Say what you will about Water's and his ego, but he definitely gets a bit choked up when talking about Syd Barrett. I have seen several interviews with Water's talking about Syd and he seems to get emotional when discussing his love for Syd.
You can tell they were good friends. And true showman, it's hard to leave the one that helped get you where you're going. But if he didn't, it would have all ended then and there. A true respect and friendship to carry on to with what they started to the end.
It must have been very hard for all of them members when the Barrett family asked them to not contact Syd anymore. They didn’t even attended his funeral. Very sad indeed how their friendship ended, but we can tell they all loved him.
I lost my ex to mental illness... She decided to go at 27, so she joined "the club". Man, was that a fucking blow... I lost my fiancee... Rest easy, baby doll. I know you're looking after me. We saw Mr. Waters play the Zocalo Square before she passed and... I don't even know how to begin to say how grateful I am to Roger for giving her those little moments of joy before darkness took over, taking her along with it. Sometimes we think our closest friends and family will always be there but I'm sorry to tell you that they're not eternal. Enjoy their company as much as you can because, one day, and I hope it's not tomorrow, haha, we'll be gone. Tell Malcolm Young, Bon Scott, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek and my grandparents that I said "Hi". Miss you, babe.
@@jellycream1964id say he became content due to living until 60 with the mental struggles he had. but recovering would be a stretch. sometimes suffering is just suffering
This is my favorite song of all time. It’s the story of all our lives. We all have loved ones we’ve lost whom we wish we could be with just one more time. This song is everything to me. Thank you so much for this.
in 1999 i got the pleasure to see roger waters in concert in st.louis ..and we originally had row xx seats - the person i was there went to the box office and they had two front row seats for sale ..the night of the show -magic indeed - we gots to smoke a doobie right under roger and it was the best 3 hours we had in a long long time :) ..snowy white in the line up :) roger does have wyld stareing eyes :)
"Wish You Were Here" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as the title track of their 1975 album of the same name. Guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour and bassist/vocalist Roger Waters collaborated in writing the music, with Gilmour singing lead vocals.
Roger can be so interesting to listen to. Imagine sitting next to him and having a discussion. I don't always agree with everything he says but can you imagine. Having a chit chat
It's a great song, and Waters always talks about how much he misses Syd Barrett, but I've heard that none of the members of Pink Floyd went to his funeral when he passed away!
Syd wrote 52 songs. He was a talented, gifted young man. Unfortunately, Syd started taking drugs at a very early age. At 22, Syd was a sick person. How did Syd Barrett live in 80, 90, or 2000 years???? How long did he fight his drug addiction? ??? Was Syd in a psychiatric hospital??? A sad story. Syd lived in an inner prison. I don't know if he ever found release or peace for his soul??? He painted pictures and lit them in his garden. Why did he live so isolated???
Psychotic symptoms eventually leads someone to have a very restricted routine, trying to reduce whatever could be triggering a form of suffering. This is not good at the end because our brain is always up to new connections, so along the years he may got some form of dementia as well for being out of touch and not learning new things. It's understandable though when we think about how he could relate his illness to the same part of his life that he was exposed to the light, as the lyrics say Edit: I couldn't find where it is but in RUclips there's an interview with Syd's sister that really gives more insight on this
@@rafael7899 Syd was never diagnosed with a mental disability!! His illness was catatonia... Syd said of himself: I'm just vegetating... Syd Barrett could no longer play live music. He has nothing... He stared into space... Catatonia... He could stare at a box of cornflakes for 2 hours... Catatonia... His sister Rosmary Breen once said: He is so lost in his own thoughts... Catatonia... The interview with his sister Rosmary Breen is from 2023... Unfortunately only in English... A sad story... I don't know if Syd ever found redemption or peace for his soul??? He lived in an inner prison...
Too much acid, mushrooms and whatever was around! Soo sad when he showed up at the studios jus after shine on you crazy diamond was recorded with no eyebrows, bald and heavy.😢
@@PaulFormentos LMAO That was really tough for the fans at the time, it's different for some of us who were born getting used to the android version of him
This is to Mr. Roger waters , most likely all persians in the world , are proud of you as one the best & unforgetable human being and the great song writer & singer in the world. We all love you & the good people in the world always have respect for you . ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Waters said the last straw before throwing Syd out was Syd having a "crazy" idea of bringing in a sax player and female singer which Waters then utilised to make Dark Side of the Moon as outstanding as it was and he even ripped off Syds Clockwork Room from Bike for the into to Time all without a hint of posthumous credit. Waters even ripped off the naked women on cover of Syds first solo record for his own first solo record.
This man spoke for the society..for human kind..but yet people speak and listen only Gilmours guitar and voice but not the lyrics and the journey to society s problems.
Roger Waters WAS and will ALWAYS BE the driving force behind Pink Floyd. The rest of the band is great....they just aren't Pink Floyd anymore. They could never carry it without Roger.
Always honest to Syd. Very well spoken, but his recent Live Version emasculation of Comfortably Numb and self indulgent reconstruction of Dark Side of the Moon are unforgivable. Bridges burned. G.bye. G.Bye. G.Bye.
Without this guy Pink Floyd wouldn't have an identity let alone lasted long enough to have made it. Certainly David Gilmour's incredible vocals and guitar playing were important, but Roger kept Pink Floyd grounded in real life, with excellent lyrics, and honesty etc. They criticize this band for many reasons, for extreme prog-rock embellishment sometimes, but actually Roger Waters was punk before punk was even invented
Syd Barrett took enough LSD to truly let go of his ego permanently which detached him from this man mad reality that deemed him insane for being on the outside looking in at the other side of insanity that is socially acceptable.
All psychedelics lead to the demonic realm. The experiences allow demons into our beings. When they dwell with our spirits they can displace our own personality. Demons took Syd. Notice they all said he was brilliant but became as a shell of himself, vacant and no longer his wonderful self. - A former ayahuasca user.
Old Rog keeps blaming the schizophrenia, but Barrett never had that diagnosis. That with docens of psychiatrist. Its a well documented psychosis related to substances (mandrax+cannabis+lsd+alcohol) but the trigger was an overdose of the most powerful lsd of that era. Peter Green had similar issues related to that, Brian Wilson aswell, and Id say the great Brian Jones already fragile he sucumbed to the bad trips with acid
What they have done to Syd will haunt them til the end of their life. Its not only about losing Syd, but also about losing sensitivity and awareness. Big Band.
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With Syd the band would be still writing crappy psychedelic songs for a small group of fans. Without Dave Gilmour it would be another odd english band sunk into oblivion. Without PF Waters proved with his solo albums himself that he's simply a boring chap recording The Wall over and over again.
if the stories are true which i believe they are he and the others drove syd away and should be ashamed of the way they treated him which was disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are you talking about? First they were 22, second they had no idea what schizophrenia was or if he had it. They were on the precipice of stardom and he was not able to preform live! Perhaps your emotions are stronger than facts.
Roger is talented, but he isn’t a great person and I think he’s a liar. If he loved Syd so much why didn’t he help David and Rick on the album Barrett? He kinda just dropped Syd after Madcap.
Roger Waters is jealous of David Gilmour for many reasons especially Roger Waters talk about nonsense he should talk about his shitty ego that broke up Floyd
WTF are you talking about?.. Roger and David have written some of the most beautiful tunes ever invented..Seems you're the one that brought hate or hate like to this here
Roger never wrote a song without David that was worth listening to. Because David was the melody maker, Roger was simply a poet without an ear for music. Of course Roger didn't see it that way and went on his own, and never created anything remotely close again, almost all of it unlistenable. Too bad he didn't realize he had a strength but it was only a vehicle if joined with Rick and Dave. Fool.
Not really. Waters came up with a lot of the chord progressions and vocal melodies. Case in point is this song: Gilmore had the intro riff, and then Waters did the lyrics, vocal melody, and chord progression for the vocal portion of the song.
This is how you do an interview, my compliments !!!
And this is also how AXS TV makes money off of old news...
@ruudvanmontfoort4485 Look for other interviews by Dan Rather. He is amazing interviewer: Steve Perry, Geddy Lee, Rafa Nadal. Guy is the GOAT
Say what you will about Water's and his ego, but he definitely gets a bit choked up when talking about Syd Barrett. I have seen several interviews with Water's talking about Syd and he seems to get emotional when discussing his love for Syd.
You can tell they were good friends. And true showman, it's hard to leave the one that helped get you where you're going. But if he didn't, it would have all ended then and there. A true respect and friendship to carry on to with what they started to the end.
Syd Barrett was the initial spark of genius that started the Pink Floyd.
It must have been very hard for all of them members when the Barrett family asked them to not contact Syd anymore. They didn’t even attended his funeral. Very sad indeed how their friendship ended, but we can tell they all loved him.
@@facu_avm I agree, Gilmour has said he regrets not stopping by Syd's for a cup of tea and a chat.
@@robertmartin8565was Syd ABLE to chat?
I lost my ex to mental illness... She decided to go at 27, so she joined "the club". Man, was that a fucking blow... I lost my fiancee...
Rest easy, baby doll. I know you're looking after me.
We saw Mr. Waters play the Zocalo Square before she passed and... I don't even know how to begin to say how grateful I am to Roger for giving her those little moments of joy before darkness took over, taking her along with it.
Sometimes we think our closest friends and family will always be there but I'm sorry to tell you that they're not eternal.
Enjoy their company as much as you can because, one day, and I hope it's not tomorrow, haha, we'll be gone.
Tell Malcolm Young, Bon Scott, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek and my grandparents that I said "Hi".
Miss you, babe.
R.I.P Syd Barrett (January 6, 1946 - July 7, 2006), aged 60
You will be remembered as a legend
Did he ever recover?
@@jellycream1964id say he became content due to living until 60 with the mental struggles he had. but recovering would be a stretch. sometimes suffering is just suffering
@@jellycream1964 No, he's still dead.
This is my favorite song of all time. It’s the story of all our lives. We all have loved ones we’ve lost whom we wish we could be with just one more time. This song is everything to me. Thank you so much for this.
His heart in the right place. And his balls too... few speak things as they are like him.
I cry when I listen to this song, I wish you were here big mama.
Gosh I love Roger, he has such a big heart.
in 1999 i got the pleasure to see roger waters in concert in st.louis ..and we originally had row xx seats - the person i was there went to the box office and they had two front row seats for sale ..the night of the show -magic indeed - we gots to smoke a doobie right under roger and it was the best 3 hours we had in a long long time :) ..snowy white in the line up :) roger does have wyld stareing eyes :)
Dude created wish you were here, dark side of the moon, and the wall…..he’s ok in my book…..
Don't forget Animals!
Don't forget the final cut, pros and cons of hitchhiking, radio kaos, amused to death, is this the life we really want etc.
You see what happened to the band when Roger left...they became Fake Floyd.
@@ComposeALot i think we'll forget the final cut
Obviously because he is an icon and a legend 👑👑👑
OMG love this song one of my favorites ever God Bless you
One of the greatest songs ever was made in an hour..
"Wish You Were Here" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as the title track of their 1975 album of the same name. Guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour and bassist/vocalist Roger Waters collaborated in writing the music, with Gilmour singing lead vocals.
Two wise blue eyed sages.
Wow, he speaks so eloquently.
Roger can be so interesting to listen to. Imagine sitting next to him and having a discussion. I don't always agree with everything he says but can you imagine. Having a chit chat
It's a great song, and Waters always talks about how much he misses Syd Barrett, but I've heard that none of the members of Pink Floyd went to his funeral when he passed away!
So Syd’s family would have privacy. You do realize if they showed up what a circus it would have been.
Syd wrote 52 songs. He was a talented, gifted young man. Unfortunately, Syd started taking drugs at a very early age. At 22, Syd was a sick person. How did Syd Barrett live in 80, 90, or 2000 years???? How long did he fight his drug addiction? ??? Was Syd in a psychiatric hospital??? A sad story. Syd lived in an inner prison. I don't know if he ever found release or peace for his soul??? He painted pictures and lit them in his garden. Why did he live so isolated???
Psychotic symptoms eventually leads someone to have a very restricted routine, trying to reduce whatever could be triggering a form of suffering. This is not good at the end because our brain is always up to new connections, so along the years he may got some form of dementia as well for being out of touch and not learning new things. It's understandable though when we think about how he could relate his illness to the same part of his life that he was exposed to the light, as the lyrics say
Edit: I couldn't find where it is but in RUclips there's an interview with Syd's sister that really gives more insight on this
@@rafael7899 Syd was never diagnosed with a mental disability!! His illness was catatonia... Syd said of himself: I'm just vegetating... Syd Barrett could no longer play live music. He has nothing... He stared into space... Catatonia... He could stare at a box of cornflakes for 2 hours... Catatonia... His sister Rosmary Breen once said: He is so lost in his own thoughts... Catatonia... The interview with his sister Rosmary Breen is from 2023... Unfortunately only in English... A sad story... I don't know if Syd ever found redemption or peace for his soul??? He lived in an inner prison...
Too much acid, mushrooms and whatever was around! Soo sad when he showed up at the studios jus after shine on you crazy diamond was recorded with no eyebrows, bald and heavy.😢
Syd was traumatized by sacrifice of McCartney
@@PaulFormentos LMAO That was really tough for the fans at the time, it's different for some of us who were born getting used to the android version of him
Pink Floyd's best song
Compare this Waters interview to a Taylor Swift interview and realize, suddenly, that mainstream music has gone straight into the toilet lol.
Suddenly?
This is to Mr. Roger waters , most likely all persians in the world , are proud of you as one the best & unforgetable human being and the great song writer & singer in the world. We all love you & the good people in the world always have respect for you .
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
When was this interview?
Waters said the last straw before throwing Syd out was Syd having a "crazy" idea of bringing in a sax player and female singer which Waters then utilised to make Dark Side of the Moon as outstanding as it was and he even ripped off Syds Clockwork Room from Bike for the into to Time all without a hint of posthumous credit.
Waters even ripped off the naked women on cover of Syds first solo record for his own first solo record.
This man spoke for the society..for human kind..but yet people speak and listen only Gilmours guitar and voice but not the lyrics and the journey to society s problems.
I think we listen to both.
Roger Waters WAS and will ALWAYS BE the driving force behind Pink Floyd. The rest of the band is great....they just aren't Pink Floyd anymore. They could never carry it without Roger.
Always honest to Syd. Very well spoken, but his recent Live Version emasculation of Comfortably Numb and self indulgent reconstruction of Dark Side of the Moon are unforgivable. Bridges burned. G.bye. G.Bye. G.Bye.
Without this guy Pink Floyd wouldn't have an identity let alone lasted long enough to have made it. Certainly David Gilmour's incredible vocals and guitar playing were important, but Roger kept Pink Floyd grounded in real life, with excellent lyrics, and honesty etc. They criticize this band for many reasons, for extreme prog-rock embellishment sometimes, but actually Roger Waters was punk before punk was even invented
Syd Barrett took enough LSD to truly let go of his ego permanently which detached him from this man mad reality that deemed him insane for being on the outside looking in at the other side of insanity that is socially acceptable.
All psychedelics lead to the demonic realm. The experiences allow demons into our beings. When they dwell with our spirits they can displace our own personality. Demons took Syd. Notice they all said he was brilliant but became as a shell of himself, vacant and no longer his wonderful self.
- A former ayahuasca user.
What is this bar that this interview was recorded?
Ibiza Bar?? 😂
Where's the f^&king bar John....
❤❤
Old Rog keeps blaming the schizophrenia, but Barrett never had that diagnosis. That with docens of psychiatrist. Its a well documented psychosis related to substances (mandrax+cannabis+lsd+alcohol) but the trigger was an overdose of the most powerful lsd of that era.
Peter Green had similar issues related to that, Brian Wilson aswell, and Id say the great Brian Jones already fragile he sucumbed to the bad trips with acid
What they have done to Syd will haunt them til the end of their life. Its not only about losing Syd, but also about losing sensitivity and awareness. Big Band.
Are there songs about Acid Barret Years Years Ago ??
Jonathan Hanson
He didn't say "planet"
Great Man (with capital M)
Pretty Co Star
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Put David Gilmore back on .!!!!
With Syd the band would be still writing crappy psychedelic songs for a small group of fans. Without Dave Gilmour it would be another odd english band sunk into oblivion. Without PF Waters proved with his solo albums himself that he's simply a boring chap recording The Wall over and over again.
How bout Richard? Ya miss him, Rog?
Mr. Rather was asking him specifically about the connections of Syd and his father to Wish You Were Here...this has nothing to do with Richard.
Is that how Barrett is pronounced? Sounds kind of French.
Why do this lot keep banging on about things
Do what EC does just play
if the stories are true which i believe they are he and the others drove syd away and should be ashamed of the way they treated him which was disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are you talking about? First they were 22, second they had no idea what schizophrenia was or if he had it. They were on the precipice of stardom and he was not able to preform live! Perhaps your emotions are stronger than facts.
I don't think you know much of the story at all then
@@devlenbuh4891 that’s exactly how it happened. They pushed him out because he could no longer play live let alone communicate.
jeez dudes-- whatever mics were used for this are horrid-- anytime an S sound came up it was like a drill thru the ears
Roger is talented, but he isn’t a great person and I think he’s a liar. If he loved Syd so much why didn’t he help David and Rick on the album Barrett? He kinda just dropped Syd after Madcap.
Roger Waters is jealous of David Gilmour for many reasons especially Roger Waters talk about nonsense he should talk about his shitty ego that broke up Floyd
go away, already There's enough hate in this world.
WTF are you talking about?.. Roger and David have written some of the most beautiful tunes ever invented..Seems you're the one that brought hate or hate like to this here
@@KellyDaye He is incapable of critical thinking. He's like one of the sheep in Animals. Ignore him, and move on lol.
@@KellyDaye He's not talking about music. We all love that.
So, you didn’t even watch…
Watch just the last minute, then come back & explain your comment. 4:35
@@wellrestednativeYou can’t write those songs with hate in your heart.
Why do musicians always try to be come across as so intellectual? After years of drug and alcohol abuse that any "intellectual" would avoid.....🤦
Boring and borish.
Says only the boring & boorish.
Roger never wrote a song without David that was worth listening to. Because David was the melody maker, Roger was simply a poet without an ear for music. Of course Roger didn't see it that way and went on his own, and never created anything remotely close again, almost all of it unlistenable. Too bad he didn't realize he had a strength but it was only a vehicle if joined with Rick and Dave. Fool.
Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking and Amused to Death are excellent.
@@pumpkinking5174 they are not, gilmours albums are much better
Not really. Waters came up with a lot of the chord progressions and vocal melodies. Case in point is this song: Gilmore had the intro riff, and then Waters did the lyrics, vocal melody, and chord progression for the vocal portion of the song.