Syd Barrett - Madcap Laughs
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Free Music Review: Roger Waters > Syd Barrett, I think not!
Hit: 5 Stars
OK, I'll admit it, Syd Barrett is my hero. But, even if he wasn't, this music is still great. I love every song on this album. I can listen to it from start to finish. The music is absolutely wonderful and the lyrics are phenominal! As for Mr. EuphoricPossum (who doesn't even spell genius right), all I have to say is, Roger and Dave TOGETHER, couldn't have written a better album than The Madcap Laughs. Criminy! They couldn't have even come close to the greatness exhibited in No Man's Land (one of the album's weaker moments, albeit still a lyrically and musically impressive track.) I'll GLADLY take this over anything Floyd did after the closing lyrics of Jugband Blues! It all turned to crap after A Saucerful of Secrets. I recommend this, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and A Saucerful of Secrets very highly. Don't waste your time with anything from the Roger Waters' "oh look, I'm famous, pity me. War is bad too, by the way" era.Free Music Review: The only ever PURE MUSIC in existance
Hit: 5 Stars
For anyone out there thats an early flyod fan this is a must, you should be ashamed if you dont already have it. On this album you will hear a musical (and creative) genius trying to strip himself of all these worldy weights that hold everyone back. musically he's not trying to create a great record, he's not trying to create a record that will sell millions, he simply went into that studio to create! on hearing it for the first time you will be taken aback by his fragility, you will be scared by his tenative hold on paranoia, but you will be blown away by his timeless ability to touch some part of your existance, be it a memory from years ago, a current feeling, anger?. This is my most favorite cd of all time. I consider it pure music because ...(hey, listen to it yourself and draw your on conclusions!) Especially "she took a long cold look at me" take 4.! Let the prince of middle earth live forever.Free Music Review: A Haunting And Invigorating Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Syd Barrett's first solo album is very different from his work with pink floyd.It is much more haunting and sad than the whimsical "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn",yet it still contains psychedelic elements. The lyrics are poignant, meaningful,and haunting."Late Night" "Dark Globe" "Long Gone" and "Terrapin" all have beutiful instrumentation and haunting lyrics.On "No Good Trying" and "No Mans Land",Barrett's madness comes through ,but in a way that adds an excellent tinge of psychedelica."Golden Hair" is a beutiful setting of a poem,while "Octopus" is a fun , invigorating, whimsical, and intriquing song.Not all is good though, it features the horrible songs "Feel" "If I'ts In You" and "She Took A Long Cold Look". They fall apart and they are out of tune.These hardly matter though,and this is an excellent album with many
things you woudn't expect from a crazy,drug addicted man.
Free Music Review: Psychodelic sounds laughing...
Hit: 5 Stars
Are you a Pink floyd fan?
Do you like psychodelic music?
Does those two factors really matter when you're going to listen to great music?
I really don't think so.
All i have to say about this album, is that from the moment i put it in the cd player, from the first to the last track, it amazes me every single time I listen to it.
I keep thinking, how could someone have recorded this great songs and kinda slipped into a certain kind of "obscurity" in music history.
Some bands, today, try to do what Syd Barrett was doing back then, and you know what? Give it up, you'll never achieve what this wonderful album did and still does, which is, original and mindblowing songs!
So when in doubt, should I get this cd? Do as the song says "Please leave us here, close our eyes to the octopus ride".
Free Music Review: Truly a crazy diamond
Hit: 5 Stars
If music has to be written it must be for the sheer love of it , as in this album.This album is like an old man trying to live out his remaining days doing things he loves most as best as he can. I must rank it as one of the most emotional albums ever made and syd probably wasn't aware of it when he wrote all the songs. The album has such innocent brilliance. A lot of the songs are well thought out and very well executed(No good trying,Octopus, Golden hair,Here I go Late night, Terrapin). In songs like Dark globe, feel,if it's in you, he's clearly not in total control of himself. And that just adds to the charm and emotion.Golden hair is another gem.
It's like he' saying,'I cannot do any better.This is what i think the songs should sound like.And i think its pretty good,you know.'
We truly lost a crazy diamond.