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Pink Floyd's Barrett dies aged 60
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| Lordpatch User Info... | Pink Floyd's Barrett dies aged 60 Syd Barrett, one of the original members of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 60 from complications arising from diabetes. The guitarist was the band's first creative force and an influential songwriter, penning their early hits. He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. He went on to live as a recluse, with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs. "He died very peacefully a couple of days ago," the band's spokeswoman said. "There will be a private family funeral." He was the first guy I'd heard to sing pop or rock with a British accent - his impact on my thinking was enormous David Bowie A statement from Pink Floyd said: "The band are naturally very upset and sad to learn of Syd Barrett's death. "Syd was the guiding light of the early band line-up and leaves a legacy which continues to inspire." David Bowie described Barrett as a "major inspiration", saying: "I can't tell you how sad I feel. "The few times I saw him perform in London at UFO and the Marquee clubs during the '60s will forever be etched in my mind. "He was so charismatic and such a startlingly original songwriter. Also, along with Anthony Newley, he was the first guy I'd heard to sing pop or rock with a British accent. "His impact on my thinking was enormous. A major regret is that I never got to know him. A diamond indeed." Born Roger Barrett in Cambridge, he composed songs including See Emily Play and Arnold Layne, both from 1967. He also wrote most of their album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. But he struggled to cope with fame and drugs. Dave Gilmour was brought in to the band in February 1968 and Barrett left that April, releasing two solo albums soon after. The band's biggest-selling releases, Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, emerged in the post-Barrett era, with the band selling an estimated 200 million albums worldwide. Just as Pink Floyd were about to achieve global success, Barrett retreated from public life and returned to Cambridge. Little was known about his whereabouts for 20 years until he was tracked down living with his mother. But his influence remained, with younger fans and artists discovering his music. Former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon released a statement saying: "Lost him again... for bang on 20 years Syd led me to better places." "From my agape 17-year-old first listen to Bike to, just the other day, Jugband Blues. "Languished in his noise... dreamt in his night... stared at his eyes for answers..." Barrett's biographer Tim Willis said the guitarist's music left a lasting legacy. "I don't think we would have the David Bowie we have today if it wasn't for Syd," he told BBC Radio Five Live. "Bowie was very much a kind of clone of Syd in the early years. His influence is still going. "New bands discover him all the time. There's always a Syd revival going on - if it wasn't the punks, it was REM, and I'm sure that Arnold Layne and Emily Play as pop songs will live forever." What is Syd Barrett's legacy to rock music? Did you meet Syd? Send us your memories and comments. - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 3:54pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | That dude was still alive? - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 4:53pm | ||
| Mi*coll* User Info... | that's funny, ryan. that's exactly what i was thinking when i heard this. - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 6:10pm | ||
| Pierce User Info... | me too, and i am a Floyd fan.! - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 6:19pm | ||
| Haden User Info... | I had exactly the same reaction when my mom told me. She looked at me and said "You know who he is? I had no clue". My reply "yeah, but I thought he died years ago, so this is a bit surprising." - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 6:56pm | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | they made the announcement the same day that PULSE was released on DVD... ! put on your tin foil hats lol - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 7:39pm | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | http://www.pinkfloydz.com/pulsedvdreview.htm great review of the DVD there - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 7:50pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I actually thought Sid was still in a mental ward, surprising to find out he lived a normal life. - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:34pm | ||
| Shaggy User Info... | Yeah cause living as a recluse is pretty normal... - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 1:02am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | R.I.P. - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 1:17am | ||
| Haden User Info... | My dad picked up the DVD yesterday and we sat and watched it. It was bizzare that the two things coinsided with each other. - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 8:33am | ||
| NOISE NOT BOMBS User Info... | Ok, seriousely, when rock stars die, every one is sad, even though they don't know 'em, c'mon here, there are tons of people who deserve your respect as much as him, and they don't get it cause we are all to preoccupied with the sports stars and rockers. sorry to rant, but fuck! - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 9:32am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I know what it's like to live as a recluse. - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:08am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | 4500 posts is not reclusive. - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 2:26pm | ||
| Logan's User Info... | Anarchists are boring. Everyone knows rock stars aren't any more important than anyone else. We live through them because it's physically impossible for everyone to experience everything. Anarchism is based on the idea that human beings have a natural tendency towards goodness and mutual regard: the reality, as shown in every case in every time (don't bring up Spain in 33 because any NON-Anarchists in Barcelona didn't enjoy it so much) is that human beings will arrange themselves in hierarchies. Liberal democracies are manifestly the best way to shield individuals from the predations of other people. - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 3:42pm | ||
| Lordpatch User Info... | and scientology - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 9:04pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | RIP DIMEBAGGG MANNN. - Wed, 12 Jul 2006 9:17pm | ||
| The Box Drone User Info... | Hey, where the F*** did my reply go? Ack! Anyways, I just wanted to comment on NOISENOTBOMBS' rant... I agree, people too far too much importance on celebritys, but I'm not sure it really applies in this case... I mean, the fact is, I care when someone who has touched my life dies whether they were famous or not. On the same token, I don't really give a shit when someone who has not affected my life in any way dies. Musicians in particular, touch many lives through their work, and as such it's only natural that alot of folks they'd never actually met would get worked up about their death. End counter-rant. PS: I'm also shocked to hear that he wasn't already long dead. - Fri, 14 Jul 2006 3:09pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | SCIENTOLOGY, is always after ME!!! trevor corey posts: 4500 posts is not reclusive. Sure it is, do you see me bothering to see live bands anymore?!? ...WAIT, TILL!!! - Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:51pm Edited: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:55pm | ||
| NOISE NOT BOMBS User Info... | wow lordpatch actually replyied t a post. Even more impressive is no one attacked him the second he did. So as far as anarchism I am not sure where you get your info, I never read a theory stating that we believe that humans are good, infact, I believe human nature is greed and selfishness. Peter Kropotkin exsplains it well in Anarchist Morality, and Mutual Aid: a factor of evolution, both good books. Socail contact is the key, the idea we need to be arround each other. As for rockstars, I was saddened when Mieszko A. Talarczyk, guitarist of Nasum, died in the 2004 tsunami, but not cause "he touched my life" or any thing, fuck I never new the guy... I was saddened by the loss to the Swedish underground, as he contributed a lot. Not just musically, but as a producer. I didn't cry about it though, or go on how horrible it was... I didn't "pay respects" I was just disapointed. The problem is we gotta give credit where it is due, without elevating people on a pedistal. Mieszko was just a person like all of us, he played his role in his scene. Most the world didn't even know who he was, yet he did more for underground metal than many of the celebrated celeberties have done for their medium. I trink we need to see the deaths of more rockstars, and movie stars, and poloticans, vivasectionists, Ralf Klien, Steven Harper, cops, gordon cambell, snoop dogg, and strip club owners... - Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:30am Edited: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:33am | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | How about seeing the death (by steamroller, mais oui) of Johnny Depp? Yeah - that does suck in s major way about Talarczyk's death. Kinda wonder, though, about mourning the death of someone who, by the end of his stint with Floyd, had become such an acid casualty, that in his finals gigs with them he'd just simply stand there on stage, not playing his fucking guitar AT ALL, staring catatonically, and just plain ol' not really being a whole lotta fuckin use. "ap-ples'n or-an-ges......" (GREAT fuckin tune, actually) /oh - and that's spelt "politicians" and "vivisectionists", btw. - Sat, 15 Jul 2006 6:47am Edited: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 7:32am | ||
| NOISE NOT BOMBS User Info... | I cunt spell - Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:35pm | ||
| imho, go home User Info... | spam? in this thread? with such timing? how sad. give your head a shake, man. - Fri, 8 Dec 2006 1:21am | ||
| Andrew User Info... | how about we kill all the crackheads that spend their paychecks on crack and then eat at the soup kitchens. oo oo oo and the lazy pieces of shit on welfare. Not the people who need it due to disabilities etc, but the lazy ones. fuck them. ~sorry about the rant i just busted my ass at work and ran into an ex coqworker who did the first statement each payday weekend lol~ - Tue, 6 Feb 2007 5:08pm | ||
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