Syd Barrett - Opel - Opel (Take 9) Official Audio

[@calmackean]

Syd Barrett is a genius

[@triskelion2056]

Glad these notes are included. There are too many rumors saying that Syd was a babbling mess during these recording sessions, it's sort of dehumanizing the way a lot of journalists painted Syd as being completely gone just because he was having mental health problems.

[@Valientlink]

Many don't understand this song, think it's a mess, that he's going off time repeatedly, but they don't understand that's the point. He did this on purpose, he didn't play like ordinary guitarists. Anyway, Syd and an acoustic felt much more dense than anyone else doing the same thing. This isn't just a song, it's a vivid painting, a scene so sharp that you can really tell how much of an artist he was

[@davegarciaofficial]

Agree with you. However this isn’t an acoustic. It’s a clean electric.

[@Valientlink]

@@davegarciaofficial Oh yeah, forgot it's unplugged electric. Still, most of Madcap was just him and acoustic which I guess is what was on my mind.

[@TheGamingSolution]

@@Valientlinkcan’t help but feel most of madcap was done on a clean electric, this was recorded in the same sessions, and has similar guitar sound to songs like “Love You”’s guitar sound on it

[@Ratelzwatel]

I guess the recording was intended for overdubs. As with for example 'Terrapin' and 'No Good Trying'.

[@windlessairmusic]

I wonder how it would have sounded if he did play an acoustic on it?

[@Briccibracci]

'Warm shallow waters sweep shells'. This is so magnificently beautiful and poetic. The words dance and sing all on their own.

[@markswift1382]

Always thought this was Syd's greatest song

[@Carl-ni1op]

Syd Barrett is a God teir artist 💚

[@carlopolo8043]

Syd ♥️🙏💔 Shine On!!!!! 🎼💎🌈🌟❤️ For Ever and Ever.......💎

[@floydian4evr]

Syd was a legend and will always be...

[@crisprtalk6963]

Most of Syd's songs I think are just fine the way they are. Some are perfect, like Dark Globe and Dominoes. Opel however, is such a fantastic tune that a full arrangement with other instruments would send the tune to a completely different level.

[@bardofely]

I agree, Syd's songs are fine without any additional instruments. His guitar playing works well for me even in the instrumental breaks when he is just strumming. I am not usually much of a fan of instrumental music being a singer-songwriter myself but Syd's work is different. It stands out as him. I also was much more of a a Pink Floyd fan when he was still with them.

[@crisprtalk6963]

I'd like to hear take 6.

[@ianbittner]

Same. Some of the other takes from Madcap and Barrett that were released on Opel (the album) were surprisingly different from the official releases. I wonder if Opel (the song) was performed differently on take 6 (faster tempo, different vocal melody, different key?). I hope we get to hear it someday.

[@PhysalisAngulataNicotina]

I hold this song very dearly in my heart xxx

[@sydgris23]

I love this song

[@MalMonaguillo]

just beatifull...

[@alessio1234561]

Un genio💕 Che ha smesso troppo presto di brillare❤

[@TheGamingSolution]

I really appreciate the quotes and fun facts that go with the song, really provides much needed context for people about an artist which people struggle to get info on at times

[@crazyguy143421]

It's a wonderful thing, this song ❤️

[@Bandinthesky]

Glad to see more of these songs pop up on this KZbin channel! I love syds stuff. Such wimsy

[@ianbittner]

This has always been a favorite of mine. Thank you for putting it out on the official channel! I loved all of the information regarding the song's recording process in the video - hope you can do another like it!

[@mlucifersam]

We'd like to hear take 6 if it's the only other complete version. Why not put out the alternate take sometime?

[@themadcap.laughs]

Poetry ♥️

[@VanishedPNW]

Beautiful song. Love Syd.

[@MrHankulley]

Melodic genius.

[@РосицаИгнатова-ъ2в]

Rip Syd 🌹🌹

[@righthand7965]

Fouuuunnnnnddddd meeeeee Deep in the ❤

[@coldcreamnroses1038]

This is my favorite song by Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett ❤

[@dye5915]

What a fantastic track an example of Syd at his best imo ❤🙂

[@clubemec]

Why hasn't Take 6 been released? Who owns the recording? Opel is one of my 2-3 favorite Barrett songs ever. I would give anything to listen to it take 6.

[@nofficiel108]

Probably David Gilmour because he released "Bob Dylan Blues" (an unreleased from the Madcap sessions), "Rhamadan" (an unreleased 20 minute jam from 1968 probably with Pink Floyd) on several compilations like "An Introduction to Syd Barrett" (2010) and "Wouldn't You Miss Me? : The Best of Syd Barrett" (2001).

[@carlosnn8150]

​@@nofficiel108iirc the rights to the solo stuff were held by EMI. Syd apparently sold them back to them upon leaving the music scene, only keeping his PF royalties. But who knows, I may be wrong and they gave them back to Syd/his fam? Either way you may be right and Gilmour may have the master tapes regardless, idk

[@Unownsilver]

On a distant shore, miles from land Stands the ebony totem in ebony sand A dream in a mist of grey... On a far distant shore... The pebble that stood alone And driftwood lies half buried Warm shallow waters sweep shells So the cockles shine... A bare winding carcass, stark Shimmers as flies scoop up meat, an empty way... Dry tears... Crisp flax squeaks tall reeds Make a circle of grey in a summer way, around man Stood on ground... I'm trying, I'm trying To find you, to find you I'm living, I'm giving To find you, To find you I'm living, I'm living I'm trying, I'm giving

[@arnoldlayne6743]

How this never made the madcap album is a mystery.

[@magiccat4316]

Indeed. Better than the ones added at the end.

[@marinam3607]

Because his mates stole it,making crying song....😢

[@carlosnn8150]

​​@@magiccat4316it is said that Opel would have went in instead of If It's In You (the one with the false start) or She Took a Long Cold Look, but that it got "accidentally" misplaced. Idk, considering how bad Pink Floyd were doing on the singles front (and even albums, arguably PF didn't do better than Piper until the 70s) and how management actually wanted to stick with Syd, I suspect foul play by Waters/Gilmour. Even if not, since others say they helped a lot (specially in the Barrett album, where Syd needed more help, and also Wright helped more), it's clear the band made great money making songs about him, perhaps showing their guilt there (then again, they are to be commended for all the early stuff re-releases such as Relics or Works that kept royalties coming to Syd). Regardless, RIP Syd.

[@user-ze3nl2kc2f]

For me, this is the greatest song ever written

[@VanishedPNW]

From about @4:00 onward is incredible. Thats where an orchestra could really give him a big boost.

[@schwanenfeld]

Great song

[@terrypmusic]

Very nice..

[@sydpink]

A great song, which was a reworking of "She Was A Millionaire", also in waltz time.

[@marinam3607]

This song is a masterpiece,Gilmour and Waters helped in Madcap Laughs, but ,as David himself said in an interview,they also wanted to punish him a little...😟. Then they stole Opel, to create their Crying Song.... But nobody compares to Syd❤

[@crisprtalk6963]

I don’t hear any of Crying Song in Opel.

[@marinam3607]

​@@crisprtalk6963🤷🏻‍♂️

[@itscomplicated5507]

I have a question. How can a distant shore be miles from land?

[@robertmartin8565]

Like Syd once said, " it's very jangly".

[@FinchesInTheRain49]

I’d love to see Late Night next, thanks for the facts during the song :D

[@ronmillichamp996]

Not heard this before. Listening to it for the first time. He must have been hurting & yet like most of his solo work, somehow he creates magic.

[@Amphirrhox311]

I love his voice!

[@cirestamey9243]

This is a wonderful video with the informational text added! I hope you make more like this!

[@ArtistontheBorder]

We will! 😊

[@SydBarrettOfficial]

Thank you! Will do!

[@TheGamingSolution]

@@ArtistontheBorderyour the best !

[@PrantoKoX]

Splendid. 👌🏼

[@vincentvanbarrett7138]

Recording april 1969. Interesting. well after he supposedly went mad. One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever made by an artist-poet. Anyone that fairly hears the oddly perfect rhythm of his guitar...combined with lyrics....can only see things one way. Syd was capable, gifted and timeless.

[@vincentvanbarrett7138]

I'd like to point out to everyone here....that of course, "trying to find you..." is a line strangely used in another song. Kashmir; by Led Zeppelin. Note the common theme of trying to overcome space and death. Coincidence?

[@kremennumis689]

I love you, Syd ❤

[@didiosouzasobral]

E onde estaria o take 6 dessa música? ROGER BARRETT R.I.P. 🙏🏻

[@dirttyclean]

I can't hide away

[@metehanb]

It might be just me but I love Syd's Pink Floyd more.

[@uomorozzo1919]

Amo questa canzone ❤

[@germanshepherd5314]

Said it before, say it again, should have been released on Madcap or found a home on Barrett

[@ianbittner]

Rick Wright adding some flourishes to it on Barrett would have been interesting...

[@crisprtalk6963]

@@ianbittner absolutely

[@twistedspanner]

Syd recorded Terrapin on an an unplugged electric guitar that had a mic put in front of it. Thats how he got that sound with the pluctrum prominent. Opel sounds like it was recorded the same way. If only Gilmour and Wright had finished this instead of writing and trying to come up with songs in the studio like It is Obvious for the Barrett album when Syd already had all these classics songs written. It is Obvious that Gilmour wanted to catch Syd as he was at that moment in time. Staying away from the old abandoned tracks and starting with a clean slate.

[@VinylPiper]

so great!!!!!

[@marianobordoni]

Gracias!

[@alfredofranco]

It's such a pity that this song, one of Barrett's best, wasn't produced as it should have been. The lyrics makes me think of Dagon by Lovecraft.

[@Ratelzwatel]

1:30 Will take 6 (the only complete alternate version) ever be released?

[@michaelholtermann9129]

A sad story. Syd was a talented, gifted young man. Unfortunately, he had the wrong friends. He was seduced with drugs. Drug addiction is an illness. During his two solo albums, with the help of David G, Syd continued to take drugs. A catastrophe. Psychiatry was not yet ready at that time. I am interested in how Syd lived with his illness. Unfortunately, there are no more books in Germany.

[@akiva7774]

Why didn't they get Joe Boyd to produce him at this stage? Or did it have to be some EMI producer?

[@luciosnich]

Genial

[@alansaravia7203]

no es del 66? este tema?

[@carlosnn8150]

No, en 1966 Syd recién comenzaba con PF, ésta es del 69, ya él solista

[@antonioelizalde3989]

I still wondering what "Opel" means

[@MADCAP.R.I.P]

syd liked american style cars.. ,Opel, a German car maker set up a car factory in the UK..in the late 50s to early 60s one of their models was a large american style car, named OPEL REKORD P1....a bigger model.OPEL REKORD P2 soon followed...hence...OPEL REKORD.....OPEL RECORD....HAVE YOU GOT IT YET ?

[@mayhew75]

My daughters name.