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How come people don't like the Syd Barret Floyd?

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edited March 2006 in Other Music
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  • neoneo Posts: 89
    inferior to post syd floyd
  • WillWill Posts: 41
    Think it all depends on which Pink Floyd era you dig the most. I prefer post-Syd myself, though it doesn't mean I don't listen to Bike every now and again.
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  • SteveoSteveo Posts: 352
    i love barrett floyd. its just in a whole other realm than post-syd floyd.
    Life has nothing to do with killing time.
    So why be satisfied?
  • katjakatja Posts: 188
    Syd Barret IS Pink Floyd...
    there wouldn't be post-syd floyd if it wasn't syd barret

    ;)
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    I saw him the other day in Budgens, buying peppers. You'd never see Roger Waters doing that.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    In the UK, Syd's Floyd has always been considered by many music fans to be vastly superior to the Waters version, regardless of how many units Dark Side shifted. But your average angsty rock fan is going to like Waters's Floyd more because it's more sulky and less experimental than Syd's manic genius.

    My two old pennies.
  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I saw him the other day in Budgens, buying peppers. You'd never see Roger Waters doing that.
    hell, aside from the '75 shot in Mason's book, I wouldn't recongnize Syd if he punched me in the face.

    I don't know any Floyd fan who doesn't have an appreciation for Barret's work. I prefer Waters.
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    Steveo wrote:
    i love barrett floyd. its just in a whole other realm than post-syd floyd.


    exactly. i really like his solo albums, too. imagine if syd hadn't lost it and him and roger could've been like lennon/mccartney...

    roger's song on piper...just plain fucking sucks...i think there was a lot of pressure on syd then. i have a few live things of him w/ floyd, not many and they are pretty good.

    i would have to say out of all 3 floyd's i like dave's the least
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" is Pink Floyd's best album
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • Red LukinRed Lukin Posts: 2,994
    pearlzepfan wrote:
    "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" is Pink Floyd's best album

    I'm with ya!
  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    I like all Floyd. The only complaint I have is that there's not enough Floyd in the world.

    Two guys who had a big influence on me that were totally loony, Syd and Skip Spence.
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    You know what is actually cool is to take the Bike vocal track and lay it on the Interstellar Overdrive guitar riff. It actually works.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I saw him the other day in Budgens, buying peppers. You'd never see Roger Waters doing that.

    My favorite response to a thread today.

    :D

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  • Drifting AwayDrifting Away Posts: 270
    i rarely listen to my pink floyd barret era CDs
    and ima huige fanm just designing a floyd tattoo to get!
    Run to the hills
    run for your life
  • whatsthefreezerwhatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    There are lots of people that prefer Syd era Pink Floyd. I like it all but I love The Wall the most.
  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    i dig syd-era floyd.
    i dig post-syd-era floyd.
    i just dig pink fuckin' floyd.
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