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The important thing is that you are convinced that the word "illiterate" doesn't exist and that "scenza" is spelled this way. It's interesting to see how you trolls, pathetic subhuman beings, engage in useless provocations when you no longer know what to say. Go ahead, if it makes you happy, tear down all my reviews.

@S4DOLL: you are absolutely right!

@The best, here is the bibliography:
^ Goodwin, F. and Jamison, K. R., Manic Depressive Illness, Oxford University Press (Oxford, 1990), p. 353.
^ a b Dean Keith Simonton (June 2005). "Are Genius and Madness Related? Contemporary Answers to an Ancient Question". Psychiatric Times. Are Genius and Madness Related? Contemporary Answers to an Ancient Question | Psychiatric Times Retrieved 2007-02-20.
^ Beveridge A (November 2001). "A disquieting feeling of strangeness?: the art of the mentally ill". J R Soc Med 94 (11): 595–9. PMID 11691904. PMC 1282252. A disquieting feeling of strangeness?: the art of the mentally ill
^ Are Genius and Madness Related? Contemporary Answers to an Ancient Question | Psychiatric Times
^ Kay Redfield Jamison (1996). Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament. Free Press. ISBN 978-0684831831.
^ Jamison, K. R., Touched with Fire, Free Press (New York, 1993), pp 82 ff.
^ Santosa CM, Strong CM, Nowakowska C, Wang PW, Rennicke CM, Ketter TA (June 2007). "Enhanced creativity in bipolar disorder patients: a controlled study". J Affect Disord 100 (1-3): 31–9. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2006.10.013. PMID 17126406.
^ a b Rihmer Z, Gonda X, Rihmer A (2006). "[Creativity and mental illness]" (in Hungarian). Psychiatr Hung 21 (4): 288–94. PMID 17170470.
^ Nowakowska C, Strong CM, Santosa CM, Wang PW, Ketter TA (March 2005). "Temperamental commonalities and differences in euthymic mood disorder patients, creative controls, and healthy controls". J Affect Disord 85 (1-2): 207–15. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2003.11.012. PMID 15780691.
^ Children Of Bipolar Parents Score Higher On Creativity Test, Stanford Study Finds
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P.S. If hundreds, maybe thousands of famous figures have been diagnosed with bipolar or manic-depressive disorders, it will eventually come to light. Barrett, contrary to what that certified idiot Freebird claims, was a figure who enjoyed a good reputation since the days of "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn". Freebird, why don’t you just shoot that idiot head of yours?! You know, this site would be much nicer if it weren't infested with insipid fakes like you. You say I don't understand a damn thing? You think you have the courage to say you would write better songs than Syd. And learn to write in proper Italian, you ignorant illiterate!

But I can annoy you as much as you want, you know how much I couldn't care less about bothering YOU! On the contrary, it's an honor to have nothing in common! Want the definition?! Open your damn ears and listen carefully to both this album and that other one: if to you they sound like "badly sung nursery rhymes put together in the studio, with the members of Floyd trying to make them listenable," that's your problem; to me, they are songs with immortal melodies (pick any Love Song) and with approximate structures without fixed patterns that stemmed from his moods (take any Wolfpack). I really like the result. And what the hell does Scaruffi have to do with it?! I didn't say that the artists I mentioned suck; I just said they're not my cup of tea, and in any case, I don't want to vote for them because I recognize their value regardless. I'm not a fool like you who tries to pass off his tastes as absolute truths. You can give your definitions while I give mine, and don't bug me!

@freebird: "but why wouldn't Povia be able to write songs that are in this and in the other album? maybe even better, it's not that hard, I can do it too." I'm waiting for you and your dear friend Povia to do something that even slightly resembles this record... But spare me!

No, being crazy doesn't necessarily mean being a genius, and being a genius doesn't necessarily mean being crazy (even if some studies document a good synergy between the two), but Syd was both. After all, the world of art is also populated by characters who suffer from mental imbalances and at the same time possess immeasurable talent. I don't confuse Povia with Syd; what I meant to say is that, since he was brought up by Freebird, we will never run the risk of hearing Povia compose Barrettian songs (and therefore, in the event of reevaluating him) because he is not remotely capable of that. Then again, everyone has their own standards of judgment, and perhaps you don't like this kind of chaotic and skewed music, while I, on the contrary, find it to be a marvelous synthesis of melodic perfection and chaos on the verge of cacophony. Just as you (IL_migliore, Freebird) are by no means poor wretches, I don't think I'm crazy or lost because I love Syd. Besides, you’re not entirely wrong; it's not easy to give a negative rating to an artist or a particularly significant work, even if they don't align with one's personal tastes. For example, I don’t adore Manzoni, Andy Warhol, or the Grateful Dead, but I would never dream of giving them a 1, because I would feel like diminishing their objectively indisputable value based on my personal tastes.

@Freebird: Come on, give me a break! Comparing this insane and immeasurable genius to that fart of Povia! It’s not a question of pedigree why someone like Syd deserves top marks. He could create immortal naif melodies with extreme naturalness, seemingly simple and childlike, while at the same time distorting them with sharpness and sudden evolutions that sprang from his moods. Povia wouldn’t even dream of these things; he probably doesn’t even know who Syd Barrett is! @Il migliore: You must be the one who’s fried!

THE stylistic devices. Anyway, good review. Immense Syd.

For me, this stopped being good music decades ago. The comparisons with Sanremo, Scanu, and the flatulent company can't always apply; being better than crap doesn't necessarily mean being great artists. Today, Bennato is definitely better than crap, but that doesn't change the fact that for many years now his sporadic releases have been absurdly mediocre. "...he has always worked hard instead of going to clown around on X Factor or Amici": dear teenagelobotomy, you are mistaken. He anticipated Guccini and De Gregori, who have appeared as guests on X Factor, sparking outrage, by appearing on the show "Popstar" way back in 2001 and accompanying none other than the winning Lollipop girls on guitar. I don't know if there's a footage on YouTube, but trust me, it's true. And what do you say about the duet with Britti "Notte di mezza estate"? If that's even a remotely decent song, then I am Jesus Christ.

Well, I wouldn't mind at all if they got back together, but I fear it’s tough, because from what I know, some of them (I'm sure about the drummer) have really stopped playing. Too bad.