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Happy Anniversary to Wish You Were Here

hxcboncore:

36 years and still on the top of my charts. Shine on, Pink Floyd. Shine on.

(Source: the-dark-side-of-moving-pictures)

Q: Barrett is undoubtedly the dark side of the Pink Floyd, but your quarrel with Waters is just as dark. How, actually, do two people who know each other from childhood, fight about music? A: It’s a story that I’m not really happy to get into. We fought during `The Wall,’ which was an album Waters wrote, based on his family story, we clashed long before that, during the period of the Dark Side and `Wish You Were Here.’ Actually, we never got along. But it was in `The Wall’ that Roger really lost his mind. He was convinced that he is Pink Floyd and that he doesn’t need me nor Nick Mason. I wasn’t in a state to argue about that, because we were financially ruined. I made a decision and left, and then he left, and I came back. Since then, he’s mad at all of us.

The Syd Barrett Story ↘

Jenny Fabian: I knew the others but they were absolutely nothing compared to Syd. His words and music were the Pink Floyd and I’ve never been interested in them since. Nothing ever reached the heights of that first album, which was mad and mysterious… .like him.
Roger Waters: (1987) I could never aspire to Syd”s crazed insights and perceptions. In fact for a long time I wouldn’t have dreamt of claiming any insights whatsoever. I’ll always credit Syd with the connection he made between his personal unconscious and the collective group unconscious. It’s taken me 15 years to get anywhere near there. Even though he was clearly out of control when he making his two solo albums, some of the work is staggeringly evocative. It’s the humanity of it all that’s so impressive. It’s about deeply felt values and beliefs. Maybe that’s what ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ was aspiring to. A similar feeling.
Roger Waters: (1975) I’m very sad about Syd, I wasn’t for years. For years I suppose he was a threat because of all that bollocks written about him and us. Of course he was very important and the band would never have fucking started without him because he was writing all the material. It couldn’t have happened without him but on the other hand it couldn’t have gone on *with* him. He may or may not be important in rock’n’roll anthology terms but he’s certainly not nearly as important as people say in terms of Pink Floyd. So I think I was threatened by him.
Nick Mason: I think Syd was a major talent as a songwriter and maybe could have been as a musician. He has not done anything for the last ten years. And consequently, people who don’t entirely achieve all their potential become even more legendary.