Syd Barrett Dies

[filkertom]

Sadness. Syd Barrett, vocalist and songwriter for Pink Floyd, has passed away at the age of 60.

What's your favorite Pink Floyd track or album? Barrett Era or not. Besides every second of The Wall, I have an incredible love for "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict", not merely because it was one of my first exposures to sound and music intended to set a scene, but because I'd never imagined a title like that.

Comments

[ericcoleman]

Mostly wrong. Drugs had a part in it, but Syd's problems were much deeper than drugs. He was a classic british manic-depressive. His talent couldn't keep up with his ambition. He couldn't deal with the pressures of fame and finally withdrew completely.

This isn't to say that the drugs didn't push things along ...

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

ah, thanks... I knew it was somewhere along those lines, either way, his removal from the group was not voluntary.

[ericcoleman]

He was withdrawing onstage even, so they brought in Dave Gilmour to play guitar (Syd and Dave had been friends since they were kids) in the hopes that Syd would be able to just sing. He couldn't handle that anymore, so on the way to a show the rest of the band just decided to not stop and get Syd.