Mellow Yellow the album "Donovan's Greatest Hits", the rumour that one could get high from smoking dried banana skins was started by Country Joe McDonald in 1966, and Donovan heard the rumour three weeks before "Mellow Yellow" was released as a single. According to "The Rolling Stone Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll", he admitted later the song made reference to a vibrator; an "electrical banana" as mentioned in the lyrics. This definition was re-affirmed in an interview with "NME" magazine: "it's about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene - which were ladies' vibrators."
The Seeker (the Who song) The Seeker (the Who song) "The Seeker" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band the Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy". Around the time of the song's release, Townshend explained its meaning in an interview with "Rolling Stone": "I suppose I like this least of all the stuff", wrote Townshend the following year. "It suffered from being the first thing we did after "Tommy", and also from being recorded a few too many times. We did it once at my home studio, then at IBC where we