Zuck BTFO’d, or shouldn’t I rather say BT-FlOyd’d?
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Of course Dave G is a fraud, always was slimy. They all were except Syd; he was the only one in the band who didn't care about $£$ or fame, only the music. Part of the reason he was pushed out.
I agree with all of the sentiment here ... but as a 35 year Floydphile, I can tell you Sid Barret (genius in his own right) went off the deep end. He truly did. RW loved him like a brother, but Sid went off the deep end, and RW, NM, RW had no real options when it came to Sid Barrett. He was coo-coo for cocoa puffs. He holed up and lived with his mother the rest of his adult life. Tragic. Truly tragic.
Did you know him? Doubt it. He was surrounded by leeches and sycophants and was too nice to tell them to Foxtrot Oscar. His weakness / sensitivity was known by the others (I'll leave it at that). I was too young to see it at the time but looking back its clear he was given what we know today as handlers, who made sure he went over the edge. Those who tried to get him back into playing didn't know what they were up against; their effort were sabotaged in a cruel way and that was what pushed him over the edge - the total betrayal of people he trusted and thought were his friends. At heart he was an innocent, sweet guy who never had a bad word for anyone. A butterfly crushed on the wheel of ambition and greed. As for RW: one should not speak badly of others so I will be silent.
Did I know him? No, did you? Kind of an asshole thing to say. Read articles by people who knew him best. RW is leftist. Also wrote some of the best albums of our time.
I don't need to read articles about him, I knew him and I married someone who was at college and played with him. I still use one of his sister's recipes. End of conversation.
Syd Barrett is a footnote. Nothing more. sad what became of him, but he never had what it took to be great. Asshole or not, RW is a fuking Genius. No one would even know Syd Barrett were it not for them. Great defender of mediocrity. Genius is worthless if wasted on the feeble minded.