> Michael Lee wrote:

> > Also, I forgot to mention, that so far I would second
> > the suggestions Brain Damage, or almost anything by
> > Pink Floyd or Syd Barrett for that matter,

Christopher Green replied:

> Yikes, I almost forgot to mention two of my favorites from one of Syd's
> (VERY weird) solo albums -- "Effervescing Elephant" and "Gigolo Aunt."
> Certainly they were *caused* by mental illness, if not about it.

Indeed!  The Madcap Laughs, his first solo album,
is almost a soundtrack to mental illness.
Lyrically more than musically, the songs certainly reflect the product or
creation
of mental illness, not to mention the related effects of years of lsd.
This could be taken as an example of the disorganized thought process seen
in schizophrenia.

The lyrics to:

IF IT'S IN YOU

Yes I'm thinking of this, yes I am
puddle town, Tom was the underground
hold you tighter so close, yes you are
please hold on to the steel rail

colonel with gloves
he isn't loved on 'Sundays Mail'
all the fives crock Henrietta
she's mean go-getter
gotta write her a letter.

Did I wink of this, I am
yum, yummy, yum, don't, yummy, yum, yom, yom...
Yes, I'm thinking of this, in steam
skeleton kissed to the steel rail

fleas in Pamela
chugging along with a funnel of steam
all the fives crock Henrietta
she's mean go-getter
gotta write her a letter...
...................................

Finally, for even more obscure songs, there is always Negativland's 'Yellow,
Black, and Rectangular' for
psychotherapy.

-Mike




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