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| | Opel | | | Music Artist : | | Syd Barrett | | Music Style : | | Psychedelic Rock | | Record Label : | | Toshiba EMI | | Release Date : | | 2007-12-15 | | Store Price : | | $10.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $10.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Opel
2. Clowns & Jugglers (Octopus)
3. Rats
4. Golden Hair (Vocal Version)
5. Dolly Rocker
6. Word Song
7. Wined and Dined
8. Swan Lee (Silas Lang)
9. Birdie Hop
10. Let's Split
11. Lanky (Part 1)
12. Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)
13. Milky Way
14. Golden Hair (Instrumental) [Instrumental]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Syd couldn't Bear-it
Submitted on: 2009-09-26 |
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I'm nearing sixty myself so I easily remember the crazy 1960's
Schizophrenic psychedelics!! Defined as a little LSD mixed together with creative genius which sits quite nicely upon the shoulders of madness!! All this Allowed Syd to see what most of us boring normals could not. Syd was in touch with what the rest of us could not possibly imagine or envision!! His musical integrity traveled with equal ease through darkness and light with whimsical twists of child like endeavor-Brilliant but troubled yes indeed!! Hence "CRAZY DIAMOND"!! Syd was constantly struggling with his own inner escape but alas could not" THE WALL" "Opel" speaks to all of this and more, his troubled musical genius will be felt for generations to come
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 great sounds
Submitted on: 2009-09-04 |
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This music was unknown to me only months ago.Now it is something to go through a day without Syd. It struck a strong chord inside (pun intended)as I delved farther into his world.It takes awhile to love all his music, but even the tunes I forgave him for writing are my favorites today.
Opel is a great tune in itself, and the differant takes of other material I already own are always illuminating in SOME way!BARRETTMANIA 4 EVER! |
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Opel
Submitted on: 2009-03-20 |
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| If you are unsure about Syd Barrett's solo work, but want to start somewhere this is as good a place as any. If you were a fan of "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" most of Barrett's solo work sounds similar. With all of the fun' and whimsical tunes. I would recommend this if you are any kind of a fan of Syd's. |
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Syd's cleverest songs
Submitted on: 2008-12-25 |
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This is a collection of recordings that were left out of the two solo albums presumably because they were too clever for EMI's pop chart entrepreneurs.
Clowns and Jugglers is better and more imaginative than the version called Octopus on Madcap (good as that is), and it and the sparkling instrumental Lanky look towards the 1980s.
Birdy Hop is unique and difficult to describe. It is a blues word sculpture which has the singer and the subject of the song (the bird) built into the shape of the song as well as into the words. Another experimental song is Word Song which is the most condensed example of his song writing style. It consists of a list of mostly nouns playing off against each other, but it makes a fascinating song. There was a third song form experiment on the second album (Mindshot), but someone changed the title to It Is Obvious and made it seem just barmy.
On first impression I didn't like there being so many accoustic guitar tracks and it took me years to like Rats (from the second album) without the group sound. But over the years I have become fascinated by his style of playing it, especially on Birdy Hop, Word Song, Rats, and the accoustic version of Golden Hair.
This is a collection of out-takes but it is close to being as good as Madcap Laughs. It has several of Syd Berrett's best recordings and is essential for fans.
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 Syd Barrett Over Rated
Submitted on: 2008-10-09 |
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| I will be polite and refrain from saying what my true opinion is of this CD and Syd Barrett. |
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