Interstellar Overdrive is a 9:41 journey through the psychedelic mind of Syd Barrett. We fly among time and space in something much like a TARDIS, witnessing scenes of brilliance and madness. Perhaps we are companions like Ian and Barbara, with Syd as our Doctor.
A turn of the ignition switch powers up the engine. At 0:37 we blast off through the clouds, hitting a rough patch at 0:58 or so before settling in at 1:10. Looking out the window, we notice various comets and swirling energies, objects of great power and beauty, time bending and shifting within the cosmic fabric. It feels discombobulated and strange. At 2:22 we hover over the barnyard of a vast space farm, and a robotic chicken calls out to us...b'gaw! b'gaw! b'gaw! OK, that's enough, chicken. Where's the farmer? b'gaw!! Shut it already, chicken!
At 2:45, a hole slowly opens up around us. A blast of the engine at 3:18 and we head into it, chickens, ducks, tractors, cows, farmer, barn, haystacks and all. Everything expands and contracts as it gets sucked across other dimensions. The intensity builds at 4:30. Roger Waters looks in vain for a place to toss an anchor, while everyone else rolls about helplessly. We are caught in a stardust tornado!
At 6:17 the dust settles and we find ourselves at rest. There is an eerie calmness around the ship. Vibrations pass through us, reaching out for a common thread. Are we being probed? Something is out there. A tractor beam locks onto us at 7:46, and we are pulled into the hull of an even larger ship. We can't fight it.
The larger ship starts its engines at 8:30, preparing for departure, with us on board. It parades before a giant mirror, and we see our negative reflections pass through us over and over again, piling up in sheets of consciousness until we are linked together in one massive field of energy. At long last, the ship arrives at its destination and shuts down its engines. We disembark, finding ourselves back home in our own time and place, much like Ian and Barbara at the end of The Chase...safe and sound.
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