Syd Barrett - DEAD!

[Furtherman]

<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13814051/" target="_blank">Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett dies</a></p><p>Lived his last years in reclusive anonymity.</p><p>I'm betting there will be some strange tales of what he was doing if people start investigating.</p>

[A.J.]

<p>That's weird.&nbsp; Last night I heard &quot;Welcome to the Machine&quot; on the radio (shocker, I know) and thought to myself &quot;Syd must be about 60 now&quot;.</p><p>RIP You Crazy Diamond.</p>

[Jennitalia]

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[Dirtybird12]

<p>Not a floyd fan but it's always a tragedy&nbsp;when a brilliant mind/ear goes to waste. RIGHT?</p><p>Lord only knows what he has in the vault. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by CircusFreak on 7-11-06 @ 10:41 AM</span>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">R.I.P. Syd</font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000099">(fun fact: Syd Barret was very close friends w/ Glen Buxton, lead guitarist in the original Alice Cooper band, sad fact: Buxton died in 1997, he had a hard life too...)</font></strong></p><p><img height="480" src="http://www.sydbarrett.biz/Images/Sydroom.jpg" width="495" border="0" /></p><p>w/out his artistic contribution, pink floyd&nbsp;became muzak 4 potheads...</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 7-11-06 @ 11:48 AM</span>

[danwrightlive]

<font size="2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 255);">ASTRONOMY DOMINE</font><br /><p>&nbsp;<br />Lime and limpid green, a second scene<br />A fight between the blue you once knew.<br />Floating down, the sound resounds<br />Around the icy waters underground.<br />Jupiter and saturn, oberon, miranda and titania.<br />Neptune, titan, stars can frighten.<br />Lime and limpid green, a second scene<br />A fight between the blue you once knew.<br />Floating down, the sound resounds<br />Around the icy waters underground.<br />Jupiter and saturn, oberon, miranda and titania.<br />Neptune, titan, stars can frighten.<br />Blinding signs flap,<br />Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. pow, pow.<br />Stairway scare dan dare whos there? <br />Lime and limpid green, the sounds around<br />The icy waters under<br />Lime and limpid green, the sounds around<br />The icy waters underground.</p><p>&nbsp;In 1975, during the recording of Pink Floyd's &quot;Wish You Were Here&quot;
album, Barrett showed up unannounced at the studio -- ironically,
during the recording of &quot;Shine On You Crazy Diamond,&quot; a song about him.
He had become overweight and shaved his eyebrows; the other members
didn't recognize him at first.<br />&quot;Wish You Were Here&quot; was dedicated to Barrett.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[docgoblin]

<p>I love the original Floyd. Barrett was one of those true geniuses who didn't have the benefit of the modern medical advances that could diagnose his problem. Guys like him and Brian Wilson may have been helped considerably by the current science if it was available back in the day. </p><p>I have loved this song since I was about 15:<br /></p><p><strong> Bike</strong> (Barrett)<br /><br />I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. <br />It's got a basket, a bell that rings and <br />Things to make it look good. <br />I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it. <br /><br />You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. <br />I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.<br /><br />I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke. <br />There's a tear up the front. It's red and black. <br />I've had it for months. <br />If you think it could look good, then I guess it should. <br /><br />You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. <br />I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.<br /><br />I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house. <br />I don't know why. I call him Gerald. <br />He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse. <br /><br />You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. <br />I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.<br /><br />I've got a clan of gingerbread men. <br />Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men. <br />Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish. <br /><br />You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. <br />I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.<br /><br />I know a room full of musical tunes. <br />Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork. <br />Let's go into the other room and make them work. <br /> </p>



<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by docgoblin on 7-11-06 @ 10:22 PM</span>

[Dirtybird12]

<p><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:</p><p>&nbsp;Guys like him and Brian Wilson may have been helped considerably by the current science if it was available back in the day. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good point. However, the fact that they DID NOT&nbsp;get help - may have been what made their creativity more brilliant.&nbsp; could've been like a wet blanket being thrown on a candle.&nbsp; </p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It's weird &amp; frightening how some of these guys do what they do, are really great at it, then stop usually due to some stress related mental illness. Thelonious Monk, who had serious problems w/ depression,&nbsp;didn't play the piano for the last 10 yrs of his life.</font></strong> </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><font color="#000099">Barrett was diabetic, and w/out proper treatment, diabetics can have&nbsp;both mental &amp; substance abuse problems too.</font></strong></p><p><img height="600" src="http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/bernardo/syd%20barrett.bmp" width="445" border="0" /></p><p><strong><font color="#000099" /></strong></p>

[Enabler]

<p>Huge fan of both...but Brian Wilson has actually been able to conquer way more of his demons than Syd Barret. SMILE actually does rule!&nbsp;Its a sad loss but the truth is, Syd gave us Piper at the Gates of Dawn and checked out on his own terms. Crazy crazy terms.</p><p>Look at the sky, look at the river...isnt it good?&nbsp;</p>

[Dirtybird12]

<p>Bobo brings up a good point.&nbsp; Kinda makes me think there MAY BE something to the ole crossroads curse of Robert Johnson. </p><p>Tho Syd was not taken at the age of 27, I still think there is some kind of weird connection between truely gifted musicians/ writers such as he&nbsp;...as well as&nbsp;other types of&nbsp;artists....&nbsp;and being cursed and or troubled. </p><p>WHY are all the greats fucked in the head?&nbsp; </p><p>considering the lengthy list of <a href="http://www.yuppiepunk.org/2005/03/rock-stars-dead-at-27.html" target="_blank">dead at 27</a>, is it pure coincidence, or curse?<br /><br />Robert Johnson/ bluesman / poisoned<br />Jimi Hendrix / Jimi Hendrix Experience / overdose<br />Janis Joplin / Big Brother &amp; the Holding Company / overdose<br />Jim Morrison / The Doors / heart attack<br />Kurt Cobain / Nirvana / suicide<br />Brian Jones / The Rolling Stones / drowned<br />Chris Bell / Big Star / car accident<br />D. Boon / Minutemen / car accident<br />Jimmy McCulloch / Wings / heart attack<br />Ron &quot;Pigpen&quot; McKernan / Grateful Dead / alcohol<br />Gary Thain / Uriah Heep / overdose<br />Jason Thirsk / Pennywise / suicide<br />Al Wilson / Canned Heat / suicide<br />Wallace Yohn / Chase / airplane crash<br />Les Harvey / Stone The Crows / electrocuted<br />Johnny Kidd / Johnny Kidd &amp; the Pirates / car accident<br />Helmut Koellen / Triumvirat / (accidental) poisoning</p>

[who6489]

<p><font size="2">I just got done watchin' some of the new Floyd &quot;Pulse&quot; DVD, which oddly enough was released today (yesterday), and came in here and saw this!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/sad.gif" border="0" />.</font></p><p><font size="2">It's too bad. </font></p><p><font size="2">R.I.P. Syd, FINALLY</font></p>

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

<p>I read he spent most of his time tending to his garden and painting. And shunned fans and the media.</p><p>He was a brilliant man. I'm not sure if drugs caused his downfall or if they just aided in his descent into mental illness. I just hope his last years were full of happiness and peace.</p><p>But let's celebrate him and his talent! My absolute FAVORITE Syd song, Love You:</p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Honey love you, honey little,<br />honey funny sunny morning<br />love you more funny love in the skyline baby<br />ice-cream 'scuse me,<br />I've seen you looking good the other evening<br /><br />Oh, you dig it, had to smile just an hour or so<br />(are) we in love like I think we be?<br />It Ain't a long rhyme.<br />It took ages to think<br />I think I love it in the water, baby...<br /><br />Honey love you, honey little,<br />honey funny sunny morning<br />love you more funny love in the skyline baby<br />ice-cream 'scuse me,<br />I've seen you looking good the other evening<br /><br />Flaking you are an nice little one<br />to put it all around, its just good<br />I like it, hey hey hey<br />S'pose some time that day<br />we'll be swinging along over across to me<br /><br />Honey love you, honey little,<br />honey funny sunny morning<br />love you more funny love in the skyline baby<br />ice-cream 'scuse me,<br />I've seen you looking good the other evening<br /><br />Goodtime rocker woman we'll stray our pieces<br />little creepy we shine so sleepy,<br />so whoopee!<br />That's how you look...<br /><br />Honey love you, honey little,<br />honey funny sunny morning<br />love you more funny love in the skyline baby<br />ice-cream 'scuse me,<br />I've seen you looking good the other evening</font></p><pre><font face="times new roman,times,serif"><font size="3">This song makes me smile everytime I hear it. It has so many good memories attached to it. I think that is what every artist wants.</font> </font></pre>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Alice S. Fuzzybutt on 7-14-06 @ 1:40 AM</span>

[PapaBear]

<p>&nbsp; To me, he's always been the JD Salinger of rock, with the mystery of his life after success. When I was a bike racer, I always sang &quot;Bike&quot;&nbsp;in my head, while out on the road. It made for a good mental mantra during those long stretches of isolation.</p><p>&nbsp; He also supplied me with a good joke for one of my brothers (who's middle name is Eugene), many years ago. He accidentally cut his foot with a chainsaw, so I would say &quot;Careful with that chainsaw, Eugene&quot;.</p>