BBC: Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett dies.

[Greeby]

Edit - Brief article is up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5169344.stm

Pink Floyd's Barrett dies aged 60
Syd Barrett, one of the original members of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 60, the band's spokesman has confirmed.

He was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge in 1946 and met future bandmates Roger Waters and David Gilmour at school there.

The guitarist was invited to join Pink Floyd by Waters in 1965 and the group went on to sell millions of albums.

He suffered from diabetes and had not been recording music in recent years

[TygrBright]

1. Poor guy. So much talent, so f*cked up....

....I hope to hell that in the last 20 years or so some of the advances in treatment for severe mental illness were able to help Syd.

Some of the saddest music I know of is the Pink Floyd songs that touch on Syd's illness.

Vale, Syd. Requiescat in pace.

sadly,
Bright

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. Thanks for posting that.

Crap. :(

[helderheid]

3. R.I.P.

:cry:

[MadHound]

4. Aww shit, RIP Sid.

May you finally find the peace that evaded you in this life.

[warrens]

5. What could have been...

It seems like there are a lot of brilliant Brit musicians who just totally go off the deep end. The guy from Fleetwood Mac (Jeremy Spencer, I think) who just disappeared into a cult one day, Peter Green, another Fleetwood Mac guy who fortunately has returned, Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine, the guy from The La's...there are literally dozens who just went off into the ozone, generally helped along by drugs.

Not that American musicians are all that much better, but ours seem to DIE, not just disappear.

[hobbit709]

8. There's always been a fine line

between genius and madness.

[anarch]

10. I thought

Kevin Shields was just playing guitar in Primal Scream these days. He seems like a pretty normal guy, really. I think all those stories of how freaky he is are just exaggerations.

Yeah, it was a disappointment that we never had anything to follow up Loveless...but on the other hand, probably not as much of a disappointment as it would have been if he'd just put out some sub-par album just to put out an album. How in the hell could you follow up Loveless, anyway?

Oh well. RIP, Syd.

[Julius Civitatus]

43. Loveless is oen of the best albums of the 90s, quite influential

Pity that MBV never followed up with anything after that.

[bbernardini]

6. There's a link on the Guardian's front page, BBC entertainment page. nt

[asthmaticeog]

7. That's so sad.

Even if he was unproductive for decades, it was always kind of nice just knowing he was alive somewhere.

Sleep tight, Syd.

[johnnie]

9. Shit

RIP Roger. :(

[Kazak]

11. R.I.P.

:(

[martymar64]

12. A little bit of Syd to remember him by

Bike

I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, a bell that rings
And things to make it look good.
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I've got a cloak it's a bit of a joke.
There's a tear up the front. It's red and black.
I've had it for months.
If you think it could look good, then I guess it should.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I've got a clan of gingerbread men.
Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men.
Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I know a room full of musical tunes.
Some rhyme, some ching, most of them are clockwork.
Let's go into the other room and make them work.



Rest in Peace Brother

[genie_weenie]

13. and Roger Waters wept

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year,
running over the same old ground. What have we found?
The same old fears,
wish you were here.

Wish You Were Here - 1975

And you are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun

Time - Dark Side of the Moon - 1973

[stop the bleeding]

19. Yep - R.I.P. n/t

[brentspeak]

14. Drugs claim another victim

Syd Barrett's permanent psychotic condition was triggered after just one or two hits of LSD.

RIP Syd.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. Wow - I should be dead like 100 times over then.

[Phillycat]

18. You and me both.

[asthmaticeog]

26. Not me. I preferred 'shrooms.

8)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

31. I found the chemicals gave me the coolest geometric visuals

Shrooms could be too much sometimes.

But that's just me.

[asthmaticeog]

33. Thank God we live in America, where we have CHOICE

in our illegal chemical refreshments! :patriot:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

37. Amen to that fellow patriot!

[jpgray]

29. You also should've written more hit singles

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

32. Who said I haven't?

[jpgray]

36. Who could forget the chart run of the protest classic "Too Much to Bear"?

It was in a class of its own up at the top, I tell's ya!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

38. I preferred James Taylor's version to my own

I'm for of a lyrical artisan than a musical artist.

[asthmaticeog]

35. So should Syd.

:cry:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

39. Agreed

I'm putting on Piper at the Gates of Dawn right now.

[jpgray]

40. Good idea. My neighbors are about to hear Lucifer Sam at top volume

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

42. Mine too!

:thumbsup:

[jpgray]

20. By all reports Syd was always messed up

Do you have a habit of jumping to conclusions based on small understanding of the issue? I just came from the thread where you tried to argue that FIFA's racism directive applied mostly or even only to the actions of fans.

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[progmom]

21. ...and that triggered his diabetes?

Damn - those are some powerful drugs.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. Brian Wilson is FUCKED!

Somebody get Wilford Brimley STAT!!!

[jpgray]

28. Or failing that, some porn and a piano in a sandbox

[otohara]

22. Insulin Is Quite Dangerous

RIP Syd

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[wicket]

27. LOL

n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

34. You could fit a lot of acid anally - but I suggest you wrap it in plastic

or you might have a few very interesting months

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[asthmaticeog]

51. Yes, I'm the local drug dealer to the children in my area.

The 4th graders just can't get enough of those LSDs.

And me? I'm gettin' rich one day's lunch money at a time, duuuuuuuuuude.

:eyes:

[Squeech]

30. Hogwash

Number one, he took way more than one or two trips. For example, it's known that he had "friends" who used to dose him constantly, and then lock him up in a closet when he freaked out. That can't be good for your state of mind.

Number two, people who were close to him think he was probably already a little squirrelly regarding his domineering mother, a subject explored in some depth in The Wall. (Yeah, I know there's also a bit of Waters in the Pink character, but read a real history, it's all there.)

I'm reminded of a statement attributed to Timothy Leary, to the effect that "LSD is such a powerful drug, it induces delusions even in people that haven't taken it!"

[Zhade]

53. Can you prove a cuasal link, not just a correlation?

Keep in mind I've never done LSD and don't know all that much about it, but my positive experiences with other 'dangerous' (HA!) substances like pot and shrooms make me wonder.

[redqueen]

15. ....

:cry:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. Shine on you crazy diamond!

[Julius Civitatus]

41. My thoughts exactly

[Mad_Dem_X]

46. That song always made me sad

Rest in Peace, Syd.

[Cha]

25. Is that the guy

that David Gilmour and Roger Waters sang "Wish You Were Here" to at the Live8 Concert in London?

That was most Awesome!

[RandomKoolzip]

44. I know where Syd Barrett lives.

Thank you for making it clear that he's not here.

'night, Syd

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

45. 'Tis a sad day, eh mate?

I will remember him by these words:

A movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return.
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Sunset.

The time is with the month of winter solstice
When the change is due to come.
Thunder in the other course of heaven.
Things cannot be destroyed once and for all.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Sunset, sunrise.

A movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return.
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Sunset, sunrise.

[RandomKoolzip]

48. I think he was quoting from the I Ching there.

Anyways, I'll always hold him in high regard if only for creating "Scream Thy Last Scream" and "Jugband Blues."

Speaking of which, watch and weep:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uauvKDZ33Rs&search=jugband%20blues

[Swamp Rat]

47. Shine on Syd!

:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

52. Kicking all three of these together

[Beware the Beast Man]

54. A sad day.

He wasn't technically proficient, but he got sounds out of his guitar that no one had ever attempted before. I am at least glad to know he is finally at peace. His was not an easy life.

[Dukkha]

55. Three threads for Syd? Still not enough!

I'm happy to see Syd given the tribute and respect he deserves. Considering how much bandwidth that has been utterly wasted in the Lounge by the musically retarded praising those worthless American Idol hacks, this is a much welcome change. So long Syd. I hope you finally find the peace you've longed for in your quiet isolation. May flying pigs take you to that great gig in the sky.