R.I.P. Syd Barrett

[Oberon 0]

Although he's been out of view for 30+ years, it's still sad that he's gone.

[Jason Harris 31]

I didn't realize that Syd wrote See Emily Play or Arnold Layne. Their early albums were a bit ragged, but those songs stand out.

Now, if we can just get Gilmour and Waters to kiss and make up -- the sum of those two is definitely better than the parts.

[Fonya 0]

Its sad what happened to him and how the band just had to kick him out.

[trucks 0]

Yeah the drugs really got to him and its really sad. Ive heard a story that I think during the Wish You Were Hear sessions he entered the studio and brought Roger Waters to tears because of the horrible shape he looked in and how much he had changed.

[Chadd 916]

Now, if we can just get Gilmour and Waters to kiss and make up -- the sum of those two is definitely better than the parts.

Too bad the individual egos are larger than the sum of their talents

[Cheechoo 0]

Yeah the drugs really got to him and its really sad. Ive heard a story that I think during the Wish You Were Hear sessions he entered the studio and brought Roger Waters to tears because of the horrible shape he looked in and how much he had changed.

And that inspired him to write Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

[Fonya 0]

Wish you were here is also about him and some scenes in The Wall are about him too, like when Pink shaves all his hair off.

[D3nZ 0]

Very sad, just say the news when I got back from work. I saw a couple of recent pics of him the other day on the net, I would never had known that it would be him. As a big Pink Floyd fan it sucks and it was announced the day that the PULSE DVD went on sale in Canada and in the USA.

[trucks 0]

I wouldnt be surprised if that was done on purpose, bring some news to Pink Floyd to increase dvd sales. Hopefully not and Im sure there was a reason the announcement was delayed, but he died on Friday and the announcement wasnt made until Tuesday which just so happened to be the day the DVD was released.