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  • best song on the album

  • this is just absolutely the greatest thing ever recorded. i think i have watched it 30 times in a row (no exaggeration)

  • This is the song I want played at my funeral.

  • @mmmkay92 too short! i prefere echoes and saucerful of secrets

  • I'm not here... that says it all...

  • Syd just simply pulls you in.

  • I thought the description said "This is Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett performing Jugband blues. It is a porno." I thought, " Hi, we're the jug band you called. We're here to fix the refridgerator..."

  • Not very interesting fact: The original sound for this video was lost, and at the start, you can see that Syd's mouth and the words don't line up.

    R.I.P. Syd. It really is a shame ♥

  • There truly has been no other who was like our dear Syd.

  • This is my funeral song, such finality to the ending. If only i'd be able to see there faces.

  • you can see at the last couple seconds when he turns away from the camera there is a glint of humor in his eyes. his lifeless demeanor is intentional.

  • Ever notice the Elvis reference... "I don't care if the sun don't shine, I'll get my lovin in the evening time." -Elvis (Sun Sessions)

    Cool.

  • so deep in lsd he got lost.... truely knew how to make music

  • i wish that syd would held it together for another album he truly was a one off

  • Very sad that someone with that ammount of talent permantly destroyed there brain cells only at 21.

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  • The best song of that album, This song is Syd in every word and every note

  • ahh, ya fuckin philestines. You never knew about 1960's Britain did ya. Did you miss the point? Oh dear. I don' know the point but fer crissake. Stop the judgement and connect. no artist is to be judged. It's pure expression. or did you never go there?

    etc

  • shine on syd

  • I feel so bad to find this song so good.

    He is firing missiles at his bandmates, but he also knows that he is losing it so he is totally confused.

    One of the saddest and most disturbing things I've ever seen

  • The hair is envious.

  • I can't help but wonder how the other guys felt playing a song that was clearly a semi-attack on them :/

  • really cool video to bad Syd was far gone by this time, great sad song, check out my cover of this song if anyone gets a chance

  • "And what exactly is a dream? And what exactly is a joke?"

    I think those sad, sad word capture a state clinically called "anhedonia," It's the flattened affect you see in people on the schizophrenia spectrum and with severe depression. They are unable to feel joy and can't tell a "smile from a veil" or a "green field from a cold steel rail."

    My take is that he probably had schizophrenia triggered off and worsened by hallucinogenic drugs. I also suspect he was already predisposed to it.

  • One of the saddest songs ever. Illinformedgeek is right , Syd defiantly suffered from something in the schizophrenia spectrum.

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  • finally someone who realises Floyd is not just The Wall and Dark Side....

  • This song is really simple on guitar.

  • What troubles me is, lots of people continue working as artists, rock stars, actors, who have schizophrenia or manic depression ( the artistic world is full of people who are under treatment for these problems) - why not Syd? According to his sister Rosemary, he was never treated for any mental illness, which makes me suspect that he never had a mental illness, but suffered some brain damage that was untreatable. It's so sad, such a terrible loss of a beautiful and talented young person.

  • @musicartism probably suffered from ether Schizoaffective disorder or Schizophreniform disorder both of which are not caused by narcotics but can quicken on set if the individual is predisposed . He also could have had a cluster A type personality disorder such as schizoid where the individual both lacks or desires social contact ether way he would not have been considered insane bar short episodic bouts of psychosis ,which in his case i think is rather doubtful certainly in his later life

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  • this is art! 

  • Syd Barrett certainly looks the classic rock star here - but, not feeling it. I don't blame him for getting disillusioned with the music industry, and walking away from it all. Syd seems to me to be a pure artist, only interested in developing his craft, and not prepared to sacrifice it for money. No one should go onto a stage and mime, there's someting incredibly fake and dishonest about it, and I'm sure that's what pissed Syd off big time.

  • @musicartism aaand the fact that he was losing his mind.

  • the best thing you can make musically in a 3 minute limit! it's so sad but so triumphant as well, that it brings tears to my eyes.

  • If you listen closely, you can hear a bit of "Atom Heart Mother" in this song ;]

  • right ..i have noticed

    

  • OK, I've done some reading and I thought I'd share my findings. Both the Greeks and the Hebrews considered red to be a symbol of love as well as a symbol for sacrifice. In Christianity, red is the liturgical color for the feast of martyrs, representing the blood of those who suffered death for their faith. And lastly, red is used in most national flags as a symbol of blood, sacrifice, and courage of those who defended their country.

  • @QuantumLeap365 The Aztec culture used to paint thier sacrifices red. Syd Barrett was a genious. He knew what he was talking about when others just didnt get it

  • @danid781 Thanks! I agree, every great piece of art has it's exoteric and esoteric interpretation, it's just most people don't care to look deep enough to grasp the full meaning.

  • They used to dress sacrifices in red, so the line" Im grateful that you threw away my old shoes and brought me here instead dressed in red" represents the band getting rid of him as a sacrifice for thier success. and my old shoes means him and his ideas

  • @danid781 I'm glad I read your comment, it's very insightful. I'd be interested to know who used to dress sacrifices in red though. I assume you are talking about some ancient culture?

  • mmmmmmm goood!

  • This song is sad man

  • Is it Sami Hyypiä there at Roger Waters' place...? What!? :)

  • "It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here, and I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here...."And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes and brought me here instead dressed in red. And I'm wondering who could be writing this song"

    These lines sound pretty sarcastic to me. They show an isolated Syd but this song isn't about schizophrenia, contrary to popular belief.

  • this always makes me cry

  • lcd

  • Like Nick Mason said in the documentary -The thing about Syd, he stopped enjoying it! He just had lost interest in it! And it was a ever declining interest and enthousiasme, that's the unraveling, the rest of the band were absolutely ought to do it Syd underwent subconscious crysis , that this wasn't art, it was becoming so commercial with television and record sales and promotion and so on, and hewas had been an art student, and that just meant that, that not want he really wanted to do!

  • This voice we hear comes already from the dark side of the moon...

  • we know , you old shoe

  • indeed this is the sound of someone going mad :S but its such a good song :)

  • But last words is very very sad (

  • God, this is pretty depressing to watch. You've got to feel terribly sorry for Syd Barrett. Just look at him; it's a shame.

  • @TheRockNRollFan I feel sorry for you, your quite a shame, jvst look at yourself !!!!

  • @TheRockNRollFan i have a soft spot for musicians that go crazy or die

  • Watch the new video about Pink Floyd:

    [Youtube] /watch?v=umPJZMs_2XE

  • Poor old Syd is telegraphing to the audience that due to his high-flying and exotic antics he is being politely resigned from the band (and shortly from life in general). This is about January 1968.

  • I can only imagine what would be Pink Floyd's next albums with Syd!

  • highly recommenced his other albums. his songs are beautiful, particually love dominoes when it is raining outside.

  • Oh, he was a brilliant songwriter. I've enjoyed "Astronomy Domine", "Jugband Blues", and "See Emily Play". Awesome songs.

  • @Seattlecarnut my favourites

    

  • And everything's a Joke.

  • Syd makes me want to keep being a musician. He's a genius.

  • Me encanta que se escuche el sonico como de viejo

  • Happy Birthday Syd!

    We miss you

  • A very sad closing document about a brilliant songwriter. "I don't care if I'm nervous with you, I'll do my loving in the winter"

    Sad story, but like a car wreck, you can't help but look at the carnage.

  • 0:55 great moment when the tempo in rising and Syd is looking at us! nice shot! :)

  • even though Syd Barrett had his place in history being one of awesome singers for Pink Floyd I still have to say that David Gilmour is still is one of awesome singers but I'll also still give Credit for Syd too so no one comes after me

  • It's too bad Syd Barrett was so fucked up on drugs. He played such great music with Pink Floyd and he had to throw it all away with his bizzare and weird behaviour.

  • that's true, but on the other hand, if he wasn't crazy he couldn't have written his brilliant songs

  • @neotjin he wasn't crazy was just gone mentally dormant

  • gorgeous song. Love Syd. They' re so high!

  • well, this song and syd barrett in this clip are a little higher than high. his stare scares and hypnotizes me at the same time. its very enigmatic because he didnt go completely crazy but moved to a weird zone which is neither sane nor insane

  • i think forzaazzurri feels alone and afraid and he ahs a little dick

  • whether drugs are involved or not...a person is always going to be who they are, regardless of a chemical imbalance...

  • this song is the law, Pink Floyd is a great band! :D Jugband Blues and another songs are inspirations. songs with her psychodelics sounds is perfect to me.

    this song is perfect.

    Pink Floyd is inspiration.

    :D

    :D

  • the drummer kinda reminds me of George Harrison. My dad said I wouldn't really like Pink Floyd, but I'm kinda tempted just to try them out.

  • please do it! U will love them! Here's a good starter for u: Dark Side of the Moon

  • thank you! You're veyr nice: ]i'll check it out

  • pink floyd and many other bands in the day had meaning and soul in their music. hopefully you enjoy the music. they were brilliant... this is music. not "yo yo i got money ima fuck some bitches yo"

  • haha no. I hate rap and hip hop. And I'm pretty young, I'm 13, I do love a lot of the music from the 60s and 70s. So yes, when I have a little more time, I have like a thousand bands I wanna check out, including this one :]

  • sweet.... ur not the only 13 year old in the world who likes rock music

  • ya I'm not. R u 13?

  • You can listen to anything you want to as that's the magic of music. Pure freedom. Good on you and have fun.

  • ya you're right, no matter what it is we should all feel the same way about it in the end right?

  • Yes perfectly put. Plus, there's a reason that some music is still being listened to 40 years later.

    We can all enjoy it regardless of what kind it is. Peace.

  • @AnneWorld You owe yourself to check out Gentle Giant and Frank Zappa. Go see a video of "Free Hand" from Giant, it is one of the most accessible songs they have made, if you like it, take a dive and you won't regret it.

    Check out Uryah Heep too.

  • nah you wouldnt cause your a faggot cock you scared

  • Im scared of rap? sure ya its so wrong of me that I dont want to listen to music that tries to scare or hate you.

  • scare cock faggot you like chicken u gonna deserve what coming to u u scare

  • whatever, I'm not gunna fight with you

  • RIP Syd Barret the man that created Pink Floyd one of the greatest bands ever. Ill see you in heaven and we can jam together.

  • so this is what it is like to be crazy.

    RIP Syd and Rick

  • I think it was David Fricke who said, that "Jugband Blues", "was the sound of someone going insane." Because Syd was at this point.

  • I believe Sydfan is referring and possibly poking fun at is the urban legend that McCartney died before Sgt. Pepper's was released (fueled by the fact that Paul is facing the wrong way on the cover of that album, and has no shoes on in the cover of Abbey Road, etc.) and replaced by a lookalike.

  • no shit shirlock

  • Pink Floyd wrote "Dogs".

  • oh for fucks sake stop shouting and screaming and shooting off your rockets I'm trying to sing a song!

  • It's actually "fireworks".

  • OOOH

    I MISS FABIOSICI

  • Why do you repeat this post in everty PF video? Everybody knows that PK wrote Dogs!

  • Because of the economy.

  • thats what i said.. i think he was looking on wiki or something and found it out and was like "omg i gota let ppl know maybe they will think i know something and give me a thumbs up

  • poor bloke, this is schizophrenia in music...but a good tune nonetheless

  • It is

    Terribly sad though

  • this song represents the mandnes of syd barrett

    -What Exactly Is A Dream

  • and wath exactly is a joke

  • this song really makes you think. it brings parts of your mind to life that you never thought were there.

  • is this the video?

    at that time where could you see it?

    at aregular channel?

  • and i wonder who could be writing this song...

  • great video,RIP Sid

  • His name is spelt SYD, not EVER with an "i". I'm picky bout' it cause I love him so much.

  • i love to play this song

  • for those that dont know...this song i syd's last realization of what was begining to happen to him...he was suffering from schizophrenia...and it only got worse

  • might be about his dead friend Paul McCartney, w/Syd as narrator saying things dead-Paul might say in the first part of the song. Sea isn't green might be a response to yellow submarine(sea of green, sky of blue...) - the queen could be referring to paul.  Dressed in red, might refer to covered in blood upon his entrance to the afterworld. And the beatles never made it clear that Paul wasnt there....so being most obliged would be a very sarcastic lyric.

  • paul mc cartney isn't dead

  • You're EXACTLY right my friend.

  • @thepitchwhiteband Caused by the gluten in bred. Stop eating that shit or go cracy. Well. Bread eating got us lot of great music anyway.

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  • @thepitchwhiteband no thats a generalisation.

    too much lsd doesnt mean he was schizophrenic at all.

    lsd overuse doesnt bring out any condition in particular but he did become very ill nonethe less

  • @thepitchwhiteband no thats a generalisation.

    too much lsd doesnt mean he was schizophrenic at all.

    lsd overuse doesnt bring out any condition in particular but he did become very ill nonethe less.from what i read from his book is his so called friends gave him shitloads of acid constantly and ruined him

  • @thepitchwhiteband plus to intake of lsd, shroms, and acid didnt help any

  • @kalen486 Very true,I think if syd had not had done all those drugs he would still possibly be alive making music today

  • @kalen486 lsd and acid are the same thing

  • @thepitchwhiteband thats not what the song is about

  • syd i miss you. i'm still wandering could been writing this song...

  • wat exactly is a dream

  • and What Exactly is a joke?

  • @767fife I've always thought the dream and the joke part was about his life as a "rock" star.

  • @767fife that there is no good modern day music

  • @fl00dsm0k3

    there is some, but it requires a bit of patience and time to find.

  • and i'm most obliged to you for m-making it clear that i'm not here

    thank you, you gave me the words

  • this is one of the best lyrical songs ever written...syd covers such intense themes in this one song....depersonalization anti-materialism derealization...his genius is redic

  • "shine on you crazy diamond"

  • ive always loved the last lines on this track...what exactly is a dream? What exactly is a joke? that summs up this song. it summs up his carreer with pink floyd because by this point u probably couldnt tell if he was crazy or brilliant and i think this illustrates even he knew that its fucking brilliant!!!!!!

  • This was one of Syd's last great tunes before is songwriting became to chaotic/unitelligible...He doesn't look to happy.Looks like he is just trying to get through it all...Nick looks depressed, Roger definately looks pissed-off and Rick just shakes his head as if to say this is insane...

    You can tell that they were all going through a bad time to to Syd's breakdown.....

  • Look up No Good Trying.

  • "I don't care if im noticed with you, i'll do my loving in the winter" classic

  • "nervous with you"

  • pink floyd es una de mis favoritas cosas para estar sonriendo por siempre...(pero discos del "relics" para abajo ojo)

  • i feel like becoming a sunset after this song

  • If you look at this music as a parody of his life, syds "friends" are more than willing to help syd descend into his own created mess, i dunno maybe im wrong but surely there was something these "sane" friends of his could have done to help, from the outside dont they just look really selfish? Or maybe just deluded.

  • It was a much different time as far as psychology and drug abuse was concerned. They didn't really know the full extent of the effects of psychoactive drugs back then. Too bad because he probably would have written alot more good music.

  • true but would he have written songs like this without the drugs? swings and roundabouts.

  • I really doubt it. It's just that fine line between genious and insanity. Some people can walk it longer than others.

  • i dont think his mind would have opened up enough for music like this, without psychoactives. LSD really makes you think. a lot.

  • you mean Syd don't? and Pink Floyd don't?

  • shine like a diamond forever syd!!

  • Unforgettable :(

  • amazing band, perfect vocals, unsurpassible artists.

  • great vaudeville song :))

  • This is the studio version of the song, not the actual performance. The footage is mixed with the studio version, just thought i'd point that out.

  • yeah i notice, the actual performance still is really good too :P

  • yeah even though you can tell Syd is very unenthused and that the problems were catching up to him. it's really like forshadowing footage if you ask me

  • yeah that's what makes it obvious it is not

    the actual live performance...even though I could tell right at the beggining when the music started...any pink floyd fan would notice that :P

  • one of the greatest artits of the 60s

    RIP syd

  • Syd looks total rockstar in this clip!!!

  • i love this song......

  • Greatest Barrett ever...Like all heroes and myths, he was like a bright mesmerizing shooting star...He left his mark and then vanished as fast as he came...He vanished but he did not disappear...Shine on Syd...

  • you don't know nothing about music

  • how about you try out the Animals album? might just change your life...

  • Never the second Pink floyd could visited later by such distant lands. True musical testament of Syd Barrett

  • what a genious! a song telling the rest of the band to get fucked and they all played along ,not having a clue

  • Saying this, I'd like to add that I love "The Wall".

  • Syd was the greatest of them all.

    I don't care about the other members of Floyd. And I hate them in some way..

    I just don't like how they took Syd away, but used his image for the band's mythology, and how they talked about him in interviews... like he was a poor mad man, and nothing else.

    I think they did not show enough respect.

    The end.

  • awesome gonna miss ya syd (roger keith barrett)