Syd Barrett tributes thread
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- KVRAF
- 5782 posts since 10 Mar, 2003 from Music Shed #8
Strangely enough I was strumming "Let's Split" last night... 
"Let's split! I'm telling you this is it"...indeed.
Syd is the person who first got me into music - really into music...where you don't have to do it like that, you can do it like this.
Two things I always remember about him are an account of him tripping his nuts off, jumping up and down in a bath-tub, shouting "No rules! No rules!"
and, as he was being ousted from Pink Floyd, a song he wrote, and kept changing whilst he was teaching the band to play it, called "Have You Got It Yet?", to which they had to sing "Nooo!" in response... 
I was completely obsessed with him to the point people would just "give up" and call me Syd too.
I bumped into him (literally) in Cambridge a long time ago, but I was too astonished to think of anything to say. I don't think he'd have appreciated an awestruck teenager drawing attention to him anyway, so I suppose it was for the best.
Damn!
"Let's split! I'm telling you this is it"...indeed.
Syd is the person who first got me into music - really into music...where you don't have to do it like that, you can do it like this.
Two things I always remember about him are an account of him tripping his nuts off, jumping up and down in a bath-tub, shouting "No rules! No rules!"
and, as he was being ousted from Pink Floyd, a song he wrote, and kept changing whilst he was teaching the band to play it, called "Have You Got It Yet?", to which they had to sing "Nooo!" in response... I was completely obsessed with him to the point people would just "give up" and call me Syd too.
I bumped into him (literally) in Cambridge a long time ago, but I was too astonished to think of anything to say. I don't think he'd have appreciated an awestruck teenager drawing attention to him anyway, so I suppose it was for the best.
Damn!
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- KVRAF
- 6496 posts since 26 Nov, 2004 from Frederick, MD
This contest entry from last year was heavily inspired by Syd, though it didn't come out quite as "Syd" as I had originally intended:
On My Way To Vurtstock
On My Way To Vurtstock
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- KVRist
- 252 posts since 29 Mar, 2005
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- KVRian
- 1169 posts since 27 Apr, 2004 from Houston, Texas
Has anyone seen "The Syd Barrett Story"?
pretty crazy and sad when Roger or David are describing the time in the studio when they were recording WYWH and Syd showed up.
pretty crazy and sad when Roger or David are describing the time in the studio when they were recording WYWH and Syd showed up.
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- KVRist
- 190 posts since 31 Aug, 2002 from N Carolina, USA
Syd inspired many people, despite his personal problems. But that's the way it seems to work with highly creative people. They are often 'flawed' in various ways yet manage to inspire and motivate others thru they're work. To me, that is a sign of true talent: to be able to rise above your flaws and affect others in a positive way. Syd rocks!
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- KVRAF
- 10077 posts since 2 Jan, 2005 from somewhere in the woods
I posted a reply in this thread yesterday and it ain't here anymore. Can somebody explain it?
Mello
Mello
"It dreamed itself along"
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- KVRist
- 294 posts since 27 Dec, 2003 from Woodland Hills, UT
Saw Particle last night, opening for Ozric Tentacles, and they performed a lengthy musical tribute to Syd. Amazing stuff!
David
www.davidlinn.com
David
www.davidlinn.com
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- KVRian
- 1262 posts since 15 Feb, 2003 from Up the Pennine way
Maybe it was another thread..mellotronaut wrote:I posted a reply in this thread yesterday and it ain't here anymore. Can somebody explain it?
Mello
fake
You cant beat people up then have them say "I love you"
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- KVRAF
- 10077 posts since 2 Jan, 2005 from somewhere in the woods
Uff, maybe you're right. Is there another tribute-thread? I'm about to record some song as a tribute to Syd Barrett.
Thanks, fake!
Thanks, fake!
"It dreamed itself along"
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- KVRAF
- 8388 posts since 11 Apr, 2003 from back on the hillside again - but now with a garden!
Roger Keith Barrett to Journalist: "Syd can't talk to you now"
DSP
DSP
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- addled muppet weed
- 105853 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
saw the chilis tonight...
they left the stage...
john frusciante returns solo and opens the encores with a rendition of "jug band blues"
lovely
for me personally syd is a big inspiration to me ever since i even picked up a guitar.
his music was played to me from the womb onwwards i guess and its rarely a day goes by i dont listen to something by him either solo or floyd.
anyway im wittering now as im a bit wasted after me gig
ps my cats called syd
and im workin on a piece or two too
they left the stage...
john frusciante returns solo and opens the encores with a rendition of "jug band blues"
lovely
for me personally syd is a big inspiration to me ever since i even picked up a guitar.
his music was played to me from the womb onwwards i guess and its rarely a day goes by i dont listen to something by him either solo or floyd.
anyway im wittering now as im a bit wasted after me gig
ps my cats called syd
and im workin on a piece or two too
