SYD BARRETT - Gigolo Aunt (1970)

[@mackenziegraves1567]

Definitely one of the best songs about Gigolo Aunts

[@jacknick7582]

maybe

[@MrAKBBags]

Underrated

[@christopherhasenberg1113]

I think Bieber, Swift, or some "lil rapper" has one......er..no.....

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

There's some steep competition, but yeah, I'd say this one probably wins.

[@risseldyrosseldy910]

Oh my -it pushes all the others to one side

[@johnhouse9983]

We're still listening Syd...

[@sofiabruno9082]

Yep . Forever and ever

[@lucasrocha7571]

@@sofiabruno9082 Emily!!

[@onecall975]

Some of us never stopped.

[@SteveAlesch]

Syd’s genius will inspire future generations forever

[@martinkent333]

FETANYL AND 3 CHORD DRUGGIES? YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnmacaroni105]

Gone but not forgotten.

[@noisepollution6761]

👀 👄 dark side of the moon

[@TheFusedplug]

Pink Floyd should have stayed here right where Syd had them with this one, I love Pink Floyd but post Barrett of course I love it too but they are essentially 2 different bands. Syd gave them a bit of upbeat stuff like this and that is just missing .. oh dear RIP Syd I know you are waiting for us get the songs ready brother

[@johnhouse9983]

I've always maintained that Floyd given time could've easily functioned as a five piece band and Syd & David could've just taken turns on lead guitar.

[@Sandwich13455]

Can you please stay on the track!

[@JamesFrick]

Yes, the upbeat stuff really went missing after Syd left. When he was in the studio that last time after he'd left (when they were recording "Shine On") he told them he thought it "sounded old". The newer Floyd really does sound old compared to the "Syd Floyd". "The Wall" just sounds morbid if you ask me. Like being forced to listen to a fucking funeral over and over again.

[@williamabbott9437]

It all just had to be this way. Floyd didn't begin to rise to Syd's level until Meddle. Syd couldn't have occupied Waters/Gilmore Floyd, nor vice versa. This all happened because roommates Syd was living with were dosing Syd with acid unbeknownst to him. Storm was one of them.

[@JooJooShrimp]

Nah I really feel this tho 😂

[@MK-nn7gm]

“… cause I almost want you back… “ classic sigma Syd ✨✨ we did not deserve this man

[@johnwibbels4678]

Syd you are missed so much and you are a very much a part of the Floyd legacy. Rest in peace. Pink Floyd would not be possible without you

[@jayrulez106]

This song is perfect. The highlight of the album as it's a fully developed song. To my dying day I will wonder what water shell male means.

[@barttheanorak]

Effervescing Elephant is pretty well developed too and written long before Floyd.

[@isayoldchap1]

I used to ponder those things, but I came to the conclusion that he just liked the ways certain words sounded together rhythmically even if they were mostly nonsensical. The song Octopus has a lot of memorable lyrics. I always liked “grasshopper green herbarian band, and the tune they play is ‘in us confide’. “ I still wonder if was a specific meaning behind that sometimes.

[@horns2112]

This would not have been out of place on the The Doors' "L.A. Woman" album.

[@johnhouse9983]

Jim knew and had seen and listened to early Floyd and remarked that Syd was a person much like him self.

[@christopherhasenberg1113]

@@johnhouse9983 I can see that

[@Sandwich13455]

Jim and Syd had similar photo sessions,I don't know who was first.

[@rivereuphrates8103]

Damn you're absolutely right

[@NiiloNissilä]

Oh yeah!

[@chrisdumessie7773]

KICK ASS ahead of time, SPACE and Music.

[@KingCrimson82]

no, absolutely essential sixtees.

[@johnwibbels4678]

One my favorite Sdy songs

[@arnoldlayne6743]

Hard to beat that as a song.

[@christopherhasenberg1113]

@Arnold Layne Arnold Layne

[@seankilburn7200]

Anyone else really love the intro?

[@hannahthornton6221]

I absolutely love the flow of this song. ❤

[@chrisdumessie7773]

This song is BAD ASS! THX GIL 4 HELPing Syd SOOOOO Much.You guy's where tight as

[@85geoffm]

Every day is a superlative day. 🙌🏻

[@olliemeadows6164]

Opening reminds me of childhood

[@rebeccahedrick4862]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! MASTERPIECE!!!

[@musicislifeforsure]

👍

[@kyles5513]

It's hard to believe such a good song can come from such a crazy erratic person. Syd recored this album during his most fragile state of mind and it actually makes me feel sad when I listen to it but really happy at the same time because I truly respect this man.

[@jayrulez106]

cringe

[@maxconcours1859]

La basse dans ce morceau est divine !

[@colargolfriend]

Il paraît que c est Gilmour qui a joué de la basse sur tout l’album

[@maxconcours1859]

@@colargolfriend WoW je savais pas merci ! Même si il lui a pris la place dans les Floyd , à deux il faisait vraiment de belle choses

[@johnhouse9983]

slightly off topic but ever tried singing along with ''Masie'' and gettin' it perfect just god damn impossible

[@LordToasterOven]

R.I.P. Syd.

[@MADCAP.R.I.P]

a close friend of mine ..beat me to it ..died first . inconsiderate basket....he always said he wanted this played at his funeral....it was beautiful for me....raised a few eyebrows mind ... lol

[@eggman098765]

“She was angrier than, than her watershed male” no idea what this means, but what an amazing vocal performance. His cadence during this part of the song is so original, so intimate, really great-if he could have kept it together, Would have made a very different Dark Side.

[@Lyndanet]

I always thought he said Watershop or water ship if the latter were the case cosmically he could have been referencing the theory that we are moving vessels created inorder for water to gain mobility.

[@mitchhale8180]

@@Lyndanet watershell

[@Sandwich13455]

This lyrics are easy to find, just hard to decipher!

[@AM-gc4yd]

He was great in this kind of things

[@AM-gc4yd]

He was great in many ways

[@cliveabbey8587]

Almost dressed inner Black pretentious frame ov mind of Golden Sunlight ✨️ 👌 💛 ♥️ forevermore to be Sure your a Gigolo Aunt 😅 😊 I just LOVE ❤️ Syd Barrett ❤️ Sooooooo Cool 😎 ❤️ Anna Crazily Beautiful 😍 🌟 🦁 🦄 🙏 ❤️ 🌟 🤩 🎉

[@markmadrigal8336]

Syd my bro rest with God brother

[@adayinthelife5772]

This and Octopus are eargasms

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a new indie song(& album) called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@Clare-tea]

And Terrapin IMO.

[@johnwibbels4678]

The Pink Floyd would not be if it not for Syd. Shine on you crazy diamond

[@BlueArcStreaming]

Groovy and Psychedelic, absolute stunner

[@patricktunney2989]

Just a really cool song

[@HidastaaAmCz]

Grooving around in a trench coat with the satin entrail Seems to be all around in tin and lead pail, we pale Jiving on down to the beach to see the blue and the gray Seems to be all and it's rosy-it's a beautiful day! Will you please keep on the track 'cos I almost want you back 'Cos I know what you are, you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt! Yes I know what you are, you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt! Heading down with the light, the dust in your way She was angrier than, than her watershell male Life to this love to me, heading me down to me thunderbird shale Seems to be all and it's rosy, it's a beautiful day! Will you please keep on the track 'cos I almost want you back 'Cos I know what you are, you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt! Yes I know what you are, you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt! Grooving on down in a knapsack superlative day Some wish she move and just as she can move jiving away She made the scene should have been-superlative day Everything's all and it's rosy, it's a beautiful day! Will you please keep on the track 'cos I almost want you back 'Cos I know what you are, you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt! Yes I know what you are, you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt!

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

pampe liska Thanks. Love the screwy lyrics.

[@kyles5513]

Lyrics written by a crazy person, literally. RIP Syd Barrett

[@Abandoned_Brane]

Are those official or ripped from some lyric webpage? My simple contention is the line 'seems to be all and it's Rosey it's a beautiful day' The lyrics would flow better and make more sense of 'and' was 'on'

[@helensmith7596]

@@Abandoned_Brane but it wouldn’t make sense then. It means, wen you re on drugs, everything is bright coloured and everything seems connected, like everything is one thing, that’s what he’s saying! If he said everything’s all on its rosey, it wouldn’t make sense!

[@risseldyrosseldy910]

Is this Syd or David on lead ???It's so pure , but still dirty in all the right places hee hee :)

[@sydbarret1973]

Whooooo

[@rgfreese]

Courtney Barnett should cover this song. Similar phrasing to her style

[@MrHyde11976]

So god damn gr8

[@gavin4981]

Love on the calling card

[@tsitracommunications2884]

If there were a Gigolo Uncle.......^^

[@apocalypsethrash]

Gênio

[@maxmir3793]

Fumer est une alternative au problème, pour grandir dans un sens qui n’est pas conforme aux attentes, ko.

[@patriciajollie9687]

The best

[@Thirsty_Scholar]

👍🎸🎯

[@fredericosiqueira6399]

dodói e massa... me amarro

[@juanpablofranciscopeuriotc3938]

Genio

[@INTERpEST]

Wonder when those and the Madcap‘s songs were written.

[@MADCAP.R.I.P]

in the late sixties

[@INTERpEST]

@ thx! I mean, before or after the piper. Guess, „not many“ of them after the pass-out. Due to Floyds‘ keyboarder that tragic change happened in a sudden.

[@MADCAP.R.I.P]

@@INTERpEST no no no ..not the keyboarder Rick Wright...the singer songwritter Syd Barrett....he named and formed Pink Floyd (after two of his favourite poets Mr. Floyd and Mr. pink) Syd wrote ALL of Piper ..and a couple of Floyds early hit singles..got rich and famous..didnt like it...then dropped out/kicked out/left the band in late 1968 ..then went solo and wrote all of Madcap and Barrett albums and 40+ more singles some are better then others ..many are very good ..now you know regards john... some

[@INTERpEST]

@@MADCAP.R.I.P Very kind, thank You very much. No, sorry, my English is so bad. I meant, according to Mr. Wright it just took one weekend Syd to get totally screwed and in his opinion that was because somehow he completely (was) overdosed. So, according to Your Kind explanation and as answer to my actual question, lots of the Solosongs of Syd‘s are written after his brainchange, right? And some of the songs are older than Piper, right? Of course i sucked in every visual interview (cheers to Mr. Edginton(?)) i could find and it were Mr. Wright and Mr. Shirley giving the closest explanations on that phase and the solo songs. Take care 🌳

[@MADCAP.R.I.P]

@@INTERpEST hi thanks for your reply..yes you know as much as i do about Syd....ps. your english is better than some english people i come across..regards john

[@handwiredbyme]

Greatness

[@onecall975]

If you like this song then please check out Baby Lemonade. It’s Beatles quality song writing and it’s just great.

[@sergiosilva6396]

Fuzz Nice ✌

[@miked6651]

What the hell is a gigolo aunt? lol

[@miked6651]

@@kagogandhi8569 I know what gigilo is but what on earth is a gigilo-aunt?

[@miked6651]

Ok, I've never heard of it out of the context of this song. I initially thought it was Syd Barrett's word-salad

[@n.mmitkovich2629]

@@miked6651 "A girl who is usually very cute and pretty that seduces men, makes them madly fall in love with her using her specific ways, but unlike a male gigolo, she’s not interested in money, but only the pleasure of capturing and breaking their heart."

[@guighs6477]

I think he plays with the words "the chick that i want" by saying " gigolo aunt"

[@risseldyrosseldy910]

Flavors/textures of ,late 80's 4D/Fort Apache , rather than Abbey Rd.

[@peteirie1075]

very strange for me to listen to this... feel torn

[@robertrundgren9175]

I Am Lam but why?

[@peteirie1075]

Robert Rundgren feelings of guilt , because of his state of mind at the time..,, just kinda feels like i'm contributing to indecency, but i do love the guys' musical genius ... hence, the ambivalent feelings

[@patriciajollie9687]

I Am Lam silly

[@peteirie1075]

Patricia Jollie yeah, perhaps..just seems like they were pushing the guy to squeeze more money out of him, and it may have contributed to hastening more damage to his already fragmented state of mind ....

[@patriciajollie9687]

I Am Lam oh yeah you can see it when waters is interviewed i have a feeling they really buisiness screwed him really hard and his post floyd records dont sound to me like a man totally gone so yeah

[@justmadeit2]

Did Syd play lead electric guitar on this ?

[@musicislifeforsure]

Yes even David Glimour added slide guitar

[@justmadeit2]

@@musicislifeforsure I was thinking the guitar that starts at 1:00, is that syds playing ? It sounds good

[@musicislifeforsure]

@@justmadeit2 yes i think so

[@maurizioantoniovetrugno7150]

According to Jerry Shirley, ( and he added :God bless his soul) Gilmour was adamant the ALL guitar part should be played by Syd alone, David played bass

[@justmadeit2]

@@maurizioantoniovetrugno7150 Thanks for that. The guitar sounds good on this

[@thetwins0350]

This needs to be more relevant

[@chrisdumessie7773]

acid 4 JESUS.CHRIST!!!!!!!!

[@patriciajollie9687]

Chris du Messie yeah

[@dtox2331]

Thunderbird jail .

[@Sandro-ck4pg]

Torre capri. Capri

[@davidgoodenough2747]

Painter.

[@Sandro-ck4pg]

Capri

[@jakeriley8984]

****) MAD DOG SEAL OF SAINTHOOD (***I