R.I.P. Syd Barrett

[Sydcomebak]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/...u/obit_barrett

*sigh* I'm so depressed.

www.sydcomebak.com

[Doc_Savage]

A sad day indeed...................

[markwars]

I Wish You Were Here is playing on my PC right now.

[Sydcomebak]

Originally Posted by markwars

I Wish You Were Here is playing on my PC right now.

Shine on, you crazy Diamond.

[geddy lifeson]

I was surprised to see this. It is sad that his life took the turn it did. Not too long ago I was wondering what happened to Syd. RIP

Rember, the legacy of the person will last. I was sad when I found out Weird Al's parents passed, its odd to have such a connection to someone that you dont really know, but we view such people as our heros and when someone they are realted to passes or they do, we are upset, but rember, that heros never really die, there works surpas them.

[Hahnarama]

Originally Posted by ultradoug

.........Weird Al........

Why am I not suprised that UD's INSANITY is fuled by Wierd Al? :P

[Hahnarama]

Originally Posted by markwars

I Wish You Were Here is playing on my PC right now.

Sad thing is I bet 1/2 the people here have no idea who we are talking about or what the big deal is.

I bet a lot of Floyd fans don't even realize that album was written by the band for their friend.

[Sydcomebak]

Originally Posted by Hahnarama

Sad thing is I bet 1/2 the people here have no idea who we are talking about or what the big deal is.

Well, Some people are too young, or are into their rap or hipin' hoppin' muzak.

Everyone needs to retrace the steps that music took to get to this point. Find those that did the majority of the innovation, and worship them.

[LilNewbie]

Originally Posted by Sydcomebak

Well, Some people are too young, or are into their rap or hipin' hoppin' muzak.

Everyone needs to retrace the steps that music took to get to this point. Find those that did the majority of the innovation, and worship them.

I agree and I try to find the greatest hits albums of older groups to "catch up" on what has gone before. Some people mock the greatest hits albums but it lets those of us who are interested in finding out about a group hear some of the more influential songs they produced. Sometimes I'll go buy the album a song comes from to hear more of the songs from that era. It's fun learning about groups and I've really found some great songs doing this. I like almost all types of music (except Rap....early Rap was cool...RunDMC and the like but a lot of it from today doesn't appeal to me at all.) I've been meaning to brush up on some early Pink Floyd and looks like a good time to do it. Thanks for posting the news link...

Newb.

[player_of_volleyball]

Originally Posted by Sydcomebak

Well, Some people are too young, or are into their rap or hipin' hoppin' muzak.

Everyone needs to retrace the steps that music took to get to this point. Find those that did the majority of the innovation, and worship them.

yea im only 15 so i dont kno who yall are talking about ,but i dont like that rap crap( cant spell crap without rap) im into rock

[markwars]

For those unfamiliar with Barrett I think the greatest intro you could have would be to get the album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". It's some of his most innovative stuff and really captures not just Barrett, but Pink Floyd in general. What that guy could do with a Zippo on a fret board played back through and echo machine was otherworldly.