David Gilmour - 'Here I Go' (Syd Barrett) (Live & Acoustic, December 9, 2008)

[the47monkeys]

wow!



[marchofgodzilla]

I think syd had a mental condition but not so bad it couldnt be treated. If the other members of pink floyd had of taken him somewhere to be diagnosed early he might have been able to have stayed with pink floyd.

[chev6art]

@marchofgodzilla Doubtful. He was known to have been mentally unstable even by his dad. LSD pushed him over the edge some time in 1967, but therapy was tried in the form of getting his solo career off the ground, by none other than his own former comrades in Floyd. As time went by he grew increasingly difficult to work with. What was left over was a vacant recluse who spent the last 35 years of his life in self-imposed isolation, leaving the rest of us with an enormous sense of loss

[marchofgodzilla]

@chev6art Man no offense to you but getting his solo career helped out by the guys who kicked him out of pink floyd would have been like twisting the knife further.

[chev6art]

@marchofgodzilla This stuff is not hard to research. They didn't kick him out of the band. If they had set out to do that, Syd would've been gone in the summer of '67. They tried to accomodate him any way they knew how. But it was obvious to them and the fans that Syd was ill and often incapable of performing. Nobody wanted Syd to go; they knew what they had, even back then. But maybe Syd perceived the whole thing different. In his last years he breathed threats at Roger Waters. So sad.

[boonexy]

@marchofgodzilla yes, read some history. They encouraged him to get back into it. They were friends since childhood. Syd would have taken the whole thing down... no dark side... no wish you were here. In the last days syd tried to sabotage gigs and shoots, he suggested in the end that the way forward was to hire two female saxophonists and something else equally ridiculous.

[viciousbloodbath]

Someone who completely lost their mind would have never written a song like this.

[scrim29]

this is sweet like the titty!

[ste8636]

Awesome to hear David do this song!

[DeanMorgan1888]

Truly wonderful.

[caledwards]

wow, very good

[wilkesysublime]

In the crazy world of music it does not get better than this.

[omentummajus]

it's great to see ''that big band'' alwasy remembered who planted their roots

[AndyWitmyer]

I love Gilmour... but talk about ironic! This song was Syd's big F-ck You to Pink Floyd! Nice cover, though.

[nice1centurion]

the best cover on youtube by far

[TheCezz]

can't believe i found this! what a great tribute !!! one of the best barrett songs ever!!!!

[infinitalocura]

cool!!!!

[MrBlacknail69]

good one dave.there was something special special about sids lyrics

[triptoheaveandho]

wow i loved hearing this..... Thanks Dave for doing kit and thanks robotorb for posting1

[kingpinlwf]

Really great stuff! Thanks for posting!

[k0stil]

don`t you think this song is kinda about pink floyd.

"big band" is pink floyd

[SydzDarling4Eternity]

@k0stil yup

[ipris]

i never expected to hear gilmour covering this. wow.

[Fendergreats19933]

David playing Syds gems amazing <3

[cecopiteco]

ouch !

[oliverbueckle]

the madcap laughs... from above.

[madcapblue1]

i love david gilmour for beiing a great guitartist and great friend to beautiful syd rip.

[MyKnvb]

David Gilmour..............un DIOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[jefduf]

Libby Gausden ,syd first serious girfriend, after he met Linsney Korner.

[Psychadelicify]

Such a touching, heartfelt performance. I saw a few other guys trying to cover Barrett & it was an absolute bloody fail. I think maybe from now I'll only watch Gilmour tributes.. Although it is nice to see Syd's legacy being fulfilled. Shine on you Crazy Diamond. A light in your eye & A spring on your step <3

[jefduf]

She said a big band is far better that you,Libby words to syd.She didn't like rock and roll and neither is music. Bummer, maybe words that was coming back during is trips.

[Psychadelicify]

@jefduf Who's Libby?

[mojos2006]

No one pays such heartfelt tribute to the genius of Syd than David Gilmour. Not even Robyn Hitchcock can evoke the same sentimentality than when you hear Dave covering Syd. Beautiful stuff!

[WHOBYFIRE333]

I love Syd Barrett so much could only imagine how much David loves him!

[KennethKaniffFromCT]

Hey I love this song!! It's one of the only "normal" Syd songs. Cool to hear Dave playing it.

[FreiKonigsberg]

Imagine how much more Syd's genius would have evolved if it wasn't for the acid.

[Nic01224]

Good in its own way, Syd Barrett version will always be my favourite though. David Gilmour, Syd Barretts loyal friend even after the Pink Floyd!

[JoeChrisMorris]

charming cover of a solo Barrett track

[orestiano]

syd barrett is a god...!

[Nathantok7]

david's version is better

[ilikeblondie]

the sound is so fantastic it feels as my head is literally melting like candle wax

[revolution880]

i love this song !

my friend jony chivi doesnt but who cares

he is an idiot,anyways

rip syd

[BlueMoon329]

this is not good he should not try to do syds work he is not syd and this song is not even from when he was in floyd and i dont care who gets pissed i love david but he shoud not do syds stuff

[phlizmo]

@BlueMoon329 they were friends. Get over it

[djdre123]

@BlueMoon329 Gilmour produced and played instruments on a lot of syd`s tracks, so what im saying is that david did alot of syds stuff back in the late 60`s.

[BlueMoon329]

@djdre123 no im not saying that i saying it is not right he still trys to do his songs after syd is dead if some one heard this they might thank that it is a david song and i do know that it has syd's name in the tital but if it did not david would get the credit for it and i hate covers of fucking great songs

[greenfuzzz16]

@BlueMoon329 even if it didnt say the name in the title he mentions hes going to play a song from syd, by the way look at how many people have covered this song on you tube, if they can do it then david should have 500 times more right to cover it

[BlueMoon329]

@greenfuzzz16 yeah and it any mor right for the other people to cover it

[cosimomazzotta]

genius

[tykeinperth]

'Washed potatoes'... if anyone has the right to sing a Syd song, it's David Gilmour. Didn't he teach him to play guitar??Nobody's songs are sacrosanct... they are there to be interpreted, sometimes good, sometimes bad. I think Dave Gilmour does an excellent job. That's my two bobsworth.And I love Syd's stuff.

[dankton1976]

smoothy version all I miss here is Barrett's "tip toe" ding-ding-ding guitar

[washedpotatoes]

damnit don't sing syd's songs. it doesn't work.

[madcapblue1]

fucking great tribute to the great madcap!

[polvotone]

that was so fucking good. as david got older, he realized, that there has never been another syd.

[eldavio]

very bad cover, gilmour killed a perfect song.

[kapomafia]

Que tema!! i love this song!! a great version David!

Syd!! Shine On!

[danielvlee]

Thanks, David, from all the Syd Barrett fans out there like myself. Great song!

[leunamme1718]

Pink Floyd rules!!

[vauxhall908]

go to barrets archives look at tabs

[volcaDAN165]

Anyone have the chords for this?

[sigmundfloyder]

The chords I playv for this tune are:

intro: B F#, B F# , D# C#, E.

verses: A D# 9, Bmin 7, E. (repeat) A , A7 D, Dmin, A E. repaet verse.

chorus (if you can call it that) D, Dmin A, A7, D, Dmin A E, then a D Dmin A F#, B E.

then into verse again. kinda catchy!

rest easy syd.

[aikodude]

amazing! i gots me the shivers! thanks david!

[ghonzalo]

wow, this is beautiful.

[sigmundfloyder]

Nobody knows how special Syd's songs are more than David.

[TwilightBracer]

I DO

[Slapbass13]

I do.

[Brrrrr43]

IMO i think if you have David as a friend, you have him for life and even death, unless you cross him up. I love how he remembers Syd and now Richard too, shows a lot about a man's character.

[djkalteraphine]

SO awesome! Thanks so much!

[floydgenesisnut]

David does Syd's songs justice. At least David honored Syd and Rick Wright with playing some unheard gems when he plays them live. David has done many Syd songs live since 1994 and did Rick's "Remember a Day" after Rick's passing. At least David honors his friends unlike Roger whom just plays Shine On and WYWH as tributes but DG does Syd covers as tributes to his old friend.

[lapointeric]

Yes he does. Dominoes from the Meltdown concert is one of my all time fav songs.... I never would have heard it otherwise.

[floydgenesisnut]

His version of "Dominoes" in 2002 was phenomenal. The live version on Live in Gdansk 3-CD/2-DVD is just as good, if not better. David can sing Syd songs and at least honors them (unlike Roger). Roger doesn't like to perform any material pre-DSotM sans Set the Controls. David be it with PF and/or solo did Arnold Layne, Astronomy Domine, Terrapin, Dark Globe, Remember a Day, Fat Old Sun, Echoes, One of These Days, Wots...Uh the Deal.

[Thomas1190]

Couldn't agree with you guys more. well said. David is the man!!

[PaintedFilms]

absolutely! david also played one of the songs from rick's last solo album broken china called 'breakthrough' at the meltdown concert. david cherishes their friendship for sure. and it's a beautiful musical friendship.

[Slapbass13]

He's a good bloke.

[evanem66]

Good God, just once I would like to read the comments section after a Floyd clip without reading some so-called fan's opinion of who's better, Roger or David. Give it a rest people. The two of them have. The music would not have been nearly as good had they both not been there to collaborate on it.

[ShALX19]

yes. I love you Syd...

[GOTICOG]

Shit. Syd Barrett rulez.

[yesmon4real]

Thanks for posting, sooo cool, enjoyed.

[sigmundfloyder]

wow

[alienfloyd]

Very cool, thanks for posting!

[GCalla420]

Nice work David, R.I.P Syd