I came back to this song because of the film "A Walk Among the Tombstones" - plays in the truck when the evil guys are stalking their prey... never read the book the movie's made from, but if the song isn't mentioned in the book, I'm guessing they picked the song because one of those two guys in the truck is named Ray...
I'm 42 now, but I've been loving Donovan since I found Hurdy Gurdy Man in my fathers LP collection. Thank you for all the good times you have given me.
I was in 8th grade when this awesome song came out... Those are the memories I have of this since it was really at that age I started paying attention to music! The "good old days". Never thought I'd be old enough to say THAT!! Actually all Donovan songs are great! When music was music...
my mom had this album under her bed along with other albums, for years when I was a kid. I'd play and always see them under there. When I got a bit older she gave me all of her albums. Will never forget this album and the artwork on the cover. reminds me of her. she passed away in 2018 at 69 yrs old. miss her so much.
God bless u been there music is how I'm even getting threw each day that's for real way to much death in my life but just look up keep looking up man they are all there
I remember in May, '68, three college guys and I drove straight down to Miami Beach from Detroit......24 hours plus. We had the radio on the whole way and "Atlantis" came on numerous times. Great song, Donovan! Donovan gave us his wonderful gift of music. IN quality AND quantity.
I oftern told my children (now grown-ups) of the magic time the 60s were where the most amazing, diverse and innovative music could suddenly pop out of a record or the radio.
A groovy song from my younger days. I first heard this song in the summer of 1968 on my little transistor radio before I went to bed on a Saturday night. Hail Atlantis!
I dated a girl when I lived in Florida and we had nothing to do but walk around and listen to music on shared ear buds, and Donovan was among the artists we listened to. I also blew the speakers connected to my record player listening to Hurdy Gurdy Man years ago when I was 16. Nothing but good times with his music. Thought I'd share a couple good memories. Peace to all.
let me guess,,blew the speakers during the Hurdy Gurdy man solo lol Great solo on that,even for bass, I learned the bass line recently..it moves along,even the bass part is moving,,,you cant really hear the bass part outside of the roots but there is a fine bass line to this solo and song. Those are good memories,thanks for sharing!
+ManClimbTree - Xclnt story man! Oh Florida wow! Can so imagine the 'sunshine superman' there and feeling 'mellow yellow'. Did you 'catch the wind' watching the 'hurdy gurdy man be a 'writer in the sun?' 'Remember the Alamo' as the 'little tin soldier' sang 'young girl blues' in his 'turquoise' pants as 'the war drags on' in 'sunny south kensington'. It is the 'season of the witch' with 'jennifer juniper' 'to try for the sun' as 'josie' and 'the three king fishers' wrote the 'ballad of a crystal man' on 'sand and foam' at a beach. 'The fat angel' believes 'there is a mountain' near 'Atlantis' with many 'colors' because 'happiness runs' all through the 'ballad of geraldine' and at the end of the day 'I love my shirt' with 'riki tiki tavi' mongoose is gone written on it.
Donovan was an innovator during this time of Rock n Roll. His songs, His voice were so intellectual to me. I appreciate all of His music as well as that of Pink Floyd, Yes, The Moody Blues, America, The Beatles, Grand Funk Railroad, Bread and The Byrds. Yes, I also enjoyed The Heavy Metal Music of that era as well. Classic Rock n Roll. Best Regards To All
I remember my dad playing this in the car a lot when I was 6, we use to sing along to it. It entranced me in such a convincing manner, I can't explain it but I still feel the same way listening to it now. I'm glad my dad is still around so we can keep listening to this together.
I remember seeing Goodfellas when it first came out, on a really huge old style picture palace movie screen and I have to say I damn near fell out of my seat when I heard Donovan's Atlantis playing to Billy Batts getting shitkicked. How Martin came to make that choice I will never understand but somehow...somehow as usual, it was perfect.
How I loved, and still love, DONOVAN, from the time I was 12 years old. He sang Jennifer Juniper (juniper being my nickname from my big sister) and we felt he wrote it for me. To this day, I am sure he did! And this song got played so many times it began to skip on the record player...wonderful how many people won't have a clue what I am talking about LOL hail Atlantis!!
always thought that donovan was years ahead of his time.. just could listen to him for hours his music helped me through a lot of hard times.. love ya keep on making music
To the person who commented "Who is here because of Good Fella's"? I am here because of Donovan who is one of the greatest lyricists and story tellers there ever was! Just open your mind and listen very intently to his music with eyes closed and you will hear and feel his magic! By the way, I am 67 years young and he played a big part in my Daughter's life as a Honest Musician. Mariah Dawn Shepherd and the Covert Dragon. Donovan Rocks!!!❤
'Atlanta was a city, landlocked, hundreds of miles from the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean. Yet so desperate the city's desire for tourism, that they moved offshore, becoming an island, and an even bigger delta hub. Until the city overdeveloped, and began to sink. Knowing their fate, the quality people ran away. Ted Turner, Hank Aaron, Jeff Foxworthy, the man who invented Coca Cola, the magician, and the other gods of our legends. Though gods they were - and also, Jane Fonda was there - the others chose to stay behind in their porches with their rifles, and in time evolved into mermaids, and sing and dance, and ring in the new...'
I saw Donovan many years ago, in Pittsburgh, as the opening act for Yes concert. An unexpected treat. He did, like, 15 encores. Yes was great, but I don't think anyone there would have complained if he had done 15 more. Awesome show!
TOMMY: I like this one. One dog goes one way and the other goes the other. MOTHER: One's going east, the other’s going west. So what? TOMMY: And this guy's saying, "Whaddya want from me?" The guy's got a nice head of white hair. Beautiful. The dog it looks the same. JIMMY: Looks like somebody we know. TOMMY: Without the beard! Oh no, it's him! It's him.
I want to dedicate this song to my brother Billy. He was beat down to this song gangland style by 3 men at a bar. Justice caught up with these men but I will always remember my brother Billy. Rest easy my friend
if you begin playing this on new year's eve at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="718">11:58</a>:11, the first "way down below the ocean" will play at midnight :)
I heard this song one time...50 years ago on a little AM radio my mother bought for my birthday...I never forgot it, and heard it for the 2nd time just today. It was just as magical as the first time... Thanks for the radio Mom, and happy 92nd birthday soon...
It's wild to think Atlantis was already a legend in the time of Plato and before that. An enduring legend to be sure. If it did exist I hope we find it one day as the technology makes it easier to do that.
Had the pleasure and memory of meeting Donovan and being given his pick at a show in downtown Miami when I was 16!! This was back in 1988...oh, I also got to see and hi-five another sort-of famous musician that day: CHUCK BERRY!!
Lots of songs are like that. I can't hear Glad Tidings without thinking of Tony Blundetto with half his face blown off. Bad n' Ruin was playing when Blundetto gunned down those other people in the first place. I was walking around work one day whistling Easy Street by the Collapsible Hearts Club. Some chick looked at me really weird, like hearing that song put her back in that cell with Daryl. Sometimes the TV can tinge a song with weirdness forever.
@@assassingamer5983 , It wouldn't surprise me if Martin Scorsese deliberately decided to use this song because it starts peacefully and contrasts with the violence that follows in the Billy Batts scene.
I was 4 when this composition came out and I swear it was one of the first sings first I remember and my mom said every time it played I began to smile. Thanks Donovan.
Good Fellas. One of my all time favorites !!! When a movie can make me laugh while people are being murdered ??? I'm a Christian, can;t help it, that movie was great !!!
This song will forever remind me of my first love at 16. My heart was broken when we went our separate ways. He has since transitioned. I still think of him now and then especially when I listen to this beautiful song. Do we ever forget our first love?
Donovan - Atlantis The continent of Atlantis was an island Which lay before the great flood In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean So great an area of land, that from her western shores Those beautiful sailors journeyed To the South and the North Americas with ease In their ships with painted sails To the East Africa was a neighbor, across a short strait of sea miles The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of The Atlantian culture The antediluvian kings colonized the world All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas In all legends from all lands were from fair Atlantis Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth On board were the Twelve: The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends Though Gods they were And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new Hail Atlantis! Way down below the ocean where I want to be she may be Way down below the ocean where I want to be she may be Way down below the ocean where I want to be she may be Way down below the ocean where I want to be she may be Way down below the ocean where I want to be she may be My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah I want to see you some day My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah My antediluvian baby My antediluvian baby, I love you, girl I want to see you some day My antediluvian baby, oh yeah I want to see you some day, oh My antediluvian baby My antediluvian baby, I want to see you My antediluvian baby, gotta tell me where she gone I want to see you some day Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, oh yeah Oh glub glub, down down, yeah My antediluvian baby
Love Donovan's music. One of my favorite songs is Billion Dollar Babies! Yes.....I know, that's Alice Cooper. AC, while recording BDB's went to the studio next door where Donovan was also recording and asked him if he'd like to do a duet. Perfect! Donovan's part on Billion Dollar Babies is priceless. Him and Alice should have done more back then.
it is amazing movie, but i am a disappointed this beautiful song is associated with a murder scene and everyone here probably beats their meat to it.. nevermind
