Pink Floyd - "Bike"

Pink Floyd "Bike" album "The Piper At The Gates Of Down" 1967
I've got a bike
You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket
A bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything
Everything if you want things
I've got a cloak
It's a bit of a joke
There's a tear up the front
It's red and black
I've had it for months
If you think it could look good
Then I guess it should
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything
Everything if you want things
I know a mouse
And he hasn't got a house
I don't know why
I call him Gerald
He's getting rather old
But he's a good mouse
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything
Everything if you want things
I've got a clan of gingerbread men
Here a man
There a man
Lots of gingerbread men
Take a couple if you wish
They're on the dish
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything
Everything if you want things
I know a room full of musical tunes
Some rhyme
Some ching
Most of them are clockwork
Let's go into the other room and make them work

[@matthewfinger2381]

Early Pink Floyd was something else

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a Song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@CrankyRayy]

holy smokes its kid named finger

[@trynatakeitallin]

waltuh

[@bekk5958]

I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house I don't know why I call him Gerald. He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse. -Syd Barret 1966

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Bekk Why DID he name him Gerald?

[@shiawasim6142]

ProjectFlashlight612 so his nickname could be Jerry lol

[@wimpow]

Being ESL, first time I heard this with a friend we thought it was "He´s getting all the road, but he is a good mouse"

[@whome5933]

@@wimpow Ha! I can understand the mistake. How about Jimi Hendrix "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" 😆

[@happyfreeliferc]

sky

[@paulph12002]

I named my Logitech MX510 PC mouse Gerald after this song because although he's getting rather old he's a good mouse and still in use after 12 years.

[@mrdjchasm]

This is incredible

[@spongebot64]

Syd Tech Tips

[@biyiklialperen1923]

12 years? You are exploiting capitalism

[@hollin220]

I have to ask, responding to this 6 years later, is the mouse still alive?

[@LouisaN-n6m]

I have the same question as the person above

[@79guitarherofreak]

According to my family members, when I was 2-3 years old this was my favorite song...

[@michellewatters1386]

Great ,you wanted a bike with bells and things? Il 😄🤣

[@Lucafilmco]

according to right now, this is my favorite song

[@ljc666]

Same here

[@nickdwyer4537]

lucifer sammy

[@francinekate7266]

With that hell outro you should be schizophrenic now. WOW

[@rufoscar3]

Only a special composer could imagine let alone write this song.

[@OOO_MichaelBarus]

u know syd used LSD to write thus pyschotic song.

[@richardgreen62]

@@OOO_MichaelBarus yes that's why it's real and a brilliant reality of what intelligence and l.c.d can do to a man

[@JG-zt5vr]

​@richardgreen62 Call it what you want, but this isn't high quality anything imo. I love Pink Floyd, but this is disconnected thoughts and sounds derived from acid trips. Hard to call it creative

[@carlenn2008]

​@@JG-zt5vr someone doesn't have a bike

[@jerryluithle4212]

I have been obsessing over early Floyd/ Barrett stuff lately. I never get enough.

[@davidward9291]

pipers is such a unique, fantastic piece of art.

[@nowheregirl982]

Jerry luithle Are we twins? 😂😂😂 I've been the same lately and I have no clue why, I've just been suddenly interested in Syd and all of the band members and keep searching for pink floyd videos. On my channel I even made a Syd barrett tribute video due to me being kind of obsessed over this, lol 😂

[@beanbeanster7219]

Jerry luithle Triplets actually! I've been doing the Syd Barrethon for about seven or so months now too. I'm reading a fab book called " Syd Barrett - A very Irregular Head." Funny that there are a few of us suddenly and without reason digging up all this Syd stuff. Maybe the world's shifted ever so slightly.

[@nowheregirl982]

Janine Slater I'm just about to start reading a book called "Crazy Diamond: Syd Barret and the dawn of Pink Floyd." It looks really good! I agree with you on the last part

[@beanbeanster7219]

_WildHorse_ Sounds interesting. Can you leave a message to say what it's like please? I've got a rather sizable backlog of unread books on the bookshelf, all probably flipping their pages about in the hour just before dawn wondering when it's going to be their turn. A Very Irregular Head is really good. I'd definitely recommend it even though I'm still reading it. Cheers Wild horse and I hope your book is brilliant too.

[@zedell1233]

the greatest love song ever written

[@MissMichSan]

My bf played this when we where teens weve been together for close to 15years.

[@cascoporro3949]

@@MissMichSan literally me.

[@arman2774]

“Do you wanna dance” is the greatest love song ever written, but this is still *GOLD*

[@zedell1233]

@@arman2774it's actually the cure - I dig you

[@yo274]

I dont see it as a love song at all. Maybe obsessive love.

[@Vojife]

This is the most insane song ever.

[@creator2149]

not quite

[@MarkSmith-er7fe]

and brillant

[@SuperNevile]

On a scale of 1 to 10 for insanity, "Bike" is 10, "If it's In You" is 10.5, but this is at 11 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/moTdY5V6epuoodk

[@alexherrick9256]

Try “revolution 9” by the Beatles

[@SuperNevile]

boring rather than insane ( the "Yoko effect")

[@feltpuppets9429]

Rick's piano really completes the piece imo.

[@mariuspoppFM]

True

[@TheLukeStein]

What is this kind of piano playing called? Like at 0:48

[@benjaminwellington8297]

@@TheLukeStein Gerald

[@jamesheath7601]

Amazing player 🎹

[@ahhhgoolagoon]

I am discovering this song today. I'm honestly at a loss for words when trying to describe how much I am in awe with this song. I really want to write more about why this song produced such a memorable and intense reaction. This honestly might be among the best songs I've ever heard.

[@ahhhgoolagoon]

It makes me feel so rawly uncomfortable when listening to it, I felt its insanity in me. So awesome

[@redskies4530]

Hi Interesting observation of 'Bike', I think you might also like a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@michellewatters1386]

Hi! I rediscoverd all this stuf a few months ago. I like the early Floyd.

[@rogeebundy6002]

You should listen to syds album the madcap lauggs

[@rogeebundy6002]

This is psychedelic for sure

[@beachcomber4141]

What a catchy tune this is. This song always puts a smile on my face, followed by a sense of loss of what could have been.

[@TheClaptonisgod1]

THE genius behind Pink Floyd. Arguably the father of British psychedelia. The onomatopoeia, rhythm, rhyme, phrasing etc of this is near impossible to replicate with any originality. Syd Barrett is to this day, one of the most influential and most important musicians of our times. RIP Syd. ❤️ P.s, enjoy your new bike John. 🚲

[@maximan4363]

I utterly agree!! Thank you Syd for blowing our minds and expanding our expectations!!! Rest in peace, you will not be forgotten!!!

[@lanzdona]

Syd was brilliantly insane. I love his lyrics, timing, chord structure, really... everything! Just brilliant!

[@Sparkledash1]

Fun Fact: This is the final song on pretty much all Pink Floyd Compilation Albums, since it was also the last song on their first Album. So you know that Pink Floyd sees this song as something very important.

[@moniqueroman7704]

they dont seem to care about anything syd did . he belonged to the avant garde

[@solarwalkman]

​@@moniqueroman7704they dedicated a whole ass album to him wdym they don't care about anything he did

[@robertostapenzki549]

By far my favorite Barret song their is a beautiful simplicity to it and the way he sings it.

[@joebombero1]

The attack of the ducks at the end always cracks me up.

[@michaelparker3709]

It quacks you up! 😂

[@DrewsReviews07]

Listening to Roger reflect on Syd’s talents recently on Rogan was touching

[@hollin220]

That brought me here

[@eleanorkennedy669]

The genius known as Syd.

[@krisyphus6194]

Eleanor Kennedy who did drugs and got fired xD

[@treloarw]

Eleanor Kennedy I love you! A female who knows Floyd is the answer to my prayers.

[@albertobaudino1963]

Per me è stato la luce in cui i pink Floyd si sono nutriti con i primi inediti che erano e partivano dalle mani di un unico artista Syd(che da giovanissimo)aveva già il saper attrarre,era conosciuto x che scriveva,leggeva molto,disegnava,poeta,suonava la chitarra,l arte era la sua vita.....

[@jacklancaster-smith157]

shut up

[@whome5933]

Who the hell is Elanor Kennedy?

[@kimrunyan5106]

The Crazy Diamond that was Syd Barrett. He had a special kind of magic. May he rest in peace.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song and trippy video called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@jumpcutfilms1958]

The amount of genre diversity that this band have is insane

[@zaphyra-]

You should hear Frank Zappa

[@thomasgwyn1589]

Both are their own genre. Frank and Floyd

[@rickmorrow993]

I was just thinking about how this song morphs into modern Avant Garde classical music after beginning as a quirky abstract lyrical story song. It is really ingenious.

[@filosofiaseca]

Yessssssssssssssss

[@tomwilliams4152]

The beatles

[@thecinematicmind]

It starts as a trippy love song and ends with a range of madness.

[@RETRO--qs9cf]

Laughing Bike horns

[@MusicMama4758]

It sounds like a summation of Syd Barrett's life.

[@Fightosaurus]

Punk, industrial, alternative... it was all there in Syd's 1960s brain. Otherworldly.

[@maximan4363]

One of the best albums ever!!

[@jamesheath7601]

💯

[@leahoakwood9988]

My FAVORITE of theirs. He was everything.

[@bill-pn7vz]

i had never listened to early floyd until one day in the late 80s,i borrowed my firiends car and went to kmart..all the casette tapes were on sale and lo and behold..a brand new copy of pink floyd relics..$1.67! Bike is very precious to me as i ride one almost every day

[@m1nn1s]

What's 'her' name..? 🤔

[@jugularspeed774]

Holy drugs

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

JugularSpeed 77 Serious acid

[@Sydswahili]

Drugs are Evil ! Acid is Devil Only because syd did. Acid didnt Mean U have to take it Greetings from your pastor

[@DarkPhenix666]

Just a drop

[@Lvdd]

@@Sydswahili I do a lot of LSD and it's nice

[@whome5933]

I say drop before you're 20. Twice or thrice if it's a positive experience. Maybe more. But do not be wreckless with it. And don't drop everyday. Use drugs responsibly. Oh shit! I sound like a liberal commercial! Sorry!😣

[@andrewisotope8146]

Syd Barratt, The pioneer of Floyd really.

[@ianmclean5812]

There's no debate, this Is pure genius!! God bless you Syd!!

[@Planktontwo]

6 people have never learned how to ride a bike like Syd did.

[@israellamar]

or like Albert Hofmann

[@BostonEmpath]

You DO know the number of dislikes is always changing, right? Dumbass.

[@zzz-tz8cg]

This is the best comment here!

[@Planktontwo]

@@BostonEmpath of course, but when I made the post it was 6. Chill out and take it for what it is and enjoy this classic

[@BostonEmpath]

@@Planktontwo Touche my man! Cheers. 😍

[@shelby9221]

I remember when I was little my grandpa used to play this song for me, it was my favorite song

[@stnz908]

I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and Things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, everything if you want things. I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke. There's a tear up the front. It's red and black. I've had it for months. If you think it could look good, then I guess it should. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, everything if you want things. I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why. I call him Gerald. He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, everything if you want things. I've got a clan of gingerbread men. Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men. Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, everything if you want things. I know a room of musical tunes. Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork. Let's go into the other room and make them work

[@ramonarellano4988]

plop888 , that last verse is rather terrifying, if you know what I mean.

[@shombie2737]

@@ramonarellano4988 What do you think happens?

[@ramonarellano4988]

@@shombie2737 , a no return voyage into dementia, that's what happens.

[@shombie2737]

@@ramonarellano4988 I wonder if Roger wrote any whimsical tunes

[@ramonarellano4988]

@@shombie2737 , he sure did.

[@marvinbnaylor]

I first heard this on A Nice Pair when I was 13 and living in Canada, 44 years ago. I'm in Winchester, England now and I've still got it and never tire of hearing it's insane and brilliant sound! Syd was, and is, unique.

[@jansmith286]

Came here thanks to the BBC Friday quiz. The top score earned some lyrics to this song which rang a bell. Pun intended.

[@martinworld7214]

haha me too

[@ggresham4419]

I haven't heard this song in decades and I still love it

[@PopoXReturnz]

Best love song ever written.

[@pauljudeboyce7524]

Class song by the floyd "bike" very good

[@金玲-n2x]

Syd is such a sweetheart

[@porflepopnecker4376]

This is such a wonderful song.

[@devilfan2k]

piper at the gates of dawn... smh you're the kind of girl that can fit in my world......

[@lusio7182]

devilfan2k my mouse is called Gerald

[@ZER0--]

I think you have got the lyrics incorrect.

[@thinginground5179]

@@lusio7182 gerald fits in my world

[@AnnebelBuntOnline]

I think the kinda girl that fits in with his world is called Lucy!

[@pensadordomediterraneo2073]

around Annebel And She lives in the sky... With diamonds... One of these is called "Crazy diamond".

[@wendychavez5348]

...or Wendy. Just sayin'.

[@brainsploder4841]

The song was written for Barrett's then girlfriend, Jenny Spires. She is also mentioned as "Jennifer Gentle" in the song "Lucifer Sam", which is also on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

[@danielspear8973]

The geese sound at the end would be an awesome ring tone.

[@RETRO--qs9cf]

I thought it was a bunch of Laughing Mouth Bike Horns implanting my insanity

[@nivgitzi7485]

This song is on pennywise's playlist

[@MarkGilder999]

It's a brilliant song. As with Marc Bolan I love abstract writing. It allows the mind to conjour its own meaning.

[@maximan4363]

Yeah I love Marc as well, God his loss was such a waste..... I really love the his work with David Bowie, they were awesome together!!!

[@dichebach]

Damn. NEVER heard this one before. Awesome stuff!

[@chenashlynx7477]

I want a mouse and I want to call him Gerald

[@duduche6869]

I thougth the same XD

[@yyguuyg]

Then the mouse would have a house and he would not be Gerald

[@vinsanitynelson4943]

This song played on headphones and a hit of LSD. I miss my youth.

[@the.hot.button]

Shine on you crazy diamond.

[@gurrenmed5319]

This song is literally me, because i have a bike :)

[@Micha-ni9vy]

Don't forget that the vulture magazine ranked this the 5th best pink floyd song

[@PhilShary]

It easily is

[@electrowoof6852]

I love this song so much!

[@lightwizard5081]

This song Is So Groovy! I Love the Beat!

[@brigittegeorg]

Love this song.

[@GreatgramaMcCormick]

""Bit" I borrowed it. Excellent, forced perfect rhyme! 😮

[@PhilShary]

Syd had the coolest British pronunciation I ever heard in a song, most Brits in those days sang with a Transatlantic / straight up American accent.

[@shaolinpunkFTW]

I just bought a red and black cloak on Ebay. But they must have thought I was born yesterday. It arrived smelling like someone had worn it for months with a great ruddy tear at the front. I sent it back for a refund as it's a bit of a joke.

[@kevingolden5675]

I think it would look good.

[@myfrequencies1912]

@@kevingolden5675 Then I guess it should!

[@kevingolden5675]

@@myfrequencies1912 thanks Gerald 😀

[@SnowDogRedSectorEh]

*drugs are a helluva drug?*

[@jennkoko4672]

My mouse is Ayrianna and she sleeps in my bread drawer wearing Minnie Mouse dress...she's so cute and I love her ...I miss her but she puts up the tree now with the lights all by herself and makes us watch...She is my heart

[@martinworld7214]

whatever

[@darrenl.woodward9168]

The pleasure this album has bought me....wow.Top drawer classic art of sound

[@ok-ky1ns]

This is the most analog horror thing ive ever heard

[@chris306oug]

I ♥ this..

[@RedAndtheBlackRocker]

I miss those simpler times, when you could woo a girl with nothing more than a worn cloak, an old mouse, a bike and a plate of cookies. Women are so much more high maintenance these days!

[@creator2149]

It was nice when men would offer a cookie. On a plate, yet.

[@sebastianpr1000]

That's because you are older, not because women are "much more high maintenance these days"

[@TempleOfFilm]

little mice, old clothes, borrowed bikes, and gingerbread biscuits on a plate have a lot of appeal for a lot of women and girls still. And this demonstration of courtesy and this custom of offering make excellent wooing tactics still. They always will.

[@AM-gc4yd]

Ok but you need a clan of gingerbreadman not just simple cookies

[@whome5933]

Despite my printed thrashing of that white knight, I completely got your drift and I literally lol'd Great post and thank you sir! Edit: read it again and am still laughing! Cudos for cleverness!

[@astrumfaerie]

Syd... this is the epitome of creativity. If you don't like early Floyd, you haven't musically matured enough.

[@jugularspeed774]

No it just means I haven't dropped acid yet

[@6EndlessNameless9]

@@jugularspeed774 not necessarily kid. I never touched it

[@uncledoug6632]

I just listened to Dead Rock Stars podcast on Syd Barrett. I had never heard of this song. Whoa

[@tobyzorn4674]

i love gerald

[@MarkAndrews12]

The visuals are amazing

[@thinginground5179]

haha the visuals

[@advente]

HAPPY BICYCLE DAY!!!

[@chelseachen265]

I was absolutely amused by the lyrics so I played this song to my friends. Now they know Syd as gingerbread man.

[@alessandroferrarini1321]

brano geniale .. Bellissimo simposio tra armonia e psicadelia. In questo Syd Barrett era maestro

[@pmanning69pm]

i remember my big brother teaching me this when i was 5 or 6 years old in the early 70s ......i never forgot all the words, and by the mid 90s i was teaching it to my daughter......thanks syd

[@rogeebundy6002]

Me too

[@catgotwasted2]

Thanks Syd, you trippy man.

[@SKYSAW59]

One of the greatest songs of all time.. along with Veg Man !

[@bensimulatorx9069]

Writers were so lucky to be on England in the 60's....so much inspiration, no bullshit guns and violence like today.

[@CrazyBear65]

I had the sheet music for this once. So many things are gone...

[@paranoia1337]

Sounds dramatic. What happened?

[@CrazyBear65]

Drugs, alcohol, drugs, drunken friends, keg party fights, a house fire, storage unit foreclosure...

[@marksolarz3756]

He's a good mouse........Gerald! Fantastic! These echoes never leave my head! A little TIME? Those toys in the attic!

[@nathanialbassindale2535]

Syd deserves more recognition.

[@dyllanblake9635]

Chromatic Syd! I love this craziness, particularly the last verse. Shine on you crazy diamond!

[@michelmichel8090]

First time I ever heard Pink Floyd was the night I first tripped on clearlight tabs. Friends gave me the run of the house and I liked the cow on the cover of Atom Heart Mother. Musical Epithany. Still one of the best EVER pieces of music written.

[@Lasse3]

The laughs at the end, the clocks, the weird soundscapes. Roger Waters took these unpolished ideas, and turned them into one of the highest grossing, most revered albums of all time - Dark side of the moon.

[@RW4X4X3006]

Syd wasn't mad or crazy. He just did his own thing, and lived by a creed - "BE THE REASON WHY EVERYONE ELSE NEEDS THERAPY"

[@sirgrim3905]

That's my creed

[@malla_david]

Les dejó la escencia a Pink Floyd y partió vaya saber a dónde...

[@willhammers9761]

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

[@markwright130]

Fabulous

[@gohumberto]

I realise that people mourn the loss of Syd Barrett and "What could have been", but has anyone considered what we may have missed if he hadn't left the band? It basically forced Waters into writing some of the best Albums in history. "What could have been" couldn't possibly have been as good as what actually happened.

[@EmirUysal]

my cheer-me-up- go-to song

[@santaclase3410]

Thanks for sharing🥰🥰🥰 Thanks for sharing🥰🥰🥰😇😇😇

[@Stutteringjohnfan2015]

This song is low key nightmare fuel…

[@bar1338]

what the fuck is this i love it

[@OscarLopez-oe1no]

Psychedelic Rock :)

[@TheDondonx]

This is your life now.

[@zatoichimasseur6767]

Its the BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zekemarzell2861]

Real music, welcome to the world of sincere psychedelic greatness. Syd Barrett deserves a majority of the credit, remember the name

[@geoffolehane]

One of my favorite songs from their Syd Barrett days.

[@fredsanford3958]

Always cheers me up so lyrical the mouse is the hero,,,,,,

[@holdfast453]

02:00 🕑 the reverse countdown to the realms of madness … and that animal … that animal

[@zahihoque4559]

i imagine them being in the studio high af and freestyling this and boom this record is punlished

[@bluemarshmallow5927]

*i n t e r e s t i n g*

[@m1nn1s]

💖My.. INTER.. has never been so... RESTED... 😊💖

[@keijovainikainen7591]

Piper at - opened my musical future like Frank's Freak out - and here I am? Am I! Am

[@wildmanfisher]

Check out GONG - The Flying Teapot

[@ladyinpurple149]

This is a great song!

[@babymullen04]

the slowed reverse laughing at the end is the best ever.

[@mariuspoppFM]

It's an actual clockwork toy, mechanically loaded ducks: I had a similar one as a child. Inserting it was a touch of genius

[@mathewfoster7027]

I love the quacking at the end

[@yo-ro7cb]

There is a musical noise at the end that was made to sound like a bike pedaling

[@eliemeouchi5445]

Syd: I have got a bike you can ride it if you like.. Freddie :I want to ride my bicycle i want to ride my bike 😄🎶👌

[@JasonKoropatkin]

FANTASTIC!

[@MrYowen88]

I'VE GOT A BIKE

[@michaelsmith7784]

Reminds me of some songs on Pet Sounds