🎉 💎𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐘𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐓! 💎🎉

🎉 We remember ✨𝑺𝒚𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕✨ the singer-songwriter, musician, painter, co-founder and leader of the historic band 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅, who would have been 77 years old today.

Photo credits: Mick Rock (2), Lili Wilde // Edit by Rita

📍𝑹𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒕 was born January 6, 1946 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.When he was a child, he played the piano, ukulele, banjo, and guitar. He also loved drawing and writing poetry and won awards for his poetry in high school. He formed a band called 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒔, which was short-lived. Around that time, he was influenced by the Beatles and sang their songs at parties and picnics.

In London, 𝑺𝒚𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕 reconnected with 𝑹𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, his school friend from Cambridge. Waters had formed a band with 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 and 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏, which was called The Sigma 6. When one of the members left, Barrett joined the band, which went through several name changes and was finally named 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 by Barrett in 1965, after two U.S. blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. In April 1968, Barrett was expelled from the band amid speculation about mental illness and his excessive use of psychedelic drugs. In 1996, Barrett was inducted into the 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒆 as a member of 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.

Several artists have acknowledged 𝑺𝒚𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕's influence such as 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒓, 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑼𝒃𝒖, 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄 𝑩𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒏, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆.

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🎤"For me, the first Pink Floyd album is a work of absolute genius. It's completely different from everything else they've done because by the time they get to write their second album, they kick out Syd Barrett, who started the band and who wrote all their songs, and then they become something else. What is great about this record is it sits on the border of garage rock from the 60s and psychedelia, you know, because essentially, Syd Barrett was very much inspired by the blues and it's a raw moment captured in time before psychedelia sort of ran away with itself (laughs). There's still like a real rough edge to it and you can really hear it on 'Lucifer Sam' and the guitars… there's no nice guitars, (laughs) but it don't have to be nice to be beautiful."
▪️𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙱𝙱𝙲 𝚁𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘 6 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟼.


𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒆 is an original song from 𝑺𝒚𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕's first solo album "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒑 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒔" (1970) which was recorded at 𝑨𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒔 on August 5, 1969 produced by 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 members 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑮𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓 and 𝑹𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔. It is a melancholic song that gives a glimpse of what 𝑺𝒚𝒅 may have been feeling about his mental health, the lines,

🎶 𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯
𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 🎶,

seems to be a reference to his girlfriend at the time, 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆, better known by the nicknames "𝑰𝒈𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒎𝒐" and "𝑰𝒈𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒕", who is also the lady who appears on the back cover of the album.

Photo credit: Robin

💎𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?
🎤𝐒𝐲𝐝: Yes, very much. It would be terrific to do much more mood stuff. They're very pure, you know, the words...I feel I'm jabbering. I really think the whole thing is based on me being a guitarist and having done the last thing about two or three years ago in a group around England and Europe and The States, and then coming back and hardly having done anything, so I don't really know what to say. I feel, perhaps, I could be claimed as being redundant almost. I don't feel active, and that my public conscience is fully satisfied.
▪️𝚂𝚢𝚍 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝, 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟸𝟽, 𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟷.


𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒆 was one of the first covers 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 recorded on the sessions of their debut album at 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒔, 𝑫𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏, 𝑰𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. It was produced by 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒅 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅 and engineered by 𝑬𝒅 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏 and later this cover appeared as a b-side of the "𝟑𝟔 𝑫𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔" single released on June 3, 1996.

🔊 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 - 𝐒𝐲𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭 🎵
https://bit.ly/2YG4hv8

🔊 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 🎵
https://bit.ly/2WhzgQH

🔊 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕 🎵
https://bit.ly/3Co1eOL

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🎶💫⭐ 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 ⭐💫🎶
𝘖𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘸
𝘗𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘧?
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵

𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵
𝘖𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭
𝘞𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭?

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺
𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥
𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦

𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯
𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺
𝘞𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭?

•.☆♫•♬•*･ﾟ♡･ﾟ*•♬•♫☆.•

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⭐𝗦𝗬𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢'𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 "𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗘"⭐

Today’s post is dedicated to the original writer of the song 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒆 𝐒𝐘𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓 who was born on this day, January 6th, in 1946.

𝐒𝐲𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭 - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞
https://bit.ly/3mQdfol

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨)
https://bit.ly/3FXDeS0

⭐𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐄𝐈𝐓𝐇 "𝐒𝐘𝐃" 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓 was an English singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 in 1965. Barrett was their original frontman and primary songwriter, becoming known for his whimsical take on psychedelia, English-accented singing, literary influences, and stream-of-consciousness writing style.

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🔸𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆
Roger Keith Barrett, better known as Syd Barrett, was born in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946. As a kid, he played piano, ukulele, banjo, and guitar. He also spent time writing and drawing, and he won awards for his poetry in high school.
Some stories say that he was given the nickname "Syd" around the age of 14 and that it refers to a local bass player named Sid Barrett. Others say he was given the nickname as a kid at scout camp.
As a teenager, Barrett formed a band, Geoff Mott and the Mottoes. In 1962, the band broke up, and Barrett began playing Beatles covers and writing his own songs. In 1964, he moved to London to study painting at the Camberwell College of Arts.

🔸𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅
Barrett knew Roger Waters from his school days in Cambridge, and he reconnected with him when he moved to London. With Pink Floyd, he recorded four singles, their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), portions of their second album A Saucerful of Secrets (1968), and several unreleased songs. In April 1968, Barrett was ousted from the band amid speculation of mental illness and his excessive use of psychedelic drugs.
Pink Floyd later sang a number of tributes to Barrett, including "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," a nine-part composition recorded on their Wish You Were Here album.

🔸𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓
After leaving Pink Floyd, Barrett released two albums, both in 1970, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, but he played only one concert between 1968 and 1972. In 1988, EMI Records released the album Opel, which included previously unreleased music that Barrett had recorded from 1968 to 1970.
In 1996, Barrett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of Pink Floyd, but he did not attend the ceremony.

🔸𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉
In 1978, Barrett moved in with his mother in Cambridge, and returned to painting. He also began to garden. He stayed out of the limelight, became annoyed when paparazzi snapped his picture and kept to himself, interacting mostly with his sister, Rosemary. Although he was hospitalized briefly, he was never officially diagnosed with a mental illness or medicated.
Barrett died of pancreatic cancer on July 7, 2006, at the age of 60, in Cambridge, England.

Syd Barrett. Photo credit unknown

⭐𝐒𝐲𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭’𝐬 𝐯𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨’𝐬 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐄⭐
🔸𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐄 was originally written and recorded by Syd Barrett for his solo album The Madcap Laughs (1970) during the recording session in June 1969. Next month, Syd Barrett re-recorded the song which this time was entitled 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞. It was later included into the album Opel (1988).

🔸𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐄 is the first cover Placebo ever officially released. It was used as B-side on their single 𝟑𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬.
Moreover, it was probably one of the first covers Brian and Stef have ever played together! It was included into the setlist of their 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐠 as a two-piece band in 1994. Most likely, it was also performed at Placebo’s 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 as a trio, with Robert Schultzberg, in January 1995.
The rest of the song’s live history is kind of veiled, it could be played at some other amateur 1994 gigs…

At 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 in Austria on July 19th, 1997, Brian performed Dark Globe a capella as an intro for Bruise Pristine to bridge technical issues.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 (𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕)
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