![]() ![]() That was before the hippie scene in San Francisco went bad because of the money everyone was making off drugs, et cetera. We stuck out like sore thumbs, but everyone was really cool and it didn't seem to matter that we weren't dressed like all of them. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Just remembered that we even went to the extent of making our own peace sign pendants from thin copper rods and solder in Metal Shop so we might fit in to the crowd. of their own pedophiliac inclinations, to over examine the lyrics. What a fantastic period to have lived in. However, that never stopped the interpretations about drugs in general and. Quite an eye bulging experience for 3 - 17 year-old guys at the time! Sure wish someone would organize one more love-in just to have the chance to relive that day. Some of them were so high on other drugs they never realized it when the sheets fell off. Will never forget the beautiful girls walking around with nothing but a white sheet wrapped around them. Well, besides rasping our lungs out, it didn't do a thing, but we sure had a great time. ![]() ![]() So we thought, "What the Heck! Let's try it!". When we arrived at Golden Gate Park sure enough, all of the hippies were smoking what they called "Mellow Yellow"! We asked one guy what the high was like and he said it just mellowed you out and it was perfectly legal to smoke it. So one day we loaded up one of our buddy's cars and headed out for San Francisco from LA during the Easter Break. Donovan - Mellow Yellow Not always exactly like the original but always with passion Each week a new song Show more Drumcovers of popular songs:Schools Out - Alice Cooper (1972- Album. Mellow Yellow 457.2K 4,852 105 more tracks from the album The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vols. He had a bad habit (cruel joke perhaps) of pissing in the hot tub when ever someone else stepped in. When this song first came out we thought it was about smoking the white stuff scraped from the inside of banana peels, too. Yellow Mellow was a nickname Donovans friends gave him. ![]()
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