Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967, EMI) (lyrics, bass)

Moon Pix · 06-19-2007, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

The thing with pushing boundaries like they were at the time is that every so often you push too far & just end up with a heap of noise.

I saw this interview a while ago with Roger Waters where he said that it actually took a lot of persuading on the bands part to get "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Pow R. Toc H" on the final album because the producer wasnt interested in them, he was more interested in Barrett's pop songs.

boo boo · 06-19-2007, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Moon Pix

I saw this interview a while ago with Roger Waters where he said that it actually took a lot of persuading on the bands part to get "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Pow R. Toc H" on the final album because the producer wasnt interested in them, he was more interested in Barrett's pop songs.

Producers are usually wrong. They are more concerned with making the album accessible to consumers than fulfilling the artistic aspirations of the musician. Which I think is what a producers job should be.

But sometimes producers have the right idea. Nevermind is one of my favorite albums, and I love Butch Vigs production even though I know that Cobain hated it and wanted to produce a lo-fi, muddy sounding record like all the Indie stuff around that time.

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Originally Posted by Moon Pix

I don't know about that. Barrett once complained that because of the venues that they played the band were basically thought of as a dance band and not a band to actively listen to. The fact that people were dancing about to Pink Floyd instead of scratching their chin to my mind suggests that they were indeed accessible and that they werent trying to be so arty as to alienate people.

It was the 60s, the summer of love, everyone was high. They would dance to virtually everything.

Moon Pix · 06-19-2007, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

It was the 60s, the summer of love, everyone was high. They would dance to virtually everything.

I guess so. Have you ever heard the story about the show they played at the Filmore where Barrett detuned his guitar untill it sounded absolutely awful and just played that. Barret's horrible noise was their show. Wright didnt know what to make of it but he said the audience loved it.

I suppose thats what pot can do to your brain.

boo boo · 06-19-2007, 03:28 AM

C'mon. Downtuning is awesome.