Part of the reason I like Pink Floyd

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There has been a lot of speculation about Syd Barrett's psychological state. These speculations include schizophrenia, bipolarism, and Asperger's Syndrome, to name a few. His use of hallucinogenics during the 1960s is well documented, however ...

I just like Pink Floyd for their music.

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Syd was a very interesting and brilliant musicians.
He left the band before they reached their greatest success and popularity.
For some reason I don't think that would matter to him very much.

Piper at the Gates of Dawn was a fantastic album
ah, I love how out of his element the interviewer is

I love Floyd ! !
(lost for words)
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Really insightful. Thanks for sharing! Pink Floyd are one of my favourite bands but I've never seen or heard many interviews of theirs, especially in their early days.

I've never been able to appreciate the early material quite as much as their 70s-era stuff, but I admire Syd enormously even though I never felt I understood him (but then, who did?). He didn't seem to be copying or ripping off anyone else - Syd was Syd, and I don't think anyone has ever really worked out where his inspiration came from. As an artist, he was one of those truly unique and original characters.

What interests me about that interview - I got a bit annoyed by the interviewer...i'm not sure if he was himself being narrow-minded or was simply playing a part to appease the TV audiences of the time - is the sort of answers that Syd and Roger gave. Reading interviews with bands of the soundscape-y/experimental/alternative music of the present day, not much has changed in the past forty or so years! In that sense, they were ahead of their time in making use of dynamic changes and understanding that sheer volume can be expressive and even beautiful, instead of offensively loud. Talk to the likes of Kevin Shields, Sigur Ros, Mono or Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and their approach to live music isn't all that different from what Pink Floyd were doing in the late 60s.

It's interesting to me, for my generation Pink Floyd is basically chill out music. Maybe part of that is their later stuff is what has endured and that tends to be mellower. But it's also, we grew up hearing grunge and metal on the radio, and that's really the reference point. Compared to the radio songs of their time, Pink Floyd was "out there on the wall".

Nice.

I don't understand how the interviewer can criticize Pink Floyd as "loud". I suppose metal and punk didn't exist yet then. Then again, it's not like classical music is soft. I think Vivaldi and Beethoven are meant to be heard loud. The idea of volume dynamics and loudness wasn't as prevalent in pop or folk music prior to the 1960s though. Thank God for the 1960s and bands like Pink Floyd for making rock/pop music interesting.

i was fortunate to be able to see them three times, the last was in 1987, their last major tour in the usa. the stage production/lights were really amazing for that period. before solid state lasers so they had to use huge glass tube lasers that needed water cooling and 440v generators.

i'm a wish you were here and comfortably numb fan.

I just think its interesting how the interviewer complains about it being to loud and what kinds of things it could lead to. And now we have punk , metal and other more extreme forms of music. I don't think that's really a bad thing though.

This is what made me like Pink Floyd A lot. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOi2nVB31GM[/youtube]

Pink Floyd is by far my favorite band

There are various interviews posted at Youtube, and available on disc. In one of them Nick Mason openly says he was NOT sympathetic towards Syd. They were young lads on the doorstep of fame and fortune, and Syd started acting up. He may well have been Austistic, as he basically walked away from all the glory and money. He was never diagnosed, never committed to any institution, and lived the rest of his life in quiet seclusion. He became that most British of characters, a bachelor gardener. He was one of the unique people to ever play rock music. I believe I read that he was cremated and his ashes are with his sister.

I loooove this interview.

I can hear the interviewer in my head already. It's so great.

I love Roger Waters and Syd Barrett.