The late Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett, from Cambridge, was a co-founder of the 1960’s music group Pink Floyd and performed on lead guitar and vocals. He also composed many of their songs. He was responsible for inspiring an entire generation of musicians to develop their own indigenous brand of English rock music.
Syd was quintessentially English, penning idiosyncratic songs unique in style and tone. He had a hugely attractive personality and with his good looks he was difficult to ignore. He was a quick-witted clown who kept family and friends laughing at his good-natured cheekiness throughout his younger years. Always interested in experimenting with music, he played the recorder, piano, ukulele, Jew’s harp and guitar all to a good standard.
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What i have always loved in syds music and later in his artwork is his profound honest human connection..like he's speaking directley to me..thank you so much for that roger..loved what you gave us.x
I love that. He is still such an amazing musical genius and he always will be because he's been immortalized in recording. No matter whether he knew how important he was to many of us, or not, what he gave the world was absolute beauty. The best of himself. I love Pink Floyd!
Merry Xmas and a happy New year 🥳🎉🎊 🎄🎁 💕 xx
Fantastic to see it Happy Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas!
A Merry Christmas to you too, from Northern Sweden!🌠☃️💖
Boas festas
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
HapPy 🎄✨ Christmas ❗
I always thought Apples and Oranges had a Christmas vibe 😊
Igual mente para todos ustedes amigos vale 🇨🇱👍🎸🍷 feliz navidad para todos ustedes amigos bendiciones y éxito por siempre vale 🙏🇨🇱⚽👌🎸
Merry Christmas!
He was a beautiful genius that had depression, and immoral people overdosed him with acid without his knowledge. Fame, the endless touring during the druggy, groupie-addled scene of the late 60's/70's and fortune, were not his thing. His music was the most fabulous and creative ever created. When he started struggling with mental illness, instead of helping him like his family did, they dumped him and really didn't keep in touch with him, much less share their fortunes with him. He, like me, was an art-schooled painter, like me. In yours after his death at 69, they capitalized on his beautiful image, literally projected onto the wall behind them. I love Pink Floyd and I've seen Roger Waters in concert. They are all lively and talented. But for those of us who are fans of Syd and his awesome music, the others seemed to not be very publicly accountable for abandoning him. They could have made sure he was stabilized and still worked with him.
Merry Christmas with Love and Tendernesssss ❤️🌲✨️⭐️✨️
Wishing you peace and love.
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄 ❤️
Boas festas e um feliz natal 💐🌹🌹🌹
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The look in his eyes saw today. That's why he was somewhere else from the beginning.
Merry Christmas!
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Hearing Captain Sensible sing See Emily Play was not on my bingo card for 2025
Absolutely fabulous!!!!! I love it!
Pink Floyd song
Great tribute to genius Syd Barrett! The best Pink Floyd era.
I love it when someone covers one of Syd's songs & this sounds fantastic!
The original Is the unique and only one wonderful Song (that will last forever)❤️
Slim Pickins ...have you heard this cover
Ernest Von Nathanael a mí me gustó. Escúchala a ver qué te parece.
Doesn't do anything any better than the original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfg_eZSY-IA&list=RDlfg_eZSY-IA&start_radio=1 after Syd's original Bowie's cover is glorious as well
Added nothing to the original and lost the feel and vox timing. Poor.
I've just completed an entire album cover of The Madcap Laughs. Hear it on YouTube, Aureate Flare - The Madcap Laughs 🙂 Or here's the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbsVs-ew2_8
Damn(ed) good!
Dan Perti Jim Wills Great interpretation by "The Damned".
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From the awesome "A Nice Pair". Aka "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" & "A Saucer Full of Secrets"! Still have my vinyl copies with all the photos!
Any explanation for the absence of the studio version of Astromony Domine? Piper was a tough find in the 1980s until the cd was issued.
A nice pair. It's where I first heard Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
Ha - I remember Storm once showing me the Fear nameplate on the door of the flate below where he lived in Belsize Park. A source of eternal humour to him.
A Nice Pair! It served as my introduction into early Floyd <3
A nice pair. The two first albums of PF.
A Nice Pair.
Where is Emo?
A Nice Pair!
For fans of Syd Barrett, I've just completed an entire album cover of 'The Madcap Laughs'.. Hear it on YouTube, 'Aureate Flare - The Madcap Laughs' 😃 Or here's the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbsVs-ew2_8
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