Simviation Forum - RIP Syd Barrett

Jul 11^th, 2006 at 2:12pm

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Just got some very sad news: Syd Barrett, the original singer for Pink Floyd has just passed away at age 60, most likely complications from diabetes.
A very talented guy who had fought his way back from insanity years ago and was living more or less happily in quiet obscurity.

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Reply #1 - Jul 12^th, 2006 at 10:10am

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"i've got a mouse and he hasn't got a house I dont know why i call him Gerald, he's getting rather old but he's a good mouse"

Not the best of Pink Floyd, but definately a very talented man, it's such a shame what happened to him in his later life, he will be sadly missed.

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Reply #2 - Jul 12^th, 2006 at 5:57pm

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"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing" -Ben Franklin&&&&"Man must rise above the Earth to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." - Socrates&&&&" Flying is a religion. A religion that asymilates all who get a taste of it." - Me&&&&"Make the most out of yourself, for that is all there is of you"- Ralf Waldo Emerson&&

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Reply #3 - Jul 12^th, 2006 at 6:37pm

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"i've got a mouse and he hasn't got a house I dont know why i call him Gerald, he's getting rather old but he's a good mouse"

Not the best of Pink Floyd, but definately a very talented man, it's such a shame what happened to him in his later life, he will be sadly missed.

.Mic

Not his deepest lyric, but check this out:

Emily tries but misunderstands
She often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play

Soon after dark Emily cries
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play

Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily, Emily
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play

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Reply #4 - Jul 13^th, 2006 at 2:38am

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So Sad...

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Reply #5 - Jul 13^th, 2006 at 9:38am

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"piper at the gates of dawn"
a brilliant genius who will be sadly missed Cry

one of the first albums i ever bought was relics when i was about 12... and arnold layne and see emily play are still some of the best most psyched out tracks ever recorded imo

R.I.P sid

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Reply #6 - Jul 13^th, 2006 at 11:27pm

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Rest in Peace, Syd Cry

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Reply #7 - Jul 14^th, 2006 at 6:46pm

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"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."

Sad sad news indeed. One of the greatest musical icons of our time and in my opinion more than comparable to Dylan.

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Reply #8 - Jul 14^th, 2006 at 7:11pm

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"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."

Sad sad news indeed. One of the greatest musical icons of our time and in my opinion more than comparable to Dylan.

He had boundless potential; definitely could have become an "elder statesman " of rock culture like Dylan if he had been able to stay in that world and still keep his lid screwed on properly... but it's better for him that he at least didn't destroy himself during his brief moment in the spotlight, like so many others.

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Reply #9 - Jul 14^th, 2006 at 7:27pm

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He had boundless potential; definitely could have become an "elder statesman " of rock culture like Dylan if he had been able to stay in that world and still keep his lid screwed on properly... but it's better for him that he at least didn't destroy himself during his brief moment in the spotlight, like so many others.

We should be glad he survived so long when so many others such as Morrison and Hendrix were cut down when still so young.

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

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Reply #10 - Jul 22^nd, 2006 at 11:28pm

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He's in a better place now.......
I love Pink Floyd, the first band that I didn't get tired of listening to its songs over and over......
I'll miss ya Sid.
Cheers,
Doc.

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