What Happened To Syd Barrett? (A Pink Floyd Story - Reaction)
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Syd Barrett's story is so incredibly sad. But his impact on PF is undeniable and Syd is owed respect for his direct and indirect contributions to the band. His shadow looms large on Pink Floyd.
He should review some of his actual solo work after that. Because lot of it is really amazing.
@@stevedahlberg8680 Some of Syd's solo music is amazing. I think in "Bob Dylan Blues" Syd's wordplay is hilariously satirical, he even gets Dylan's sound right!
It's hard to believe there hasn't been a movie or series about this tragic tale.
Syd needed to be gay.
The movie could have been ‘who’s pink’
There is a documentary coming out
Piper at the gates of dawn, the album he created as lead of Pink Floyd, best recommended for you
Syed might enjoy deconstructing the lyrics. I love those Syd albums.
I think for the band, Gilmour and Waters in particular, Syd became a spirit that haunted them, even whilst he was still alive. I think they have all expressed, understandably, that sense of regret and reflection as to whether they could have done more to help him or not. The damage caused by the strength of LSD Syd took did irrevocable damage, he was just a shell of the friend they once knew. Be it songs inspired by memories of Syd, or in Nick Mason's case faithfully performing that first era's songs live with his own band, they have all honoured him in their own way.
Those meaningful coincidences are "sycronicity". Been nonstop for me since starting noticing them after reading Jung in the 90s.
There was a new drug on the scene called STP also called super acid which could cause some horrendous and long trips. Although I think Syd had some emerging mental condition which was perhaps brought on more quickly from drugs. But keep in mind that Syd had been taking acid for years without problems before he showed symptoms of a disorder.
I would rather hear you react to a few of his songs off his incredible double album The madcap laughs, after he broke off from Pink Floyd. Ice cream or really any of those. Why go on the meta level when you can just react to his music itself?
I've always thought there is a fine line between genius and madness. When you throw in a lot of acid it's was certainly a recipe for disaster and brain damage. Floyd's music many times spoke on madness on Dark side of the moon and other albums.
Unfortunately in the 70s / 80s, Syd was the posterchild for the metaphor of frying your brain.
Syd and David were friends before Pink Floyd and hichhicked across Europe when they were teenagers.
Another tragic story along the same lines was that of guitarist/frontman Peter Green of early Fleetwood Mac. There’s a really shocking story about his weird experience at a commune in Germany titled “Peter Green - The Munich LSD Party Incident”. The poor guy was never the same after taking what’s known as “bad acid”.
I like the songs "Octopus" on his first and "Baby Lemonade" on his second album - for example.
I think you see it the right way when you say that Syd Barrett was always the spirit and the ghost behind and within Pink Floyd.
By the way: Syd continuead his life later on painting pictures. Some are existing. Beautiful pictures. He was really an artist. But most pictures were destroyed by himself after they were finished - just because they were finished and no longer needed.
@@beauleosparky What you say has always crossed my mind: maybe Syd Barrett was not the crazy one, but he was the only normal one among a bunch of crazy people in the music business. Because he put the priority on a simple, happy life instead of a gruelling, exciting life of a rock star, which at that time many paid with their lives. Maybe Syd was smarter than all of us.
I agree with what Roger said in that quote. Yes, Syd was instrumental in forming PF and all the influence he had on their ultimate music of the 70's but I believe if he stayed with the band and was sane so to speak the band as a whole would not become the legend it is today. Thanks to them bringing in Gilmore it helped the band much more so than if Syd was still with them.
Nick Mason's memoir is pretty good . They brought in Gilmour to play with the band while Syd was still with them because Syd was so unpredictable and they never knew if he'd play or not. So they actually had five members on stage briefly. He was never formally fired from the band; one day they just decided not to pick him up when they were on the way to a gig. I think he was schizophrenic and the drugs exacerbated it. He was at the right age for it to manifest itself. I remember See Emily Play on the radio in the US. It's the only Barret song that got any airtime here. His lyrics tended to be "daisy chains and laughs" as the song says and nothing like what was to come. Had Syd been alright, I don't believe the band would have reached their level of success. There would have been no Gilmour and the focus would not have been so dark and insightful. Lots of good bands came and went during that time and they would have just been one of them.
I think they would have been a better and even more acclaimed band if Syd hadn’t become Ill. The polarity between waters and Syd would have made a more well rounded and deeper music.
Never heard it referred to as "barging in" before, just that someone looked up and wondered, "who's this?" They didn't recognize him at first. Sounds more like he quietly wandered in.
Truth is stranger than fiction because its written by a crazier author for sure. It really is like it was meant to happen, Syd knew on some level and played his part. Its sad and its beautiful.
Look for Pink Floyd Astronomy domine live BBC 1967. React to early Pink Floyd albums: Piper at the gates of dawn, Saucerful of secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Relics, Obscured by clouds, Music from the film More.
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Syd Barrett was the spark that ignited Pink Floyd, though I think his contributions to their music has been exaggerated. After all, he was out of the band before they evolved into the legendary band they became.
Heavy use of LSD eventually made Barrett impossible to work with creatively.
Here's a story that's both amusing and revealing:
" According to Roger Waters, Barrett came into what was to be their last practice session together with a new song he had dubbed "Have You Got It Yet?".
The song seemed simple enough when he first presented it, but it soon became impossibly difficult to learn and they eventually realised that while they were practising it, Barrett kept changing the arrangement. He would then play it again, with the arbitrary changes, and sing "Have you got it yet?". Eventually they realised they never would and that they were simply bearing the brunt of Barrett's idiosyncratic sense of humour.
Waters called it 'a real act of mad genius'. "
Really unreal story/part of Pink Floyd lore - rivals the whole Dark Side/Wizard of Oz connection...to hear Syd at his best to me, the track "Astronomy Domine" off 'Piper' shows off just what a talent he truly was.
I like to think that Syd's life experience influence on his band mates had a very profound effect not only on their creativity but in general as well.
Relics🤘 😎🤘
I really was kinda offended by the click bait. I don't offended. But just to show a picture like that. As if for one thing looks are everything. Idk. Just uncool.
Need to look at Peter Green, founder of Fleetwood Mac.
Pink Floyd grew up knowing each other, especially Gilmour, Barrett, and Waters, who was a couple years older. The band essentially started at Barrett’s mother’s house. Gilmour was already in another band, so he didn’t join initially, and ironically, he telephoned to speak to Barrett during recording of’Saucerful Of Secrets’, when Barrett was having real trouble. Syd asked him to come by, the rest of the band was all in favor, and eventually he was invited to join.
Wish you were here is for syd
You can see this clearly
S: Shine on
Y: you crazy
D: diamond
I read somewhere that Pink Floyd, (Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason, post Syd Barrett), paid him his share of the proceeds all those years, until his death in 2006.
Not sure if there's any truth to that or not?
Yes its true in particular David Gilmour,he was instrumental in helping Syd during his post Floyd years and DG made sure Syd got his money 🎸
I always thought it would be great to make a movie about Pink Floyd because of all the things that went on. One other thing I read in a magazine about Pink Floyd is David Gilmour was so shook up by what happened he almost quit the band!! What happened was David was on stage singing Syd's songs and Syd showed up walked right up in front of the stage and while David was singing Syd just stood there and glared at him during the entire concert and didn't move or look away!! Again this unnerved Dave so much he almost quit the band at that point!!!! What a scene that would make in a movie!!!!!!!
When did that happen?
@@subooking it was in a book about Pink Floyd written in the early nineties called a saucer full of secrets.
@@jonhenke1504 I mean when did Syd show up and stare at David?
@@subooking it was in 1968 when Dave was still fairly new with the band and the biggest irony was they were playing Syd's songs! That's why David was shook according to the book! Sent chills down my back when I first read it!!!
@@jonhenke1504 damn that’s intense
Barrett was the genius of Pink Floyd. Piper at the gates of Dawn is their best album to some people. Of course the others were brilliant.
Barrett was examined by two psychologists and was never diagnosed as schizophrenic. Some suggest he may have been synesthesia.
💕🗣SIDS influence
Was/ is dark.
Sir David GILMOR
Was/ is a incredible beautiful soul. He took Pink Floyd out of the dark that weighed them down.
Was blessed
To be in high School to go
Through the DARK TO LIGHT.
It was a trip in unselfish.
“I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon 🌚.
I would suggest you search for and listen to the full interview with Rick Wright on RUclips. It's about an hour and a half long, and gives much insight to the band and the music.
You may want to check out his two solo albums, "The Madcap Laughs" and "Barrett" from 1970. Not my all time favorites, but fascinating stuff.
My thing is, and I’d love to hear other opinions. How is it possible, after releasing Dark Side, that a random guy is able to walk into the studio in wich PF is recording wish you were here? I’m sure they had security at least, or a front desk person. I’m not disputing that it happened at all I believe it did, but it burns me inside that there’s no clear story about what happened when he was in there? I know there’s like maybe 3 accounts of what was said and how he got it and all this other stuff I guess I’m just insatiably curious about it. So many questions!
You got it. As they sad in Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Now when I look in your eyes - like black holes in the sky...
Do reactions to See Emily Play and Arnold Layne...I'm not a Syd fan boy. He's not all that, but both songs are catchy, trippy, fun to listen to. Had he continued his "work" could have inspired a new genre, maybe it did, a little Radiohead, Bright Eyes and punk wrapped up.
Either way listen to those two tracks, understand the place in time they arrived, definitely unique. Then do Bike, very off the beaten path, but for obvious reasons.
Technically David didn't replace Syd. For a brief period of 5-6 gigs they were a 5 piece band, they brought him in to help take some of the load off Syd.
Most in the band thought he schizophrenia made worse by acid use. Waters who knew him from childhood, lived on the next street, Waters mother a teacher even taught Barrett at primary school.
alright, i'm suprised you hav not reacted to bohemian rhapsodie yet. I mean come on i no that you were'nd impressed by killer queen but you just have to love bohymian rhapsody right
Probably his medication would increase his weight as most antidepressants do
Syd was a very talented painter. You can check his paintings out on youtube.
Do a reaction of "see Emily play" by pink Floyd.
Waters is saying all the members meant nothing to floyd but him these days.
3:00 There's a look in his eyes - like black holes in the sky.
Those solo albums are beautiful. Yes, he ate lots of acid, but Syd was schizophrenic. Also, Syd was orders of magnitude the artist Roger Waters ever was. Roger was just prolific.
"Syd was orders of magnitude the artist Roger Waters ever was. Roger was just prolific." Funniest comment so far. Thanks. LOL!!!!!!!!!
we only see Syd from Our side, no one really knows what was going on in his head...
I am not arguing or being confrontational, but I feel like the songs on those solo albums offer what feels like a glimpse inside, with flashes of visceral emotional relatability.
This video is an ok simplified summary. However, If you want to learn more of the details about Syd and early PF, there's a great YT video of a Rich Wright interview that I would recommend. You'll hear the details direct from one of the band members. The original interview is 1hr 20min. Search for "Richard Wright Interview".
When Syd started to breakdown he became inconstant. He would sometimes just stand there doing nothing other times he would play a different song to the rest of the band. Other times he would stand with his back to the crowd. They brought Dave Gilmour in to cover his guitar parts. They used to pick him up on the way to gigs, but eventually just stopped picking him up. They felt guilty about this but felt they had no choice.
A haunting story indeed. But it could be simply explained as someone close to the band who was still in touch with Syd reached out and let him know that the band was recording a song about him at Abbey Road, and he decided to go down there to check things out.
Lost his mind and killed himself is my understanding. Tragic...
the answer is Drugs, mate. Lots and Lots of Drugs
Yeah, just fried his brain.
@@GeneOh The two of you are a. pathetic and b. ignorant.
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Waters once mentioned in an interview after he left the band that Mason stated the "we" contributed on the creation of the songs. Waters said there was never a "we" contributing to his songs. I believe the entire creative influence was mastered by Roger Waters. Gilmours talents never would have come through without Roger's creative genius.
Just look at the copied and overdone space sound of PF post Roger. Catchy but not original. Amused Itself To Death by Roger after his leaving is one of many new and amazingly original songs that he created.
The original psychedelic space sounds that Roger created while with PF were used in a very inadequate yet popular way by the inept plagerist David