Pink Floyd - Beechwoods / In the Beechwoods

[heklngjekl]

LYMBO2006 You've got to be kidding. Syd was one of the most innovative artists of the 20th century. It's hard to imagine someone being as original, influential & immitated.

[heklngjekl]

@tayzlord There is - its called meditation...

[heklngjekl]

@Georgia107665 - What the fuck are you talking about? Every song he wrote with Floyd is great. Better than anything on Darkside. And Madcap Laughs is better than anything songwise they ever did after he left the group.

[LittaGangsta]

What is the meaning of the title, or is it none sense like every echoes retitle

[KingSandwell]

@LittaGangsta a Beechwood is a kind of tree.

[Badday1normal]

I really hope they can release this song like many other great songs in the future, like Reaction in G and others.

[MrJacMac1986]

I think Syd inspired the Punk scene of the 1970's in style and music.Especially on his solo stuff .Ironic since Jonny Rotten had a T shirt that said" I hate Pink Floyd"

[pashedmotatos]

@MrJacMac1986 Well Pink Floyd are better than anything Lydon's ever done, ironically.

[FlyingJunk]

@MrJacMac1986 It would be cool if Pink Floyd on stage in 1977 wore t-shirts with "We hate you back, Johnny"!

[ThePinkMadcap]

@MrJacMac1986 Well, he later said that he was joking and that he actually loved Syd, but not the rest though.Anyway, that still makes him an asshole

[AndyWitmyer]

This song sounds like a very early version of what would eventually inspire songs like Birdy Hop, Milky Way, and Dolly Rocker - they're not exactly the same, but certain chord changes lend similarity. The organ / guitar solos also remind me a bit of the instrumental sections of Scream Thy Last Scream. Brilliant song - they should have used it!

[JamesOscar]

@AndyWitmyer a little Gigolo Aunt in there for sure also! that stellar groove that seems to empower ; P

[KingSandwell]

Is there another version of this that has better quality? I think they recorded this for A Saucerful of Secrets

[likearollingstone257]

One of the best Barrett tracks I've ever heard. Big shame it was never officially recorded/released.

[harveydents]

PRETTY MUCH better than ANYTHING THAT IS OUT TODAY IN THE MUSIC BIZ!

[DoctorPencilK]

I don't mind the poor sound quality; this song rocks anyway.

[DragonNumber51]

Alot of arguments here. I think we should all take a step back and just listen. We are blessed to have this forum, imho, and i believe we are missusing it when we argue about such nonsense. We all need to stop typing with our ego's then shut our eyes and listen.

[Backlap]

@DragonNumber51

Here here!

[TheBeanoBean]

RIck and Syd made such a great combination.

[Backlap]

Stupid LSD. If only Syd had stayed clear, Pink Floyd would have been the greatest pop group of all time.

[tayzlord]

Actually, a lot of Pink Floyd's earlier stuff was inspired by the usage of LSD. In fact, Astronomy Domine is a recollection of Syd's first trip.

[Backlap]

@tayzlord

That's true. I just wish there hadn't been a negative cumulative effect. I think it would be a good thing if there were a way to get the brain to undergo a drug-like experience without the intervention of foreign chemicals.

[georgia107665]

If what had happend didn't happen Time wouldn't have been wrote Dark Side of the Moon would have never been wrote either..... Although in a parallel universe somewhere Syd Barrett wrote a lot of good songs for pink Floyd!

[Backlap]

@georgia107665

Now THAT'S the spirit! : )

[Petns13]

@Backlap If Syd and the rest of them (except Mason) hadn't taken LSD, the chances are none of us would ever heard their music.

[Backlap]

@Petns13

I know, I just I wish their inspiration hadn't come with negative consequences. I think the same goes for the whole 60's generation.

[kiss904]

@Petns13 except mason! haha comment of the day,....

[DoctorPencilK]

Somebody please make a cover of this!!

Oh God, this song's the most catchy tune I've heard in months.

[olgachefugge]

I had never listened to this song before.---Syd is magical

[olgachefugge]

wow

[DoctorPencilK]

Why is it that half of their best stuff was never officially released? This song's great, just like a lot of the other early Pink Floyd songs that can only be found on bootlegs.

[HX368]

syd's an acquired taste i used to dislike it quite a bit, and i like roger waters floyd, but man is he füked up

[elijahinky]

haha....true true, and I feel the same about Syd, almost like when you first start drinking beer. you hate it at first, but you acquire a taste for it

[johnfright]

Could have been a cool tune. Has a touch of "Apples and Oranges" in there.

[JAYROX1969]

Have You Got it Yet

[fujivoo]

cyber arguments are such a waste of time....

[BazookaChipmunk]

no they are not!!! (that was a joke)

[shanghai2noon]

Syd Barrett, & the rest of Floyd (ie Roger Waters) are brilliant. Beautiful lyricists & songwriters, just very different styles.

& ignore Lymbo, he's a sad person. What he does is post comments saying how much everyone's favorite musicians suck, particularly Syd. Ignorant & miserable troll -steer clear.

[TVI713]

Syd Barrett Was a genius, inovator. he has influenced many great artist (David Bowie for one is a hard core Syd fan) Einstein said "imagination is greater than knowlege" this is where genius lies. not in technic. I for one can't stand most of the boring drawn out pretentious crap of post Syd Floyd.

[egotealsolvo]

Nunca lo había escuchado. Never I heared this.

[prjctcivilian]

this is amazing

[12lasma21]

Nice! :) There are so many great Pink Floyd songs that was never released...

[motherbrain86]

I am so happy thisis here and little interview from nick 40 years ago

[DaveS12382]

Syd and the early Floyd invented prog rock, Syd is the origianal glam rocker and the guy was a genius lyricist/songwriter.

Although not technically skilled on guitar he was highly innovative and did stuff nobody was doing at the time, he paved the way for all progressive "space rock" including early Genesis, King Crimson and Floyds later work, etc. If you look up psychedelic in a dictionary, there should be a picture of Syd. Oh yes hes also only the greatest cult figure of music ever. so there

[klausvas]

wow grazie!

[joyandian]

ive got what i think is the infamous 'have you got it yet?' track. Syds riff keeps changing just like Waters describes and Waters bass doesnt get it.

i maybe should post it up

[corlenbelspar0]

Yeah that's "Have you got it Yet?" I read Roger Waters put his bass down and never played with Syd again after he realized what was happening.

[DaveS12382]

by all means post it, I'm a syd freak and floyd aficianado and I've only heard the famous story. I love where waters says he finally realized what Barrett was doing and just pointed at him and said "I got it". however he couldn't of been that pissed, he did help on Madcap.

[d2manhatman]

hey dude!!

please do that!!!!!!!

post it and tell us when you do!!!

wats the name of the song you think its have you got it yet?

where can i hear it.

i ve been looking for it since i heard the story. there has to be a recording of that somewhere!!!!!!!

please

PoST IT!!!!!!!!

[bcsnyder000]

Does anybody know of a way for me to get the audio for these clips to 'Windows Media Player', so I can copy them onto a cd?? Thanks....

[chrisharper832]

If you download a program that records what you hear you can save it in WMA. Creative Smart Recorder seems easiest.

[paul7703]

such a deep track, marvelous

[palpablehate69]

im mad

I have a nice ass O6

[Hammerofthegods32]

Congratulations.

[freakmasterwarp]

Thanks to Ezequiel for sharing !

A piece of history !

Thanks for posting

5/5

Hans :o)

[EzequielPais]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful material!!!

Paz y Alegria

Ezequiel *****

"...for a world without borders"

[Trexophone]

Great song, how 'bout you put it to a sweet slideshow?

[hahasaidthecar]

Wow..that was lovely. Almost Burt Bacharach...even a hint of the Beach Boys. Nice to hear it.

[Mellotronaic]

Syd solo work is genius. I'll take it over just modern "bastard" sounds that only dream of being as good today. The Floyd kept referencing to Syd for alot of their inspiration. Bands today are shitty and don't compare the 60's.

[Hammerofthegods32]

I wouldn't say that. There are always good bands out there, sometimes it's just harder to find them amidst the crap.

[popgoiuuod]

I know we are at odds over Barrett, but your opinion is yours as they say? but we DO agree on alot of what we like about present day floyd.. and I love all of Davids remakes of Syds work- in particular I love how he respects the original chords/timing/feeling- he doesnt 'jazz' it up with his own style or modernize it..

David is a class act.. wish you could understand Syd because I still believe your missing him.. but..

Obscured by clouds.. That album was perfection to me as an artist..

[galaxy2069]

Incredible...I also think that 'Beechwoods' and 'Reaction in G' was the direction the Floyd were headed with Syd. Can you imagine 'Octopus' with the full Floyd line-up? Dave replacing him in the band "so quickly" during his "state" didn't help his recovery, folks. I'm going to continue to enjoy watching Syd's legend grow during my lifetime...he certainly deserves it!

[Bluesub6]

They were still very young and in the midst of success, what exactly where they supposed to do? Wait around for Syd to get better? Adding David and ditching Syd was the best choice they made, because Syd was a drag anyway. Have you heard his solo stuff?

[popgoiuuod]

Actually everyone SHOULD listen to his solo stuff because maybe you just have bad ears? but anyone that I know who was turned onto his solo work are simply amazed.. Its incredible music..

Baby Lemonade, Dark Globe, Octopus.. you gotta be kidding me.. compare his solo work to the crap that the floyd produced before dark side when Roger was still learning to copy Syds writing style and dave was trying to figure out how to keep the Syd sound in Pink.

Much to learn you still have my young one

[Bluesub6]

Yeah, right. Syd's solo albums reflect upon nothing more than a delusional studio attempt at selling the "Barrett" sound and the progressive collapse of a mediocre artists' psychological integrity.

I've listened to every song on all three CD's they've released from him on several occaisions. It's not at all worthwhile stuff unless you enjoy hearing the ramblings of a mentally ill, half-talented singer/songwriter and under-developed musician. And no, I don't think Syd is at all a good guitarist.

[popgoiuuod]

Each his own.. Luckily most here would disagree with you, but Lymbo spends quite a bit of time on these threads getting his point accross unfortunately.I also disagree about his guitar talent- but again just an 'each his own' I suppose.He doesnt have screaming solos- I do think most listeners fail to appreciate the power of complex chords & layering them with such feeling as he does.I have played for 30 years myself, & I love his guitar work- but to me its more his lyrics. Sorry you dont agree.

[LYMBO2006]

I partially agree with pop: the Floyd's work after POTGOD was not very good in most cases. I think it's understandable: they were not expecting to lose their songwriter, singer and guitarist so quick and they all went trough an embarassing learning process. But it wasnt all crap, Set the controls, Careful with that axe eugene, Embryo, The Atom Heart Mother Suite, Echoes, Grandchester Meadows and Cymbaline, among others, are all before DSotM, and they are damn great each.

[TVI713]

Floyd's work after Syd is BORING PRETENTIOUS CRAP!

[LYMBO2006]

And I suppose the more you say it the more true it becomes?.

Mozart was a genius and not because of his theoretical knowledge. He started composing since age 5, did over 600 musical works and remains one of the most influential musicians of his time and to date. He was not only virtuoso as a performer, but a multi-instrumentalist and capable of picturing a precise musical image for over a 100 instruments at the same time in his head. Now THAT is a genius.

[inablinc]

Mozart was a genius. Just because he was doesn't mean no one else can be, though. Barrett being a genius is an opinion, and it's my opinion, but FACT is he was gifted. Blessed. He was given sound in his head much the way Mozart was. It just flanged.

[SDScooters]

Barrett played the same 4 chords trough his short career. He was never half a decent singer or guitar performer. He wrote lyrics about a stolen bike, a mouse with a name, a lazy gnome and incoherences about astronomy. Had he stayed on the business for longer, maybe he would have achieved an average talent, but the FACT is that he didn't.

[inablinc]

What Barrett did had never been done before - the sounds, the approach, the structures. He heard a new unique noise in his head and recorded it. Barrett's genius (or lack thereof) is a matter of opinion. But to hear unique original music in your head is a gift. Like Dylan said, it comes from somewhere else. It's a blessing. And the point is that, like Jimi Hendrix and Robert Johnson, what Barrett did was never done before him. I know it's hard to really grasp that after the fact.

[LYMBO2006]

I don't think that's quite right. I'd say Syd's influences were fresh, but he didn't innovate anything by himself. Free-form jazz improvisation was alive and well when he started doing it in 66. Psychedelia was well established in the U.S. before it even came to Europe, and Keith Rowe was already laying guitars flat and rubbing objects on them, over sound effects and mixing tables since the very early sixties (and to a much more compelling level of complexity I must add)

[LYMBO2006]

If you dissect Barrett, you'll find his style was somewhere between conventional, pop-oriented singles(like Bike,Lucifer Sam and Apples and Oranges)and more experimental,psychedelic songs and instrumentals(Such as Astronomy Dominie,Interstellar Overdrive and Pow R Toc H).There is also a folky, bluessy side that reminds of Dylan in some of his demos and his solo releases.Again I don't see how any of this is new or genius,the most original of it is the psychedelic side,but again it was done before

[inablinc]

Actually, Rowe started playing guitar in the early 60s. It took years for him to stop tuning, lay it flat, etc. Probably many English guitarists at that time were. But Syd was the 1st to successfully use the technique in commercial music, & the 1st to use it in a way that worked well with trad structures, or those based on trad structures, & in a way that had a wide appeal. He was the first to actually make music out of it instead of just making noise. Thats the innovation, & that was his gift.

[LYMBO2006]

About Rowe, it's at least by 1964 that he had his technique well developed, when he met the people who would later form AMM. At this time Syd was nearly done with "Those Without", still playing covers in Cambridge and attending art school, and hanging out with David Gilmour, his informal blues teacher and friend. Rowe's technique came useful to Syd trough his live underground london period in '66, and it's not featured in PATGOD, so I wouldn't credit him for popularizing the style either.

[LYMBO2006]

To be perfectly honest, I think Syd's influence in the style and success of Pink Floyd is merely inspirational and not that much musical. He was a cherised friend, a dedicated and devoted leader and a huge conceptual inspiration, but not even an average singer, performer, composer or lyricist. None of them really were back then, he was in a sense, the best they had, but that wasn't much. Unfortunately he didn't manage to stay around to develop his talents like the others, we all know the story.

[inablinc]

To qualify your statements, you'd need a better understanding of the London/English hippie/beat culture of the time. It was very Tolkien, very story, and very mystic. Syd's lyrics were spot on in their epoch. Gnome, Chapter 24, Scarecrow, Matilda Mother were all very relevant. And they were almost poetic that they were coherent statements while still a word play, which is alone an above average ability. And the slide work on Remember a Day, Set the Controls and Interstellar OD was phenomenal.

[LYMBO2006]

It's just opinion, but I think the quality of lyrics are to be measured in literary terms.Call me a formalist,a structuralist or New Criticism,but a serious analysis consider the inner features of a work of poetry,not any historic background or the perception of any given audience or the author himself.Technically,Syd's rhetoric almost never went beyond basic rhyme,certainly not in PATGOD. I'm impressed though,by Dark Globe,with it's beautiful alliterations and metaphors, but that's about it.

[LYMBO2006]

Well ok, Astronomy Dominie does have some interesting rhetoric too. Still, I don't see the slightest speck of poetry in the examples cited by you. Even if you take away any of the "shape" considerations, the contents aren't to my taste that compelling. Yeah, the gnome is happy and drunk, so? Fair, mama told me wonderful stories of fantasy, but? Ok, I have a Bike and a mouse, and my girlfriend has a weird cat with an unexplainable quality, and?

[inablinc]

Youve BSd yourself in a circle. We began with my assertion that Genius was subjective, not Innovation or Relevance. Weve established Innovation. The reason the work you reference seems irrelevant is because you live in 21st C Australia, not 1960s London. And again you misuse the word rhetoric, so I can only assume I understand your Astro-Dom point. As for not seeing poetry, Im not sure whats to see or not see. It rhymes, it has meter. Thats not subject to interpretation. It is what it is.

[booooooooooodddooooo]

so would you condemn Roald Dahls ability as a childrens writer jhust because say you did not like childrens literature, if the answer to that is yes then well your point is stupid and if it is no then your statement is also stupid

[inablinc]

As someone with a Masters in English Literature, I can tell you that you have an appallingly sophomoric understanding of poetry. There's certainly nothing New about your Criticism - it's the same mistake most laymen make. Like all art, poetry must be considered within the worlds in which it was written, both the world the artist lived in and the world in the artist's head. You are neither a formalist nor a structuralist - you're simply ignorant. You also incorrectly use the word rhetoric.

[LYMBO2006]

Well somebody took it personally! but coming from a person that claims post-graduate studies in literature,but limits his notion of poetry to meter and rhyme,my intelligence is not really offended.Dude,I'm hardly the most eloquent literary theorist,and I'm not trying to convince you or anyone of anything(as a critic would).I'm here merely for the excercise of my own opinion,and to grasp whatever I can learn from debate.You have your Syd Barrett,keep living in 1966 and praising his "genius"

[booooooooooodddooooo]

rubbish mate,if u r going to take a literal analysis of the lyrics you wouldnt condemn them for stayin within a certain pattern that would be a bit like pickin on someones punctuation on youtube as ur arguement,also if from that stand point,Chapter 24 would be revolutionary in setting music to chapter, as would Golden Hair, Syds use of words are very much in the same style of old rhyme such as Belloc and his use of words is highly comendable and shows a literal understanding of there use &effect

[inablinc]

Not only did you side-step my point, but your facts are wrong. It was actually 65 that AMM began to organize, and they didn't begin to operate as a performance group until 66, whereupon they were universally described by critics, musicians, and scene-goers as crap. They didn't really seem to know what they were doing until 68 or so. Anywho, it was the same year (66) that Barrett was leading the UFO gatherings to near universal interest and praise. Somebody was doing something right here.

[LYMBO2006]

I don't think Pink Floyd's early performances were that much as universally praised. Sure Paul Mcartney seemed to like it, but turn around and ask Hans Keller. As for scene-goers, I can picture a mass of teenagers raving on LSD, impressed by quadraphonic sound, psychedelic projections and a long instrumental improvisation drowned in sound effects. Anyone can enjoy a good acid trip over a half-decent musical performance and dance their *sses off! who needs any sense melody and harmony for that?

[inablinc]

On early performances, what youre failing to realize is that the material you site for damnation are the early singles and PATGOD, which were mostly written and worked out in 1966 during the UFO run. As critically acclaimed as that material became, and as enduring as it is, I think youre in denial about that universal praise. Floyd was THE darling of that scene, save maybe The Soft machine. As for Keller, I dont think the opinion of a 50-year-old Austrian violinist has much weight here.

[Pandemonium44]

No but still what they did with their instruments at that time was just awesomely cool. And I think it sounds quite good :)

[LYMBO2006]

I never rely in the sole opinion of critics.I think art stands for itself,for it's inner features,not for subjective perceptions.Hear it first,see how you feel it,fair;but then analyze it,dissect it,try to figure out where it comes from conceptually and musically and only then open yourself to someone else's perception.A serious analysis grounds in objective criteria,universal conventions and the notion of "stretching" their boundaries;all that first and then your own and someone else's taste.

[inablinc]

Now youre just babbling. But, in calling it unwise to rely solely on the opinion of critics, youve made yourself obsolete. You differ from a critic only in the fact that they are published and paid while you kill time on YouTube. Speaking of which, your intelligence ran out a few days ago, your arguments have fallen apart, and Im more than a bit bored with our back-n-forth here. I wont be participating anymore. Feel free to take the last word if you like. Good luck with your acoustic blend.

[LYMBO2006]

Syd Barrett in the other hand strummed the same 6 chords on a battered Fender Esquire trough the entirety of his 4 year professional career, never really learned how to produce a decent, average guitar solo and managed to 'freak-out' teenager masses producing psychedelic passages out of random, senseless noise and digital effects. He composed one interesting piece with Pink Floyd, Astronomy Dominie; and wrote only one truly interesting lyric: Dark Globe. Hardly a genius in any sense.

[inablinc]

Barrett played a lot of FX-heavy slide work on guitar that many have mistakenly credited to Rick Wright on keyboards. Many times he wasn't playing a guitar in the traditional sense, rather he was using is as more of a synthesizer. Again, NOBODY was doing that at that time.

[LYMBO2006]

I also have to say that Syds writing style has absolutely nothing to do with Waters. Their subjects are radically opposite and Waters is rhetorically much richer. Same can be said about the guitar: Gilmour defines progressive blues, he plays with tenderness and precission, his bending and sliding are microtonally accurate and he manipulates tone and pickup switches perfectly, while Syd just scratches the strings roughly without ever switching tone and doesnt control noise at all.

[ab77blues]

If you really prefer technique to imagination you're welcome to it, mate. I think if you asked Dave Gilmour you might find he'd have LOVED to have been able to play Syd did on things like "Apples And Oranges" and "Stethoscope". What Gilmour does is fine but it's not revolutionary.

[LYMBO2006]

I don't see the revolutioner in Syd. He was folky, bluessy, surfy, popish and mildly psychedelic, but invented non of that. Compare any of his works to Echoes or SOYCD, that i call revolutionary: no one was doing long rock suites like Pink Floyd in the 70's, and no one had half the lyrical mastery of Roger Waters. Welcome To The Machine: that is a propositive song, like nothing ever done before. Or "On The Run" from DSotM, innovating electronic music with the use of oscillators and synthesizers

[Coldacre]

no one was doing long rock suites like Floyd in the 70's? you're kidding? EVERYONE was doing long rock suites. Syd was revolutionary in 66/67 because everyone was playing blues leads like Clapton, Hendrix, Page etc. where as Syd had abandoned the tried & true blues format and were improvising soundscapes live. playing 20 minute explorations without a blues lick in sight. he used echo & slide in a way no one else had before. listen to Nick's Boogie, it's unlike anything else of the time.

[marshall265]

I hate to tell you this, BUT

1)Syd did cause much of the British Psych- pop revolution... Rolling Stone has attested.

2)Most songs of the 70's era were long bohemian suite styles. BTW... Syd was out of the band by the end of '68 so what does it matter?

3)On the Run is from THE WALL, not Dark side of the Moon. On the Run is also straight pedals, no synths. And an oscillator is a very differnt piece of equippment from a Leslie rotator cabinet which was used by Pink Floyd.

Peace.

[LYMBO2006]

Hate to hit you back but:

1)Saying this or that happenned ONLY because it says in Rolling Stone or ANYWHERE ELSE, without a reasoned point backing up the assumption, is merely an authority based judgment, and makes a very poor, weak argumentation.

2) You could probably narrow it down to "most progressive bands, but never as generally as just "most songs from the 70's".Beside it's not the point i was making, mention one band that did a 24 minute progressive rock suite in 1971

[popgoiuuod]

Ill bet if I rolled up a nice fat joint I could get Lymboo and the rest of the gang here to sit down and perhaps even listen to a few of the Syd songs and smile? : )

After all- we DO share the passion for the Floyd.. some of us just include Syd in that and others dont, I think im learning to accept that.. Do I have a choice? : 0

Of course I still say Syd was and always will be Pink to me.. ; )

[LYMBO2006]

The joint would definitely help. It's not like I can't tolerate to listen to Syd Barrett. I do it all the time when I come back to reply on Youtube.I don't hate him or anything I just happen to have a different opinion about him. When i go out with my wife to some party, I know what I'm getting into: I'll be listening to RNB, hip hop and reeggeton, not exactly my cup of tea.

Just play Astronomy Dominie first and I'll be fine. And pass that weed!

[paul7703]

hahaha if a joint wont do it we can take some bong rips then jam some Syd

[joyandian]

maybe a healthy dose of LSD might be more appropriate to get all u motherfuckers to agree on the genius of Syd

[eccomuse]

A lot of people didn't get Bach or Mozart prior to ingesting.... Does that mean Bach and Mozart weren't men of genius, or that some people need a little help "getting it"...

[joyandian]

of course not. but the right drugs at the right times can put you on the level and help you realise the magic of the music. i remember when i hated dance music - but then i tried ecstacy :)

[ElliotSpencerBassett]

ecstacy is garbage...

[joyandian]

it is these days

[ElliotSpencerBassett]

very true, who knows what's in it lately? lol.

[prjctcivilian]

haha

[SquishyYabor]

Uhh, On The Run is from DSotM, Hon. It's the track right after Breathe. You're probably confused with Run Like Hell, which is on the Wall.

[LYMBO2006]

I think that is exactly what i said

[LYMBO2006]

Also 2)It matters, because Pink Floyd lasted until 1994, so there is a "little" difference between a 3 and a thirty year period.

3)"ON The Run" is the third track from DSotM,that's just basic rock trivia.You're probably talking about "Run Like Hell".The instrumental piece features the EMS VCS3 synthetizer,also known as the DE Synth (first of his kind in 1973) which features an integrated sequencer, multiple oscillators and a bunch of other effects.

[marshall265]

Yea, i just realized that... I posted that bit about on the run after 48 hours awake so the old brain wasn't workin to well.

[AlbertMondback]

Gilmour COULD play like Syd. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Gilmour taught Syd how to play. While Syd's playing was beautifully freaky, it's nothing Gilmour was incapable of. In addition, Gilmour's style, like Syd's is very unique and recognizable. Take "Echoes" or his live solos in "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", for example.

[popgoiuuod]

Not certain but I believe I heard something to that effect.. Also remember that David had a bit more cash and had much better equipment, although I dont think SYd really was much of a fanatic as David in that regard..

Gilmore is one fo the best guitarist of our era.. Hard to compare- but theres still something about Syd and how he slams out the chords with such stunning precision and eager timing.. and its got this sloppy sloppy organization only a musician can love.

RIP Rick

[ab77blues]

Gilmour was and is a fabulous and original stylist but there's no way in hell he could have played like Barrett does in, say, "Stethoscope" or "Pow R Toc H". No slur on him, they were just different. And, yes, I believe he DID teach Syd a few things in the early days.

[LYMBO2006]

DAvid more cash? no way David was poor... breadline. Syd was the son of a Doctor, he was mid-upper class.

[SimMaster]

I hate Syd

[wopman1010]

What's to hate in Syd Barrett? He's a visionary!

[TVI713]

Floyd after syd is BORING!

[inablinc]

Dear God, man, Floyd after Syd is most certainly NOT boring. It's just a different strain of strange.

[metallicorpse]

GREAT SONG!

[LYMBO2006]

Thanks again Hammer!!!

[popgoiuuod]

Morning Lymbo- any more word on a floyd reunion? or is Dave still holding out?

I still have faith.. I obviously wont ever get to see Syd play again however if I had 1 wish that could be granted it would be to see Roger and David, and of course Nick/Rick that goes without saying.. Just one more time guys, one more time ; )

[LYMBO2006]

No recent news on that yet, what i heard is that David Gilmour orchestrated The Atom Heart Mother Suite recently live, i hope they make a DVD out of that.

[nastyprismsforsyd]

God, I have been looking for this for AGES...

God, this is so gorgeous. And people often say that the dark stuff like "Vegetable Man" would've been the band's direction if Barrett had stayed, but frankly, this seems more likely... it's so lovely. Dare I say it, Beatlesy? It's perfect!

[castingtherunes]

They should come out with a CD of all this unreleased stuff. Please!

[castingtherunes]

I wanna go into the beechwoods. Fuck the 2000s.

[mlucifersam]

I would LOVE to know what this would have sounded like with a vocal. What the words were and what the signing tune was. What's here is very jolly, 60s, poppy & catchy. Shame that we might never know!

[Sydplayson]

Thanks so much for posting this. Been waiting forever to hear it.

[homersimpson67]

One of the rarest pink floyd songs ever great song cool guitar and organ great song but why didnt they relaese it LOVE THIS SONG GREAT!!!!!!!

[johnfright]

That's cool! It's got that wah-wah organ Rick was getting into, which ended up on Scream Thy Last Scream. Yeah, too bad they never finished it.

[bolivianex]

sounded promising pity they never released a completed version of the song.  A bit too much feedback but a nice jam.

[jguttm]

do you have more specific details about the interview? just curious. thanks.

[Hammerofthegods32]

Not much. I do know that he played a reel that included "Beechwoods" and two versions of "Vegetable Man" (a different mix and an instrumental). In the beginning of this recording, Nick says that Syd wrote "Beechwoods" just after "See Emily Play." I don't know what the rest of the interview consisted of. I think I read somewhere that it occurred in March of 1969, though.

[5Beatle]

Thank you for posting this on YouTube. The last days I also thought about posting it, but now you've posted it thank you. But there's still so much that could be posted.

[Hammerofthegods32]

Yeah, there is so much unreleased stuff. I've been doing my best to track a lot of these rare tracks down. I might post more of the stuff I got, but they will most likely be simplistic videos like this. I'm obviously a noob to video making. Hopefully I'll advance to doing slideshows, lol.