Thoughts on "The Piper at the gates of dawn"

oops wrong book.

http://bullmurph.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cub.jpg

GIS for "that cat's something I can't explain."

btw: is that the best refrain in any rock song?
also I hope I used the word "refrain" correctly

A+ picture there

be a hip cat, be a ship's cat, somewhere, anywhere!

that's from Zooborns- the only website worth going to on a daily basis.

power tokage

btw: is that the best refrain in any rock song?
also I hope I used the word "refrain" correctly

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, December 13, 2010 7:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

yes and maybe

What about "you're the kind of girl who fits in with my world, i'll give you anything, everything if you want things"? That's pretty hard to top too.

it always pisses me off that that track on the 1st black angels is called "sniper at the gates of heaven", cuz you know what they meant, and they should have just gone ahead and said it

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858542413/

Pow R. Toc H. Lyrics

Whoo, Whoo!
Doy Doy!

Still my favorite Pink Floyd, and one of the best British psych records of all time. Definitely in the top 3. I really like that there was a time in pop history where someone could get on TV singing "Apples and Oranges". I know that's not on the album, but all those singles are just as incredible.

Where's that interview? I want to hear it!

I love Chapter 24 so much. Change return success.
Best song inspired by the I Ching ever?

Whoo, Whoo!
Doy Doy!

Bollocks knows it's...

Doi doing!

― Tom D., Thursday, 14 June 2007 08:55 (4 years ago) Bookmark

... supposed to say 'Bollocks, everyone knows it's...' but that'll do

Bollocks knows best.

I found a DVD online of a 'mime-fest' they did just after Syd was left, for Belgium(?) TV.

They shared the 'I'll do Syd' vocal 'performances' between them..

Actually, rediscovered "Paintbox" as a thing of beauty.

Just recently, got a very cheap "By the Way" box set (actually a not-boot copy, hray!), so I'll (probably very slowly) be going through this until I lose the will to live (which will probably be around 'Meddle' or somesuch)

To me, there seemed to be three early phases:

1) The Syd "Happy" years (2 singles, first album)

2) The Dark "Syd" years (3 tracks off Saucer, singles, some unreleased tracks)

3) The "Rick writes" years (a b-side, some tracks off Saucer, some singles)

The rest I don't know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yBvhIC8d5U

The butchering of British albums for US release in the '60s never ceases to amaze me. Look what they did to poor "Piper" back in the day:

A pity they removed "Bike", but having "Interstellar Overdrive" at the end seems like a good idea. Easier to skip it then ;)

why i oughta *shakes fist*

Doi doing!

Kinda sad that the rest of Pink Floyd's career relied so heavily on exploiting Syd.

Classic!

Doy doy!

i don’t know what psychedelia even is. the sound of this album is like antique etched glassware, it’s so stiff and so fragile it would shatter like peanut brittle if you breathed on it funny.
Bike is the best Pink Floyd song. i’m also pretty sure Syd Barrett is the best lyricist of all time. the thing about all the “crazy Syd” mythos that especially annoys me is he wrote about his schizophrenia-like condition soooo well, it’s all right there in plain sight, there’s no need for other people to tell that story for him. the Scarecrow is i guess the beginning of that. not sure if this is Syd’s best album, or PF’s but i’ve owned 3 copies and listened to it more times than any other album by anyone

Bike sounds exactly the same backwards btw