I know everyone goes on about his writing and creativity, which was great, but my god could Syd sing. He was the best singer Floyd as ever had. A golden voice. And he was the first person I know of that didn’t put on an American accent.’
The Beatles started their psychedelic phase around the same time Pink Floyd, infact the beatles were recording Sergent Peppers at exactly the same time as Pink Floyd were recording Piper at the Gates of Dawn. In fact they were recording at the Abey Road Studio right next to each other. Pink Floyd were doing psychedelic type music before they went in to record that album In fact the story goes that John Lennon and Syd Barrett use to have alot of interesting chats. who influced who? no one knows
Roger "Syd" Barrett is the ONLY talented musician that I can say: I missed him when he was still alive in 1968 & I've missed him since he died on July 7th, 2006. Always hoped I'd run into him in Cambridge at the Corn Exchange, Grafton Mall, University pathways or punting boats. Just to have met him would have been an honor. #RIP
Barrett's sister mentioned the disastrous effects LSD had on his already highly creative mind. This immediately made me think about another creative genius who steered clear of drugs: Frank Zappa. I can't imagine what might have happened to Frank who obviously already saw the world from a very different vantage point than most of us but given Syd's experience and others including Brian Wilson and Jim Morrison I don't think things would have turned out so well. I'm not anti LSD by the way. I think for most people a properly administered and monitored dose of clean acid can often augment creative energy because I think it has the ability to allow you to briefly see the world through the eyes of a creatively gifted person. Unfortunately those people who already possess these gifts, drugs can push them over the edge.
His sister denied his mental illness though and didn't do anything to treat it, perhaps as drugs are a more socially acceptable reason for his decline to her. Really though, she left him to a life of alcoholism and isolation so no thanks to her at all. Jim Morrison wasn't doing any LSD when he died- he was sadly an alcoholic.
I believe he was autistic and developed schizophrenia from his early twenties. Waters commented on his odd gait, walking on tiptoes, which is an aspect of autism. Also the fascination with making odd noises on a guitar that it was not designed for would have driven him to experiment. To everyone else it was bizarre, but to him it was perfectly natural. Autism. His later behaviour indicated schizophrenia, the illogical conclusions and the screaming his neighbours heard from his house. Psychosis. In case you're wondering why I think this? I have both.
In many ways maybe even more. The great are the ones who suffer most. Rest well Syd. Thank you for being my guide and protector in times of distress and in all other times as well. Let’s send him love from the other side. May he rest in the clouds all blue sipping his lemonade aboard his effervescing elephant.
Actually, Piper was recorded from February to May 1967, while the Beatles started recording Sgt. Pepper in December of 1966 and ended in April of 1967. The Beatles psychedelic sound can be heard as early as 1965 and 1966 in Rubber Soul and Revolver.
"lyrically and the way he played his guitar" gee, is that all? amazing how everybody becomes and expert. mojo should fire that man. i may know nothing but he knows less than me. HAPPY NEW YEAR SYD. WE DO WISH YOU WERE HERE. GOD BLESS YOU.
I am just starting to look back to who this band really has been and whence it came; mental illness in my family; the pain- delusion- loneliness- fear- I wish he had been given what he needed; maybe he was- i will never know. it pains me now, however, to imagine what it must have been like for him.
Syd was NOT crazy. He had sufferred a nervous breakdown from being a "rock star." After his death, his sister wrote an article about how normal he really was. After he got away from "the biz." And his nickname had nothing to do with acid. There was a jazz drummer named Sydney Barrett (no relation) in Cambridge when he was growing up. He never referred to himself as "Syd." That was a moniker he was given by his schoolmates.
His sister was in denial. He was catatonic at points and known as a local eccentric in Cambridge. I wish she didn't feel such a strong stigma about mental illness.
Yes P.A.T.G/O/Dawn is a classic'..I have the original Nono Blue 'Black issue also...My Children loved that album' esp The Scarecrow'The Gnome' Lucifer Sam'and Bike..Fantastic'...Thanks to Syd' for all the pleasure we had from those wonderful songs...I'm sure Syd is somewhere playing Games for May!...R.I.P.Syd!
In the beginning it was written, written in the stars. Syd Barrett and the boys would start a band. In the stars it read, that Syd would stumble, stumble hard. The stars scrambled to find a balance, balance for the Pink, and the Floyd. Pink wasn't well, he stayed back at the hotel. So he sent Gilmour along as a surrogate. Gilmour wished Syd was there, that crazy diamond. But Syd built a wall around himself. So today we look back with no regret. Pink Floyd is Gilmour, Waters, Mason, and Wright
You know the legendary club UFO ( 60’s, London ), visited often by the famous that time ( including beatles and roling stones ). And Pink Floyd was great, genius, darling that place. And Pink Floyd played since 65, 66 for all the famous and other peoples. And everybody was marveled, danced and did a great trip. Paul in response to his biographer sad: Have been influenced by other bands. No need to say the name of band. The new song beatles started playing says who influenced them.
Pink Floyd's great, I love them pre and post Syd Barrett, but The Beatles were the greatest group of musicians of all time. If it weren't for what The Beatles etched into music during the early and mid 60's, there would not have been a Pink Floyd.
I agree to an extent, although I think the spirit of Syd and the experimenting were still there until Dark Side, which for me is the one where me and PF parted company.
What would Pink Floyd be without Syd Barrett. I mean his performances on the greatest album of all time, Dark Side Of The Moon was, er..wait...nevermind.
Ignorant, Syd's influence on the band inspired many of the songs on Dark Side. He may have only been in the band for 1 1/2 albums but he influenced a lot of their greatest work that came after him.
Jim Roy There's no doubt Pink Floyd wrote about Barrett and to be honest, fetishized him ad nausium, but compare The Wall or DSOTM to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and it becomes clear David Gilmore was the true creative force behind the success of Pink Floyd, not Syd Barrett. Had he remained with the band I guarantee there would only be a handful of people who ever knew about Pink Floyd.
***** I honestly usually prefer The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, its a psychedelic masterpiece. If you don't like his music that's okay, its very different and doesn't appeal to a lot of people, but it was a great, unique and creative piece of work. And I personally think if Syd would have remained the band would have produced just as good of music, probably a lot different though.
what would chocolate donuts be without cream cheese? I don't even like whole wheat toast. But if a door mat is chilled to 10 degrees Celsius, then my hamster will never learn to drive a moving van. So yes, Tyrion Lannister is 100% correct.
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Bullshit they did try to help him, get him to psychiatrists, helped him finish his last album, made sure he got royalties from albums like Pulse, Works. You can't force someone as their friend to deal with their mental illness. The guy has a family, and they couldn't even help him, so what more would you have had them do?
They did look after him. They got psychiatrists to try and treat him but the acid burnt his brain out. They made sure he had the royalties he was owed and Dave Gilmour kept a close eye on him. They kept it quiet for a reason.
It is sad they didn't remain friends, even if he was suffering from mental illness. It was good of Gilmour to help him get two albums out but where were the visits over the years? I wonder if he regrets that now.
So, in my opinióm! For nothing! There is no comparison. It is more, the P.Floyd's best songs; " See Emily play, Arnold Lane, etc " owes to him very much Lennon-McCartney. In two years The Beatles wrote everything what on Psicodelia and the are left him. This one besides my opinion, is of the own P.Floyd (Gilmour's declarations and Waters closet)Sorry for my Inglish!Bleueareuareurg!
It was roger and Syd band, not David's. It is not fair they give Roger a hard time but really him and Syd created the band and David destroyed it. He swooped in and kicked Roger out and destroyed pink floyd. Good guitarist none the less but he is not pink floyd.
Although Barrett was an innovater and creative, I don't think he was very proficient or excellent in either role. What I mean is he wasn't that great of a guitarist,singer or lyricist and only when Gilmours skill as a guitarest was added to the PF sound did they become as epic as they did.
Don't think he cared a damn about being the best of guitarist or better than Eric Clapton. For him .Music was art about inner most expression and he treated it like that Rip syd
In my opinion, Pink Floyd totally OUTCLASSES the Beatles!! No disrespect directed to Sir Paul McCartney, but Floyd was so much...better. This is MY opinion.
I wish Syd Barrett was still alive today, he'll be remembered for teaching musicians the art of dissonance in rock music
Yes that’s exactly his guitar legacy. There would be no punk or post punk without him. He was the first.
I know everyone goes on about his writing and creativity, which was great, but my god could Syd sing. He was the best singer Floyd as ever had. A golden voice. And he was the first person I know of that didn’t put on an American accent.’
The Beatles started their psychedelic phase around the same time Pink Floyd, infact the beatles were recording Sergent Peppers at exactly the same time as Pink Floyd were recording Piper at the Gates of Dawn. In fact they were recording at the Abey Road Studio right next to each other. Pink Floyd were doing psychedelic type music before they went in to record that album In fact the story goes that John Lennon and Syd Barrett use to have alot of interesting chats. who influced who? no one knows
I'd like to be a fly on the wall during that conversation!
Wish you were here Syd...
Roger "Syd" Barrett is the ONLY talented musician that I can say: I missed him when he was still alive in 1968 & I've missed him since he died on July 7th, 2006. Always hoped I'd run into him in Cambridge at the Corn Exchange, Grafton Mall, University pathways or punting boats. Just to have met him would have been an honor. #RIP
i can still cry over Syd..... he was unlike any one else.......a total original.... true to himself=...
Shine on Syd
Barrett's sister mentioned the disastrous effects LSD had on his already highly creative mind. This immediately made me think about another creative genius who steered clear of drugs: Frank Zappa. I can't imagine what might have happened to Frank who obviously already saw the world from a very different vantage point than most of us but given Syd's experience and others including Brian Wilson and Jim Morrison I don't think things would have turned out so well. I'm not anti LSD by the way. I think for most people a properly administered and monitored dose of clean acid can often augment creative energy because I think it has the ability to allow you to briefly see the world through the eyes of a creatively gifted person. Unfortunately those people who already possess these gifts, drugs can push them over the edge.
His sister denied his mental illness though and didn't do anything to treat it, perhaps as drugs are a more socially acceptable reason for his decline to her. Really though, she left him to a life of alcoholism and isolation so no thanks to her at all.
Jim Morrison wasn't doing any LSD when he died- he was sadly an alcoholic.
Roger put it very well. '... but I borrowed it'.
Handsome bastard and damaged genius.
The guy at the end. His analysis was very well spoken and i believe accurate. There was a ton of respect there. Just want to recognize that
I believe he was autistic and developed schizophrenia from his early twenties.
Waters commented on his odd gait, walking on tiptoes, which is an aspect of autism.
Also the fascination with making odd noises on a guitar that it was not designed for would have driven him to experiment.
To everyone else it was bizarre, but to him it was perfectly natural. Autism.
His later behaviour indicated schizophrenia, the illogical conclusions and the screaming his neighbours heard from his house. Psychosis.
In case you're wondering why I think this?
I have both.
Okay autistic schizophrenic person
Every song by Pink Floyd is written about Sid if you ask me. The lunatic on the grass, the crazy diamond, the guy stuck behind the wall..
Syd Barrett might be the most influencial artist in history..Along with Mozart,Bach,and Beethoven...Picaso,Salvador Dolly,and Van Gough...
Dali, not Dolly. Picasso, not Picaso. Van Gogh, not Van Gough.
No way..
I don't deny his talent but this...it's just too much
Absolutely hope more people understand art is all about your unique vision, your own style
In many ways maybe even more. The great are the ones who suffer most. Rest well Syd. Thank you for being my guide and protector in times of distress and in all other times as well. Let’s send him love from the other side. May he rest in the clouds all blue sipping his lemonade aboard his effervescing elephant.
I would call early pink floyd more artistic, more cerebral, more earthy, more ethereal, more genius...more everything..
2020, still remembering syd
Interstellar Overdrive is some pretty good rock.
Haven't heard something like that by any other band
It was his vision, his style
syd you have change my life thak you
Barrett was the soul of Pink Floyd
Actually, Piper was recorded from February to May 1967, while the Beatles started recording Sgt. Pepper in December of 1966 and ended in April of 1967. The Beatles psychedelic sound can be heard as early as 1965 and 1966 in Rubber Soul and Revolver.
"lyrically and the way he played his guitar" gee, is that all? amazing how everybody becomes and expert. mojo should fire that man. i may know nothing but he knows less than me. HAPPY NEW YEAR SYD. WE DO WISH YOU WERE HERE. GOD BLESS YOU.
7.7.2013 I love you Syd/Roger and wish you were here!!
Me too, my friend...reminds me of me these days...true and original to myself, with plenty of mates who respect me as such.
Wow I remember when he died I was 16 years old, man when it time gone by ☹️
syd is always missed. sid
I am just starting to look back to who this band really has been and whence it came; mental illness in my family; the pain- delusion- loneliness- fear- I wish he had been given what he needed; maybe he was- i will never know. it pains me now, however, to imagine what it must have been like for him.
Hi Ryan, Please look at the first commentary.
Syd was NOT crazy. He had sufferred a nervous breakdown from being a "rock star." After his death, his sister wrote an article about how normal he really was. After he got away from "the biz." And his nickname had nothing to do with acid. There was a jazz drummer named Sydney Barrett (no relation) in Cambridge when he was growing up. He never referred to himself as "Syd." That was a moniker he was given by his schoolmates.
His sister was in denial. He was catatonic at points and known as a local eccentric in Cambridge. I wish she didn't feel such a strong stigma about mental illness.
I felt Grief for him.
And now Bowie’s gone.
Yes P.A.T.G/O/Dawn is a classic'..I have the original Nono Blue 'Black issue also...My Children loved that album' esp The Scarecrow'The Gnome' Lucifer Sam'and Bike..Fantastic'...Thanks to Syd' for all the pleasure we had from those wonderful songs...I'm sure Syd is somewhere playing Games for May!...R.I.P.Syd!
In the beginning it was written, written in the stars. Syd Barrett and the boys would start a band. In the stars it read, that Syd would stumble, stumble hard. The stars scrambled to find a balance, balance for the Pink, and the Floyd. Pink wasn't well, he stayed back at the hotel. So he sent Gilmour along as a surrogate. Gilmour wished Syd was there, that crazy diamond. But Syd built a wall around himself. So today we look back with no regret. Pink Floyd is Gilmour, Waters, Mason, and Wright
sid is always missed. sid
You know the legendary club UFO ( 60’s, London ), visited often by the famous that time ( including beatles and roling stones ). And Pink Floyd was great, genius, darling that place. And Pink Floyd played since 65, 66 for all the famous and other peoples. And everybody was marveled, danced and did a great trip.
Paul in response to his biographer sad: Have been influenced by other bands. No need to say the name of band. The new song beatles started playing says who influenced them.
I love you Syd
Syd Barrett
Sad :/
Would the deputy editor of Mojo care to make a comment on the lyrics of 'Humpty Dumpty'?
very eloquent and so true. no one man was pink floyd, it took all four.
Love the Inglish!
Syd didn’t join Pink Floyd, he was Pink Floyd. Shine on You crazy Diamond 💎
See they never forgot him,
Pink Floyd's great, I love them pre and post Syd Barrett, but The Beatles were the greatest group of musicians of all time. If it weren't for what The Beatles etched into music during the early and mid 60's, there would not have been a Pink Floyd.
Some of those songs were about Bob Klose
Syd was Pink Floyd after he left they went down in my mind. Syd forever XXXXX
+John Barry Radio 1 Sessions. Terrapin was better than the released official.
John Barry how could you think that?
Quite easily!!!
I agree to an extent, although I think the spirit of Syd and the experimenting were still there until Dark Side, which for me is the one where me and PF parted company.
Syd Barrett didn't join pink Floyd,he founded the band with Roger waters, Richard Wright and nick mason
he came up with the name from those names though, that was their reasoning
What would Pink Floyd be without Syd Barrett. I mean his performances on the greatest album of all time, Dark Side Of The Moon was, er..wait...nevermind.
Ignorant, Syd's influence on the band inspired many of the songs on Dark Side. He may have only been in the band for 1 1/2 albums but he influenced a lot of their greatest work that came after him.
Jim Roy There's no doubt Pink Floyd wrote about Barrett and to be honest, fetishized him ad nausium, but compare The Wall or DSOTM to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and it becomes clear David Gilmore was the true creative force behind the success of Pink Floyd, not Syd Barrett. Had he remained with the band I guarantee there would only be a handful of people who ever knew about Pink Floyd.
***** I honestly usually prefer The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, its a psychedelic masterpiece. If you don't like his music that's okay, its very different and doesn't appeal to a lot of people, but it was a great, unique and creative piece of work. And I personally think if Syd would have remained the band would have produced just as good of music, probably a lot different though.
what would chocolate donuts be without cream cheese? I don't even like whole wheat toast. But if a door mat is chilled to 10 degrees Celsius, then my hamster will never learn to drive a moving van. So yes, Tyrion Lannister is 100% correct.
+Tyrion Lannister Bollocks that's your taste, they could never come near to his lyrics.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Not a single picture of Syd (after Pink Floyd)
Where is Syd's grave?
Someone named “Sid” feels the need to say that Syd Barrett is missed in five separate posts. * 🤭 * I miss him, as well. Best wishes.
Why legends have to die?
By definition, legends never die, my friend 😉
Shine on you crazy insane bastard!!
Roger looks like Richard Gere.
He did not "join Pink Floyd". Who wrote this
take the floor boards out of his bed room i bet there is hidden music......
Es el Traductor google,!ya me gustaria escribir en ingles con soltura!
Was that a cocaine sniff @ 1:05 ?
...and of course...and of course....of course...etc..etc....if you will.
Roger Keith Barrett
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the other members of the band should had help him when they could, but no they kicked him outa the band, very sad. love barrett
Well at least they supported him finacially and musically after he has been kicked out.
Bullshit they did try to help him, get him to psychiatrists, helped him finish his last album, made sure he got royalties from albums like Pulse, Works. You can't force someone as their friend to deal with their mental illness. The guy has a family, and they couldn't even help him, so what more would you have had them do?
They did try to help him.
@@summerthyme71 damn looking back at this 6 year old comment, I'm cringing at what 13 year old me was thinking 😂😂
Some band mates - not! They just abandoned him in his time of need when he became reclusive and had no friends.
They did look after him. They got psychiatrists to try and treat him but the acid burnt his brain out. They made sure he had the royalties he was owed and Dave Gilmour kept a close eye on him. They kept it quiet for a reason.
+TheAdambee7 to no avail
It is sad they didn't remain friends, even if he was suffering from mental illness. It was good of Gilmour to help him get two albums out but where were the visits over the years? I wonder if he regrets that now.
I've got a bike you can ride it if yo___No I havent I've just remembered syd nicked it... =)
Why does everyone keep spelling his name wrong lol.
***** ?? =/
that would be BBBC
old talkers... ave a listen.....reading the pompt. So she numbley says Bowy? Ah well.
So, in my opinióm! For nothing! There is no comparison. It is more, the P.Floyd's best songs; " See Emily play, Arnold Lane, etc " owes to him very much Lennon-McCartney. In two years The Beatles wrote everything what on Psicodelia and the are left him. This one besides my opinion, is of the own P.Floyd (Gilmour's declarations and Waters closet)Sorry for my Inglish!Bleueareuareurg!
It was roger and Syd band, not David's. It is not fair they give Roger a hard time but really him and Syd created the band and David destroyed it. He swooped in and kicked Roger out and destroyed pink floyd. Good guitarist none the less but he is not pink floyd.
Sorry, try English.
Syd is Pink Floyd
A lot of factually wrong things in this clip.
Although Barrett was an innovater and creative, I don't think he was very proficient or excellent in either role. What I mean is he wasn't that great of a guitarist,singer or lyricist and only when Gilmours skill as a guitarest was added to the PF sound did they become as epic as they did.
Don't think he cared a damn about being the best of guitarist or better than Eric Clapton. For him .Music was art about inner most expression and he treated it like that
Rip syd
The Beatles are shit compared to Floyd ill tell you what.
hank Hill pink floyd wouldn't exist without the Beatles
In my opinion, Pink Floyd totally OUTCLASSES the Beatles!! No disrespect directed to Sir Paul McCartney, but Floyd was so much...better. This is MY opinion.
OneCrazyElephant there was others than Paul in that band y’know
sid is always missed. sid
syd is always missed. sid
sid is always missed. sid
sid is always missed. sid
syd is always missed. sid