What a fat fucking fuck
What a fat fucking fuck
Thomas Rivera
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Leo Harris
how many calories are there in a tab of acid?
Alexander Collins
I'd give him a bike if I could, but I borrowed it.
Lucas Mitchell
>"Have You Got It Yet?" is an unfinished song written by Barrett during the short time in which Pink Floyd was a five-piece. At the time, David Gilmour had been asked to join as a fifth member and second guitarist, while Barrett, whose mental state and difficult nature were creating issues with the band, was intended to remain home and compose songs, much as Brian Wilson had done for The Beach Boys; however, this idea was soon abandoned.[20][21][22]
>Barrett's unpredictable behaviour at the time and idiosyncratic sense of humour[23] combined to create a song that, initially, seemed like an ordinary Barrett tune. However, as soon as the others attempted to join in and learn the song, Barrett changed the melodies and structure, making it impossible for the others to follow,[21][22] while singing the chorus "Have You Got It Yet?" and having the rest of the band answer "No, no!".[24] This would be his last attempt to write material for Pink Floyd before leaving the band.[24] In fact, Waters stated, in an interview for The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story, that upon realizing Barrett was deliberately making the tune impossible to learn, he put down his bass guitar, left the room, and never attempted to play with Barrett again. Waters had called it "a real act of mad genius".[21][22][24] The song was never recorded by Pink Floyd or Barrett.
Brandon Hill
Acid Casualty #385834576
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
James Robinson
/ourguy/
Liam Nelson
>Syd Barrett during his visit to the studio
One of the more notable events during the recording of Wish You Were Here occurred on 5 June 1975, the day Gilmour married his first wife, Ginger, on the eve of Pink Floyd's second US tour that year.[nb 2] The band were in the process of completing the final mix of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"[nb 3] when an overweight man with shaven head and eyebrows, and holding a plastic bag, entered the room. Waters, who was working in the studio, initially did not recognise him.[4] Wright was also mystified by the identity of the visitor, presumed he was a friend of Waters' and asked him, but soon realised that it was Syd Barrett.[22] Gilmour initially presumed he was an EMI staff member.[19] Mason also failed to recognise him and was "horrified" when Gilmour identified him. In Mason's personal memoir of Pink Floyd, Inside Out, he recalled Barrett's conversation as "desultory and not entirely sensible".[23] Storm Thorgerson later reflected on Barrett's presence: "Two or three people cried. He sat round and talked for a bit but he wasn't really there."[24]
Jonathan Cox
Waters was reportedly reduced to tears by the sight of his former bandmate, who was asked by fellow visitor Andrew King how he had managed to gain so much weight. Barrett said he had a large refrigerator in his kitchen, and that he had been eating lots of pork chops. He also mentioned that he was ready to avail the band of his services, but while listening to the mix of "Shine On", showed no signs of understanding its relevance to his plight. He joined the guests at Gilmour's wedding reception in the EMI canteen, but left without saying goodbye. None of the band members saw him from that day until his death in 2006.[25] Although the lyrics had already been created, Barrett's presence on that day may have influenced the final part of the song – a subtle refrain performed by Wright from "See Emily Play" is audible towards the end of the album.[23]
I'm very sad about Syd. Of course he was important and the band would never have ****ing started without him because he was writing all the material. It couldn't have happened without him but on the other hand it couldn't have gone on with him. "Shine On" is not really about Syd – he's just a symbol for all the extremes of absence some people have to indulge in because it's the only way they can cope with how ****ing sad it is, modern life, to withdraw completely. I found that terribly sad.
Nathaniel Gonzalez
syd was the original honkler
John James
>Honey love you, honey little,
honey funny sunny morning
>love you more funny love in the skyline baby
>ice-cream 'scuse me,
>I've seen you looking good the other evening
Turns out he even wrote a love a song about honey and ice cream, tssk tssk
Carter Brown
Interviewed on Pat Boone's show during this tour, Barrett's reply to Boone's questions was a "blank and totally mute stare"; according to Mason, "Syd wasn't into moving his lips that day." Barrett exhibited similar behaviour during the band's first appearance on Dick Clark's popular TV show American Bandstand.
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Jesus Christ
Gabriel Fisher
Based
Henry Lewis
was it schizophrenia or just autism
Christopher Price
I don't really buy the whole 'Syd went crazy' theory.
All the accounts of Syd being completely crazy came from the band or people close to them:
Syd's sister said that he was very introverted, but acted normal until his death and could live on his own without a problem.
Syd just didn't want his music to be commercialised and tried to get out of the spotlight.
It all started with their first singles, which were songs that went on for like 15 minutes, when played live, but had to be cut down to 3 minutes or so.
>Barrett, reputedly, was not happy with the final studio cut, and he protested against its release, which producer Norman Smith speculated was based on his fear of commercialism
The 'See Emily Play' sessions was also around the same time Syd's behavior allegedly started to chang.
>During sessions for the song David Gilmour visited the studio, on Barrett's invitation, and was shocked by the perceived changes in Barrett's personality when he did not appear to recognize him. For many years Gilmour would recall this, saying, "I'll go on record as saying, that was when he changed".
While the band members stated that the sessions for 'Piper' were quick and trouble-free, their producer Norman Smith disagrees.
> Although in his 2005 autobiography Mason recalled the sessions as relatively trouble-free, Smith disagreed and claimed that Barrett was unresponsive to his suggestions and constructive criticism
Once again Syd hated the idea of cutting down his songs to a 'managable lenght' and to work with a producer, who "discourage(d) the live ramble".
Naturally the rest of the band claimed that Barrett's became even more erratic after the albums release, especially when playing sold out shows, which kept coming with growing popularity.
Syd's stage behavior included: not playing and standing still, running around the stage, melting his hair and strumming just one chord.
All of this sounds like some sabotaging rant of a child that doesn't get his way.
Lincoln Reed
>mfw just want to build furniture and paint
>mfw my hack ex-band mates keeping making trite songs about me
Julian Williams
>as soon as the others attempted to join in and learn the song, Barrett changed the melodies and structure, making it impossible for the others to follow,[21][22] while singing the chorus "Have You Got It Yet?" and having the rest of the band answer "No, no!".
Why couldn't Syd's mates into avant garde improvisational experimentation?
Samuel Wright
>all those typos
Omitted.
Adam Walker
Which fits perfectly as Syd was always described as childish, even by his sister.
All of his weird stunts, were just an attempt at trying to be as anti-commercial as possible.
This is a good example. The band claimed that he was completely gone and unresponsive. In reality he was just pissed that they had to lip sync, had jet lag and hated the commercial nature of the performance.
Again his response is childish and provocative behavior:
a tired lifeless performance and short hostile answers, while looking completely bored.
There is no doubt that Syd was heavily depressed at this point, as he showed all the symptoms and had enough reasons to be so:
1. His band started to ditch him for fame and replaced him with his best friend
2. The movement he identified himself with the most, had gone out of fashion
3. His girlfriend left him
This also explains some of his more 'out there' moments:
1. the abuse of his short term girlfriend
2. his trip around England in his mini and his eventuell stay at a mental ward
3. sitting in the same spot for hours
4. his tired look
eventually he started to record his own music with the attempt to make it as anti-commerical as possible, but he realized that he could never replicate the same art he made in the early days of Floyd and just gave up on music all together.
Of course Pink Floyd being the 'anti-establishment' band couldn't just admit that they screwed over their friend for fame and money, so they started their tale of 'crazy little Syd' (with the knowledge of mental health back in the 60's, a very depressed Syd could have indeed appeared crazy to his peers, plus Syd was the only Acid user so the changes to his personality by the drug could have seem strange to close friends too).
It also explains the behavior of Syd, when he visited the band 1975. He wasn't really hostile, but he wasn't really friendly either, exactly how you treat the people who screwed you over for fame.
Brody Foster
Concerning his appearance, he just didn't live an active lifestyle and just got fat. As to why his head and eyebrows were shaved, I can only assume that it was A plus level trolling, espacially as he lost weight and grew his hair back just month later.
Gavin Sanchez
sorry, my native tongue is german
Charles Johnson
wow thought the picture was taken in 75, turns out it was taken in 78.
James Walker
Syd just was some dude who got lost in the drugs, attempting to cope with fame as the introvert he was. Not only that, but he did join an Eastern religious sect, which promoted the use of psychoactive drugs, such as LSD, which Syd would take unusually large doses of. This, combined with perhaps an underlying, yet unprovoked neurological disease, sent him careening. The band, really Roger, weren't ones to keep their troubled bandmates touring (exhibit B: Richard, who was going through marital problems during recording for the Wall). Though, Roger did have a temper and has been quoted as saying "Fuck 'em" to picking up Syd the last day they were to interest themselves with him, just the the state of Barrett was something un-operable as a healthy person ought to be. In the end, he truly became a victim of the substances he sought, not of the age, just as Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison became, to name a few. It's quite sad, really, because Syd could've prevented his dissent, had he not done the drugs. Because having an underlying disease and not knowing of it is one thing that's permissible, but doing psychoactives never is.
Camden James
A lot of it went out of hand just because they wanted the story to sound interesting. The band was always known to hyperbole things even with Syd