I would have to say this is my top 3:
1) Terrapin
2) Dark Globe
3) Dominoes
Best Syd Songs
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Terrapin - Just beautiful. Timeless
No Good Trying - When somebody says about some other artist's song "that's so Syd", they're saying it sounds like this song!
Jugband Blues - The BBC version. The album version is ok but to me sounds a little anemic. This version has a much better lead vocal and the reverberation adds an attractive expansiveness. The freeform section works better as a band effort than does the Salvation Army freeform on the album. Also, listen closely for Rick's harmony vocal at the end. Nice!
Baby Lemonade - Again, the BBC version. What a great song this is; but the album version is unflattering in my opinion. It sounds hesitant and unrehearsed which, if you think about it, works for some of Syd's songs, but not this one. This BBC version, however, is more like it! It's more concise and sounds more fully realized. But even more than that, the guitar solo just slays me every time I hear it. It's so beautiful and evocative compared to the solo Syd did on the album version that I fantasized about it being Syd's last lucid and inspired moment before he faded away for good. I've since learned that Gilmour played the solo but it really doesn't change my opinion of it. It just proves again how Gilmour can slay you with a couple of notes.
No Good Trying - When somebody says about some other artist's song "that's so Syd", they're saying it sounds like this song!
Jugband Blues - The BBC version. The album version is ok but to me sounds a little anemic. This version has a much better lead vocal and the reverberation adds an attractive expansiveness. The freeform section works better as a band effort than does the Salvation Army freeform on the album. Also, listen closely for Rick's harmony vocal at the end. Nice!
Baby Lemonade - Again, the BBC version. What a great song this is; but the album version is unflattering in my opinion. It sounds hesitant and unrehearsed which, if you think about it, works for some of Syd's songs, but not this one. This BBC version, however, is more like it! It's more concise and sounds more fully realized. But even more than that, the guitar solo just slays me every time I hear it. It's so beautiful and evocative compared to the solo Syd did on the album version that I fantasized about it being Syd's last lucid and inspired moment before he faded away for good. I've since learned that Gilmour played the solo but it really doesn't change my opinion of it. It just proves again how Gilmour can slay you with a couple of notes.
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im going to honestly thing i think the best thing syd barrett did was "No Good Trying" listen to that with headphones on in the middle of the night, and it is so extremely well done, there is a high pitched psych melody and also the signature syd telecaster strumming and the part where he says " yes your spinning around and around in car with electric lights flashing very fast" it really reminds me of when i used to to acid alot, i can almost re-envision myself back to those days,
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Reaction in G all the way. Just downloaded the supposed master tape copy of the Copenhagen 67 show, and it sounds even better than the versions that have been on the other bootlegs of this show, which seem to have had a bunch of noise reduction applied to them. I think Reaction in G deserves a remake of some sort, it would be awesome to hear it done with today's equipment.
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All Syd, as far as I'm aware:sagetavigirl wrote:who was the other "vocalist" in the song Wouldn't You Miss Me ???
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12 June - Dark Globe [high vocal]
26 July - Wouldn't You Miss Me [low vocal]
26 July - Wouldn't You Miss Me [high and low, multi-tracked]
I guess you mean Roger, David, and Syd. Hard to say, really... but they missed a good opportunity to release the multi-tracked one on the "Best Of..." CD with the same name.sagetavigirl wrote:And did they really think the vocals sounded good?
Also hard to say... one of the best, though--and it appears (as "Dark Globe") on David's newest release.sagetavigirl wrote:What's the story behind that song?
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WOW! I never knew all the tones were in fact Syd himself.. haha.. You'd think I would have.. but ummm yeah.. that's really interesting that he did that. Back then, couldn't have been real popular.. Of course, that's what PF is all about.. ground breaking stuff! I knew the song was on David's new release.. kinda why i grew a fascination by the song all the sudden I suppose..
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the info!