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Catcher10 
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 Posted: April 09 2017 at 08:23 |
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Who is this Syd?
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Mascodagama
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Posted: April 09 2017 at 03:00 |
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No.
Roger Waters, yes definitely. Miserable old b*****d.
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uduwudu
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 22:15 |
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If people go on about 40 to 60 minutes of so recordings that are now 50 years old then there must be something in it.
What is over rating?
I tend to regard Syd as a sort of Lewis Carroll of pyschedelia.
I doubt that Pink Floyd c. 1967 made the Doors sound tame. No one made the Doors sound tame.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 21:07 |
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Yes he is overrated, but not as much as the rest of Floyd
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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mechanicalflattery
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 21:02 |
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He's rated pretty much as well as he should be, although I do think The Piper At The Gates of Dawn deserves more attention overall. His solo albums are quite good as well, although it's difficult to determine how much of their quality is attributable to him personally.
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 20:48 |
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Not overrated. I think he has been significantly influential on indie rock, as well as plenty of other music.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 20:25 |
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No, he is treated with respect but not considered that significant, he was a minor figure and is treated as such.
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Ian
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Barbu
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 19:39 |
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Absolutely not.
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Larkstongue41
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 17:34 |
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Underrated. Hardly ever mentioned in Floyd discussions and barely even known by most so-called Pink Floyd fans.
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Easy Money
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 16:19 |
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Syd Barrett was a very gifted song writer and a musical visionary who was way ahead of his time.
I don't know if he is overrated because I didn't know he had a rating. What is his rating?
Edited by js (Easy Money) - April 08 2017 at 16:56
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 16:12 |
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I don't hear his name mentioned often enough. He was a creative spirit that weaved his magic beyond the 'underground'. In no way would I class him in the overrated category.
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micky
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 16:02 |
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personally... I don't think he is overrated... no one is calling him the father of prog... the father of psychedelic rock or the messiah of popular music or any of that sh*t. Then if he was...yeah... he'd be overrated like a motherf**ker.. but since he is not... he is not.
He has a lot of fans who like his contribution to early Floyd... nothing wrong with that. No more than thinking the day he left Floyd is the day that group got really good and Roger took the creative helm haha.. not a fan of Syds material on Piper. Perhaps it is a cultural thing but I don't really dig the whole English whimsy sh*t....
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 15:57 |
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Firstly, Barrett left Floyd in 1968. Second, you don't have to like his music in order to hear his influence, not so much on style or composition but on the liberties he took and what he saw was possible in rock music; it was Barrett's sense of adventure that left an indelible mark and made the psychedelia of the Beatles and Doors seem tame.
Edited by Atavachron - April 08 2017 at 15:58
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 15:49 |
I think he has a cult following because of 1970s Pink Floyd. I do not hear much of his influence in rock music besides David Bowie and Marc Bolan citing syd barrett as an inspiration. I believed journalists over hype his importance in music
Furthermore journalists has compared syd barrett to the 1970s British band Wire. I dont think Wire sounds like Syd Barrett . I could only hear Syd influence on some songs but not the entire album http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/p98c/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL9v5eWYIyo
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Do you think syd barrett is overrated
