A lot of people did see Syd as a pathetic wreck who couldn't handle fame but you have to understand that pink Floyd probably wouldn't be who they are without him. True his brake down was self inflicted. the thing that puzzles me though is that everyone around him knew something was wrong but noone seemed to help, they all wanted to but by the time they did it was too late. Also the people he lived with weren't much help. There was a guy called Scotty who lived with him and his thing was to go around spikng everything so Syd would wake up in the morning and drink his spiked coffee and by 8:30 he would be tripping. Then he moved into a flat with a bunch of crazed acid freaks. They were pimping him off both professionally and privatley. Jonathan Meades who was a friend of his flatmates went in there one day and there was this horriblre noise like heating pipes shaking he asked them what it was and they just giggled and said "That's Syd having a bad trip,we locked him in the linen cupboard!" So his brakedown was self inflicted but his surroundings didn't help either.
I don't know why but I still hold a great deal of respect for him.

cheers

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