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Quite moving in an odd sort of way...
One is inevitably reminded at times of the cemetery sequence in Easy Rider... But I guess it lacks the anguish of Hopper and Fonda's breakdowns...
Overall I found it very interesting - thanks for posting this - looks like Barrett was having a good time - most energetic indeed.
posted by Monkeymoo at 3:03 AM on October 16, 2014
One is inevitably reminded at times of the cemetery sequence in Easy Rider... But I guess it lacks the anguish of Hopper and Fonda's breakdowns...
Overall I found it very interesting - thanks for posting this - looks like Barrett was having a good time - most energetic indeed.
posted by Monkeymoo at 3:03 AM on October 16, 2014
vapidave, the entirety of Wish You Were Here, the album, is about (and a tribute to) Syd Barrett. Also, here's the story about him visiting Abbey Road studios when they were recording it, clutching an empty plastic bag.
He and Ramanujan are my favorite what-could-have-been heroes.
posted by mysticreferee at 6:23 AM on October 16, 2014 [2 favorites]
He and Ramanujan are my favorite what-could-have-been heroes.
posted by mysticreferee at 6:23 AM on October 16, 2014 [2 favorites]
mysticreferee: "Also, here's the story about him visiting Abbey Road studios when they were recording it, clutching an empty plastic bag.
He and Ramanujan are my favorite what-could-have-been heroes."
I was gonna post this picture when I saw vapidave's reference, heh.
I have a Syd Barrett shirt - I don't wear it too often, but now and then I do. I always feel a profound sadness when I think about him, but from what I understand he was happier to be alone and doing his own art. There is a video out there, on youtube, of him walking around in his later years (shortly before his death?) You'd never see him and think "Gee, this is one of the founding members of Pink Floyd" he looked like an average middle aged bloke in England. Pretty much like the picture you linked.
posted by symbioid at 6:52 AM on October 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
He and Ramanujan are my favorite what-could-have-been heroes."
I was gonna post this picture when I saw vapidave's reference, heh.
I have a Syd Barrett shirt - I don't wear it too often, but now and then I do. I always feel a profound sadness when I think about him, but from what I understand he was happier to be alone and doing his own art. There is a video out there, on youtube, of him walking around in his later years (shortly before his death?) You'd never see him and think "Gee, this is one of the founding members of Pink Floyd" he looked like an average middle aged bloke in England. Pretty much like the picture you linked.
posted by symbioid at 6:52 AM on October 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
I was in Cambridge, UK for work last month and went on a punting trip on the banks of all the famous colleges there. Our punter was a gleeful hippie type, and regaled us with stories of all the famous people from Cambridge. Syd Barrett was from Cambridge, and he told us that saying "I saw him walking around" was a sort of hipster-cred statement that was quite popular.
He also showed me the asylum where he spent most of his last days. The heart was heavy.
posted by mysticreferee at 7:14 AM on October 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
He also showed me the asylum where he spent most of his last days. The heart was heavy.
posted by mysticreferee at 7:14 AM on October 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
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I'm 50 and it took me quite a while to realize what the rest of the band was talking about in "Wish You Were Here" and how brutal mental illness is.
Imagination and schizophrenia are too close. LSD was just a drug that Syd consumed before succumbing to schizophrenia.
posted by vapidave at 12:55 AM on October 16, 2014 [3 favorites]