Syd Barrett-Terrapin

“Terrapin“ is a song by Syd Barrett that appears as the first track off his first solo album The Madcap Laughs and is notably the sole representative from that album that appears on The Peel Session.[1] The song’s arrangement is sparse, like much of the album, and features only acoustic and electric guitar accompaniment to the vocals. The song has been covered by Phish, The Smashing Pumpkins, Marc and the Mambas, as well as David Gilmour, who featured the song on the live album David Gilmour in Concert. The Syd Barrett Appreciation Society titled its official magazine Terrapin (published from 1972-1976), in tribute to the song. I really love you and I mean you the star above you, crystal blue Well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you... I wouldn’t see you and I love to I fly above you, yes I do well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you... Floating, bumping, noses dodge a tooth the fins a luminous fangs all ’round