Grimble Gromble

Outtakes of The Piper At The Gates of Dawn photo shoot, by Vic Singh

( by Mick Rock, from “SHOT - The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock”)

Syd Barrett

Syd was…you know, physically beautiful, witty, funny. The way he talked, the way he walked. I don’t want to make this sound like a love song, but he was much loved by pretty much everyone around him. - David Gilmour

Syd Barrett attending a video art exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 11, 1967

“Arnold Layne just happens to dig dressing up in women’s clothing. A lot of people do — so let’s face up to reality. About the only other lyric people could object to is the bit about ‘it takes two to know’ and there’s nothing smutty about that. But then if more people like them dislike us, more people like the underground lot are going to dig us, so we hope they’ll cancel each other out.“  - Syd Barrett

Mick Rock: Syd’s car was a conspicuously bright pink Pontiac Parisienne convertible. Psychedelic Renegades, page 23.

Mick Rock: Syd’s car was a conspicuously bright pink Pontiac Parisienne convertible. Psychedelic Renegades, page 23.

♥

~ Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) ~

 David Bowie about Syd Barrett (via shine-on-you-syd-barrett)

(1965) Syd Barrett (1969)

Arnold Layne performed by David Bowie, Davd Gilmour and Rick Wright.

“Arnold Layne just happens to dig dressing up in women’s clothing. A lot of people do — so let’s face up to reality. About the only other lyric people could object to is the bit about ‘it takes two to know’ and there’s nothing smutty about that. But then if more people like them dislike us, more people like the underground lot are going to dig us, so we hope they’ll cancel each other out.“  - Syd Barrett

Happy B-Day, Crazy Diamond!