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    Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:16
i am mainly aiming at his very short pink floyd career here but solo stuff too, hell you might even love him sexually!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:19
lol too far man, but hmm i dno. hard choice. some of his stuffs ok, but most of it annoys me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:22
I think he had a big potencial, but wasted it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:26

Mad as a hatter, but greatness sometimes comes with lunacy

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:26

I like him, but I like post-Barrett Pink Floyd more.

Still, I don't know that I've ever heard an artist be as whimsical and sad at the same time. If the goal of music is self-expression, Syd deserves to be among the greats.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:29
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

Mad as a hatter, but greatness sometimes comes with lunacy



thats what i've been TRYING to tell everyone!

to quote radiohead:

i tell all my friend but they never believe me
they think that i've finally lost it completely
i show them the stars and the meaning of life
they'd shut me away. but i'd be alright...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:34
syd was immense for the short time he was with the floyd. i heard the madcap laughs is good too
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:38

I love Syd Barrett...anytime I start reading about his slide , it makes me cry.

He was a true poet and a genius and I agree with James Lee. His solo stuff is actually more interesting.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 19:46

Love him of course, he is undobtedly the favorite member of my favorite band. It is clearly evident that he is a truly astounding songwriter, even while he is writing through the lens a mentally instable recovering drugaddict.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 20:27
^ not recovering. He never recovered. He just didn't die from it like so many others.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 21:12

Originally posted by James Lee James Lee wrote:

^ not recovering. He never recovered. He just didn't die from it like so many others.

At the time of his solo projects, he was recovering from a nervous breakdown. Of course he never recovered, I was merely stating that in such a state of mind his brilliance still shined through.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 22:34
Oh, okay. Sometimes it takes me a while.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2005 at 23:51
I neither love nor hate him.  I think he wrote some great pop songs, but some people vastly overrate him.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2005 at 04:26
For someone whose recording output is limited to 3 and a bit albums ,his influence is amazing.Whether it's because people are drawn to him by the myth or by musical reputation (latter day PF success,) I'm unsure but for me it's his music 1st,the myth 2nd.
I put him in the same league as Nick Drake;enigmatic.



Love him! He makes me smile                                     
Totally hat-stand!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2005 at 04:40
Massively influential as a guitarist and songwriter. Fred Frith of Henry Cow wrote an interesting analysis of his guitar technique in NME back in 1974 or so. The Damned wanted him as a producer and got Nick Mason instead. Apparently he now spends his time painting and collecting stamps, and I hope he's found some kind of inner peace.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2005 at 08:19

Artistic genius and powerful catalyst. Often imitated never bettered.

 

Just like Theakson's Old Peculiar in some ways...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2005 at 08:22
The lunatic is on the grass.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2005 at 13:29
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2005 at 16:21
Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

For someone whose recording output is limited to 3 and a bit albums ,his influence is amazing.Whether it's because people are drawn to him by the myth or by musical reputation (latter day PF success,) I'm unsure but for me it's his music 1st,the myth 2nd.
I put him in the same league as Nick Drake;enigmatic.



Love him! He makes me smile                                     
Totally hat-stand!


if you ask me, the most inspirational artist i've come across is jeff buckley, he only left us one PROPER studio album and inspired so many, with so little out there to give. In a way it was a shame he died so young yet it is brilliant to only have grace left behind, and all the lives and demos ofc, cos it makes him seem extra special
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2005 at 17:31
I love Syd Barrett.  It's hard to consider just the music, though, apart from the story of his life.  There's a certain sad feeling that I get when I listen to mad geniuses like Barrett, Nick Drake, Roky Erikson, etc. that really touches me when I'm in the right mood.  I do think Piper is one of the greatest albums ever made.  But I don't know if I'd appreciate Syd's solo stuff as much if he wasn't such a tragic casualty.
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