How Sooty Hears the 70's: 1970

[Soot and Stars]

Syd Barrett-Barrett

This album was better than i expected though nothing great as I expected as well. I like and respect Pink Floyd but when you have a crazy guy fueled on drugs rambling with a guitar with no band to reign him in you are likely to get that "unsung genius" tag from fanboys who herald anything the artist shits out while others here exactly what i described. Well it was partly drugged out ramblings but there was some nice fun structures and melodies. Here's my take in two parts:

The Decent Melodic and Fun Tracks


Stupid Pretentious Drug Addled Shit
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[Soot and Stars]

Big Brother And The Holding Company-Be A Brother

I had pretty low expectations for this album. Without Janis I just figured this would be a jammy forgettable take a toke because we are missing our one definable element now type album. It kind of was but outside the shittiest album cover I've ever seen it wasn't "that" bad. I actually like this track! It actually has a Bob Segerish vibe to it! I like the violin included!

Heartache People
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[Lavender10]

Sooty hears dead people...
lol, anyway...ive seen and heard 3/4 of those barrett videos before, which is weird because he isnt all that well known, and im a mainstream whore. Another nice pick from you sooty, very cool mate.

 

[Soot and Stars]

Sooty hears dead people...
lol, anyway...ive seen and heard 3/4 of those barrett videos before, which is weird because he isnt all that well known, and im a mainstream whore. Another nice pick from you sooty, very cool mate.

Thank you Lavender! Since starting this thread I've either acquired the following or have it coming in my most recent Amazon order:

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[Soot and Stars]

T. Rex-A Beard of Stars

I'm not sure what to make of Marc Bolan. I listened to Electric Warrior recently which is his most popular work and between this debut and that I'm not sure I'm on board with his work. I get the impression that he's supposed to be a quirky eccentric artist and he's got that all the way. I have to say this album sounds nothing like any other the other 70's works I've heard. I read in the mini blurb for this album that it was the first time he started using electric instruments and sometimes his mix of acoustic and electric are interesting and others it is just awkward. His voice in particular is one thing I'm not in love with. It sounds very elfish at times and his eccentric weird exaggerations and phrasing seem forced and obnoxious at times. I have to respect it's uniqueness though. My highlights would be the following and it's actually for the awesome guitar work and the couple times he plays it a little more darker, heavier and straight on the album:

Wind Cheetah & Elemental Child
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[Nololob]

Just wondering, why you ordered a greatest hits album even if you have all tracks from there on Original Album Classics box set?

 

[Soot and Stars]

Just wondering, why you ordered a greatest hits album even if you have all tracks from there on Original Album Classics box set?

The "Hold Your Head Up" album is a greatest hits?

 

[Nololob]

The "Hold Your Head Up" album is a greatest hits?

Yes.

 

[Soot and Stars]

Yes.

I didn't see the "Hold Your Head Up" track on the 5 disc set so I figured that the "Hold Your Head UP" album was an official album with that as the title track. Oh well, it was just 5 bucks. I can just give it to my Mom.

 

[Nololob]

Hold Your Head Up track is an opener for their third album "All Together Now". Well at least it can be a gold present for her.