Syd Barrett-Octopus (06-06-1970)
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Syd Barrett
June 6, 1970
Olympia Exhibition Hall, London, England
1. Terrapin
2. Gigolo Aunt
3. Effervescing Elephant
4. Octopus
Syd Barrett - guitar, vocals
David Gilmour - bass
Jerry Shirley - drums
Note: Some Vocals are hard to hear due to poor micing during the show.
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If someone could remaster this....
Syd Barrett why did you have to do it syd why did you have to fry your mind you could have been so great.
Literally thought the same shiznit ..Long live syd barret .✌👍
Chris Cannone ummm... he's dead.
@@angusmcfadden5662 he obviously already had mental issues, and the acid did not help that. He was brilliant because he was crazy, but was going to go insane one day.
found a wonderful remaster here if youre still wantin it😂ruclips.net/video/p31I4Mjs8cg/видео.html
David was really a great Syd's friend, at the end. Congratulations, mister Gilmour.
I love hearing Syd sing. He has such a beautiful voice. Thinks for uploading this! I can forgive the audio quality as the only other live recordings I've heard so far of with him live with pink floyd and you can't even hear the vocals hardly. I love hearing him play live solo. It's beautiful!
For such an infamous gig, Syd sure seems to be rocking like crazy!
Take the negativity with not so much a pinch of salt as a large sack labelled SAXA - Syd had a good nine year three album pop career (possibly stretchable to five albums if you include all the late '67 stuff plus treat Tonite LMLuvinLon as an album.) and he retired a millionaire aged nearly 30. If a tape of Stars at the Dandelion Café or Petty Curry or even the second Corn Exchange show with Nektar ever surfaces, expect it to be a reasonably good fun live album.
I put forth the suggestion that Syd Barrett may well be the creator of grunge AND punk music... His chaotic sound suggests a very early form of both.
Yeah believe it or not David Gilmour played a big part in Syd's solo career from appearing in this show to producing his records.
I totally agree.Barrett, Cobain, Marc Bolan (a huge Barrett fan), might have been messy as hell but no one plays these songs the way they did.They made a style from their so-called limitations. And boy, were they awesome.
ive got to add this to my favourites. i know syd wasnt in good shape then but i just love the bloke.he didnt do anything for nearly 40 years but hes still sorely missed
I do prefer argumentation to plain statement, but i do appreciate your feedback Sapper, it is very useful. I learn from every opinion i ever hear and i do not intend to convince you or anyone of anything, but simply to see your reactions and glance the way you and everyone thinks on this matter that has become an obsessive passion to me. Best band ever Pink Floyd.
First off, props to Gilmour for even remotely sounded like he knew what he was doing following whatever it was Syd was playing. Secondly, it's a shame this concert doesnt have a quality bootleg. I'd love to hear even a decent recording. Lastly, hearing Syd play my favorite song this messed up reminds me why people shouldn't do drugs. Yes, he had his issues, but they were blown out of proportion when LSD came into the picture. Whoever keeps saying it's harmless, take a couple hits every day for
He's playing a GREAT version of Octopus, really rocking out. What the hell are you going on about? I reckon *you* must have been on acid when you wrote that.
Yeah this is the gig where he walked off and left Jerry Shirley and Dave Gilmour onstage alone.
CultureJudge-That's another thing yes, I was at first thinking of the music only but you are absolutely right. Syd's style and songs are to me the earliest example of what we'd now call grunge and punk. Anyone who disagrees give Piper another listen, it's right there. And if that don't convince 'em listen to this song again.
the wowing tape sure makes this even more psychedelic. lovely song, lovely syd barrett. peace and love.
Why the hell I can't find almost any Syd Barrett live video? I wanna see him play, for god sake!
HogHab Look under astronomy dominee, they play live on some nerd's show.
+HogHab Because he didn't play much. People practically had to drag him kicking and screaming in to the studio, outside of that he only ever did a handful of live performances IIRC
music?! Sorry got to call bollocks on that one. Sheer workload was one of the things that tipped him off the rails
LSD is LSD. "Sanity" is simply a word, and as a percieved state, is in the perception of the beholder. Most geniuses have been called "crazy" in some manner or other. I cite as examples Nicola Tesla, Aldous Huxley, Syd Barrett... Whether or not Syd was "mentally ill" is a debatable subject, and unresolvable now, since he has transcended the physical realm. I wonder what might have been had Syd and Roky Erickson met and collaborated... (?)
..Just thought I would add my two cents to the debate.
damn, i cant believe theres no vid for his last concert :(
not his last concert, that was Feb '72 supporting Nektar in Cambridge. People didn't have cameraphones back then, only 8mm home movie cameras.
Nice recording of this version ! 5 Stars
If only there were decent recordings of this show.. such a shame.
Thanks for posting this!
@john gulino; could not agree more. Poor guy was plagued it seems by bad sound setup. No wonder he walked away from it.
No way to deny that Barrett was suffering from schizophrenia before the LSD trips, and whether the trips were his attempts to turn down the voices in his head or not, they accelerated his erratic behavior.
Full hits of LSD for seven straight days seemed to have driven him over the edge.
No doubt that the initial Floyd sound emanated from him, but the other members wanted to produce and needed a reliable replacement -- enter Gilmore.
All in the know knew that Floyd was destined to be special, but Syd's contribution turned to destruction.
Waters, Wright, Mason and Gilmore all tried with substantial effort to steer Syd -- but in the end, it's rare to be able to save someone from themselves -- whether they are a mad genius, a self-destructive recluse, or both.
Difficult to speak of Floyd's early years without Syd, but the remaining members picked up the ball in '68, ran with ii with spectacular success -- even with the seemingly constant drama and creating another ego-maniac along the way -- in Roger Waters.
MichaelRMcCoy excuse me my friend but how do you know he was suffering from schizophrenia, I don't think so, because roger and some other guys said he was, it doesn't mean he was diagnosed with it, I think he didn't want to continue with his career anymore,something changed inside him about music, if you ask me the reason I don't know and I don't really care. I care about that we as audience had the chance to listen to his work which it was a masterpiece for me. that's what matters to me. love and peace my bro. hope the best
MichaelRMcCoy No Sir. I don't think he was out of his mind. I think he was a visionary artist. He was never diagnosed. I won't pretend to be a doctor. So no, he wasn't schizo.
Many persons of note were visionaries, later believed, (by experts), to be schizophrenic and displaying the classic symptoms.
As you pointed out, you are not a doctor and may hold whatever opinion you wish -- but the people surrounding Syd year after year would likely be able to offer more valid and sensible opinions of his mental state.
With Syd never having been actually diagnosed, I think I'll stay with placing more credence in their observations.
MichaelRMcCoy The person closest to him said he wasn't crazy or insane or schizo - his sister - she suggests that Syd went to the Wish You Were Here sessions as a joke - like "Is this what you think of me?"
To be completely straightforward, it's a matter of semantics -- and I was more into Floyd post Syd.
I offer the following well-composed assessment:
www.schizophrenia.com/stories/sbarrett.htm#
so do no videos of him playing solo exist at all?
+joe strummer unfortunately no. Loved your work with The Clash btw. ;)
People didn't have cameraphones back then. You were lucky if someone brought a home movie camera to a gig and the film then survived the several decades until RUclips came along.
Very good version!
tortured death throws of a brilliant artist. i hope his life was peaceful and happy.
Absolutely awesome!
Well, i am very happy we finally agree in two or three things. Effectivelly Barretts merit towards the bands musical achievement is merely inspirtional.
superb!
chokes me poor fuckin brilliant syd never forget ya
so very true... .
yeah heard about that. but think it might be a different show. TJerry Shirley said that while they were performing Gigolo Aunt, Syd just left the stage leaving Jerry and Dave to awkwardly stop playing and leave the stage.
would be cool if gilmour and barrett shared lead and rythm guitar on this performance
great band ... nice document
Tank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD VOICE EQUALISATION IN THIS VIDEO
Amazing solo 2:44
nothing more to say, you've said it everything...
love this!!!!!!!
Dave was a better friend to Barret than Waters, despite the fact Waters is an early childhood friend and Dave is from the art school days. Always supportive, Dave actually taught him tricks on guitar back then (he was a much earlier performer). When Syd collapsed waters knew exactlly who to call. The first position dave assumed in Floyd wasnt any comfortable: do everything Syd cant do anymore, with no creative freedom. Not to mention everything he did for Syds solo career.
Yes he did.
really enjoy the solo, props to his supporting musicians. Like many I'm fascinated by him as an anomaly, I wonder what the 'real' story was....
Clover honey pots and mystic shining feed?.Incredible
@animalmother4 hence why syd quietly put down down his guitar and left after playing this song
Floyd started to record their shows in 66 actually. And yes they did, and they were already off the underground scene.
Just search for dates 06-06-1970
P.D. Like i always say, it was never my intention to change your mind.
Yeah most people think the acid made him go crazy and thats why he stopped making music. If you spend 5 minutes researching syd barrett you can find out He just realized he didnt want to be famous so he withdrew from that lifestyle. Being famous and tripping would suck.
it is sad to see a friend being destroyed by drugs, i have that experience.Sadly Barret was a victim of the nieve ignorance of his entire generation, that makes him a martyr but not a genious.The fact is that he couldnt be able to develop his talent to that level like the other band members and its ridiculous that people praise him like some kind of musical hero or god. He was a leading figure, a very cherised friend and a strongly charismatic character, but not a great songwriter or musician.
agreed!
I got this show off of the online community Echoes Hub.
Diamondbackseye. Not only that but many photos of him from 1970 seem to predate the whole goth thing as espoused by that bloke from the cure (scary eye liner, disconcertingly long black hair over the eyes, long coat)etc.
Very electric and chadov version
@AndyWitmyer I think this tape must have been recorded close to the stage, just in front of Syd's amp...
punk's not dead!
I was about to comment about jammin sessions in Jazz culture; anyway, before Barret i can mention at least four long period jammin bands: the Cream, The grateful Dead, The Jimmy Hendrix Experience and Deep Purple Mark I.
@joshie4330 It is too bad, the show wasn't a disaster but it wasn't great. Due to poor mixing apparently the audience could only make out the second half of This song before he left stage. But I really like this, I mean hell I appreciate it all but this is fun.
100000000 x agree
the best thing I read today
barret kicks or kicked ass!!!
Poor Syd.
He have on this concert troubles for playing and vocals.
Wish you we here dear Syd.
Silver from Poland(a greta fun of Pink Floyd)
I really can t understand why people always come up with LSD with Syd Barrett.In fact, this song is absolutely brilliant. It s an original piece of art coming from the most genuine English literature of nineteenth and twentieth century. Find out something similar in the pop music....I can t....
Please if you are interested in LSD, take it and leave in peace Mr.Barrett. RIP Syd.
See Faeries Wear Boots by Black Sabbath... that galloping guitar sound is also a heavy metal feature, later iron maiden made the best of it.
I wasn't aware that Gilmour and Shirley did any live gigs w/Syd. U Sure this wasn't the Stars band with Twink ?
Yeah this was his first show since he left Pink Floyd
well he actually did a few more check VH1 rock legends doccumental for reference
I dont see how Heavy Metal relates at all with Syd Barret. For what i know the first band who played heavy metal was Black Sabbath and Tony Iommi is credited for the invention of the Metal sound. Of course the category was denominated later as back then it all fell into simply "Rock and roll".
@ARJU1993
That's the bloody studio version...
As i said before to another, you dont get to say who speaks and who doesnt, i remind you this is an open forum. The name is the less important part of Floyd, or any band whatsoever. And Syd Barret doesnt even have credit for joinin the musicians together, it was Waters who moved to London earlier and gathered the band , later Syd joined in the band when he moved. :P
Favorite comment!
@MrMeddled
That's a bit too sweeping and general without any breakdown of any of my points which i garnered over time reading such books as "crazy diamond", saucerful of secrets", "miles, a visual documentary" (great book), and various music press over two decades to gauge enough info to reckon it's a fair summary and you quote just one book so i must still be right,
sorry man dems the breaks!
Holy Sky, but there is a few of monster in his guitar!
Syd hero forever, but this concert are catastrofic.
That sounds like a very deep tought, like you really know what u are saying. Did you know Syd barret in person?.
Whatever, that comment was a year ago!!!
he was spiked loads of times but seen as a guy who could take it (and prob could've handled what he was doing to himself otherwise) but musta fell in with some right dodgy nutters who cared nothing for themselves and therefore not him either and it was suddenly too late and irreversible and a real sad lesson learned regarding going too far by the first generation of trippers who had no one to take heed from back then
@jefduf
Bet they aint to quick to be forthcoming on that one if they are even alive these days, poor Syd never knew what he was getting into till was too late i guess
There is. i have it. same song but its not as wildly in and out as this one is. i got it like 5 years ago so i dont remember the name of the bootleg but it does exist. just have to look for it.
On the picture in the video it says David Gilmour - Bass (on the bottom line).
Is that right?
Wish I could've tripped with him, or at the very least, MET him.
@wilitoto bob maybe the man talks from his experience , i know some drugs that are claimed to be dangerous and deadly and addictive are not . but coke and herion are not good for nothing. i ve never tried lsd but i feel like its not as bad as all that and if i did try it i would use a small amount
would it be possible for you to make these songs avaiable for download? me and the whole world would be eternally grateful
@bobshenix HOWEVER.... Pink Floyd would never have produced the songs they did had they not lost Syd. We know how great the Floyd was - without Barrett. Would they have done the same amount of epic songs with him?
The song really takes off at about 2:48 to me.
Please leave us here leave us on the octopus ride close your eyes on the octopus ride.........
Therefore, the band actually existed before Syd came, they just had a different name.
皆さんが書いてらっしゃるようにシドはＬＳＤでぶっ飛んだ状態なのでしょうか？
最期「thank you good night」と帰っちゃったみたいで場が少しざわついてますよね。
Syd took mandrax and mandrex will fucking make you lose your grip on every thing? :O is this some trick statement or what?
I svaki covek obican se pita kako je? Na esidu u pustinji kad si blato je.
wow! where can I have this material?
By the way this is an open forum, you are no one to determine who speaks here and who doesnt.
OH well i do understand that, promise not to be that harsh in the future. Take this as a public apology. Hey i've been less agressive lately!
syd was talented and smart. shame what happened to that lad
(agree with patorser)
Go to google and search for Echoes hub
If only these could be cleaned up
@wotdoesthisbuttondo we would have to have someone with balls and ask Emo,Sue Kinsford,and Lindsey corner what they tink happend with syd, and what the hell happended in 101,man i wish somebody could tell us what were they doing while spaced in that flat!
ok....one thing I don't get....why DID barrett leave Floyd?
i was intentionally a bit harsh, as i expected to see a strong reaction.
its funny that syd took off right after the vocal came back...so you think that had something to do with it? seemed like he was fine and then he went kindof off after the vocals became clearer in the mix. couldve heard his voice and he was like...nah..screw this.. I think when syd stopped he really meant it and alot of people wanted him to come back, but he just moved on from music, had no interest in it anymore, and ppl were always trying to bring him back to that
Hasta q se nota rallado el buen Syd
You can even make out the audience gasping in suprise around 5:12.
is the last recorded concert he ever had?
pink floyd wouldnt exist if Syd Barret never did LSD.
the creativity that spawned from his trips made it easy to express himself musically
once they became famous, he was taken advantage of by the record company. they knew he used psychedelics to write songs, so they fed him more and more until he became crazy. then when he left, the record deal ended. it disgusts me.
LSD is less harmful than staring at a computer screen so stop using your computer if youre that concerned about health