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Anybody else think their early sdtuff with Syd Barrett totally blows?

I had a friend who thought this stuff was the greatest and I could barely stand to hear 2 minutes of it. What's the deal? Does he just get props 'cause he was a nut or what?
There's a few great songs ("See Emily Play" is absolutely brilliant, especially the bridge) but a lot of it is pretty much unlistenable. I think there is SO much unrealized potential with Barrett. It was like he was just getting started and pffft, all gone.

As far as the Wall goes, I remember it's release 25 years ago only vaguely. It's an album that I never really connected with. Never been a fan of the "rock opera" as a genre. Typically they are too long, too self serving.

There's a handfull of great tracks in the set and would have made a stunning single LP. Waters giant ego overwhelmed anyone in his orbit who thought the record was too long and too padded. I find the last track to be a bore. Thematically it's self-important and embarassingly simple and juvenile and I don't dig the instrumentation atall . . . but that's just me.