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She's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Soon after dark Emily cries
Gazing through trees in sorrow, hardly a sound till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river forever and ever
Emily, Emily
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Prefer the early Pink Floyd.
There is the obvious '60s effect but I don't get any Moody Blues vibe from this - there's no gong, or mellotron, or quasi-mystical-Eastern-religion stuff.
Before Pink Floyd was Pink Floyd by my reckoning. Not that I dislike the Barrett era at all (quite the contrary). Just considering he was legally disassociated with the band (and just generally disassociated) 5 years before I was even born, that's my frame of reference. *shrug*
There is the obvious '60s effect but I don't get any Moody Blues vibe from this - there's no gong, or mellotron, or quasi-mystical-Eastern-religion stuff.
It sounds pretty interesting, and I'd definitely check it out, but I don't expect him to show up in the Upper Midwest U.S.A. anytime soon. Are there any U.K. Radio Paradise listeners out there who have seen this thing and care to report on it?
"Piper at the Gates of Dawn (from The Wind in the Willows...) was breathtaking in 1967. Maybe you had to be there... 10 times a day you heard the Association singin' "Windy" and the Monkees "I'm a Believer" —it was enough to make you mop up The Strawberry Alarm Clock's puke. Runaway American free-enterprise (which Normal Mailer called in that era "The Great Plastic Asshole") was marketing "psychedelic" everything (after fixing the name from "psychodelic" so your mom didn't have to worry that your cool new albums would make you a psycho...)
The essence of that landmark album centered around the powerful, amazing, infinite songs "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive", which knocked my world right out the window of my little farmhouse, sending me on a journey that's perhaps nearly over now, but was made infinitely richer by PF's music. Yeah, it's a damn religious article for me; no one pisses up Pink Floyd's leg, EVER.
"See Emily Play" remains in my opinion, the band injecting a little break from their "serious" music via a 3-minute power pop song as a little inside joke. A moment of ordinariness, like an AM radio suddenly was switched on for a few minutes, silencing the roar of a surreal ocean. Like Hendrix doing "Little Miss Strange" on Electric Ladyland. Get the joke? No? Move along, nothing here to see...
Great post!! New phrase of the week = "The Great Plastic Asshole")
And damn, I wish I was there then...or not....I'd probably would've ended up more like Syd than David.
"Piper at the Gates of Dawn (from The Wind in the Willows...) was breathtaking in 1967. Maybe you had to be there... 10 times a day you heard the Association singin' "Windy" and the Monkees "I'm a Believer" —it was enough to make you mop up The Strawberry Alarm Clock's puke. Runaway American free-enterprise (which Normal Mailer called in that era "The Great Plastic Asshole") was marketing "psychedelic" everything (after fixing the name from "psychodelic" so your mom didn't have to worry that your cool new albums would make you a psycho...)
The essence of that landmark album centered around the powerful, amazing, infinite songs "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive", which knocked my world right out the window of my little farmhouse, sending me on a journey that's perhaps nearly over now, but was made infinitely richer by PF's music. Yeah, it's a damn religious article for me; no one pisses up Pink Floyd's leg, EVER.
"See Emily Play" remains in my opinion, the band injecting a little break from their "serious" music via a 3-minute power pop song as a little inside joke. A moment of ordinariness, like an AM radio suddenly was switched on for a few minutes, silencing the roar of a surreal ocean. Like Hendrix doing "Little Miss Strange" on Electric Ladyland. Get the joke? No? Move along, nothing here to see...
So you're a fan, but not one of those fans who "think it's 'cool' to be a Pink Floyd fan"?
Are you sure about that?
LMAO
Very well said. I second that.
xactly! this track is the shit! where's my acid?
Apparently, PF didn't/wouldn't play this live and it tended to anger some of their audiences to the point that people threw stuff at the band on stage.
John Lydon has said that Syd Barrett was the original Sid Vicious.
Proclivities wrote:
Well, we all hear different things, but to me, musically, this is much more quirky than any Moody Blues stuff, and lyrically, this has none of the quasi-mystical/spiritual gibberish that The Moody Blues indulged in. But I guess the psychedelic era connected a lot of the artists who recorded the music, so there were similar sounds.
Well, we all hear different things, but to me, musically, this is much more quirky than any Moody Blues stuff, and lyrically, this has none of the quasi-mystical/spiritual gibberish that The Moody Blues indulged in. But I guess the psychedelic era connected a lot of the artists who recorded the music, so there were similar sounds.
Who is on the vocal? Is it Syd?
Yes atmosphere is a good way to describe it, John. It's that feeling you get with almost any of the great tunes or albums from this era. Takes me to the time I was a kid and we lived in Phoenix, my older sibs were sort of into the hippie thang. People were more laid back, more accepting, into trying new things, everything was an adventure or a new mystery.
10 (for this song only)
Agreed, Bowie did a nice cover on Pin Ups.
Also, for another nice Barrett cover check out The Hotrats (Supergrass) version of Bike on the Turn Ons CD.
Back when David St Hubbins was still in the band.
EXAAAAAAACTLY!!!!
Perfectly said!
By the same hypothesis: I wonder if the 1970s version of Pink Floyd would have become what they did if it were not for this "truly groundbreaking stuff" which Syd was responsible for.
If you read the books it is quite evident that the "NON" artistic driving force was undoubtedly Gilmour. He seems to be a strong and focused character. Even in his NO WAY track he states "There's no way, I'm gonna let go because It's my show!"
By the same hypothesis: I wonder if the 1970s version of Pink Floyd would have become what they did if it were not for this "truly groundbreaking stuff" which Syd was responsible for.
it's the which came first syndrome: chicken or egg. doesn't matter . . . it's ALL good!
Proclivities wrote:
By the same hypothesis: I wonder if the 1970s version of Pink Floyd would have become what they did if it were not for this "truly groundbreaking stuff" which Syd was responsible for.
Well played, sir!
Sure... Here you go... Oh crap!!!! It spilled all over the Persian rug..sorry, hope that wasn't expensive! classic song by the way. Love it..
Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?
On_The_Beach wrote:
By the same hypothesis: I wonder if the 1970s version of Pink Floyd would have become what they did if it were not for this "truly groundbreaking stuff" which Syd was responsible for.
Yeah, somebody who plays the blues maybe.
Looks like part of my room, back in the day!
Was RW air brushed in for this?
Is it their only decent song?
Um....Uh.....down in your bomb shelter, maybe....you can come out now, the sirens have stopped...all clear....
You know, I can still enjoy this but you cannot discount everything that came after. Pink Floyd ruled the seventies.
Maybe for you they did.
Is it their only decent song?
Say What!?!
And a sound technician that knows his way around the mixing table and a producer with magic ears,maybe they will make an impact on wester pop-music !
....true, with any luck, this band could catch on!!!
And a sound technician that knows his way around the mixing table and a producer with magic ears,maybe they will make an impact on wester pop-music !
Amazing...
Sounds like Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd to me.
The way I think of it:
Barrett era Floyd was the party: joyous, freewheeling and full of possibilities.
Post-Barrett era Floyd was the morning after: gloomy, hung over and full of regret.
This would seem to mirror what the band, and even perhaps the early post-hippie generation, was going through at the time.
I know the band vascillated between being glad that Syd was out of the band - his erratic and disruptive behavior continually created problems by the time of Saucerful Of Secrets - and at the same time felt they were guilty of aiding and abetting the conditions that led to his breakdown and disintegration.
Thankfully we do have that first album of theirs - when Syd was at his best.
You know, I can still enjoy this but you cannot discount everything that came after. Pink Floyd ruled the seventies.
The way I think of it:
Barrett era Floyd was the party: joyous, freewheeling and full of possibilities.
Post-Barrett era Floyd was the morning after: gloomy, hung over and full of regret.
This would seem to mirror what the band, and even perhaps the early post-hippie generation, was going through at the time.
I know the band vascillated between being glad that Syd was out of the band - his erratic and disruptive behavior continually created problems by the time of Saucerful Of Secrets - and at the same time felt they were guilty of aiding and abetting the conditions that led to his breakdown and disintegration.
Thankfully we do have that first album of theirs - when Syd was at his best.
Quite :o). The cover must be of a re-issue because my vague memory has a black and white cartoony cover in mind, though I'm casting my mind back some 30 years here to the release of the album. Lovely stuff. 8 from the Nottingham jury.
This one?
The 1996 reissue (shown at the top of the page) was a 3-D rendition of the orignal cover.
lol
Well, this was a one hit wonder for them, wasn't it? I'm glad we never heard anything from these guys again.
Uhm, Syd Barrett wrote it, so it would seem that perhaps Martha ripped it off?
fredriley wrote:
Quite :o). The cover must be of a re-issue because my vague memory has a black and white cartoony cover in mind, though I'm casting my mind back some 30 years here to the release of the album. Lovely stuff. 8 from the Nottingham jury.
What an awful thing to say about the Floyd!
But it's so true! Their sound changed signficantly over the years....
What an awful thing to say about the Floyd!
...yeah, good stuff, man...
That's some fine cutting jive you smoking there. Pass it when your done, son.
So is this...
...but that doesn't interfere with my appreciation for it.
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Quite :o). The cover must be of a re-issue because my vague memory has a black and white cartoony cover in mind, though I'm casting my mind back some 30 years here to the release of the album. Lovely stuff. 8 from the Nottingham jury.
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Me, too! Thanks for playing it this past Saturday. It was especially interesting to pay closer attention Rick Wright's keyboard work and reflect back on PF's music post-Syd.
(And I can really do without the Martha Wainwright version.)
Ditto