Syd Barrett gone at 60

ekaz · #1 07-11-2006, 11:17 PM

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

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Thunder22 · #2 07-12-2006, 01:14 AM

oooooooooooooh, MD is going to be pissed, he's the Official Death Monger on here

you're stealing his job!

rayxi · #3 07-12-2006, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by gresch

oooooooooooooh, MD is going to be pissed, he's the Official Death Monger on here

you're stealing his job!

You be talking about [email protected]. I think he's busy chasing the ball with a bunch of his buddies.

Dr_Smith · #4 07-12-2006, 08:12 AM

yes v. sad. It's too bad he didn't stick with Floyd as he was quite obviously a brilliant song writer/musician. Guess the LSD snapped him though. Nice that Floyd is doing tributes to him during the concerts as it was not an amicable parting.

ljnlaw · #5 07-12-2006, 07:03 PM

Truly sad I have always been a huge Floyd fan, on another note supposedly the whole "Wish You Were Here" Album was written about Sid

Deuce · #6 07-12-2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr_Smith

yes v. sad. It's too bad he didn't stick with Floyd as he was quite obviously a brilliant song writer/musician. Guess the LSD snapped him though. Nice that Floyd is doing tributes to him during the concerts as it was not an amicable parting.

I always thought that the split had more to do with the fact that he just couldn't perform due to the amount of acid he ingested. I've read that his former band mates made sure he got his royalties and that a few worked with him on his two solo albums " The Madcap laughs" and "Barrett".

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