Off: space bandits!

[Jon Browne]

In message <31C7D1C9.650D at eunet.no>, Christian Mumford
<mumford at EUNET.NO> writes
>
>Hey! Wotta 'bout Syd Barrett???? He was the true genius behind the early
>Floyd sound, musically and lyrically. PF's later direction was
>inventive, at times great, but never as brilliant as with Barrett. Roger
>Waters totally sucks, on the other hand. Check out PF's "Piper at The
>Gates of Dawn", or the single "Arnold Layne" or Syd's solo stuff
>(arguably "Opel" is better than the original two albums he put out in
>the early 70s).
>
>Christian


I don't think anyone disputes Syd's role, Christian, it was the next 25
years we'll quibble over.

BTW can there be a person on this list who *hasn't* heard "Piper at the
Gates Of Dawn"?  :)
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Jon Browne