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Sean Trane 
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 Posted: July 12 2006 at 07:48 |
I guess diamonds are NOT forever
So long Syd  |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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valravennz
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Posted: July 12 2006 at 06:26 |
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Shine on Syd ! At Peace at last...
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp
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Jim Garten
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Posted: July 12 2006 at 03:30 |
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To repeat from another thread - it's a tribute to Syd on it's own the number of threads started in his memory...
Syd may have only been with Floyd for one album (technically), but without Syd Barrett, it's arguable there would have been no Pink Floyd, and that is unthinkable.
Personally, I was not too keen on his later solo material, but the man has my undying thanks for bringing together Waters, Wright & Mason... and letting Gilmour, his roadie, take over when it became necessary. He may not have left a large canon of music, but his legacy was and is the very existence of Pink Floyd.
I'll not dwell on his descent into illness, but 60 years old is too young - Rest In Peace, Syd; may the madcap continue to laugh!
Edited by Jim Garten - July 12 2006 at 03:31
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Australian
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Posted: July 12 2006 at 02:52 |
RIP Syd 
I guess the drugs got to him in the end
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emersontarkus23
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Posted: July 12 2006 at 00:41 |
You're the man, Syd. You are the piper at the gates of dawn. Without you, those other guys would never get close to where they are now. You endured madness and being ejected from the band that you loved so much. You will always be the spirit of what Pink Floyd is. You are and will be dearly missed.
R.I.P. Syd Barrett 1946-2006
"How I wish, how I wish you were here, we're just two lost souls swimmin' in a fish bowl, year after year. Runnin'...over the same old ground, what have we found....the same old tears...I wish you were here."
Shine on, Syd.  
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2112
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Posted: July 12 2006 at 00:40 |
Shie on You Crazy Diamond...R.I.P Syd
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I can't wait to share this new wonder...The people will all see its light!
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Trotsky
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Posted: July 12 2006 at 00:35 |
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lump in the throat like you wouldn't believe
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
"No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present."
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Gomah
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Posted: July 12 2006 at 00:22 |
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Zac M
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 23:33 |
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I know this may sound cheesy, but without Syd, I don't even think I would be here right now. Pink Floyd was the first band I was really into, and besides a compilation, Saucerful was my first realy Prog album. RIP Syd, another legend lost this year. So many Prog greats have passed as of late: Mr. Dean, Rick van der Linden, Bob Moog, Pierre Moerlen, and now Syd, among others.
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
-Merleau-Ponty
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Cheesecakemouse
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 23:20 |
Hi, i'm Cheese's sister, (He let me write something here)
Sad to hear 'bout Syd's death :(
He was symbol of creative genius and will be sadly missed in the music industry and in the hearts of all his fans. His music contains beauty and simplicity and in his lullaby-like tunes, eg. See Emily Play a sense of the innocence he still looked at the world with.
Syd Barret, a true artist.
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 22:56 |
A word of sadness from Liam, Peru.
Long live Syd!!
César Inca
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Minimalist777
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 21:45 |
RIP Syd
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WWOSD?
What Would OliverStoned Do?
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Bastille Dude
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 21:21 |
I just logged on and found out, I was hoping it was a hoax.
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DEATH TO FALSE PROG!
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zappaholic
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 20:29 |
Some wonderful songs came out of that damaged mind of his.
Rest easy, Syd.....
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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PROGMAN
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 19:56 |
I'M Absolutely Devestated!!!!!!! I can't believe it, my Mother just told me the news, shocking terrible news, he was a favourite artist of mine, cause of death are caused by diabeties and complicated illness apperently. RIP and Shine on You Crazy Diamond!!  One of the greastest pioneers in the uprise of early Prog / Psych rock. Thank You for your music Syd, without you Pink Floyd may never have had happened. RIP, Syd (1946-2006)
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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Teaflax
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 18:02 |
 Geck0 wrote:
As I said, my apologies, I mean no ill feelings towards you.
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Thanks, and right back at you.
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Gaston
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 17:53 |
Shine on.
Gaston
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It's the same guy. Great minds think alike.
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micky
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 17:53 |
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that's a real shame... but now he revels in God's glory.. and now he has peace of mind..
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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dralan
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 17:40 |
RIP. I have always loved Syds music. "Piper" reamins one of my all-time favorite albums and his stuff has aged surprisingly well. A tragic figure in modern music. We will miss him.
Edited by dralan - July 11 2006 at 17:49
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Mikerinos
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 17:40 |
Shine on You Crazy Diamond wrote:
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!
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Rest in peace, Syd. 
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Syd Barrett passes away, aged 60. RIP
