tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post2191076165685793203..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Syd Barrett: OpelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-78748585793114669762018-08-25T15:29:30.683+03:002018-08-25T15:29:30.683+03:00Those two songs are some of Syd's most coheren...Those two songs are some of Syd's most coherent solo work I believe. Wonder if George has heard 'Bob Dylan Blues'?James Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05961783170656541744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-55556089213598402632018-08-25T03:18:33.718+03:002018-08-25T03:18:33.718+03:00One of these I would call clearly superior to the ...One of these I would call clearly superior to the "finished" version: "Rats", which is freed from the well-meaning but jumbled mess of overdubs piled on it for <i>Barrett</i> and takes on a much more unsettlingly foreboding character all its own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-53978308686979242832018-08-25T00:38:22.398+03:002018-08-25T00:38:22.398+03:00The title track is okay, though could have used th...The title track is okay, though could have used the backing of the Soft Machine to flesh it out. "Milky Way" and "Silas Lang" are good. No "Bob Dylan Blues" or the Wright penned/co-penned (most likely the former) "Two Of A Kind", though. Oh well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-51918357014392586522018-08-24T22:56:38.420+03:002018-08-24T22:56:38.420+03:00I'm sticking with my early hypothesis that Syd...I'm sticking with my early hypothesis that Syd wanted the music industry and by extension, us to eff off. Six minutes of Jing, jinga jing jing in Opel? Christ help us Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.com