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Originally posted by PinkFloydYou have to ask yourself, what type of person is whimsy personified? Syd was remarkable, I think, precisely because of his childlike wholeheartedness. That was Syd's genius. It's really quite shocking once you realize how unsophisticated he was; and how disarmingly genuine.
Ahhh Syd. After reading about him and hearing the anecdotes, I wanted to put him in the "musical genius" category. Afetr listening to Opel and Madcap Laughs several times, I just couldn't do it. I can only take whimsy in small doses, and Syd --well, he just IS whimsy personified. Rolling Stone picked 3 Floyd albums (I think) for their Top 500 all time I take it.
All that notwithstanding, I think Corporal Clegg had some really good lyrics.
Luckily, his best friends happened to be David Gilmour and Roger Waters.
Originally posted by cadwahI give high marks to Final Cut also. I wouldn't give it the 5-star classic rating that a writer for Rolling Stone did, when it was first released, but I agree about "2 suns..." Final Cut and The Gunner's Dream, and especially Not Now John are great cuts as well. But why did they stick a mediocre tune like Fletcher Memorial Home on their Echoes compilation CD?
I have to plum for the final cut here, incredibly depressing yet uplifting at the same time and 'two suns in the sunset', find me a better finish to an album anywhere and i'll eat my proverbial hat... actually I won't but I might pretend to.