David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason performed Arnold Layne. Thanks very much. At a job at London's Saturday Club, Barrett showed up and was unusually (even for him) uncommunicative. A visit to UFO persuaded him to use Interstellar Overdrive. Hed actually reached a stage where he was quite content with what he was doing in his life. Watts: Did you like what they were doing the fact that the music was gradually moving away from songs like See Emily Play? England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Click below to get our free newsletter. When two of the 6 band members left, there was space for Syd to join, along with Rado Bob Klose. More and more people are discovering the unique music, art and life of Syd Barrett, which fascinates and resonates with so many. Obviously, one was better off with a silver guitar with mirrors and things all over it than people who ended up on the floor or anywhere else in London. The trouble was, after playing in the group for a few months, I couldnt reach that point., I may seem to get hung-up, thats because I am frustrated work-wise, terribly. This was his last rehearsal with Pink Floyd and on 25 January 1968, after only a handful of shows as a 5-piece, the band elected not to pick Syd up on the way to Southampton. This was during the recording sessions for Wish You Were Here, when he turned up at Abbey Road unannounced and in a strange case of random precision as the band was working on Shine On You Crazy Diamond, their tribute song to him. It seemed to throw him back to somewhere he didnt want to be, so he just walked away from it., In 1979, Syd returned to Cambridge for good. He has never recorded anyone elses. He feels safe there, under the ground. The general concept, I didnt feel so conscious of it as perhaps I should. Do you play guitar? Its probably because I dont do much work. Syd Barrett came up to London last week and talked in the office of his music publisher, his first press interview for about a year. I dont feel active, and that my public conscience is fully satisfied. Stories about Syd Barrett are legion. The trio played four songs at the Olympia Exhibition Hall, London, as part of a Music and Fashion Festival. OneSignal.SERVICE_WORKER_PARAM = { scope: "/" }; All rights reserved. Im writing a piece about Syd Barrett. OneSignal.setDefaultNotificationUrl("http://rockandrollgarage.com"); Tim Willis is the author of Madcap - The half-life of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's lost genius", published by Short Books, 7.99. He'd been to art school. I must find myself a flat in London. Im very good at it. In fact, Syd has made three albums in that time, produced by the Floyd. Is it getting the right musicians around you? Watts: Do you think the glamour went to your head at all? His eerie electronic guitar style and gnome-like stage presence made him an authentic cult figure for the nascent London underground, then just beginning to gather at the UFO club and the Roundhouse. Syd: It was probably me alone, I think. Syd Barrett: Thanks very much. We listened to blues, Dylan, the Kinks and Animals. Watts: What have you been doing since you left The Floyd, apart from making your two albums? A tribute concert was held at London's Barbican Theatre in 2007, curated by Nick Laird-Clowes and Joe Boyd. Roger "Syd" Barrett died of pancreatic cancer on 7 July 2006 at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, but his legacy lives on in the acknowledgement of his increasing influence over scores of musicians. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. Its my new 12-string guitar. The whole saga starts, I suppose at least for convenience's sake, with a band called The Abdabs. Watts: Then why dont you get some musicians, go on the road and do some gigs? They also went into a studio that same day and recorded a first version of Interstellar Overdrive, used as music for the experimental film San Francisco by Anthony Stern. Then they supported the MC5 and Hawkwind at the Corn Exchange, but Syd couldnt really face those large crowds. To his credit, Gilmour, who made sure Syd got his royalties, helmed The Madcap Laughs and Barrett. Yes, its quite nice, he said in his soft spoken manner that sometimes becomes so soft that hes not talking to anything but his chin. His favourite is a white semi-circle on a white canvas. Early Pink Floyd worked harder than most as a touring band. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m glad you gonna rock with us again! The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Three would be re-recorded for the Barrett album, while the songTwo of a Kind (possibly penned by Richard Wright) was a one-off. I dont know that there was really much conflict, except that perhaps the way we started to play wasnt as impressive as it was to us, even, wasnt as full of impact as it mightve been. The Madcap Laughs, his second, he says, was pretty good: Like a painting as big as the cellar. Before the Floyd got off the ground, Barrett attended art school. Before Storm Thorgerson died in 2013, Spires had been working with him on a film about Syd, which is being edited, provisionally titled Have You Got It Yet?. 17th May 2017. Probably my own impatience is the only thing, because it has to be very easy. During July, See Emily Play was high in the charts and Pink Floyd guested the popular TV show Top Of The Pops on three occasions. Other musicians paying tribute included Roger Waters, Damon Albarn, Kevin Ayers, Captain Sensible, Mike Heron, Robyn Hitchcock, Chrissie Hynde, John Paul Jones, Kate McGarrigle, and Martha Wainwright. Roger Keith Barrett was born on 6 January 1946, in Cambridge, England. Syd Barrett, Rolling Stone, December 1971. They only intended to do some low-key shows and played a local coffee bar a couple of times as Stars, before playing a brilliant outdoor gig at the Market Square in Cambridge. I really need to prove myself right, he says. Theyd have to be lively. Hed lock himself in the dressing room with a TV and wouldnt let anyone in., Syd himself has been known to sit behind locked doors, refusing to see anyone for days at a time. But we never spoke really. S: Leave me alone. 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All Rights Reserved Stephen S. Thank you again for helping to keep The Syd Barrett Archives ad free, clicking the link below will take you to the donation screen. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The French journalists Michka Assayas and Thomas Johnson tracked Barrett and interviewed him back in 1982 outside of his mother Winifred Barretts house in Cambridge. I think its much better. Theres a train strike at the moment.. Syd was really thrilled he was going to record, recalls Spires. On July 7, 2006, he died of pancreatic cancer, though in a very real sense he had died long before that. (Remember 1967 and the psychedelic revolution?). I think I shall be able to produce this one myself. However, the awareness around mental health was completely different back then to what it is today. This band of youngsters would play at our weekly gigs. The writer initially asked him if he was Syd Barrett, to which he responded Who? before they then repeated their initial question, Never heard of im. At the end of that April, Pink Floyd was the closing act at the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream festival at Alexandra Palace, and left an ever-lasting impression on those in attendance, as the sun rose and streamed in through the windows, casting reflections on Syds mirrored guitar. Im full of dust and guitars, he says. I spent a year relaxing, he says, and another getting the LP together. My uncle Ive been getting used to a family existence, generally. He has a ghostly beauty which one normally associates with poets of old. oneSignal_options['promptOptions']['autoAcceptTitle'] = "Yes! EMIs new Harvest label committed to a Barrett solo project, and over the course of a year Syd recorded The Madcap Laughs. I suppose I couldve done a job. We want to hear it. David Gilmour was asked to join the band at the end of 1967. But in a sense, Syd never really left. When I became a journalist I knew I wanted to write about my passions. Rather unexciting people, I wouldve thought, primarily. After Jenny Spires moved to the Earlham Street house in Covent Garden where Syd was living, she met Whitehead at Kings Road boutique Granny Takes A Trip, where she was modelling. In the end of January 1972, Syd formed a short-lived band called Stars with ex-Pink Fairies member Twink on drums and Jack Monck on bass. oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['showCredit'] = true; They cut it, not long ago Before that I liked it a lot. None of us advocated doing anything more eccentric. I toured with him you know, Lindsay (an old girlfriend) and I used to sit on the back of the bus, with him up front; he would film us. I remember at UFO one week one group, then another week another group, going in and out, making that set-up, and I didnt think it was as active as it couldve been. Theyre very pure, you know, the words I feel Im jabbering. else { Syd was inspired by London free music ensemble AMM and their guitarist Keith Rowe. In 196667, Barrett was playing lead guitar with Pink Floyd. Like many innovators, Barrett seems to have missed the recognition due to him, while others have cleaned up. But I was soon playing on the professional scene and began to write from there. A particular mention must be made of the residency they enjoyed at the All Saints Church Hall as part of a series of concerts organized by the budding London Free School in the autumn of 1966. Thats why the people who watched them became possessive and they became our underground group. Joe Boyd did all the work on it and I was really amazed when he left. If you would like to visit Cambridge this summer, it is too late to book an I Spy Syd In Cambridge tour. oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['tip.state.subscribed'] = 'Hell yeah! Watts: Are you going into the blues, then, in your writing? But it didnt transcend the feeling of playing at UFO and those sort of places with the lights and that, the fact that the group was getting bigger and bigger. He captured the times.. Syd: Their choice of material was always very much to do with what they were thinking as architecture students. His hair is cut very short now, almost like a skinhead. He had to leave the band in 1968 after his behavior became increasingly erratic and unpredictable, partly as a result of the intense use of reported psychedelic drugs, most prominently LSD. Sometimes simple linear pieces. Whiteheads footage of the bands first time in a proper studio has graced every Floyd documentary since. Syd doesnt see many people these days. She suggested Syds band would be perfect for the film he was making called Tonite Lets All Make Love In London. I must find myself a flat in London. I havent got any blue jeans I really prefer electric music. Syd Barrett came up to London last week and talked in the office of his music publisher, his first press interview for about a year. He told us thats where we wanted to be., In December 1964, 18-year-old Syd met 15-year-old Jenny Spires at Cambridges Union Cellar. He is in fact alive and as confusing as ever, in the town where he was born, Cambridge. JULY 7, 2006. Here you will find Syd Barrett Articles, pictures, books, news, interviews, lyrics, tabs, an extensive Syd Barrett discography, and much more information on Syd Barrett and early Pink Floyd. He was so far removed it was like he wasnt there. Whenever he was in control then it was happening., Jenny Fabian was there too; I thought they were incredible. Im still basically like Ive always been, sitting round with an acoustic getting it done. His life would deteriorate further as the group became even more distant with him as the years went on and, eventually, becoming strangers within a matter of years. Max died when Roger was 15 and his diary entry that day consisted of one single line: Dear Dad died today. The loss cost him dearly. Im glad youre here. He produces a folder containing all his recorded songs to date, neatly typed, with no music. Ive got a black Fender which needs replacing. But its difficult, Ill have to wait, he added before rummaging through the bag of his old clothes the journalists have given him and flashing a smile. It was exhausting for them all but, not only did Syd have to play, he had to write songs and be the frontman, too. A nude girl stretches her body on the background. Warren Dosanjh, Syd Barrett's first manager. Theyd have to be good musicians. Or why not treat yourself? He was very loving and wrote me letters all the time. Unperturbed, French journalists Michka Assayas and Thomas Johnson tracked Barrett down on behalf of Actuel Magazine. Sometimes crazy jungles of thick blobs. The fans of Syd since 5/19/97: var site="sm4sydbarrett" His hair is short now, uncombed, the wavy locks gone. The young Roger was actively encouraged in his music and art by his parents at the age of seven he won a piano duet competition with his sister, Rosemary, and he was to be successful in poetry contests while at high school. The year prior to this moment, the band had already drafted in old school friendDave Gilmourto provide a helping hand on guitar, a necessity as Barretts mental health worsened and he could no longer fulfil the basic demands of playing live. People seem to think he wrote songs then, but he didnt he already had them. Syd: Singles are always simpleall the equipment was battered and worn all the stuff we started out with was our own, the guitars were our own property. We start with a bang as this one is already a world exclusive, an interview with the manager of one of Syd's first Cambridge bands: Those Without. He is in fact alive and as confusing as ever, in the town where he was born, Cambridge. That he went back to live with his mother in Cambridge as a part of a mental healing process. Syd Barrett interview. Youre on the ceiling looking down on yourself., In 1972, when Syd said he would like to play again, he started jamming with Spires then-husband Jack Monck and drummer friend Twink. Watts: What would you sooner be a painter or a musician? They liked seeing the audience dancing, and they would improvise a lot. Unbeknown to me he had sketched a picture of me standing at the bar. Syd hangs around in my local pub. He was able to access a time we all wanted to go back to: the magic garden and innocence, says Jenny Fabian, who danced to the Floyd at UFO, met Syd in his later twilight zone phase and described him in her seminal novel Groupie. Barrett was also a hostage of schizophrenia, a psychological disorder in which people have abnormal perceptions of reality that hinder them from cognitive functioning. Its better than callingourselves CCE338, or something like that. The blues singers Syd referenced actually originated from South and North Carolina respectively and the name combination was picked up from thelinearnotes of a Blind Boy Fuller compilation album. The two bands played Spontaneous Underground events at the Marquee between January and March 1966, and at UFO from December 1966. After a stint at Cambridge School of Art, Syd moved to London to attend Camberwell Art College, and eventually hooked up with Roger Waters, who was attending Regent Street Polytechnic. The band attempted to go into Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, but Syd could. I think Emily was fourth in the hits. On Halloween 1966, the band formed Blackhill Enterprises with managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King. It was his writing and performance that made Pink Floyd successful in the first place. Syds lyrics could be cosmic or like fairyland; a weird mixture which was exactly what 1967 was all about. Good, thats enough now. It was while studying fine art at Camberwell School of Art in south London that he started playing with the Pink Floyd, the rest of whom were all at that time potential architects at the Regent Street Polytechnic. The sessions for the album Barrett started on 26 February 1970, with David Gilmour as producer and on bass guitar, Richard Wright on keyboards and Humble Pies Jerry Shirley on drums. (Image credit: sebastian jenkins/barrettbook.com). After the American tour, he was finished. Watts: Would you say, therefore, you were a difficult person to get on with? Six songs were recorded by this first version of Pink Floyd, and after 50 years they finally received their proper release in November 2015. G: No. Melody Maker, Mar 27 1971, Michael Watts. He played at my 16th birthday party in summer 1965., One of Syds letters recounted how the band had sacked singer Chris Dennis and he was taking over vocals. And Ive got a couple of tapes. documentInitOneSignal(); I suppose we were interested in playing guitars I picked up playing guitar quite quickly I didnt play much in Cambridge because I was from the art school, you know. He said, Hi Im Roger, Ive got my own band, weve just done some recording and are changing our name to Pink Floyd., Jenny became Syds girlfriend (and Jennifer Gentle in Lucifer Sam). Once youre into something he says, looking very puzzled. I was studying at Cambridge I think it was before I had set up at Camberwell (art college). ], UhyesI never saw him again. (Image credit: adam ritchie/ barrettbook.com), Blackfield announce seven disc CD set covering 2004-2017. David Gilmour was approached in early December and they had hoped to call on Syds compositional abilities for studio work, similar to Brian Wilsons role in the Beach Boys, while Gilmour would bolster the band in live shows. But the choice of material was restricted, I suppose, by the fact that both Roger and I wrote different things. Syd was a notable and popular bohemian figure on the Cambridge scene, swapping guitar chords with David Gilmour and avidly enjoying a wide range of musical influences from jazz to obscure blues combos. They seemed an interesting variation on old blues, highly original., Syd started approaching his guitar like a canvas, as displayed on Interstellar Overdrive, one of the live improvisations the Floyd played as house band at UFO, the London countercultures seminal Tottenham Court Road space disco. OneSignal.push( function() { They then proceeded to say: No. Pink Floyd recorded an epic song written about him, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," but in an interview with the UK's Sunday Times, his sister, Rosemary, called him "my lovably ordinary brother . oneSignal_options['welcomeNotification']['title'] = ""; Now you gonna get latest important news'; They cut it, not long ago Before that I liked it a lot. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Watts: Your writing has always been concerned purely with songs rather than long instrumental pieces like the rest of The Floyd, hasnt it? To make my album was a challenge as I didnt have anything to follow., Now Syd is looking to form his own band, which he hoped he will have going within a year. Cellar Darling, Threshold and Oliver Wakeman to headline Summer's End, Animals As Leaders reschedule UK and European dates for November, Mystery share video for brand new single Behind The Mirror, Every issue delivered direct to your door. He got down there in an incredible state and said he wasnt gonna do it. Of course, eventually, he worked out what was going on.. He was outside himself, which is what happens when youre on acid. Syd Barrett interview I polished it yesterday. Its a Yamaha. The first mention in press dates to a Melody Maker article in early July 1965. Symbolic? oneSignal_options['welcomeNotification']['message'] = ""; The doomed poet. Im trying to go back down there, but Ive got to wait. Syd would watch Rowe from the side of the stage, copying his techniques of rolling ball bearings along the strings and visiting the studio when Floyd manager Peter Jenner co-produced AMMs first album, AMMMusic, released on Elektra in 1967. oneSignal_options['notifyButton'] = { }; Syd: Yes, very much. At present Syd is living quietly in his sparsely furnished London flat among his stereo equipment, piles of paintings and a heap of battered LPs. Brian Freddy Foskett, formerly a jazz drummer with the Riverside Seven, took Roger to the YMCA in Alexandra Street to hear the band play and Roger decided to put the y into his nickname to avoid confusion with the bass player. Well, Ive only got an electric. Maybe he has it all figured. 1997 - 2023. Still. Syd left the Pink Floyd over a year ago after writing the group's only two single hits, 'See Emil Play' and 'Arnold Layne'. oneSignal_options['subdomainName'] = "https://rockgarage.os.tc"; Im not going to see anyone in London., Yes, sure. Thats part of it but, it was also a protest song about decriminalising homosexuality., The song influenced Pete Brown to change his singing style. By the time he moved to London, he had already been part of local bands including Geoff Mott and the Mottoes, born out of collaborations at the Barrett family home from 1962 onwards. We were playing Stones numbers. He didnt had any contact with Richard Wright, Nick Mason, David Gilmour or Roger Waters. A:What did you do in the apartment in London. Though the band was initially well received, one of their gigs at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge was disastrous, following the hard rocking MC5 on stage a late Thursday night, 24 February. She was stunned. Im sorry I cant speak very coherently, he says, Its rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SYD BARRETT'S FIRST TRIP rare VHS early PINK FLOYD Japan 2000 import at the best online prices at eBay! I think he saw the music as a kind of blip on his life. And I knew I couldnt write. Its bound to show. You know, he got very weird very quickly. Letters of apologies had to be written and a number of important performances were cancelled. Given the situation, the band members made the decision to simply not pick him for their next show and Syd would never perform in public again. Roger Waters Says Ukraine Invasion Was Not Unprovoked at UN Security Council The Madcap Laughs would not be released until January 1970, but was well received and sold reasonably by the standards of the time, so EMI decided to record a follow-up straight away. I mean, it was done very well, rather than considerably exciting. We didnt feel there was one thing which was gonna make the decision at the minute. [Syds mother calls him from inside her house. English tea, cake and biscuits, arrives. Syd Barretts famous mirrored guitar was created at this time by modifying his original white Fender Esquire with adhesive plastic to give it a new silver coloured body, and then mounting 15 reflecting discs on it. Music has always been part of my life, helped me through tough moments and was with me to celebrate the good ones. 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