I just wanted to start a page of comments about Syd's death. If you dont' know who he is...check out www.sydbarrett.net
2006-07-12 09:54:29 · 10 answers · asked by Green Tea Happy 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
also if you know of any form of appreciation that is going on that we can participate in please let me know
2006-07-12 10:09:31 · update #1
"Shine on you crazy diamond."
RIP
2006-07-12 10:12:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Syd was simply amazing, and there would have been no Pink Floyd without him. He was the creative genius behind all the early work and the band's first album, "Piper at the Gates of Dawn". His style was completely original and utterly inimitable, though people tried.
It's unfair to look at Syd as a case for the "war on drugs"... he had mental health issues that went well beyond LSD. It's also unfair to write off his life that way, as though he wasted it. He didn't. Even in his later years, tending his mother's garden, who's to say that's any more or less a waste than any other life?
His most lasting contribution here on earth, however, is undoubtedly his music. And through it, he will shine on. Rest well, Syd.
2006-07-13 11:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by JStrat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was so sad when I heard he died, I'm still like having a mental break down. I wish I could've known him... The strangest thing was that I bought a "Wish You Were Here" shirt online the night before they announced his death. That day I was even wearing my DSOTM shirt. Even though he was gone for a long time, he was never really 'gone'. We love you, Roger Barret. Shine on forever you Crazy Diamond. "Nobody knows where you are, How near of how far"... I havn't heard of any events or anything but if there are any I'd love to go. Syd, you madcap genius.
2006-07-13 10:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by Rach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We'll miss you Syd. Its just a pity we only saw a little bit of the talent he had before his problems.
Shine on Syd RIP
2006-07-12 17:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by the_sheik_of_sheet_lightning 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Syd. Even his strangest lyrics make sense to me. He also wrote my favourite song of all time 'See Emily Play', I've sat and listened to that song on repeat for hours.
So many of his lyrics are racing through my head now, like 'Won't you miss me? Wouldn't you miss me at all?' (from Dark Globe), 'You feel me away far too empty. Oh so alone, I want to go home' (from Feel), 'Streaming through the starlit sky' and 'Yippee! You can't see me but I can you' (both from Flaming).
I've never felt so bad about the death of someone I've never met, I didn't know him personally but I felt like he was my friend.
2006-07-12 17:20:24 · answer #5 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once again Live Long Syd......Vegetable Man......"Scream thy last scream old' syd in a Casket" ........King Bee and Long Gone...
Wine and Dined ...It's No Good Trying to bring him Back....Silas Lang....He lived a Metaphysical Life...
2006-07-12 21:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by syd_da_beat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honestly...i love Syd and i am really sorry that he died...but who knows, maybe it's better that he passed away, life after death might be better. as for me, he is a legend. a strong,everlasting, shiny crazy diamond
R.I.P.dear dear Syd
2006-07-12 17:13:54 · answer #7 · answered by banzaiii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a good anti-drug ad. Have you heard that story about him showing up at the recording of Crazy Diamond and he was compulsively brushing his teeth?
2006-07-12 16:59:32 · answer #8 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was sad when i heard that he died. He was a visionary
2006-07-12 17:00:01 · answer #9 · answered by Puerto Rican Headbanger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or http://www.sydbarrettlives.com
the great gig in the sky
2006-07-12 18:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by pknag 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋