Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
This is rock music! Everyone's a pompous ass. Doesn't make the music sound any different.
I mean they are unusually pompous; and their lacklustre individual work only accentuates their assitude.

The group compositions are always the best, though, with the exception of Syd's work; he could do just as well without the rest of the band as with them. The others... not so much. Just look at everything made after "Dark Side" (my second favorite album.)

And besides, Syd wasn't pompous; he just had head problems. That is also partly why Hendrix and Creedence are my top two favorite of all time (the not being pompous part.)