I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives

[octopusride]

i like this version better than the original. is it indochine ?

[Biigfish559]

Some of the views of Syd by many people seem to focus on his decline blah blah; all the prying (yet fascinating and necessary in a way) pictures of him in his later years show a seemingly ordinary chap stricken with the ravages of that "disease" we all hate; aging.We all wanted so much more from him, but he left us on a cliff edge. Fair play to him.

[youmeddlingkids]

so sad to see syd like this. he was a magnificent creature before he got brain damage. i wish they'd investigate his last day as the old syd where he went and what happened. in an interview with rick wright he said syd left a taping on wednesday, didn't show up friday, was found sunday and was this new guy. not in a good way. what happened in those 2 days? it should be investigated before everyone who may have seen him then is dead.

[bibi5027]

@youmeddlingkids he was still magnificent,before and after too,i was lucky to talk to him,he was one lovely,sweet person

[mudman1881]

Is it just me that wants to smack the singer of this in the mouth?? So fuckin annoying!!

[ChuckFeren]

@mudman1881 same here. whydid that faggot give out syd's adress. like omg you guise i really know where syd barrett lives, am I cool yet?

[vauxhall908]

Syd lives right hear in my ear.



[villiparis]

Are you like some crazy stalker that took photos of Barret and wrote songs about him lol

[mudman1881]

Horrible fuckin patronising load of shite!!! Hated it!!!

[unaperrson]

This song sounds like "Brain Damage" a bit.

[vaggelisparaskevas]

i dont think it is the original is it ?

[cmtz93]

my uncle dropped acid with barrett

and said barrett would always think outsid of walls talking about walls and animals he loved his cat RIP SYD

[booshid]

An inspiring and touching tribute. Keep on creating

[coxtriggs]

Fabulous, where can I get a CD of this music, love it, v. emotional.

[Bechyyy]

Syd Barrett uměl krásně zpívat,tyhle muzikanty miluju

[luiG16]

Blahblahblah.. why dont you fck yourself and go listen to the comercial beatles

[dennis789111]

Well aren't you the little potty mouth. The Beatles broke up in 1969 dumbo!

[luiG16]

dont u have enough money to buy one of their albums? you can download it from Ares

[Dan5482]

Touching, man...

[TheQuilledMind]

Very good of you to do a tribute for the great fallen artist.

[chillart22]

one of many,many fallen artists

[sydbarrett224]

Nice tribute

[SenorSpode]

I know where Syd lives, too. He's in the ground. End of story.

RIP, Syd! You were genius!

[Jabberw0cky7]

Your comment is so melancholic, but true by the way...

[aidanofbuses]

no he lives in heaven

[serbianhero1389]

actually hes not in the ground,his ashes were given to family and were not buried

[humber159]

Lovely

[jameseybhoy1974]

this song is awesome, and I like the video

[mariangaita]

gracias por vivir en esta epoca y dejarnos esto .nunca moriras

[santororock]

it has similar chords of "us and them "in many parts of the song

[HashFloyd]

This song is written by the band: Television Personalities. When David Gilmour heard it he invited the band to join pink floyd in their shows..however, the lead singer did a stupid thing during the concert: he told the audience the address of Syd's house..the band was then kicked out by pink floyd from their shows

[PINKalessioFLOYD]

ohh shit!!!! really???? what a fuckin idiot

[nyu6697]

@HashFloyd

That incident happened on Gilmour's solo tour of 1984. It did not involve the Floyd as a band.

[wogerwaters]

vewy touching song, made me cwy

[rodfloyd]

Realmete fantástica a canção linda

[hounddig]

Who wrote this song?

[BeatleEd2008]

this song is pure class. just love it. Shine on syd

[floydianofwench]

simply gorgeous

[elcolgado1]

adios mi hermano. gracias por su buen mundo y su magica voz

[taximal]

sorry mt can you tell me about sid in english if you can think your trying to say its magic.

[taximal]

sid lives with us all

he comes to visit me sometimes

im sure hes been with you.

[binke1968]

syd's music isnt sad or spooky ???? Pink Floyd's music is spooky every song they have is about Syd from they're perspective

[st4nparker]

syd genio!!!

[Ninyae1]

I wonder if Dan Treacy really did visit him? Man, there would have been nothing greater than to be on speaking terms with Syd. I don't reckon he was mad, just tuned in.

[BaudeLaire78]

I like Syd Barrett so much ! His music is so special but hauting, like a childish song dealing with Hell.

[cybershadow58]

nice song-- reminiscent of the Floyd tunes.

[ARMANY32]

imprecionante y doloroso ver acabar una forma de observar el mundo de un personaje tan extraño e incomprencible.........te extrañare hermano syd

[nicovdl]

me gusta

[buccobilly28]

Who is singing this? This is great and beautiful rendition.

[eric1012wi]

I thought that the Television Personalities did it?

[Bandhausproductions]

Imo It's from "Chocolat Art"

[mayorelvis2]

I find it sad and tragic that we still have no clue as to why the human brain fails and people sink into what we call madness. What we know is that some otherwise healty individuals can react really badly to chemical drugs such as LSD and never be the same person after taking it. To conclude I think that untill the medical field acquires new knowledge and can heal the brains and minds of humans I recommend no one experiments with mind altering drugs like LSD.Rest in peace my friend Sid Barret.

[druijx]

ciao syd.......

[segits]

dark dreamy innocent wild mad mysterious beautiful

[Toratoradora]

This cant be the television personalities version, it must be a cover where they have taken guitar from the brain damage song?!

[ndgambella]

yea.. this is totally brain damage

[AndieGreen72]

Excelente tema !!! es lo mas parecido a floyd que escuche pero original. mejor que cualquier banda tributo!!

[ZeldaHeroOfTime]

sounds a lot like brain damage from dark side of the moon. which was written about his mental state as well which is kinda cool.

[babylonsdestruction]

I like this song. It kinda sound like a Barrett-song :P

[giovmari]

yea simple, the power of simplicity

[hafstrat]

And I'll be joining you there....

[portcityperson]

exploitation at its core

[logankavalar]

his eyes peirce thruogh you

[baruchuel]

Sounds like the Writ by Black Sabbath.

[tubelogin1]

yeah yeah i know, i know, my life has started a long ago.... yeah yeah i know.

well done. not many know that.

[castingtherunes]

Sounds like VU.

[MissGnR93]

Nice...:D

[Darko19861112]

it sounds a a little too close to dark side of the moon. the lunatic is in the hall

[psychemusik]

maybe so, but it´s raw and fragil and closer to Syd Barret and the early Pink Floyd.... I guess nowadays I like earlier stuff better... and I like this song by the TVP´s..

[Darko19861112]

i heard about this song in the kurt cobain diaries. it was in a list of his favorite songs and i thought it was just the coolest haunting name for a song

[AlbertMondback]

Interesting.

[burinpeter]

...what the hell, are you OK man?

[caterpepper]

Beautiful song...

[hasawunt9]

Wasn't this group called Television Personalities?

[bobbyiscool1992]

yup

[stinkboat]

ohhh I always thought it was The Soft Boys with Robyn Hitchcock. Thanks for clearing that up.

[stanleykneecap]

stinkboat you're probably thinkin of "the man who invented himself" which is about Syd. It's currently on Robyn Hitchcock's myspace page

[diddywahdaddy]

Soft Boys did Vegetable Man, though - and so did Jesus And The Mary Chain (their first single!).

[stanleykneecap]

Yeh i know mate, i've posted the soft boys version

[diddywahdaddy]

So you did, that's cool!! There's also a live cover with The Soft Boys doing Astronomy Domine (Two Halves For the Price Of One LP)and a nice, if not complete, video of Robyn Hitchcock doing accoustic cover of Dominoes(bonus cut on the official "Story of PF & Syd Barrett" DVD). Love it!!

[stanleykneecap]

Cheers, will look out for "2 halves". I was lucky enough to catch his "Games For May" tribute last year

[AnkaMusiclover]

Very simmerlar Guitar like Brain Damage, isn't it?

[prrolg]

Drain bramage yeah

[AnkaMusiclover]

Very good song, isn't it?

[prrolg]

Yep!

[psyjahbulon]

you cant have too many trips :P

[AnkaMusiclover]

Look at Syd and you know you can, mate!

[midnightpossum]

syd had one too many acid trips.

[snoski1]

Give the guy a break; the worms ate into his brain....

[Icorrectratings]

Yea.They're what you call no talent hacks."leetle man,leetle house"So lame! They're using Gnome too. Have you heard the rest of their songs?The ones that they had to write themselves? All crap. This creep thought it would cute to announce Syd's address to a stadium; give the stalkers some assistance. Just check out the new version of this "band". Pathetic.

[PAULLONDEN]

I know where Syd Vicious died #;-]

[chefkiku]

anyone else notice the musical similarity to "Brain Damage"? The chords are pretty close.

[koptapad]

No question. What a joke.

[Icorrectratings]

hey chef, my comment above is in agreement to you.

[irgifted]

Also the clock ticking reminded me of "Time."

[crazydiamonds3]

Source: everything2dotcom

A funny fact

In 1984, David Gilmour (Barrett's replacement in Pink Floyd) was promoting a solo album. He had heard I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives and liked the track enough to invite the Television Personalities on tour with him. It was a short-lived relationship though. During a gig in London, Dan Treacy (TVP's lead singer) read out Barrett's actual home address on stage. This was not a popular move with Gilmour, who had them dropped from the rest of the tour.

[crazydiamonds3]

I heard Pink Floyd esp David Gilmour were furious about this band. They invaded his privacy and im sure they leaked his address to the public.... thats wrong

[yousaiditzero]

WOW.....since I found this through searching for old Syd gems....I came to find myself investigating the rest of the 'Television Personalities library and, from what else I found on you tube.....I think this must be the best thing they ever did....

[nastydunk81]

haha, it's funny listening to all you po-faced Pink Floyd fans whinge about this song doing syd a disservice when really it captures syd's sense of humour perfectly. Wish you we're here, although a great song, isn't as fitting a tribute as this.

[yousaiditzero]

When was this song made? I hope Syd heard it before he passed.......

[moonstomp70]

1978/79 by The Television Personalities

[yousaiditzero]

A Gentleman with a voice........God Bless Syd and all of you

[katycoyote]

good for you..nice song xxxx

[badmotorfinger32]

Very Nice

[slumberingsam]

ANyone have a video of the man speaking. I want to hear him speak. AS in an interview.

Anyone read Nick masons book?

[rockroland789]

there prob isn't any besides the ones when he was in the band.

[zeddyded]

i swear hes like a mute. its just roger waters talking all the time. actually at the end of one song on here he says "yeah. thats right." lol thats all ive ever heard.

[davidtheboypotts]

the last person who did try and speak to him, journalist wise, was when his greatest hits came out and he appearded from no-where after all those years, he said "i think you better stop, i dont do that thing anymore" (or words to that meaning)

[marciobrandao]

comovente homenagem.agradeço a composiçao e a concepçao.

[ClaudeFlowers]

Obrigado muito muito.

[Dodkar]

Heavens for Syd, music is divine, I know where he is, out of question why

[kerdubennak]

dan treacy seems to be in a sad state too... this cover is quite good though

[phinx420]

cant even watch that whole video,,, the suong sux ass the guy who wrote it should kill himself, and these assholes wouldnt leave syd barrett the fuck alone!

[prrolg]

The music is very good. Did you write it really?

[leesawford]

now everyone knows where syd barrett lives!David Gilmour chucked this load of idiots off a tour they were supporting him on in the 80's for telling a packed audience where syd barrett lived...i bet he'd of loved that.

[rockroland789]

what do the 5 sattilites have to do with anything?

[StanPomeray]

The song was originally recorded by The Television Personalities in 1980. The actual tune is essentially a copy of "Only Women Bleed" by Alice Cooper.

[van1976]

Nice Post. thanks.

[miku1385]

it's sung by the lemonheads (lead singer: evan dando)

[almidonado]

Nah, this version is a cover by an Italian band called Sixtynine & The Continuous People. The original is by Daniel Treacy's Television Personalities.

[gummybits]

This is a sick video!!

[doxology26]

I enjoyed this song, After " I know where he lives." They sample Astronomy Domine. The rest of the song is reminiscent of Brain Damage. In My opinion.

[wetterbericht]

It's true. This is "brain damage", only slower... and Astronomy Domine... slightly... just one tune.

In my opinion, it is a failed attempt to honour one of the greatest musicians ever.

[baudelaire26]

the group that sings this terible song about invading someones right to live a normal life are the bastards the television personalities.

[JamJells]

http://www.google.com/musics?l­id=LoeKhva2iyC&aid=mavlfKhtNbM­&sid=h0QXfbrZxHH

[ghoulardi]

nice one

[dzukee]

Who sings this song?

[MKFaizi]

It is a nice song by that television group. Ask Dave Gilmour about them.

Faizi

[Graehaus]

No need to ask _David_ Gilmour anything. The Television Personalities repaid the opportunity to open for Gilmour in the early '80s by announcing at a concert Syd Barrett's Cambridge address. They were immediately booted off the tour and nobody's heard from them since.

[MKFaizi]

I knew that. That is why I said ask Gilmour. I loved Syd, too, but no way would I have ever approached him or gone to his home. He chose a private life and, as he said, "I'm not what you think I am anyway."

[kcrypt]

awesome vide & great song.