Favourite Syd songs?

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Favourite solo track = Terrapin. I listened to it this morning and it is so lovely, tender and fragile. I like to think it encapsulates the essence of Syd more than all the bizarre stories.

Favourite Syd PF track = Astronomy Dominee. For me, everything that was exciting about the early Floyd is brought out in the "Look Of The Week" live version of this track. As someone said, we were witnessing the dawn of spacerock.
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Clowns And Jugglers!!

I love the vocal melody of this song!! So absolutely amazing!! Verging on old English rap!!! :lol:

Syd the rapper man!! 8)



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I'll be slightly predictable and say Dark Globe followed by Clowns and Jugglers.
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Birdie Hop he do!! 8)
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Arnold Layne, one of the best and most listenable psychadelic songs ever written. And CATCHY
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Post by pinknewbie »

Syd's Best
Asronomy Dominie
Here I Go
Opel
Jugband Blues
Arnold Layne
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my breakfast. wrote:I only like the stuff off Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The solo stuff is unlistenably unstructured erratic stuff.

Astronomy Domine! Best moment. That and Interstellar.
I almost agree. I'm just not that harsh upon his solo efforts, but it's just me...
I think his genius revealed itself best with the band - where I love ALL of his songs, incl Vegetable Man and STLS, - but it might have been any other band too. The point is his genious needed A BAND. He alone went completely out of control, I mean nobody was there to give their own ideas so that his songs sounded better (IMHO :!:, - I just don't like purely or almost purely acoustic guitar stuff AS MUCH as a band's stuff, be it any band; same thing with soloists)
ah yes, Effervescing Elephant (don't look at me like that, - this is only an exception)
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Jugband Blues. Above all others.
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My favorite is Feel, it is so intimate. I also like Wolfpack and Rats.

Flaming is the best Floyd track he ever made, it always makes me feel good, it is such a happy song.
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Why Must We Always Have To Have A Choice..?

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:( ...another one about "Choice" thread!
I liked all the songs of "Piper".I agree with Roger Waters that Syd Barrett should not be compared to Bowie for the Space,Astronauts,ET songs,cause he only wrote 2 songs about it, "Astronomy Domine & Interstellar Overdrive".
My top on the all of Syd's list are :-
(You can also watch'em on my pl at YouTube)
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# Terrapin

## -JUGBAND BLUES.

## Astronomy Domine.

###A Tribute :Newsnight. Its a showcase of best ones of Syd's song.

#### MAISIE (Bad Luck Bride Of A Bull)

##### Wouldn't You Miss ME ( this one is the one I will never forget....)
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Post by black bobble »

late night
no man's land
mathilda mother

and loads of others depending on mood
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Ringorocks wrote:I'd like to see some opinions on this
All of them. I will never, ever stop playing them all.
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Post by SydsMadcapGirl »

It would be quite difficult to pinpoint one specific favorite Syd song (favorites vary with moods and phases)...but perhaps the most haunting and endearing to me has always been the track "Opel"...that's one where I just close my eyes and drift away into SydLand.
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Post by Tenniru »

I once made a "Best of Syd Barrett" playlist, designed to fit on one disc. I think of it more highly than Wouldn't You Miss Me, as it includes Floyd stuff. It looks something like this:

1. Astronomy Domine (mono)
2. Baby Lemonade
3. Dark Globe (Opel)
4. Flaming
5. Wolfpack
6. Jugband Blues
7. No Good Trying
8. Dominoes
9. Arnold Layne
10. Octopus
11. Candy And A Currant Bun
12. Here I Go
13. Opel
14. Apples And Oranges
15. Terrapin
16. See Emily Play
17. Gigolo Aunt
18. Vegetable Man
19. Bob Dylan Blues
20. Long Gone
21. Scream Thy Last Scream
22. Golden Hair
23. Bike
(hidden track). "I think that was okay." (1975 Session)

And to promote it, release a single of Vegetable Man. As the B-side, have an isolated vocal track of it placed over a rap drum/bass/synth sequence. It'll top the charts, I swear.
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Post by kuruuzum »

Dark globe
opel
remember a day (ı love syd 's slide guitar on that song)
matilda mother
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