Fitter Stoke wrote:
Syd Barrett ‘The Madcap Laughs’ and ‘Barrett’ - much as I love both of these records, they fill me with too much sadness when I play them. I can’t help feel that I’m intruding in their creator’s mental breakdown. Am I alone in this?
No you are not alone. I remember when I heard Madcap for the first time and there is that intro - when he is obviously agitated - yes I'm thinking of this yes I am ... I never really knew much about his mental state of the time then - but I was thinking it was sad and really should not be there on the record ....