Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:44 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_ ... it_barrett

Syd has passed away.

Jeff

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:22 am

Another article:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/0 ... index.html

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:03 am

that's too bad... although his condition being what it was, not suprising.

john

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:23 am

RIP SID, I wonder why it took so long to hit the news??

Sad day for music......

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now theres a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom, blown on the
Steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you legend,
You martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision, rode on the
Steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper,
You prisoner, and shine!

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:43 am

Damn. What a drag.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

jmiller · Post by **jmiller** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:47 pm

RIP, Syd

Umma Gumma · Post by **Umma Gumma** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:04 pm

BIG influence on my aesthetic .. very sad news,indeed..

Fieryjack · Post by **Fieryjack** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:58 pm

Syd went out gracefully....and NOT because he had mental illness all those years ago (which he appeared to recover from somewhat).

IMO he was much more imaginative in his young age that the other members of PF combined....lyrically, melodically this is so obvious.

If he had only kept it together upstairs.....

these_go211 · Post by **these_go211** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:19 pm

i think this article is the best i've seen:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 71741.html

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When the death of 60-year-old Roger ?Syd? Barrett was announced on Tuesday, the media raised an astonishing last hurrah for the founder of Pink Floyd, the ?crazy diamond? who had shunned the public gaze for decades.
The descriptions of him as a ?mad genius?, ?recluse? and ?acid casualty? were far off the mark, however, according to his sister Rosemary.
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