This is such a haunting song. It has a fragmented feel to it and (to me) vividly illustrates, old age in a care home with nothing to do each day but play endless games of Dominoes. Perhaps Syd was relieved when he died as I can't see him (like most of us) relishing this sort of life somehow. I also love the ghostly psychedelic backwards guitar............Syd was a genius in so many ways.

@NickSBailey

22 күн бұрын

have a look at some of the photos of Syd in late 70s and 80s, he looked happy and content, great atmospheric song

I love the story Dave Gilmour told about recording this - nothing was working until Syd said to play the tape backwards, and he played all the electric guitar overdubs with the tape playing backwards.

@simoneric8183

4 жыл бұрын

I'm keen on learning about who did this or that in music and how - I'm a musician myself - and I used to listen to PF a lot - now I relisten to Syd and WIRE, which I see as an audio re-incarnation of him, a sort of new PF with a better understanding of electronics...

@Hootiebird61

3 жыл бұрын

Just another example of the genius that was Syd Barrett.

@randyrhoads9153

3 жыл бұрын

Can you explain what this means?

@alfredjohnson2647

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyrhoads9153 Syd recorded the 'backwards guitar' overdubs with the main track playing backwards, so when the whole recording plays forwards the guitar parts play backwards. Gilmour's recollection of it is in the first two and a half minutes of this kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqh2ksujk9PZgKQ.html

@fatbelly27

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyrhoads9153 Are you familiar with the game of dominoes? It's regarded as a pub game in the UK, mostly played not very competitively just to pass the time.

I think this is some of Syd’s best work, either solo or with the Floyd.

As Robin Hitchcock said : "This is a perfect song to play right before it rains"

@ArmsDealer06

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that interview with Robyn a while back. Never heard of him until I was researching Syd. That’s an interesting statement due to the fact the song is based supposedly on his vacation in the sunshine to help Syd get back on track. Which obviously never happened but gave us this beautiful song just the same.

@eclipsed3407

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArmsDealer06 vacation in the sun shine is just another rainy day, if you're minds in gloom.

@johnmcaulay2854

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what hitchcock meant by that comment?.I think this song is about living life by numbers.

@ge2623

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmcaulay2854 I took it personally to mean the MUSIC. The mood of it.

@Sandwich13455

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmcaulay2854 it's about his life after pink Floyd, away from fame and drugs, sitting playing dominoes with his sister at her weekly visit!

I LOVE his chord changes!!! Syd can stay on one chord and bounce on it all day like a drum, he doesn't count 4 or 8 bars....he just KNOWS when it's going to drive you crazy, the EXACT amount of how much of it you can take and THAT'S when he changes! Right when your ears say: "That's enough! I'm freaking out!" and then he changes chords and you're like: "whoa, I didn't see that coming. We're somewhere else now...this place is cool too." Other times he'll change before you're ready and you feel like a kid having a lollipop snatched out of your mouth. When Syd finds a chord he likes he's totally committed to it like a girlfriend...he'll drag out this 'relationship' ,and then play 2 or 3 chords at a transition, and you're in suspense because you don't know which one he's going to land on next! And when he lands you're just there now-all you can do is be in awe of it.

@SneakyPeteLegna

9 жыл бұрын

***** I think the biggest difference, the most significant difference, the main thing that creates the distinction between PinkFloyd's music with SydBarret and PinkFloyd's music without SydBarret are the chord changes. PinkFloyd continued to make great songs and psychedlic music which is awesome, they truly are a great band. PinkFloyd is my favorite band!!! They didn't, however, adopt Syd's style of unpredictable chord changes within songs structure. Except for "What shall We Do Now" (on "the Wall") they stay on 1chord during all these lyrics: "Shall we get into fights? Leave the lights on? Drop bombs? Do tours of the east, contract diseases? Bury bones, break up homes, send flowers by phone, take to drink, go to shrinks, give up meat? Rarely sleep? Keep people as pets? Train dogs? Race rats? Fill the attic with cash? Bury treasure? Store up leisure?..." that's a long time to stay on one chord I think by anyone's standards. On the Animals album too, they did this on a few songs, but it was still uniquely structured. Anyone reading this, please understand that I'm not making a "which is better?" comparison, this is a "what makes them different?" comparison.

@hospitalcleaner

9 жыл бұрын

***** i love the way you see music

@SneakyPeteLegna

9 жыл бұрын

hospitalcleaner thank you very much. I appreciate that. I'm a very passionate person in general, especially when it comes to music and art. its a form of communication unlike any other that really speaks to me. A song can be so intimate & personal and still be shared with so many people without losing any value.

@madhatter7393

9 жыл бұрын

***** "total freedom!" - (syd)

@SneakyPeteLegna

9 жыл бұрын

absolutely

Syd sang from his soul.He lets you into his world and it's such a cool gift.

@luvwings

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool comment, so true

@ripetomato9629

4 ай бұрын

Yes. Thank you Syd. 🌹

Every time I listen to this song I get quite a vivid image in my mind of a dingy room... There is a coffee table with dominoes lined up on it, and it's a cloudy day, with raindrops beating gently against the old-fashioned window panes.

Absolutely magical. This one and "The Dark Globe" outweight everything that PF have ever done!

I fell in Love with Syd after randomly watching a VH1 special on him and am so grateful for his music and legacy !

So melancholic...so gentle. Beautiful song.

reminds me of my first love 1973 camping. taking acid, sleeping on the beach, being hungry but suntanned in cornwall Syd Barretts Terrapin and Madcap laughs were part of our soundtrack to that summer along with Hunky Dory Transformer and Tubular Bells 😀RIP Alan x

@ritasmith6382

4 жыл бұрын

Elsa Main I was doing exactly that same year in Cornwall special days

@dazauto1400

3 жыл бұрын

My parents had Madcap Laughs & Barrett album and was regularly played as kids. I'm still obsessed with Syds music nearly half a century later.

@LoveShuffleBlues

2 жыл бұрын

I come back to this comment because I have nostalgia for a time I've never lived.

@MrMessiah44

3 ай бұрын

Great story, thanks for sharing.

So hypnotic, sad and serene. great music

@hospitalcleaner

9 жыл бұрын

DmAssOu instrumental part gets me everytime :(

@tomgeorgearts

7 жыл бұрын

And a lot of respect is due to Dave Gilmour's amazing sympathetic production..

@enviousfred

7 жыл бұрын

Poignant.

@ThinWhiteAxe

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. I always go to it when I'm feeling inconsolably wistful and melancholy for no particular reason.

@Garrysullivanjones

6 жыл бұрын

Therapeutic

Absolutely proud my sons name is Syd.

@K-aR-Oh

3 ай бұрын

Don't let him do LSD tho

I've never heard a song that can express better what is word - weariness than this song...Syd, you genius!

Syd at his finest, this song is pure genius and will always be my favourite Syd track.

acid, mandrax, melancholy. The time goes by.. -we love you Syd

As a musician, many times in my life I have thought about recording a cover of this song... and then I think what the hell could I possibly add to make it better? Nothing! Even trying to fix the imperfections would be stupid and attempting to replicate them impossible and embarrassing. Sigh. Just play it real quiet in my room. That's what I'll do.

@marullvlogger9631

6 жыл бұрын

Samuel Feynman Tribute page same

@kimhumphrey2476

6 жыл бұрын

me too

@Garrysullivanjones

6 жыл бұрын

Is this song easy to learn on electric guitar or only acoustic?

@kimhumphrey2476

6 жыл бұрын

shouldn't make a difference

@marcfedak

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Samuel, true, but you could maybe play it live to introduce new people to the genius of Syd Barrett.

This song literally brings me to tears

I seems like a impressionistic screen/picture!! you and I and dominoeeeees!

Highly talented soul. Syd is a legend. I got his Madcat album on CD.

On this day in 1970, Barrett was released. RIP Syd Barrett, as we watch whatever today's generation decides is music, yours will always be at heart

@thinginground5179

2 жыл бұрын

Hello mr 9 years ago comment, are you still alive and-a-walking, thinking and-a-talking?

Recently this song has become of my favorites to listen to. Syd Barrett was a great unique musician and genius.

He was the Crazy, crazy Diamond, such a beautiful song, have heard it many a times, each time I end up with a different interpretation, one can't help it, Syd had the ability to play with the human minds. Sad that he is such an underrated Artist, he was a GEM!

sinto uma paz imensa com a voz do Syd!

@iamupinacloud

Жыл бұрын

É muito surreal e calmante. É como se a voz dele me pegasse e me levasse embora.

My favorite Syd song

@Liniluslp

6 жыл бұрын

Mia Wallace same

@FLASHAHOLIC_TV

3 жыл бұрын

+1

I love this song ...I bow down in my ignorance of life and culture when I listen to Syd ,,Ive grown to love him so much .,,,

esta cancion no es ordinaria, los cambios de tonos, la guitarra de Syd en backwards, la mezcla alienada de nostalgia y resignacion, esto es bellisiomo es una obra maestra! no me canso de escucharla..RIP Syd Barrett

last verse of this song is one of the greatest things ever written. period

Wow lots of photos I've never seen before great! Love Syd's backwards guitar the man the legend the genius Syd Barrett long may his music reign!!

Congrats to Syd and family on the Cambridge School of Arts honor today!

SYD WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU MATE NEVER ...YOURE UP THARRE WITH YA BEST FREIND RICK

@evelyngrace8001

4 жыл бұрын

🥺

@rael6168

2 жыл бұрын

Tharre??

Syd knew how to drive you in his world of madness. Love it.

I keep come by back to this song.

Syd went where no man has gone before....

49 unknowing fools so far. RIP Sid. Thanks for what you did give us in the short time you had.

As a bassist I love that bassline

Pure genius. Such a beautiful psychedelic swager on this tune.

I could live in that room. He had good taste. It suited him well.

@allisonschempf2230

3 жыл бұрын

He painted it himself.

In my tears my dreams... time goes by, overheard a lark today....a Beautiful soulful song , x

It's an idea someday In my tears, my dreams Don't you want to see her proof? Life that comes of no harm You and I, you and I and dominoes The day goes by You and I in place Wasting time on dominoes A day so dark, so warm Life that comes of no harm You and I and dominoes Time goes by Fireworks and heat someday Hold a shell, a stick or play Overheard a lark today, losing when my mind's astray Don't you want to know with your pretty hair? Stretch out your hand Glad feel in an echo for your way It's an idea someday In my tears, my dreams Don't you want to see her proof? Life that comes of no harm You and I and dominoes The day goes by

he's the greatest rockstar of all time

Know. This song reminds me of that moment in life when I was in practice at the beginning of the summer holidays. My friend and I were given the task of shuffling dominoes. The day was a little dark but so warm. Some of the people outside the window were playing with sticks and birds were flying that looked like larks.All this happened outside the window while my friend and I wasting time on dominoes.Sometimes I think about how he managed to pick it all up and describe everything so accurately.

The Madcap Laughs and Barrett are phenominal albums, totally unique...

Syd's best work.

Losing when my minds astray. The perfect line.

Syd Barrett...... The absolute love of my life 💟

Wright sounds like Ray Manzareck on Riders on the Storm

this is one of the best songs ever. syd was a star!!!!!!!!!

He has such a sweet voice I love it

Never heard this before - a man on his own wavelength playing music how he alone can 'hear' it. Sounds like it was pieced together then overdubbed - can't hear him on the last minute or so. It's either charmingly child-like or a window on someone losing their mind and I'm not sure what I think either way. I'm glad I heard it though.

@marcsalzman8082

7 жыл бұрын

both

@marksupeotmail.co.ukrbrain2564

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I know his story. The drugs opened a door in his brain - he went in and the door shut behind him. It's stories like his - apart form the odd bit of grass from others - that have stopped me from experimenting with those sorts of drugs.

@jackdets7450

7 жыл бұрын

Not Opal and Barrett, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett. Opal was a 1980's era of old tapes from when he was still technically making music. He also did some work with a band called "Stars" that didn't really accomplish much in 1972 and was coaxed into Abbey Road to play some mostly incoherent guitar instrumentals in 1974. Then he really went completely, stark mad (depending on how you look at it) and abandoned the name Syd altogether. Syd died in 1974, from then on he was Roger Barrett.

@cynthiamarston2208

6 жыл бұрын

Dets65 I can agree a part of Syd died. Not madness. A nervous man. Moody. Usually well mannered and approachable though. The Syd that died was his innocence. I remember when I realized I had lost my innocence. I cried a little and you know there is no way to get it back so maybe you feel bitter and a little angry. And just trudge the weary path anyway. I am constantly distracting myself when I’m awake. Im a waster of time. And just don’t care that much at all about that fact. Because I’m not innocent. This life is not that special to me. And I’m not depressed. I am disallusioned though. Sorry needed to explain why the light went out of Syd who used to be all fun and sunny.

@ThinWhiteAxe

6 жыл бұрын

Syd was playing the backwards guitar that you hear all during the outro.

As far as I know, the first backward guitar is on 'Im Only Sleeping' (1966), by The Beatles. Barrett himself played backward guitar earlier than 'Dominoes' (1970), on 'No Good Trying' (1969).

@styk0n

9 жыл бұрын

if it's true the Beatles were the first band to ever utilise backwards guitar, I think you'll probably find was then on Tomorrow Never Knows, which I think was the first song recorded during the Revolver sessions.

@gromitpesley

8 жыл бұрын

+styk0n i think it was the song "im only sleeping" harrisson first did it on

@styk0n

8 жыл бұрын

***** I'm Only Sleeping was recorded between 27 April and 6 May 1966. Tomorrow Never Knows was recorded between 6 and 22 April 1966. Thus, whilst I'm Only Sleeping was the first song released to feature backwards guitar, Tomorrow Never Knows was the first song ever recorded recorded to feature backwards guitar.

@flanneldaniel9414

8 жыл бұрын

Hendrix did it in 67 on tracks like. "Are You Experienced?" And "Castles Made of Sand "

@cpollero53

8 жыл бұрын

+Ratelzwatel There is an easy way and a hard way to do backward music, the easy is to play, record and play the tape backward and the difficult one is to write the music and play as if it were backward. That is how Harrison did it, the hard way.

He is such a rare bard... I love his tone, his wonderfuly strange way of coming up w/a song that stops you at attention. Thank 😚u Syd Barret 💙 &thanks for the photos pinkstar!

Up there with Jim Morrison as perhaps the quintessential coolest, greatest looking rock star ever. Both of these almost cliches of what a rock star should look like!

@DonetskiLetsplayshik

8 жыл бұрын

+Beefheart1 honestly i never liked Morrison's look. His jaw's too big and he just gives that empty "badass" expression all the time. Reminds me of Curt Russell.

@MrDanielphenix

8 жыл бұрын

With Kevin Ayers, Peter Hammill and Shawn Phillips...all anti-rock star...let,s not forget Robert Wyatt

8 жыл бұрын

+rogbel but who cares about appearance

8 жыл бұрын

+rogbel but who cares about appearance

@DonetskiLetsplayshik

8 жыл бұрын

Nihal Yüzbaşeva well, the guy said Morrison's one of the best looking rock stars

Rest in peace Crazy Diamond...

I love the way he said "pretty."

Everyone wants to act like they knew Roger . And the comments section to every Barrett song prove this.

Most underrated song ever

Subtle peek into our subconsciousness is kind of distrurbing but sweet

Way cool backwards guitar! Syd was so cute in that Bohemian, head in the clouds sort of way.

I love this song, so beatiful...

What a beautiful song......

puede que algunos no esten enterados pero esta progresion de acordes es casi UNICA, y hay un cambio anedonico de tono hacia el final y el solo del teclado, la letra tiene una dinamica apreciablemente fluida como si se hubiera hecho en un segundo y la spalabras le hubieran llegado de la nada, esto es una obra de arte...y no creo que tenga que mencionar la guitarra en backwards ya es demasiado obvio

A Alma Viva do Pink Floyd! Incrível como uma Banda pode ter tantos Gênios reunidos. Por isso é a Maior e Melhor de todas!!!

Syd Barrett is so amazing...one of the greatest music writers of the 70's. Its too bad hes not around ne more :(

Dominoes is the best song of Syd's solo career. Awesome song.

I view much of Syd Barrett's solo material the way I view Van Gogh's paintings. They both give you a window into the mind of someone who is mentally ill. In the case of Van Gogh, even when he painted a still life (e.g. a bouquet of flowers), it would still convey a bizarre manic energy. In the case of Dominoes, the chord progression never resolves itself. It just seems to drift in a sort of melancholy void and never comes back to solid ground. This effect is augmented by the backwards guitar tracks, where it is difficult to tell where the guitar riffs begin and end. I am not an expert on schizophrenia, or the side effects that come from its medications, but this might be an apt description of Syd's state of mind. There are plenty of artists, musicians, and movie directors who create work that is deliberately weird. There are also many mentally ill people who possess a great deal of artistic and musical talent. However, it is very rare to have someone completely outside the bounds of conventional thought who can make you feel what it's like to perceive reality the way they do.

@theleadshoes

5 жыл бұрын

Has it ever occurred to you that they may have been the sane ones and it's everyone else who is mentally ill in this world?

@KimothySomehowImanage

5 жыл бұрын

Well put! Agreed

@rickleblanc8900

5 жыл бұрын

The backwards guitar tracks story is pretty cool. As you probably already know, Gilmour produced Syd's album. There's surely a KZread video of Gilmour explaining the difficult process of making Dominoes work.

@unadin4583

5 жыл бұрын

@@rickleblanc8900 From what I understand, they would record Syd singing and playing on an unplugged electric. Then the rest of the band would record the rest. It must have really sucked for Nick Mason because Syd was constantly throwing in extra beats or inexplicable delays.

@rickleblanc8900

5 жыл бұрын

@@unadin4583 it's a miracle it worked out the way it did. It's one of my favorite Syd songs, and Gilmour does a great live version at Royal Albert Hall.

Fucking Legend

Rick Wright on Hammond and electric piano Dave Gilmour on drums, he must have also done the backwards guitar? incredible atmosphere on this, and no overdubs has quite the feel of The Doors' Riders but that came out a year later

@1968joseph1

4 жыл бұрын

Syd did the backwards tracking guitars

@Mehefinheulog1

4 жыл бұрын

@@1968joseph1 Thanks. Joseph.

can't get this stuff out of my head. such a haunting tune. he wasn't gone yet at this point, but you can definitely hear that he was going in a few songs...

The organ on this is fantastic! I love how it gets kinda funky at the end :P

@CrazyAlvis

9 жыл бұрын

Rick Wright on keyboards. David Gilmour bass and Jerry Shirley of Humble Pie on drums.

@LolMan4409

9 жыл бұрын

Aaron! Awesome!

@frankszendzielarz6350

9 жыл бұрын

LolMan4409 Jazz-funky....:-) More such. Would it be a heresy to mix this up with some St Germain and subbass?

@eduardogutierrezcastillo2767

9 жыл бұрын

+Aaron! Is really Rick Wright?

@CrazyAlvis

9 жыл бұрын

Certainly is!!!

Yes they guys who wrote Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals, were "architecture students". Imagine how good those albums would've been had they been "artists".

This song is so precious...

sublime. miss you Syd.

Syd Barret + weed = heaven

@345345345rtrt

8 жыл бұрын

He used alot more than just weed that's for certain.

@FCChannelTubePoop

8 жыл бұрын

i know, i was talking about me

@lucyfloyd16

8 жыл бұрын

+Diego Hernandez OH yes i read a book about floyd, the rest of the band would call round at syd's for band practice they were scared to pick up a glass of water incase there was acid in it syds cat was permently trppin! and syd was bezzy mates with the fella that worked in the chemist down the road they used to experiment with all kinds of shit.

@345345345rtrt

8 жыл бұрын

lucy elkins Damn that's pretty maniacal. I heard that Syd would wait outside the studio to be invited in by the other band members. I'd like to read that book.

@345345345rtrt

8 жыл бұрын

Lega Poop oh. My apologies mate.

Damn syd always a tear buddy....u will always be pink to me

what a mysterious haunting inviting and seductive sound this is.so surreal!

@jeffstewart9622

8 жыл бұрын

dominoes. it's an idea ,someday...long live Syd Barrett! shine on you crazy diamond

This is the face of a very sad person. He never smiles, his songs are sad. It's heart wrenching to see this. He did look fine in the early days.

Genio!!! Como deseo que fueras eso y estuvieras aquí!!!

I think the rest of Pink Floyd learned to write songs by being with Syd.

Nice pics.. Syd is so beautiful. Music Excellent.. T'was a pleasure to watch Thank you pinkstarburst

Shine on you crazy diamond.

My favourite Sid post Floyd song .

Syd, taking selfies before it was mainstream 0:01

uno de mis temas favoritos para tocar en guitarra ... grande SYD

Syd, quanta malinconia sei.

legend

jazzy bass walk at the end...dig it

Все таки в этом человеке есть что-то хорошее очень хорошее он делает добро!❤

Grande!!! Syd... disfruto mucho escuchar tu versión “Dominoes “.

I think you're extremely fortunate. If I had family in the London area I'd be expatriating there as soon as possible. Then again, the London I really want to live in would also require a time machine with the dial set to 1965. All my favorite things were either in full stride or soon would be... Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen and Monty Python.

Excellent, reminds The Doors.

No harm. Thank you, Syd.

Hell Yeah 🙌

The most beautiful,moved and sad Syd's song....and Shine

I was so influenced by AM radio during the 1970s that I never heard this track as a teenager. My loss! Wish I had heard it. What a great tune!

Gilmour on drums lads

@PrZemek44

6 жыл бұрын

It's on purpose... lad ;) Just like sloppy... everything.

@PinkyTardis

6 жыл бұрын

I believe it is Jerry Shirley on drums with David Gilmour on bass.

@PutItAway101

5 жыл бұрын

Some of the songs feature Jerry Shirley drumming and Gilmour "conducting" to show him when to speed up and slow down to match the loose tempo of Syd's initial track!

@chicklets4ever51

5 жыл бұрын

Who's on keyboards? Is it Rick?

@rickleblanc8900

5 жыл бұрын

@@chicklets4ever51 sure sounds like it !

there are some pics in here I have never seen in all my time and I have seen most-impressive

Miss you Sid.Always!!

Syd, we'll see you in the dark side of the moon! Thanks for this!

@strangestranger3253

6 жыл бұрын

Camilo Cienfuegos there is no dark side of the moon That means you're fucked

@meowmeow9677

6 жыл бұрын

As a matter of fact, it’s all dark.

@deannarosie2303

6 жыл бұрын

This comment thread is everything lmao

@mairab1714

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Camilo, Are you that Camilo I knew when you lived in Tuscany in the seventies? If you, I am an old school fellow of your brother Carlos in high school. My name is Maira, do you remember me? If you are that boy, please reply to this message. Maira

En résumé, après avoir réalisé trois chefs-d'œuvre absolus de tout le rock psychédélique, et une fois son travail terminé et son statut de chef spirituel et artistique assumé, Syd s'est retiré et a mené une vie paisible, loin de la pression de son statut d'idole de la pop. Cela ressemble à une carrière brillante pour moi, pas tragique ....

@borislazic1830

Жыл бұрын

En toute logique, c'est bien résumé.

@MegaCirse

Жыл бұрын

@@borislazic1830 🦬