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Good on him. We all erred as youths. I saw Bon Jovi's first ever show in England!!!

No offence, but I lose confidence in the music taste of anybody who admits to liking the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. ;)

I can see why Barrett's stuff could be seen as dated. He was writing at a time when there was a resurging interest in the childlike. Famously the title of Piper comes from a chapter heading from Kenneth Graeme's 'Wind in the Willows' and that kind of bucolic fantasy was back in vogue during...

The 'you had to be there' argument is one that really just says 'This music was important to me at a time when music was really important to me.' It doesn't really mean anything to others who don't have our memories. 'Nevermind' was the blockbuster album of my university years and I loved the...

Not for me, but then I have very little time for prog: Some songs on 'DSotM', a quarter of 'The Wall' a couple of songs on 'WYWH', both of which go on a bit. Most of the rest is awful prog noodling or tasteful wallpaper. Whereas Astronomy Domine, Bike, See Emily Play, Arnold Layne, The Gnome...

Pink Floyd, like Fleetwood Mac, is two bands, In both cases the answer, for me, is at first 'Yes of course I am', followed by 'Meh'. Syd and Greeny's bands were never artistically surpassed by the behemoths that followed. That's not to say that both later acts didn't make the odd decent record.