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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I suppose all this would depend ultimately on what you mean by 'noise'. I'm listening to No Man's Land right now, in an attempt to get what you mean by the whole 'noise' thing. And yes, something does happen about two minutes in as the guitars begin to 'disintegrate' in a very Velvets/Can/Beefheart-like fashion. If this is what you mean, you may well have a point. I certainly can't think of a British song that has that effect which predates it. Maybe The Pretty Things song Defective Grey, but then again, maybe not. Your claim reminds me a bit of the one which cites The Kinks' You Really Got Me is the first Heavy Metal record, in that it may be true, but only in the very narrowest of sense. Saying that, if nothing else, it's made me listen to what is already one of my favourite songs from the British psychedelic era in a different way. Whether you're right or not is secondary to what is definitely an interesting point for discussion. Thanks.  |
Yeah sure thing man, that was the idea, the original thread title was a wild claim of "Syd Barrett invented noise rock!!". I'm quite sure he didn't, but it was intended to provoke discussion and comment, nice to know someone 'gets it'
. Similar to the claim about the Kinks track is something my Gothic freind says about a Rolling Stones track (can't for the life of me remember which one) being the first 'proto-Goth' track. It can all get a bit rediculous if you trace it back too far, but I find it quite fun discussing where the seeds of later music genres were sewn.
And, ha!, if we want to get into REALLY bullshit claims about Syd Barrett theres the old 'Long Gone predicts 9/11' arguement. Obviously Syd took so many mind altering drugs he saw into the future...