What is arnold layne about

General Comment Knicker nicker Arnold Layne!! FelixCloud on July 21, Link. General Comment barrett imagined a name first then gaven him an unusual hobbie:collecting clothes;which caused outrage at the time because of and crossdressin,its pure pink floyd imagination oily on December 11, Link. I think the pressure of fame hurt him more than LSD. WYWH no it was the massive amounts of lsd quite simply. Maybe he had schizophrenia which the lsd exacerbates but Sid took way too much acid.

TomThumb on December 23, General Comment its about a crossdresser? The song is about a guy who got drunk and stole womens underwear. The song implies that he also put the underwear on and posed in front of a mirror. It also says he was locked up in jail probably for theft and this very reason. The song also says "it's not the same, it takes 2 to know" which implies Syd Barrett also did this.

People cross dressing today is still frowned upon by many people, so admitting this in would have been completely out of the question. By writing this, he wrote in story form and takes on an experienced and sympathetic point of view Sometimes people have something to say and don't want to admit or say it at the same time so they put it in a story or riddle form.

A detached Barrett delivers "Arnold Layne" in the same way he sings "Astronomy Domine," despite the fact that only the latter arguably calls for detachment. And come to think of it, the descending chords underlying the verses of "Arnold Layne" - - i. Furthermore, it doesn't seem unlikely that Barrett was influenced by John Lennon's dispassionate delivery of "Strawberry Fields Forever," which was released a few weeks before "Arnold Layne" was completed.

Barrett's singing is a bit more lively - - just a bit - - on the other side. It's easy to say in cases like this that the song must be about drugs, and yet that seems as likely as any other explanation.

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