All these years later and countless hours of repeated listening to this album and I still say my favorite track is “No Good Trying”. It’s a phenomenal song.
Lovable. Always makes me happy and a little sad at the same time. And uh...JP, you mentioned 'rails' referring to the line of the album. I don't think there are any rails at all... there are only tracks ;)! Most of these have the power to pleasantly stay in your head forever. As long as you let them stream along without too much figuring out what makes them tick. It's meant to be more felt then known, more experienced then analysed.
I bought this album so long time ago. What a fantastic collection of songs. I cant pick up my favorite song, all of them are unreal good. One extraordinary music awainting for a good review: Grateful Dead - "Terrapin Station". I cut my right middle finger if you dont like it:)
Ah, Syd! The only truly whimsical, if somewhat crazy member of the band. I think it's always a big mistake to lose sight of humour and humility (especially as progressive rock musicians), but unfortunately Floyd did just that from '73 onwards.
Love Syd's solo work. "No Man's Land" and "Golden Hair" are particular personal favorites. Like your "dark room" comment - yeah that's a good description of the mood. The songs are deceptively simple, but make you think in unexpected ways, especially on relistens.
A sparse, sad, broken and very disjointed album. But I love it. His second album is a bit more 'in control', but has a few other oddities only Syd Barrett could have come with.
We're lucky to have these later songs by Syd, which are practically demos. It's interesting to hear Syd's boundless imagination in a more stripped-down form.
Hey man, I run the Syd Barrett Archives since 97, nice to see his solo work get a little love. I would like to throw some solo suggestions your way for songs. No good trying, No Man's Land, Long Gone, Opel, Bob Dylan Blues, Dominoes, Gigolo Aunt, and just enjoy!
This song is way ahead of its time. The people calling this “amateur” are way out of touch with indie music of the past few decades. Artists like Mac DeMarco owe a lot to what Syd pioneered all the way back in 1970, or rather 1968/1969, when this was first conceived and recorded. Syd shows incredible restraint on this song. The rest of the album is a lot more energetic. Usually Syd’s critics don’t know much about music history, and are ignorant of their own favourite artists being Syd Barrett fanatics.
This first album is a little more over the place, there's some band tracks, the second album from the end of 1970 , Barrett, was a little more structured and focused. David and Richard Wright played on that.
Mad respect for you for reacting to this one. “Octopus” is better, so is “Love You.” Ahahaha “one of these days” 😂 You have to always keep in mind Syd was schizophrenic by this time, and if David Gilmour hadn’t rescued the process, there would have been no Syd album. You can HEAR the illness manifest in “Love You.” This one is probably way way better on Quaaluudes. Not that I would know anything about that 😬
I never heard solo Syd before. It is certainly very interesting and original. I was thinking it sounded "underwater," and then there's the line about being fishes swimming around.
Syd got a little help from David Gilmour and Roger Waters for the production and 3 musicians of Soft Machine on that album which was recorded mostly in 1969
Smart t -shirt. Vests are a cultural no no in Wintery Wales. The beach seems a long long drive away at the moment. Word of the day: Palatable. Are there any bangs on this lp? Doubt it. Dark room required for The Final Cut. A classic work of art. Diolch
Evening Justin. Dave from The Smoke, trusting that we are all Happy Together on this channel. Hazy, dreamy, innocent, yes, but it's all a little bit twee. Beatlesque? That is a stretch for me; maybe more like some of Donovan's substance affected moments about flowers in gardens. Liked it though. Syd's title reminds me of one of the 60s greatest pop groups, The Turtles. Happy Together (my song ref above), Eleanor, She'd Rather be With Me and many others; insanely catchy, classic pop anthems. Flo & Eddie from the band went on to work with Frank Zappa.
Here's a long song suggestion for you to consider. "The Song of Crazy Horse" by J.D. Blackfoot. On vinyl The Song of Crazy Horse and Ride Away (the prologue of the story) are on one side. But when they released it digitally, I believe they combined the two to one track. Hope you decide to choose it!!
Why is it that Syd is so much cooler than Sydney? The song moves as fast as a terrapin without a station. One assumes this is not indicative of his genius, but a calm welcome to a world which may well look entirely different by album's end. Come on, you piper, you seer of visions! And what do they mean by piper? I know his legend more than his music, but recall having his hair and body. No one has asked for it back. Kidding. Thanks for opening Syd. Want to hear more.
@@mrheem44 Of course it means that, but I suspect it refers also to pipe smokers, since that was all the fashion back then, and the smoke caused one to see visions. References had to be oblique in those days. Roll up for the mystery tour. Roll up, see the show. Etc.
Third time’s a charm… I am being censored for using lyrics from Born to Synthesize, “But the red polygon's only desire Is to get to the blue triangle”. Peace and censored Music Ha ha, reverse psychology.
I know it's 'cool' to love the musical ramblings of a damaged brain but does that make it art? It's not tuneful and there's a thin line between psychedelic and disjointed, random words without meaning. I find his solo music sad. I don't know if if friends were trying to help him or the record company was exploiting his mental condition. If he was happy doing it then fine, power to him. I have his recordings but I don't listen to them, I don't enjoy them. Sorry to throw water on the parade.
There was an element of charm to the main riff, but otherwise... It all sounded just horribly amateurish. Type of thing you'd here at open mic night down your local boozer. That, or a school talent show. He did have quite a nice voice though.
I bought this album solely because I share his surname. I knew pink floyd at the time but not enough to know he was connected. Here I Go is about as close to a normal song structure that your likely to get from Syd. Tragic genius is not a label one should bear lightly.
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great album, Dark Globe and Here I Go are my personal favorites
Dark Globe of course, why no one ever react to this one...
Hooray for Syd! Hope you check out more of this wonderful album. Brings me back to the summer of 85.
It's always nice to hear a bit of Syd.
There's always something so charming yet fragile about this era of Syd Barrett. It's lovely but so sad at the same time.
# Ariadne: your description of Barrett and his music says it all.
Syd has this child-like sensibility which is so timeless and poetic.
Exactly!
This is just serene and mystical.. Brilliant Sid.. Rip..
The Ikon? 🤔 😂
All these years later and countless hours of repeated listening to this album and I still say my favorite track is “No Good Trying”. It’s a phenomenal song.
Lovable. Always makes me happy and a little sad at the same time.
And uh...JP, you mentioned 'rails' referring to the line of the album. I don't think there are any rails at all... there are only tracks ;)! Most of these have the power to pleasantly stay in your head forever. As long as you let them stream along without too much figuring out what makes them tick. It's meant to be more felt then known, more experienced then analysed.
I thought it was a Green Field, not a rail.
Close our eyes to the octopus ride.
You definitely made my day! Thank you! Syd is in my ears and in my ❤, to quote a phrase
Haven't heard this for years. It reminds me, for some reason, of the Velvet Underground's more mellow stuff. Cool!
Yes now that you mention it! Justin, you dig the V.U.?
Maybe it's time to revisit The Dead and give a listen to the epic Terrapin Station?
The percussion supplied by the pick seems to get louder from beginning to end. By the end of the song, it’s louder than the chord sounds. Weird.
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I bought this album so long time ago. What a fantastic collection of songs. I cant pick up my favorite song, all of them are unreal good. One extraordinary music awainting for a good review: Grateful Dead - "Terrapin Station". I cut my right middle finger if you dont like it:)
Ah, Syd! The only truly whimsical, if somewhat crazy member of the band. I think it's always a big mistake to lose sight of humour and humility (especially as progressive rock musicians), but unfortunately Floyd did just that from '73 onwards.
I think it was the correct thing to do. Without it we wouldn’t have those masterpieces they created.
The Wall is full of black humour, and there's a dark sense of humour at work in Animals and The Final Cut.
The thing I like most about this album is the cover artwork.
I fell asleep.
Both albums are good and the songs are variable in style and content with Syds whimsy being evident throughout.
Love Syd's solo work. "No Man's Land" and "Golden Hair" are particular personal favorites. Like your "dark room" comment - yeah that's a good description of the mood. The songs are deceptively simple, but make you think in unexpected ways, especially on relistens.
@@Katehowe3010 Another good track indeed, among many on _Madcap_
A sparse, sad, broken and very disjointed album. But I love it.
His second album is a bit more 'in control', but has a few other oddities only Syd Barrett could have come with.
We're lucky to have these later songs by Syd, which are practically demos. It's interesting to hear Syd's boundless imagination in a more stripped-down form.
Hey man, I run the Syd Barrett Archives since 97, nice to see his solo work get a little love. I would like to throw some solo suggestions your way for songs. No good trying, No Man's Land, Long Gone, Opel, Bob Dylan Blues, Dominoes, Gigolo Aunt, and just enjoy!
Props to David Gilmour who managed to collect the pieces of Syd and enabled the chance for this album to happen.
Calling all extra-terrestrial turtles, come out of your shells and Barrett! Peace.
wait until you get to dark globe , still genius
I only really like the brilliant 'Dominoes' from Syds solo stuff.
This song is way ahead of its time. The people calling this “amateur” are way out of touch with indie music of the past few decades. Artists like Mac DeMarco owe a lot to what Syd pioneered all the way back in 1970, or rather 1968/1969, when this was first conceived and recorded. Syd shows incredible restraint on this song. The rest of the album is a lot more energetic. Usually Syd’s critics don’t know much about music history, and are ignorant of their own favourite artists being Syd Barrett fanatics.
Cause we’re the fishes and all we do…
Great track
Might sound very loose, but note that he's double-tracked the vocal. So he sang it twice, exactly the way you hear it
The next song is a banger it's called no good trying
Syd was a big fan of American blues. Naming his band after blues musicians Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Keep going on with Hunky Dory, next two songs in album are masterpieces
Ty Segall x White Fence - Joy album reaction WEN?
This first album is a little more over the place, there's some band tracks, the second album from the end of 1970 , Barrett, was a little more structured and focused. David and Richard Wright played on that.
Mad respect for you for reacting to this one. “Octopus” is better, so is “Love You.” Ahahaha “one of these days” 😂 You have to always keep in mind Syd was schizophrenic by this time, and if David Gilmour hadn’t rescued the process, there would have been no Syd album. You can HEAR the illness manifest in “Love You.” This one is probably way way better on Quaaluudes. Not that I would know anything about that 😬
Syd leads me to suggest the British psychedelic folk artist Robyn Hitchcock! They're both from Cambridge. Anyone else dig RH?!
Your description of the song summed up SYD to me.
I never heard solo Syd before. It is certainly very interesting and original. I was thinking it sounded "underwater," and then there's the line about being fishes swimming around.
Syd got a little help from David Gilmour and Roger Waters for the production and 3 musicians of Soft Machine on that album which was recorded mostly in 1969
I forgot you reacted to this Justin, were you aware of the new documentary "Have You Got It Yet? Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd"?
Smart t -shirt. Vests are a cultural no no in Wintery Wales. The beach seems a long long drive away at the moment.
Word of the day: Palatable.
Are there any bangs on this lp? Doubt it.
Dark room required for The Final Cut. A classic work of art. Diolch
Evening Justin. Dave from The Smoke, trusting that we are all Happy Together on this channel. Hazy, dreamy, innocent, yes, but it's all a little bit twee. Beatlesque? That is a stretch for me; maybe more like some of Donovan's substance affected moments about flowers in gardens. Liked it though.
Syd's title reminds me of one of the 60s greatest pop groups, The Turtles. Happy Together (my song ref above), Eleanor, She'd Rather be With Me and many others; insanely catchy, classic pop anthems. Flo & Eddie from the band went on to work with Frank Zappa.
Here's a long song suggestion for you to consider. "The Song of Crazy Horse" by J.D. Blackfoot. On vinyl The Song of Crazy Horse and Ride Away (the prologue of the story) are on one side. But when they released it digitally, I believe they combined the two to one track. Hope you decide to choose it!!
It was very generous of Roger and David to help get these records made. They generated a lot of good karma for Pink Floyd by supporting Syd.
Love Syd takes me right back, bless him ❤
Why is it that Syd is so much cooler than Sydney? The song moves as fast as a terrapin without a station. One assumes this is not indicative of his genius, but a calm welcome to a world which may well look entirely different by album's end. Come on, you piper, you seer of visions!
And what do they mean by piper?
I know his legend more than his music, but recall having his hair and body. No one has asked for it back. Kidding.
Thanks for opening Syd. Want to hear more.
they mean the piper at the gates of dawn
@@mrheem44 Of course it means that, but I suspect it refers also to pipe smokers, since that was all the fashion back then, and the smoke caused one to see visions. References had to be oblique in those days. Roll up for the mystery tour. Roll up, see the show. Etc.
Third time’s a charm…
I am being censored for using lyrics from Born to Synthesize,
“But the red polygon's only desire
Is to get to the blue triangle”.
Peace and censored Music
Ha ha, reverse psychology.
Ok, maybe it was the cold turtle and clam innuendo.
I know it's 'cool' to love the musical ramblings of a damaged brain but does that make it art? It's not tuneful and there's a thin line between psychedelic and disjointed, random words without meaning. I find his solo music sad. I don't know if if friends were trying to help him or the record company was exploiting his mental condition. If he was happy doing it then fine, power to him. I have his recordings but I don't listen to them, I don't enjoy them. Sorry to throw water on the parade.
There was an element of charm to the main riff, but otherwise... It all sounded just horribly amateurish. Type of thing you'd here at open mic night down your local boozer. That, or a school talent show. He did have quite a nice voice though.
He needed the band behind I guess
I bought this album solely because I share his surname. I knew pink floyd at the time but not enough to know he was connected. Here I Go is about as close to a normal song structure that your likely to get from Syd. Tragic genius is not a label one should bear lightly.
This needed a band and someone to steer his ideas. Not a very good track imo
Its Great as it is.
I like Syd's voice and the stripped down aspect of the composition but the song itself is nothing special. it is very commonplace.