Thank you 'ganzina90' for uploading this excellent Syd Barrett video montage..The legend of Syd being the main catalyst who directly inspired Pink Floyd's lifework will forever shine-on us all!!
@peace...I had a friend in 70s take too much acid.He was a completely different person from that day on.Very sad....he was odd in every way personality wise
u do not get adicted to lsd rumors lies and tales though you may see some trails of which who can follow the trails you see are yours and only you can fallow.
but that the soul of Pink Floyd! what else is!? go to Lisbon to eat a nice pastel de nata a good port wine and everything else will actually have shit
@statasos1 He WAS Pink Floyd. They knew that. It took them three albums to find their own stye after Sid left. Three albums that would have died if Sid had not given the group the name.
Thats why they always missed him, recognised his importance with the songs they wrote about him many years later.
They knew that without Sid they would have been nothing, And this song, along with Shine oin You, is a thankyou to Sid.
@zzebowa That's right, I think it wasn't until 1973 when Darkside of the Moon had come out that they really had any really good albums since Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
@UknowToomuch Acid wasn't the root cause of his mania. Contrary to popular belief, you can not be "stuck" or become addicted to LSD. Reasonably though, LSD can uncover a mental illness that is laying dormant within you, and bring it about earlier than it would have had you not ingested LSD.
@PeacefulzRS thats not true, you can bend your mind from too much acid intake, i've had a few friends that took too much acid and were never the same, one friend had to be institutionalized after a really bad trip, and he had no underlying mental disease, it was the acid that left him unable to think rationally and coherently, his family spent a fortune to cure him, he saw a myriad of doctors, psycologists and psyciatrists, to no avail and his family had no history of mental disease.
@PeacefulzRS Exactly, I haven't done it in many years nor will I in the future. It was part of my youth and I make no apologies. I never experienced a bad trip,nor did I cause permanent psychological damage to myself. youtube doesnt all links to be posted,but I'll copy and paste some scientific evidence,so those thinking about experimenting can make up their own minds. It basically boils down to your personality type. users experiencing bad trips are often control freaks.
@kingfish4242 One of the pioneers of this LSD Psychotherapy in the sixties was Dr. Stanislav Grof. The Czechoslovakian doctor made some interesting observations on the responses of different people to LSD. This may help your decision.
Grof observed that people who react badly to LSD are often: "in their everyday life... constantly concerned about maintaining perfect control over their feelings and behavior.
@kingfish4242 They are afraid of temporary or permanent unleashing of instinctual energies, especially those of a sexual or aggressive nature, and of involuntary emotional outbursts. There is frequent preoccupation with the issue of loss of control and fear of social embarrassment, blunder and public scandal resulting from the ensuing behavior." (LSD Psychotherapy, Stanislav Grof (Hunter House, 1980) p. 55)
@kingfish4242 Most dangerous, however, are those who feel they have "few alternatives left in life" and are gripped with a "potentially dangerous eagerness and strong motivation to have a psychedelic session." He explains: "They find themselves in a subjectively unbearable situation of intense conflict associated with great emotional distress and tension. Typical characteristics include serious questioning of the meaning of life, toying with suicidal fantasies
LSD does not "mess you up" or cause mental illness at all. It could potentially worsen some symptoms just like alcohol or any other drug can, but it is not a cause. It is very offensive to Syd to suggest that he "destroyed himself." What happened to Syd was no one's fault; it wasn't Syd's fault, Pink Floyd's fault or the "industry's" fault. The fact is that he did have some sort of mental illness which prevented him from pursuing his career and which required him to be cared for by his family.
@luismendeze This is because Gilmour didn't join the band until 1968. This was after their first album came out which produced hits like Arnold Layne and See Emily Play. They were already a popular band in Britain before he joined.
@CygnusTheGod So. Gilmour still sucks. Syd was the pink floyd. He didnt care about fame, and fortune. It wasnt because he was high. It was because Waters wanted to go in a different direction commercially than Syd. Some of us prefer the underground. Gilmour road in on Syd's genius. Gilmour sucks!!!
syd barret was no kicked from the band and the band didnt reject him .. he was too fuked up from lsd that he counld sing or do anything else.. he still got money from the band untill the day he died and the song with you were here was written for syd and that they want him in the band until he died.. Rip syd we wish you were here!!
@Djerickh7 Yes they did. He didnt fit in with Waters, and the labels plans to go big, even though it was really his band. It wasnt because he was too fucked up, it was because he didnt care about all the commercial BS. Floyd, was just mediocre shit after Syd. Couple of good albums shortly after Syd left, but thats about it. They wanted to be rockstars, and Syd could care less. Hell, everything that was even slightly good post Syd, were songs about Syd, or influenced by his style.
@Belgarath98 LOL, Syd's antics were part of the show. HELLO!!! They wanted to become mainstream stars, and syd couldnt care less. So they got rid of him.
@threezerol944t so then what happened after? You only have to look at Vegetable man to see the real reason why Syd could not continue with Floyd.Trying to point the finger and make him into some kind of god is not fair to Syd and his later work as an artist. You are making him out to be a victim when really he should applauded for cleaning up his act..realising that music was not a good combination for him and living his life quietly and true to himself.
@threezerol944t His antics may have been part of the show but they soon became his reality,its like on the one hand you are saying he is a creative genius who was turfed out because of genius.but then you make him out to be a victim when he didn't continue in the music industry..which is it? god or victim? i would suggest he was a very talented and sensitive man who tried to find happiness in drugs and stumbled,then picked himself up again and walked on..Syd was not a victim.He was the Victor.
@123proffitt well people seem to forget that he did ultimately survive. He didn't die of a drug overdose and he went on to live his life surrounded by his family. I was reading one interview about that fateful moment when Syd turned up at Abbey during the making of Shine on you Crazy Diamond.Someone apparently asked him what he thought of the song.Syd's reply was "its a bit old". The man had moved on while everyone else continued to make money off his past drama.
@threezerol944t ...They had NO FUCKING CHOICE! He would suddenly stop playing at shows and would turn around and stare at his own shadow on the wall. Sometimes he never even played a single note and they would call the gig after a song or two. Can you imagine being in the audience expecting a "cool trip" and instead get this melted mess? What a train wreck for the band. Syd Barrett was a pioneer, but NOT a genius. Big difference.
@AvirtualSwitzerland LOL, sounds like he was having a good time, tripping his face off. Syd was a painter, and he certainly was a genius. They wanted to be rockstars, and he could care less. There would be no the pink floyd with out him. It was his band. I wouldnt doubt the label had something to do with it too. It was more about performance art for him. Not selling millions of records. He was not crazy, he never received treatment for any psychosis. He just liked getting fucked up....
@AvirtualSwitzerland Him getting whacked out of his gourd was part of the show. He wasnt crazy. If the crowd didnt et it, they probably werent fucked up enough. LOL Ahh, the cryptical envelopment.
@AvirtualSwitzerland Its a phrase dude. Yes its a grateful dead song. The cryptical envelopment is when you takes psychedelics, and the music is decrypted. Stole it? LOL I didnt know your could steal psychedelic phrases. I take it you never saw the dead perform it live?
@threezerol944t ....Chill out Geezer, it was a joke. I know it's a phrase...I should have known I was dealing with a Ron Paul Titanic passenger. We're waiting for you to tell us how much more acid you've taken than everyone else. Tell us about having a beer with Owsley...
@threezerol944t so by your own reasoning..if Syd did not want to be a rich rockstar then he would have been unhappy to remain in floyd. Fact of the matter is that floyd was becoming successful and touring more and more and if Syd had stayed in the band he would have died sooner. Instead he got a chance to be with his first love, his painting. He was lost in the drugs. He sabotaged his own success.I think he didn't want to be there.He struggled with his genius.
Syd's money came in chunks - one in 1973 upon the release of A Nice Pair and the selling of the rights to his solo works later that year, and one in 2001 upon the release of the Pink Floyd greatest hits release that came out that year. He was able to live off the royalties in London from the 1973 release until 1982 when he walked back to Cambridge. He made nothing off the releases of his solo work which came in the late 80's early 90's, and only a little from PF comps, until the 2001 release.
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Lol, Syd was an asshole, he just left the band and got lots of money from royalties and lived the rest of his life doing nothing, just getting money and doing nothing, what a bastard.
@zalmanusa, hell no, he had quite a few financial difficulties and battled with mental illness until the day he died, he was ejected from the band, he didn't quit and it happened due to his deteriorating mental state.
@Adamboms When he died, he had about $3.5 million in the bank and lived in a half a million dollar home. His albums didn't sell that great until the 80s on, when Pink Floyd enthusiasts kept turning people on to his music. Also, the release of A Nice Pair in the late 70s helped him significantly (first Barrett music released in the US) ... along with all the bundles of Pink Floyd music that contained his compositions. Gilmore did a good job of making sure that Syd always got paid.
@Adamboms No, he lived in the home his mother left him when she died.
He lived comfortably off royalties for a long time. Roger Waters said the last time he saw him was at Harrad's in the early 80s. Syd was buying gourmet sweets, which he apparently ate all the time, until he ended up with type 2 diabetes. He died, however, from pancreatic cancer.
@Adamboms Yeah mate I heard he was had a bottle of lemonade for breakfast the day he died and cracked the shits cause he got jibbed on his power bill. Ya moron.
@Adamboms You might want to do a little more research before responding with completely made up info. Syd had no financial difficulties. Roger Waters always made sure Syd received his royalty checks from Pink Floyd. When he left this world he left his family close to 2 million Euros. He was kicked out of PF *after* they became popular. The other band members believe his becoming famous contributed more to his mental degradation than any drugs.
@thumpz99 The fact that he was living with a family member led me to believe he had financial difficulties, which I know now is not true, the last guy already cleared that up for me. why would you think I made information up?
JUST REMEMBER !!! No Syd, No Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd is nothing without the man they booted out just so Roger Waters could make it all about himself...... What a dog. How dare you even make an album as a tribute to Syd, what a kick in the face. Waters was the biggest druggo, have a look at him today, He looks awful.. Bad Bad junkie...
druggo you mean drugs addict? No Roger Waters was not addict, smoked a lillte bit in the early 70s ( see Pompei interview) and nothing else. Besides Syd the others were not addict. When Wright started to be addict to cocaine during The Wall recording Waters kicked him away
@labeviamo wow, you obviously still own your rose colored sunnies from back in the day love,... but i think its time you took them off.. Just because someone says they don't use drugs doesn't mean they don't... He wanted Syd out of the way and instead of encouraging Syd to stop taking drugs ( like a good friend would ) just let it get way out of control which made it easier for him to start doing his own thing whilst Syd was left on the backburner... still a DOG!!!
I don't understand everything you write cause English is not my language, but I get it is a bit ironic..Anyway Also Gimour and the other said the same, even when they were in the legal battle with Waters.
Instead it is probably true that he did not try to stop Syd addiction, but that's a dffierent thing, I did not stop some friend from getting drunk, because they really wanted to, and I did not get drunk. Does it mean I'm not a good friend ?
@labeviamo if you deliberately let your friend get drunk day in and day out for personal gain , i'd say you were a bad friend.. but i'm sure you wouldn't do that. and i'm sure under normal circumstances you are a good friend.. I believe Roger Waters knew Syd would burn out due to drug use and Roger could take control of Pink Floyd and the credit for pink Floyd... But it's Syd i will love and miss.... and his input into the most amazing band on earth...
@luanaluana71 well everyone got his own ideas, for what I know it was not like that, also because soon after Syd, RickWright started writing songs in first place and everyone thought that he should write as he was the most gifted musician after Syd, so he wrote those singles like "Paint box" and "It would be so nice", but those singles were not good, and Rick did not want/ was not able to drive the group and Waters took the lead.
@bradleyplaymeasong Oh you misunderstand , You stand correct, Pink Floyd is beautiful. I don't have a weird complex about Syd, after all he was the most amazing thing that happened to Pink Floyd. Roger had his own ideas on what he wanted Pink Floyd's music to be all about and that was never going to happen whilst Syd was a member. I love all their music, I just don't like Roger as a person and i don't think he deserves the credit he gets. Syd was a far better musician as was David Gilmour.
@luanaluana71 In some ways, I agree with you there, but you have to give credit to Roger for his lyrics. Together, Gilmour and Waters fitted beautifully. If Roger hadn't been in the band, Pink Floyd wouldn't be the same as today. If Gilmour hadn't been in the band, again, Pink Floyd wouldn't be the same today.
btw... at :25 sec in... if you listen carefully it sounds like someone getting in front of the mic.. exhaling through their nose... and between :31 and :32 seconds you can hear some very faint whispering
I always wondered about this song... No one would ever have it differently' today.. but at around 25 seconds into it.. you hear a microphone (or what sounds like that) being brushed up against. It makes it less perfect which gives it more human like qualities instead of the autotune music of today. Just wondering if they did it on purpose or realized the mistake and someone said "let it stay in the recording" for the very purpose I stated. Or for some other unknown reason.. like they were high
The Monkees were modeled on Pink Floyd. Davy Jones played Syd Barrett, Peter Tork played Gilmour and Mike Nesmeth played Waters. I don't know who the hell Micky Dolenz is supposed to be. In a famous episode titled "Davy Jones goes NUTS!", Davy becomes depressed and moody and starts acting odd during live performances...just sort of standing their with his maracas by his side. He sings "Another Pleasant Valley Sunday" and the entire audience commits suicide instead!
3:18 he's smiling! he (roger waters) looks so happy in all of these pictures with syd... i don't know, he seems kind of stiff or something lately.i wish they could've played one last time with syd.
@888anotherusername9 his sister obviously lied...it is obvious that was up to her to destroy those stories about his iliness because she is his sister and loves him, but what other persons who knew him well( including his girlfriend, band members, room mate etc) I belive they are honest because they have no interest in hiding the truth...anyway he was a sad person and we all should remeber him for his genius and for what he made for music and great britain, not for his illiness,Live forever
@888anotherusername9 no the illness of taking too much LSD and having mental health problems for the rest of yr life, dumbass... we're talking about Syd Barret, what illness did you think... (bless his soul and RIP)
Lots of rumors and embellishments spread. My brother had many similarities with Mr. Barrett; thoughtful, giving, somewhat fragile, and loved making music with his guitar. With different outcomes for my brother and Mr. Barrett, my brother died of a drug overdose, it does not discount the true man he was. Both were dear to people and their good works will not be forgotten.
@flagwaver1969 ...You can not be sure of that. It seems that pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis shows up when someone has been an abuser most of their life.
Alcoholism, unhealthy food, and environmental factors are large contributors. Until you can prove LSD causes pancreatic cancer, your argument is null and void.
@flagwaver1969 ....So drinking Bass ale in quantities, eating pork chops that were cooked at too high a heat and living in London did it? I'll put my money on the acid and paint fumes from being an artist.
Any amount of LSD is bad for someone with a pre-existing mental disorder. You originally stated Mr. Barrett died due to too much LSD. That was untrue. He died from pancreatic cancer.
@flagwaver1969 just tell you we dont know If he was,or wasnt schizo,we are not docs,that rumors started spread media,tabloids,cuse he had any symptoms,he never was diagnosicated by any mental ill by his sister,so stop speculate about it,
It's sad that he was schizophrenic. And that he was kicked out of the band. And that he passed on. But his schizophrenia is what inspired alot of songs. But this song is actually about how they missed how they were before their rock and roll phase. They missed the psychedelic progressive rock.
@pockypocky6000 Actually its about how Roger missed Syd after they reached the pinnacle of success and also the fractured state of the band and how they would no longer be as they use too. And Shine on you crazy diamond is undeniably totally about Syd which the whole album is basically. Just melancholy and sad. I need some happy music now. That business makes me depressed about Syd and the like. Just the humanity of it all.
@pockypocky6000 Not true. Syd was analyzed was pschychiatrists (according to an interview with his sister with whom he was closest) and they found no need for therapy or medication. Don't believe in rocknroll myths. And leave pschyo-analysis to the professionals. No offense of course, just trying to get the truth to you.
I think syd's meltdown took a huge toll on roger. In The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story, roger had said that when syd died he had already done all his griefing for him. Thats really sad seeing a friend go down. Syd was a crazy diamond, that will always shine through to bring me up through the darkest times in my life. Wish You Were Here, R.I.P.
It's a story of 'look out for yourself, because no-one will look out for you', isn't it?I mean, his friends hardly reached out to him when they could see what was happening to him. I sense jealousy at work. That's why their music became porridge afetr he left.....they were just relieved that the one who outshone them all was gone . ...great friends.
Years ago I found out what the lyrics of the song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is about and the the lyrics of some songs on the classic album "Dark Side Of The Moon" R.I.P. Syd!
from some sources I've found so far, he died from some cancer... In every source is "bolded" that he died peacefully, in his family house, with his family... He was like an angel...
@Teleterkji True. He was very gifted,and I'm glad he found his way. How did he actually die,anyway? In the paper in '06 it said 'Diabetes related', but I still don't know?
when you take LSD your pupiles get bigger and you can "see" more than what the regular eye can see. Thats why he would just space off in his own mind.
@toastersalesman2 its also the internal experience of LSD.. your mind expands and your thoughts are totally different then being in a normal state of mind.. it can be different in a bad way or a good way.. i read somewhere that syd had too many bad trips and that can completely fry somebodys brain.. its hard to come back to reality after that
6bony9 it wasnt eye shadow its from all of what he has done to his body all the drugs and stuff they say after he got all messed up that you were able to see straight through his eyes like they were big black holes as you were wondering if anyone was home inside
Beloo vídeeo valeeeu, ( achei que vc nao ia colocar uma musica dele cantando, iria ser tenso ) valeeeu
gbsgaba1 1 week ago
4:20
yoshivsdragonite 1 week ago
Damn, Roger was a homely bloke before he got himself fixed up. :)
MrTantalust 1 month ago
Where the fuck is the bloody [Video]
TheTangerineAddict 1 month ago
Long Live Syd Barrett.
DoubleVisionandco 1 month ago
@3:36 2 massive 3x3 hits of acid. about 18 hits looks like... sh*t
FeeTsfACe12 1 month ago
Thank you 'ganzina90' for uploading this excellent Syd Barrett video montage..The legend of Syd being the main catalyst who directly inspired Pink Floyd's lifework will forever shine-on us all!!
jsteider08 1 month ago
Such big, beautiful, Sad eyes...
MAKucher 1 month ago 3
LSD made the songs that created.
brian90524 1 month ago
@peace...I had a friend in 70s take too much acid.He was a completely different person from that day on.Very sad....he was odd in every way personality wise
LLB61959 2 months ago
u do not get adicted to lsd rumors lies and tales though you may see some trails of which who can follow the trails you see are yours and only you can fallow.
pauperpoet 2 months ago
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but that the soul of Pink Floyd! what else is!? go to Lisbon to eat a nice pastel de nata a good port wine and everything else will actually have shit
foxstreetmen 2 months ago
sid vicious--oh sydney ok
rollingstopp 2 months ago
He was addicted to LSD, but He created Pink Floyd....
statasos1 2 months ago
@statasos1 He WAS Pink Floyd. They knew that. It took them three albums to find their own stye after Sid left. Three albums that would have died if Sid had not given the group the name.
Thats why they always missed him, recognised his importance with the songs they wrote about him many years later.
They knew that without Sid they would have been nothing, And this song, along with Shine oin You, is a thankyou to Sid.
zzebowa 2 months ago
@zzebowa That's right, I think it wasn't until 1973 when Darkside of the Moon had come out that they really had any really good albums since Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
RichWrightFloyd19 2 months ago
@RichWrightFloyd19 You kidding right?....
MasterGuitarFreak 1 month ago
That is right Syd was mad, he had always been mad. The boys tossed him out of the Band. And rightly so, he had completely lost his mind to acid.
UknowToomuch 2 months ago 3
@UknowToomuch he didnt lose his mind to acid, he lost it to paranoid schizophrenia and bi-polar.
in all fairness, hallucinogens make schizophrenia worse, but dont blame it entirely on that.
either way...
he was a genius, and his insanity added to his charm <3
mikiglitch 2 months ago
@UknowToomuch Acid wasn't the root cause of his mania. Contrary to popular belief, you can not be "stuck" or become addicted to LSD. Reasonably though, LSD can uncover a mental illness that is laying dormant within you, and bring it about earlier than it would have had you not ingested LSD.
PeacefulzRS 2 months ago 11
@PeacefulzRS You're right and wrong at the same time. LSD can't be physically addictive, mentally it can.
Same for RuneScape by the way.
hugojwz 2 months ago
@hugojwz Yup, I know the torments of that game. I've finally been released by it's grasps and I have to say it feels good.
PeacefulzRS 2 months ago
@PeacefulzRS thats not true, you can bend your mind from too much acid intake, i've had a few friends that took too much acid and were never the same, one friend had to be institutionalized after a really bad trip, and he had no underlying mental disease, it was the acid that left him unable to think rationally and coherently, his family spent a fortune to cure him, he saw a myriad of doctors, psycologists and psyciatrists, to no avail and his family had no history of mental disease.
jroxx11211 1 month ago
@PeacefulzRS Exactly, I haven't done it in many years nor will I in the future. It was part of my youth and I make no apologies. I never experienced a bad trip,nor did I cause permanent psychological damage to myself. youtube doesnt all links to be posted,but I'll copy and paste some scientific evidence,so those thinking about experimenting can make up their own minds. It basically boils down to your personality type. users experiencing bad trips are often control freaks.
kingfish4242 3 weeks ago
@kingfish4242 One of the pioneers of this LSD Psychotherapy in the sixties was Dr. Stanislav Grof. The Czechoslovakian doctor made some interesting observations on the responses of different people to LSD. This may help your decision.
Grof observed that people who react badly to LSD are often: "in their everyday life... constantly concerned about maintaining perfect control over their feelings and behavior.
kingfish4242 3 weeks ago
@kingfish4242 They are afraid of temporary or permanent unleashing of instinctual energies, especially those of a sexual or aggressive nature, and of involuntary emotional outbursts. There is frequent preoccupation with the issue of loss of control and fear of social embarrassment, blunder and public scandal resulting from the ensuing behavior." (LSD Psychotherapy, Stanislav Grof (Hunter House, 1980) p. 55)
kingfish4242 3 weeks ago
@kingfish4242 Most dangerous, however, are those who feel they have "few alternatives left in life" and are gripped with a "potentially dangerous eagerness and strong motivation to have a psychedelic session." He explains: "They find themselves in a subjectively unbearable situation of intense conflict associated with great emotional distress and tension. Typical characteristics include serious questioning of the meaning of life, toying with suicidal fantasies
kingfish4242 3 weeks ago
@kingfish4242 Thanks for the info kingfish, it's cool. would you PM me the link?
punkprincessv 2 weeks ago
You were gorgeous, Syd.
shakeAbooty88 2 months ago
:(
Megustaeltangananik 3 months ago
LSD does not "mess you up" or cause mental illness at all. It could potentially worsen some symptoms just like alcohol or any other drug can, but it is not a cause. It is very offensive to Syd to suggest that he "destroyed himself." What happened to Syd was no one's fault; it wasn't Syd's fault, Pink Floyd's fault or the "industry's" fault. The fact is that he did have some sort of mental illness which prevented him from pursuing his career and which required him to be cared for by his family.
JohnCarrington1 3 months ago
fuck who give dislike
TheNikkhoo 4 months ago
A prisoner of his own mind.
Mephazel 4 months ago 23
@Mephazel
Woaw, I never found the right words, but that's exactly it man
3ig3ang 3 weeks ago
0:22 I love that picture, because it has all of them in it.
DanikaJadeee 4 months ago
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JacobSmithUK 4 months ago
@JacobSmithUK Stfu.
DanikaJadeee 4 months ago
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JacobSmithUK 4 months ago
@JacobSmithUK I know you idiot, I'm saying stfu because you asked for thumbs up.
DanikaJadeee 4 months ago
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JacobSmithUK 4 months ago
Roger always seemed so happy when he was with Syd.
ir0nmaiden1 5 months ago
no man's land is amazing song.RIP syd 'n' Rick!
holicat098 5 months ago
anybody knows, why in some pictures doesn't appear David Gilmour?
luismendeze 6 months ago
@luismendeze This is because Gilmour didn't join the band until 1968. This was after their first album came out which produced hits like Arnold Layne and See Emily Play. They were already a popular band in Britain before he joined.
DruesClues 6 months ago
our sins died for Syd
Zell666Dincht 6 months ago
5:27 Cross?
LennonMoonPlant 6 months ago
So, you think you can tell,,,,,,,,, no you cant,,,dont judge a genious. HEMI
HEMIChopper69 6 months ago
slide show, not video.
Yourgrandmaw 7 months ago
@CygnusTheGod So. Gilmour still sucks. Syd was the pink floyd. He didnt care about fame, and fortune. It wasnt because he was high. It was because Waters wanted to go in a different direction commercially than Syd. Some of us prefer the underground. Gilmour road in on Syd's genius. Gilmour sucks!!!
threezerol944t 7 months ago
@threezerol944t You suck!
Belgarath98 6 months ago
@Belgarath98 I dont suck, I lick. Ask your mom.
threezerol944t 6 months ago
this is for the all the stupid ppl in here
syd barret was no kicked from the band and the band didnt reject him .. he was too fuked up from lsd that he counld sing or do anything else.. he still got money from the band untill the day he died and the song with you were here was written for syd and that they want him in the band until he died.. Rip syd we wish you were here!!
Djerickh7 7 months ago
@Djerickh7 Yes they did. He didnt fit in with Waters, and the labels plans to go big, even though it was really his band. It wasnt because he was too fucked up, it was because he didnt care about all the commercial BS. Floyd, was just mediocre shit after Syd. Couple of good albums shortly after Syd left, but thats about it. They wanted to be rockstars, and Syd could care less. Hell, everything that was even slightly good post Syd, were songs about Syd, or influenced by his style.
threezerol944t 7 months ago
@Djerickh7 The band didn't want Syd back! they just wanted him to get better.
Belgarath98 6 months ago
@Belgarath98 LOL, Syd's antics were part of the show. HELLO!!! They wanted to become mainstream stars, and syd couldnt care less. So they got rid of him.
threezerol944t 6 months ago
@threezerol944t so then what happened after? You only have to look at Vegetable man to see the real reason why Syd could not continue with Floyd.Trying to point the finger and make him into some kind of god is not fair to Syd and his later work as an artist. You are making him out to be a victim when really he should applauded for cleaning up his act..realising that music was not a good combination for him and living his life quietly and true to himself.
AbagOfonions 6 months ago
@threezerol944t His antics may have been part of the show but they soon became his reality,its like on the one hand you are saying he is a creative genius who was turfed out because of genius.but then you make him out to be a victim when he didn't continue in the music industry..which is it? god or victim? i would suggest he was a very talented and sensitive man who tried to find happiness in drugs and stumbled,then picked himself up again and walked on..Syd was not a victim.He was the Victor.
AbagOfonions 6 months ago
@AbagOfonions I never thought of his situation like that but you are right. Simply brilliant.
123proffitt 6 months ago
@123proffitt well people seem to forget that he did ultimately survive. He didn't die of a drug overdose and he went on to live his life surrounded by his family. I was reading one interview about that fateful moment when Syd turned up at Abbey during the making of Shine on you Crazy Diamond.Someone apparently asked him what he thought of the song.Syd's reply was "its a bit old". The man had moved on while everyone else continued to make money off his past drama.
AbagOfonions 6 months ago
@threezerol944t ...They had NO FUCKING CHOICE! He would suddenly stop playing at shows and would turn around and stare at his own shadow on the wall. Sometimes he never even played a single note and they would call the gig after a song or two. Can you imagine being in the audience expecting a "cool trip" and instead get this melted mess? What a train wreck for the band. Syd Barrett was a pioneer, but NOT a genius. Big difference.
AvirtualSwitzerland 4 months ago
@AvirtualSwitzerland LOL, sounds like he was having a good time, tripping his face off. Syd was a painter, and he certainly was a genius. They wanted to be rockstars, and he could care less. There would be no the pink floyd with out him. It was his band. I wouldnt doubt the label had something to do with it too. It was more about performance art for him. Not selling millions of records. He was not crazy, he never received treatment for any psychosis. He just liked getting fucked up....
threezerol944t 4 months ago
@AvirtualSwitzerland Him getting whacked out of his gourd was part of the show. He wasnt crazy. If the crowd didnt et it, they probably werent fucked up enough. LOL Ahh, the cryptical envelopment.
threezerol944t 4 months ago
@threezerol944t .....The cryptical envelopment....you stole that from The Grateful Dead....
AvirtualSwitzerland 4 months ago
@AvirtualSwitzerland Its a phrase dude. Yes its a grateful dead song. The cryptical envelopment is when you takes psychedelics, and the music is decrypted. Stole it? LOL I didnt know your could steal psychedelic phrases. I take it you never saw the dead perform it live?
threezerol944t 4 months ago
@threezerol944t ....Chill out Geezer, it was a joke. I know it's a phrase...I should have known I was dealing with a Ron Paul Titanic passenger. We're waiting for you to tell us how much more acid you've taken than everyone else. Tell us about having a beer with Owsley...
AvirtualSwitzerland 4 months ago
@AvirtualSwitzerland LOL, me? Never. I dont do that stuff, Im just a history buff. Ron Paul 2012!!! Never had a beer with him.....
threezerol944t 4 months ago
Gilmour sucks. Syd LIVES!!!!!!!!
threezerol944t 7 months ago
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turkniktout 7 months ago
@threezerol944t You suck, Gilmour is god, and Syd was god.
Belgarath98 6 months ago
@Belgarath98 Gilmour was a cheesy rockstar, who road in on Syd's genius. You clearly just dont get it. Not everyone cares to be a rich rockstar.
threezerol944t 6 months ago
@threezerol944t so by your own reasoning..if Syd did not want to be a rich rockstar then he would have been unhappy to remain in floyd. Fact of the matter is that floyd was becoming successful and touring more and more and if Syd had stayed in the band he would have died sooner. Instead he got a chance to be with his first love, his painting. He was lost in the drugs. He sabotaged his own success.I think he didn't want to be there.He struggled with his genius.
AbagOfonions 6 months ago
Syd's money came in chunks - one in 1973 upon the release of A Nice Pair and the selling of the rights to his solo works later that year, and one in 2001 upon the release of the Pink Floyd greatest hits release that came out that year. He was able to live off the royalties in London from the 1973 release until 1982 when he walked back to Cambridge. He made nothing off the releases of his solo work which came in the late 80's early 90's, and only a little from PF comps, until the 2001 release.
888qazx 8 months ago
1:30 Roger in his pimp suit.
broneslovas 8 months ago
syd !! the number one
thewholios 8 months ago
Syd wasn't an asshole. He was a hell of a guy. He didn't leave Pink Floyd, They left Him. Know your roll zalmanusa.
TheHarpomarps 9 months ago
@TheHarpomarps Don't feed the troll, man.
lestasidelloro 9 months ago
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Lol, Syd was an asshole, he just left the band and got lots of money from royalties and lived the rest of his life doing nothing, just getting money and doing nothing, what a bastard.
zalmanusa 9 months ago
@zalmanusa, hell no, he had quite a few financial difficulties and battled with mental illness until the day he died, he was ejected from the band, he didn't quit and it happened due to his deteriorating mental state.
Adamboms 9 months ago 4
@Adamboms When he died, he had about $3.5 million in the bank and lived in a half a million dollar home. His albums didn't sell that great until the 80s on, when Pink Floyd enthusiasts kept turning people on to his music. Also, the release of A Nice Pair in the late 70s helped him significantly (first Barrett music released in the US) ... along with all the bundles of Pink Floyd music that contained his compositions. Gilmore did a good job of making sure that Syd always got paid.
aaronhoffmeyer 6 months ago
@aaronhoffmeyer where exactly are you getting this information from, I heard he was living with his sister and had very little money.
Adamboms 6 months ago
@Adamboms No, he lived in the home his mother left him when she died.
He lived comfortably off royalties for a long time. Roger Waters said the last time he saw him was at Harrad's in the early 80s. Syd was buying gourmet sweets, which he apparently ate all the time, until he ended up with type 2 diabetes. He died, however, from pancreatic cancer.
aaronhoffmeyer 5 months ago
@Adamboms Yeah mate I heard he was had a bottle of lemonade for breakfast the day he died and cracked the shits cause he got jibbed on his power bill. Ya moron.
ShutYourOle 5 months ago
@ShutYourOle was that even a sentence?
Adamboms 5 months ago
@Adamboms I don't even pucking now ayyyyy
ShutYourOle 5 months ago
@aaronhoffmeyer What were you? His manager? You must be an old cunt then.
ShutYourOle 5 months ago
@Adamboms You might want to do a little more research before responding with completely made up info. Syd had no financial difficulties. Roger Waters always made sure Syd received his royalty checks from Pink Floyd. When he left this world he left his family close to 2 million Euros. He was kicked out of PF *after* they became popular. The other band members believe his becoming famous contributed more to his mental degradation than any drugs.
thumpz99 2 months ago
@thumpz99 The fact that he was living with a family member led me to believe he had financial difficulties, which I know now is not true, the last guy already cleared that up for me. why would you think I made information up?
Adamboms 3 weeks ago
@zalmanusa read the facts before talking your mouth off like an idiot
paulhab12 8 months ago
@zalmanusa You are an asshole.
Belgarath98 6 months ago
R.I.P. Syd, you were such a fine ass motherfucker
LmfaoBananaz 10 months ago 20
only him a understend...nobody help`s ..dear good careful much
magalyzy 10 months ago
Like Icarus. RIP Syd.
annikee59 11 months ago
JUST REMEMBER !!! No Syd, No Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd is nothing without the man they booted out just so Roger Waters could make it all about himself...... What a dog. How dare you even make an album as a tribute to Syd, what a kick in the face. Waters was the biggest druggo, have a look at him today, He looks awful.. Bad Bad junkie...
luanaluana71 11 months ago
@luanaluana71
druggo you mean drugs addict? No Roger Waters was not addict, smoked a lillte bit in the early 70s ( see Pompei interview) and nothing else. Besides Syd the others were not addict. When Wright started to be addict to cocaine during The Wall recording Waters kicked him away
labeviamo 11 months ago
@labeviamo wow, you obviously still own your rose colored sunnies from back in the day love,... but i think its time you took them off.. Just because someone says they don't use drugs doesn't mean they don't... He wanted Syd out of the way and instead of encouraging Syd to stop taking drugs ( like a good friend would ) just let it get way out of control which made it easier for him to start doing his own thing whilst Syd was left on the backburner... still a DOG!!!
luanaluana71 11 months ago
@luanaluana71
I don't understand everything you write cause English is not my language, but I get it is a bit ironic..Anyway Also Gimour and the other said the same, even when they were in the legal battle with Waters.
Instead it is probably true that he did not try to stop Syd addiction, but that's a dffierent thing, I did not stop some friend from getting drunk, because they really wanted to, and I did not get drunk. Does it mean I'm not a good friend ?
labeviamo 11 months ago
@labeviamo if you deliberately let your friend get drunk day in and day out for personal gain , i'd say you were a bad friend.. but i'm sure you wouldn't do that. and i'm sure under normal circumstances you are a good friend.. I believe Roger Waters knew Syd would burn out due to drug use and Roger could take control of Pink Floyd and the credit for pink Floyd... But it's Syd i will love and miss.... and his input into the most amazing band on earth...
luanaluana71 11 months ago
@luanaluana71 well everyone got his own ideas, for what I know it was not like that, also because soon after Syd, RickWright started writing songs in first place and everyone thought that he should write as he was the most gifted musician after Syd, so he wrote those singles like "Paint box" and "It would be so nice", but those singles were not good, and Rick did not want/ was not able to drive the group and Waters took the lead.
labeviamo 11 months ago
@luanaluana71
whatever. enjoy music instead of not liking it because of some weird syd barrett complex. pink floyd is pink floyd. and pink floyd is beautiful.
bradleyplaymeasong 10 months ago
@bradleyplaymeasong Oh you misunderstand , You stand correct, Pink Floyd is beautiful. I don't have a weird complex about Syd, after all he was the most amazing thing that happened to Pink Floyd. Roger had his own ideas on what he wanted Pink Floyd's music to be all about and that was never going to happen whilst Syd was a member. I love all their music, I just don't like Roger as a person and i don't think he deserves the credit he gets. Syd was a far better musician as was David Gilmour.
luanaluana71 10 months ago
@luanaluana71 In some ways, I agree with you there, but you have to give credit to Roger for his lyrics. Together, Gilmour and Waters fitted beautifully. If Roger hadn't been in the band, Pink Floyd wouldn't be the same as today. If Gilmour hadn't been in the band, again, Pink Floyd wouldn't be the same today.
Belgarath98 6 months ago
@Belgarath98 Yeah they wouldnt have become rock stars, playing watered down music for the masses. Boo hoo.
threezerol944t 6 months ago
best part at 5:43!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rockstarlagarto 11 months ago
shitty song...im sure syd didnt like it very much
jackscagnetti1 1 year ago
btw... at :25 sec in... if you listen carefully it sounds like someone getting in front of the mic.. exhaling through their nose... and between :31 and :32 seconds you can hear some very faint whispering
themanizi 1 year ago
@themanizi That's actually David Gilmour coughing lol
Neyowolf 11 months ago
btw... at :25 sec in... if you listen carefully it sounds like someone getting in front of the mic.. exhaling through their nose
themanizi 1 year ago
@themanizi
and clearing their nasal passage ways
SAINTNIKE 11 months ago
Grazie Mi Makava questa musika. :)
PotHead4LifeTilDeath 1 year ago
Love Syds eyes at 40second's in...
nidgybaby 1 year ago
I always wondered about this song... No one would ever have it differently' today.. but at around 25 seconds into it.. you hear a microphone (or what sounds like that) being brushed up against. It makes it less perfect which gives it more human like qualities instead of the autotune music of today. Just wondering if they did it on purpose or realized the mistake and someone said "let it stay in the recording" for the very purpose I stated. Or for some other unknown reason.. like they were high
coptersoisoi 1 year ago
How would you feel of your were booted from your own band? And then they changed it to sell records???? Where is MY nurse?
kd0bgz 1 year ago
I LOVE U SYD
gn02586076 1 year ago
and what is this suppost tho be?
a negrofiliea for syd barrett?
you made millions of dollars keep hanging on to the leagalsy of our missed friend.
humbble yourself and keep in mind ,whe are all going to die.
ThePeeterd 1 year ago
CubanCheGuevara 1 year ago
3:18 he's smiling! he (roger waters) looks so happy in all of these pictures with syd... i don't know, he seems kind of stiff or something lately.i wish they could've played one last time with syd.
NeonAngel1997 1 year ago
barrett for ever en hearth
chinillorock 1 year ago
I love this video...it's a great tribute to Syd Barrett (R.I.P.)
theMissJackson101 1 year ago
0:41 the best photo of pink floyd i've ever seen
Mnikjooo 1 year ago 3
listen to wish you were here and then listen to jugband blues... its sort of eirie how syd contradicts the song in a prequal.
antifacistppl 1 year ago
@888anotherusername9 his sister obviously lied...it is obvious that was up to her to destroy those stories about his iliness because she is his sister and loves him, but what other persons who knew him well( including his girlfriend, band members, room mate etc) I belive they are honest because they have no interest in hiding the truth...anyway he was a sad person and we all should remeber him for his genius and for what he made for music and great britain, not for his illiness,Live forever
Chio95nwfan 1 year ago
@Chio95nwfan What illness? The one that makes you not want to be a pop star?!?!
888anotherusername9 1 year ago
@888anotherusername9 no the illness of taking too much LSD and having mental health problems for the rest of yr life, dumbass... we're talking about Syd Barret, what illness did you think... (bless his soul and RIP)
songandletter 1 year ago
@Chio95nwfan Rosemary WOULDN"T lie about her brother. PERIOD.
SydzDarling4Eternity 1 year ago
@SydzDarling4Eternity
Lots of rumors and embellishments spread. My brother had many similarities with Mr. Barrett; thoughtful, giving, somewhat fragile, and loved making music with his guitar. With different outcomes for my brother and Mr. Barrett, my brother died of a drug overdose, it does not discount the true man he was. Both were dear to people and their good works will not be forgotten.
flagwaver1969 1 year ago 34
@flagwaver1969 thats rough bro sorry to hear of such tragedy wish he was here
justdropem 10 months ago
@flagwaver1969 Barrett kinda died of LSD abuse too... Shouldn't be taken too often...
koala381 4 months ago
@koala381
No. Barrett died of pancreatic cancer. LSD has no link to pancreatic cancer.
flagwaver1969 4 months ago
@flagwaver1969 ...You can not be sure of that. It seems that pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis shows up when someone has been an abuser most of their life.
AvirtualSwitzerland 4 months ago
@AvirtualSwitzerland
Alcoholism, unhealthy food, and environmental factors are large contributors. Until you can prove LSD causes pancreatic cancer, your argument is null and void.
flagwaver1969 4 months ago
@flagwaver1969 ....So drinking Bass ale in quantities, eating pork chops that were cooked at too high a heat and living in London did it? I'll put my money on the acid and paint fumes from being an artist.
AvirtualSwitzerland 4 months ago
@flagwaver1969 yeah, but you can't deny that he took way too much
koala381 4 months ago
@koala381 and it messed him up
koala381 4 months ago
@koala381
Any amount of LSD is bad for someone with a pre-existing mental disorder. You originally stated Mr. Barrett died due to too much LSD. That was untrue. He died from pancreatic cancer.
flagwaver1969 4 months ago
@flagwaver1969 just tell you we dont know If he was,or wasnt schizo,we are not docs,that rumors started spread media,tabloids,cuse he had any symptoms,he never was diagnosicated by any mental ill by his sister,so stop speculate about it,
bibi5027 4 months ago
Excellent video. Thanks for posting! Fantastic song....brings back memories.
Lisajo1960 1 year ago
i just adore to see syd and roger together they look so happy together!!
SYD will shine forever!*
infinitalocura 1 year ago
3:35 you think those are sugar cubes wit LSD??
purplefluffcake 1 year ago
It's sad that he was schizophrenic. And that he was kicked out of the band. And that he passed on. But his schizophrenia is what inspired alot of songs. But this song is actually about how they missed how they were before their rock and roll phase. They missed the psychedelic progressive rock.
pockypocky6000 1 year ago
@pockypocky6000 Actually its about how Roger missed Syd after they reached the pinnacle of success and also the fractured state of the band and how they would no longer be as they use too. And Shine on you crazy diamond is undeniably totally about Syd which the whole album is basically. Just melancholy and sad. I need some happy music now. That business makes me depressed about Syd and the like. Just the humanity of it all.
DaveS12382 1 year ago
@pockypocky6000 Not true. Syd was analyzed was pschychiatrists (according to an interview with his sister with whom he was closest) and they found no need for therapy or medication. Don't believe in rocknroll myths. And leave pschyo-analysis to the professionals. No offense of course, just trying to get the truth to you.
888anotherusername9 1 year ago
@888anotherusername9 what is the truth?
VegaVelecka 1 year ago
i love pink floyd!
memoherdez182 1 year ago
Such a sad tragic story about Syd. He should be remembered forever for his work...
lezdeppelin 1 year ago 2
3;16 such a beautiful picture and I can tell that Roger admired Syd and his departure really hurted him but that's how he wrote this mesmerizing song
TripletWizard123 1 year ago
Wow he was very thin at the time...........but at last years he became really fat.
LIRIDONZETSU 1 year ago
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neonmizzoutiger5 1 year ago
I think syd's meltdown took a huge toll on roger. In The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story, roger had said that when syd died he had already done all his griefing for him. Thats really sad seeing a friend go down. Syd was a crazy diamond, that will always shine through to bring me up through the darkest times in my life. Wish You Were Here, R.I.P.
skovie23232 1 year ago
Roger's reponse to Syd...but we'll miss Mr. Rick Wright nowadays...
SolarTiger 1 year ago
It's a story of 'look out for yourself, because no-one will look out for you', isn't it?I mean, his friends hardly reached out to him when they could see what was happening to him. I sense jealousy at work. That's why their music became porridge afetr he left.....they were just relieved that the one who outshone them all was gone . ...great friends.
theonlyantony 1 year ago
@theonlyantony In your opinion what should Barrett's friends have done for him?
Burtnernie 1 year ago
shine on,Syd....
MrGothic78 1 year ago
up the pink floy and barret
fncomin 1 year ago
the most beautiful person to be in this band and not just because his looks
almostaghost87 1 year ago
Years ago I found out what the lyrics of the song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is about and the the lyrics of some songs on the classic album "Dark Side Of The Moon" R.I.P. Syd!
KevinRexrod 1 year ago
Syd was a troubled/sad soul. His genious was he didn't try to hide it.
ceasarvanstorm 1 year ago
He died due to various complications relating from diabetes.RIP syd.
gbyrne 2 years ago 2
@68Strut
from some sources I've found so far, he died from some cancer... In every source is "bolded" that he died peacefully, in his family house, with his family... He was like an angel...
AngelsMNE 2 years ago
@Teleterkji True. He was very gifted,and I'm glad he found his way. How did he actually die,anyway? In the paper in '06 it said 'Diabetes related', but I still don't know?
68Strut 2 years ago
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68Strut 2 years ago
He may have been gone for a while
but he lived on didnt he,for many many
years in the quiet,away from the s p o t l i g h t.
I think Syd found his way.
Teleterkji 2 years ago 4
great slideshow did you created this your self?
TheClassicRockFan 2 years ago 2
1:32 jeez look at roger's coat :O
SpazzzKitteh 2 years ago
thats what money does man
peace
cmtz93 1 year ago
Syd Barrett under the acid
tlajtoani 2 years ago
LSD - For the intellectual only.
SkaterKyoto 2 years ago
This is one of the saddest songs ever written.
madstylesnz 2 years ago 2
Roger Waters - what a mouthful 3.16
whiffleninny 2 years ago 3
@whiffleninny
could say the same bout' Syd at 3:33 :P
1ImTheNextBestThing1 2 years ago
the drugs took sid from us
jessiepricklebush 2 years ago
3:33 taking some LSD the most beautiful drug in the world <3
crago121 2 years ago
when you take LSD your pupiles get bigger and you can "see" more than what the regular eye can see. Thats why he would just space off in his own mind.
toastersalesman2 2 years ago
@toastersalesman2 its also the internal experience of LSD.. your mind expands and your thoughts are totally different then being in a normal state of mind.. it can be different in a bad way or a good way.. i read somewhere that syd had too many bad trips and that can completely fry somebodys brain.. its hard to come back to reality after that
purplefluffcake 1 year ago
@purplefluffcake
Ya he was constantly being dosed without his knowledge and many times voluntarily which will fry your brain, what a shame tho.
TheJayorta 1 year ago
6bony9 it wasnt eye shadow its from all of what he has done to his body all the drugs and stuff they say after he got all messed up that you were able to see straight through his eyes like they were big black holes as you were wondering if anyone was home inside
ozzyosbournefan1000 2 years ago
brava, gran bel video.
denterotto 2 years ago