That is a non-exhaustive list of the most obvious of the relevant meta stuff. It is somewhat frustrating that it took that much text to express thoughts that flew through my head in about five seconds. The vocabulary of English or myself is far more limited than the mental constructs.
It’s like trying to describe in words how you play a song on the guitar. Awkward, effortful, and unless people already know what song it is you’re trying to describe it’ll probably just sound like nonsense.
Thanks for at least temporarily restoring my faith in humanity, User:wedrifid. There’s of course a lot of stuff you didn’t hit on, but that’s not because you couldn’t.
Thanks for at least temporarily restoring my faith in humanity, User:wedrifid. There’s of course a lot of stuff you didn’t hit on, but that’s not because you couldn’t.
Thank you. I pride myself on being able to hit on all sorts of things.
“Have You Got It, Yet?” is an unreleased song written by Barrett during the short time in which Pink Floyd was a five-piece. At the time, David Gilmour had been asked to join as a fifth member and second guitarist, while Barrett, whose mental state and difficult nature were creating issues with the band, was intended to remain home and compose songs, much as Brian Wilson had done for The Beach Boys.
Barrett’s unpredictable behaviour at the time and idiosyncratic sense of humour combined to create a song that, initially, seemed like an ordinary Barrett tune. However, as soon as the others attempted to join in and learn the song, Barrett changed the melodies and structure, making it impossible for the others to follow, while singing the chorus “Have you got it yet?” and having the rest of the band answer “No, no!”. This would be his last attempt to write material for Pink Floyd before leaving the band. In fact, Roger Waters stated, in an interview for The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story, that upon realizing Syd was deliberately making the tune impossible to learn, he put down his bass guitar, left the room, and never attempted to play with Syd again.
So the question is: who here is Roger, and who here is Syd? Good day.
It’s like trying to describe in words how you play a song on the guitar. Awkward, effortful, and unless people already know what song it is you’re trying to describe it’ll probably just sound like nonsense.
Thanks for at least temporarily restoring my faith in humanity, User:wedrifid. There’s of course a lot of stuff you didn’t hit on, but that’s not because you couldn’t.
Thank you. I pride myself on being able to hit on all sorts of things.
So the question is: who here is Roger, and who here is Syd? Good day.