Soft Machine
Third

THE REVIEW

I'm surprised to know that on this site there are no reviews about Soft Machine! I understand they're not a group known to the general public... well, what does that mean?
I can't believe that with all the people here, there's not one, just one person who knows Soft Machine!
I'm truly amazed. Ah! But maybe you've heard the name before? Or perhaps you confused them with another group like Machine Head? Like a friend of mine did once, when I asked if he had anything by Soft Machine, and he replied: "it seems like I should have something with the word Machine" and to think he knew nothing about Soft Machine. He got a nice "Donkey" for that. My fear was that he would bring me Third and tell me to listen to it, because it's a giant, a "milestone rock" not just a stone, only then could I feel humiliated, like someone who had understood nothing. But I found only ignorance.

People enjoy listening to certain groups because they're out of their minds, because they share drugs, because they want to grow up like rebellious kids, who in reality aren't that at all.
They act all fancy with women, listening to a bit of commercial music that makes them feel big and strong. That's like waiting for grass to grow. Sometimes people are capable of polluting music without realizing it, with their own means, putting together bands, in their own Rock way, this way they’ll have the chance to get noticed, and possibly break through, become rich, famous and fulfill all their whims; the fact is that they often succeed, worming their way into everything, as long as it involves money, publicity, and hypocrisy.
The great ones don't need publicity! They don't need money! They don't need beautiful women. They only need to discover their path of "who we are, where we come from and where we are going."
It's not a general problem, but rather an inner and secret mission.