Big F'n Dave Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 okay..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Freak show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualung Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) RIP Dude was freaky though. Edited July 11, 2006 by aqualung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 He had some interesting solo stuff but was a kook. Inspired The Wall, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big F'n Dave Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, performed during the band’s 1974 tour is a tribute to Barrett. I'd forgotten about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I read a bunch of articles about people trying to interview him. He was consistent in his refusals, except one brief chat with a reporter. His sister looked after him and he spent most of his time tending a small garden. Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac had a long period of being a recluse after becoming an acid casualty and IIRC Roky Erickson did also. Both of them survive and have made at least some re-emergence. RIP, Syd. The band you helped start became as big as Beethoven....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I read a bunch of articles about people trying to interview him. He was consistent in his refusals, except one brief chat with a reporter. His sister looked after him and he spent most of his time tending a small garden. Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac had a long period of being a recluse after becoming an acid casualty and IIRC Roky Erickson did also. Both of them survive and have made at least some re-emergence. RIP, Syd. The band you helped start became as big as Beethoven....... you mean the movie? I liked Charles Grodin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopazz Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Listened to Wish You Were Here on the way to work this morning.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Drugs are bad...umkay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down Goes Frazia Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I saw them back in '78 or '79 @ camp randall in mad-town. absolutely one of the best concerts i've ever seen & without a doubt the best light show I've seen.... period. incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 you mean the movie? I liked Charles Grodin Others will know what I mean...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy n Dirty Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Here are the complete lyrics to Shine On You Crazy Diamond. Sad story. Remember when you were young, You shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, Like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught on the crossfire Of childhood and stardom, Blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for faraway laughter, Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon, You cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond. Threatened by shadows at night, And exposed in the light. Shine on you crazy diamond. Well you wore out your welcome With random precision, Rode on the steel breeze. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! Nobody knows where you are, How near or how far. Shine on you crazy diamond. Pile on many more layers And I'll be joining you there. Shine on you crazy diamond. And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph, And sail on the steel breeze. Come on you boy child, You winner and loser, Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 His sister looked after him and he spent most of his time tending a small garden. was it in his basement and did it require special lighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd4Hire Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 One of my favorite Barrett lines... "You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Very interesting story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 was it in his basement and did it require special lighting? He did emerge from the house on occasion. He also painted sometimes. Long but fascinating article by a prospective Barrett interviewer Then, a sound in the hall. Has he come in from the back garden? Perhaps it needs mowing, like the front lawn - although, judging by the mound of weeds by the path, he's been tidying the beds today. As I reach the gate, I see him weeding in the front corner of the garden, on his knees. 'Hi,' I say. 'I've written you a note.' 'Huh,' he says, not looking up, throwing roots behind him. 'May I leave it?' He straightens and stares into my eyes, but doesn't answer. He's wearing khaki shorts now, and gardening gloves, which aren't really suited to receiving the note - and I would be tempting fate to rest it on the side of the wheelbarrow which he has bought with him. 'Shall I put it through the letterbox?' 'It's nothing to do with me,' he says. So I do. 'Nice day,' I say, on leaving. 'Goodbye.' He doesn't reply, and I never hear from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I didn't know he was still alive. How about Pete Best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 RIP, Syd. The band you helped start became as big as Beethoven....... I can agree with that statement. Pink Floyd has crossed generations. I saw high school kids wearing floyd T-shirts the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I didn't know he was still alive. He isn't. That's the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Between this thread and the Mushroom thread there is something to be learned. Single-time or limited casual use of psychedelics in a safe environment can be a good thing. Over-use of heavy psychedelics is not healthy for the old think-muscle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I think I saw him open for Lenny Schultz once a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) I think I saw him open for Lenny Schultz once a long time ago. looks like we have ourselves a new huddle inside joke...hopefully it won't send biggamer away like tho other ones... Edited July 11, 2006 by alexgaddis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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