![]() ![]() Syd was a beautiful man who got away with a lot because he was beautiful. Also, I am now broke having bought three Pink Floyd albums. Perhaps it makes a difference knowing the back-story to a band like this. Most of Floyd’s work after Barrett left were all tributes to him with the underlying theme of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ being insanity. No matter, the man eventually retreated into self-induced seclusion and spent the rest of his days in isolation until he died in 2006. Some reckon this was because of his excessive drug use, others reckon it was because he was a schizophrenic with a serious case of bipolar disorder (Inggs. Unfortunately, as the band gained popularity and they moved into a more commercial mainstream, Barrett couldn’t hack it and started going slowly insane. Syd Barrett, the original lead singer of Pink Floyd was a genius. After Seven Ages of Rock basically dedicated an entire 45mins of an hour program to Floyd, I now have a newfound appreciation for these musical legends. Naturally there are the classics like ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘Money’, ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ – but I’ve never really given Floyd a chance. So what am I getting at here? Well, truth be told, I have never been a Pink Floyd fan. For example, they paralleled R.E.M with Nirvana (detailing how campus rock/grunge grew out of the underground student movement and then infiltrated the commercial genre) The Velvet Underground with David Bowie (who came back to Britain after his encounter with The Underground a changed man and went on to become a star) and The Ramones with The Sex Pistols and The Clash (who were essentially the most influential punk band after The Sex Pistols were broken by their move to America – you can debate this with me and BBC if you like). However naturally, being a BBC production, they left out a large chunk of American rock history, only paralleling certain American bands with English ones. So the BBC Knowledge channel have been screening this awesome show called Seven Ages of Rock (in seven parts naturally) and I’ve kinda watched the whole series slightly half-arsed, catching the last four episodes and then the first three, but no matter, it was an amazing series. Were just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl- love Sweatshirt 1 offer from 31.99 Were just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl- love Premium T-Shirt 1 offer from 19.99 Were just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl- love Raglan Baseball Tee 1 offer from 25. The drive back to Cape Town was an extra long one. I woke up this morning on the couch at The Eiffel tower looking like Frankenstein’s bride (liquid eyeliner in retrospect, was not the greatest idea) and feeling unbelievably narrr, but a trip with Inggs to Kauai in Stellies put things into perspective. ![]()
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