Zarathustra

"A brother Karamazov" your nickname is fantastic...
the review is definitely too long for me, but I read it with pleasure because the album is a masterpiece... I have already expressed my views on Nick Mason in a comment on another review, in my opinion, he's anything but a great drummer, if we want to be at least somewhat objective; if instead we want to make blind praises then that's fine with me... Another thing I absolutely do not agree with is that Barrett (who struggled to play his own instrument) composed all the parts for the other instruments as well... it's one thing to say that the songs were all written by him, another to say something else... he surely gave indications to everyone, but now saying "Barrett also composed the scores for bass, keyboards, and percussion" seems absurd to me... Anyway, I might be wrong.

Hehe, how we're sinking low...

You're welcome, and it's a pleasure to share one's passions. Especially among nietzscheans!!!
See you soon!!!

Gilmour is the ultimate "anti-technicality" guitarist: he has always prioritized melody and the elegance of his solos over technique or speed. If Gilmour indulges in technicalities, then what do Page, Petrucci, Howe, Blackmore, Steve Vai, Vaughan, etc., do? Come on, let's be serious, Gilmour's guitar is the most recognizable in the history of rock, and for heaven's sake, let's not make comparisons with Barrett.

Ah, here it is...

Heh heh, I didn't know that "the solo" in "The End" was suggested by the others..

Yeah, okay, maybe he exaggerated a bit in that bridge in The End... :-)

Hehe, BeatBoy you partially anticipated me...

Well, I don't know the album, and certainly as a drummer Ringo doesn't rank among the pantheon of the most gifted drummers, but... aside from his likable personality, I find that his drumming was essential in defining the Beatles' sound... I mean, the Beatles' music wouldn't have been the same if Ginger Baker, for example, had sat behind the kit, a drummer with a torrential technique. Starr gave the Beatles' sound that naïve touch that helped make them famous, not to mention the fact that many stylistic choices made by Starr are really effective (I would say remarkable...): the drum track on "In My Life" is simply fantastic, the riff on "Come Together," or in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," or in "Tomorrow Never Knows." I'm not talking about technique or technical difficulty (which tends to be zero, as we know), but I'm talking about good taste. In this sense, I believe that Starr, in his own way, despite being scorned and shamelessly ridiculed, contributed a lot to the music of the Beatles and to rock music in general (after all, who doesn't remember the riff of "Come Together"?), even if he won't be remembered as a prodigy on his instrument.

Great review, you analyzed the tracks well, particularly the two highlights of the album "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive." Well done. The only thing I don't agree with is the adjective "titanic" next to Mason's name (primitivismo da foresta equatoriale conveys the idea well...): in my opinion, very few bands of the caliber of the Floyd (which I can count on one hand) have had a drummer as mediocre and devoid of creativity as Mason. As for the album, it's an absolute totem of those years, that is undeniable, but in my opinion, there's no comparison with the subsequent works, which benefit from a formidable guitarist in terms of taste and style like Gilmour (who really has nothing to do with Barrett in terms of guitar technique).