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I restored this important photo. If you have seen this picture before you might have noticed how aged and weathered it was. Presented here as it was meant to be seen. We will always miss you Syd!
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flickr EXPLORE: 11 July 2006 #11
Photographer: Mick Rock, 1969
(Roger) Syd Barrett: Photographer unknown (anyone with info. please pipe in!)
B: 06 January 1946, Cambridge, England
D: July 7, 2006, Cambridgeshire, England
Genre(s): Psychedelic Rock
Affiliation(s): Pink Floyd, Stars
Label(s): Harvest/EMI
Years Active: 1965 - 1972
Many artists have acknowledged Barrett's influence on their work. Paul McCartney and Pete Townshend were early fans; Jimmy Page, David Bowie, Brian Eno, and The Damned all expressed interest in working with him at some point during the 1970s. In fact, Bowie recorded a cover of "See Emily Play" on his 1973 album Pin Ups. On a VH1 program, honoring rock bands and artists, Pete Townshend gave a speech honoring Syd Barrett, and telling a story where he told Eric Clapton that he had to come see this guy play, who was Barrett. Townshend called Barrett legendary. Syd was one of Townshend's many influences, along with John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley and even Joe Walsh. Syd as guitarist was remarkable for his free-form style in playing chords (and not the echo, the tapes or the effects); his rhythmic guitar, as well as his minimalist and dissonant solos, and can be seen as a major influence on punk, post-punk and grunge guitarists.
Barrett's decline had a profound effect on Roger Waters' song-writing, and the theme of mental illness would permeate Pink Floyd's later albums, particularly 1973's Dark Side of the Moon and 1979's The Wall. One track from Dark Side of the Moon, entitled Brain Damage, contained a specific reference to Barrett's mental illness. A later line in the song references "the band you're in starts playing different tunes," which is a situation Barrett often got into when suffering from the symptoms of his mental illness. Wish You Were Here (1975) was a conscious tribute to Barrett. Other artists that have written tributes to Barrett include his contemporary Kevin Ayers (of the Soft Machine), who wrote the song "Oh Wot a Dream" as a tribute (Barrett provided guitar to an early version of Ayers' "Singing a Song in the Morning"). Barrett fan Robyn Hitchcock is repeatedly compared to Barrett, has covered many of his songs live and on record, and has paid homage to his forebearer with the songs "The Man Who Invented Himself" and "(Feels Like) 1974." The Television Personalities track "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" from their 1978 album And don't the kids love it is another well-known tribute, apparently based on fact.
R.E.M. has covered the haunting "Dark Globe", as have Soundgarden, Placebo and Lost and Profound. The Smashing Pumpkins have covered "Terrapin." Gary Lucas and Voivod have covered "Astronomy Domine". The Industrial collective Rx composed of Kevin Ogilvie (Nivek Ogre) and Martin Atkins have recorded a version of "The Scarecrow." At the Drive-In's frontmen (now the main members of The Mars Volta) covered "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" and have claimed that they tried constantly to emulate The Piper at the Gates of Dawn's sound in their music. Slowdive covered "Golden Hair," which was a Syd Barrett version of the poem by James Joyce, on their EP "Holding Our Breath." Phish has performed several Barrett solo songs in concert, including "Love You," "Terrapin", "Baby Lemonade," "It's No Good Trying," and the Piper at the Gates of Dawn track "Bike."
Other artists/bands that have claimed influence and/or covered Barrett's work include Étienne Daho, This Mortal Coil, Marc Bolan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Robert Smith (of The Cure), Johnny Marr (formerly of The Smiths), Kevin Shields (of My Bloody Valentine), Primal Scream, Voivod, The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, The Beta Band, Lone Pigeon, Julian Cope, Robyn Hitchcock, The Flaming Lips, R.E.M., Mercury Rev, Replicants (featuring former members of Tool and Failure), East Bay Ray (of the Dead Kennedys), Camper Van Beethoven, Voivod, The Three O'Clock, Pearl Jam, Love and Rockets, Elevator To Hell, The Melvins, Transatlantic, Phish, Dream Theater, Graham Coxon (formerly of Blur), John Frusciante (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Eppo, Skobot Bzzzz, and the Vinyl Skyway.
Most bands in the Elephant 6 collective, such as Of Montreal, have a very distinct Barrett influence in their music, and Italian group Jennifer Gentle (named after a line from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn's "Lucifer Sam") emulates the sound of Piper and Barrett's solo work.
This is a remix of a photo by my Flickr contact www.flickr.com/photos/angie_star/. The very beautiful original can be found here.
The title of the remix comes from the Psychic T.V. song "A Star Too Far (Lullaby for Syd Barrett)".
I have deliberately set Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright out of focus to highlight Syd Barrett's place as creative leader of The Pink Floyd. Also improved colour tint more to my liking.
It's an idea, someday
in my tears, my dreams
don't you want to see her proof?
Life that comes of no harm
you and I, you and I and dominoes, the day goes by...
You and I in place
wasting time on dominoes
a day so dark, so warm
life that comes of no harm
you and I and dominoes, time goes by...
Fireworks and heat, someday
hold a shell, a stick or play
overheard a lark today
losing when my mind's astray
don't you want to know with your pretty hair
stretch your hand, glad feel,
in an echo for your way.
It's an idea, someday...
It's an idea, someday
in my tears, my dreams
don't you want to see her proof?
Life that comes of no harm
you and I, you and I and dominoes, the day goes by...
syd barrett, dominoes listen to the second take ! i can't imagine anyone with a more gentle and more hunting voice !!! i love syd barrett
Might "The Wall" by Pink Floyd have been inspired by "Five Screens With Computer" by Gustav Metzger? Follow this link...
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Lime and limpid green
a second scene,
A fight between the blue
you once knew.
Floating down the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground
Jupiter and Saturn
Oberon Miranda and Titania
Neptune Titan
Stars can frighten
Blinding signs flap flicker flicker flicker
Blam pow pow
Stairway scare Dan Dare,who's there?
Lime and limpid green
The sound surrounds the icy waters under
Lime and limpid green
The sound surrounds the icy waters
Underground
-Syd Barrett
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These cats toured Britain together from Nov 14th 1967 to Dec 5th 1967. Sometimes The Nice were on the bill too. Note Eire Apparent's ace guitarist Henry McCullough - who went on to join Joe Cocker & The Grease Band and then Wings - Irish eyes smiling second-last row on left. We love you, Henry x
The Ex Co Founder Member of Pink Floyd "The Madcap Laughs" was Barrett's 1st Solo Album released on the Harvest Label for EMI Records in 1970
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O Pink Floyd das Antiga é formado por:
- Chico Paixão - guitarra e voz
- Leonardo Boff - teclado e voz
- Pedro Porto - baixo
- Pedro Hahn - bateria
- Fernanda Lantz - projeções
- Valdir Antunes - projeções
Foto: Livia Iglin
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games
And daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade
You make the change
You rearrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
And there's someone in my head, but it's not me
And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
-Pink Floyd
Design 17 of 2011... my bad for uploading it late aha
The spectre of Syd Barrett hangs heavy over Roger Waters as he and his band perform "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" at Earls Court on 11th May 2007.
Much of Waters' work has been influenced by the sad events of Barrett's life and there is evidence of this in "Dark Side of the Moon", which was performed as the second half of this show.
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An image of Pink Floyd founder Roger Keith 'Syd' Barrett (1946-2006). I made some modifications to the original image. The main modification was eliminating the large paper notice stuck onto the car's windscreen by Syd Barrett's left arm which, IMO, marred the composition. Tinting and other tweaks were also made.
…So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?…
Urgh! Stop singing and get me off this rail; it's wet and there aren't any fish. Of course I know about Syd Barrett. It's too sad; stop singing and get me off this cold steel rail! Stop smiling, it's just a veil…
Why are we here anyway? I'm bored with fractions! Stop trying to confuse me; I can't bear all your nonsense. All I can see is two thirds of the three forth bridges.
Don't you want to go for a boat ride? No, I want you to get me off this cold steel rail and go to the pub…
(Thank you to Roger Waters and David Gilmour for remembering Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett in these lyrics)
There was a king who ruled the land.
His majesty was in command.
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle
Showers silver on the people.
Oh Mother, tell me more. ( from Matilda Mother, Lyrics Syd Barrett)
The extraordinary front man for Pink Floyd,
Syd barrett, has moved on.
Museum Prinsenhof in Delft has created a symbolic cemetery as a silent witness of the downside of (pop) music.
Because of the huge interest in (pop) music, artists have to have strong shoulders to bear the pressure. They don't always manage. Sometimes the pressure is too much. Then alcohol and drugs are lurking in the wings. They have caused the untimely death of many.
One of these artists is Syd Barrett, co-founder of the band Pink Floyd. He is the only one in the cemetery with his name at the back of the cross.
52 weeks of 2019 - Week 16: Leading lines
Founding member and keyboardist of Pink Floyd, he passed away yesterday after a brief fight against cancer. This morning, in celebration of his life and his timeless contributions to the music world, I'm playing a few of the Pink Floyd classics he wrote, co-wrote or sang on. RIP Rick, thanks for all the music.
Dave Gilmour's website comments on Rick's passing
No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.
In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.
He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.
In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).
Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.
David Gilmour
Monday 15th September 2008
Nick Mason's comments on Rick's passing;
Losing Rick is like losing a family member - in a fairly dysfunctional family. He's been in my life for 45 years, longer than my children and longer than my wife. It brings one's own mortality closer. I'll remember Rick with great affection. He was absolutely the non-contentious member of the band and probably suffered for it. I wouldn't say he was easy-going, but he certainly never pushed to any aggravation. It made life a lot easier.
I first met Rick at the Regent Street College of Architecture. And I think Rick was always pretty much that same character I met in 1962. Rock'n'roll is a Peter Pan existence; no one ever grows up. Over a period, we gravitated towards the people who were less interested in architecture and more in going to the pictures and making music. The band happened a couple of years later. We all had very different ways of working. He always knew what he wanted to do and had a unique approach to playing. I saw an interview he did on TV, and he said it clearly: "Technique is so secondary to ideas." Roger [Waters] said the more technique you have, the more you can copy. Despite having some training, Rick found his own way.
To some extent, I think, the recognition for what he did in the band was a bit light. He was a writer as well as a keyboard player, and he sang. The keyboard in particular creates the sound of a band. By definition, in a rock'n'roll band people remember the guitar solo, the lead vocal or the lyric content. But a lot of people listen to our music in a different way. The way Rick floats the keyboard through the music is an integral part of what people recognise as Pink Floyd. He wrote "The Great Gig in the Sky" and the music for "Us and Them".
We were a very close-knit band and one always has the memory of that. We spent a lot of time together between 1967 and the mid-1970s. Rick was a very gentle soul. My image of Rick would be him sitting at the keyboard playing when all the fireworks were going on around him. That's the main quality one remembers, in a band where Roger and David [Gilmour] were more strident about what they believed should be done.
If there's something that feels like a legacy, it's Live 8 [July 2005, Hyde Park] and the fact that we did surmount any disagreements and managed to play together. It was the greatest occasion.
Roger Waters comment on Rick's passing;
"I was very sad to hear of Rick's premature death, I knew he had been ill, but the end came suddenly and shockingly. My thoughts are with his family, particularly [his daughters] Jamie and Gala and their mum Juliet, who I knew very well in the old days, and always liked very much and greatly admired.
"As for the man and his work, it is hard to overstate the importance of his musical voice in the Pink Floyd of the '60s and '70s. The intriguing, jazz influenced, modulations and voicings so familiar in 'Us and Them' and 'Great Gig in the Sky,' which lent those compositions both their extraordinary humanity and their majesty, are omnipresent in all the collaborative work the four of us did in those times. Rick's ear for harmonic progression was our bedrock.
"I am very grateful for the opportunity that Live 8 afforded me to engage with him and David [Gilmour] and Nick [Mason] that one last time. I wish there had been more."
ECHOES...
"Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine.
And no-one called us to the land
And no-one knows the wheres or whys
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can
And no-one calls us to move on
And no-one forces down our eyes
And no-one speaks and no-one tries
And no-one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes
inciting and inviting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no-one sings me lullabies
And no-one makes me close my eyes
And so I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky..."
When I first read this title of a Syd Barrett song, this was the image that came to mind...not the intended one, but I felt it would still be an interesting image...
Gustav Metzger, 10 April 1926 to 1 March 2017, R.I.P.
“Who by Fire…”
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This gathering of Henry's group Eire Apparent and The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Move and Pink Floyd - Syd on right above Waters - and Amen Corner and Outer Limits toured Britain on a show together (and sometimes untogether), sometimes joined by The Nice. This man BPF saw the two shows in Belfast on Nov 27th 1967 - Jimi, Noel and Mitch, The Move, Amen Corner, Eire Apparent. Henry was shining on guitar even then, very much so. Listen to Here I Go Again by Eire Apparent on Track Records. Great guitaring. This night in Belfast after the show at the hotel BPF interviewed Jimi in his room for Melody Maker. It was Jimi's birthday and he was happily on acid, tripping the bright fantastic. Beautiful. God bless you sir. And those who have gone ahead and those that are here. As it is and as it will be. May your day be good and your future better. Amen and to be continued.
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Photography by & © BP Fallon 2011. All rights reserved.
Syd Barrett is dead at age 60. He died several days ago according to Pink Floyd.
Syd was the main attraction and songwriter for only 5 years before schizophrenia took away his life. So sad. He became a recluse and disassociated himself from society, friends and reality in general.
He influenced Pink Floyd for their entire existance. For one thing, Roger Waters and David Gilmore were forced into becoming songwriters to keep Pink Floyd's star rising. They didn't know how to write songs, so they wrote many of their songs about Syd. "Wish You Were Here" "Dark Side of the Moon" "Comfortably Numb" and most notoriously, "Shine on You Crazy Diamond."
Goodbye, Syd. I hope you're finally at peace with yourself. Godspeed...
Collection of www.33third.blogspot.com books, missing a few which are loaned out, etc.
For instance, know I have #8 - Electric Ladyland, and #34 In Uteru, but not sure where they are. Some I never purchased (Celine Dion, blech, or Abba, others).
Complete list here:
33third.blogspot.com/p/complete-list-of-33-13-series_27.html
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Film: Ina's 1935