Guy Berger Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) Syd Barrett, formerly of Pink Floyd, passed away today. 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 LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60. ADVERTISEMENT click here The spokeswoman — who declined to give her name until the band made an official announcement — confirmed media reports that he had died. She said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd with fellow Cambridge student Roger Waters in 1965 and wrote many of the band's early songs. He got the name of the band from two old blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. Pink Floyd's jazz-infused rock made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene. It was the first British group to do light shows in concert and its music and style was weird even for that era. The 1967 album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" — largely written by Barrett — was a commercial and critical hit. The group, with additional band members Nick Mason and Richard Wright, came to be known as England's premier acid rockers. But the band did a turn for the worse when Barrett became mentally unstable from the pressures of drugs and fame and had to leave the band in 1968 — five years before Pink Floyd's most popular album, "Dark Side of the Moon." Barrett spent much of the rest of his life living quietly in his hometown of Cambridge. Guitarist David Gilmour, another Cambridge student, took Barrett's place. A small, private funeral would be held, the spokeswoman said. Edited July 11, 2006 by Guy Quote
Niko Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 sad... his solo albums are so beautiful, had thought of him this morning, (my favorite Barrett song) FEEL You feel me away far too empty, oh so alone! I want to go home Oh find me inside of a nocturne - the blonde how I love you to be by my side they wail... the crowd on her side she straggled the bridge by the water... She misses her crawl far ley grew heady aside in a dell inside an eye be the lonely one, my bride how I leave on the waddling wheel they flail... a gasp shringing a bad bell's ringing the angel - the daughter... You feel me... Quote
7/4 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 's strange. I was in a bar a few days ago and Arnold Layne was playing on the juke box. I never expected to hear Syd era Floyd on the box, out here in the sticks. Quote
Robert J Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 Damn - I'll be hitting PATGOD and the solo albums tonight. Syd Barrett Youtube videos to pass the rest of the day by Quote
Parkertown Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 Shine on you crazy diamond... RIP -------------------------- I WILL have those solo records by the end of the month!!! Mark my words! Quote
7/4 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 I WILL have those solo records by the end of the month!!! Mark my words! I've been putting this off too. Quote
7/4 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 I thought he was already dead.. -_- just cause he wasn't a rock star anymore didn't mean he was dead. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 Man, and I had gone on a renewed Barrett kick just a couple of months ago... in fact, a picture of him was my avatar for awhile. That "Astronomy Domine" performance on Youtube is amazing to watch. PIPER is still my favorite Floyd album... those songs are close to timeless and remain stuck in my brain. Fascinating man and artist, and it's too bad that the damage he suffered--both from fame and drugs--pushed him into creative silence for the last several decades of his life. PIPER and the early singles are pop masterpieces. Long may we listen, and RIP to the Scarecrow. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 on youtube, set to "Wish You Were Here"... pretty cool, although, as a JC poster pointed out, a couple of the shots in the film are actually of Bob Dylan (including one from DON'T LOOK BACK). Quote
Robert J Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 What a weird co-incidence. At lunch I passed HMV and realized today is the launch of the Pink Floyd DVD - Pulse. Quote
medjuck Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 Wow! I just saw Tom Stoppard's "Rock n' Roll" in London. It's all about Czechoslovakia under the communists, a member of the British Communist party, and Syd Barret! As a result there were a lot of Pink Floyd and Syd Barret cds on display in various London music stores. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 R.I.P. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was the second or third LP I ever bought ..... I lost interest in Pink Floyd after he left - he was the most genial of the band. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 chewy-chew-chew-checkin' in to pay my respects- PF never would of been able to do their later stuff w/o Syd showing them the way- i will listen to some early live syd and i will watch some early pf videos with syd as well today. but what did syd die of exactly? the reports havent said. was it that diebeties he had. its too bad the other memebers did not get to say goodbye while he was still alive last week- it will haunt them the rest of their lives Quote
7/4 Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 chewy-chew-chew-checkin' in to pay my respects- PF never would of been able to do their later stuff w/o Syd showing them the way- i will listen to some early live syd and i will watch some early pf videos with syd as well today. but what did syd die of exactly? the reports havent said. was it that diebeties he had. its too bad the other memebers did not get to say goodbye while he was still alive last week- it will haunt them the rest of their lives diebeties or cancer Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 hi chewy chew chew again here: has anyone heard syd only solo gig. it is gimour on bass and jerry shirley from the humble pie on drums. they do an electric version of Terrapin, then they do Giglo Aunt, and then during the 3rd song syd throws his guitar down and walks off, forever-- its knarly Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 hi chewy chew chew again here: has anyone heard syd only solo gig. it is gimour on bass and jerry shirley from the humble pie on drums. they do an electric version of Terrapin, then they do Giglo Aunt, and then during the 3rd song syd throws his guitar down and walks off, forever-- its knarly So, I guess it wasn't a solo gig. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 hi chewy chew chew again here: has anyone heard syd only solo gig. it is gimour on bass and jerry shirley from the humble pie on drums. they do an electric version of Terrapin, then they do Giglo Aunt, and then during the 3rd song syd throws his guitar down and walks off, forever-- its knarly Haven't heard it, but there's a later performance, circa '72, I believe, when Barrett led a trio called Stars. Can't remember if they played one gig or two, but it pretty much ended in disaster. I think it's been booted. Quote
Nate Dorward Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 A poem by Peter Riley (from Author, though I'm quoting from his selected poems Passing Measures): for Syd Barrett Voiced consonants buzzing through Suffolk to a dark road white houses when I knew the cost I had no language, My death spreads over the fens, love predicates a real future or burns to nothing like a white leaf. My hands felt like two balloons. Did you yes you did, see the great flocks of Scandinavian wood pigeons and Plovers on the ploughed fields, hundreds, in slowly dimming winter light wearing a question to be proud of, bending To the day's end calling where is the river where is the course of us where is the bridge of flesh? Not here, or worth knowing in a society that reckons care by tenths. The sheen of their wings Makes a sea of the field and a person's age is a grateful fact sailing out in it with you Sitting in the car in a dark road white houses bookshop open answer closed fruitful company in a closing world. I have to believe what the earth so distinctly says. Settle noisily honourable birds onto everyone's food. Quote
Quincy Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 hi chewy chew chew again here: has anyone heard syd only solo gig. it is gimour on bass and jerry shirley from the humble pie on drums. they do an electric version of Terrapin, then they do Giglo Aunt, and then during the 3rd song syd throws his guitar down and walks off, forever-- its knarly It's available right now on the torrent site whose name rhymes with dozen. Quote
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