So, What Did Syd Think???

1drunk · Post by **1drunk** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:12 pm

Hi! I was just wondering what 'Pink Floyd' songs that Syd might have liked from 'Pink Floyd,' the band mates he left; ones that he wasn't in if any on some regular basis, a little bit, don't know, or no - answer please. And how aware was he of you all's career n what did he think about all of that if you told him or asked him or showed any interest at all in new items.

zag · Post by **zag** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:53 pm

with blank stare.

seriously(?), I think Roger didn´t give a damn. The last heard sentence to Pink Floyd´s music was "sounds a bit old".

nosaj · Post by **nosaj** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:24 am

Syd might have like San Tropez in my mind for some reason...I dunno...

Post by **drafsack** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:22 pm

Why would he like anything they wrote - when they parted both were going in different directions musically

ddebil · Post by **ddebil** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:26 pm

"Did I turn the oven off?"

1drunk · Post by **1drunk** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:54 am

I don't know, I would think he might be a little interested in what they were doing since they worked and grew from that, and also just to make conversation, I suppose if Mr. Gilmour really came over, one might think he would like to talk about his musical developments with Syd. I mean don't other muscians appreciate what their close friends are doing?

Although, for some reason I can see him critizing the 'new' Pink Floyd if he knew anything about that, and is something if so I like to hear!

oldperfume · Post by **oldperfume** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:57 pm

Syd probably thought that the 73-79 Floyd was way too commercial. It's just an opinion but I have a feeling he would have been more into things like "MORE","OBSCURED BY CLOUDS", the studio stuff on "UMMAGUMMA" which was a bit exploratory & maybe some of the instrumentalson things like "ECHOES", "CIRRUS MINOR",etc. Then again, maybe he thought it all sucked & they were assholes from kicking him out of his own band.It's all speculative at best which makes foorums like this exciting.

1drunk · Post by **1drunk** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:10 pm

Who would kick nice little old sweet Syd out of his own band? Was it some uniform decision or did he just leave kind of on his own?

GilmourGirl · Post by **GilmourGirl** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:23 am

Word is the guys didn't pick Barrett up for a gig; my guess is he probably wasn't there waitin anyways. Poor Syd was tired and stressed and trippin his ass off.

Damn!t · Post by **Damn!t** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:54 am

1drunk wrote:Who would kick nice little old sweet Syd out of his own band? Was it some uniform decision or did he just leave kind of on his own?

He was fucking mad.
He couldnt function in a normal everyday life, yet alone in a pop band. Of course they "kicked" him out.
IMO, they were very reasonable and gentle to him and tried to help.

GilmourGirl · Post by **GilmourGirl** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:25 am

Oh you know The Gilmour was a great friend to Barrett. A very loyal friend to the end. The Gilmour may be a practicing Atheist but whether he likes it or not he has been eternally blessed for the way he looked out for Barrett. What a man.

Idisaffect · Post by **Idisaffect** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:30 am

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GilmourGirl wrote:Word is the guys didn't pick Barrett up for a gig; my guess is he probably wasn't there waitin anyways. Poor Syd was tired and stressed and trippin his ass off.

I think you (along with danielcaux) make the best posts on the Syd threads.

GilmourGirl · Post by **GilmourGirl** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:47 am

Thank you. I hate it when people try and dissect the mans mind. Barrett was waaaay ahead of his time. Too fucking cool for his own good but also human like the rest of us.

moom · Post by **moom** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:37 pm

drafsack wrote:Why would he like anything they wrote - when they parted both were going in different directions musically

He doesn't have to dislike them to do a different kind of music. Didn't, that is.
Dominoes sounds quite Floyd, pre-Dark Side and Wright'ish, so therefore he might have loved Rick's early stuff.

Post by **mosespa** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:06 pm

Syd recorded two solo albums and then disappeared entirely from the music industry.

A few years later, he showed up (fattened and with shaved head) to a mixing session for WYWH. Reportedly, he listened to SOYCD, was asked what he thought and responded "it sounds old."

When another playback was called for, Syd reportedly responded "why bother? You've already heard it once."

I think it's safe to say that for whatever reasons anyone cares to imagine, Roger "Syd" Barrett didn't give a rip about anything Pink Floyd had done.

It was all a non-event to him, it seems.

His sister said that talking about his past involvement with the band only depressed him for days on end. Which is why Gilmour and the rest never bothered to drop in on him...it wouldn't have been a pleasant reminisce, only a painful reminder of a time he'd rather have forgotten.

There's no "romantic" angle to Barrett. He was a very talented young man who lost his shit entirely.

End of story, really.

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