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I’ve always liked Donovan and always felt a bit embarrassed about liking Donovan.

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Richard Thompson's cover of "Season Of The Witch" redeems the entire enterprise...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQwUnJ_B9fc

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Luna’s cover is incredible. Dare I say better than the original?

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nevertheless and all the more so, I find I can leave most of him behind. Dismissed. But I still get a shiver whenever "Try to Catch the Wind" blows by. Still.

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I have a fantasy that Donovan is in a cutting contest with Them-era Van Morrison and is getting his ass handed to him until he pulls out "Season of the Witch." He wins by acclimation and is given a crown of roses by a unicorn.

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I have a fantasy that Donovan is in a cutting contest with Them-era Van Morrison and is getting his ass handed to him until he pulls out "Season of the Witch." He wins by acclimation and is given a crown of roses by a unicorn.

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Mar 2, 2023
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Or the use of "Season of the Witch" during the first murders in Zodiac.

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Mar 3, 2023
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Re-reading my own post, I realize I cited the wrong song. It was actually "Hurdy Gurdy Man." Sorry about that. (It *was* used effectively, though - that part I got right.)

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Very effectively. Creepy.

Jennifer Juniper (about Patti Boyd Harrison Clapton’s sister Jenny Boyd) is used effectively in the schoolgirl crush montage in Election.

Plus what would Don’t Look Back be without Donovan? Pretty sure Cate Blanchett loves that scene.

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