Syd Barret dies

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• Entil'Zha I see famous people

  July 2006

  Re: Syd Barret dies
  
  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by The Cabl3 Guy [/i]
  [B]Sad day we lose another great rocker
  
  
  [URL=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004180486]Syd Barret Dies[/URL] [/B][/QUOTE]
  
  
  Shine on you crazy diamond...
• Space Ghost Elite Ranger

  July 2006

  Re: Re: Syd Barret dies
  
  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Entil'Zha [/i]
  [B]Shine on you crazy diamond... [/B][/QUOTE]
  
  You beat me to it!
  
  Wish you were here...
• Entil'Zha I see famous people

  July 2006

  Re: Re: Re: Syd Barret dies
  
  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Space Ghost [/i]
  [B]You beat me to it!
  
  Wish you were here... [/B][/QUOTE]
  
  Syd was always one of my favorites, i had always hoped that one day, he'd just kind of wake up and say "Ok world, here i am, lets go tour" when Waters and Pink Floyd got back together for a concert, i held out hope till the last that Syd would show.
  
  there was a great DVD that came out a few years back, The Syd Barret story, was a very good documentary about his life and breakdown and subsequent life in seclusion.
  
  " Come on you raver, you seer of visions
  Come on you painter
  You piper, you prisoner, and shine..."
• Jambo Scriptkiddie

  July 2006

  The only two Pink Floyd songs I like, actually scrap that, the only Pink Floyd song I like is from the Syd Barret Floyd, Bike, and that's probably only because Bowie covered it. I'd rather join the army than have to listen to their 'seminal' post-syd albums like Dark Side and WYWH (although Shine On has some excellent guitar parts).
  
  Still, sad to see the death of a great British nut-case, rest in peace.
• Space Ghost Elite Ranger

  July 2006

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Syd Barret dies
  
  While Sid only wrote 1/30 of all Pink Floyd songs, about 1/5 of the songs on the last compilation album "Echoes" were witten by him. A testament to his genius, as well as the band's respect for the man.