I remember my Dad singing this to me and my sister when we were kids to get us to sleep, now I sing it to my son, to keep that flame alive my Dad blazed ❤

@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! My Dad would blast one of their albums through the house at max volume to wake me and my sister up for school every morning. I now play them for my son while waiting for the bus. My Dad was lucky enough to get to see them live in '88 at Mile High Stadium in Denver Colorado. He loved Pink Floyd. It's a bitter sweet experience listening to them now because it brings back so many wonderful memories but it also reminds me that he's gone.

@eljefebridget

Жыл бұрын

My mom chose this song to sing me when she'd rock me to sleep! Probably why it's my favorite song of all time.

Syd Barrett only appeared on their first album Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which was really a psychedelic pop album. Syd came into the studio one day during the recording of this album but the guys didn't recognize him at first because he was bald and gained a lot of weight. Someone took a picture of him there. A Momentary Lapse of Reason came out in the late '80s, after Roger Waters had left the band. Smokey most definitely needs more Floyd in his life!👍 I highly recommend the Animals album, which is truly phenomenal and sadly always relevant. It’s loosely based on George Orwell’s book Animal Farm.

@davemick7216

Жыл бұрын

Syd was on the 2nd album also, A Saucerful of Secrets, but only the last track "Jugband Blues".

@thegoatchild3545

Жыл бұрын

@@davemick7216 I know, I just couldn’t be bothered to write it all out on the phone.😁

@jangles1839

Жыл бұрын

Syd was most certainly out there!

@dillonsollars3344

Жыл бұрын

Roger waters has said this song is not about syd Barrett. Only shine on you crazy diamond. David gilmour says that he thinks about syd when he plays it.

@Andrew46_2

Жыл бұрын

this

It pained Waters to see his friend so lost, so detached, so disengaged from the world around him. “Wish You Were Here” deals with that mental inability - the refusal, even - to engage with reality, and it served as much as a rallying for Waters as a sad tribute to Barrett's better days.

The song is about the detached feeling most people go through life with. How people cope with the world by withdrawing physically, mentally, or emotionally. Roger Waters states the songs inspiration was founding member Syd Barrett and his battle with schizophrenia. I never knew that either, just always thought it was just another epic song from the group.

@letitbesummer6536

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully well put ❤

This song comes on in the car and everyone in my family knows every single word by heart. We love Pink Floyd on another level. They are spiritual.

This song has taken on a new meaning for me, even though it's not about death, it makes me think of my mom who passed away in January of 2018. Her name was Kim and she was my best friend, this one's for you mom. 🙏❤

@carlastanley1138

Жыл бұрын

Same!! my mom funnily enough started loving Pink Floyd later in her life 60s and 70s and past away at 85 of breast cancer. This song reminds me so much of her. RIP mama😊😇💕

@metalguru85

Жыл бұрын

RIP Kim and sorry for your loss Steve bro

@CEP73

Жыл бұрын

My mum was a huge PF fan she passed a year ago this Friday. Been the toughest year of my life. This song means so much to me also.

@jangles1839

Жыл бұрын

Big love Steve. Same for me with this song. Been a bit over a month since I lost my mom and I surely miss her. I've been a Floyaholic for many many years but, as time goes on, their songs and several others seem to take on new meanings. 💙🙏🏼

This song reminds me of my best friend. My brother. Pink Floyd is my, all time, favorite band and I was hesitant to watch this reaction. This song brings me to tears every single time. He is dead now and, yea, Ponch this listen is for you

This song always holds a special place in my heart. 🖤 My step-brother's brother passed away from an OD and it always reminds me of Sonny. We always wish he was here.

This song is so beautiful. Sometimes it makes me cry.

@donjackson5522

Жыл бұрын

😢 This is Avery emotional song. I’m crying right now.

I love Pink Floyd so much. They take you somewhere, so different than any other band. You feel the beautiful journey to your soul. And this song… is a beautiful trip 🖤

Syd was the primary songwriter, lead guitarist, and sang lead. He eventually had a mental breakdown that was exacerbated by his use of drugs. Eventually, he became unreliable, like just standing on stage without playing or singing. Gilmore was brought into the band to replace him. A lot of material was written about him, like this song and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (my personal favorite). Syd turned up at the studio the day they recorded this song. No one recognized him. His head was shaved. He'd shaved his eyebrows off, gained a lot of weight and had a far off stare. Finally, someone realized it was Syd. His appearance devastated the band members. Apparently, he asked when he was supposed to record his part. Syd's appearance is referenced in the lines from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" as "now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky" and "you reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon".

@michellewheatley2007

Жыл бұрын

A lot of young adults, mostly men have a psychotic break. They think it's due to stress but it's different for everyone.

Morning! Pink Floyd IS my favorite band! Hollywood, you’re right that Floyd was first in space-“Delicate sound of Thunder” was the album played. This song is about Syd who came to visit the band in studio while they were writing this album. Very sad watching their childhood friend,Syd,”going mad”. I recently read a book on Syd’s life. He seemed like such a cool kid, with so much talent and potential and everyone in the band, including David Gilmour loved and respected Syd, he was just fading away from reality. Great reaction! Always hoping for more Floyd-I’ve suggested some to y’all but happy with any. Happy Labor Day!

My favorite and well all Pink Floyd is my favorite! Last song i played for my husband while he was on life support before i took him off last year. We'd danced to it at our wedding.

Hi bro's, " Wish you were here " , was always my fav song from Pink Floyd ! I love always Pink Floyd, the music from them was like drug for me ! I didn't need anything else ! Every time i listen Pink Floyd i close my eyes and i start in my dreams to fly from the hell i was in ! Greatings and love from germany ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

This song is about absence, loss, wishing you made different choices, and not being present in the moment. It's party inspired by seeing what happened to Syd, but more inspired by what the band felt at the time. They were all quite absent, with their minds being elsewhere, they didn't know how to follow up DSOTM, or if they even wanted to follow it up, and the fractures within the group had started.

I became a huge fan of pink floyd after I took mushrooms and watched pink floyd's the Wall and it changed me forever. I was at a friend's house in the dark, tripping balls to the film. Amazing.

Syd Barret was already out of the band but did suffer a nervous breakdown due to heavy LSD usage. The weird thing is the day Pink Floyd recorded this song - Syd Barret randomly showed up at the studio after not being in touch with the band for several years

Music doesn’t get any better than Floyd💯the voice, the guitar speaks and they always have meaning to the song! It’s a real journey for sure. Enjoy your takes my brothers keep bringing it!!!!!

A Momentary Laps of Reason was released in '87 just after or right as Roger Watters had left the band (I'm not 100% on the time-line of those events). The entire Wish You Were Here album was a tribute to Syd even though he was still alive. Also Syd wasn't exactly kicked out so much as he agreed he should leave due to his mental health issues. After Syd left it's complicated as to the position of lead singer because the singing was fairly evenly divided amongst David Gilmore, Roger Watters and Richard Wright with the bulk probably falling in the corners of Gilmore and Watters.

@AtomicVampire1

Жыл бұрын

Roger Waters left after The Final Cut 1983

@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers

Жыл бұрын

@@AtomicVampire1 That's what I thought but wasn't sure. Thank you for clearing that up for me, I appreciate it.

For me this song is about the loss of a friend, partner or mentor, a person you could thankfully run your own ideas about life by. Someone who was in the same predicament as you and who was also trying to solve the puzzle of 'who are we' and 'why is this happening'. Friends are a true gift to us, and help us arrive at a truth that we are most comfortable with. God bless ya Pink Floyd!

@kristaspecht

Жыл бұрын

I love that!

Easily in my all time top 5 songs of all time. It's a song I know every word to but never get tired of hearing again.

@kristaspecht

Жыл бұрын

Same

You were half right. This song (and the entire "Wish You Were Here" album) was dedicated to their friend Syd Barret. Parts of the song were added in that had nothing to do with Syd. Roger Waters himself has said that the song is open to interpretation. Syd was the lead singer and guitarist on their first album "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" and contributed parts of the second album "A Saucerful Of Secrets". After a really bad acid trip caused Syd to stand motionless and not say a word in front of a large audience, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright know they had no choice but to replace him. So they asked their friend David Gilmour to take his place, but let Syd live with them for some time. Eventually Syd caught on that he was no longer part of the band, so he left and even recorded a solo album. Eventually his drug addiction and madness got the better of him, and he was forced to go live with his mother and sister until his death many years later.

Had to sit back in my chair for this. Great job guys.They are your pilots to guide you through the Universe. Emotion builders.

The song on the golden disc that NASA sent with one of the Voyager spacecraft was Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground by Blind Willie Johnson, a very early blues instrumental and one of the greatest pieces of music the human race ever came up with. I've seen people react to it and it always blows them away.

@malpeice2

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that! I’ll definitely have to check out that song.

In college, when the guitars came out, me and my best friend would sing it because we were the inly ones who knew all the words. When he died, I played the cassette over and over until it broke the tape. I miss him so much . And this is my favorite song of all time.

This might be my favorite reaction! You guys just vibing to it and that was cool!

I remember playing my dads pink floyd collection as a kid...easily one of my all time favorites

This song has haunted me since the late '80's. Takes a lot for me to get through it.

"A Smile From A Veil" - one of my favorite lines ever.

The winds of change at the end....this is timeless

The day my father died I left his house for the last time, climbed into my truck turned the key and the first notes of this song started on 94.7 WYSP in Philly. I sat and cried for another 40 minutes.

I thought you covered this long ago. I love watching your reactions to these slammin tracks i grew up with.

Almost at 100k subs. We see you, Kings👑

Pink Floyd is the shit this is probably one of my favorite albums

Syd Barrett was a founding member of Pink Floyd, the band's main composer and lyricist, guitarist and singer. He was forced to leave the band in 1968 due to mental problems caused by excessive LSD use. David Gilmour (his school friend) toured with them initially, filling in for Syd (when he was unwell) on both vocals and, of course, guitar. The album Wish You Were Here was dedicated by Pink Floyd to Barret (as was Shine On You Crazy Diamond). Incidentally, Pink Floyd often referenced Barrett in their later work. Barrett then tried to embark on a solo musical career but was quite unsuccessful. He later quit music altogether and continued to paint until his death in 2006. By the way - the name Pink Floyd is Batter's invention. He had two cats (Pink and Floyd) named after two American blues musicians - Pink Anderson and Floyd Cecil ;-).

Dark Side of moon was first adult album I sat down and listened to by myself while reading the lyrics. Yes, on vinyl, it was in 70's and I was no more than 10? I didn't totally understand but I remember being fascinated. Now when I listen to it, it takes me back. This album can be seriously depressing if you dig in.

Morning! Great to see y'all on spiral out sun! This was an awesome reaction!! I love this song and loved seeing you jamming out to it. One of my mentors used to sing and play this on her guitar❤️. I hadn't realized what it was about until I read the comments. Wow...well thanks guys!🤓❤️

On your next Pink Floyd reaction, I highly recommend checking out "Any Colour You Like" (live at The Empire Pool in Wembley, London 1974) from the Dark Side Of The Moon album. It's an absolute banger of a song, and that live performance in particular is my favorite version of it. Great reaction guys! 🤘🤘🤙🤙

@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead

Жыл бұрын

Here's the link to that performance: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqSTmNeolNPWkbw.html

love me some pink floyd so talented was lucky to see them in concert best ever

I love this band and song. So my mother is right. Music from back then is definitely still better than half of what is put out today. You too should definitely dive into some more Pink Floyd. My dad got to see Pink Floyd live and he said it was an amazing Concert.

Great tune for ANY time, such a classic that has stood the test of time. Still sounds fresh to this day. Great reaction guys! Actually, the psycadelic came a bit later, they did some really cool relaxing stuffs in the beginning ❣

@pamelahinchee8012

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, they were psychedelic while Syd was still in the Band.

I've spent the summer being injured. I think I've watched every Pink Floyd documentary. So I do now know that this song is indeed about Syd. Didn't have a clue before. ❤️✌️

Back on some Floyd fuck yeah! Animals album Pigs 3 dif ones, Sheep, Dogs! Thanks for the Spiral out - shout out \m/

The best Floyd song by far, followed by Time. This was played at my best friends twin brothers funeral. This was his favourite song. RIP Micah (Turk). Wish you were here).

Yes, David Gilmour (lead guitarist) had stated he wrote this song about Syd Barrett who was in the original Pink Floyd, but got too into drugs, and got mental from it, and had to leave. He died on the young side, and this song was dedicated to him. I saw Pink Floyd in the late sixties/early seventies at Madison Square Garden. My best friend since HS who has since passed a few months ago, went to see them WAY too high, and were sitting with our legs hanging over the balcony. They were the perfect band for that night, and sounded SO amazing. David's voice & guitar was mesmerizing. I miss those days so much...

Best road trip song ❤🖤

Amazing way to start my monday!!

syd used to get spotted years after he left band almost unrecognisable ..living as humble existence as you can get

The song is about founding member syd Barrett when he checked into a psychiatric hospital and it's directly talking to him.

I always thought this was about the missing frontman Syd Barrett while recording due to him out of the band from LSD addiction. No matter what it is the best song followed by Comfortably Numb.

@DaddyVapor

Жыл бұрын

This exactly correct. He missed Syd and often thought about what if they stayed together. What would have happened.

@dan.j.boydzkreationz

Жыл бұрын

He saw it as medication, thought it was helping, so he kept using it. You can't form an addiction to it.

The first PF album I bought almost fifty years ago. It’s one of the best they’ve made. I know the lyrics by heart.

Been waiting on this one!

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006) David Gilmour replaced Syd. Did Syd Barrett get royalties? For the last 15 years of his life Syd Barrett lived a mostly peaceful life in Cambridge, England. His not insubstantial Pink Floyd royalties meant he never needed money, but he did once work for a short time as a gardener at the urging of his mother, who thought he should keep occupied. He was a painter before and after being in Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd recorded several tributes and homages to him, including the 1975 song suite "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and the 1979 rock opera The Wall. In 1988, EMI released an album of unreleased tracks and outtakes, Opel, with Barrett's approval. In 1996, Barrett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006. Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind the band's peak success with the albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979). The musical film based on The Wall, Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982), won two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd also composed several film scores. As ever Wikipedia.

Syd Barrett sings on Bike and see Emily Play, kinda Beatleslike psychedelic songs. And Roger Waters left when they cut all the songs on the Final Cut from the Wall. The Final Cut was Waters last album and One of my favorites 💗

This song is profound & always will be….😢🌍🌎 Thx guys. This time listening to it is for both my parents who’ve been gone a long time but never forgotten. Isabel Milne & Gord Ryan - RIP, to both ❤💙💜

And also @trash talkers, there are other incredible audio choices for their live music that will blow you away and have songs that aren't on some of those other live shows. How thec west was won, and the dragon snake- Houston 1977 are on my Playlist. An important thing to realize about zeppelin is they are a live band. Going off on 20 minute solos at times and not just with the guitar. But they played almost freestyle, and never playing the exact same way every time. It was incredible.

Wow I randomly woke up and treated to this. Going back to bed after this. My labor day is going to consist of concentrates and vegging.

My jaaaam , this in my top 3 Pink Floyd songs Of all time 🔥 🔥

Never actually saw Pink Floyd but saw Australian Pink Floyd a few times and they killed it! The background vocals blew me away....So good!

Have y’all reacted to “On The Turning Away?” Another Pink Floyd song that really gets to me. (Even before it was played at a 16 yr old classmate’s funeral in ‘92.)

Dark Side of the Moon 1973 Wish you were here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 Only Animals can really be split into songs, all the others run from one song to the next as a complete entity. In 2012, Dark Side of the Moon was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

I'm in Canada, definitely Labour Day chilling with you guys🤘

Thank you guys.

Sid Barrett died in the 2000s. He apoeared during making SHINE ON. David Gilmour joined to replace sid. Who was his best friend growing up Gilmour took over vocals and lead. Roger only started singing lead during the FINAL CUT AND THE WALL.

David Gilmour has such a soothing voice 😊 Astronomy Domine is a great song with Syd singing

Billy Thorpe...children of the sun! Great song!

From what I've read (could very much be wrong) the first psychedelic rock song was The Beatles "Rain", 1966.

The wind noise is the leading to the next tune. Like a number of their albums they are meant to be listened to A whole side at a time. Remember that this and many other albums were designed were designed to be listened to on vinyl records.

This is an older band member turning on the radio to hear an old hit of his friend so he baths in the former glory and jams along. And then it's the realisation that Syd has been lost to his mental health and addictions.

Loved your reactions to this classic great song

Sounds like a good time…it’s raining here in southern IL, so no grilling for us😧 Have fun with the rest of Labor Day!

opening car radio was the band with sid then transitioned to what the band became.(rags to riches) without Sid. but he was always missed and remembered. hence the faint sound of the radio after the song continued.

I'm definitely the Smokey of you two - kind of wanting to chill, kind of wanting to see the lyrics or the video at the same time. Smokey's got a better smile than me though! 😂❤ Love your reactions.

You got it pretty good. Momentary Lapse of Reason was their 13th album though. Fire shirt Smoke I love that old logo.

The record you're thinking of that was sent into space on a satellite is the Golden Record that was attached to the two Voyager spacecraft. It had spoken greetings recorded in numerous languages, natural sounds of Earth like thunder and whale songs, and it also had a lot of music from all over the world as well as a diagram on how to play the record. I think the only rock song contained on it was Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry. Both copies of that record are now travelling through interstellar space where they will likely survive for billions of years.

Back in the 70's, smoke a doobie, kick back and enjoy. Now it makes me think about the son I loved and lost. He was 40 years old.

Syd essentially broke his mind with LSD, etc. The band fired him after several television performances and studio sessions that were disasters. He lived in an apartment as a recluse for nearly 40 years until he passed away. Sad waste of immense creativity.

@zenhaelcero8481

Жыл бұрын

A cautionary tale about lack of consideration for mental health, and against drugs.

David Gilmour says that it always makes him think of Syd, but Roger Waters said that he wrote it more about himself, talking to himself, and trying to remind himself to be in the present instead of getting up in his own head.

Yeah, Syd was the original frontman. When he started struggling with mental health, the band brought in Syd's friend David Gilmour in order to pick up the slack for Syd's erratic playing and behavior and also to try to help by being a stabilizing influence on Syd. Kind of worked but not to the extent they hoped. Eventually Syd quit the band and David Gilmour stayed. Syd even released a bit of solo music with Gilmour collaborating with him, but his mental health issues, which had always been made worse by drugs, became too much and Syd became for all intents and purposes a hermit and quit music. Both this song and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" are about his bandmates/friends struggling to deal with what happened to him and how they couldn't help him and how his quitting fundamentally changed the course of Pink Floyd's career for good or bad since he was not only the main singer but one of the main songwriters before he quit. Basically, much like Genesis or Sabbath, there's two different Pink Floyds. One with Syd Barret and one with David Gilmour. Guess Gilmour felt a bit guilty that he took Syd's place in the band even if it happened in a way that wasn't really his fault, so he wrote songs about how he missed his friend.

It wasn't "Wish You Were Here" that was played in space first, aboard the Russian Mir Space Station the Pink Floyd album "Delicate Sound of Thunder" which is a live album was the first album ever played in space and I think it was 1988! I only learned this by checking on Google. That's why Pink Floyd is synonymous with outer space! Besides a lot of their music like set the controls for the heart of the Sun and even the title Dark Side of the Moon etc.

The line Two lost souls swimming in a Fish Bowl Year after year just hits home.

Yes, this was about Syd, but Syd was still alive. Syd wrote almost everything on the first album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1967 (Roger wrote one) and one song on the second album, A Sauceful of Secrets (1968). Saucer is the only album to include all five members, but Syd David are only both on guitar on one song and may not have recorded together.. Syd was the singer and guitarist. Gilmour replaced Syd in 1968. They were childhood friends. This was 1975. Syd was alive. Syd showed up while recording this album. He was fat and had a fully shaved head, including eyebrows. The band didn't initially recognize him. A Momentary Lapse of Reason was 1987. The first without Roger Waters. Syd died in 2006. Keyboardist Richard Wright died in 2008. David, Roger and drummer Nick Mason are still alive. Roger is on tour. There are a few songs where Roger plays guitar and a couple where David plays bass. A lot where they play with synths. Syd may have been schizophrenic, but hus family denies mental illness. He was definitely on a ton of drugs during his Floyd and solo album period.

Tippy top of the mountain for me...LOVE Floyd, and most especially this song!

"A Momentary Lapse of Reason" was not their first album, it was the first after Roger left the band. Gilmore did replace Syd. After Syd went mad, David joined and up until "Lapse", Roger and David pretty much shared lead vocals, though I believe David did more of them. The biggest example of them sharing the role was on "The Wall". Not only did they share song by song, but they also shared within a single song, twice that I can think of, "Mother" and "Comfortably Numb". Roger's voice is a bit deeper and emotes a lot of pain while David's is often just as deep but softer. Throughout "The Wall", Roger mainly portrayed the character "Pink" while David would voice the "Mother" character. That entire album has a lot of back and forth between the two of them. Also, I believe you are correct that "Wish" is about Syd and I know "Shine On" is definitely about him, and both are on this record. The other songs on "Wish You Were Here" are "Have a Cigar" and "Welcome to the Machine", both of which are about the record industry, to the best of my knowledge.

@alteredaustin1

Жыл бұрын

David Gilmour and Syd Barrett were in Pink Floyd at the same time. David Gilmour did not "replace" Syd Barrett.

@ESCGelfling

Жыл бұрын

@@alteredaustin1, Yes, my mistake. However, they were only in the band together for 5 months.

I lost one of my closest friends about a year ago and I think about him every time when I hear this song 😢

Just saw Roger Waters Saturday. Still sounds great for 78 years old.

gilmore was the replacement for barrett. he filled in while syd was in his decline. then took over once the band "let him go". edit: what syd did after included a single take album called "the madcap laughs". one song restarts 3-4 times before actually begins.

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Next up for PF...."Shine On You Crazy Diamonds", "Breathe", "On The Turning Away", and "Us and Them". Amazing music.

You should do a podcast on Pink Floyd. Definitely helps you understand the music more. Love this song and it brings me tears every time remembering my childhood.

@Hollywood6IX

Жыл бұрын

Good idea

@amygenevalee6393

Жыл бұрын

@@Hollywood6IX please, please! I listen to y’all’s podcast while working as a housemaid. It makes cleaning toilets not the worse at the least 🥲

@Hollywood6IX

Жыл бұрын

Well thanks Amy that freaking awesome. Glad you enjoy the content.

Pink Floyd, the band pledging allegiance to their fallin bandmember, Syd Barret. the song begins with lyrics about how or why Syd went crazy and became a recluse.

It's not just that Gilmour is an incredible guitarist and musician but he is a very good vocalist as well.

@flubblert

Жыл бұрын

Dave's vocals are every bit as iconic as his guitar. Instantly recognizable as the voice of Floyd.

I'm working an 8 hour shift at the Cinema. Most likely will not be busy at all today, but at least I'm getting paid time and a half!

Weird story-as this song (or was it Shine In You Crazy Diamond) was being recorded, a disheveled man came into the studio and checked out what was happening. No one knew who it was but they let him hang out. After he got up and left, they came to the realization that it was actually Syd (he was still alive at this point, they just didn’t recognize him at first because his look changed so much). Syd founded Pink Floyd and eventually recruited Gilmore into the band before he left

This song is one of the only ones that can make me cry.

I love love love this song. Its beautiful

Syd Barrett went mad on acid. He became a recluse and was kicked out of the band and replaced with David Gilmour. This whole album was about Syd.

Hollywood you make me Smile Kid. My understanding is that this song was written about Syd. I think you figured it out however Syd did not die before this Album was written and released.

This song explains perfectly how I feel about spam ……..the lunchmeat I mean

For me it was always the intro. It inspired me to think of a movie screenplay just off that 2min. It also reminds me of all the loved ones I lost along the way 😥