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Syd Barrett

prole-art-threat [Edit] [Delete] 31 replies 15:32, 11 July '06

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,1817952,00.html

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  • There's a thread on the music board

    http://www.drownedinsound.com/content/view/988283

    Except it got sullied by a now-banned twerp.

    colonol_k | 11 Jul '06, 15:33 | X
  • :-(

    Dalkin | 11 Jul '06, 15:33 | X
    • :'(

      I actually feel like crying at this. it's horrible :(

      RockNRollMassacre @Dalkin | 11 Jul '06, 15:34 | X
      • It really is.

        Such a talented man.

        :'(

        james_delve @RockNRollMassacre | 11 Jul '06, 15:35 | X
  • :-(

    Speechless. I am so sad.

    Smileadelic | 11 Jul '06, 15:34 | X
    • Im very sad about this

      very sad.

      prole-art-threat @Smileadelic | 11 Jul '06, 15:35 | X
  • i feel

    the same as when john peel died. :(

    i.e. gutted.

    rapscalion-jones | 11 Jul '06, 15:35 | X
    • mm

      its horrible. the old masters of wonderful music all pass eventually. i really dread to think how i'll be when tom waits or robert wyatt go.

      Jamie_Summers @rapscalion-jones | 11 Jul '06, 15:43 | X
  • Boo.

    It's not good. :(

    TheoGB | 11 Jul '06, 15:36 | X
    • Hmm

      well.

      he had little new to contribute...

      still sad i suppose...

      fullerov @TheoGB | 11 Jul '06, 15:37 | X
      • but at his prime

        he was a maverick, changed the face of music, was a generally fascinating lyricist and slight nutcase. except for the drugs he's definitely a life worth celebrating.

        RockNRollMassacre @fullerov | 11 Jul '06, 15:38 | X
      • yes but the work he did contribute

        in such a short time is far better and influential than 23 u2 albums don't you think? One 2 minute song can change a life campared to 50 minutes of 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Barn' or whatever its called.

        prole-art-threat @fullerov | 11 Jul '06, 15:44 | X
        • Well no not really...

          I've never liked him at all.

          fullerov @prole-art-threat | 11 Jul '06, 15:44 | X
          • well

            i liked him a bit...

            I'm in a bad mood...

            fullerov @fullerov | 11 Jul '06, 15:48 | X
    • "Ive got a mouse and he hasn't got a house

      I don't know why I call him Gerald"

      Thanks for such a funny funny line Mr Roger Barrett

      prole-art-threat @TheoGB | 11 Jul '06, 15:38 | X
      • Im too sad to work now

        Dick Cheney, I note, like when John Peel died, is still alive.

        prole-art-threat @prole-art-threat | 11 Jul '06, 15:39 | X
      • interstella overdrive was

        on the radio but yesterday!

        meths @prole-art-threat | 11 Jul '06, 15:39 | X
        • I'm listening to 'Barrett'

          now and its all so so sad.

          prole-art-threat @meths | 11 Jul '06, 15:40 | X
          • at least he lasted longer than some of his contemporaries

            and wasnt really young

            meths @prole-art-threat | 11 Jul '06, 15:45 | X
            • yes but the whole story about him

              living this idylic childhood and then wasting away on drugsand then living quietly at his mums is just really sad (that was an abbreviated version)

              prole-art-threat @meths | 11 Jul '06, 15:46 | X
              • obviously

                but maybe he was happy? he was a recluse so we dont know? or do we? i dont know a lot about old barret.

                interstella overdrive is wicked tho!

                meths @prole-art-threat | 11 Jul '06, 15:55 | X
                • Well as I've got older I've reaslied

                  a lot of the 'myths' are jsut stuff made up by stoner journos who work for Uncut and still wear stone washed jeans, and it was probably true that he was happy living that life - its just sad how some of the things in his childhood and drugs nurturered but fucked up a songwriting talent - I think he should have written children's books in an ideal world.

                  prole-art-threat @meths | 11 Jul '06, 16:00 | X
                  • see what you mean

                    stay away from the drugs kids!

                    meths @prole-art-threat | 11 Jul '06, 16:10 | X
  • Sad

    I was a big Syd fan as a teenager. Still am.

    yo_soy_welshmun | 11 Jul '06, 15:48 | X
  • who was it who said that?

    Jo 'elastic bands round my face' Wiley. What a fucking bitch anyway.

    prole-art-threat @Sujhaile | 11 Jul '06, 16:23 | X
    • well shes another stupid fucking bitch who cares more about her career than music

      so its what you'd expect really.

      sorry for the mysogeny....actually no I'm not!

      prole-art-threat @Sujhaile | 11 Jul '06, 16:29 | X
    • I know... my flatmate and his dog, Floyd, are in

      total mourning about this.

      R.I.P

      Rose-Kitten | 11 Jul '06, 21:17 | X
    • I am listening to Madcap Laughs right now

      It sounds even more tragic than it already did now :-(

      Smileadelic | 11 Jul '06, 21:22 | X
      • Listening to outtakes right now

        ... Masie.. sigh...

        Rose-Kitten @Smileadelic | 11 Jul '06, 23:26 | X
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