I see him sharing his music and wanting to hear something from Dylan in return cuz sharing music is how he was raised.

[@ChrysoulaKechagioglou]

I love Dylan, but Donovan is amazing in this video. Why choose one of the two when you have both in one video? Superb!

[@marcinb4647]

@@ultrapolitanrecords Nah. Dylan is decent but Donovan is the dope.

[@digitalwasabi2]

I’m trying to play this (the Donovan song) on guitar but the time signature is so wild! Beautiful song.

[@DustinMercer]

and then if Donovan had time traveled and played the full electric Jimmy Page version of Hurdy Gurdy Man the whole room would have gone silent in mad respect

[@andrewjohnson6301]

I've only come down ere to see if the glass was mentioned and guess what ?...1st time I've seen this.....priceless......

[@joeb267382]

In less than five minutes this clip is still a million times more fascinating and interesting than watching hundreds of hours of The Kardashians and Real Housewives.

[@elisepentz1063]

Definitely

[@amusementtrader]

😂

[@derekkelly9286]

Yep big time

[@maxhammer4067]

Remember seeing don on his beat cafe tour it was great and I met him after the show.super cool guy 😎

[@ThePlay6666]

I love this video. Watched it like 15 times heh

[@robertocousyn]

Dylan loves music. Donovan loves music. they are just kicking it. i love music, so does my good pal Bronson. This is what it looks like when we kick it too. they’re just vibing man

[@hoggjazz]

Dylan is so antsy in this scene. He cannot keep still while Donovan is playing and singing. Makes me wonder if he is high. He surely performs well, though.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Samuel Hodges uppers man

[@acehill8653]

Most people Bob up and down when listening to live music. You read it right

[@elstonngunn4193]

Loads of speed

[@ChewingToons]

He likes a few dexys/blues at the time.

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

I have had the enormous thrill of seeing Dylan and Donovan playing live in Ireland, where Donovan now lives.

[@foodforthoughtchef]

A precious Timepiece Of Once upon a Masterpiece (Es)

[@TheMakersRage]

Dylan was well into that performance. Love the friendly rivalry here between two young greats.

[@kevinjboconnor]

"we'll find out who did it, and we we won't find out who did it but billy i'm sorry about it"

[@kennethshort2016]

Incredible that this footage survived.. thanks for sharing it. I wonder how many more songs they played that night?

[@sellmeyoursoul6601]

you can see how much Dylan respects these cats and seeks their recognition I think at one point he mustve realised he doesn't belong there though

[@MissPinkFirefly]

What?! Dylan had no respect for those “cats.” He was toying with Donovan. He pried the guitar out of Donovan’s hands. Donovan was a fine pop star who, like most pop stars, faded into relative obscurity. Dylan, on the other hand, went on to become only the 10th American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. What’s priceless is the film captures that moment of bleak realization for Donovan. Bobby already knew it.

[@stephaniesimpson1150]

All serious Dylan fans need to own Dont Look Back!...The best of Dylan in one hour..

[@LarryDanaDavid]

What if you’re a serious fan and have seen a few times, but don’t own it?

[@DagaanGalakticos]

Dylan is God. but I saw Donovan perform in a large opera hall in Philadelphia in 1970. He sat on a rug alone on a big stage and played the most beautiful guitar. He was a minstrel in an ancient sense. But Dylan was and remains a warrior of truth.

[@rievans57]

All that talent in one room, cool!

[@thedudekatman]

what I would give to have been at that party!

[@ahbowakawapoussepousse2712]

It was a party you say?

[@rosanaklobcarjavornik9053]

@@ahbowakawapoussepousse2712 if bob is there it's a party

[@ahbowakawapoussepousse2712]

@@rosanaklobcarjavornik9053 No balloons or even music. You call tha t a party?? Wow.

[@rosanaklobcarjavornik9053]

@@ahbowakawapoussepousse2712 there was music, did we not watch the same video? tf man

[@ahbowakawapoussepousse2712]

@@rosanaklobcarjavornik9053 Sure Donovan and Dylan played a guitar song each. I'd call that a gathering not a party.

[@abirdthatflew]

Who's the girl at 0:49? Anyone know?

[@brownlettuce1810]

It’s the irony / sarcasm inherent in Bob’s voice that is unique and makes his singing work, in spite of lacking the lustrous tones and timbres of typical pop stars. For example, Paul Simon’s voice, like most pop singers, is filled with sincerity and sweetness. The Beatles , Donovan, the mama’s and the papa’s and others could belt out their co-mingled ovations to youth and madness / but Bob alone smashes the darting dragonfly of lyrical piquancy with his road trip renderings, that for better or worse, no one else has ever served up.

[@cerebrate8285]

I'd argue that Pink Floyd also nailed that one pretty well.

[@jeffhammers5677]

Love all of this

[@NJ-zi9lr]

Yeah nice song mate, would it be rude of me to take that guitar and fuse your soul with the universe using a few ordinary words?

[@tombicknell9165]

this is the greatest comment of all time

[@sheraleepurcell1918]

brilliant

[@NJ-zi9lr]

@@tombicknell9165 You know what? I've changed my mind. Dylan is a smug image conjurer here. He thinks that's what matters. But there's a coldness. Donovan comes out of a more direct pastoral tradition. A simple ditty that is actually far more profound and universal.

[@vampyros1]

@@NJ-zi9lr this is the greatest comment of all time

[@bonniehosey2002]

Great bit of footage

[@elultimorock]

I prefer Dylan but i watch this video just to hear Donovan sing, because his song is beautiful

[@sk8corpuz]

Ricardo Alatorre Gtz. de Velasco beautifully generic parody of dylan

[@Dielawn69]

+sk8corpuz hahahahah That's funny. Don't get me wrong Bob Dylan was the best at that time but he was far from groundbreaking or original before he went electric. He was just as much of a generic imitation of previous folk artists like Woody Guthrie. Not saying he wasn't a great songwriter then but if Donovan was a parody so was Dylan.

[@dontaylor7315]

@@Dielawn69 exactly. Neither of them had really come into his own yet. Both were good, both would soon be better.

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

I never saw a room get so owned. Thanks Baby Blue.

[@nixon9346]

Great guitar work from donovan

[@somekidwithacomputer2939]

I don’t think this seems “competitive” but Donovan definitely seems to give off a “oh my god I wish I could be that good” vibe