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Well we lost one of the founding members of Pink Floyd -- Syd Barrett died at age 60.

Pink Floyd's Barrett dies aged 60  

Syd Barrett released two solo albums after leaving Pink Floyd
Syd Barrett, one of the original members of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 60 from complications arising from diabetes.
The guitarist was the band's first creative force and an influential songwriter, penning their early hits.

He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. He went on to live as a recluse, with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.

"He died very peacefully a couple of days ago," the band's spokeswoman said.

"There will be a private family funeral."

 He was the first guy I'd heard to sing pop or rock with a British accent - his impact on my thinking was enormous

David Bowie
A statement from Pink Floyd said: "The band are naturally very upset and sad to learn of Syd Barrett's death.

"Syd was the guiding light of the early band line-up and leaves a legacy which continues to inspire."

David Bowie described Barrett as a "major inspiration", saying: "I can't tell you how sad I feel.

"The few times I saw him perform in London at UFO and the Marquee clubs during the '60s will forever be etched in my mind.

"He was so charismatic and such a startlingly original songwriter. Also, along with Anthony Newley, he was the first guy I'd heard to sing pop or rock with a British accent.


Barrett (third from left) struggled with drugs and fame in the 1960s
"His impact on my thinking was enormous. A major regret is that I never got to know him. A diamond indeed."

Born Roger Barrett in Cambridge, he composed songs including See Emily Play and Arnold Layne, both from 1967.

He also wrote most of their album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. But he struggled to cope with fame and drugs.

Dave Gilmour was brought in to the band in February 1968 and Barrett left that April, releasing two solo albums soon after.

The band's biggest-selling releases, Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, emerged in the post-Barrett era, with the band selling an estimated 200 million albums worldwide.

Just as Pink Floyd were about to achieve global success, Barrett retreated from public life and returned to Cambridge.

Little was known about his whereabouts for 20 years until he was tracked down living with his mother.


Barrett became one of rock's most reclusive characters
But his influence remained, with younger fans and artists discovering his music.

Former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon released a statement saying: "Lost him again... for bang on 20 years Syd led me to better places."

"From my agape 17-year-old first listen to Bike to, just the other day, Jugband Blues.

"Languished in his noise... dreamt in his night... stared at his eyes for answers..."

Barrett's biographer Tim Willis said the guitarist's music left a lasting legacy.

"I don't think we would have the David Bowie we have today if it wasn't for Syd," he told BBC Radio Five Live.

"Bowie was very much a kind of clone of Syd in the early years. His influence is still going.

"New bands discover him all the time. There's always a Syd revival going on - if it wasn't the punks, it was REM, and I'm sure that Arnold Layne and Emily Play as pop songs will live forever."



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From BBC Obituary.

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Northeast United States runner up for the "Singing Hall of Shame".

They do no good,  I tried to get Jian to sign a no compete form, and he just changed his name from BadSinger to Jian....

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Oh man, I have this Pink Floyd song stuck in my head. That is a strange coincidence because I don't remember hearing about his death before this thread.

Maybe I'm psychotic. (checking meds to see if the anti-psychotics have expired)

I think I hear Rod Serling too...

That's because Rod isn't dead.... He's just chilling

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I'm fine with him chillin' but he needs to quit telling me to do the laundry when I'm trying to take a nap.

Somebody must've taken the lid off've his cryogenic's tube again.  Don't pay attention to him Chuck,  he hasn't been lucid in years... Just mumbles in his sleep... He kept asking me to turn up the setting on his electric blanket until I switched off've trilafon, careful for those phenothiazine meds with anticholinergic side-affacts

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(reaching for my choline suppliments)

Goals for 2006



   Be able to sing Scorps, and Boston so well, that when I play back the tape recording I get a Woody.. Not that I get one listening to the actual album's of course... This is something different...You wouldn't understand

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Northeast United States runner up for the "Singing Hall of Shame".

My grandparents had a woody.

all four of them ?  


That's what I call special lineage !!

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Northeast United States runner up for the "Singing Hall of Shame".

This Day In Music History
For Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Summer edition

Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays

Ray Gillen (1960)

Composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861)

Composer George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885)


None Today!


Charts

Today the song "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn topped the charts and stayed there for 9 weeks. (1952)

Today the song "In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" by Zager & Evans topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks. (1969)

Today the song "Holding Back the Tears" by Simply Red topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1986)



(this is just another way of say, today isn't a very exciting day in music history)  

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Northeast United States runner up for the "Singing Hall of Shame".

"Holding Back The Tears" - That was a good song!  Summer of 86, good summer too.

Okay, here's some trivia.  What do Steve Miller, Paul McCartney and The Ramones have in common? Well, back in 1968 Steve Miller was over in England recording an album.  While he was there, he was introduced to George Harrison at a club.  Harrison later invited Steve Miller to one of the Beatles recording sessions.  They were working on Get Back.  A recording session was also planned for the next day  but John and Ringo were no-shows. So, Miller and McCartney started jamming on some songs with Paul playing drums. By the time they were done, Steve and Paul had cowritten the song My Dark Hour which Steve Miller put on his next album.  Miller asked McCartney what name he preferred to be used in the song credit.  McCartney said, "Well, just call me Paul Ramone".  Well, jump ahead to the mid-70's when a seminal punk band was forming.  Dee Dee (Ramone) was a big fan of the Beatles and McCartney in particular and stumbled upon the Miller-McCartney trivia of My Dark Hour. "What should we call ourselves anyway? How about The Ramones?"

I got one for you... how many people here know why Eric Clapton got the name slowhand?

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Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. (I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.)

I came upon this really rare video of Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention probably from around 1968.  This was shot at the BBC studios during their avant garde jazz period.  Pretty wild stuff!  Zappa was on guitar, Art Tripp and Jimmy Carl Black on drums, Roy Estrada on bass, Don Preston on keyboards, Bunk Garner, Ian Underwood and Motorhead Sherwood were on sax. This thing was called King Kong and I must warn you, this song contains multiple, simultaneous time signatures.  :)
(uses Real Player)

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... C73102E326

Good question, I don't know!

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Restringing his guitar, while the audience slowly clapped their hands....  Something weird like that... He used thin gauged strings, and broke MANY...

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Northeast United States runner up for the "Singing Hall of Shame".

He's very good but he needs to take that snuff out of his mouth Steve...I couldn't understand him.  I think he sounds like a diminutive version of Joe Willliams.

As I went over to youtube, I just remembered I had something in there myself.  This is a clip from my latest cinematic masterpiece "The Copy Machine from Another World".  I do all this filming on the run at work and edit, add the music and special effects later on at home.  We should have a world premeiere some time in the fall.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=skrQ97FC5SM& ... ny%20staff

Cecil B. DeKlein