![]() Part 2 is more of this but different, and enlivened by some very tasteful Gilmour guitar work. ![]() It then descends into a tuneful but jarring piano solo. If this were true, tourists would flock to see this 4,000 year old man performing this feat.Īnyway, Part 1 opens with a booming, loud, sonorous, death march sort of thing, which does have a certain appeal. This was a chap from Greek mythology, and therefore not any real person, who so angered the gods that he was condemned for eternity to push a heavy boulder up a steep mountainside, where of course it rolled down again, and he had to start all over again. This word is more usually spelt “Sisyphus”, but being derived from ancient Greek, clearly either translation is acceptable. Side 3 opens with Richard Wright’s offering: “Sysyphus – Parts 1-4”. The 4 guys in the band took about a quarter each to fill it, obviously with them all chipping in to each other’s stuff to a greater or lesser extent, and it works quite well. Having said that, the studio record is, on the whole, actually very good. ![]() It is fortunate indeed that EMI took the view that the planned studio LP should be supplemented by a live LP, as the live one is better on the ear than the other one. Pink Floyd and The Incredible String Band. ![]()
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