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  • syd is the pink floyd I like..dont care much about the "prog" pink floyd..to each their own of course.

  • Syd, I love you!!!

  • if i remember right this is floyd first song before they were pink floyd b/c there was a 6 band person. lot of people only know of the 5.

  • groovey, syd

  • look, how can someone quit a band that didnt pick you up one day Pink Floyd, the only thing interesting is how someone can do one album and sue for royalties for the entire era and then win, unfortunately and i underline for anyone in this era people take the need for correctness too much of an extreme, except for frank zappa who then became normal as an ambassador of another country. all record labels are for small people. youre welcome syd ...

  • I like both Rogers and Syds Pink Floyd. But Piper is definitely in their top 3.

  • how can i convert this to mp3

  • Man I wish all the early stuff would come out from that session. It's a shame their early period wasn't covered by an LP or a few singles in 1965-66. Syd was rock and roll.

  • Bob Klose is God........or is it Syd

  • Yes, Roger Waters is and was a HUGE egomaniac but to say he should have been kicked out of Floyd early on is a ridiculous statement. Check out some of the writing credits and you'll get why.

  • I had to sign in to say all I can say, is awesome!!!!

  • They should have kicked Roger Waters out of the band instead of Barrett.

  • @3ombieautopilot They didn't really "kick" Syd out, he just kind of faded into the mist. I have a Guitar World mag with an interview with David Gilmour. I think one of Syd's problems was way too much LSD, and he started down the road to insanity when his mind started to go, which is really sad. But without Roger they wouldn't have had those high pitch vocals along with Gilmour's that made the Pink Floyd sound. Also there wouldn't have been The Wall album, or The Final Cut......

  • @Stratmandoin "Insanity" is a lable placed upon genius by socioty (Syd Barrett, Roky Erickson, Aldous Huxley, Nicola Tesla...) "Sanity" is all a matter of perception. If I know that I am insane, then I am saner than anyone who percieves themselves to be perfectly sane, because everyone is insane, you see? And I know, because I'm fuckin nuts! Large doses of LSD, mescaline, psilocyben, cocaine, methamphetamine? I think maybe it was Mandrake that fucked Syd up, but that's just a guess

  • @CrazyBear65 I guess nobody knows what caused syd to loose it, but anyway he started to fade away and the band could no longer work with him. He walked into the studio when they were recording The Wall and nobody could figure out who he was because he had gained weight and shaved his head and eyebrows then roger recognised him and started crying.Syd was escorted out and that was the last time they saw him. Reguardless of what caused it, it's very sad, and such a waste of a mind.

  • Syd with a twang!!

  • Syd sounds fucking awesome

  • freakbeat starts at 1:42

  • Never heard this curious piece. When all of us will have a RIP, Floyd will survive via their great albums...

  • my favourite Pink Floyd album has always been Saucerful of Secrets, Jugband Blues is a beautifully chilling way to end the album. RIP Syd Barrett and Rick Wright

  • I think Piper at the Gates of Dawn was one of the most psychidelic of any of their albums. RIP Syd Barrett!

  • @coolmankeoma lol, i under stand, but i'm afraid u don't understand, I don't care, this was just a joke.....

  • Such a great song.

  • Back when they were known as "THE" Pink Floyd! Yes, kids--there was once a time when a band wasn't a band unless they had the article "THE" in front of their name: "THE" Jefferson Airplane, "THE" Blue Cheer, "THE" Grateful Dead, "THE" Grand Funk Railroad. In a way, it sounds cooler that way!

  • The great Syd Barrett--he left us a lot of wonderful songs, and he simply had that special charisma, which is the truest beauty. 

  • Doherty emulated this Barrets songs

  • Super!

  • sem duvida nenhuma Syd foi fundamental para o Pink, mas os cara fizeram um otimo trabalho depois dele Pink Floyd e melhor banda do planeta.

  • SYD GONE BEFORE HIS TIME R.I.P MY FRIEND

  • sounds like the kinks a little here

  • @1tag2 Floyd were almost on their way to being a post-British Invasion band. It's interesting to think about that prospect.

  • I wish Syd could have met Roky Erickson...

  • @CrazyBear65

    :))))

    ahahah..

    wish they were there (and me 2)

  • i love him so much,and what piss me off is he never waswas never officially diagnosed with any form of mental illness ,just some of people believe in it,Syd was fragile,but amazingly sweet person,and all what happened was just mental breakdown ,all that rumors about he was bipolar,etc,etc,are nonsenses

  • @bibi5027 Maybe it was just that weekend when he went missing that he took too much acid and never fully recovered ?

  • How can anyone say post-Barrett Floyd is "boring" and "predictable"??? Hate to break it to the Barrett-era only fans, but it was after him that the others' innovations and ideas came to the forefront that didn't before. Sure, Piper is a great album, but Meddle, Obscured, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, even the Gilmour-era stuff among other things was musically supreme, certainly not "boredom". By the way, Dave happened to help Syd with guitar before Floyd. Things have a funny way of turning out.

  • Someone, where can I download or buy this? Thank you!

  • Someone, where can I download or buy this? Thank you!

  • Not exactly "rare" but pretty damn awesome!

  • @djtrixen Well if it was never on an album, LP or was never a popular single then you could say it's reasonably rare.

  • ^I meant to say EP there, not LP..

  • 0:53 roger = kelso from that 70's show?

  • Another Barrett original..........truly an original talent.

  • Lmao.... That is hilarious.........Barrett's got your number Bieber... that's right... better watch your back....

  • Sick...really good

  • Nirvana could have brilliantly covered this...I can hear Kurt screaming leeeeeeeeeeave

  • @qbblizzard  Sorry, there's no one like Syd, never has been and never will.

    R.I.P. Syd, Richard and Kurt.

  • @chester57ify Great man! I agree with you!

  • @MegaSpalman Thanks. It's not difficult to agree on Syd Barrett. He was a musical genius. Shame for him and for us that his mind blew up.  Take care.

  • @qbblizzard YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT :)

  • Another early early recording of the Floyd: I'm a king bee (1965). Listen to it everyone!

  • Good tune

  • I liked that a lot, need to here John's Children 3rd degree now....

  • @gilmourguitar123 i know man, people just always compare both eras of pink floyd, they are a bit different and its not like they are trying to exactly copy syd barrets pink floyd. Pink floyd are just great in general, I love syd barrett yet I still love the older pink floyd.

  • @gilmourguitar123 Yes, i confirm. Compared to the period of Syd, it's all boredom...

  • he actually isisnt on drugs yet with this song if he would have been like this pink floyd would have been a sucesss mayby without gilmore

  • That Klose guy rocks. Syd > Klose > Gilmour.

  • This song is awesome. heard it first time. Good lord, I was missing such a wonderful stuff.

  • I find that this song sounds really similar to an early David Bowie song called "That's a promise" that was recorded in 1966.

  • Such a great song! The Oholics recent cover is decent, but the original is the best!

  • If Syd were here whe would kick rappers and pop singers ass's without even touching them

  • @pancaikmix45 That's an understatement. I swear, if Syd was here now, he could space out on the North-Pole, and then... You know what would happen? I'd tell you what'd happen: all the gay-ass crunkcore beliebers all the way down to Antarctica would implode into split atoms upon being hit by Syd Barrett's mega super awesome ultrapsychedelia shock wave. Yes. Syd Barrett is powerful. Modern mainstream pop music won't stand a chance. They'd be gone.

  • @DoctorPencilK What is this 'gay meaning not good' idiocy; is it just an American thing?

  • this is as pure as music can get. 

  • Syd Barrett had a gold mind and gold hands. He was a multitalent, he was a Genius. Thank you Syd.

  • Justin Bieber 's lucky syd barret isn't alive to kick his ass

  • @qo999966666

    Or spike his candy smarties with shit tons of acid lol

  • @Arcturusalt that'll get his voice down an octave

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  • @321321632 Ok ok, im was fucking drug.. I mean, dont write God Syd in the same centence with Jus*@!shit. You understand?

  • @qo999966666 Fuck You

  • @qo999966666 you don't even fucking deserve to be here mentioning him

  • @qo999966666 But Roger, David, and Nick are

  • @pancaikmix45 good point

  • that's fuckend funny

  • @qo999966666 stop talking about fucking justin bieber

  • @qo999966666 lol

  • I fucking love this song!

  • this song is so epic! u can tell syd is using alot of emotion in his voice

  • I've always thought Syd Barrett was a kind of English Bob Dylan but the drugs got the best of him :( so much love for Syd

  • @FloyDylaN Not only the drugs....Syd unfortunately was schizophrenic....and with acid his mental situation has worsened.

  • Great song

  • Lucy stands for lucifer..

  • amazing..

  • Damn I never hear this song... simply great!!!

  • Pink Floyd, the evolution of greatness.

  • love this awesome adorable song and how syd screams em!

  • I'm what I like to call a middle stage PF fan. Grew up in the 70's. 3 stages of fan loyalty seem to go: Barrett, Waters, Gilmour. I like a lot of the early Syd Barrett stuff, got some of his solo works and of course early Floyd. But to you 1st stage guys (60's), he has been greatly over rated. Those that burn out quick always are (Like N. Young said "better to burn out than faid away"). I doubt he could of ever took them to the height they finally reached. This is s great song though.

  • Excellent track buddy, cheers for the upload

  • London/Carnaby Street and England in general HAD IT GOING ON.... So WHY, WHY, WHY, were everyone so instant in jumping on that stale San Francisco / hippie bandwagon??

    I CANNOT fathom what possible reasoning there could have been for that...

    The people from that scene who ROCKED BALLS, but then decided to trade in that excruciatingly COOL look and sound for Rip Van Winkle beards and corny, FM-radio-friendly muzak, should be ashamed of themselves.

  • amazaing vocals , listen 2 this every day 4 the rest a my life .

  • You may be right, camo337: The Syd Barrett era of Pink Floyd was not its most creative era, and that's the end of where I agree with you. Syd Barrett was poised to be one of the greatest pop musicians that ever was....but never was. His chances were snuffed out by his own self-inflicting habits; the Barrett era ended leaving us begging for more, from Syd and from the way Pink Floyd sounded under his management, regardless of its quality. It was not the best, but it was fresh, so...Shine On!

  • @337camo  Syd Barrett was the best Pink Floyd's member, the most creative.....after Syd nothing, only boredom

  • @MegaSpalman Really, you think after Syd it was only boredom. I feel sorry for you. If i had to pick a "best member" which is silly, but i'd pick Roger Waters.

  • @337camo Not as sorry as I feel for anyone who can endure sitting through "Dark Side Of The Moon".

  • @gwugluud Woah, this is worse than i thought. Roger Waters wrote all the lyrics for the album and over 50% of the music too. So you dont like Speak To Me, Breathe, On The Run, Time, Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Color You Like, Eclipse, or Brain Damage? That sucks man....

  • @337camo Oh yes man, this is an opinion....but there is a problem....when Syd was the leader of Pink Floyd, Waters was the second....do you know why? Because Waters is only a silly bass player while Syd was a genius....

  • @MegaSpalman That is definately an opinion alright. I have a feeling you're an idiot who think Syd is cool for losing his mind on acid, that isnt cool. Yea, Syd created the psychadelic feel in Pink Floyd but the rest of the members transformed it and made it better. The guys from Pink Floyd were even helping Syd create his 2 solo albums, from writing and playing to producing. Plus, Syd's solo albums cant even be compared with albums that Waters wrote or was apart of.

  • @337camo I'm sorry man, but I'm not absolutely agree with you.......the Pink Floyd are started and finished with Syd Barrett.......after that is another group, dependent on business dealings with the EMI.......with the exception of Ummagumma album, that i like for a reason.....when i listen it, i feel the Barrett's influence....

  • @MegaSpalman Whatever man we both have our own opinions. its all good music anyways....

  • @337camo Oh yes man, is true.......great and insuperable music.......also would be tedious to have always the same opinions.... and the debate opens the mind....

  • @MegaSpalman true. plus, pink floyd probably wouldnt even be the same if syd was never there. i wonder what their music would sound like....

  • @337camo Sure.....i repeat: If you listen "Ummagumma", you realize the importance of Barrett's period for the growth of the group......the same for "Atom Heart Mother"......after i don't like particularly the sequents albums....I think that are too commercial except maybe "Animals"....the song "Wish You Were Here" was

    a cry of pain for Syd's loss!

  • @MegaSpalman Yea, still..we got off the subject. After Syd there wasnt just boredom and Waters isnt just some silly bass player.

  • @337camo It's obvious that my consideration about Waters was a provocation....but you have to admit that with "The Dark Side Of the Moon" the boredom is guaranteed........a terrible album.....

    Where is Syd??? Come back please!!

  • @MegaSpalman no you didnt make it too obvious. i like dark side of the moon alot! lets atleast agree that we dont agree on much!

  • @337camo True.....it's only my opinion.

  • @MegaSpalman Not really.. the later Pink Floyd is also quite musical.. it's just of a different sort and inspiration.

  • @MegaSpalman

    c'mon man,you can't say that.

    Syd remained heart and soul even after,but you can't say ''shine on you crazy diamond'' etc aren't pure perfection

  • @omentummajus

    Not pure perfection man, only good music....

    but Syd was another thing....was a crazy genius...this is the difference

  • @MegaSpalman

    Some people are just too big for this dimension and world.Did you know Nikola Tesla had older brother who was way more genious than him.But he was just too out of this world and spent his very short life in reclusion.

    Syd's mind was also too big for this world so it overdriven him into psychosis.He laid ground for something this world could hold,pink floyd.He remained invisible member and constant inspiration.

    but you just can't say :''after Syd nothing, only boredom''

  • @omentummajus ok, but after Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd did become a bit boring. Yes, they made good albums, they sold millions, were extremely popular in the seventies, but personally I think that 'Piper at the gates of dawn' remains their best album, after all, as innovative and fully representative of an era.

  • @chester57ify Agree. Boring. Good but predictable. The first time you listen to Syd's song you never quite know which way they are going to go.

  • @lostsoleful Predictable? Yeah. The first time you hear dark side of the moon, you know exactly where it's going.

  • @MegaSpalman your not a fan of the floyd. Only true fans look past whos better gilmour or barrett. But I draw the line at the final cut. Thats not floyd

  • he was but pink floyd is till good because they were inspired by syd

  • @MegaSpalman

    love syd, but really? boredom? 

  • @gmellymel yes, it's true for me man.....absolutely....

  • @MegaSpalman absolutely!! he was the happy kid! for which so many british and american musicians were influenced. by the way lucy was my woman for 12 years..

  • Got a Beefheart/Velvet Underground feel to the backing track.

  • I like 70s Floyd a lot; but, I Love 60s Pink Floyd= Best!

  • thank's Syd for your music.....the ONLY big diamond of Pink Floyd...remember this Gilmour!

  • beautiful song, Barrett was a crazy genius

  • this is one of the greatest tunes from the pink floyd

  • 1 m0:00re time!

  • wow. wow. wow! what's this off of? I bought a bootleg cd back in 1995 w/ a bunch of early Floyd's unreleased, but not this... Cheers!

  • @HighDefDownLow It's on plenty of bootlegs of early Floyd stuff (but not on 'Early Flights' which I suspect is the bootleg you have).It's from a 2-sided acetate (I'm A King Bee-also covered by the Stones is the song on the other side and this you probably do have) and both tracks have been booted since the mid 90's or thereabouts.

    King Bee-

    watch?v=VQRL3T-rQEY

  • I'm Sorry, but rick and bob look exactly the same in that first picture

  • I love this song. I even thought about forming a pub band just to take this song to more ears. I'd include Don't Fall Down by the Elevators and a rare little track by 90s band the Thanes, called Buzz Buzz Yeah Yeah. Anyone round Manchester want to get this going? What else could we play?

  • Syd Barrett, aka. Pink Floyd, was even incomparably cool in the garage stage of evolution.

  • Just brilliant. Essential and just the best. Cheers for posting.

  • brilliant for the time frame, very solid syd

  • I love the floyd bunch but I love syd better

  • Wow!! Look how young they were! And especially Barrett! So full of life, it's saddening to find out what happened to him.

  • That was brilliant.

  • YEAH LOS 60'S!!! ME ENCANTA LA VOZ DE BARRETT EN ESTA :)

  • @TORTUGADEAGUADULCE Es EL Verdad! Syd Barrett es/fue El Mejor!!

  • sounds like starvation by golden dawn

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  • Stupid question is this still classed as Pink Floyd even though Bob Close is in the line up?

  • @potricknipperdimple yes, but in the time of this song they were known as The Pink Floyd Sound. Later they changed their name first to The Pink Floyd and finally to Pink Floyd

    I think before The Pink Floyd Sound their names were The Megadeads, The Tea Set, Sigma 6, The Screaming Abdabs, and The Abdabs or something like that

  • great pictures of floyd in there infancy. they had good dress sense, and looked cool as fuck.

  • this song is just awsome, so 60'S.

  • Ah syd, shine on you crazy diamond

  • yes definitely , everything to do with the sixties that has an L in it ' means LSD !!!

  • Where can I find this song ?

  • @sundaygirl1982 Go to listentoyoutube dot cee ooh emm and download the mp3

  • @realpunksdontdie thank you, I'm gonna try

  • Temazoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

  • GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @limpidgreen07 Sorry, to disagree with you about the description, but for me it sounds pro, for a band with less than one year at the time, that's really outstanding.

  • i like this song but syd's psycadelic (is that how you spell it) music is a lot better than this

  • What's this, Syd Barrett is also a fantastic R&B vocalist?

  • @SenorPabloHerrera Sure. They did plenty of R&B songs before going psychedelic, like in fact many other bands. The Syn, for instance...

  • i love this stuff man! thanks for the post! great! great! great!

  • great syd, the rythm's unveliebable for a progressive rock song, I doubt there's another song with this kinda groove-explosion

  • Awesome. Just awesome.

    It totally surprised me how good this song actually is.

    Barrett was a genious.

  • How did this one miss all the compilations and bootlegs? I've never heard it...

  • syd= rock legend a trillion times over

  • god damn this is fucking genius, syd was a mad fucking rock legend!!!!!!!!!!

  • 8 people are fucking retards!!!!!!

  • It is fascinating to speculate how Pink Floyd would have gone if Bob Close had stayed with the band a bit longer. He was a more jazz orientated guitarist whilst Syd was more rock orientated and more experimental. Great track from the group's early years!

  • I hear clear similarities with The Who's early sound... which are nice, obviously.

  • all i want is 1965

  • do you have double o bo?

  • One of 4 songs recorded at their first session along with "Remember Me" and "Butterfly"--both Barrett compositions and "(Im A) King Bee" by Slim Harpo. At the same Decca studio where the Beatles failed their first audition. Thanks for posting this gem!!

  • Sweet ! Huge pink floyd fan. Never heard Klose play until now. He jams ! Sounds like early rock. Great songwriting , and Syd's voice is tops ! Thanks a million !

  • Is Lucy a reference to LSD here?

  • @Darbyjack It's more likely that Lucy is a reference to Syd's girlfriend Libby, considering they had recently broken up around the time this song was recorded. The "Lucy" LSD connection was nearly 2 years away with the release of the Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper" in 1967......and Lennon adamantly insisted throughout the years that his song title was simply a reference to a picture drawn by his son Julian.

  • @limpidgreen07 technically, ♥Syd♥ made "Lucy" up, as a fictional character for this song. It's an example of "Megga Stardome" in a way

  • @limpidgreen07 actually the first case was early in '67 with the blues magoos with their songs love seems doomed, and, albert common is dead.

  • @limpidgreen07 chances are LSD never lef