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Today we take a look at one of my most requested topics...Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. We explore Barrett's last day with the members of the band during the making of 'Wish You Were Here' while the band was working on the song 'Shine on you crazy diamond.'
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une 5th 1975 would mark the day Pink Floyd would see their old bandmate and former ringleader Syd Barett for the last time. Barrett crashed the band’s recording session for their ninth album Wish you Were Here. The band members were left both shocked and saddened by the encounter.
Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd’s co-founder and the creative driving force behind their debut LP, 1967's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, didn’t leave on good terms with the band. Initially described as joyful, friendly, and extroverted, he began to experience personality changes becoming increasingly depressed and socially withdrawn. His mental instability, his volatile on and off-stage behavior and crippling addiction to psychedelic drugs made him a liability to the band. Barrett had minimal involvement in the group’s second LP 1968's A Saucerful of Secrets but he was ultimately replaced by the time the album was finished. While the band wanted to keep him as a touring member it became impractical and he was soon replaced by guitarist-singer David Gilmour
Following his departure from Pink Floyd, Barrett would end up releasing two studio albums both in 1970's titled The Madcap Laughs and Barrett. The members of pink floyd were so guilt ridden with kicking Syd out of the band that they contributed to both solo records with both albums being co-produced by David Gilmour and featuring basist Roger Waters and keyboardist Richard Wright, respectively. Following the release of The Madcap Laughs Barrett retreated from the spotlight.
Late keyboardist Richard Wright, reflected on those solo sessions with Syd Barrett revealing: “Doing Syd’s record was interesting, but extremely difficult. Dave [Gilmour] and Roger did the first one (The Madcap Laughs) and Dave and myself did the second one. But by then it was just trying to help Syd any way we could, rather than worrying about getting the best guitar sound. You could forget about that! It was just going into the studio and trying to get him to sing.” he’d remember
Fast forward 5 years later and Pink Floyd were working on their ninth studio record Wish You Were Here. Two notable events occurred on June 5, 1970. One event was David Gilmour was getting married and, the band was completing the final mix on the song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond.” which was a tribute to Syd Barrett. There was also a third notable event on this day and that’s when Pink floyd got an unexpected visitor in the studio.
An overweight man sporting shaved eyebrows and head holding a plastic bag walked into the studio. David Gilmour thought the man was a worker from the record label EMI, while the other members initially had no idea who he was. Eventually they realized it was their former bandmate Syd Barrett. And according to one report Barrett held a toothbrush and attempted to brush his teeth by holding the brush still and jumping up and down.
In Mason's memoir of Pink Floyd, titled Inside Out, he recalled Barrett's conversation as “not entirely sensible".[23] Storm Thorgerson who was an english graphic designer and video director who worked with Pink Floyd was present in the studio and later reflected on Barrett's presence: "Two or three people cried. He sat round and talked for a bit but he wasn't really there."[24]
During their chat Andrew King who was Pink Floyd’s co-manager who was also present asked Barrett how he gained so much weight and Barrett reportedly said he had a big refrigerator in his kitchen and he had been eating lots of pork chops. And during the same conversation Barrett offered his services to the band, but when he listened to the mix of Shine On he didn’t seem to understand the song’s connection to his tragic life. Waters asked Barrett what he thought of the song, and he simply said he did not like it, and walked out of the studio.
During the visit barrett would also join the guests at Gilmour's wedding reception in the EMI canteen, but he would leave without saying goodbye. This photograph snapped of barrett is from that very day. Most of the band members wouldn’t see Barrett again until his death in 2006. And Rogers Waters would reveal to the Mirror Newspaper in 2008 he had one final encounter with Barrett
Throw suggestions for future topics below!
Talk show!
The 20 year feud between Joey & Johnny Ramone would make for a quite interesting vid.
A history of the Music Bank.
nick drake, jason molina, d boon, johnny thunders, gg allin, rory gallagher, mark sandman
keith relf, gram parson, sam cooke, brian jones
I love the fact that the band still paid him royalties after he was replaced. That showed me how much they cared for him.
He wrote many songs and was the frontman
He wrote the songs
They had to pay him
Syd's sister in an interview with Mojo Magazine said that Dave was the only one who cared really. He made sure Barret received his royalties and kept in contact with Syd's sister through the years.
No they only had to pay him royalties on the music he was involved with. Anyone who is a true Floyd buff knows that was one album and about 1/3 of the 2nd album. Those albums in fact were lost to any real radio play or sales until AFTER Dark Side Of The Moon. But David Gilmour made sure Barrett got royalties. To those saying "THEY" were jerks to each other over money should do some research!! Roger Waters is the one who caused the money issues!! He gave no writing credits to Richard Wright and damn few to Nick Mason. As time went on he even tried to cut Gilmour's writing credits to zero. When in fact Waters could barely play the bass, let alone guitar, or any other instrument. The writing credits are where the royalties come from. Much like Jerry Cantrell made sure that Mike Starr wasn't credited with writing songs for Alice In Chains (Mike has a grand total of 4 writing credits). So please be careful who you accuse of what. There's a reason Gilmour doesn't want to be chummy with Waters. There's also a reason that Gilmour and Mason won the lawsuit to be able to continue to play under the name Pink Floyd once Roger got mad and took his ball and went home.
@@struckgold2010 I don't know much about the band but Roger Waters does seem like an asshole.
This kid I knew in high school claimed that he was the most die hard Pink Floyd fan. One day he asked me which albums I like and I said I like the first album with Syd Barrett and his response was "Syd who?" Yep, such a die hard fan haha.
LOL
It's like this one dude in college just comes up to me and says he loves jazz. I don't really care about it one way or the other, but I was bored so I engaged. I asked him "who do you like in jazz? Maybe Thelonious Monk?" He said "Felonious who?" I walked away at that point
Sounds all too familiar.
During the Division bell tour they opened up with Astronomy Domine and I swear 80% of the crowd didn't know that song. I also have a friend who said Pink Floyd was his favorite band and he never even seen Live at Pompeii and thought DOTM was their first album. Yeah unfortunately there are two camps to Floyd fans the trendy fans and the hardcore die hards
My all time favorite PF song is the 5th version of "Have you got it yet".
What's interesting is in the movie Lords of Dogtown there is a heartfelt moment when a bunch of friends skate a swimming pool with their friend who is dying from terminal cancer, the song Wish You were here is featured in a very emotional scene and the name of the character who is dying? Sid... I'm sure it could just be a coincidence but man that would be awesome if it was a really deep reference.
That is weird. I saw that movie in theaters, and it came out in '05, syd didn't die til '06
Also went to the pink floyd laser show in '06 after syd died, and the part where they pay tribute to famous people who passed, they surprisingly didn't include syd in the montage.
TheLilrod69 syd was never famous
@@Ottophil you seem pleasant
Nah dude! Syd was just plain legendary
Syd was a bright shining star. But we all know what happens to stars that shine to bright. They burn out and fade away. There would be no Floyd without him. David replacing him was just them going in a different direction and obviously a whole different level of genius
As much as we Floyd fanatics wax poetically about Syd he wasn’t built to last. He had deep psychological issues coupled with massive amounts of Acid & other hallucinogens that didn’t help his mental state. Sad story but David Gilmore replacing Syd was a blessing in disguise as he was both a great guitarist and singer but also could write and arrange music as well which couple w Roger creates legendary music
I've had a hypothesis for a long time now, listen to 'Jugband Blues,' it's often used as evidence that Syd Barrett was losing his mind. Certainly he had issues, but I think he's saying something else in that song. Pay particular attention to the part where he sings "I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here." I believe that part is less about having a moment of clarity where you realize you're going mad, but more about loneliness and getting pushed out of a band. I think he found out he was getting replaced and he didn't appreciate it
Syd brought Gilmour in?
@@brianwilliams3329 I'll always think of Waters, Wright and Mason as Barrett's backing band. I just don't get post-Barrett Floyd's appeal.
Fires that burn twice as bright burn out twice as fast
you should do a story about sid barrett's solo album recordings.
I like them more than most pink floyd during the later years. Genius p Orrige covers the first one he did on the album , something vs the alien brain. I can't remember the first part of the statement. It's just as wacked as syd doing it.
My buddy played me a few songs from Syd’s solo days.
The best thing a Floydian ever did in my humble opinion
There is the story of "Have you got it yet?". Honestly, there are a few more Syd stories that would make great video topics.
Dave Gilmore was the Best replacement in the history of modern music.
Who’s Dave Gilmore? Gilmore girls brother?
Neil Peart, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr
It's Gilmour -__-
😡 stupid autocorrect.
I wrote it at lunch and never went back to check it.
And I can't fix it now or else all your comments would look silly.
😒😒😒
@@rcknrllfreak I'll give you Neal Peart.
There's a record store in Athens called syd, and a great bar right next to it called barrett
Athens, Greece or Athens, Georgia (USA)?
@@scott12xu Athens, greece, right at the center of the city, in psirri
Also, in Final Fantasy 7, there's a Sid & a Barret.
@@scott12xu Ohio
I’ve known for years about his unannounced studio appearance during the recording of Wish You Were Here, but I’m pretty sure that this is the first time I heard about his appearance that day, having shaved his head and eyebrows. I’m immediately drawn to the scenes in the movie The Wall where Pink (Geldof) shaves off his own head and eyebrows.
he shaved off his own head!? brutal
There are pics that exist from this visit, I've seen em
@@chito2294 roflmao
@@brianfalarski6074 I seen them pics too..in my local butchers shop window display 😃
@@Stu-SB very cool
"I've got a big refrigerator and I've been eating a lot of pork chops."
Reads like lyrics to a song.
It seems obvious that Axl Rose and Vince Neil were both inspired by that statement...
KatarnCrusader hehehe
@Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. I know right? He might not have ended up w/ diabetes (and later pancreatic cancer)!
@Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. Yes, the joke is good, but sugar is usually the one to blame.
" I have a big refrigerator" nice one Syd,
😂🤣🎸🎶🎵🎤
One thing I never understood was, if he was so far gone, how did he have the wherewithal to come to the studio that day?
I think that it's crazy that when he came in studio they didn't even recognize him. So sad!!! R.I.P Syd!!!
Finally some detail on this historic event, when ever I hear about it people just say “he came in and than he left”
This guy got the "details" wrong? Syd suggested to the rest of the band to bring David in. At one point Floyd had 5 members and one day they just didn't take Syd to a gig, that's how it happened.
'Wish You Were Here' Album Cover... Is another story to tell.
Actually, Syd Barrett visited the Wish You Were Here sessions twice; once in June 5th 1975 (when this pic was taken) and the other was July 7th during David Gilmour's wedding. There's a pic from that day as well where he's sitting on a chair smoking a cigarette with a white shirt with red stripes.
It is a real tragedy. "Piper" is by far my most favourite PF album, and I cannot imagine how great that band would have been had Syd not taken too many drugs...
Imagine it couldve been better. We will never know.
Drug use aside, a lot of Syd’s issues were as a result of not coping with fame so either way he probably would have disappeared from the limelight. Contrary to popular belief, he didn’t go mad - he no doubt experienced bouts of mental illness throughout his life but for the majority of his life he was just a reclusive artist living off royalties.
@@dirkardostevergreen4827 yep. He had depression along with bouts of schizophrenia. He didnt go mad from lsd as the rumors say. Its a fun story tho.
@@daBEAGLE1017 Well as far as I know, and I've been fascinated with Syd and early PF albums for many years now. First it was not LSD, but powerful mushrooms, The mexicans or hawaiians, IIRC. Second, when I was younger, I used to try many hallucinogens, along with others peoples. I witnessed first hand some people going mad by the use of it. And it fits perfectly with the videos and photos and testimonies I've read and seen. Usually, going crazy with hallucinogens is defined with paranoia, schyzophrenia and depression, just saying.. Some people wake up after a while, but some never come back. I agree that there were some issues with Syd before as his antisocial behavior was already there, but he clearly passed a point of no-return when he got that mushroom hit.
@@MidnightatMidian Psychiatrists are now using psychedelics to treat mental illness, go figure.
I feel ripped off because i was promised flashbacks when i dosed in the 80s and after the $650 worth of $5 blotters, im still waiting for the trails to begin. What a wasted investment, i couldve bought a duel cassette boom box instead.
Everything they warned us about drugs with those 80s and 90s PSAs has turned out to be far from the truth but yet big pharma pushed their opiates (oxycontin) through doctors and created a deadly Opiate pandemic (downer pills, heroin, fentanyl, etc) that has been killing people for years.
Pot and acid never killed (with few exceptions).
Peace friend.
Hey if you’re gonna go Mad... Make one influential album with a couple of Brit pop hits! After Dark Sides success , Syd was making about a million pounds a year off royalties from Piper. Madness!!! 🤪
That’s crazy
Evidence? A million pounds???🤨
I don’t care what anyone says!
Syd Barrett’s 2 solo albums are the best pink Floyd related releases in my humble opinion❤️
Waters: _"I was threatened by him."_
I finally hear what I always knew from the horses mouth. When I first got 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn', I loved it, except for one song. When I first heard 'Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk', I thought that whoever wrote it, really shouldn't be writing songs at all. I still love everything Barrett ever did, yet for the life of me, I just don't understand the appeal of post-Barrett Floyd. To me, it's just so ordinary.
Psychedelic drugs (pretty much LSD here I presume) are not physically addicting like opiates or say, alcohol . As mentioned elsewhere Syd was likely self-medicating with already existing mental issues I am not the one to specify. it is interesting to me me that so many 60s musicians took a boatload of acid and seem *relatively* together and coherent after the fact. And yet there was a few like Syd, Brian Wilson, Skip Spence, Peter Green...where LSD seemed to be the catalyst for going over the edge. Brian Wilson made it back to functional even productive though still clearly scarred. Syd and others never returned. Tragic.
I think if you are predisposed to mental illness psychedelics can trigger these issues for some people.
Wilson functional? I'm not so sure. I mean he was definitely able to go on writing amazing songs post-Pet Sounds (particularly 1967-73) but the "dynamic" all round auteur was dead and gone post-'Smile'. He still looks like a terrified child.
@@blackmore4 Note the difference between "functional" and "high functioning."
What most likely happened is that Syd was predisposed to developing catatonic schizophrenia or some sort of cluster A personality disorder, and the heavy psychedelic use simply triggered it.
It’s pretty clear that some of, if not all of these guys had latent schizophrenia or psychosis, especially Wilson and Barret. Psychedelics are pretty damn safe when taken by a regular educated person, but can have disastrous consequences when taken by someone who has psychosis or other mental illnesses.
It’s pretty simple if you have or are predisposed to these illnesses, don’t mess with this shit. You’re going to mess yourself up and ruin it for the rest of us
What a beautiful man...
I know, he was gorgeous
Syd was truly a lost talent, his solo albums are amazing.. it's shame things happened the way they did because he shouldve gone down as a legend
He has gone down as a legend.
@@RobinTaylorJenkins amongst his fans he is, but the general rock fan doesn't know his work
TheUrbanSoldier_ ‘General Rock fan’. Very vague, ‘Rock’ is a huge umbrella with a vast array of different styles beneath it.
Any psychedelic rock fan will undoubtedly be familiar with Barrett’s work with Pink Floyd. Not sure about die hard AC/DC meat and potato rock types, but any rock & roll fan worth their salt will at the very least have heard of him.
He wasn't even to perform around the time he released his solo stuff, he preferred getting high. He got what was coming to him.
I'm sure I'm not the only one to suggest Syd Barrett but was very happy to see that you did a story on him. This is why your channel so great. The fact you take suggestions and then are able to dig up great stories increases the knowledge of all of us. Great work! I'd love to see you do a video on the Music Bank. The only thing I really know about the places where Alice in Chains got together. But if anybody could dig up the history and stories of the place outside of a AIC it's you.
Syd Barrett tried to brush his teeth but jumping up and down while holding the brush still. That's genius!
Anyway. Barrett's best solo song imo is Here I Go.
Here I Go is a great song, happy to see recognition
She said a big band is far better than yooouu~~
She was stupid
How is that genius? 🤔
Here I Go is great, agreed. IMHO, Terrapin, Dominoes and Late Night are better, but each to their own. 🙂
Roger sums it up perfectly, "It couldn't have happened without him, but on the other hand, it couldn't have gone on with him."
This has become one of my favorite channels!
After months of requesting a Syd Barrett video, you finally did it! Nice. *EDIT* Although Roger Waters didn't appear on Syd's solo albums. He only co-produced the Madcap Laughs with David Gilmour. Also, the picture of Andrew King you showed isn't in fact Andrew King, but their other ex-co manager, Peter Jenner.
And the fateful day referred to in the Wish You Were Here sessions was in 1975, not 1970.
Such a tragic story, totally agree with the other comment.... really Awesome the band continued to pay him royalties after his departure!!!
Another stellar episode bud.. thanks as usual
Poor Syd! It's a very sad story. I like Pink Floyd and it would had been nice if Syd had recovered himself from drugs and depression and had come back to the band.
Some people just come to realise that this world is not worth it.
Dude. Wow, great vid.
To think Sid's deepest contribution to society is the inspiration of two of the most amazing albums ever:
Wish you were here, and
The Wall...
provides deeper meaning to the shaved Bob Geldof in the movie "The Wall" after his spiral downward in
Nobody Home, Vera, and Comfortably Numb. Amazing.
loved the videos and way to present the stories ....so ...SUBSCRIBED !!!
I dont think the band would have achieved their level of success without Gilmour. Syd going crazy was probably the best thing that happened to them.
Cruel but fair.
June 5, 1975, not 1970.
You feel me
Away far too empty, oh so alone!
I want to go home...
The guy was bi polar and probably schizophrenic. He had issues before his acid trips.
I remeber as a Londoner. He used to walk his two dogs on the common not far from where I lived. Not long before he passed away.
I used to ride my horse I had at the time.
I used to see him 2-3 times a week when I rode everyday... We wasn't always there.
He used to go out about the time the sun went up. So you'd see him coming out of the early morning mist. He and his two dogs. Head down .... Never paid any attention to anyone. Never spoke because people left him alone.
I only knew who he was when one day my horse spooked at his dog that had got away from him . Sid came over to APPOLOGIES for his dog scaring my horse.
One look close up of his eyes. I knew who her was as he looked up to APPOLOGIES.
He was very polite. Seemed worried I'd get hurt. I told him I'd be ok. Thankyou for checking on me. He sort of smiled and waved and walked off.
After that when I saw him he'd often wave to me and I'd wave back.
2006. And I wake up early to go riding. And I turn on the radio.... And hear he passed. I was heartbroken. .
I like Pink Floyd quite alot.
Sid to anyone who saw him in those morning's was just another dog walker.
It was a hard hit when he left.
RIP SID BARRETT. .
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND.
How about a story/tribute to one of the best percussionists of all time...Neil Peart.
Th4ere's a good movie to be made about Floyd and the Syd Barrett era, right up until he crashes the recording session for Shine On.
Sad to see your friend deteriorate. RIP.
According a syd Barrett's reference when he left the recording Studio for that last time he would walk all the way back to Cambridge..
I named my snake after Syd.
Roger seems more appropriate
June 5th 1970??The album Wish You Were Here was recorded in 1975.
He said 1975 at the very start of the video and 1970 around 2:16. Not sure what’s going on.
Great channel
The picture at 3:26 is actually of Peter Jenner and not Andrew King.
"crippling addiction to psychedelic drugs." LOL!!! Pretty sure that's not even possible. He had mental health issues definitely exaggerated by LSD but not by addiction to delics.
he was addicted to THE REEFER!!!
don't do drugs kids
@@chito2294 reefer won't fuck ya up THAT bad
Theres more than just chemical addictions.
Yeah I've never been dope sick because I didn't have sid or shrooms....geez people who don't know....just don't have a clue!
Well, while the drugs themselves aren't addictive per sey, neither are slot machines or pornography but plenty of people are addicted to them.
David recognized him
I was just idly wondering what the circumstances were around when Peter Gabriel left Genesis
Genesis were recording The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway at the same time as his wife Jill was giving birth to their first daughter.
The delivery was difficult and Peter felt that the band didn't understand his need to be with his family.
They completed the album but relations were strained.
He resigned before the tour but played the dates anyway.
He said he felt awkward because he couldn't tell the crowds that he'd left.
It's also possible he felt he could make his own music, rather than be in the band.
If they could do a one off concert and in next year that would be great
Great man. Just a dumb idea to put 150 hits of acid in your shampoo
David GIlmour has stated in an interview filmed in 2001 that the day Syd came to the studio was not his wedding day, I doubt that most of events described in this video about that day are accurate.
The only thing we know for sure is that he did show up to Abbey Road that day. I’ve long believed that most of the stories around that day are apocryphal. I don’t believe it was mere coincidence that he was there that day, and someone in the band’s camp arranged for him to show up. At that point, they had been working on the album for months, with Syd clearly being on their mind the whole time. Someone thought it would be interesting to see what would happen if he showed up.
He showed up twice; the pic in this video comes from the 1st time on 1975 June 5th, and he also visited July 7th when Gilmour got married. There's a pic of him from that day too, siting on a chair smoking a cigarette wearing a white shirt and red stripes.
Well, I guess you know more about than Gilmour then@@Paolo8772
A crippling addiction to psychedelic drugs?
Lol
Dude was psycho and self medicating. Humans can be addicted to anything. There are people addicted to sex, exercise, chicken nuggets...its not the actual substance thats addictive its the human brain
Yeah I’m totally addicted to sex with chicken nuggets
If you take herion maybe 1-2 times buddy you develop a very serious dependency because that drug is very powerful, and can be incredibly difficult to get off and for some people, the psychological effects, urge to lapse never really goes away.
I've read interviews from rock stars, Hollywood actors, from Yoko Ono, Anthony Keidis, John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith who made similar observations.
Sometimes, it is the actual substance itself, its potency, strength and dependency makes you addicted, not necessarily individual's unique or particular personality.
Narcotics, especially the more purer, higher grade variety are a radically different animal then psychedelics or even cocaine, where for some, the dependency levels are more gradual.
Meaning, for most people it might take little more time to get seriously addicted to it.
From what I've read Syd had a lot of underlying mental health issues that were probably made worse from too many psychedelics but I agree, psychedelics aren't addictive.
It all had to happen that way,or it would never had been this way.
It's here
Do a story about Hank 3! He's played as a Touring Bassist for Superjoint Ritual, Drummer for Arson Anthem! The guy kicks ass he plays three sets when you see him. He does a country set, rockabilly, and then metal set!
Somebody claiming to be Roger Keith Barrett sent me all kinds of artwork to my house with his handwriting self-portraits and a card with his handwriting on it a couple years ago and the last thing that was sent to my house was a postcard and his artwork for 15 years somebody was claiming to be home sending me all kinds of clues I had no idea who he was until three years ago. I’m not obsessed with him I really love early Pink Floyd now but I would say I’m not obsessed with him and I have no idea whether he died in 2006 or maybe died last year I have no idea I haven’t heard from him for a year and a half but he would’ve been like 76 years old so whether or not he died in 2006 Or faked his death and died later is something that’s questionable in my mind he might lived till 80 years old but I haven’t heard from him for a year and a half and I was not sure whether or not this was actually him but they were self portraits and I still have them and it’s amazing along with other artwork that he did and a painting of me it was very strange
If you look at the promo photos of the band from the Syd years, he's absolutely the best-looking member - he could have been a total rock-star. Nick Mason's book strongly suggests that he was forced out of the group, and not necessarily due to drug use. Dave Gilmour muscled his way in and usurped all of Syd's contributions...
Syd was so handsome... It's sad that he later turned up into that.
the year wasnt 1970 when floyd was recording WYWH (2:18 in video)
RIP Piper, always remembered
Wow.
Rest in Peace, dude.
sid is my favorite member of pink floyd.
Please explain biohazard and Bobby's confusing departure and return.
None of this happened in 1970.. 02:15
so the solo albums were kind of Pink Floyd albums even though they didnt say it if you think about it
I think things were tense between Syd & Roger. There is an infamous story of the two working on a song called "Do you Get it Now?"
Have you got it yet
@@dimebagdave77 Still trying.
Sad story well told
I still listen to Piper at Gates of Dawn a lot, the originality and creativity of Syd was amazing. But He was a very troubled man and with all the drugs he took it just couldn’t last.
Correcting some classic Floyd bs - they might have felt sad for Syd, but Gilmore was actually a real friend since before Pink Floyd and I think it was more out of love, rather than pity or guilt. Same goes for royalties. They would never have become what they became if Syd hadn’t had the wheel during those first years.
I heard a story that Syd was left behind on the way of a gig when they were picking up the musicians on the way ... is this correct?
s staners LOL
That is true. It's been written about in a couple of books. But also the members have discussed it in a few interviews.
This conversation between Roger & syd never happened, syd did not hear the mix of SOYCD in the studio that day
Did Syd ever do anything Floyd-related after 1975? Like, any interviews? Any autograph signings? Any public appearances?
By the late 90s, his legend had grown quite a bit that I think he could have made some decent money doing autograph signings.
No. His remaining years were spent as a recluse in his hometown of Cambridge, living a quiet life listening to jazz and classical records while working on paintings until he started to lose his sight to diabetes, only ever visited by a few close family members.
DoctorPretorious616 How did he make money? Pink Floyd royalties? Public assistance?
@@JohnDoe-gk7ok Syd received substantial royalties from his Pink Floyd records and solo works, David Gilmour made sure that he was getting them.
Wish You Were Here, June 1970?
syd painted circles quite well.
The events in question happened in 1975, not 1970
One thing you forgot to mention about Syd, was at the parties he was going to in 1967 the people he was mixing with there were virtually throwing acid into his drinks! At least that’s what Roger Waters has said about him in interviews in the past!!!!
I think if you eat sugar cubes dripped from a glass of LSD, but forgetting which cubes you've put LSD on, making some cubes have a heck of a lot and some none, then I'm not surprised Syd had mental health issues. Some could have had an amazing amount of LSD on them. And from what I've read I think that's true.
It's a bloody shame. David Bowie said that Syd was the first English singer to sing without an American accent and promoting images projected into the background behind the band to make them look 'art' like.
Just a shame.
Lame claim to fame: my brother was taught audio engineering by the guy who crept on stage and switched off Syd Barrett's amplifier mid-song during his final gig with Pink Floyd, because he had just been playing rubbish.
How the hell did he get into Abby Road?
The truth is: nobody will ever know if Barrett understood that "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was about him.
HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY ROGER KEITH "SYD" BARRETT!
Is this a reupload?
Gilmour confirmed in an interview this did not happen on his wedding day
The more a fella hears, the more he thinks that poor Syd was schizophrenic.
No Syd no pink. Syd's the man behind floyd.present or not. he's the nucleus
I wasn’t aware they actually carried on conversations w/ him in the studio. Was under the impression that no one even spoke to him. The jumping up & down while brushing his teeth is also need to me
Kicking Syd out of the band was the best decision they ever made. Roger Waters developed into a great writer and without him there never would have been great albums like Wish You Were Here, Darkside, Wall, Animals, etc
The Jason Knight Fiasco Band And ironically much of those albums are to do about Syd.
I loved Divison Bell. Which was such a waste of inactivity after .. if they could have pulled ONE more album lol.. Bell was either a hit or miss with fans .. but man.. such a good album .. has nothing to do with this topic .. but.. hey.. feeling RANDO!!🙃
This story is common knowledge these days to most Floyd fans
Waters talking about it on Fallon with Fallon trying to get laughs out of syd’s sickness and waters wasn’t having it
“Fallon trying to get laughs” yeah sounds like Fallon alright. He often fails at that.
BOLLOCKS ROGER!
How dare you say about Barrett ~ "He's certainly not nearly as important, as people say, in terms of Pink Floyd."
Yes, Syd wrote the songs but he also sang them! He was the Lead Vocalist, Lead Guitarist and the group's focal point!
You were just part of the Rhythm Section!
You only contributed one song, the unmemorable "Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk" on the "Piper" album!
Syd named the band for Christ's sake!
You selfishly admit you felt threatened by Barrett which gives credence to the theory that YOU were the prime mover in ousting him from his band!
You didn't explain why he didn't speak to you when you ran into him in the department store!
He couldn't stand the sight of you and hated it when someone mentioned your name in his presence.
He would go into a rage shouting how YOU took his band away from him!
Note: There are a couple of mistakes in the narrative regarding Roger Waters involvement in Syd's "The Madcap Laughs" album.
Roger and David only produced a few Acoustic Guitar numbers which were not fit for release!
I can't believe Waters put out those dreadful songs!
I think it was sabotage!
Roger Waters did not play Bass on the "The Madcap Laughs".
No but Gilmour worked on it.
@@donniev8181 ..yeah he worked some magic to get rid of him
Boomer rant
Damn...
Barrett suggested they bring Gilmour into the band, Gilmour didn't replace him?
I prefer the band with Syd. RIP Syd.
the song octopuse by syd is my fav whats yours?
The Gnome
Octopus is great🤘also love No Man's Land
@@kalahauoli355 love that one
@@dimebagdave77 hell yh
I love octopus and the gnome too
My dad used to recite some of effervescing elephant when I was a kid and I thought he made it up lol
But for some reason I love wined and dined
Its super relaxing
...Terrapin makes me go to sleep lol
Poor Syd... I wonder if schizophrenia, mixed with all the psychedelics, led to his mental state. He was just about the age that schizophrenia starts to display symptoms. I just don't know...
psychedelic drugs can jump start schizophrenia
@@creightonrochlin9341 I didn't know that. But, in Syd's case, it certainly would make sense.
I kinda think the drugs damaged what was probably an already unsound mind.
Would like to hear a video about the legendary unrecorded pink Floyd song called have you got it yet. Syd kept changing the rhythm and chord progression whenever anyone came close to getting the song right
His weight gain was most probably due to medication at the time and having a big appetite bought on by such medication
:56 "crippling addiction to psychodelic drugs"? Ask any addiction specialist, doctor or chemist, psychodelic substances are NOT addictive. In fact it's difficult to even get high if you take them on consecutive days. As a recovering addict, I spent 5 agonizing years using heroin. THAT is an actual addiction. A crippling addiction. Your body get physically dependent on the shit so if u dont use, u get physically sick. None of that happens with psychedelics. I know cuz I enjoy them from time to time. Please get ur facts straight b4 giving a report on somebody else's life. Sid was not addicted to anything, that is known abt, he was suffering from mental illness. NOT caused by drugs.
You don't know that. I'm sure he did a lot more than lsd. Truth is drugs do fry you whether u wanna admit or not.
Who else tried to brush their teeth by holding the tooth brush still while jumping up and down after watching this?