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buzzsaw
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Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 5263
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 10:41 am: | 
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Syd passed away today.
People sometimes forget he started The Pink Floyd.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/11/britain.floyd/index.html
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Mayor McCheese
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Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1780
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 1:09 pm: |
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buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 5266
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 1:35 pm: |
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dave23
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Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1851
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 2:01 pm: |
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They were playing Lucifer Sam on WFMU so I listened, then the DJ came on and said he died on the 7th. Hope he finds peace hereafter. |
Hillsider
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Username: Hillsider
Post Number: 80
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 2:02 pm: |
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shine on you crazy diamond...
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ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2629
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 2:22 pm: |
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Syd Barrett wrote the best Pink Floyd song ever: "See Emily Play"
Shine on, indeed.
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Mayor McCheese
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Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1784
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 2:30 pm: |
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ess, good call with the see emily play. That was great stuff.
A saucerful of secrets was a classic as well. Actually that whole album was good. |
dave23
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Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1852
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 2:42 pm: |
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Emily tries, but misunderstands (aaahhh ooohhh) |
Travis
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Username: Travis
Post Number: 464
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 6:29 pm: |
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The best obit:
Quote:Syd Barrett died last Friday, although the news was not announced until this morning. In later years he had apparently passed his time painting pictures, or working in his garden. It might have been a sad life; it might even have been a happy one. Personally, I'm rather glad that we don't know, and that he never came out to tell us. Barrett went away and stayed away. He took his secrets to the grave.
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TomD
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Username: Tomd
Post Number: 552
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:33 am: |
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I think that's the interesting thing about Barrett's legacy...he never tried to come back. No matter how big Pink Floyd became, no matter how tempting it might have been to even try to come back during the heydays around Dark Side or The Wall, or to reappear in the late 80's when Waters and the band split, he never toured with Ringo--he just stayed away. A few early solo albums and then -- nothing.
It seems that most people, after spending time in the spotlight, itch to get back. Salinger comes to mind as someone who also stayed away -- is Salinger still alive? If he is he must be in his 90's by now...<checking...>, he's 87, assuming he's still out there. |
dave23
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Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1855
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 9:21 am: |
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TomD,
I think he had to completely sever his rock star life in order to maintain some semblence of sanity. |
Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 4029
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 10:15 am: |
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The Oracle (a big fan) just emailed me, expressing (a) how mixed his own emotions are that Mr. Barrett is finally gone, and encouraging us all to remember that (2) Syd's just left this plane of existence to accept that great gig in the sky, where he'll be jamming with Jimi, Keith, et al...
-s.
BTW, Dave23, I can totally relate: I severed myself from my own rock star life in order to maintain some semblance of sanity. Too bad it didn't work. |
John Caffrey
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Username: Jerseyjack
Post Number: 366
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 2:43 pm: |
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Was it Syd who wrote the song about the guy who was arrested in U.K. for stealing ladies underwear off of clothslines? |
buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 5275
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 2:45 pm: |
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Arnold Layne |
dave23
Citizen
Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1857
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 3:10 pm: |
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Yes it was, John. |
Project 37
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Username: Project37
Post Number: 147
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 3:22 pm: |
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Here's the freaky video for "Arnold Layne":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoPnuymQ6is |
mlj
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Username: Mlj
Post Number: 306
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 7:52 pm: |
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Thanks to all the posters on this thread for sharing thoughts and links. Remembering him and the times brings back so many memories. |
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