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Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown.
Yippee! You can't see me
But I can you.

Lazing in the foggy dew
Sitting on a unicorn.
No fair, you can't hear me
But I can you.

Watching buttercups cup the light
Sleeping on a dandelion.
Too much, I won't touch you
But then I might.

Screaming through the starlit sky
Traveling by telephone.
Hey ho, here we go
Ever so high.

Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown.
Yippee! You can't see me
But I can you.



Flaming - Syd Barrett

No.



How I wish you were here.

My dad won't be happy. Dark Side of the Moon is his all-time favorite album.

Sorry to the Floyd fans.




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Syd Barrett was pre- Dark Side of the Moon *E*. More stuff like the album Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and Atom Heart Mother.


Very sad for all Pink Floyd fans though, and his family and friends. One of the greats is gone

Ah, sorry.

Still, the association and all...




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Well Syd really had nothing to do with Dark side of the moon seeing as he had long left the band by then. He had a great bearing on the band though and influenced much of the later music. What a brilliant musician. I absolutely fell in love with Arnold Layne, See Emily Play and so many other Syd classics.



It makes me sad to even think of this.

EDIT: Forgot to hit 'submit' and Estel beat me to the explanation.

Still, the whole Wish You Were Here album was for Syd.

This is a pretty nice article:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/f ... yd_Barrett

I had a quick half in my pub last night. Scrawled on the pool table scoreboard was a tribute to Syd. It's amazing how some people can touch lives worldwide.

I like some of the gentle nursery-rhyme like qualities of "Piper at the Gates of Dawn".

Sad to see him go.

BrianIs AtYou

I'm comfortably numb.

Syd Barrett, rest now. Set the Controls for The Heart of the Sun and Shine On you Crazy Diamond!

Syd was the driving force of getting the band together initially, but his brilliant but fragile mind was pushed over the edge by his increasingly heavy use of LSD in 1967. As a kid I remember seeing Syd on TV with the band late in 1967 when he was starting to literally melt down under the public eye. Not talking in interviews, not playing on stage, not communicating with his bandmates, he was withdrawing inside himself. By the beginning of 1968, Syd had become impossible to work with and David Gilmour quietly replaced him while working on the album Saucer Full Of Secrets. Syd's only contribution was the last cut, a strange and interesting song named Jugband Blue:

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here.
And I never knew the moon could be so big
And I never knew the moon could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.

I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.

And the sea isn't green
And I love the Queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke.


I like what David Gilmour says about Syd and the time when he transitioned into the band:

"Yeah, it was fairly obvious that I was brought in to take over from him, at least on stage. It was impossible to gauge his feelings about it. I don't think Syd has opinions as such. The first plan was that I would join and make it a five piece so it would make it easier so that Syd could still be strange but the band would still function. And then the next idea was that Syd would stay home and do writing and be the Brian Wilson elusive character that didn't actually perform with us and the third plan was that he would do nothing at all. And it quickly changed 'round, and it was just....it was *obviously* impossible to carry on working that way. I don't know, maybe if he was left to his own devices, he might just get it together. But it is a tragedy, a great tragedy because the guy was an innovator. One of the three or four greats along with Dylan. Syd was one of the great rock and roll tragedies. He was one of the most talented people and could have given a fantastic amount. He really could write songs and if he had stayed right, could have beaten Ray Davies at his own game. I know though that something is wrong because Syd isn't happy, and that really is the criteria, isn't it? But then it's all part of being a 'legend in your own lifetime'" -D. Gilmour

I'm glad they kept Syd in on the royalties all these years! The members of the Floyd have good character!

I always heard a member of Pink Floyd "went crazy" and was "kicked out"....I always thought it was Roger Waters, though. And I was always like "WTF?? So he's BACK in the band these days, I thought he was crazy?"

I see now....an interesting story. LSD....la la la la la.....

This is cool they kept him in on the royalties.

Sounds to me like Syd is an example of life imitating art(Pink Floyd's).

Most of their music was inspired by Syd, and I love "See Emily Play".