Visual Intensity 4/Visual Intensity - Issue 4 (1994-05-29)(Dual 4Mat)(Disk 2 of 3).adf/DemTunes/167/167

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{ta{M{9         A   S A U C E R   F U L L   O F   S E C R E T S   ( 1 9 6 8 )

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{A{6     This  was  the  second  ever Pink
Floyd  album,it  has  a  mix of really
good  tracks  and  really  crap  ones.
Corporal  Clegg,  for example, is shit
whereas Set the Controls isn't.  To be
honest  as  a  whole  I'm  not  overly
impressed  with  the  album.  But then
I'm  not  that  keen  on  Pink Floyd's
earlier  Syd  Barrett  stuff  and this
album,  despite  not really having Syd
on  it,  is  still  very  much  in his
style.







{C{5Let There be light{6{A
     The intro to this song has a sort
of  indian  feel to it.  The middle of
the song has two bits to it, it starts
off  with this loud fast section where
the  words  are  difficult to make out
but  seem to be about space and aliens
and  stuff  and  then it flips to this
slower  bit  singing "Now, now, now is
the  time,  time,  time  to be, be, be
aware"  and  such  like,  it does this
about  3 times and then collapses into
a  sort  of  noisy  end  with loads of
stuff  happening  at  the  same  time.
This  track, along with others is what
made  people  identify Pink Floyd with
Sci-Fi.    It  was  written  by  Roger
{ta{A{6Waters  and apparently the predominant
instrument  is a 'closely miked cymbal
stroked very gently with soft mallets'
and  this  produced  a  sound that was
nothing at all like a cymbal.  6/10

{C{5Remember a Day{A{6
     This  is  a  slow  song with nice
long   notes,  and  a  gentle,  mellow
rhythm  and an all round goodden.  Syd
plays  slide guitar on this one.  Also
on 'Relics'.  7/10

{C{5Set  the Controls for the Heart of the
Sun{A{6
     A bit deep and dark this one, old
Roger  Waters  must  have  been  a bit
depressed  when  he  wrote it.  Anyway
the  music's  good, but the lyrics are
being  whispered and are so quiet that
you can barely hear what he's going on
about, probably setting those controls
for  the  heart  of  the  sun, but who
knows.   The  title for this track was
taken  from  a  Willliam S.  Burroughs
novel  and  the  words  from a book of
chinese  verse.  This is the second of
Waters  two  tracks  and  again helped
create thier space age image.  8/10

{C{5Corporal Clegg{A{6
     Unless  this  song  has  got some
sort  of hidden meaning that I haven't
spotted   then  it's  total  crap  and
deserves  to  be  erased  off  of  all
copies   of   the  album  immediately,
starts  off crap and pinnacles at this
sort  of kazoo noise at the end.  This
is  the first example we get of Waters
obsession  with  wars  and  war hero's
which he continued in the Wall and the
Final  Cut  among others.  The problem
is,  it's a load of crap.  I think its
about  the memories of a shell shocked
{ta{A{6guy  after  the  First  World  War  or
something.  2/10

{C{5Side Two A Saucerful of Secrets{A{6
     The    title   track,   obviously
enough.   Starts  with a long low note
slowly  building up whilst the rest of
the  song  works  around  it.  Lots of
weird noises, well weirder than usual,
sort  of  appear  in  the  middle  and
wobble   around  quite  interestingly,
goes  on  for  quite  a while and in a
word  is  strange.   One  of the first
Pink   Floyd   tracks  where  Syd  was
completely absent but it is still very
similar  to  the  type  of  track  Syd
created.     This   track   is   David
Gilmour's  only credit (for composing)
on  the  whole  album .  Originally it
was  called  the  'Massed  Gadgets  of
Hercules'  although  I have absolutely
no  reason  why.   The  track  is very
chaotic  and changes tempo and style a
lot  between  the  beginning  and end.
7/10

{C{5See-Saw{A{6
     Not  at  all  like the last song,
its  a  bit difficult to describe, the
tempo  changes  all over the shop, the
words  don't make any sense and all in
all  it's  a  bit weird.  It's working
title  was  'The Most Boring Song I've
Ever  Heard  Bar  Two'  but  it's  not
actually  that  bad.   It's  a sort of
slow melodic track.  8/10

{C{5JugBand Blues{A{6
     Best  described  as 'shatteringly
disjointed',  under  Syd's  orders the
middle  has  the Salvation Army sextet
who were told to 'play what you want'.
Contains  the  line  I'm wondering who
could  be writing this song?  which is
{ta{A{6a  bit  of  an  insight into our Syd's
brain but doesn't change the fact that
this track is bollocks 1/10

{C{5Album Cover{A{6
     This   was  the  first  one  that
Hipnosis   did   it   has   13  images
superimposed  on  each  other  and  is
supposed   to   simulate  their  light
shows.   The  images include the solar
system,  a zodiac wheel, old photos of
an   alchemist   and  his  bottles  of
potions  and  an  infra red picture of
the band.

Look  Sable,  Barrett  was  a  genius,
although he did go a little haywire on
the  old  acid  his stuff was classic,
having smoked many a joint with Relics
I  think that they have'nt really been
a  patch  on  the earlier stuff since,
the group are still brilliant but they
have  just  lost  that  little  bit of
neurotacism  that Barrett gave them, I
mean  listening  to  the  end of Inter
Stellar  overdrive  you'd  think  that
either you've either smoked to much or
your  stereo  is  on the blink!!!  For
the  record I think that the wall is a
load  of  cack!!!!   The  new album is
mega   but  thats  another  review!!!!
(Tummo).
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