Chords for Syd Barrett - death news - BBC TV - 2006-07-11
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One of the founder members of the legendary band Pink Floyd and inspired musicians from Bowie to Blur.
Yet at the same, at the time of his death, Sid Barrett hadn't actually recorded any new material for almost 40 years.
Barrett joined Pink Floyd back in 1965 but left just three years later.
He went on to live as a recluse with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.
In a moment we'll be speaking to Andrew Mayle, deputy editor of the music [A] magazine Mojo.
But first let's hear some of Sid Barrett's music and memories of him from Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.
He's caught a [G] nasty [F#] sort of passion.
[F]
[E] They gave him time, [A] doors [G] [D] banged, chain [E] gassed.
Associations became, they were always [G] odd and they became more [D] bizarre as [A] time went by.
[Am] But if you take some of [G#] the songs off the first album, you know, Bike.
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, put all the rings and things to make it look [G] good.
I'd give it to you if I could but I [E] borrowed it.
There's something about the way the lyric attaches to the meter in a very satisfying way.
But then it's, but I borrowed it, kind of kicks it off [N] into, there's something very English about that.
About the completeness of that and yet the fact that it's so unpredictable.
I think it was the unpredictability of it combined with its simplicity that made it so special.
Roger Waters there from Pink Floyd remembering Sid Barrett.
Well Andrew Mayle, as I said, is the deputy editor of the music magazine Mojo.
Very good morning to Andrew.
Listening to Roger Waters there, it seems that they always did acknowledge the remaining members of the band.
The role that Sid Barrett played in moulding their sound.
Well absolutely, I mean I don't think you could have carried on being in Pink Floyd
and not acknowledge the influence of Sid Barrett.
I mean there were fans who stayed with the Floyd because of Barrett, because of their love of Barrett.
And also if you look at say for example an album like The Wall or songs like Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
These are specifically written about Barrett.
He in a way if you want to say haunted them through the later years.
He was always there even though he wasn't there sort of physically, he wasn't there in the band.
He was always a presence and in many ways, you know, Pink Floyd was originally a fictional name.
That was meant to be the name of the person in the band.
And effectively that became Sid.
Sid became the person that the band was about in a lot of ways.
Did he ever want to come back?
Did they ever want him back?
Was he capable of ever coming back?
It's hard to say.
I mean one of the things in a way that you have to admire Sid for is the fact that once he got to the point where he couldn't function as a musician.
He stopped, he retired and so many people from that generation didn't stop and we lost them.
They died.
You know, so at least you can see Sid had 30 years.
He was sculpting, he was painting, he was working in the garden.
So there was this sense that although we look upon it as tragic, the loss of Sid Barrett prior to his death.
You can actually see it as well, maybe he was happier then.
Because especially towards the latter period of his fame, he didn't seem happy at all.
You say that many fans divide I suppose into Pink Floyd pre and post Sid Barrett.
What was so distinctive about the Sid Barrett influence?
We heard Roger Waters talking a little bit there about Bike, the song you wrote there.
It's I think two things, lyrically and the way he played his guitar.
Lyrically he's referencing people like Lewis Carroll, sort of Hilaire Belloch.
He's going back to that whole sort of symbolist world of innocence, childhood.
And I think that's a very British thing, that sort of need to retreat into childhood.
I mean Bowie is brilliant, Bowie picked it up and ran with it.
But the guitar playing, that minimalist sort of dissonant style influenced punk, it influenced indie music.
You look at a band like the Libertines, someone like Pete Doherty.
He's completely bound up in his Sid Barrett influences.
It's seen as much more innocent and fractured than the sort of big business band that Floyd became.
Well Andrew Mayer, thank you very much indeed.
Some wonderful memories
Yet at the same, at the time of his death, Sid Barrett hadn't actually recorded any new material for almost 40 years.
Barrett joined Pink Floyd back in 1965 but left just three years later.
He went on to live as a recluse with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.
In a moment we'll be speaking to Andrew Mayle, deputy editor of the music [A] magazine Mojo.
But first let's hear some of Sid Barrett's music and memories of him from Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.
He's caught a [G] nasty [F#] sort of passion.
[F]
[E] They gave him time, [A] doors [G] [D] banged, chain [E] gassed.
Associations became, they were always [G] odd and they became more [D] bizarre as [A] time went by.
[Am] But if you take some of [G#] the songs off the first album, you know, Bike.
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, put all the rings and things to make it look [G] good.
I'd give it to you if I could but I [E] borrowed it.
There's something about the way the lyric attaches to the meter in a very satisfying way.
But then it's, but I borrowed it, kind of kicks it off [N] into, there's something very English about that.
About the completeness of that and yet the fact that it's so unpredictable.
I think it was the unpredictability of it combined with its simplicity that made it so special.
Roger Waters there from Pink Floyd remembering Sid Barrett.
Well Andrew Mayle, as I said, is the deputy editor of the music magazine Mojo.
Very good morning to Andrew.
Listening to Roger Waters there, it seems that they always did acknowledge the remaining members of the band.
The role that Sid Barrett played in moulding their sound.
Well absolutely, I mean I don't think you could have carried on being in Pink Floyd
and not acknowledge the influence of Sid Barrett.
I mean there were fans who stayed with the Floyd because of Barrett, because of their love of Barrett.
And also if you look at say for example an album like The Wall or songs like Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
These are specifically written about Barrett.
He in a way if you want to say haunted them through the later years.
He was always there even though he wasn't there sort of physically, he wasn't there in the band.
He was always a presence and in many ways, you know, Pink Floyd was originally a fictional name.
That was meant to be the name of the person in the band.
And effectively that became Sid.
Sid became the person that the band was about in a lot of ways.
Did he ever want to come back?
Did they ever want him back?
Was he capable of ever coming back?
It's hard to say.
I mean one of the things in a way that you have to admire Sid for is the fact that once he got to the point where he couldn't function as a musician.
He stopped, he retired and so many people from that generation didn't stop and we lost them.
They died.
You know, so at least you can see Sid had 30 years.
He was sculpting, he was painting, he was working in the garden.
So there was this sense that although we look upon it as tragic, the loss of Sid Barrett prior to his death.
You can actually see it as well, maybe he was happier then.
Because especially towards the latter period of his fame, he didn't seem happy at all.
You say that many fans divide I suppose into Pink Floyd pre and post Sid Barrett.
What was so distinctive about the Sid Barrett influence?
We heard Roger Waters talking a little bit there about Bike, the song you wrote there.
It's I think two things, lyrically and the way he played his guitar.
Lyrically he's referencing people like Lewis Carroll, sort of Hilaire Belloch.
He's going back to that whole sort of symbolist world of innocence, childhood.
And I think that's a very British thing, that sort of need to retreat into childhood.
I mean Bowie is brilliant, Bowie picked it up and ran with it.
But the guitar playing, that minimalist sort of dissonant style influenced punk, it influenced indie music.
You look at a band like the Libertines, someone like Pete Doherty.
He's completely bound up in his Sid Barrett influences.
It's seen as much more innocent and fractured than the sort of big business band that Floyd became.
Well Andrew Mayer, thank you very much indeed.
Some wonderful memories
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One of the founder members of the legendary band Pink Floyd and inspired musicians from Bowie to Blur.
Yet at the same, at the time of his death, Sid Barrett hadn't actually recorded any new material for almost 40 years.
Barrett joined Pink Floyd back in 1965 but left just three years later.
He went on to live as a recluse with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.
In a moment we'll be speaking to Andrew Mayle, deputy editor of the music [A] magazine Mojo.
But first let's hear some of Sid Barrett's music and memories of him from Pink Floyd's Roger Waters. _ _
He's caught a [G] nasty [F#] sort of passion.
[F] _ _
[E] They gave him time, [A] doors [G] [D] banged, chain [E] gassed.
Associations became, they were always [G] odd and they became more [D] bizarre as [A] time went by.
[Am] But if you take some of [G#] the songs off the first album, _ you know, Bike.
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, put all the rings and things to make it look [G] good.
I'd give it to you if I could but I [E] borrowed it.
There's something about the way the lyric attaches to the meter in a very satisfying way.
But then it's, but I borrowed it, kind of kicks it off [N] into, there's something very English about that.
About the completeness of that and yet the fact that it's so unpredictable.
I think it was the unpredictability of it combined with its simplicity that made it so special.
Roger Waters there from Pink Floyd remembering Sid Barrett.
Well Andrew Mayle, as I said, is the deputy editor of the music magazine Mojo.
Very good morning to Andrew.
Listening to Roger Waters there, it seems that they always did acknowledge the remaining members of the band.
The role that Sid Barrett played in moulding their sound.
Well absolutely, I mean I don't think you could have carried on being in Pink Floyd
and not acknowledge the influence of Sid Barrett.
I mean there were fans who stayed with the Floyd because of Barrett, because of their love of Barrett.
And also if you look at say for example an album like The Wall or songs like Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
These are specifically written about Barrett.
He in a way if you want to say haunted them through the later years.
He was always there even though he wasn't there sort of physically, he wasn't there in the band.
He was always a presence and in many ways, you know, Pink Floyd was originally a fictional name.
That was meant to be the name of the person in the band.
And effectively that became Sid.
Sid became the person that the band was about in a lot of ways.
Did he ever want to come back?
Did they ever want him back?
Was he capable of ever coming back?
It's hard to say.
I mean one of the things in a way that you have to admire Sid for is the fact that once he got to the point where he couldn't function as a musician.
He stopped, he retired and so many people from that generation didn't stop and we lost them.
They died.
You know, so at least you can see Sid had 30 years.
He was sculpting, he was painting, he was working in the garden.
So there was this sense that although we look upon it as tragic, the loss of Sid Barrett prior to his death.
You can actually see it as well, maybe he was happier then.
Because especially towards the latter period of his fame, he didn't seem happy at all.
You say that many fans divide I suppose into Pink Floyd pre and post Sid Barrett.
What was so distinctive about the Sid Barrett influence?
We heard Roger Waters talking a little bit there about Bike, the song you wrote there.
It's I think two things, lyrically and the way he played his guitar.
Lyrically he's referencing people like Lewis Carroll, sort of Hilaire Belloch.
He's going back to that whole sort of symbolist world of innocence, childhood.
And I think that's a very British thing, that sort of need to retreat into childhood.
I mean Bowie is brilliant, Bowie picked it up and ran with it.
But the guitar playing, that minimalist sort of dissonant style influenced punk, it influenced indie music.
You look at a band like the Libertines, someone like Pete Doherty.
He's completely bound up in his Sid Barrett influences.
It's seen as much more innocent and fractured than the sort of big business band that Floyd became.
Well Andrew Mayer, thank you very much indeed.
Some wonderful memories
Yet at the same, at the time of his death, Sid Barrett hadn't actually recorded any new material for almost 40 years.
Barrett joined Pink Floyd back in 1965 but left just three years later.
He went on to live as a recluse with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.
In a moment we'll be speaking to Andrew Mayle, deputy editor of the music [A] magazine Mojo.
But first let's hear some of Sid Barrett's music and memories of him from Pink Floyd's Roger Waters. _ _
He's caught a [G] nasty [F#] sort of passion.
[F] _ _
[E] They gave him time, [A] doors [G] [D] banged, chain [E] gassed.
Associations became, they were always [G] odd and they became more [D] bizarre as [A] time went by.
[Am] But if you take some of [G#] the songs off the first album, _ you know, Bike.
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, put all the rings and things to make it look [G] good.
I'd give it to you if I could but I [E] borrowed it.
There's something about the way the lyric attaches to the meter in a very satisfying way.
But then it's, but I borrowed it, kind of kicks it off [N] into, there's something very English about that.
About the completeness of that and yet the fact that it's so unpredictable.
I think it was the unpredictability of it combined with its simplicity that made it so special.
Roger Waters there from Pink Floyd remembering Sid Barrett.
Well Andrew Mayle, as I said, is the deputy editor of the music magazine Mojo.
Very good morning to Andrew.
Listening to Roger Waters there, it seems that they always did acknowledge the remaining members of the band.
The role that Sid Barrett played in moulding their sound.
Well absolutely, I mean I don't think you could have carried on being in Pink Floyd
and not acknowledge the influence of Sid Barrett.
I mean there were fans who stayed with the Floyd because of Barrett, because of their love of Barrett.
And also if you look at say for example an album like The Wall or songs like Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
These are specifically written about Barrett.
He in a way if you want to say haunted them through the later years.
He was always there even though he wasn't there sort of physically, he wasn't there in the band.
He was always a presence and in many ways, you know, Pink Floyd was originally a fictional name.
That was meant to be the name of the person in the band.
And effectively that became Sid.
Sid became the person that the band was about in a lot of ways.
Did he ever want to come back?
Did they ever want him back?
Was he capable of ever coming back?
It's hard to say.
I mean one of the things in a way that you have to admire Sid for is the fact that once he got to the point where he couldn't function as a musician.
He stopped, he retired and so many people from that generation didn't stop and we lost them.
They died.
You know, so at least you can see Sid had 30 years.
He was sculpting, he was painting, he was working in the garden.
So there was this sense that although we look upon it as tragic, the loss of Sid Barrett prior to his death.
You can actually see it as well, maybe he was happier then.
Because especially towards the latter period of his fame, he didn't seem happy at all.
You say that many fans divide I suppose into Pink Floyd pre and post Sid Barrett.
What was so distinctive about the Sid Barrett influence?
We heard Roger Waters talking a little bit there about Bike, the song you wrote there.
It's I think two things, lyrically and the way he played his guitar.
Lyrically he's referencing people like Lewis Carroll, sort of Hilaire Belloch.
He's going back to that whole sort of symbolist world of innocence, childhood.
And I think that's a very British thing, that sort of need to retreat into childhood.
I mean Bowie is brilliant, Bowie picked it up and ran with it.
But the guitar playing, that minimalist sort of dissonant style influenced punk, it influenced indie music.
You look at a band like the Libertines, someone like Pete Doherty.
He's completely bound up in his Sid Barrett influences.
It's seen as much more innocent and fractured than the sort of big business band that Floyd became.
Well Andrew Mayer, thank you very much indeed.
Some wonderful memories