Having recently re-listened to the Syd stuff on youtube I admit I have been wrong. The music itself is inoffensive, and actually I have no reason to be angered by it. It isn't critical music and it isn't as hard to listen to as I first remember it being.
I guess it must have been a good 5 years since I last properly listened to Madcap Laughs, and at the moment I don't actually own a copy. I can say happily that my musical tastes are now broad enough for me to actually like the Syd stuff. Afterall I could go to any coffee shop or small club on a Friday night and hear a lot of tuneless 3rd rare Damien Rice wannabe 'singer songwriter' types whose music has absolutely no charm. Regardless of Syd's lyrical themes or actual musical changes his music is quirky and memorable, and is actually uplifting. Golden Hair has the same sort of haunting quality that the old Robert Johnson recordings have, and other songs seem to have distinct personalities.
Therefore I apologise wholeheartedly to the many Syd fans I have offended with my constant slaggings in the past.
Thanks
Alan.
Please Keith, there's got to be a way!
You're an accountant, right, somebody who analyzes investments and such? Perhaps you could persuade PF management to open an online store here where they offer legal downloads of things. If people hear a cover of a PF tune and find they like it, they may seek out the real thing (perhaps Sean's cover of Gigalo Aunt would lead people like Alan to go buy themselves a copy of Madcap Laughs***see, I eventually came back to the topic***). Ask them to give it a try. Like Snifferdog says, the worst they could say is "no".
Okay, i'm way confused on your post. No crap, no! No Pink Floyd covers - Not to be rude or anything but please 'get your own best interest' some other way. I can't see how kids think rips and blurbs over an artists recorded music is better for them - it's certainly not better for me, i'm pretty old and lil' burnt on Pink Floyd at times - you know, I definitely don't want to hear another 'artists' form of distruction to it - it's ruining the beautiful flow - and you know 'certain artists' sometime are very attached to their creation and it's vibrational flow that it has for the Universe; so I would have to say no, it's offensive even to me and i'm not them, so no, no, don't do it - evil, evil karma will come to you in your sleep and you'll have not so nice dreams you know - don't do it in your waking momements - avoid the temptation - the government is evil and they will get you - they will imprison and fine you and your parents and your life will be ruined, ruined and you will desecrate the thing.
