Pink Floyd - Chapter 24

[GoatBeach]

"Action Brings Good Fortune"

[a280281]

the first three numbers syd mentions in these lyrics are 6...7...and 7 again if you reverse them to get .....7/7/6 its quite strange as this is the date he died 7th of july 2006

[a280281]

clearly somebody filming the gig in the second photo i wonder whos attic thats sitting in ???

[MoveOverCasanova]

hearing these piper songs it becomes quite clear - barrett was to smart for this whack world! i mean piper at the gates of dawn makes magical mystery tour seem so cheap pop....

[gibsongold1970]

and for me too please?

[rojblake82]

I find this song quite superb and it is one I would regularly sing, when I bought the cd. I think Syd Barrett did well as a musician, it is a shame he has passed away now but we all pass away sometime it is a certainty. We must make the best of our one life, that we have got and not do things to shorten it if we can avoid doing so.

[MrTiezomod]

con ésta canción recuerdo a una ex novia :)

[joeyhage]

wake up world and start producing music like this again or we will fall hard

[Th0masBivens]

One of Pink Floyd's most interesting songs. Hexagram 24: Fu / Return (The Turning Point). This hexagram is linked with the the month of the winter solstice. I quote Hexagram 24, which says: "Return. Success. Going out and coming in without error... All movements are accomplished in six stages, and the seventh brings return... seven is the number of the young light, and it arises when six, the number of the great darkness, is increased by one." Syd was definitely studying I-Ching.

[Tanman5677]

i never knew early pink floyd sounded like the beatles.

[3nz0f3r]

@Tanman5677 i know, but i love it equally.

[luiG16]

What is the I ching?

[qrichi]

@luiG16 you are now officially ignorant

[danielneufeld]

so beautiful

[MyIRRI]

Perfect !

[seweryne30]

LSD !!!!

[dannycefc]

@seweryne30 I Ching this about

[FOTOCHOCK]

very strange diria yo. lo infantil de un lunatico. tal vez en la infancia todos estamos locos y los locos son infantiles.

[Claudiobenyossef]

Moraisito Ametista - The best...

[SuperNevile]

Last line of PATGOD ~ a room full of musical tunes, some rhyme, some CHING **, some are clockwork" Lets go into the other room and make them work.

** see Chapter 24. Is the last line referring to all the previous tracks? Maybe not but intriguing.

[DarkEchoes3095]

Everything is magic, Now! <3

[rubyrose456]

The music of Syd Barrett and Richard Wright was -IS- just so good! Really Something...Blessed is their Music, without a doubt. And so, too. are they, heart and soul! Thanks for this video!

[krysylys]

Syd! Word's cannot express...

You knew that. But you tried. And struggled and suffered to be understood.

A burden you bore all your life, but for a short time you shared yourself with us.

We cannot be other than grateful.

You were a diamond but you were never "crazy". Simply "elsewhere".

[sharakkone]

shine on...

[guitapepon]

GOD!!

[Androgenny]

I could listen to this song every day. Fantastic.

[exzealient]

RIP Syd. PS: you aren't missing anything.

[Bl4ckice117]

we miss you...4 years :(

[vicory]

Can anyone provide an antecedent to music like this? I mean, where did this come from?

When I was a freshman at Ann Arbor going to U of M, I found this music through a particularly musically aware dorm-mate. It was strange, but strangely beautiful in a way I couldn't quite put my finger on at the time. Frankly, I still can't. I guess this can be attributed to the brilliance of Syd, that no one has ever been found an equal or an heir to the rich tapestry of his muse.

[skullyj2002]

@vicory

Two obvious antecedents are The Beatles "Tomorrow never knows" and "Love you to." Both were recorded April 1966 and released August 1966. All the Pink Floyd songs were written months later, in late 1966 and early 1967.

Also, The Kinks had 2 songs with eastern influences "See my friends" from 1965, and "Fancy" from June 1966.

I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of right now.

[sandro28grizz]

@skullyj2002 Agreed, the Beatles definitely had a major influence on the early Floyd. But you have to admit, Floyd took things to an entirely different level. The only thing even remotely close in those days was Zappa, and I doubt either one knew anything about the other until years later. Honorable mention would be the Doors, as they were making records in '66-'67.

[stalkek]

@sandro28grizz Tomorrow Never Knows by the Beatles in 66 was most certainly on an entirely different level. Stuff like I Am the Walrus, All Too Much, Flying . . .

[sandro28grizz]

@stalkek I agree, the Beatles were definitely ahead of their time. But Floyd began what eventually became progressive rock.

[9540525]

The Beatles and their Pepper are children in comparison with Chapter 24 and the whole Piper.

[Zodist]

Roger Bass is out of tune but who the fuk cares?It sounds perfect to this song.Cheers

[smooro]

genius' masterpiece......just perfect.

[dragmio]

LOL what a tripe...

[jackrusseljack5]

when i heard this for ht efirst time, y felt like in a meadow, I was laying on a tree, while seeing the sunset, i love it.

[Wooler90]

Incredible, legendary Syd Barrett. Takes me somewhere else.

[burchified]

The time is with the month of winter solstice, when the change is due to come.

[jonLukasC]

@Glitch385 crack pot

[mtt2910]

For some reason this is actually my fav floyd' song

[wherleybird]

DAT BASS

[burchified]

I was stoned the first time I heard this song. I was thinking about 2012 and the song came on. It scared the shit out of me. There are no coincidences.

[youtubbs67]

@burchified Shit man, that's weird. I was thinking the same thing. It makes sense.

[Bobb9999]

A very pretty Christmas song!

My I Ching trans.has Hexagram #24 as "Fu/Return (The Turning Point)", and many lines are near identical in both the book & song.

A Christmas song of sorts, as the point in time described in the book/song has particular reference to Winter Solstice, according to book & song!

The only other I Ching song I know is Dylan's "Rainy Day Women#12 & 35". Dylan, a big IC fan in mid-'60s,obviously threw the I Ching & got #12with 5th line moving,giving a 2nd hexagram#35!

[Bernler75]

Nick sure has a very expensive drumkit :P

Also, my favourite lines of this song is;

"Thunder in the other course of heaven

Things cannot be destoyed once and for all!"

[gibsongold1970]

it forms when darkness is increased

by one.genius!

[Jledesma23]

i jack off to this

[Cgrrp]

the layered vocals at the end are my favourite part, it always gets me.

[mobyboy]

appocaliptic

[acdc0895]

amazing bass

[igguasu]

wow this song hides so much mystery and majesty,inspired from The Ancient Ching,i love the great and deep meaning of it,the seven is the number of the young light and it comes from the six which is the number of the darkness when it increases by 1....

[serbianhero1389]

ITS SYD

[Markthompson123]

wheres that footage

syd is so mystical

[alien8ted]

I think this is Barrett's best ever vocal performance, and, like Jimi Hendrix's 'If Six Were Nine,' is based on the Chinese I Ching or book of changes. Nice Farfisa organ by Rick Wright as well. Nice.

[ElliotSpencerBassett]

Still to this day one of the best albums worth buying.

[skybluemarshall]

Hmm, This might be the best song on Piper. I never realized how good this one was. I love re-discovering songs on Youtube

[TheIsabel7]

This song is priceless.

[michaelpister]

A movement is accomplished in six stages,

And the seventh brings return.

How ingenious can one be to utilize the I Ching in for a pop song in the late 60's?

Shine on, you crazy diamond...

[SuperNevile]

@michaelpister "The seven is the number of the young light, it forms when darkness is increased by one." Is that I Ching, or Syd? Whoever it is it's a great lyric. "Things cannot be destroyed once and for all "~ Now that's the "First Law of Thermodynamics" (Conservation of Energy)~ what a guy.

[mefromhereandthere1]

@SuperNevile I didn't know. Tell me more, please. Thermodynamics and Syd?

[SuperNevile]

@mefromhereandthere1 Yes ~ Lyrics Chapter 24 ~ "Things cannot be destroyed once and for all". First Law Of Thermodynamics is an expression of the principle of conservation of energy, and states that "energy can be transformed (changed from one form to another), but cannot be created or destroyed"

[mefromhereandthere1]

@SuperNevile Thank you! I got it.

[Zamoraaah]

a genius throughout the ages...syd!!!

[a280281]

does anybody have the footage that the mans filming of syd on stage in the 2nd photo i would love to see that

[siralbarrett]

Me too,they did a UK tour with Jimi Hendrix,the Move etc.someone must have filmed tips at least...

[suckminus]

He has always put things into words than cannot be written.

[ZowieFillups]

Give Syd a hug for me Rick. We love you.

[jdel58]

best

[FirePandaProductions]

RIP Richard William Wright

you and syd both..

[TyMadness]

sunset...sunrise...

[mrmorrison22]

dude yeah i read chapter 24 in the book of changes (I-Ching).....

it's about return....

pretty cool.

[Back2TFuture]

r.i.p Syd