ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Anyone here remembers Syd Barrett, one of the original members of Pink Floyd? Maybe not; most of this forum's members are either too young or too old...Anyway, he died last week aged 60; see http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articl...t_feature.shtmlHe was still with Pink Floyd when I saw them the first time in 1968. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Sorry, never heard of him. I don't seriously think that this is necessarily age related. I have never liked that sort of stuff at any age. Was he good at it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Cambridge Evening News are claiming a scoop by reporting the sad news half an hour before the BBC.Shine On You Crazy Diamond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Like Peter Green a prime example of the havoc, so called recreational drugs can wreak on talented people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 He was a genius but an absolute lunatic also. When David Gilmour replaced him Syd would be front row in the audience and stare at Gilmour the entire show.Prior to that he would try to get kicked off the stage so he could party during the show by either playing just one chord the entire show or purposely taking his guitar out of tune while on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordythegouge Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 They certainly evolved, musically, to other spheres after he left, so we'll never know if they would have been better with a sane Syd barret, or whether the Pink Floyd we know and love was a result of fortuitous good fortune! We'll never know! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Prior to that he would try to get kicked off the stage so he could party during the show by either playing just one chord the entire show or purposely taking his guitar out of tune while on stage.How many chords are usually played as a matter of interest? When watching these groups, the fingers seem to move slightly making one or two chords only, I have never seen any of them actually play a tune on a guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I have never seen any of them actually play a tune on a guitar.As you'd never heard of Syd Barrett, can we assume the last seven words in that passage are superfluous ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I have never seen any of them actually play a tune on a guitar.As you'd never heard of Syd Barrett, can we assume the last seven words in that passage are superfluous ?Not at all. I have never heard of the person in question, but from time to time I have seen others who profess to be guitarists, but all they ever do is play a few chords. They never seem to actually pluck individual strings and play a tune. They just strum, adjusting their fingers now and again to make different chords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf6oS7fBS9I&search=jimiHe plays more than one cord, but maybe you could do better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Thanks Rong... I really enjoyed that. :) A superb song... I used to prefer Bob Dylan's version, but recently I've come to appreciate the Hendrix a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf6oS7fBS9I&search=jimiHe plays more than one cord, but maybe you could do betterYes, he DID play more than one cord except when he wanted to party off stage. If I were paying $40 for a ticket to see and hear him (1960's money) and his band play I would certainly expect better. And that is why the band kicked him off. Could I have done better than what he showed at the end of his career with Pink Floyd? Yep. :P The guy died a fat old bitter man who could not control his alcohol, drugs or diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf6oS7fBS9I&search=jimiHe plays more than one cord, but maybe you could do betterI didn't dispute that he could play more than one chord. My argument is that so many of these so called stars, cannot actually play a tune on all the strings on a guitar. They merely strum with one hand and position the other occasionally to make a few chords. Heard on it's own, there would not be an actual melody, just a strumming noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted July 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 I admired Syd Barrett for his part he did with founding Pink Floyd. He was regarded as a genius by many at the time, but I do not actually know how much he contributed to the music of Pink Floyd.They actually got a hell of a lot better once Roger Waters took firm control of the band.Syd Barrett on the other hand issued two solo albums, one of which I had (The Madcap Laughs), aided by two other Pink Floyders, but interestingly not Roger Waters. That album was rather mediocre, and there was a hell of a lot of strumming going on!I think his mythical status came mostly from his complete disappearance from the world. And of course all the meaning that was put into "Wish you were here" and "Shine on you crazy diamond".Still, it saddened me to hear about his dying as a bitter ugly old man.P.S. you can hear some excerpts from the "Madcap" here on Amazon (Amazon.co.uk only carries a very few tracks). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 god knows ...theres enough of them ....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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