Syd Barrett's First Trip

Exactly...and that's entertaining?

Really--I don't get it!

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BBC Omnibus: Syd Barrett

Was a very interesting and entertaining programme on this evening under the above title with all the gang (RW, RW, DG, NM, and Bob Klose) amongst others giving their personal takes on "Syd the Beat".

I mention it here because it showed a clip of Syd having what looks to be a very heavy trip. Later in the clip, he's shown with mushrooms between his fingers and over his face. Whether the drug du jour was acid or 'shrooms, one wasn't told. He was just tripping.

The hotel scene in The Wall film with Bod Geldof as Pink, we're told, was based directly on Syd. Roger said, the shot of Pink sat zombie-like in the chair with the cigarette burnt down to his fingers was based on an actual memory of Roger's of Syd.

All in all, it was a very poignant, almost depressing review of our beloved Crazy Diamond, his skyrocket rise and meteoric fall from Rock stardom. Consensus verdict: "Syd took too many/too much drugs."

Roger seemed the most perturbed by Syd's leaving and, he claimed, continued absence. Roger said he didn't visit Syd because he's aware that Syd would rather not be reminded of that era of his life and that such a visit would probably be too disturbing for Syd, and just as disturbing for Roger himself. Nick seemed the most unsympathetic, but after hearing his accounts of some of Syd's antics during his last public appearances with The Pink Floyd, Nick could hardly be blamed.

So glad I saw it. Oh by the way, Wish You Were Here is the BEST PF album, ever!

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How recent did the interviews with the Floydians seem? If they're recent (as in within the past two or three years), I admit to being interested in how the Floydians looked. Do they all seem to be doing well, and in good health?

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Apologies for duplication, but further replies to this sub-thread will appear on the BBC Omnibus topic.

Enjoy.

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The 'Syd Barrett's First Trip' video is exactly that. A silent movie of bad quality, featuring Syd and his friends, being whacked out on shrooms. I have the video (PAL) if anyone is interested, and have shared it on morpheus for a while..

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To anyone who said that they wouldn't want to see the Syd footage because there's no real entertainment or because it's depressing, I'd just like to tell my opinion. I think that it actually would be worth it to watch, not for entertainment, but maybe the film can provide some glimpse into what Syd's youthful years were like, and maybe tell what influenced him to eat that first 'shroom. Depressing, yea, but it's information that can be used to better understand what happened to Syd and to prevent things like these from ever happening to ourselves. You can't just ignore the ugly parts of Syd's past and then say something you think is the truth about him. The plain fact is, you have to see everything, happy or sad, in order to form any sort of opinion on Syd that you can claim as your own. Granted we can't see everything, but if it's there it's worth a look. And this doesn't apply only to Syd.

but isn't it only like ten minutes. how much could we see from that.

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But it's Syd Barrett! On Shrooms!!

so we've heard.

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Wow, 10 minutes ... and how much money is it? Probably too much.

I really don't understand why anyone would want to see this, Myself I would 1)Have no interest of seeing 2) Would problably fall to pieces if I did see it because I Know what effect these drugs had on someone I admire, and how it basically ruined him.

That is just me . . .


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I'd like to see it, for totally selfish reasons. The same reasons why we slow down at a traffic accident. Oh yeah, and because it is Syd Barrett on shrooms!

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Exactly!

i guess i would see it if i could rent it or borrowed it or downloaded it but i sure as hell wouldn't pay for it. ten minutes sucks and no sound either!

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