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This is one of those films that people claim to have seen, but usually can't recall where, or what it was about. People who follow Pink Floyd will enjoy this rare short. Non fans should stay away because it will have no meaning.

The band members of Pink Floyd don't usually stand out. Unless they bring each other to court (Waters/Gilmore), most people don't know who is in the band. But Syd was different. You can read many false stories about Syd, his leaving the band, and strange tales of madness and wrongly reported deaths. He was Floyd's first front man, and the genius behind "Piper at the Gates of Dawn". The subject of "Wish You Were Here", and combined with Waters into Pink for "The Wall".

"Syd's First Trip" is made up of two parts. You get to see Syd Barrett trip on mushrooms while being filmed, and then Pink Floyd after they signed their first contract at Abbey Roads Studios. It is a very short strange film, and was silent. However, the DVD added a sound track (by another artist).

I was very surprised to read so many bad reviews of this concert film.

Today people want songs that last 3 minutes (or less), and they want the artist to lip synch songs in concert so that they sound exactly like the CD. One review even stated that punk rock was born out of peoples distaste for 30 minute versions of songs in concert. This can't be true, I'm sure it had more to do with the commercialization of music with disco, which interestingly is happening now in music with the current bands.

Well people, you are in luck. You can find many boy bands, girl pop, and go to big 4 floor music stores, that carry poorly produced, manufactured music in pretty CDs. You can go to concerts where dancing and costumes are more important than the songs. You can even download mp3s so that you don't have to buy the whole CD, just the one hit wonder songs you crave, without the rest. You'll love it, they don't make silly concept albums anymore or jam with drum/guitar solos to bridge songs, they just throw filler material between tracks that are tested before it is released, to pad the hits. And at all costs avoid this film, stick to "flavor of the month" concerts on network TV, because you will be left very confused and most likely upset.

However, for the rest of us. We can go to little out of the way music stores, find gems like "Song Remains the Same", go home and enjoy rock and roll the way it should be done. No costume changes or dancers, just pure music with heart. We will never see rock like this again.

Many of us long for the days of concerts where people sat in awe while the rocks gods played for 3 hours plus. We would see a band in 3 cities, just to hear the different sets, and versions of their songs. We trade bootlegs, because you already own every thing they ever recorded. Three to four hour concerts, concept albums, touring . . . enough said. This is what some of us miss today. But people rather jump around and hit each other, or swoon over pretty faces, while enjoying their music. To each his own.

"Song Remains the Same" isn't for everyone, but for those of us who do enjoy it, the film remains a great concert film of one of the truly great bands, who understood how to perform for the fans.

This is an interesting film that will entertain. 'The Trip' has a 'Reefer Madness' quality to it, with a strange message about acid and it's effects.

Sets for this film have an expressionist imagery to them. The art direction is an explosion of patterns and colors. You get a psychedelic fun house feel all through the film. The use of lighting/shadows and old film techniques give a dreamy quality to the scenes that you will not forget.

Although dated by today's standards, the film is easy to watch and quite creative. And 'The Trip' does have a message: "I'll deal with it tomorrow."