@basenjib123 You obviously know nothing about music. This is top notch playing, just terrible recording. If you want "perfection" go listen to Black Eyed Peas
syd is really the baddest motherfucker that ever lived. if he were here, he would be staring off into space, thinking about mailboxes melting into human eyeballs and god knows what. he would probably just wander around running into shit and muttering.but what i would give to see that happen.......
Everybody was spiking everybody's acid. I read an interview with a girl he used to hang out with. The interviewer was talking about people spiking Syd's food and drink and she said that everyone was dosing everyone, I'm sure with all Syd's money he was buying plenty of the drug for everyone and dosed his share of people. At one point, I'll say June of '67 something really bad happened in his head but he couldn't stop the momentum of the train (Kevin Ayers "Stop this Train (Again doing it)")
Maybe true. yet it did not affect his music negatively in the least bit. and to this day we can still appreciate and feel the emotion that that man put forth in his music and the inspiration he gave others to take a different musical path. Pink Floyd.
Sorry to bust all the rock star legend shit, but Barrett was extremely mentally and emotionally ill towards the end of his career. The hallucinogens and other drugs probably didn't help much, but what was probably worse for him were the rigors of the road, bad food, not enough rest and not being safe at home.
@jefduf I meant Syd SHOULD HAVE been safe at home & not touring. The band and management knew he was fragile for quite a while. But perhaps the heavy duty drug experimentation BY ALL CONCERNED masked and exacerbated Syd's coming collapse.
U ever see "24 Hr Party People"? The scene where the actor playing Ian Curtis is having a grand mal epileptic seizure on the floor & the actor playing bassist Peter Hook just steps across him to get a cigarette? Think that kinda thing happened to Syd?
was this show after the Corn Exchange preformance? is thi the show the journalists really slagged him over??? I love Syd, just as ragged as this is. gotta Love Syd
It's great how the crowd appreciates him . I'm sure they know he's in a bad state, but they know the songs are wonderful . And they love Syd , along with David Gilmour and Humble Pie's Jerry Shirley. So cool .
@Traductus5972 Yeah I know, maybe I did not word it precisely. Some sources blame his departure on his "emotional instability"...the problem was obviously with the sound.... I wonder what happened and if the sound engineer was to blame.
Probably he just freaked out because he started to become way more famous than what he could have handled, and that being on LSD all the time must be one hell of a trip...sad sad
really? I love music, I mean love to play and sing and all the other fun that goes along with it, but this is just bad noise.. Gimmie a break. It sounds like a jr. high battle of the bands. Bah Humbug...
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besides the poor micing.. they say that well, he didn´t show an attitude of "caring much" about the singing.. maybe that´s also why the lyrics dont show very much... dunno...
It's not LSD. Syd Barrett has been held up as an example of the sudden onset and how devastating the effects of schizophrenia can be. In the '70's he couldn't have been treated like they can now.
It's sad really. If Barrett would have stayed off the drugs (or at least the acid/LSD), he would have created some stellar music, possibly even better than the Dark Side of the Moon. R.I.P. Syd Barrett
its fantastic that such a genious can just walk away from the spot light and carry on his life as he wanted in Gods Cambridge.He did what he wanted to and i wish i had the chance to meet him as i only lived round the corner from him and i had relations who knew him and family.You dont know what you have untill its gone!!!
bothers me that I think this is the only LIVE audio of Syd solo going around besides the peel sessions stuff if I'm not mistaken (I got it about 15 years ago on cassette tape & astonished how good it is musically). Hopefully someone somewhere will find more.
oh god! this electric version oozes sexiness. too bad the quality sux. imagine what floyd could've done with this raw beauty. listening to this in the dark, i can almost....like, climb into it and simply smile, trying to ignore the ache in my heart. is there anything like a good raw rock artist?
Im only 14 and just starting my learning curve on the guitar..im trying to twist my dads arm to buy me the Syd Barrett Mirror Fender Esquire copy from Roza I saw on here.Only Syd could make a Fender Growl like this.With respect to all other artists
imagine sitting at his feet with a good buzz on a nice june afternoon listening to this?!?!!! i'm not into other guys too much, but man was he attractive in every way.
It's amazing how much Syd altered the sound of Terrapin by changing from acoustic to electric. This version takes on this rough-edged blues sound; quite a bit different from the haunting ballad studio version on Mad Cap Laughs. Too bad the quality isn't better. RIP Syd! Shine On!
This is what it is...a bootleg done on a mono cassette by the sound of it....but it is fascinating.....it does sound like the boys had been on weed rather than anything else...like that Link Wray comparison Excathead........
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no wonder jerry shirley joined humble pie....no wonder nick mason wanted barrett kicked out of the band.....this just shows the danger of too much acid for sure....painful to listen to, as much as I loved the floyd back then, the magic in syd barrett was gone by this point
Tattered, Tragic ,Terrific..and terrible for what he became. A true intellectual, so far ahead of time..Genius, without having to weigh up 'this' and 'that';'Your death could not kill off our love for you; Notes can't spell out the score..Your memory shines, luminescent forever, Fade Away never.'Shine on,' Syd,Hope you're at blissful peace now. X
He sounds better "fried" than today's no talents do sober. Syd is a genius. Today's posers don't deserve studio time, they bash away with distortion and scream in an adopted voice. Syd was pure, melodic and inspiring. We need to aspire to this, not karaoke.
Sounds like a 8 year old playing, lol
basenjib123 4 months ago
@basenjib123 are you retarded?
BeholdAndSee93 4 months ago 2
@basenjib123 You obviously know nothing about music. This is top notch playing, just terrible recording. If you want "perfection" go listen to Black Eyed Peas
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BeholdAndSee93 6 months ago
This song is so badass with electric guitar. Best riff I've ever heard.
BeholdAndSee93 6 months ago
why was Syd Barrett such a pig for the dope?
villiparis 6 months ago
syd on cid
Billtrippin 6 months ago
He's obviously in a messed up state but it's his one and only live appearance if I recall it right...and that makes this video a MUST
TheBitterSweetgr 7 months ago
syd is really the baddest motherfucker that ever lived. if he were here, he would be staring off into space, thinking about mailboxes melting into human eyeballs and god knows what. he would probably just wander around running into shit and muttering.but what i would give to see that happen.......
JessToThaIzzo 10 months ago 2
@JessToThaIzzo one of the best yt comments I've ever read JTT. Prost!
parkt6792 9 months ago
@JessToThaIzzo people over exaggerate his behavior much too frequently
bernardbuchanan 9 months ago 2
@JessToThaIzzo Idiotic.
masonwriteon2525 7 months ago
@JessToThaIzzo Hell yeah, right there with ya!
CrazyBear65 5 months ago
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PapaverSomni 11 months ago
Everybody was spiking everybody's acid. I read an interview with a girl he used to hang out with. The interviewer was talking about people spiking Syd's food and drink and she said that everyone was dosing everyone, I'm sure with all Syd's money he was buying plenty of the drug for everyone and dosed his share of people. At one point, I'll say June of '67 something really bad happened in his head but he couldn't stop the momentum of the train (Kevin Ayers "Stop this Train (Again doing it)")
TristanH90 1 year ago
AWESOOOOME
shkevy 1 year ago
Maybe true. yet it did not affect his music negatively in the least bit. and to this day we can still appreciate and feel the emotion that that man put forth in his music and the inspiration he gave others to take a different musical path. Pink Floyd.
bclug24 1 year ago
Sorry to bust all the rock star legend shit, but Barrett was extremely mentally and emotionally ill towards the end of his career. The hallucinogens and other drugs probably didn't help much, but what was probably worse for him were the rigors of the road, bad food, not enough rest and not being safe at home.
FraterSoddi 1 year ago
@FraterSoddi What do you mean by not being safe at home? Like to much groupies ,and sketchy people and to much drug's around?
jefduf 1 year ago
@jefduf I meant Syd SHOULD HAVE been safe at home & not touring. The band and management knew he was fragile for quite a while. But perhaps the heavy duty drug experimentation BY ALL CONCERNED masked and exacerbated Syd's coming collapse.
U ever see "24 Hr Party People"? The scene where the actor playing Ian Curtis is having a grand mal epileptic seizure on the floor & the actor playing bassist Peter Hook just steps across him to get a cigarette? Think that kinda thing happened to Syd?
FraterSoddi 1 year ago
When I was 14 years old, I play this kind of ... shit. Now I can't play better, but I can listen better.
Claude
uliman13 1 year ago
Sounds really interesting.
stalkek 1 year ago 3
This song works well both as acoustic and calm and as electric and upbeat.
DoctorPencilK 1 year ago
@hennocksholinepurpur
was this show after the Corn Exchange preformance? is thi the show the journalists really slagged him over??? I love Syd, just as ragged as this is. gotta Love Syd
waynealarsen 2 years ago
It's great how the crowd appreciates him . I'm sure they know he's in a bad state, but they know the songs are wonderful . And they love Syd , along with David Gilmour and Humble Pie's Jerry Shirley. So cool .
68Strut 2 years ago
Are these the songs on the Radio One Sessions CD, or whatever it's called?
DoctorPencilK 2 years ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SamZucchini 2 years ago
poor mixing :(
just imagine if it weren't XD
yet, this is still enjoyable
zosorunes91 2 years ago
@zosorunes91 yes yes, indeed ... sounds great, i cant listen to syd voice though ..
corleonex 1 year ago
@corleonex well thank that to very bad mic-ing. it was so bad that syd just smiled at the crowd and calmly left after playing 4 songs
Traductus5972 1 year ago
@Traductus5972 did you see the video of it? Why all the lies then blaiming him for abruptly ending the concert and leaving?
VegaVelecka 1 year ago
@VegaVelecka it's not a lie, he just left because of the poor mic-ing and there is no video of it. i've read about it.
Traductus5972 1 year ago
@Traductus5972 Yeah I know, maybe I did not word it precisely. Some sources blame his departure on his "emotional instability"...the problem was obviously with the sound.... I wonder what happened and if the sound engineer was to blame.
VegaVelecka 1 year ago
wonderful music, thank you for posting!
magicalfungi 2 years ago
It just sounds like he doesn't want to be there, like it's a burden.
actron 2 years ago 7
I've never thought there was a recording of these concerts.
Thanks for posting them, I'm glad to hear them even with the poor mic-ing, it's better than nothing.
TheIsabel7 2 years ago 4
bad mic-ing is the reason why syd politeley walked off the stage
Traductus5972 2 years ago 3
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Absolutely awful, as Gilmour said later "I don't know why we did it!"
tet1963 2 years ago
Probably he just freaked out because he started to become way more famous than what he could have handled, and that being on LSD all the time must be one hell of a trip...sad sad
ScarBarrett 2 years ago 4
This was the day I turned 7, and I got a Bike! Coincidence? Yes, but cool, never the less. yeah
zfloid44 2 years ago 4
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really? I love music, I mean love to play and sing and all the other fun that goes along with it, but this is just bad noise.. Gimmie a break. It sounds like a jr. high battle of the bands. Bah Humbug...
Wolfgasm0414 2 years ago
wonderful wonderful..this is magic
niccopapavescovo 2 years ago 3
It's my understanding the Syd was "dosed" too - it wasn't all voluntary on his part - his marathon use of LSD...
njolnir 2 years ago
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besides the poor micing.. they say that well, he didn´t show an attitude of "caring much" about the singing.. maybe that´s also why the lyrics dont show very much... dunno...
anitasseo 2 years ago
welcome to the club!
sigmundfloyder 2 years ago
It's not LSD. Syd Barrett has been held up as an example of the sudden onset and how devastating the effects of schizophrenia can be. In the '70's he couldn't have been treated like they can now.
du2vye 2 years ago
The problem is, he was never diagnosed with schizophrenia. That was just Roger Waters' opinion.
spyungart 2 years ago 14
@spyungart and most of the people he interacted with, bar his sister.
darbdavys 2 months ago
It's sad really. If Barrett would have stayed off the drugs (or at least the acid/LSD), he would have created some stellar music, possibly even better than the Dark Side of the Moon. R.I.P. Syd Barrett
rockaholic1971 2 years ago 5
its fantastic that such a genious can just walk away from the spot light and carry on his life as he wanted in Gods Cambridge.He did what he wanted to and i wish i had the chance to meet him as i only lived round the corner from him and i had relations who knew him and family.You dont know what you have untill its gone!!!
tstoakley 2 years ago 5
this is from 39 years ago
STARSmenber 2 years ago 4
bothers me that I think this is the only LIVE audio of Syd solo going around besides the peel sessions stuff if I'm not mistaken (I got it about 15 years ago on cassette tape & astonished how good it is musically). Hopefully someone somewhere will find more.
chomskyfan 2 years ago
Nothing like having your sound system screwed with while your attempting a comeback.
Adominae 2 years ago
7.7.2006 RIP Syd
uberrobi 2 years ago
True art, not ur comercial over produced crap with no heart or soul
spudskin1 2 years ago 3
station
watertestboy 2 years ago
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BAD TRIP
000petrus 2 years ago
great, syd
Tzan7 2 years ago 2
brutal reef
wallek 3 years ago 2
Pity about the 'micing'.
ninyae 3 years ago 2
the electric version sounds kickass
zephead1969 3 years ago 5
oh god! this electric version oozes sexiness. too bad the quality sux. imagine what floyd could've done with this raw beauty. listening to this in the dark, i can almost....like, climb into it and simply smile, trying to ignore the ache in my heart. is there anything like a good raw rock artist?
knickd1979 3 years ago 11
Im only 14 and just starting my learning curve on the guitar..im trying to twist my dads arm to buy me the Syd Barrett Mirror Fender Esquire copy from Roza I saw on here.Only Syd could make a Fender Growl like this.With respect to all other artists
stoakley94 3 years ago 6
yeah i wish i had the mirror tele : /
zephead1969 3 years ago
Syd is one of my heroes also because of the fact he's so brave upstage
Gamagachee 3 years ago 5
Syd Barrett is just Ab-Fab! aka (absolutey fabulus)
92bjubilee 3 years ago 2
I don't really care how it sounds. It's just Syd. And Syd is all I want.
SYD BARRETT WILL 4_EVER BE IN MY HEART!!!!
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND!!!!!!
66MadcapLaughs 3 years ago 46
imagine sitting at his feet with a good buzz on a nice june afternoon listening to this?!?!!! i'm not into other guys too much, but man was he attractive in every way.
knickd1979 3 years ago 15
Cuántos Syd Barrett hacen falta hoy?
DECO20007 3 years ago 3
this is great! thanks for post it! =)
iloveu syd
infinitalocura 3 years ago
It's amazing how much Syd altered the sound of Terrapin by changing from acoustic to electric. This version takes on this rough-edged blues sound; quite a bit different from the haunting ballad studio version on Mad Cap Laughs. Too bad the quality isn't better. RIP Syd! Shine On!
tje1966 3 years ago 5
Excellent, thank you for posting !
Hans :o)
colamoonpig 3 years ago
Is this the recording just poorly miked, or did they actually sound like that to the audience. It couldn't have been this bad!
seventhsamuel 3 years ago
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you are stupid
lenkokin 3 years ago
No, I'm not. Its just hard to imagine Syd sounding this bad!
seventhsamuel 3 years ago
its about the mood
MadCircle01 3 years ago
my favourite track on the madcap laughs..
skinnynorris85 3 years ago
This is what it is...a bootleg done on a mono cassette by the sound of it....but it is fascinating.....it does sound like the boys had been on weed rather than anything else...like that Link Wray comparison Excathead........
johnnybsteelriff 3 years ago
This is Syd and this is the only way how Syd sounds. Compare to Dave Gilmour's version???
Shine on Syd
"please hold onto the steel rail"
Juupp 3 years ago 2
THE BIG!!!!!!!!!!
oigroig57 3 years ago
syd was great but one cannot deny the shoddy giutar work on this recordind compared to the madcap album
tensago 3 years ago 3
your all off your heads syd was the best an always will..
nattydozza 3 years ago 7
yeah, this is a butcher of sound but, anyway, you can notice that Syd actually could play.
And very well!!!
Refrescospepito 3 years ago 3
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no wonder jerry shirley joined humble pie....no wonder nick mason wanted barrett kicked out of the band.....this just shows the danger of too much acid for sure....painful to listen to, as much as I loved the floyd back then, the magic in syd barrett was gone by this point
ZavnorZ 3 years ago
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Wtf is this. This is the sound of crap falling on a guitar, how can people think of this man as a genious.
SoyAlberto 3 years ago
optimal!tu tutu tu tutu...je
meskalitoLen 3 years ago
pink floyd was not shit with out syd they got rich off another mans ideals
politikillpigs 3 years ago 2
i can see what you mean but they wrote those songs About syd on their own...you cant deny that
BagofSunshine1001 3 years ago
epic
rickhorror 3 years ago
Tattered, Tragic ,Terrific..and terrible for what he became. A true intellectual, so far ahead of time..Genius, without having to weigh up 'this' and 'that';'Your death could not kill off our love for you; Notes can't spell out the score..Your memory shines, luminescent forever, Fade Away never.'Shine on,' Syd,Hope you're at blissful peace now. X
PennyTraition 4 years ago 4
Awesome! Maybe Barrett and Gilmour should've Stuck with it.
Fongolitus 4 years ago 7
Thanks for posting this. It's the first electric version I've heard of Terrapin.
It infuriated other musicians, but the fact that Syd never played a song the same way twice makes every one of his recordings special.
agabriel2000 4 years ago 16
well, this kicks all forms of ass...
iamthepinkylifter 4 years ago 15
He sounds better "fried" than today's no talents do sober. Syd is a genius. Today's posers don't deserve studio time, they bash away with distortion and scream in an adopted voice. Syd was pure, melodic and inspiring. We need to aspire to this, not karaoke.
sydysydy 4 years ago 67
YES!
AlbertMondback 4 years ago 2
Right on! I completely agree. I hate the "Adopted Voice" thing that most newer bands do...
BobaFett3200 4 years ago
@sydysydy get a life imbecile...and syd was a trainwreck more than a "genius"
sixsixxsixxxx 11 months ago
@sixsixxsixxxx GFYourself
PapaverSomni 11 months ago
@PapaverSomni Idiotic.
masonwriteon2525 7 months ago
this song is so awesome
VictoryJackpot5 4 years ago 8
Tattered, tattered, tattered.
PostToastie 4 years ago
Wont you miss me, i tattooed my brain all the way....
asydwaters 4 years ago 7
Wonderful!!! RiP Syd.
asydwaters 4 years ago 5
Syd shines!
thanks for uploading this!
AnkaMusiclover 4 years ago 7
thanks for postin this
HombreSully 4 years ago 6
Oh so beautiful...
Shine on Syd
And thanks Evman88
Juupp 4 years ago 6
No shining today
PAULLONDEN 4 years ago
Syd was a hero
SkopTeocratico 4 years ago 7
Well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you...
hesabeauty 4 years ago 3
"...the star above you, crystal blue..."
jguttm 4 years ago 5