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Years ago, Roger Waters told me what happened the last time he encountered Syd in Harrods. He said Syd was wearing a long trench coat and fishing hat, and was carrying two giant plastic laundry bags that he was busy filling with sweets from the pick 'n' mix stand. Roger called out ,'Hey, Syd!' Syd turned and stared back at him. Roger said Syd then dropped the laundry bags on the floor, spilling sweets everywhere and fled from the store.
This is a paragraph from Mark Blake's 'Pigs Might Fly' book: On 7 July, during a break in the Wish You Were Here sessions, Gilmour married girlfriend Ginger at Epping Forest Register Office, and the Syd tale takes on another curious twist. In conversation with Mojo magazine in 2006, Gilmour disputed any stories that Syd had attended his wedding. Yet at least three of the guests claim they saw Syd at a post-wedding meal at Abbey Road. Ex-manager Andrew King recalled Barrett looking ‘like the type of bloke who serves you in a hamburger bar in Kansas City’. Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley referred to him as ‘an overweight Hare Krishna-type chap’. ...Mysterious indeed!
Roger knew Roger his whole life; hence thee nick ) mason) name Syd( heartha) school age friends. Sydd'z tunes will always have a child like (lucky)charm. Syd will never be matched i.m.o ..🦉chart sucess means nil. Ps: Syd:s music brings joy inspiration high art lilac fields of candy and fleeing gleerabbit.
The story of Syd Barrett is a terribly sad one. For those of us who have seen the ravages of mental illness up close, it is hard to imagine the sense of loss that Pink Floyd felt. That said, the idea that Wish You Were Here reviewers "deemed it as the product of a band whose creativity and passion had faded away" is so outrageous I can't believe it. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the song that will be playing in my head if I'm sentient and awake as I die. The brilliance and perfection of this track only makes me think that too many critics were waiting for Dark Side Of The Moon Part Two. Oh, by the way, the rest of the Wish You Were Here LP is amazing too if you don't know it. I'm glad the band was brave enough to release the LP as they saw fit. I don't need DSOTM Pt 2, let alone Water's redux.
8:10 Well, notice that he's wearing different shirts in each and every photo we have of him during the sessions? Even in the most recent photo, he's seen wearing a third shirt!
What I don't understand is how someone who had been away from music for years was able to enter the EMI studios and get to the control room. Is it that anyone passing by on the street could enter EMI and the control room?. In the EMI studios there had to be a doorman who prevented anyone who arrived from entering. If I went there tomorrow and said: "Good morning, I was Jimmy Page's brother and I need to go to the contol room", would they let me in?
This is an excellent question. I don't quite understand either. I do know for Gilmour's wedding, they held a 'reception' at the studios so maybe on that day it was a bit less strict and people could come and go more casually? As for the 5th June date... no idea... Aubrey Powell said in an interview that Syd first went to his studio to ask where they were recording. Aubrey told him to go to Abbey Road, maybe he gave the guys at Abbey Road a heads up? Others say that Syd's sister was taking care of him, maybe she knew the band (and EMI staff) well enough to slip in? It all just adds more to the mystery of Syd Barrett!
He did get into the studio. Don't you think that someone talked to him and asked if he could prove who he was,: "Do you have a library card?" Or something. I mean, if I was working the door at a studio and Syd Barrett showed up looking horrible, but, proved he was Syd? I'd let him in. It's a heartbreaking story and in my experience a lot of people say "to hell with the rules" when they think it's the right thing to do. Especially when it's bloody Syd Barrett. It's all a damned shame, in the end.
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Years ago, Roger Waters told me what happened the last time he encountered Syd in Harrods. He said Syd was wearing a long trench coat and fishing hat, and was carrying two giant plastic laundry bags that he was busy filling with sweets from the pick 'n' mix stand. Roger called out ,'Hey, Syd!'
Syd turned and stared back at him.
Roger said Syd then dropped the laundry bags on the floor, spilling sweets everywhere and fled from the store.
The last place that Syd played with the band was in our home town. Love your content Adam
Thanks very much!
Probably Cambridge, right?
I recently watched an interview of David Gilmour and he denied that his wedding took place the same day when Syd showed up.
This is a paragraph from Mark Blake's 'Pigs Might Fly' book:
On 7 July, during a break in the Wish You Were Here sessions, Gilmour married girlfriend Ginger at Epping Forest Register Office, and the Syd tale takes on another curious twist. In conversation with Mojo magazine in 2006, Gilmour disputed any stories that Syd had attended his wedding. Yet at least three of the guests claim they saw Syd at a post-wedding meal at Abbey Road. Ex-manager Andrew King recalled Barrett looking ‘like the type of bloke who serves you in a hamburger bar in Kansas City’. Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley referred to him as ‘an overweight Hare Krishna-type chap’.
...Mysterious indeed!
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Rip Syd 💎
Wish you were here and Animals were fantastic albums not to mention previous albums.👌💥🎸
Did you shave your brows in tribute 😮😊
Roger knew Roger his whole life; hence thee nick ) mason) name Syd( heartha) school age friends. Sydd'z tunes will always have a child like (lucky)charm. Syd will never be matched i.m.o
..🦉chart sucess means nil. Ps: Syd:s music brings joy inspiration high art lilac fields of candy and fleeing gleerabbit.
Crocodile tears
The story of Syd Barrett is a terribly sad one. For those of us who have seen the ravages of mental illness up close, it is hard to imagine the sense of loss that Pink Floyd felt. That said, the idea that Wish You Were Here reviewers "deemed it as the product of a band whose creativity and passion had faded away" is so outrageous I can't believe it. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the song that will be playing in my head if I'm sentient and awake as I die. The brilliance and perfection of this track only makes me think that too many critics were waiting for Dark Side Of The Moon Part Two. Oh, by the way, the rest of the Wish You Were Here LP is amazing too if you don't know it. I'm glad the band was brave enough to release the LP as they saw fit. I don't need DSOTM Pt 2, let alone Water's redux.
Waters and Barrett bumped into each other by accident around 1979 - so it wasn't the last time any of the members of Pink Floyd would see Syd.
8:50 …
Syd ❤
I wonder if Syd ever listened to the music Pink Floyd released on his own, after leaving the band for good. I wonder if he was curious.
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8:10 Well, notice that he's wearing different shirts in each and every photo we have of him during the sessions? Even in the most recent photo, he's seen wearing a third shirt!
Just a FYI Syd’s solo projects are honestly pretty great, an awesome look into Syd’s mind and vibe post Floyd (but with Floyd’s help lol)
Oh Yeah they R!!☮️
Darkside is still by far their best ever album with the exception of Money which to me always seemed out of place on the album
What I don't understand is how someone who had been away from music for years was able to enter the EMI studios and get to the control room. Is it that anyone passing by on the street could enter EMI and the control room?.
In the EMI studios there had to be a doorman who prevented anyone who arrived from entering.
If I went there tomorrow and said: "Good morning, I was Jimmy Page's brother and I need to go to the contol room", would they let me in?
This is an excellent question. I don't quite understand either. I do know for Gilmour's wedding, they held a 'reception' at the studios so maybe on that day it was a bit less strict and people could come and go more casually? As for the 5th June date... no idea... Aubrey Powell said in an interview that Syd first went to his studio to ask where they were recording. Aubrey told him to go to Abbey Road, maybe he gave the guys at Abbey Road a heads up? Others say that Syd's sister was taking care of him, maybe she knew the band (and EMI staff) well enough to slip in? It all just adds more to the mystery of Syd Barrett!
He did get into the studio. Don't you think that someone talked to him and asked if he could prove who he was,: "Do you have a library card?" Or something. I mean, if I was working the door at a studio and Syd Barrett showed up looking horrible, but, proved he was Syd? I'd let him in. It's a heartbreaking story and in my experience a lot of people say "to hell with the rules" when they think it's the right thing to do. Especially when it's bloody Syd Barrett. It's all a damned shame, in the end.
4:57 How did Pink Floyd sell 30M copies of Dark Side Of The Moon? Because anyone who borrowed that album never returned it.