By Landslide and SavageEarthHeart
Sleeve Notes here: http://www.alivereportsmag.com/the-octopus-ride/
While revisiting Pink Floyd’s albums as preparation for the visit to the “Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” at the V&A Museum, we kept asking ourselves a question, “Still, what about Syd?“ And, indeed, what about him? What was so great about Syd Barrett that the legacy overcame the human drama? How come he achieved that status of a cult figure to the level of a person who died young? He joined the band in 1965, named it Pink Floyd and only two years later stepped into madness. And until today, his fluid signature, his childish universe, his ethereal presence touched so many people, from his bandmates to so many other different artists. Of course we could not find the answer, as good mysteries are better left unsolved, but we have worked on a mix as eclectic and unusual as the great man himself.
Quiz: There is a very long song in the mix, see if you can discover it.
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