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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