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Points: 173 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2014 at 02:30
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

I do think that Madcap displayed a very disjointed Syd, but the album 'Barrett' is superb.

Vice versa: Madcap is a great album (first 30 mins), and Barret is a schizophrenic record. Imo.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2014 at 02:44
^ Wow........
.........I don't get it.....
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I have Barrett and I guess he means that it doesn't flow as well as Madcap. In fact, I made an alternate version of the album and it runs like this:

Side 1:
Baby Lemonade
Gigolo Aunt
Waving My Arms In The Air/I Never Lied To You
Wolfpack
Rats
Maisie

Side 2:
Dominoes
Love Song
Effervescing Elephant
Wined And Dined (Opel version)
It Is Obvious (Take 5)
Milky Way
Bob Dylan Blues


Edited by KingCrInuYasha - May 22 2014 at 09:48
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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I'm actually more interested in Syd as an experimenter than a songwriter, more as a songwriter than a guitarist. As far as his guitar works, to be frank I actually like his earlier, '65-'66 stuff more than his '67-'70 stuff.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2014 at 00:08
Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha KingCrInuYasha wrote:


I have Barrett and I guess he means that it doesn't flow as well as Madcap. In fact, I made an alternate version of the album and it runs like this:Side 1:Baby LemonadeGigolo AuntWaving My Arms In The Air/I Never Lied To YouWolfpackRatsMaisieSide 2:DominoesLove SongEffervescing ElephantWined And Dined (Opel version)It Is Obvious (Take 5)Milky WayBob Dylan Blues
Interesting running-order .......
When an album doesn't have a 'flow' to it, I put it down as 'eclectic', not schizophrenic (even though Barrett apparently was). There are plenty of gems on Madcap, but it does show off Barrett's fragmented state of mind more obviously than the Barrett album. Track 2, with Soft Machine backing, even though a pretty good track, the chord and key changes and phrasing of them makes me laugh coz they're really odd and difficult to follow. Would've been really hard to record.
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