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Tue Jul-11-06 08:48 AM
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Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett dead at 60. |
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Tue Jul-11-06 08:49 AM
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Tue Jul-11-06 08:57 AM
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2. Remember when you were young |
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You shone like the sun.
Actually most of the reportage on Syd's last years was that he was more or less okay as long as he was never reminded of Pink Floyd or the music industry. I suppose that meant that he could never sit down and talk to David and Roger and Rick and Nick, some of the weirder stories notwithstanding. (There was one story that he showed up at the recording sessions for WYWH carrying a Telecaster with rusty old strings, announcing that he was ready to do his bit. And apparently nobody recognized him.)
I hope he's in a better place now and can review his life and his art with equanimity.
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:04 AM
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3. Wrote some awesome songs |
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Hopefully his death won't inspire too much bloated eulogizing from his bandmates....
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:09 AM
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5. Steer clear of radios if you don't care for "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" |
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Edited on Tue Jul-11-06 09:10 AM by asthmaticeog
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:13 AM
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6. I used to be totally in love with it... when I was fourteen |
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I overlistened to it, though.
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:57 AM
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I won't be listening to the radio for at least a week. God, I hate Pink Floyd.
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Tue Jul-11-06 10:08 AM
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If radio would spin some of the playful Syd-era songs I'd have no quarrel, but no, it ALWAYS has to be the fatally overwrought '70s shit.
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Tue Jul-11-06 10:10 AM
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14. Their demo "Lucy Leave" is one of my favorites |
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Even though it kind of sucks, it's interesting to hear the band doing that kind of music.
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Tue Jul-11-06 10:50 AM
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17. the early stuff is great fun |
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Tue Jul-11-06 10:44 AM
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I love the stuff he did with Pink Floyd and pretty much hate everything they did afterward. RIP, Syd.
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:48 PM
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Their egos prevent them from giving anyone else credit for anything.
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Tue Jul-11-06 03:32 PM
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42. Well... %75 of their albums after 1973 were mostly or all about Syd |
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Hopefully they'll say something respectful and leave it at that.
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:07 AM
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4. sorry to hear this,,,,RIP Syd |
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:cry: dayum I am feeling old today
diabetes is the one of the suckiest diseases out there...
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:38 AM
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7. See you on the dark side of the moon |
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:45 AM
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10. Shine on you crazy diamond! |
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Edited on Tue Jul-11-06 09:46 AM by Texasgal
How sad...:cry:
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Tue Jul-11-06 09:45 AM
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11. The trigonometric classic! |
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Tue Jul-11-06 10:48 AM
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That's all, just damn
:loveya: :cry:
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Tue Jul-11-06 10:51 AM
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18. this day just keeps getting worse and worse |
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Edited on Tue Jul-11-06 10:52 AM by tigereye
it's sad to see any of these classic psychedelic spirits go....
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Tue Jul-11-06 10:53 AM
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You were caught in 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
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:18 PM
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24. Ah just cried, but work through your grief however you want. |
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:22 PM
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25. Ah ate some DiGiorno Supreme frozen pizza. |
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Then ah dropped twelve hits of the purest Blue Roses blotter acid and ah felt a whole lot better.
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:24 PM
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27. Ah swallowed a whole can of Brylcreem |
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:32 PM
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31. But sir, a little dab'll do ya! |
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32. Ah crushed up some Mandrax and addedd it to the |
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Brylcreem. Then Ah dumped it on my head and let the stage lights melt it and make it run down all over mah face.
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:45 PM
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33. The redneck Syd Barrett. |
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What a waste of mandies! :o
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:48 PM
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35. That's far out, Jethro. |
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Re: the mandies - as was once said about Hendrix, Jimi would take acid to come down, that's how naturally weird he was. Syd would probably have taken Mandrax to get the energy to do housework or something.
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:23 PM
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26. shine on, you crazy diamond |
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:24 PM
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28. Awww, he was my hero when I was a teen |
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:31 PM
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29. One of my favorite Barrett appearances |
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Was on one of the (half dozen or so :eyes:) single versions of Kevin Ayers' "Singing a Song in the Morning." That guitar just completely makes the song.
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Tue Jul-11-06 02:42 PM
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His songwriting was really cracked at this point, but you can see snippets of good bits floating around sometimes.
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Tue Jul-11-06 01:32 PM
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Why Syd? Why not Pat Boone? :cry:
Lucifer go to sea Be a hip cat Be a ship's cat Somewhere, anywhere That cat's something I can't explain
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Tue Jul-11-06 02:19 PM
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from that album . .
Damn this was horrible news to come home to after work.
R.I.P :(.
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Tue Jul-11-06 03:19 PM
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39. Kicking all three of these together |
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