GoCoffeeGo.com's favorite High Priestess of Groovy - Julie Driscoll. This video is the ultimate time machine straight back to1968. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy.
This video has been here for 12 years at the time of my comment, and I hope it never vanishes! I've watched this copy of it at least two-dozen times! Thanks for posting, those 12 years ago!
Wow. I've always thought that "Season of the Witch" ought to be sung by somebody who sounds like a witch. And now I've had my wish granted. SUCH a witchy vocal performance (at least, if you ask me)! And SUCH mesmeric wiggly dancing! And more to the point, perhaps, SUCH a baleful hexing stare! I love it! All of it! Julie Driscoll is great; she was the Great Witch of Swinging London.
My only claim to fame, being Julie's cousin, fond memorises as a kid visiting my Auntie Sis and her sister Angela, listening to the trains rattling past the window in their flat in Vauxhall, I must have been 6 or 7, mid 50's now but still love her music :-D
Interestingly, the word 'WITCH' DERIVES FROM THE WORD 'WIT.' Wit has to do with wisdom, intelligence, smarts, knowledge, not as the patriarchy would have you believe, eh? No long nosed hags here! Rather those WOMEN who possess wisdom.
Julie used to be Georgio's secretary and often used to take the money at both Croydon and Richmond Crawdaddy. Angie used to work the cloakroom. Hamish Grimes was in charge and became a friend of mine later. Hamish was the man who did the YaRdbiRdS logo. I was only 16 but later used to stamp peoples hands with pass-outs. Great days.
Lols and Mage comes from MAgus and Magister - master - basically you were not allowed to be wise in those days unless you were Noble or connected to the church = same thing really
I used to go out with one of Julie's cousins back in the day. In the Haight and in Hollywood. I remember he was a sweetie pie though he did too many drugs ( we all did back then, though ). Fond memories of a wild and often turbulent time.
One of the best Pop & Rock female singers and one of the best Keyboard bands ever - what a combination, and a great song from Donovan! And a fine Video too, there were more good Clips in the late sixties and early seventies as there is known today ...
This video is stupendous. Pre-CGI and all the better for it. Julie is beautiful and her vocals are incredible. Brian’s mastery of the Hammond B3 is on display here. As much as I love Donovan, this cover is far better than the original.
Video is cool, but I respectfully disagree. She insists upon herself. Her vocals are delivered off cadence to the point that it’s distracting, not enjoyable. The wavy hands…. Idk, the performance, seems unauthentic.
Such a good version of this song. Actually probably my 2nd favourite! The 1st still being Julie Driscoll (and Brian Auger & Trinity) but I mean the one performed on that German(?) (B&W) TV show. Posted by "miles&dizzy"... THAT'S my favourite version, it really gives me goosebumps! Man, the style of EVERYTHING here gives me nostalgia for a time that I never lived! 😊 I was born too late in 1979. It WAS nice catching the 1980s and 1990s though! ✌🏼😀👍🏼
I admit I'm here because of seeing Julie on the Monkees 33 & 1/3 rev per Monkees from 1968. She and Brian Auger were amazing and I'm looking for more of their music. Great stuff.
Interestingly, the word 'WITCH' DERIVES FROM THE WORD 'WIT.' Wit has to do with wisdom, intelligence, smarts, knowledge, not as the patriarchy would have you believe, eh? No long nosed hags here! Rather those WOMEN who possess wisdom.
Beautiful! Amazing! I play her in my Manhattan gay bar and people are entranced. I wish modern folks were aware enough to appreciate music from this generation.
@@NG-ki5eo They know a lot of them, but Julie was never big this side of the pond. When I play Season of the Witch people recognize it as a Donovan cover.
Back in the day, I was lucky enough to see Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity in a really intimate little gig, probably the best gig I've ever been to!
Often heard this on a small, progressive rock program aired in late afternoon-evening by a little low-power station called WZUM near Pittsburgh, PA. One of my faves back in senior year HS.
There is only 1 Julie, she is the bomb. She was my style icon when 15. I had the same haircut and eye make and I still dance like Julie. The music and singing just speaks for itself, superb.
Wow, i have'nt seen Brian Auger and Julie since i was a kid. It's a journey back in time . I love Hannomd Organ, i like this cover as well as Supersession's one; two different styles on vocals and organ , both really good.
EnosEverything Well Wurlitzer was also good; Farfisa it depends: in Italy it used to be the cheaper one, mostly used by the ones who can not afford Hammond. However is mostky matter of tastes
THESE were the days to be a young one in her late teens, moving into her twenties and just beginning to learn about lsd, mj, and fantastic artwork....in southern california !
Most people might be here because of The Simpsons, but I'm here 'cuz my dad always show me what's good music!! Unluckly I didn't live that time of great music
By the 1970's, disc jockeys in Philadelphia, a city rife, saturated with record stores and music of many kinds, had more or less forgotten people like Julie Driscoll, Brain Auger, and scores of other great musicians of a preceding era, or of preceding eras. Infamy.
One of the classes I'm teaching this fall will be reading a book on 1968. I thought about showing this video when we discuss pop culture. Then I realized in terms of the time gap trying to convince them this is cool would be the equivalent of one of my teachers in school trying to convince me that music from the 1910s is cool lol.
Don't be ridiculous. The more intelligent young music aficionados are totally appreciative of rock music from the sixties. BJM aped 60's stuff shamelessly a little while back. Glib parallels seldom hold up. Best of luck teaching ... you're going to need it.
Thank you kindly. I agree that teaching is an extraordinarily rewarding experience. It was a blast last week listening to my students draw comparisons between the current campaign and the '68 campaign. They really "got" it.
You often wonder why female singers like Julie as well as Elkie Brooks were ignored here in America. They had a certain sexiness to them but they never made it past cult status here in the US.
