Syd Barrett Reviews the Singles of July, 1967

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July, 1967.
Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett reviews the singles of July 1967 for Melody Maker magazine. A week after this, on the 4th of August, Pink Floyd's debut album "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was released. The so-called Summer of Love was in full bloom and the world went psychedelic.

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"It will sell a lot but I won't buy This is what makes Syd so great.

chinthing

"I don't know who that is. Wait - let me think: who's dead? Oh, that must be Jim Reeves." I'm absolutely crying

classiclife

I'm really pleased to hear that Syd was greatly inspired by The Mothers Of Invention, people really underestimate the effect they had on music at that time.

krycklund

Syd on See Emily Play by the Pink Floyd: “It’s nice. I like it very much but it won’t be a hit.”

jayburdification

Sid's honesty was hilarious! (It was morbid - I don't want to hear it again"). Also, Great idea to post these old magazine reviews.

telecasteredtodeath

"Very chirpy but I don't think my toes were tapping once"
"It's nice and I dug it but it won't do anything"
"It moved me a little bit but I don't think it will be a big hit"
"It will sell a lot but I won't buy one"

He didn't butter no parsnips our Syd 😂 I love how honest he was ❤️

SophieLovesSunsets

This is great! Syd gets a diverse bunch of sounds and he's pretty up on what's cool and what's not. Points deducted however for Syd not knowing For What It's Worth was originally done by Buffalo Springfield. Highlight of his column was suggesting Tom Jones single should be played backwards. LMAO. Syd rules, Syd forever.

markymarc

"Let me think... who's dead?" Classic Syd.

mwmingram

This is AMAZING from start to finish! I especially love the tidbit of "I love the Byrds, the Mothers of Invention, and the Fuggs. We have drawn quite a bit from those groups." It's so rare that one of my pop idols will just come right out and SAY who their direct influences are.

d.m.collins

Been scrolling through these and this is the best, of course, good old Syd! This should be read at 78.😀

Heronjim

My all time favorite reviews by - Syd Barrett. Cheers.

musicalSFCat

i love how sid was all about changing the speed of the record to make it sound better.
I agree with sid, most 45 rpm singles sound better played at 33 rpm

drillbag

Wonderful to hear the humour in Syd's comments, reflecting the absurdity and sheer awfulness of the records. His illness really caused an immense loss to the creative world.

traceya

Cool that he was aware of Bowie and Bolan (John's Children) about four years before the mainstream caught up with them.

somebraveapollo

It would be interesting to have to have had Syd's thoughts on Bowie's 'Laughing Gnome' single from the same album after having himself written a song called 'The Gnome' with Pink Floyd at around the same time.

martinroche