I'll meet you on the dark side of the moon...

[plonq]

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard that Syd Barrett died.

(At this point some of you are scratching your heads and saying, "Syd... who?")

In case you didn't know, Syd Barrett was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd.  Although he was only with them for Piper at The Gates of Dawn and part of A Saucerful of Secrets, you could still hear his influence on the band in later albums like Umagumma.

Even when he wasn't a direct influence on their style, he still influenced their music.  Few people doubt that the song Shine On You Crazy Diamond off 1975's Wish You Were Here was about Syd.

While some of the purists out there consider Piper to be their only canonical album, I have to place myself in the post-Barrett camp.  This is not to say that I don't regard Piper to be a good, even important album; I simply prefer some of their later releases.

Comments

[kfops.livejournal.com]

I do have to say that I was more a fan of Floyd's "middle" sounds like Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall... but Syd's stuff did have a certain appeal. Plus, with-out Syd we wouldn't have the Voivod cover of Astronome Domine!

Alas, poor Syd. Too crazy even for rock and roll.

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Guess I should move out from under my rock =P

[orleans.livejournal.com]

Hmmm .... I just found out today when I read the paper. I think I'm a little behind the times here. :D

And I'm with you on Floyd's earlier stuff. Too naive and spacey for my taste.