Vale Syd Barrett

[carcharias]

Pink Floyd founder and resident nutter Syd Barrett has died at home.

If you dont know he was.
He was "the crazy diamond " in the song "shine on you crazy diamond" off the "Wish you were here "album.

He left the band before they went all stadium prog rock concept albumish.
He had a mental breakdown ....LSD had a bit to do with it.

 

[Stagger eel]

very sad.

I would of been more than interested to see what direction they would of taken had Syd stayed on..would "Dark side" had been made at all??

 

[carcharias]

doubt it.

Syd wrote songs about a bloke who stole people undies of the line..
Roger Waters wrote about madness.

Pretty similar I suppose.

 

[Stagger eel]

doubt it.

Syd wrote songs about a bloke who stole people undies of the line..
Roger Waters wrote about madness.

Pretty similar I suppose.

Lunatic was also written about him..and that came from Dark side album..than the question is would the "wall" have been written??? that would have to be regarded as their first bonefide "rock" album

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Sad news indeed.

 

[Eskimo Sharkie]

A very sad day for the music world. Although he left the band in 1968, he was regarded as a musical genius, credited with founding psychadelia, and was an inspiration for many. His two solo albums, 'The Madcap Laughs' and 'Barrett', both released in 1970, are classics, while his early work with Pink Floyd and his legacy in their later work, I'm sure will endure.

How ironic that his passing coincided with the long awaited DVD release of the 1994 "Pulse" concert.

Rest in Peace Syd.

 

[Bastard Squad]

I only just heard. Very sad indeed, although I'm surprised he made it to 60 to be honest.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

 

[carcharias]

I only just heard. Very sad indeed, although I'm surprised he made it to 60 to be honest.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

Indeed

"like black holes in the sky"

 

[Bastard Squad]

Have you bought Pulse yet Carch ? I was thinking of getting it to add to by Floyd DVD collection. I never bought it on CD prefering the original versions, but DG Live in Concert has convinced me that any Floyd is good Floyd, I'll probably get Waters Wall in Berlin concert too.

 

[Azkatro]

Take it easy Syd... "I'll give you anything everything if you want thing".

 

[hrundi99]

Vale Syd. Put his cds on today. Great stuff.

 

[carcharias]

Have you bought Pulse yet Carch ? I was thinking of getting it to add to by Floyd DVD collection. I never bought it on CD prefering the original versions, but DG Live in Concert has convinced me that any Floyd is good Floyd, I'll probably get Waters Wall in Berlin concert too.

nuh

I find waterless floyd to be a bit sterile.

..I'll probably get it though.

 

[Bastard Squad]

The second death of a boy genius

http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/the-second-death-of-a-boy-genius/2006/07/12/1152637740042.html

 

[gunnamatta bay]

According to legend, his retreat began the day he quit his London flat and walked all the way to Cambridge in bare feet. He boarded up the windows of his mother's basement and reverted to his real name, Roger.

LSD does that to people.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

 

[Rexxy]

LSD does that to people.

It still has its place. Opening wide those rusty doors of perception.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Old Syd knows the answer now to what, if anything, lays beyond!.........

 

[millersnose]

yes very sad the old nutter has gone

however

it was great that he was sacked by pink floyd so as the emergence of david gilmour would provide the world wit one of the most enduring and popular sounds in the history of music

gilmour is a far greater impact on music than syd would ever have been

 

[Rexxy]

to paraphrase Barney Gumble in Pukahontis "Dont cry for Syd, he was already dead".

yes very sad the old nutter has gone

however

it was great that he was sacked by pink floyd so as the emergence of david gilmour would provide the world wit one of the most enduring and popular sounds in the history of music

gilmour is a far greater impact on music than syd would ever have been

 

[Meanie]

Syd going mad provided the basis for most of Floyd's subject matter in the 70's, he was almost like a 5th member the whole time.

RIP - Syd.