Syd Barrett

[TocanBerg]

Cambridge Academy High School for Boys

Test 1: Ancient Rome

Name:Roger Keith"Syd" Barrett

Q1. What government is Ancient Rome considered to be?

A. Yeah

Q2.Who is Julies Ceaser?

A. Yeah, thats right

Q3. Name an event that the famous Coliseum was used for in Rome?

A. Acid Trips

[TocanBerg]

Cambridge Academy High School for Boys

[notfragile33]

American Bandstand, let alone America, was not ready for them yet..

[cwlaterslater]

not long enough

[AstroAnt]

what an awfully respectful and unassuming host id like to shake his hand -

although he no doubt along with his kind is dead,

[haggisman1971]

Wonder why the interviewer spends so little time with Syd....despite getting a reply (unlike Pat Boone). Maybe he had a faraway look in his eyes.

[5jerry1]

@haggisman1971

The host is Dick Clark. Music was his business for many, many years, so doubtless he knew about Syd Barrett's behavior. He probably took one look at him and thought "I'll talk to this other guy over here."

[timepoet77]

Man, you can DEFINITELY see and feel the discomfort that Syd Barrett must have felt that day.

[villiparis]

Syd like, is this over? can I get back to my acid trip now

[9540525]

Ordinary question...which is a well know fact...Syd just said...That's right! ... What more could he say,answer,to this question...?!?! :) Syd a brave and genius man>!

[DoctorPencilK]

Syd Barrett answers a test at school:

q) In what centuries did the Crusades take place?

a) Yeah

g) What blood type is most common within the Japanese population?

a) Yeah, that's right.

[Darrylizer1]

Wow Nick had one of those asymmetrical bass drums. Can't remember the company name but I believe they were made that way to accomodate two bass drum pedals. The Pink Floyd on American Bandstand, what a trip.

[Triplesod]

@jwild611 Eh? No he isn't in the slightest. What are you on? That's his normal Cambridge accent.

[SydzDarling4Eternity]

@jwild611 no he doesn't, he sounds like he always sounded, a soft British accent :)

[WaterShowsProd]

When I've read about this appearance the story was that Syd just stared at Dick Clark and didn't say anything. That doesn't seem to be the case. I do know he hated miming songs on TV, saying that John Lennon didn't have to.

[CultureJudge]

@WaterShowsProd That was Pat Boone

[WaterShowsProd]

@CultureJudge Thank you. Just recently I came across an article about Syd and saw that it was The Pat Boone Show where that happened. My mistake. Do you know if there is surviving footage of that?

[WilloBoarding]

@WaterShowsProd

On the entire video the interviewer goes to ask Syd a question first but has to stop mid sentence, put off by Syd's vacant stare, he says something like "I might just go over here and talk to this other guy" and moves over to ask the keyboard player the question, which I believe is where this clip begins.

Could be why you heard that he didn't say anything. At any rate he didn't say much, just stood there staring with his hands on his hips lol

[Widmerpool99]

It was Dick Clark who fed Syd the dogdy acid, then he took over his place in the bad in his frankly unconvincing "Gilmour" persona.

[qbc176]

Too bad the Floyd's appearance on The Pat Boone Show no longer exists..Apparently it was a real classic.

[phoneix91]

Was that the only time, that Pink Floyd was on Bandstand(I'm sure this is bandstand, the guy giving the interview is Dick Clark).

[seorasmac]

There is a theory that Brian Jones was murdered by some guys working on his house. Heads of state get assassinated the rest of just get plain murdered even John Lennon. sorry to be picky.

[harveydents]

@seorasmac Actually it was just one guy that worked and lived with brian jones on his house, but i think it was an accident, he culd have saved him but ddint

[SirAtkins]

@seorasmac Syd has killed.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

THIS MAY BE FROM VHS/DVD : "Pink Floyd: The Dark Side: Interviews " ; "Aficionados of Pink Floyd will treasure this collection of intimate interviews and previously unseen backstage footage of the progressive British rockers. The video offers insights and a detailed look at the personal side of the legendary band as Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason discuss everything from the group's beginnings in 1965 to its eventual battles with drugs and mental instability."

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

i thibk this segment; or another pink floyd with syd on american bandstand segment; is on one of those cheaply produced pink floyd documentaries on DVD - IT IS ON THE VHS/DVD "Pink Floyd: The Dark Side: Interviews" ...

[7777srd]

is this complete 'performance' from AB posted anywhere?

[uzielis]

Has anyone read drummer Nick Mason's incredible and humorous book Inside Out? I've read it about 3 times. It's great, go get it.

[up2space]

hey all you floyd fans i just got it. when did Brian Jones die ( or was assassinated). was that about the same time Gilmore replaced Barrett. somehting spooky going on. btw, floyd fans when was the first big album with Gilmore? Dark Side ala 1973? please let me know the first bona fide album with Gilmore in Floyd. it will be revealing.

[uzielis]

Assasinated? Brian Jones? I don't know, but I read that he was found 'dead at the bottom of a pool that he kept @ a luxurious 90 degress [or so].' Heaven knows how he died, but may he RIP. And w/ regard to your question, David first appeared on the album A Saucerful of Secrets in 1968, but cites Meddle and Wish You Were Here as his favorite works with the Floyd.

[up2space]

did you hear that, yeah that's right. Gilmore you looking awfully shady these days and you too Mr Waters writer of the Wall, a brilliant composition. the madcap laughs, no he doesn't.

[DoctorPencilK]

"I'm Rick, and that's Nick."

[MadcapFink]

wow, the first two quick glimpses of Syd were just stunning, it's must have been so hard to see such beauty decay.

[haggisman1971]

I want to see the Pat Boone show. Somebody somewhere must have it.

[uzielis]

Weird drums, the kick looks like a big flat tire :).

[ironbuttermilk]

They were Trixon drums, made in Germany. The odd-shaped bass drum was on the Speedfire set, and to be used with double foot pedals. They also made kits for Vox. The Vox kit with the odd shaped bass drum was called the Telstar set. They were one of the first manufacturers to use a 'rack' style tom tom mounting feature.

[uzielis]

Whatup, ironbuttermilk! Ah, okay. I thank you. I've seen them before but it's the first time I've commented on them. I don't know about Trixon but I've heard of Vox.

[leomessi1]

Yes Guido, I think I get it now, thanks very much for making it so clear to me. My best regards.

[GUIDOBRAT]

it's sad to see Syd so clear-minded here (knowing what happened to him later) I was 15 when this was originally on --lifetime Floyd fan.

Barrett was always a genius.

[leomessi1]

clear-minded? man, this was one of the last appearances of Syd with the Floyd, he was already, err, a little on the lunatic side...

[GUIDOBRAT]

I think I MADE a clarification--I was speaking RELATIVELY--compared to what he became later on, where he wouldnt have been able to even BE on a stage...get it now?

[bobshenix]

Syd was a genius but leo is sort of right this was toward the end of his burst of light that was 1967... i don't know how anyone can surmise that he is "so clear-minded" here.

Yes the story is sad, but the truth is by this time he was rapidly deteriorating and in your defense he is able to answer a question but the problem is that is all he did!!

Two words- 'that's right'

[MrSmokeydog]

Amazing I had no idea that Dick Clark

and American Bandstand would be so

bold as to have a british acid rock band

like Pink Floyd on the show ?.

Well show me footage of Hendrix and The

Doors and The Dead and Alice Cooper

and Sabbath. I thought that bandstand

only had mainstream acts on the show.

[qbc176]

Lol...but I'd really love to see the interview from the Pat Boone Show.Supposedly that was a real classic.

[jefduf]

hello! I'm pretty sure that u r quebec just by youre username ,i am 2.if u find that video where syd just stares at theshow host, let me know k? a+ merci

[JAYROX1969]

Me too but i heard it doesnt exist anymore!

[qbc176]

That's really too bad.I didn't know if it still existed.I guess if it did it would've been posted somewhere,no doubt.

[Freedom9495]

aww rick is so cute u just wanna eat him:)

[getarrestedtoday]

Syd is the shit, "yeah that's right"!

[screamwriter1]

@getarrestedtoday Dick Clark didn't wait around to see if he had much more to say good thing it would have just been awkward silence.

[herbleus]

does anybody know if the full video (with the interview) is in Youtube? I know it was, but I can't find it anymore

[synesthesia67]

shit!! lets see the song!!...dammit...

[lizardsplay]

look at "primordios" video on the right. it's not complete but it's linked with video called "pink floyd-syd barrett" which is what you want

[wouldntyoulike2know]

I love Syd.

[shout999999999]

the greatist 22 second in the history of pink floyd

[TomGreenUK]

This is only the second time I've heard Syd speak.

[Messmilligan]

This short interview came at the end of their performance of Apples and Oranges, where Syd mimes the song with little enthusiasm, the beginning of the end for our Syd !

[shagfish]

I wish I could see all of this but still happy to see the 20 seconds that I just did.

[fatcatbuzz]

He proforms Apples and Oranges and you can usually find it pretty easily on youtube. It's great.