Syd Barrett on Czech TV

[@shivalingpd]

Syd was, is and always will be my hero for the rest of my life. He was very imortant person in my early years. Thanks for everything...

[@themadcap1898]

shivalingpd 💗

[@neilus]

god those shots of him in the streets with the car...what a hauntingly beautifully extraordinary looking man...unbelievable...

[@tinycreature1749]

I think these two quotes by Syd sum him up (and what happened to him): “That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way.” “I do not think I’m easy to define. I have a wandering mind. And I’m not anything that you think I am.”

[@kuszynier]

The second quote is wrong. It went like this: "I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway."

[@rose7art]

the painting of the flowers he did just 2 days before he died broke my heart

[@bruce369able]

i know.

[@BreezesofConey]

OMG what a beautiful man!! Met him once, I nearly fainted.

[@tigerlillyfeelfree1695]

Tell us more...please ❤️

[@itsskatee]

god syd was beautiful. utterly and absolutly beautiful. makes me want to cry...

[@irishelk3]

He was a great guy and his music has changed me

[@dermotoblong]

very gratifying to know over the years, that the guy did have a life after his music, and it wasnt completely tragic in a rock star cliche story. shine on mate

[@AliceDont888]

He had problems communicating with people, but I think that his mind was still shining. I understand the meanings of the lyrics in his solo albums.

[@stefaniecarter3721]

Poetry✨

[@JUGAopet1]

"And what exactly is a dream? And what exactly is a joke?" SYD BARRETT about LIFE, so take it easy guys, LESS IS fookin' MORE !!

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

He is a great artist and a very sweet person.

[@jonsbabygrl77]

He had a stunning face. Im drawn to him. Im so curious abt all the yrs after floyd. Nice clip

[@dima9944]

Good stuff. Thanks for posting this.

[@pfflam]

I had no idea he kept painting. That makes me happy, even if he destroyed them . . . or maybe it was conceptual since he photographed them

[@robertdefex3439]

Lsd ain't shit the mind of an artist like Syd is beyond money

[@wallacelovecraft8942]

I must say, a good vid indeed. I didn't expect it to be good but it was. Such an old recording too. Amazes me. Fascinates me. It doesn't look like old youtube but it's clearly old. And since the guy states that he didn't know Syd died 2 years ago and the current date of the video was possibly 2008, then the software used to screen record was very old tech. I wonder if justin tv was around 2006? I remember that being a great place to find cool shows to watch and interesting new characters doing things. I remember one time I was watching a video group chat of women making their cosplays and you could talk to them. I was too afraid to be on cam, then again, I don't think I had a proper webcam back then. Then again this interaction was way after 2006, though. Anyways, it was nice to hear those guys talk about Syd. Surely, Syd lost his mind and wandered around town. But he could talk if you really tried, I think. Cause he clearly continued to make good music after he was dropped by Pink Floyd.

[@sydbarrett224]

RIP Syd from Czech

[@rootz420]

he reached for the secret too soon

[@smooro]

Oh man, I liked watching this. I still can't look at the picture of when he went to see the guys play at Abbey Road, it´s just hard to believe. That picture taken with the 5 pink floyd it´s meaningful cause it represents what was destined to happen later on, you know, Gilmour as the new member and Syd just left behind.

[@NarLiv]

@BreezesofConey You did??? That must have been awesome! Did you meet him back in his Floyd days or later on?

[@JUGAopet1]

NO Syd, NO Floyd !! fookin' remember !!

[@waxingmiracle]

Legend

[@davidmorgen4558]

Who is that fella with the black hat & glasses Kind of looks like Gilmour ?

[@michelzenitud5524]

Génie le cyd 💓💓génial pink !

[@blackmore4]

Why don't I get post-Barrett Floyd at all?

[@mattbirchall5326]

Yes, they just tailed down after Syd, he was the inspiration and the soul. Love you Syd.

[@jimibeckert]

I don't car if the sun does not shine

[@therollingbeachfloyd645]

You don't drive a car if the sun don't shine?

[@WhySoSquid]

@@therollingbeachfloyd645 He'll do his loving in the winter.

[@tinycreature1749]

@@therollingbeachfloyd645 No, exactly what he said. He don't car. I don't car either, whether or not the sun shines.

[@kickyerass]

You are correct.

[@7beers]

1:10. "And then Roger Waters took up that battle, if you like, and, you know, ran with it and made the Freud, Floyd, huge." What a Floydian, Freudian Slip!

[@Sandwich13455]

Took up that baton

[@creator2149]

He had schizophrenia already. The lsd just sped it up and that other drug that starts with an M i have never heard of. Mandrax?

[@pedrosousa5969]

I was always skeptical about this "crazy diamond" label the PF invented. Roger was no crazy diamond (his name wasn't even Syd). He was a great poet and artist. It seems to me that the "crazy diamond" label fits more to Waters, Gilmour and Mason. Running away from the showbiz circus is not madness, it's good sense.

[@Garlicbreadbat]

@Dr.Hogfan George was being playful when He said that. He wasn't against it at all, He'd just reached a point within Himself where He didn't need it anymore. All Drugs are not created equal. Don't take anyone else word, Open your mind and find out for Yourself. :)

[@Garlicbreadbat]

Mhmm. Because I completely have the power to do that, one post on KZbin is enough to "convince" a kid to "do a bunch of acid". Sure, whatever you say. If you seriously think that all of Syd's problems were caused by LSD use, then wow. How obtuse. It sounds like you've seriously got something personal against all this, and that's on you. It's the person, not the drug. And that's the end of my participation in this argument, thank you. =)

[@starshaped41]

haha,true!

[@DrHogfan]

just say no to LSD (& all drugs)! Even George Harrison called it the "dreaded lysergic"

[@Garlicbreadbat]

@DrHogfan I'm not a dude, but thanks for the sentiment. Secondly, what makes you think you're the only one that knows? Give me a break. Railing against something doesn't make you right. You won't convince me you are. =)

[@nancypiglosi6398]

He was gorgeous! He was very talented.So sad his brain was cooked. Those that like drugs should learn from this. So many people fry theirs-and their unborn fetus' great brain and most often cause schizophrenia.

[@Garlicbreadbat]

Haha Really? You're gonna try to say that didn't make any sense? Oh my, how clever. =) Whatever helps you sleep at night, love. ;)

[@kickyerass]

What? You wish Pink Floyd hadn't continued without him? That's very pathetic thinking. He laid them a foundation!! THEY all KNEW there'd be no Floyd without what he'd done before!! You think they should have stabbed to death all artistic thoughts/ ideas that they came up with from his influence?? Wow, dude. You're effed up. Art in a gallery is to study and admire.

[@DrHogfan]

@TheHelenasan4 Look dude, you can't say that taking LSD will make one a better person,will make one's life any better or anything close to it. I know of what I speak. "Open your mind" ? Give me a break.

[@kickyerass]

No. He blew his mind our with acid. It didn't work 'right' anymore. There's a video here of an "interview"- (his last one perhaps?) where he couldn't formulate cogent thoughts. His mates said the same. Why don't you people give them, the ones who knew him best, the credence they deserve????? And because his mind didn't connect the dots anymore, he was stuck- in those old songs; there was nothing to develop WITH. It wasn't about what he WANTED!!

[@billyescarzaga2807]

HE blew his mind out in a car, he didn't notice that the lights had changed.