Schyma is going to upset when he sees all this. You guys should watch out.

[QUOTE=RNR]Does anyone ever think that Syd Barret wasn't a lyrical genius, just a nut case?

From Bike:

I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old but he's a good mouse.



Dude, I mean, cmon.[/QUOTE]
Oh and this is coming from the guy you loves the lyric "When I drink by myself I perfer to be alone". :rolleyes:

Some of his lyrics really weren't meant to be takin seriously. His lyrics are full of imagry, they're catchy, playful, humorous it's like they give the perceptive lens of LSD. Perfect for psychedelic music and I'm sure that was his purpose too.
[QUOTE=A true "genious"]you know i really dont like syd that much. i wouldnt be too interested in a movie about him either. i just dont see why anybody would call him a "genious"[/QUOTE]Opinion not counted for considering you don't even know how to spell "genius". :rolleyes:

^See, I told you.

Syd Barrett was weird.
He was a genius in his own way, his lyrics were marvelous like Roger said
and he had this musical talent that was pretty **** weird like David said

They both said that he had this ability to always come up with some words and a melody, he wouldnt have to search for them, they were just "there"

[QUOTE=Schyma]Oh and this is coming from the guy you loves the lyric "When I drink by myself I perfer to be alone". :rolleyes:

Some of his lyrics really weren't meant to be takin seriously. His lyrics are full of imagry, they're catchy, playful, humorous it's like they give the perceptive lens of LSD. Perfect for psychedelic music and I'm sure that was his purpose too.
Opinion not counted for considering you don't even know how to spell "genius". :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

you are a b i t c h

I like syd. Some of his stuff is really fun... And that riff off interstellar overdrive is just great.

[QUOTE=PinkFloyd]you are a b i t c h[/QUOTE]

We try to keep this a 'happy' thread, no flaming.

Pink Floyd has done a lot for my influences in the type of music my band and I like to record and write. One of the things I think I like most about them is the variety of songs they put out. One mood, or different sort of writing style after the other... Hehe... Bike was a great song, lol.

Dunno what my favourite Pink Floyd song would be... like too many. :lol:

[QUOTE=RNR]Does anyone ever think that Syd Barret wasn't a lyrical genius, just a nut case?

From Bike:

I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old but he's a good mouse.



Dude, I mean, cmon.[/QUOTE]
True, I see your point. I still like Barrett's work, I just don't think he was as good as Gilmour or Waters.

If they make a movie about Syd Barrett, I wouldn't mind. If they make a movie about Syd Barrett starring Johnny Depp, I will have to kill something. Namely, Johnny Depp. What a pompous twit.

I think Syd had a great sense of rytheme. Intersteller Overdrive proves it. I think albums like Atom Heart Mother would be much better with some Syd imput, but I can't really find much of a place for him once they got started on their Dark Side of the Moon or Wall sound. Syd's lyrics may be just nonsense, but I find meaning in a lot of them. The thing about psychidellic rock is your suppose to find what the songs mean to you, not what the artist is trying to say. They write in nonsense so you develop a more abstract connection to the song. Kind of like Salvidar Dali's paintings (I think thats how you spell his name). And a lot of other bands do this too. I mean we don't in fact all live in a Yellow Submarine, but that doesn't mean you can't find meaning in it.

Pink Floyd rules. One of my favorite bands.

[QUOTE=some green guy]Pink Floyd rules. One of my favorite bands.[/QUOTE]
Welcome to the forums.

Pigsonthewing, where have you been? Something about a trial or something? Everything ok?

Anyways, I agree that part of psychadelia is finding your own personal meaning in a song, but I think that Waters was better at making me do that than Barrett. The lyrics from Echoes, or a lot of DSOTM, or from WYWH (the song specifically) don't really have any absolutely set in stone meaning, but I find my own meaning in them. Barrett's lyrics didn't have that same effect on me. You use the example of Yellow Submarine, but that song doesn't really effect me at all in terms of the lyrics.

[QUOTE=DeusExMachina]Welcome to the forums.

Pigsonthewing, where have you been? Something about a trial or something? Everything ok?

Anyways, I agree that part of psychadelia is finding your own personal meaning in a song, but I think that Waters was better at making me do that than Barrett. The lyrics from Echoes, or a lot of DSOTM, or from WYWH (the song specifically) don't really have any absolutely set in stone meaning, but I find my own meaning in them. Barrett's lyrics didn't have that same effect on me. You use the example of Yellow Submarine, but that song doesn't really effect me at all in terms of the lyrics.[/QUOTE]

Yeah the trial went great they dropped the charges because they said they didn't have enough evidence against me (as they shouldn't have). I've just been really busy, I've only been home about 2 or 3 days since the summer began. And yeah I see where your coming from with Waters lyrics. I mean there is nothing like listening to somthing like the Wall or Dark Side of the Moon from begining to end. Just the way all the albums lyrics blend together by the end is amazing. Water's does write very abstractly at times, but his way of writing abstractly is much different from Syd's.

The wall live and wish you were here, 2 of thier best albums no doubt about it, the wall really made me interested in floyd, as for comfortably numb, come on scissor sisters why the remake??? BOO! Origional is the best no argument.

[QUOTE=DBoon's Ghost]Nice!

I will tell ya'll something about Waters and his lyrics.

For truly haunting incredible lyrics, check out the songs "Two Suns in the Sunset" and "The Final Cut" off the underrated album, The Final Cut. Maybe the album is too meloncholy for the general majority of Floyd fans, and is admittingly musically adventurous, but those two songs are amazing. I happen to love the whole album, and as sick of people are of the conceptual design of most of Floyd's albums, it would be a sin for hardcore Floyd fans to not give that album some love.[/QUOTE]

The Final Cut is without a doubt one of the most underrated albums of all time, and not just as a PF album. I started worshipping that disc in 1986 and it still remains in my top 10 of all time, with the title track being my favorite.

[QUOTE=Wannabe Steve Harris]The Final Cut is without a doubt one of the most underrated albums of all time, and not just as a PF album. I started worshipping that disc in 1986 and it still remains in my top 10 of all time, with the title track being my favorite.[/QUOTE]

Its a horrible album that i really cannot stand to listen to. Waters "singing" consitutes little more than rhythmic prose, and musically it just bores me.

I think theres a reason not many people rate it.

What if Syd made love with Waters?

What if you had a brian?

I think I'll get The Final Cut eventually. Everyone seems to either feel it's really good and underrated, or a piece of crap. I think I'll give it a chance.

[QUOTE=Follow the Reaper]What if you had a brian?[/QUOTE]

Ironic, isn't it?

Pigs: Didn't you go on trial when you and your sister were in that one warehouse or something?

Haha, that was pretty stupid.

I listened to Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Meddle today, in a row :cool:.

[QUOTE=Mister Blue Sky]I listened to Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Meddle today, in a row :cool:.[/QUOTE]

I love listening to different Floyd albums in a row. It's so cool having Floyd marathons :cool:

[QUOTE=Mister Blue Sky]Ironic, isn't it?

Pigs: Didn't you go on trial when you and your sister were in that one warehouse or something?[/QUOTE]

Yeah well the first time we went we couldn't get to the trial because half the people didn't bring lawyers, because I guess they didn't realize we were being tried as adults. So it got pushed back to july 6th (my birthday yay) and the dismissed the charges well we still had to pay for the damages but I didn't get put on probation or anything. I just think its funny that the things I actually did do (going into the factory and running from the cop) I didn't get anything for, but the thing I didn't do (the damages) I got charged for, but I'm not on probation so I can't complain.

Oh yeah and I think that Comfertably Numb off a Delicate Sound of Thunder is the best version of it, anybody agree?

[QUOTE=robo2448]I love listening to different Floyd albums in a row. It's so cool having Floyd marathons :cool:[/QUOTE]

I think its about time for a Floyd Marathon myself. I think I'll start with Animals :)

I did that yesterday, I love doing it.


EDIT: 6000 post, that's two awesome post numbers in a row, talk about luck!

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]Yeah well the first time we went we couldn't get to the trial because half the people didn't bring lawyers, because I guess they didn't realize we were being tried as adults. So it got pushed back to july 6th (my birthday yay) and the dismissed the charges well we still had to pay for the damages but I didn't get put on probation or anything. I just think its funny that the things I actually did do (going into the factory and running from the cop) I didn't get anything for, but the thing I didn't do (the damages) I got charged for, but I'm not on probation so I can't complain.

Oh yeah and I think that Comfertably Numb off a Delicate Sound of Thunder is the best version of it, anybody agree?[/QUOTE]

/nods head and pretends to know about what you're talking about.

I haven't heard it off Delicate Sound of Thunder.

You should definately get it, it's great.

[QUOTE=Mister Blue Sky]/nods head and pretends to know about what you're talking about.

I haven't heard it off Delicate Sound of Thunder.[/QUOTE]

:lol: Yeah its a long story.

But yeah I would pick up Delicate Sound of Thunder. I originally wasn't going to buy it, and I only did because I was sick of that being the only gap in my colletion, but it was worth it, and then some. Every track is great.

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]:lol: Yeah its a long story.

But yeah I would pick up Delicate Sound of Thunder. I originally wasn't going to buy it, and I only did because I was sick of that being the only gap in my colletion, but it was worth it, and then some. Every track is great.[/QUOTE]

Is it from MLOR tour without Roger?