Fellow Syd fans wont you take a minute to check out my song? its called "the majority" i wrote it a while ago but i uploaded it the other day. id appreciate your comments its on my profile favourites.
He seems completely sane here. He is making sense and eveything he's saying is completely right! I'm a fashion student and can completely relate to what he's saying about he system of creating art.
lol it makes sense, hes just trying to speak about everything at the same time, its called trancendental idealism. it does have loose associations, but there is a "center".
Went to art school as well. Often, but not always, art teachers teach their students to paint/create like them - in THEIR own image. A true artist's work is authentic only to him/herself. Syd was a true artist that was straight jacketed by the pop music machine.
If you really want to understand Syd Barrett, let go of the schizophrenic nonsense. He was born with Aspergers syndrome and also was gifted/cursed with synesthesia. Take some time and look up youtube documentaries on both.
People that are high functioning autistics like Syd, really don't need LSD to be interpreted by the general public as mentally unstable. Syd was already on the edge from birth, and the pressure of fame probably would have killed him had he not stopped when he did.
This is the dead on truth of what happened indeed. He was able to find his creative freedom in painting after all.
As a matter of fact, he was so scarred by the demand for repetition of the same in pop music, he burned all of his paintings after he finished them, thus protecting them completely from scrutiny and popular demand. Truly amazing and also so sad the paranoia and psychological trauma he had to endure because of his early musical success and the never ending pressure to keep feeding "
This is where he tells us what really happened. A lot of assumptions have indeed taken place. Pink Floyd may well have been just him taking a break from painting.
Its easy to see Sid has lost the plot here in many ways but even at this stage you can still understand what he's on about...he was a genius no doubt.....but in the end like most genius's he burnt himself out too quick...shame..but PF progressed well without him..but i would of loved him to have stayed the test of time and who knows what songs we may have heard on top of what we now have...a great shame to see a life wasted...a great life at that...RIP syd....you started the ball rolling mate!
@MrCOLTSR2 Very interesting insight into the creative process. So rare that an artist will disclose approach/process. Very honest. Very clear! What a wonderful chap he was. What a gem we have enjoyed!
Entirely lucid and frank. Makes complete sense. He' s talking about the creative process and the system of cognition; of learning, how we are all inhibited to some degree, by how our teachers instruct us. How speaking academically that could be seen as a system of sorts, or a flaw in a system.
Entirely lucid and frank. Makes complete sense. He' s talking about the creative process and the system of cognition; of learning, how we are all inhibited to some degree, by how our teachers instruct us. How speaking academically that could be seen as a system of sorts, or a flaw in a system.
As a former art school student, I understand EXACTLY what he is saying, that schools are motivated to produce "commercial" artists who will bring recognition back to the school. This is the cycle of mediocrity that pervades so much "art" today. Syd was interested in genuine, profound originality and a connection with more timeless, sublime forces. I get it, I relate to it. I live it. He just isn't speaking in "common" language to make it intelligible to people who are only interested in Floyd.
@KingKook Student, being the operative word here, therefore benign and amateurish in itself, without sounding dismissive of what you're articulating, I would say you might not really know what he's saying from a few soundbytes of video. Bias plays hugely here, fair enough. But your espousing of his talent is relative, subjective. And a blinding generalisation of what "Floyd" fans can garner from his output, past and present. I'm not calling you to get down from your exalted pedestal, but...
@tamburlaine79 Your seemingly well reasoned, moderated comment is no more than an insipid, vacuous, reactionary retort - a standard, programmed response of one of our culture's "fuzzy robots." You haven't bothered to consider the implications of your own words, much less mine. Good luck with your predictable, tedious, tragic life...
@KingKook A moron, once again, you attest to be, with more self righteous pap. You are just fearful of undermining, that's all. Which is coming from my side. Will you stop with the thesaurus as well. It's off kilter. You don't know how to use words appropriately. Cop on a small bit. You really don't know what you're talking about. Stop using words. The world is better off without you dimwitted imput.
wow. the incoherent ramblings of a chemically imbalanced mind. There's been WAY too much made of his influence, and talent. Somehow it's become cool to honour this guy for 5 minutes of fame. P.F. likely would not have become what they did had he remained. What would they have been without Gilmour?
@HINCHCLIFFE69 gilmour is not pink floyd, pink floyd is pink floyd. syd barrett is the whole idea of pink floyd. they wouldn't have continued on and dedicated whish you were here to him if he didn't have some influence on their inspiration. anyway, a quote " seem to be a lot of assumptions taking place" from this video
how can you judge something you barely understand?
@Tyme2Die no i didnt know,hence he was never officialy diagnosticated with any illness,you need read his sister interview,he spent any times with docs,and they said yes he was unususal but not mentally ill,,...
I love Barrett so much because he realy walked like he was talking. He did not hypocritical about his drug use as many artists did. Barrett had his own vision on things and most people did not understand him back then. Most people painted him as a poor helpless acid addict and declared him insane or shizofrenic. They just blamed all his problems to drug use.
Can you not put this into context? I've just seen the same vid and the interviewer was demented, like a choir monk mr precher sort of freaking voice, how would THAT put anyone in condtion for any interview? and what was the question? another case of bark with the wolves, "he was crazy, he was on LSD..." anyone else in the Pink Floyds who was crazy and on alcohol for example? why wasn't he helped? Yes drugs make people crazy, stop throwing the stone, face the fact and try to help the trapped ones
He's not saying anything new or interesting. His music might have been special but his ideas are worthless, which is understandable, he's a musician after all. I mean, 0:50, he says that people become successful or otherwise, this should be a shock to no one. In this he's basically a confused 20-something, it's quite common.
Man I think Syd is cool as shit but something about the way his voice sounds or something - it sounds like he is really really bored or something. That's just my perception though.
everything is rare!!! nothing is rare about this guy...rare interview, rare photo, rare voice, rare whatever...well yes the fact he decided to leave the band, that is rare.
Is high here? He sounds so...smooth!! I mean, I'm just like, asking what can I search that I can tell the difference when he's high and not high, is there anything I can look up?
@degrassigrl33 there are some people that would have you believe SYD was high ALL the time up to a certain point.there is an interview called legend syd barrett interview where he seems perfectly normal to me.
known a few schizophrenics - and once you get a sense of that, sometimes you can spot it very quickly - like knowing a spice so well, you can easily guess when somebody put it into something. Sadly, here, you can hear it in his voice: and yes, he's already pretty far gone. He's struggling to hold a train of thought while being overwhelmed by the imagery that surrounds it - choosing to be dazzled is one thing, but never being able to think straight is hell.
@CusterFlux Why people refuse to admit this baffles me. I worked with an actor who was one even dated one.(briefly) the poetic abstract train of thought is dazzling and terrifying at the same time.
@68Strut And such a sad waste. I have been into substances, so I can't be too critical of Syd's gradual decline, but he had a vision, however dark. He really was beautiful. Like Nick Drake as well.
I do love his voice. It's sort-of calming if you know what I mean. I also find this rather sad...
What an artist. All the great artists seemed to go downhill at a certain point. It is awful that he had to go through all that he did in his lifetime. One of the greats and always will be. Rest in peace, Syd.
If you really were stoned you wouldn't be reffering to Syd's rambling as... ramblings. Besides dude even if you really were stoned who gives a flying fuck?
apparently Syd developed a cockney accent after he put on weight and went bald. i just find it all strange, perhaps you had to know him to understand it all.
Why all the mystical bullshit aroma that they make about this guy ? He's talking pure & utter shit there ! He's obviously trying so hard to be different ! (Pretentious Cambridge,private schoolboy jerkoffs the Floyd & Barret !) Although I love the Floyd's albums from meddle onwards !!!
Go watch ALICE or yellow submarine ! Look at some Dali paintings or check out the animation nation documenteries ! There's a lot of L.S.D based ideas amongst that lot that are far more creative than Barret's feeble efforts !!!
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No I have got ears I'm sorry to say & play guitar ! Just been getting into the willaims piece Cavatina ! You see the reason why I don't listen to interstellar overdrive is because I do have ears !!!
Im 45 now and 2 of my friends check out but never check back in. It is sad; once they are gone they are never the same. If you come from a family with mental illness LSD doesn't help. My 2 cents
I hear ya man.. it gets a bit ridiculous. I am a huge Floyd fan, enjoy Piper very much, and have both Syd's solo albums (madcap is the better one), and i definitely see a genius in Syd but most of the material was wrote in a two year span... he just didnt do enough to be an idol.
Its a sad story, and i love LSD personally but yes ppl need to be cautious and history of mental illness is a huge warning sign. Syd just went overboard and is only idolized so much because he did. It is sad.
@seanreillyireland This is where he tells us what really happened. A lot of assumptions have indeed taken place. Pink Floyd may well have been just him taking a break from painting.
I could listen to Syd talk forever. His voice...♥ The Madcap was a brilliant artist with his painting and music. You can tell he was a genius by listening to him talk. What a beautiful man Syd was, Shine On You Crazy Diamond.♥
The same thing happened to me. I've been filled up with other peoples ideas about everything and I can see that so clearly now.I respond to so much with what has been fed into me by "teachers' or "adverts' or dreams of "success' .So much of what comes out of me is dripping with the "ideas' of my time.If it is possible to be free of all these argeements then I want to be.
Yo, relax man. We all like syd a whole bunch, but you never met him, how you you love him? You love his music i bet, but him as a person you dont know. I feel bad for you honestly, cause that is kinda pathetic
He sounds very out of it, sort of talking incoherantly. I mean I get what he's talking about, but there are some spots where he sort of drifts off into another dimension. Definitely on the brink of losing it all. How sad....
Personaly i think the whole Pink Floyd story is about friendship's falling apart, and it all started from the beginning. You don't have to blame the drug use only.
Didn't Syd and Gilmour learn to play guitar together? As i recall they went to the same high school and learned to play together so definitely Gilmour was the best choice as they had a similar mindset for guitar.
I'm talking about his life and career not only money. Anyway like I said some people just dont want to tarnish thier heroes names and the truth is easily avoided.
Seriously. You are a twat arn't you. Shut up talking your ignorant shit that you, and only you, have decided is the truth. Get your head out of your arse and face your own realities dickhead!
The whole song seems to be about him seeking refuge from the world and imploring help from someone he values. "send a cage through the post, make your name like a ghost" does indeed sound like he's talking about royalty cheques. Perhaps "Cold iron hands, clap the party of clowns outside" was a reference to his former band? and to the audience they were performing for?
What I found sad was that Apples & oranges, vegetable man, scream thy last scream, are all excellent songs but didn't show the same attention to production as in See Emily play etc, if so they would have deserved a place on "Saucerful.." instead the band sound like they were "dialling" it in. But then you don't know the pressures Syd put on the other band members with his erratic behaviour. I don't think they should be blamed at all.
Good point sydsbluestar. Unfortunately Waters and Wright (when he was still with us)both said in interviews that they regreted not contacting Syd. Only the lame brained Mason saying that it was a shame. Of course Syd would be upset and so would most of us having been robbed of earning a fortune. Take a look at Syds semi detached and then a look at Waters vast estate. These guys made a ton of money on the back of thier genius deserted leader and any amount of excuse making wont change the facts.
as far as im aware royalties were given to barrett but soon his sister and mother took hold of his finances simply because he didnt want it. He didnt want anything to do with his life as a pop star. A recluse. If he had made the decision to accept them he would be very wealthy.
Also during the 70's for long time he lived in a penthouse suite of a hotel in london, thats not cheep. Syd never disliked what they did(not picking him up) otherwise he wouldnt have wanted to make 2 albums with DG n RWr
Syd's family, namely his sister, Rosemary, decided it was best for the remaining members of Floyd not to contact Syd. It upset him to be reminded of those days, and it was stated that Syd would go into a depression for, sometimes, weeks because of it. David Gilmour, however, remained in contact with Rosemary, and made sure that Syd received royalties for the rest of his life.
You sad sacks wont have a bad word said about your money grabbing heroes will you. They cared so much about Syd that after Gilmour finished producing Syds solo albums, not one of them contacted or visited him for the remainder of his life.Even Waters now has the balls to admit his guilt. Dream on suckers.
Gilmour brought him back in as a hired hand and paid him a wage for playing. (fact) Anyway I give up its obvious that this bunch of self serving, backstabbing, money grabbing, boring old farts can do no wrong in your eyes. Enjoy!!!
Roger is still (just about) alive you half wit. Your ignorance says it all. By the way did any of you out there know that Richard Wright was later hired as a session player by the Floyd after being kicked out of the band. Nice people eh ?
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Fellow Syd fans wont you take a minute to check out my song? its called "the majority" i wrote it a while ago but i uploaded it the other day. id appreciate your comments its on my profile favourites.
bryancranstoncrand 3 days ago
He seems completely sane here. He is making sense and eveything he's saying is completely right! I'm a fashion student and can completely relate to what he's saying about he system of creating art.
RIP Syd
ihatemondays971 2 weeks ago
His voice soothes me both when he talks and when he sings.
I love him. ♥
LaVonBain 2 months ago
syd you are beutiful and a wonderful person
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AirwavesOfficial 2 months ago
Is there anybody (out there?) that can write what he say?
GoodbyeRubyTu3sday 3 months ago
I love his voice, his calm and his real genious he was
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lol it makes sense, hes just trying to speak about everything at the same time, its called trancendental idealism. it does have loose associations, but there is a "center".
gen6k 4 months ago
Went to art school as well. Often, but not always, art teachers teach their students to paint/create like them - in THEIR own image. A true artist's work is authentic only to him/herself. Syd was a true artist that was straight jacketed by the pop music machine.
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If you really want to understand Syd Barrett, let go of the schizophrenic nonsense. He was born with Aspergers syndrome and also was gifted/cursed with synesthesia. Take some time and look up youtube documentaries on both.
People that are high functioning autistics like Syd, really don't need LSD to be interpreted by the general public as mentally unstable. Syd was already on the edge from birth, and the pressure of fame probably would have killed him had he not stopped when he did.
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This is the dead on truth of what happened indeed. He was able to find his creative freedom in painting after all.
As a matter of fact, he was so scarred by the demand for repetition of the same in pop music, he burned all of his paintings after he finished them, thus protecting them completely from scrutiny and popular demand. Truly amazing and also so sad the paranoia and psychological trauma he had to endure because of his early musical success and the never ending pressure to keep feeding "
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bibi5027 3 months ago
@dmorse523 What's sad is that he did it to himself! He should have listened to the rest of the members of Pink Floyd and laid off the LSD.
tandlaguilera420 1 month ago
This is where he tells us what really happened. A lot of assumptions have indeed taken place. Pink Floyd may well have been just him taking a break from painting.
theonlyantony 7 months ago
Its easy to see Sid has lost the plot here in many ways but even at this stage you can still understand what he's on about...he was a genius no doubt.....but in the end like most genius's he burnt himself out too quick...shame..but PF progressed well without him..but i would of loved him to have stayed the test of time and who knows what songs we may have heard on top of what we now have...a great shame to see a life wasted...a great life at that...RIP syd....you started the ball rolling mate!
MrCOLTSR2 8 months ago 2
@MrCOLTSR2 Very interesting insight into the creative process. So rare that an artist will disclose approach/process. Very honest. Very clear! What a wonderful chap he was. What a gem we have enjoyed!
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bibi5027 4 months ago
i feel like i can make a song out of this
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@hickey1366 go on then!
theonlyantony 4 months ago
His soft voice is so sweet. :)
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bibi5027 4 months ago
Entirely lucid and frank. Makes complete sense. He' s talking about the creative process and the system of cognition; of learning, how we are all inhibited to some degree, by how our teachers instruct us. How speaking academically that could be seen as a system of sorts, or a flaw in a system.
sonicpixie 9 months ago 3
Entirely lucid and frank. Makes complete sense. He' s talking about the creative process and the system of cognition; of learning, how we are all inhibited to some degree, by how our teachers instruct us. How speaking academically that could be seen as a system of sorts, or a flaw in a system.
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bibi5027 4 months ago
As a former art school student, I understand EXACTLY what he is saying, that schools are motivated to produce "commercial" artists who will bring recognition back to the school. This is the cycle of mediocrity that pervades so much "art" today. Syd was interested in genuine, profound originality and a connection with more timeless, sublime forces. I get it, I relate to it. I live it. He just isn't speaking in "common" language to make it intelligible to people who are only interested in Floyd.
KingKook 9 months ago 9
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very true...i am an art student to. if anything he sounds a little bit tired
hickey1366 8 months ago 2
@KingKook Student, being the operative word here, therefore benign and amateurish in itself, without sounding dismissive of what you're articulating, I would say you might not really know what he's saying from a few soundbytes of video. Bias plays hugely here, fair enough. But your espousing of his talent is relative, subjective. And a blinding generalisation of what "Floyd" fans can garner from his output, past and present. I'm not calling you to get down from your exalted pedestal, but...
tamburlaine79 2 months ago
@tamburlaine79 Your seemingly well reasoned, moderated comment is no more than an insipid, vacuous, reactionary retort - a standard, programmed response of one of our culture's "fuzzy robots." You haven't bothered to consider the implications of your own words, much less mine. Good luck with your predictable, tedious, tragic life...
KingKook 2 months ago
@KingKook A moron, once again, you attest to be, with more self righteous pap. You are just fearful of undermining, that's all. Which is coming from my side. Will you stop with the thesaurus as well. It's off kilter. You don't know how to use words appropriately. Cop on a small bit. You really don't know what you're talking about. Stop using words. The world is better off without you dimwitted imput.
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KingKook 9 months ago
A GENIUS HE IS!
zewbag 10 months ago
wow. the incoherent ramblings of a chemically imbalanced mind. There's been WAY too much made of his influence, and talent. Somehow it's become cool to honour this guy for 5 minutes of fame. P.F. likely would not have become what they did had he remained. What would they have been without Gilmour?
HINCHCLIFFE69 10 months ago
@HINCHCLIFFE69 Without Gilmour and the continuing success of Pink Floyd, a lot of people would never have gone back and discovered Syd.
ChiefRunningScissors 10 months ago
@HINCHCLIFFE69 that is important because syd is a genius mind with an important message to spread.
doggystyle040 10 months ago
@HINCHCLIFFE69 gilmour is not pink floyd, pink floyd is pink floyd. syd barrett is the whole idea of pink floyd. they wouldn't have continued on and dedicated whish you were here to him if he didn't have some influence on their inspiration. anyway, a quote " seem to be a lot of assumptions taking place" from this video
how can you judge something you barely understand?
zewbag 10 months ago
mmmmm I love you Syd...
Forever...
KasiaCzaki8 11 months ago
lovely speaking voice.
fabyah100 1 year ago
Woah he sounds stoned!
PhantomMenaced 1 year ago
@PhantomMenaced
No he actually sounds like he has disorganized thought or something, Syd was a Schizophrenic you know.
Tyme2Die 10 months ago
@Tyme2Die I dont know what that means but you are probably right, although he did take a lot of drugs.
PhantomMenaced 9 months ago
@Tyme2Die no i didnt know,hence he was never officialy diagnosticated with any illness,you need read his sister interview,he spent any times with docs,and they said yes he was unususal but not mentally ill,,...
bibi5027 3 months ago
amazing to hear Syd talking about his paintings!
IGGallery 1 year ago
a moron? i don't think so.
you are nobody to tell what i am
hueondemierda 1 year ago
My ♥Syd~Angel~Baby♥
SydzDarling4Eternity 1 year ago
he consumed LSD
LTmanu 1 year ago
OMG I LOVE THIS MAN. <3
BeatlesFanMccaLover 1 year ago
He makes no sence
swingitytingting 1 year ago
@swingitytingting Then you make no sense
justafreerunner 1 year ago
how high was he?
MrGrass52 1 year ago
@MrGrass52 like 34678432657328562467 feets higher than any one on the fucking universe.
fly, syd, fly away.
fly away and play that awesome music of yours
hueondemierda 1 year ago
@hueondemierda
you're a fucking moron, but your intention was good.
<3 Syd Barrett
Icetooheavy 1 year ago
He's on acid man... give him a break! lol
lagmuncher 1 year ago
He's talking about freedom from the confines of the educated mind. A lot of people who don't get this have ADD.
Adominae 1 year ago 4
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I love Barrett so much because he realy walked like he was talking. He did not hypocritical about his drug use as many artists did. Barrett had his own vision on things and most people did not understand him back then. Most people painted him as a poor helpless acid addict and declared him insane or shizofrenic. They just blamed all his problems to drug use.
MrScarleteagle 1 year ago
Can you not put this into context? I've just seen the same vid and the interviewer was demented, like a choir monk mr precher sort of freaking voice, how would THAT put anyone in condtion for any interview? and what was the question? another case of bark with the wolves, "he was crazy, he was on LSD..." anyone else in the Pink Floyds who was crazy and on alcohol for example? why wasn't he helped? Yes drugs make people crazy, stop throwing the stone, face the fact and try to help the trapped ones
LaPieinsky 1 year ago
NASCAR drivers are a lot more articulate.
emerald10002 1 year ago
@emerald10002 LMAO that's funny.
DontEatEggs666 1 year ago
Artist slash musician = magik
Domytar 1 year ago
well, i sorta, you know. i sorta saw different sorta. its like. you know when you've, and you're. maybe. i saw this. and. if i .
yooanoozarrmay 1 year ago
He's not saying anything new or interesting. His music might have been special but his ideas are worthless, which is understandable, he's a musician after all. I mean, 0:50, he says that people become successful or otherwise, this should be a shock to no one. In this he's basically a confused 20-something, it's quite common.
TyroneTasty 1 year ago
@TyroneTasty Hes not just confused, hes totally lost it here.
Xiolablu3 1 year ago
@Xiolablu3 Yeah, as attractive as his voice sounds, unfortunately he's not making much sense here
stophiemeister 1 year ago
And that was "good" sucessfull interview in comparison to the others!
93hipgnosis 1 year ago
@93hipgnosis lol
yooanoozarrmay 1 year ago
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yooanoozarrmay 1 year ago
HIS VOICE!♥
the most beautiful voice ive ever heard♥
missdinosawrish 1 year ago 2
@missdinosawrish well you havent heard mine yet now have you :D
codern 1 year ago
Man I think Syd is cool as shit but something about the way his voice sounds or something - it sounds like he is really really bored or something. That's just my perception though.
Alphaofallalphas 1 year ago
everything is rare!!! nothing is rare about this guy...rare interview, rare photo, rare voice, rare whatever...well yes the fact he decided to leave the band, that is rare.
jorgeq 1 year ago
@jorgeq He did not decide to leave they just did not pick him up one day. Listen to this interview he could not track with reality!
93hipgnosis 1 year ago
Ive taken LSD once. Maybe if i take it 50 more times ill understand this.
commi3d0ntcar3 1 year ago
Is high here? He sounds so...smooth!! I mean, I'm just like, asking what can I search that I can tell the difference when he's high and not high, is there anything I can look up?
degrassigrl33 1 year ago
@degrassigrl33 I doubt that by this point that you could really tell if he was high or not.
PlankofWood1 1 year ago
@degrassigrl33
your a kook.
PhoenerWeiner77 1 year ago
@degrassigrl33 there are some people that would have you believe SYD was high ALL the time up to a certain point.there is an interview called legend syd barrett interview where he seems perfectly normal to me.
dimebagdave77 1 year ago
known a few schizophrenics - and once you get a sense of that, sometimes you can spot it very quickly - like knowing a spice so well, you can easily guess when somebody put it into something. Sadly, here, you can hear it in his voice: and yes, he's already pretty far gone. He's struggling to hold a train of thought while being overwhelmed by the imagery that surrounds it - choosing to be dazzled is one thing, but never being able to think straight is hell.
CusterFlux 1 year ago
@CusterFlux Why people refuse to admit this baffles me. I worked with an actor who was one even dated one.(briefly) the poetic abstract train of thought is dazzling and terrifying at the same time.
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bibi5027 4 months ago
The most telling document on Syd. Pink Floyd was just him having a break from painting.
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ritacosgame 1 year ago
i could listen to him talk forever and ever :)
423likeajewel 1 year ago 2
@423likeajewel yeah me to he has a really sexy accent
Cassie86R 1 year ago
Hes voice is just as calming and sedative and narcotic as jim morrisons and kevin spaceys
kukoskarsson 2 years ago 18
@kukoskarsson Does Spacey trip balls like Morrison and Barret?
xPurpleDrinkx9001 1 year ago
@xPurpleDrinkx9001 the coolest things about spacey are his last name & american beauty of course
knickd1979 1 year ago
no but his name says so.. haha
kukoskarsson 1 year ago
This , the interview And the video footage, is absolutely wonderful...... Syd.....A beautiful person
68Strut 2 years ago 6
@68Strut And such a sad waste. I have been into substances, so I can't be too critical of Syd's gradual decline, but he had a vision, however dark. He really was beautiful. Like Nick Drake as well.
bartonim 2 years ago
I do love his voice. It's sort-of calming if you know what I mean. I also find this rather sad...
What an artist. All the great artists seemed to go downhill at a certain point. It is awful that he had to go through all that he did in his lifetime. One of the greats and always will be. Rest in peace, Syd.
CobraXHrdRckr 2 years ago 3
hehehe he studders so much! I Love Syd
thewyndian 2 years ago
I enjoy closing my eyes and listening to him speak. His way of talking allows me to absorb everything he says. I love it.
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bibi5027 4 months ago
Fruuze,
If you really were stoned you wouldn't be reffering to Syd's rambling as... ramblings. Besides dude even if you really were stoned who gives a flying fuck?
tesfan4evr 2 years ago
The voice at the end of "Brain Damage" sounds alot like Syd, doesn't it? He was gone at that point, but maybe they just had a clip from before?
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Fruuze 2 years ago
I believe you. I'm gonna go and get stoned in a little while. Syd always did made sense to me in a true meaningful artsy way.
miguelisdistructive 2 years ago 5
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bibi5027 4 months ago
apparently Syd developed a cockney accent after he put on weight and went bald. i just find it all strange, perhaps you had to know him to understand it all.
JohnnyMarr03 2 years ago 2
dgg it bobshenix me too, i might b turning into him, not on purpose. who wants that but all i doo is light visuals to floyd
whtevr2008 2 years ago
would anyone please tell me when this interview took place? Thanks in advance
ChuckWoolerybaby 2 years ago
syd makes me so curious...
MhmNiice 2 years ago 6
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Life makes me far more curious ! A lot more curious than some hero worshiped jumped up TURD !!!
yellow2000fluff 2 years ago
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Why all the mystical bullshit aroma that they make about this guy ? He's talking pure & utter shit there ! He's obviously trying so hard to be different ! (Pretentious Cambridge,private schoolboy jerkoffs the Floyd & Barret !) Although I love the Floyd's albums from meddle onwards !!!
yellow2000fluff 2 years ago
And you're listening to an interview with a musician you can't stand because...?
peacelovenukes 2 years ago 2
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So I can SLATE Him !!!
yellow2000fluff 2 years ago
..........And its quite obvious that you have never experienced lsd.
wazzupa666 2 years ago
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Go watch ALICE or yellow submarine ! Look at some Dali paintings or check out the animation nation documenteries ! There's a lot of L.S.D based ideas amongst that lot that are far more creative than Barret's feeble efforts !!!
yellow2000fluff 2 years ago
It's quite obvious you got no ears. In case you have, well go listen to Interstellar Overdrive.
bocadeferro 2 years ago
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No I have got ears I'm sorry to say & play guitar ! Just been getting into the willaims piece Cavatina ! You see the reason why I don't listen to interstellar overdrive is because I do have ears !!!
yellow2000fluff 2 years ago
I've heard that din so many times before I'd rather not ever hear it again !!!
yellow2000fluff 2 years ago
ah irony..
thebandcoca 2 years ago
This guy was too nice and honest for the music business.
DaveS12382 2 years ago 6
Im 45 now and 2 of my friends check out but never check back in. It is sad; once they are gone they are never the same. If you come from a family with mental illness LSD doesn't help. My 2 cents
husky500cr 2 years ago 2
I hear ya man.. it gets a bit ridiculous. I am a huge Floyd fan, enjoy Piper very much, and have both Syd's solo albums (madcap is the better one), and i definitely see a genius in Syd but most of the material was wrote in a two year span... he just didnt do enough to be an idol.
Its a sad story, and i love LSD personally but yes ppl need to be cautious and history of mental illness is a huge warning sign. Syd just went overboard and is only idolized so much because he did. It is sad.
bobshenix 2 years ago
he would be idolized anyway
kiss904 1 year ago
Ms. Teen South Carolambridge ;) daaghhhhahahha jk
im geting a syd painting tatood
retrocareermelted 2 years ago
I wish there was an interview of his later years, before he died :-(
I'd be curious to know how he felt about the way his life turned out, and if he had any regrets.
Too bad he refused to come in the public view any longer.
tipoomaster 2 years ago 4
This is very sad. He's gone at this stage. One of only two rock writers I'd put on a pedestal, the other being Curtis of Joy Division.
seanreillyireland 2 years ago 10
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@seanreillyireland This is where he tells us what really happened. A lot of assumptions have indeed taken place. Pink Floyd may well have been just him taking a break from painting.
theonlyantony 7 months ago
rip syd
gmg4 2 years ago 2
I could listen to Syd talk forever. His voice...♥ The Madcap was a brilliant artist with his painting and music. You can tell he was a genius by listening to him talk. What a beautiful man Syd was, Shine On You Crazy Diamond.♥
freshtilldeath017 2 years ago 53
this crazy diamond had some skillz
mbtemlett 2 years ago 8
Hello Syd where ever you are
The same thing happened to me. I've been filled up with other peoples ideas about everything and I can see that so clearly now.I respond to so much with what has been fed into me by "teachers' or "adverts' or dreams of "success' .So much of what comes out of me is dripping with the "ideas' of my time.If it is possible to be free of all these argeements then I want to be.
Thankyou Syd for trying to be you
I will always love you
You helped me through
SAINTARGENTUM777 2 years ago 16
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Yo, relax man. We all like syd a whole bunch, but you never met him, how you you love him? You love his music i bet, but him as a person you dont know. I feel bad for you honestly, cause that is kinda pathetic
Greeklighthouse 2 years ago
make love, not war
Mailebran 2 years ago 10
It's interesting once you figure out the question and what he's going about and it is the way Floyd made music at that time. Great stuff!!
Thanks!!!
nartrock 2 years ago
"Funny, he spoke for three minuted but didn't actually say anything. "
I think you'll find he said plenty, its just that you were too fucking thick to understand it.
StanPomeray 2 years ago 20
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bibi5027 4 months ago
I love his voice. Long live Syd
lemoncookies321 2 years ago 5
He sounds very out of it, sort of talking incoherantly. I mean I get what he's talking about, but there are some spots where he sort of drifts off into another dimension. Definitely on the brink of losing it all. How sad....
scottudell 2 years ago
Sexy voice.
LoveSenseDimension 2 years ago 29
I know right
pkpwnagez 2 years ago 6
OOOH YEAH!
HippyRockChocChick 2 years ago
@LoveSenseDimension i have a sexy voice too ..comes with being a singer i guess :P
codern 1 year ago
His songs are like a painting to me.
PolarSun1 2 years ago 9
...his voice was slow and soft....
PinkFloydSTYLE 2 years ago 13
Personaly i think the whole Pink Floyd story is about friendship's falling apart, and it all started from the beginning. You don't have to blame the drug use only.
scraleteagle70 2 years ago 4
and Gilmour is doing a great job with the whole thing. I think he understand Syd the most of all.
scraleteagle70 2 years ago 4
Didn't Syd and Gilmour learn to play guitar together? As i recall they went to the same high school and learned to play together so definitely Gilmour was the best choice as they had a similar mindset for guitar.
swagerty5 2 years ago
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nesnejnodnarb 2 years ago
who cares no matter how much money was in or wasnt it never brought back syd anyway
live on somewhere where you deserve mr Keith barrett
gumby0s69 2 years ago
nooo its syd barrett that's how it is
HappyTimeIrish 3 years ago
You say it's Waters? Well you're wrong!
psykoosi 3 years ago
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That is Roger Waters.
eccomuse 3 years ago
Dream on suckers !
77doriella 3 years ago
The interview was made a month before he had a breakdown from taking too much acid.
holloholloway 3 years ago
Nice one secondsmegma. Says a lot about you. Seriously. Crappy New Year to you.
77doriella 3 years ago
I'm talking about his life and career not only money. Anyway like I said some people just dont want to tarnish thier heroes names and the truth is easily avoided.
77doriella 3 years ago
Seriously. You are a twat arn't you. Shut up talking your ignorant shit that you, and only you, have decided is the truth. Get your head out of your arse and face your own realities dickhead!
secondmesa 3 years ago
Syd got royaly checks, the band just didn't leave him for dead. When he died he left over two million to his siter, he wasn't penniless.
ozdemir4321 3 years ago
Ever heard "Baby Lemonade"?
The checks Syd got in the mail were what he was talking about when he says "send a cage through the post"
aewester 3 years ago
Interesting idea. Where did it come from, the idea?
secondmesa 3 years ago
No ,they were not about recieving cheques.
'Send a cage through the post' relates to entrapping someone via 'psychic' means!
Lemonade relates to the tree of life, lemon being yellow and yellow being the number 5 I think!
The 'washing machine' is when certain people play games with your mind and get you to top yourself!
Its ALL very cabbalistic and quite sad!
imperialpod 2 years ago
The whole song seems to be about him seeking refuge from the world and imploring help from someone he values. "send a cage through the post, make your name like a ghost" does indeed sound like he's talking about royalty cheques. Perhaps "Cold iron hands, clap the party of clowns outside" was a reference to his former band? and to the audience they were performing for?
YoMomsHero 2 years ago
What I found sad was that Apples & oranges, vegetable man, scream thy last scream, are all excellent songs but didn't show the same attention to production as in See Emily play etc, if so they would have deserved a place on "Saucerful.." instead the band sound like they were "dialling" it in. But then you don't know the pressures Syd put on the other band members with his erratic behaviour. I don't think they should be blamed at all.
YoMomsHero 2 years ago
Good point sydsbluestar. Unfortunately Waters and Wright (when he was still with us)both said in interviews that they regreted not contacting Syd. Only the lame brained Mason saying that it was a shame. Of course Syd would be upset and so would most of us having been robbed of earning a fortune. Take a look at Syds semi detached and then a look at Waters vast estate. These guys made a ton of money on the back of thier genius deserted leader and any amount of excuse making wont change the facts.
77doriella 3 years ago
walters aint dead lol
ORALORALSEX 3 years ago
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it's waters.
jordanfan1023 3 years ago
yer wow sorry i spelt his name wrong lol
ORALORALSEX 3 years ago
wright is
gumby0s69 2 years ago
as far as im aware royalties were given to barrett but soon his sister and mother took hold of his finances simply because he didnt want it. He didnt want anything to do with his life as a pop star. A recluse. If he had made the decision to accept them he would be very wealthy.
Also during the 70's for long time he lived in a penthouse suite of a hotel in london, thats not cheep. Syd never disliked what they did(not picking him up) otherwise he wouldnt have wanted to make 2 albums with DG n RWr
tensago 3 years ago
1971 ?
cnytgvn 3 years ago
late summer 1967
crinkleman123 3 years ago
Syd's family, namely his sister, Rosemary, decided it was best for the remaining members of Floyd not to contact Syd. It upset him to be reminded of those days, and it was stated that Syd would go into a depression for, sometimes, weeks because of it. David Gilmour, however, remained in contact with Rosemary, and made sure that Syd received royalties for the rest of his life.
sydsbluestar 3 years ago 3
You sad sacks wont have a bad word said about your money grabbing heroes will you. They cared so much about Syd that after Gilmour finished producing Syds solo albums, not one of them contacted or visited him for the remainder of his life.Even Waters now has the balls to admit his guilt. Dream on suckers.
77doriella 3 years ago
Does it make sense?
penguin0041452 3 years ago
Gilmour brought him back in as a hired hand and paid him a wage for playing. (fact) Anyway I give up its obvious that this bunch of self serving, backstabbing, money grabbing, boring old farts can do no wrong in your eyes. Enjoy!!!
77doriella 3 years ago
Roger is still (just about) alive you half wit. Your ignorance says it all. By the way did any of you out there know that Richard Wright was later hired as a session player by the Floyd after being kicked out of the band. Nice people eh ?
77doriella 3 years ago
It wasn't the band that kicked rick out. It was Waters. As soon as Waters left the band, Gilmour brought Wright back in.
musicphreek446 3 years ago